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View from City Road: You can beat the French system00:02
Computers: Sweet smell of success: Keren David feels the lure of the microchip after her start in computing goes with a bang00:02
Football: Venables considers share sale: Movement at Spurs as shame of Spain allows hosts to reign00:02
The Bosnia Poem: The Altered Slightly00:02
Law Update: Having know-how00:02
Club aims to put a sparkle into maths: Dial-a-tutor scheme will complement school work00:02
Privatised training firm calls in receiver00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Historic victory raises a tide of doubt: Parliamentary Reaction: The Prime Minister's decision to turn the issue into matter of confidence provokes mixed feelings among senior Conservatives00:02
Gay killing charge00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Ex-employee joins board at Nationwide: Third rank-and-file director chosen00:02
Adoption: Who chooses Mum and Dad?: Tug of love that became a bitter legal battle for Baby Clausen: After adoption, Jessi's birth parents changed their minds. Soon she will be called Anna00:02
Izetbegovic 'unlikely' to go to talks: Muslims strike back amid reports of alliance with Serbs in Mostar00:02
FILM / Every picture tells a Storyville: Adam Mars-Jones reviews the week's new releases, Mark Frost's Storyville and Tango, a black comedy00:02
Law: When age should be no bar: Sharon Wallach reports on current proposals to help young barristers compete for work00:02
Business & City in Brief00:02
Outside Edge: Nine Bulgarian grandmothers sing to the North Sea. Nick Curtis reports00:02
Racing: Roberts to miss Goodwood after appeal against ban fails00:02
Museum praised for its modern dinosaurs: The 'great appeal' of national history exhibits is singled out in a report on the value British cultural institutions give for their pounds 244m spending00:02
Greenalls wins approval for takeover of Devenish00:02
Law Report: Dual applications for legal aid were wrongly assessed: Regina v Legal Aid Assessment Officer, ex parte Crocker - Queen's Bench Division (Mr Justice Auld), 22 July 199300:02
Keith Elliott at Large: Dragon goes for the burn: A former Cardiff rugby winger now displays his fancy footwork in aerobics00:02
ERM totters in stampede from French franc: Currencies across Europe shaken despite mass intervention as speculators hedge against devaluation by Paris00:02
Bottom Line: Lex motors back00:02
Age cannot wither her . . .: On the centenary of Dorothy Parker's birth, Reggie Nadelson applauds the wit and talent of a thoroughly modern woman00:02
Quantuum loss shocks Wall Street00:02
Court Circular00:02
Lopez linked to Opel documents: Criminal investigation being widened00:02
Pacific crisis00:02
Fewer abortions00:02
24 die as ex-Sandinistas take up arms: Disgruntled former soldiers accuse Nicaraguan President of betraying promises to them00:02
MacGregor presses ahead with wider M25 and new link roads: Minister faces opposition from green groups and local Tory MPs. Nicholas Schoon reports00:02
Racing: Jumping to it00:02
Murder charge00:02
FILM / Films that should come back from the dead: Independent riters campaign for the return of four classics: John Lyttle on A Walk with Love and Death00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
The Maastricht Debate: The haunting resonance of a beaten leader's last show: John Major's tactics will weaken his already fragile hold over party colleagues, writes Andrew Marr00:02
Law Report: Employee's dismissal was fair: Ely v YKK Fasteners (UK)) Ltd - Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Neill, Lord Justice Simon Brown and Lord Justice Waite), 6 July 199300:02
Computers: A picture of competence: Andrew Brown test drives one of the main PC-compatible systems on offer in the high street00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Brussels looks on in dismay: European Reaction: Parliament & Policy Page Vote seen as potentially serious obstacle to ratification00:02
No to motorway00:02
EC seeks social policy accord: Andrew Marshall finds officials working on a Brussels paper in co-operative mood00:02
Squeezed Bullough maintains payout00:02
Law Update: Our man abroad00:02
Meteorite right00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
'Chaotic' investments cost Church pounds 800m: Congregations asked to make up for decade of mismanagement00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Court to rule on baby's baptism00:02
Dismissal urged00:02
Charterhouse spreads to Swedish sandwich00:02
Anxious tenants fear for their homew as floodwaters rise00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Cycling / Tour de France: Chiappucci swoops to a sprint success: Italy's Bionic Man claims overdue stage win but admits that Indurain is on the right road00:02
Market Report: BA climbs as investors see blue sky ahead00:02
Millionaire flats selling well, says Regalian00:02
BZW scrip scheme brings cash premium00:02
Cricket / Fourth Test: Distress signals are plain to see00:02
Italian gangsters clash with Africans: Hostility towards immigrants mounts00:02
Cricket: Taylor sows seeds: Northamptonshire rely on lower order: Mike Carey reports from Northampton00:02
Wellcome chairman to retire00:02
Pru moves away from door-to-door sales: Collections cut back in favour of new business00:02
Sports listings / This Weekend: Hovercrafts: National series - Gwent00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Computers: No time like the present for buyers: Cut-throat competition is still pushing down prices of personal computers. Margaret Coffey surveys the state of the market00:02
Tough talk from ANC's man in Inkatha territory: In Zululand, a defiant Aaron Ndlovu is ready for any conflict to come, writes John Carlin in Empangeni00:02
OPERA / Fury in Finland: Raymond Monelle on the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, revived in 196700:02
FILM / Films that should come back from the dead: Independent riters campaign for the return of four classics: Sheila Johnston on Eureka00:02
Cricket: Defiance from Llong as wickets tumble: Pitch battle for Kent and Somerset: Barrie Fairall reports from Taunton00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Major faces the ultimate challenge: Today's Commons motion: This House has confidence in the policy of the Government on the adoption of the protocol on social policy00:02
Invasion of the monster insects00:02
Stroke risk cut by sport in youth: Exercising while young 'a protective factor'00:02
Today's Number: 7.3bn00:02
Letter: Subsidy is essential for touring opera00:02
Man sent for trial00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Former MP firm in casting vote: The Speaker: Rare intervention keeps Boothroyd in spotlight00:02
Record earnings for more open Salomon: Arbitrage section turns in dollars 300m paper loss00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Kinnock savours a fine revenge amid Labour jubilation00:02
A treaty past its sell-by date00:02
How to put best foot forward and stay out of deep water00:02
Obituary: Sheila MacCrindle00:02
Letter: Levelling the playing field for challenges00:02
Life insurance salesmen forced to reveal commission00:02
Hizbollah fires on Israelis00:02
Spitfire shot down in battle of Croydon00:02
DANCE / A troubled night's Sleep: Judith Mackrell on the English National Ballet's Savoy Suite at the Savoy Theatre00:02
Tiphook soars on bid talk: Television claim triggers buying on both sides of Atlantic00:02
Racing: No naming the 'doper'00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Major takes a gamble on loyalty of the party: As whips scramble for crucial support Prime Minister angers opponents with threat to ignore any Commons vote for the Social Chapter00:02
Cricket / Fourth Test: Boon leads the assault on England's senses: Australia's batsmen take command on the first day as Gooch's beleaguered bowlers struggle to make heads or tails out of Headingley: Martin Johnson reports from Headingley00:02
TELEVISION / Production Notes00:02
Law Update: Deferred costs00:02
War to escalate during run-up to Angola talks: Deaths have reached 100,000 since Unita rebels took up arms again in October00:02
Italian missiles00:02
Relations soured by row over rockets: Moscow smells protectionism in Washington ban on India deal00:02
FILM / Every picture tells a Storyville: Adam Mars-Jones reviews the week's new releases, Mark Frost's Storyville and Tango, a black comedy00:02
Sports listings / This Weekend: Motor racing: International Historic Festival - Silverstone00:02
Recluse abandons private kingdom: Creator of Devon wilderness disappears00:02
Obituary: Brian Styles00:02
Letter: How students pay for their education00:02
Letter: Fertility treatments for older women00:02
Sporting Digest: Croquet00:02
Leading Article: Museums leave much room for improvement00:02
Sports listings / Plan Ahead00:02
Iran protests00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Waverers met with more subtle methods: The Whips: Ministers and MPs are brought in from sick beds to take part in vital vote00:02
New Nigeria polls 'exercise in futility': Babangida meets fierce opposition to election plan despite court ruling00:02
Patches may emit excess of nicotine00:02
Letter: The undermining effect of buying health-care00:02
Golf: Wynant suspended00:02
Paris Post War: Art and Existentialism 1945-5500:02
FILM / Rushes00:02
US corners Third World arms market: Controls brushed aside in race for sales00:02
Obituary: Johnnie Gilbert00:02
Companies say recovery under way but patchy: Car production reaches a 19-year high00:02
Defence cuts hit Met Office jobs: Sixty staff to go as spending is reduced00:02
Spitfire shot down in battle of Croydon00:02
Anglosceptics on the march to Brussels (but on the quiet)00:02
Football: Fowler treble cheers tyros: Inquisition fails as shame of Spain allows hosts to reign: Jon Culley reports from Bescot Stadium00:02
Hernia warning00:02
TSB's agency deal with N&P collapses00:02
Law Update: Free advice00:02
Law: Sailing stormy waters: Diana Faber examines the effect of new European Community competition legislation on ferry companies and their legal advisers00:02
FILM / Films that should come back from the dead: Independent riters campaign for the return of four classics: Kevin Jackson on The Lady Eve00:02
Letter: Sex and race don't matter in Virgin music00:02
Letter: Cuts to the EC budget00:02
Female warriors00:02
Braille encyclopaedia gives visually-impaired children access to knowledge00:02
Amateur raises mystery of the week's wettest day00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Local rules and out of bounds markers: Grammar and Style - Michael Dummett: Duckworth, pounds 8.9500:02
Russian symbol of the Cold War 'invades' British air space by invitation00:02
Holding our children's hands for dear life00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Surveyors attack government secrecy: Twentieth-century Domesday Book could put all land ownership on the map00:02
Brussels tries to prune rampant vine00:02
No progress00:02
Lonrho free to sue Fayeds00:02
Sporting Digest: Swimming00:02
Obituary: Capt Henry Denham00:02
Racing: Cecil wins Ascot argument: The failed Derby favourite will renew rivalry with his stablemate Commander In Chief tomorrow00:02
Former patient died in fire00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Newspapers warned over Thai story: Editors could breach code by paying for pardoned Britons' accounts of events00:02
Motor Racing: Hill approaches Williams for long-term security: Britain's front-runner makes a claim for commitment as compromise reached in technology dispute00:02
Clunis: the wider failures: Nigel Eastman, psychiatrist for the defence in the Clunis case, adds his voice to calls for a full inquiry00:02
The Maastricht Debate: How the crucial division was lost00:02
Christchurch by-election: Tory 'being set up as scapegoat'00:02
Old Masters inspire sense of respect in graffiti vandals: Dalya Alberge reports on a shopping centre's successful ploy to deter aerosol artists00:02
Out of Russia: Red tape trips up the trippers00:02
FILM / Films that should come back from the dead: Independent riters campaign for the return of four classics: Adam Mars-Jones on Mishima00:02
Law Update: Bar monitoring00:02
View from City Road: Lloyd's timetable looks optimistic00:02
Army bias award00:02
Major rejects Ashdown plea to save Sarajevo00:02
Letter: Act exempts Lodges00:02
ERM on brink of collapse over franc: Banks spend billions in failed rescue attempt, leaving French currency on the floor00:02
TV violence plea00:02
The Maastricht Debate: The haunting resonance of a beaten leader's last show: John Major's tactics will weaken his already fragile hold over party colleagues, writes Andrew Marr00:02
Farmers 'exploiting illegal foreign labour': Welfare groups say arrests highlight use of immigrants on low pay00:02
Lecturer's killer sent to secure mental unit: Judge halts murder trial after ruling on defendant's state of mind00:02
Two more Britons on trial in Thailand00:02
LDP in disarray as Miyazawa steps down as party leader: Japanese Prime Minister accused of being a war criminal by Young Turks in open revolt against older generation00:02
Danger: derivatives00:02
Obituary: Harrison Salisbury00:02
US court victory triggers surge in Wellcome shares: Exclusive rights over anti-Aids treatment are confirmed00:02
View from City Road: Treasury's life insurance intervention is welcome00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Space mission00:02
COMEDY / Talk on the wild side: Tristan Davies reviews Eric Bogosian's Dog Show at the Almeida00:02
Letter: How students pay for their education00:02
Lecturer's killer sent to secure mental unit: Judge halts murder trial after ruling on defendant's state of mind00:02
Letter: Self-defeating criticism of this damp rock we call home00:02
New Nigeria polls 'exercise in futility': Babangida meets fierce opposition to election plan despite court ruling00:02
Amateur raises mystery of the week's wettest day00:02
Cricket / Fouthr Test: Selectors seem to dream00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Backbenches set for conflict: The Rebels: Right-wing likely to face backlash in elections to key committees00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Merciless fight00:02
Sporting Digest: Shooting00:02
Somewhere in the Sahara . . . Britain's forgotten patrol00:02
Leading Article: A sledgehammer threat to the police00:02
FILM / Films that should come back from the dead: The movies you can see aren't necessarily the cream of the crop. Sheila Johnston reports on the reasons why great films go Awol00:02
Kohl gives backing to embattled anti-terrorist unit: Praise for elite force caught up in bungled arrest after tip-off by police 'mole'00:02
Office ransacked00:02
Peking fights for the souls of capitalists: China's Communist Party is struggling to readjust to new economic realities, Teresa Poole writes from Canton00:02
Motor Racing: Kyalami circuit sold00:02
US indifference forces BICC to pull Andover flotation: Aborted sell-off echoes Unigate experience in America00:02
Gricket: Gower in glowing health: Hampshire's enigma excels: Rob Steen reports from Lord's00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Former MP firm in casting vote: The Speaker: Rare intervention keeps Boothroyd in spotlight00:02
Runway report puts blight on 4,000 homes: Plans to expand one of four main airports carry threat to villages and nature sites00:02
Law Update: Spending less00:02
Athletics: Jackson flying high in race to Stuttgart: Britain's top male hurdler ready for run-in00:02
People: Order of demerit for Attali brothers00:02
Disposal of MCC unit raises dollars 90m00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Major 'driven to confidence factor': Commons Exchanges: Treaty issue 'cannot fester any longer'00:02
Adoption: Who chooses Mum and Dad?: In London, a service for children, not parents: Carol Roper, a social worker, defends British methods of selecting parents00:02
UN cameras00:02
Birthdays00:02
THEATRE / One party, but two states: Paul Taylor reviews Misha's Party, the RSC's unusual new Russo-American collaboration at the Pit00:02
Letter: Aboriginal painting00:02
Appeal on ruling over smacking: Local authority claims that magistrates' decision 'throws law into confusion'. Mary Braid reports00:02
Cricket: Thomas passes his examination: Glamorgan's willing pupil: Michael Austin reports from Worcester00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Protests bring Boots chaos: Animal rights activists interfere with queries on board salaries00:02
Letter: Self-defeating criticism of this damp rock we call home00:02
Testing at radioactive waste plant set to begin00:02
Busy traffic roundabout becomes site for world's first three-dimensional magazine00:02
Leading Article: The rebels and the real world00:02
Diary00:02
Bottom Line: Bid rule creates a silly situation00:02
Pembroke: Freezing debut00:02
Golf: Russell takes up the pace00:02
Man loses appeal over DNA paternity test00:02
Golf: Zimmerman in the frame00:02
FILM / Director's Cut: Corridor to the stars: Ron Fricke celebrates Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey00:02
The Maastricht Debate: Major faces the ultimate challenge: Today's Commons motion: This House has confidence in the policy of the Government on the adoption of the protocol on social policy