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A theatre short of material00:02
Rallying: Delecour poised on title trail00:02
Racing: A bloodless victory as Rigoletto scores00:02
Chances fade00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Devious leader who never messed with Marcia: 'Wilson: The Authorised Life' - Philip Ziegler: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 20 pounds00:02
Canada's PM fights for credibility: Two weeks before election day, polls predict no overall winner00:02
The costly consequences of dodgy data00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
'Free-range' label dupes consumers: Egg producers say standards of hen rearing are too low. Mike Johnson reports00:02
Leading Article: German doubts over Europe00:02
Demolition of 1960's tower blocks00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Pembroke: One more time00:02
Rugby Union: Japanese praise monk and a South Seas warrior00:02
Man strangled00:02
Ceremony honours weekend sailors and fishermen who died guarding Second World War convoys against submarines00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Letter: The increased price of legalising cannabis00:02
Provincial boost for Bhutto00:02
Racing: Discord as track betting falls flat to the boards: The on-course activities of off-course bookmakers cause rising controversy. Chris Corrigan reports00:02
Pop star goes to court over contract dispute: George Michael seeking 'divorce' from Sony record company deal00:02
Marathon rider00:02
Rugby Union: Saints exposed in duck shoot00:02
Papal seal00:02
Specials to their manor born: Could unpaid parish constables stem petty crime and vandalism in rural areas? Clive Aslet reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Microbe of the Month: Endangered, but not quite extinct: The virus that causes polio could go the same way as smallpox and be history by 2000, writes Bernard Dixon00:02
Diary: 11-17 October00:02
TELEVISION / Rights and wrongs00:02
Today's Number: 100:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Group challenging US ban on travel to Cuba takes death threat in its stride00:02
Economists warn of Budget tax rise risks: Sharp increases would push underlying rate of inflation well above 4% target ceiling, Clarke told00:02
Financial services mini-boom falters00:02
Peace call00:02
Thirtysomethings reject family values: Marianne Macdonald finds that couples are more ready to divorce or cohabit - and are happier00:02
Rugby Union: Leicester seek home from home00:02
SCIENCE FICTION / A library, Jim, but not as we know it: Liverpool University has Britain's first degree in SF and matching library. Robert Hanks reports00:02
Football / World Cup: Morocco end the Zambian dream: America beckons the elite of Africa after a weekend of passion and pain. Chris Maume reports00:02
German buyer moves for EBRD site: Likely deal brings good news for Rosehaugh Stanhope Developments00:02
If you can't beat the bullies, outwit them00:02
Lawson and Howe go on the offensive: Thatcher memoirs are 'sour, peevish'00:02
Lockerbie suspects defy Libyan call to face Scottish trial00:02
Obituary: Professor Peter James00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Letter: Labouring under an illusion00:02
In general, America's friendship is a dangerous thing00:02
Boy on the run00:02
Papandreou wins power in Greek poll00:02
Letter: Smoking Kate is not a model to follow00:02
Car in cliff crash00:02
Papandreou scores a convincing win: Mitsotakis, 74, expected to resign as leader of New Democracy after conceding defeat in Greek election00:02
Woman lost at sea00:02
Commodities and Futures: Analysts predict price rebound00:02
Chess: Short buckles00:02
Equestrianism: Whitaker beats the clock in grand finale on Grannusch: Skelton misses the main prize on Dollar Girl at the Horse of the Year Show but shows the potential of Showtime00:02
Shift in EC aid 'will hit areas in decline'00:02
Happy Anniversary: Food takes off00:02
When is the price of freedom too high?00:02
Victims' memorial00:02
Football: Tranmere ponder the limits of their ambition00:02
Hunters fight against fox bans: Threat of Bill spurs field sports campaign00:02
Opposition growing to more EC reforms: Bonn ratification rider may put brake on further change00:02
Science Competition: Take the test and win a tour: If you are aged between 14 and 18 and aware that scientific culture exists outside a Petri dish, we have a competition for you, says Tom Wilkie00:02
Ferry tragedy in South Korea claims up to 140 lives00:02
Rugby League: Kiwis back with Hoppe and skip: Wigan humbled as tourists serve up warning to Great Britain in late rally00:02
Driver sought00:02
Tbilisi appeals for international aid00:02
Leading Article: Vilification of heroic parents00:02
The Daily Poem: Long Ago00:02
Unita attack00:02
OPERA / Midsummer magic in the air: Edward Seckerson reviews Wagner's Die Meistersinger at the Royal Opera House00:02
Four men freed over 'concrete coffin'00:02
Minister quits00:02
Money urged for primary schools00:02
Smaller Companies: Bruntcliffe on the acquisition trail00:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Hole in the ozone layer extends over towns00:02
COALES' NOTES / Paper chases: Gordon Coales records a week of uncomfortable revelations in the world of Ars Longa00:02
Football: Macari wants release00:02
A shocking answer to inflation: Jeffrey Sachs argues that the West must now back Yeltsin with real financial aid00:02
Row erupts over Rothmans' status: Removal from index ahead of new Stock Exchange rules under fire00:02
Football / World Cup: Wright's recovery bolsters English belief: Taylor determined to play for both points while Advocaat is more cautious about Dutch prospects00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Hospitals at risk launch a price war: The threatened UCLH group feels market forces bite as health authorities look for cheaper patient care. Celia Hall reports00:02
Floods in Asia ruin rice crop: Japan set to reverse import ban - Storms threaten rest of harvest00:02
Hospital waiting lists still rising, Labour says00:02
Rugby Union: Lion in wilderness00:02
Doctor shot00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Murders make Israel shudder00:02
Law Report: Case Summaries00:02
Peter Pringle's America: No cheers for dancing girls00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Hockey: Shaw shows the way00:02
International Art Market: Buyers find bargains among former dealer's stock00:02
Pope rejected00:02
Sporting Digest:00:02
Sporting Digest: Equestrianism00:02
Are you 18? Then you're too old: There's no alcohol, and it closes at ten. But Derby's new night-club is a lot more fun than drinking on street corners. Jojo Moyes reports00:02
Obituary: Agnes de Mille00:02
Tense LA awaits riot case verdict00:02
THEATRE / That sink-plunging feeling: Paul Taylor reviews Ken Campbell's latest monologue, Jamais Vu00:02
Mafia looks east00:02
Obituary: Simon Johnson00:02
Leading Article: The proper study of mankind is birds00:02
Mayhew cool on Sinn Fein talks00:02
Canoeist killed00:02
Letter: Smoking Kate is not a model to follow00:02
The expanded 'Independent'00:02
Golf: Clarke keeps cool to collect first win: Irishman's run of good form continues as Ballesteros goes awry in Belgian Open00:02
The Best of Times: An unbelievable Lord's day: David Frost talks to Danny Danziger00:02
Simpson tipped for chief executive's job at Lucas00:02
Racing: For the Notebook: A weekly list of horses to follow:00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
TELEVISION / Briefing: All the news that's fit to scan00:02
Rallycross: Dirty dancing on four wheels as Britain's rallycross drivers put their skills to the test and stretch their nerves to the limit00:02
Equal pay for women curbed by ministers: Confidential letter warns of 'threat to jobs'00:02
Rugby Union Commentary: Ryan and Smith left whistling in the wind: Irish referee is criticised at Sudbury where Bath have to dig deep in order to survive late buzz by Wasps00:02
Better connections pay off for cable networks: Mary Fagan looks at a surge of investment in the hot industry of 199300:02
TELEVISION / The critics00:02
Court Circular00:02
Waiting for the earth to move: Tom Wilkie explains how a small group of British scientists can monitor secret nuclear testing from a north London flat00:02
Rudd joins Gartmore board00:02
Out of Japan: Poetic journey to find simple things in life00:02
Lacroix sews a stitch in time00:02
Racing: Last laps a match for the Squire: Peter Scudamore completes his hardest ever ride to break the 200-mile time trial record with minutes to spare00:02
Sporting Digest: Netball00:02
Birthdays00:02
Football: Preston prosper on Beck's philosophy00:02
Environment 'fads' attacked: Right-wingers question value of cloth nappies and recycling00:02
The Week Ahead: Rats to lose their heads in space00:02
US troops ready for Haiti role00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Portillo keeps up attack on cost of welfare state00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Scottish Football: Hibernian flourishing with Miller00:02
Overseas Football: Maradona misses out00:02
Boxing: Benn grumbles while Eubank is all sweetness: Nunn sees nothing bothersome in his super-middlewight rivals as they hint at hooking up again00:02
Letter: When only the pregnant get a flat00:02
Clinton abandons hunt for elusive Somali warlord00:02
Craxi to spill beans about Communists00:02
Rugby League Round-Up: Northern power surge: Fox stakes claim for Test as Bradford go top00:02
Self-destruction: she remembers it well00:02
Finsbury limits Lloyd's capacity00:02
Tennis: Britain thrive on the right approach00:02
UN resumes evacuations00:02
Wright passed fit for key England game00:02
Boost for exports to former Soviet Union00:02
Football: Fans at war with a club divided: Jack Stewart on the freakish atmosphere surrounding Celtic's 2-1 defeat of Dundee00:02
Football Commentary: Crossfire forces Hull's fall from heights00:02
Basketball: Pearson is Kings' late ace00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
CableTel listed in New York00:02
Letter: A dangerous change to original Tory VAT principles00:02
Letter: Woolly thinking about tea cosies00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Delay brings a life on painkillers: The threatened UCLH group feels market forces bite as health authorities look for cheaper patient care. Celia Hall reports00:02
Football: Testimonial match at Anfield00:02
Hostel volunteer stabbed to death00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Outsider smashes his way to conker title: World media focus on village contest with Olympic aspirations00:02
Sporting Digest: Orienteering00:02
Letter: The increased price of legalising cannabis00:02
Business and City Summary00:02
Racing: Grand is favourite00:02
Federalist warning to Euro candidates00:02
Sporting Digest: American Football00:02
Competition: Follow the clues of Holmes00:02
Rugby Union: Dwyer unimpressed by his team00:02
Football: Watford find grandstand finish00:02
Yeltsin whips regions into line: Patriarch Alexi leads prayers for victims of rebellion while Gorbachev indicates he plans a comeback00:02
Letter: When only the pregnant get a flat