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Dear Peter Lilley: A few words to the Social Security Secretary from a single mother00:02
Racing: Bradley burns his bridges on Street00:02
Football: Watson plays captain's role to upset Palace00:02
Church appointments00:02
Howard backs 'basics' theme00:02
Price cuts hit Murdoch profits00:02
Calls grow for privacy ombudsman00:02
Bovine face in a paddy over rice00:02
Israel agrees Gaza troop reductions00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Street-Porter to leave youth post at BBC after six years00:02
Obituary: Arthur Rowe00:02
And What's More . . .00:02
Dismissed lorry staff win pounds 3m00:02
Sporting Digest: Sumo00:02
POP MUSIC / Every little fluffy cloud has a silver lining: The sky's the limit when it comes to stories about the ditziness of Rickie Lee Jones. But, as Giles Smith hears, that's nowhere near the whole story00:02
Death squads in El Salvador on prowl again00:02
Hollywood's got nothing on this00:02
Bridge: Twins' defence00:02
POP MUSIC / Showing their roots: Guru's Jazzmatazz - Bristol University00:02
British detectives seconded to FBI00:02
Kuwait reports clash with Iraqis on border00:02
Pembroke: Mercedes goes bananas00:02
Race attack arrests00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 posters00:02
View from City Road: Confusion rules at Volkswagen00:02
Second lab closed in German blood scandal00:02
Dictator charged with murder00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
IN CONCERT / On hands and feet: Adrian Jack reviews three of the week's major console and keyboard recitals in London00:02
Standing firm00:02
Japanese get fax on perils of overseas00:02
High noon for Sheriff Howard and the Lone Parent00:02
Rising markets lift Henderson to pounds 9.2m00:02
ALBUMS / Rough and far from ready00:02
TELEVISION / Shame, grief and no innocent memories00:02
Football: Parker resigned to moving on: Midfielder has talks about his future at Villa Park00:02
Parents take a child's-eye view of dangers in the kitchen00:02
Snooker: Ebdon the loner is making a big noise: The pony-tail has gone but a rich talent continues to grow. Ian Ridley on the man aiming to turn the tables00:02
Out of India: Zombie-like on the beach with Eight-Finger Eddie00:02
Jury frees man whose wife cut off his penis00:02
Letter: Power without peer00:02
Obituary: Lord Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon00:02
Paramount pays dollars 552m for Macmillan00:02
Italian MPs decide to hold early elections: Emigrants are denied the vote, to the outrage of far right00:02
Safety officials count the cost of death00:02
Education: How they put a price on a pupils head: Extra pressure on primaries00:02
View from City Road: National Power overreaction00:02
Leading Article: Grammar schools as a springboard to power00:02
Ulster peace hopes hit by division: Dublin doubtful on inter-party talks00:02
Sports Letters: Capitalising on a valuable asset00:02
Leading Article: Transatlantic trade and diplomacy00:02
Market Report: Allders' first-day success not matched by Sidney00:02
Tennis: Lendl's poor end to season00:02
The insurgent millionaire comes unstuck00:02
Public schools fill fewer top posts00:02
Bottom Line: Another bus ride00:02
Unions reject GCHQ 'compromise' offer00:02
Dog in a hole00:02
Police offensive against capital's burglars nets 453 suspects: Rhys Williams joins officers on an early-morning house call as part of Operation Bumblebee00:02
Lest we forget . . .: Veterans of the First World War will gather in Ypres, western Belgium, today to mark the Armistice which ended hostilities 75 years ago and pay tribute to lost comrades on both sides00:02
Eleven die as flu epidemic moves south: Elderly victims not vaccinated against strain of virus despite advice from the Department of Health00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Rugby League: Broncos still bucking: World club match on00:02
Lest we forget . . .: Veterans of the First World War will gather in Ypres, western Belgium, today to mark the Armistice which ended hostilities 75 years ago and pay tribute to lost comrades on both sides00:02
Bottom Line: Impressive insurer00:02
US acquisition gives boost to ACT's results00:02
UN to visit Iraqi refugees00:02
The Daily Poem: My Brother00:02
POP MUSIC / Night classes with the old school: Has world music used up all its credit? Philip Sweeney on the fortunes of the Bhundu Boys and Salif Keita00:02
Golf: Montgomerie out to raise Scots' standard: England's World Cup campaign hit by Gilford doubt. Robinson Holloway reports from Orlando, Florida00:02
Kidnap boy 'not in danger'00:02
Rugby Union: Canadians' club batters Welsh into submission00:02
Howard backs 'basics' theme00:02
Nigerian government ruled illegal00:02
Art in the dock: Clare Bayley visits a law court in Nottingham. Inside she finds a judge in a glass house and Virgil Tracy taking visitors' fingerprints00:02
Football: Marseille jettison Futre and Desailly00:02
Biermann quits Maddox00:02
Language row00:02
Charges dropped00:02
Wyevale on lookout for acquisitions00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Right of Reply: Dr Virginia Button, exhibition curator of the annual Turner Prize at the Tate Gallery, responds to the critics who attack it00:02
Bank headache for Clinton00:02
Teaching vacancies fall00:02
The American translation: European designers left us open-mouthed; but in New York we wanted to open our wallets, says Marion Hume00:02
MBAs: Tailor-made for education: As the role of head teachers changes, Liz Heron reports on a degree course specifically designed to equip them with management skills00:02
Court Circular00:02
Japan helps fund Heathrow link00:02
Today's Number: 7400:02
Gore trounces Perot in Nafta debate: Vice-President's triumphant TV performance boosts White House hopes of congressional approval for pact00:02
Football / FA Cup Countdown: Hopeful Knowsley look to Orr family mettle: Goodison will pulsate to a different Mersey beat on Saturday. Rupert Metcalf reports00:02
Business courted by Labour00:02
Amersham aided by devaluation00:02
Croat silver appeal00:02
Letter: Hothouse training does not produce good leaders00:02
Wednesday rely on Palmer karma00:02
Hockey: Youthful HA prevail: Cambridge University lose out00:02
Here Today00:02
Euro Disney needs revamp to survive: First-year losses soar to more than pounds 600m Trading suspended in Paris and Brussels as shares dive00:02
Leading Article: Split dampens Irish hopes00:02
FILM / The return of Scarlett fever: When Robert Selznick cast Gone with the Wind in 1939, he orchestrated a hurricane of hype. It's happened again, as Phil Reeves reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Letter: No obligations00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Finance chief leaves Sears after 16 months00:02
Computer virus hits nuclear power site: Machines at Sizewell B plant play 'Yankee Doodle'00:02
Football: Magical McCoist00:02
Killer jailed00:02
Sports Letters: Time for tough action00:02
Trapped under wreckage, only hands and feet were visible00:02
THEATRE / Cut apart and dried: Paul Taylor reviews Matthew Lloyd's production of Han Ong's LA Plays at the Almeida00:02
Scientists detect gender in sperm: Technique could allow parents to choose children's sex00:02
Education: How they put a price on a pupils head: High costs at high school00:02
No smell of death at Dubai arms bazaar: Robert Fisk saw the fierce competition for the lucrative Arab market00:02
Valuing companies in a black hole00:02
Seat-belt row after 10 die: Motorway disaster victims crushed as tourist coach tumbles down embankment00:02
Recovery uneven, says CBI: Survey finds wide regional variations in confidence00:02
Letter: Hothouse training does not produce good leaders00:02
Auf Wiedersehen to selection?: As Germany questions its relatively free market in university places, Britain is moving away from selection and towards wider access, says John Spencer00:02
View from City Road: Walt Disney holds all the Parisian cards00:02
Serbs mount 'reprisal' raid00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Lloyd's to offer ruined names pounds 1bn: Compensation move designed to prevent years of litigation00:02
Rugby Union: All Blacks break their scoring record for British Isles: Jenkins boots his way into history at the Arms Park while New Zealand's captain leads the ground attack in landmark spree00:02
Football: Forest are reliant on Collymore00:02
TV's King is Talkmeister of the Universe00:02
Clouds over Riyadh: Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is living beyond its means. Peter Torday looks at the tough decisions it must take00:02
Bottom Line: Newcomer on move00:02
Bleak picture of life in children's homes: Report highlights use of restraints 'that amount to abuse'00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Hatch a plan for your nest egg now00:02
Islamists held00:02
Sports Letters: Time for tough action00:02
Birthdays00:02
Salami recalled00:02
Commonwealth Games: Manchester plans bid00:02
Mexican Mafia mourns leader00:02
Education: How they put a price on a pupils head: Karen Gold reports on the furore among headteachers over the gulf in funding between primary and secondary schools and, below, examines how the money is being spent00:02
Income support for 70% of lone parents00:02
Letter: An eloquent sign of the times00:02
Football: Fat man casts a shadow00:02
Future plans00:02
Waco massacre victims buried00:02
Dilemmas: Depriving a child of half its life00:02
Lest we forget . . .: Veterans of the First World War will gather in Ypres, western Belgium, today to mark the Armistice which ended hostilities 75 years ago and pay tribute to lost comrades on both sides00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Letter: Owls on the increase and nightingales that sing in Berkeley Square00:02
WALKING / The beauty of Biggleswade: Michael Leapman joins fellow members of the Ramblers' Association in Bedfordshire00:02
Waco funerals00:02
Scottish Value shows 62% rise00:02
Bottom Line: Unigate will need a lot of bottle00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Sporting Digest: Ten Pin Bowling00:02
Letter: Redundancies did not cause death00:02
Equestrianism: Faurie breaks new ground00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Law Report: Jamaican death row appeals barred00:02
Letter: Owls on the increase and nightingales that sing in Berkeley Square00:02
Bulger trial told of blood on boys' shoes00:02
Chess: Old favourite00:02
Britain wants tougher China talks: Cabinet approves new strategy for negotiations on Hong Kong as time is running out00:02
Synod calls for 'fair taxes' to create jobs00:02
Hambros disappoints City with 50% gain: Merchant bank misses out on market upsurge00:02
Man 'horrified' at bath murder claim00:02
National Power to shut 10 stations by end of decade: Environnmental issues and nuclear competition blamed00:02
In trouble again? Tough: Be cruel to be kind: that is the advice of an American organisation established to help parents whose children are out of control. Naseem Khan reports00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
Lib Dems in fresh row over 'racist leaflet'00:02
Art Market: Sink sold while Turners fail to excite bidders00:02
Attacker's release led to boy's suicide00:02
Anger rises at council letter00:02
Boxing: Sport's biggest hitter Lewis weighs in at pounds 10.5m00:02
Encom to seek a listing00:02
Oceana pair invited on to Etam board00:02
Russia's old Communists refuse to die: The struggle against Boris Yeltsin's reforms is most bitter at the level of the state factory. In Voronezh Andrew Higgins met a 'red director' determined to combat all the President stands for00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
VW returns to the black: Car maker promises full-year break-even in domestic operations00:02
Crash fuels demands for bus seat-belt law: Christian Wolmar reports on renewed safety concerns after the M2 accident00:02
Silly Questions: Calling all cars00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Over the border in search of lost ghosts: 'Rebecca's Vest' - Karl Miller: Hamish Hamilton, 14.99 pounds00:02
Too much sex, no discrimination: Sado-masochism? Body piercing? The Joy of Sex on interactive video? Who needs 'em, says Ruth Picardie00:02
Nurse compensated00:02
Letter: Suppression of splendid noise00:02
Letter: Air force chief's futile exercise00:02
Police search Jackson home00:02
Axe poised over great city trees: Urban planting policies favour smaller species. Nicholas Schoon reports00:02
Two dead after street shooting00:02
Inside File: Bonn oversteps the mark00:02
View from City Road: Current account numbers go hazy00:02
Electrocomponents hails reduction in bad debts: Profits advance by 22% as fewer customers fail to pay up00:02
CIA man scorns 'spying operation'00:02
VAT applied to all foods 'would cost 31,000 jobs'00:02
Education Viewpoint: To board or not to board00:02
Europe keeps silent on veiled US threats00:02
Jews remembered00:02
Football / Coca Cola Cup: Wright dances through Norwich: High-powered Arsenal shoot Canaries out of the Coca-Cola Cup00:02
Letter: Potential misuse of privacy laws00:02
Lab closed00:02
Bock will demand big shake-up at Lonrho00:02
First Night: Song for Europe enjoys camp spirit: Eurovision00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Thatcherite soundbites to savour: Last night the 'Downing Street Years' TV series ended. Peter Hennessy assesses its worth00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Speed limiters to be fitted00:02
The message from Dr Death: Under arrest, Jack Kevorkian, an expert at ending lives. He has done it 19 times and he believes he is doing right. Last week he went on hunger strike to show America he meant it. Keith Botsford reports00:02
We can't afford 5-star service: Frederick Bonnart argues that Britain's armed forces are far too top heavy with top brass (CORRECTED)00:02
Twelve die in French road crash00:02
Diary00:02
Bargain hunters home in on mean streets of Belfast: Houses for sale from pounds 1,350, good security, ripe for restoration. Ian MacKinnon reports00:02
Obituary: Michael Bilton