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Cuttings: Computer selection00:02
Saturday Night: Serving a short stretch in prison00:02
Basketball: Bears bearing down on Tigers' tail: Holders face champions in League Trophy semi-finals00:02
Rules on disclosing personal details need to be widened: Sue Fieldman discovers that finance houses are not bound by the banks' code of practice00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Nigerians defy curbs by army: Police in clashes with demonstrators00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Talks No. 16 for Britain and China00:02
Money Update: Statement update00:02
Leading Article: How Europe can arrest its decline00:02
Books: He is indeed a very altered Toad: Christina Hardyment talks to William Horwood, recreator of The Wind in the Willows00:02
Pension funds fall at the post: Bacon & Woodrow's annual survey recommends only three companies00:02
Grimsby bus firm falls to Stagecoach: Deal broadens geographical spread00:02
Cricket: Differences multiplying across the great divide: This week's Allan Lamb libel case has merely underlined the gulf between England and Pakistan, writes Martin Johnson, Cricket Correspondent00:02
Money Grouse: Cheque victim bounces back00:02
MUSIC / Discs: A few notes between friends: Stephen Johnson and Edward Seckerson on songs and a 'Swedish Schumann'00:02
Appeals: The Ruth Hayman Trust00:02
Rugby League: Gear change speeds up title race: Castleford miss Test-bound Kemp. Dave Hadfield reports00:02
Travel Departures: Ho Chi Minh trail00:02
Victorian hammerhead crane given status of stately home and pounds 275,000 grant for restoration00:02
Obituary: Graham Needham00:02
Court Circular00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Profile: Backbencher with real backbone: Emma Nicholson MP, accomplished missionary00:02
Letter: Listening to opera from the gallery00:02
Rallying / RAC Rally: The Champion's guide to the challengers00:02
Books: The biggest man by a million chalks: Anthony Lane on Auguste Rodin, the sculptor who created heavy drama day after day00:02
Letter: 'House' fits the neighbourhood00:02
Lamb goes on front foot over ball-tampering: Lawyer attacks cricket administrators after libel case ends amid claims of cover-up00:02
Israeli peace process pays dividends: Christine Stopp looks at the practicalities of investing in a land of milk and money00:02
Howard tries softer line on prison staff00:02
British Gas sells Canadian arm for 638m pounds: Investment shift to developing nations00:02
RAC Rally: Mature McRae fired up for forest flourish: Tomorrow a hard-charging but smooth-moving Briton will attempt to exorcise a national ghost. Derick Allsop reports00:02
Stiff fine for parrot stuff00:02
Italy's left wing leads on eve of local polls: Tomorrow's elections are another stage in transforming the political scene after the corruption scandals00:02
Rare book reveals Potter priorities: Peter Rabbit resumes career in ballet as first edition goes under hammer00:02
Travel Departures: Travel bookshelf / Best-selling Australian guides:00:02
Howls and wry laughter in court00:02
William Donaldson's Week: A royal family Christmas00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Leak over Irish unity threatens Ulster talks: Dublin document alarms Unionists and underlines constitutional gap with London00:02
Books: Witches, beauties and mennyms: Maureen Owen on the best of this year's children's fiction00:02
Cabinet file quashes lone-parent stereotype: What the ministers said. . .00:02
Lonrho plans to regroup around four core divisions: Board acts to avert dispute with Dieter Bock00:02
Motoring: Every car mechanic's favourite publisher: John Haynes has made a fortune from workshop manuals, and he has spent it on old cars. Report by Phil Llewellin00:02
Squash: Marshall on the move to meet Jansher00:02
Travel Departures: Channel war00:02
Knifeman jailed00:02
13th pupil dies but crash cause still unknown00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Tennis: Ivanisevic set to finish year on a high note: Croat closes on meeting with a world No 1 dressed to kill with lucrative new clothing contract00:02
Ramsden admits fraud but walks free: Former securities dealer is given two-year suspended sentence00:02
Extra cost of NHS changes challenged: Nicholas Timmins reports that 30,000 new posts have brought no obvious care benefits00:02
Money Update: Pearl targets schools00:02
Football Diary: Steamed up about Turkey00:02
Obituary: Sir Anthony Lincoln00:02
Terrorists jailed00:02
Money Update: Homeowners' tax savings00:02
Breakthrough in search for boy00:02
Tension rises over 'plot' by Albanians in Macedonia: The conflicts that have engulfed Croatia and Bosnia could spread to the unstable southern Balkans00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Red Cross sued00:02
Letter: 'House' fits the neighbourhood00:02
Arts: The chop and change of daily life: Tony Kushner's Perestroika is not just about chaos, it's engulfed by it. Gerard Raymond reports00:02
Books: Farewell to those oily types: Nicholas Tucker on the rise and fall of the jingoistic tradition of adventure stories00:02
Sport Quotes of the Week00:02
Investors need early approval00:02
Battle is joined to save Flemish: Belgians are still fighting an old fight00:02
Letter: Crisis and chaos in the civil service00:02
Travel: My socks for his giraffe mask: Michael Edwards battles with Masai warriors in search of a good barter on a busy Kenyan beach00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Report urges more open Civil Service00:02
Shopping raids00:02
Police seize 20m pounds of heroin on M1: Record haul found hidden in tomato lorry00:02
The Things I've Seen: High on the Holme Fen Post00:02
Congress sees Franco-German split on monetary union: Alphandery and Tietmeyer are moving further apart on the European question. John Eisenhammer reports00:02
Letter: Invasion of anguish00:02
Travel: Taking the easy way out: Driving a car to the Alps is not the struggle it used to be. Chris Gill shows the way00:02
Eurocorps grows00:02
Painter-Stainers' Company00:02
Heart Searching: Not enjoying the thrill of the chase: While not actively hunting for a partner, Susan Wood is blooded when her worldly friend gets the bit between her teeth00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Unichem purchases Bradford rival for up to pounds 8.9m00:02
Export surge cuts into non-EU trade deficit00:02
Tiphook containers to raise 830m pounds: Transamerica pays 'staggering' price - Transport group slims down to trailers to avoid collapse00:02
US lifts ban on sale of computer: Asia-Pacific nations put pressure on Europe over trade and Washington makes concessions to improve relations with China00:02
Motoring: The 1963 vintage won't lie down: Roger Bell is full of admiration for the new, improved version of the 30-year-old Porsche 911, 'the world's most practical supercar'00:02
Cuttings: Monster plant sale00:02
Today's Number: 2800:02
Anniversaries00:02
Baby food fears00:02
Letter: Need for a stronger manufacturing sector in the UK00:02
Night care centres to help cut GP home visits: Change follows 'explosion' in out-of-hours calls00:02
Food and Drink: Can you afford such good taste?: Marco Pierre White's newest restaurant is extremely expensive, but food and service are close to perfection, says Emily Green00:02
View from City Road: Long wait at Tiphook00:02
Rugby Union: Eves' realism concedes Bath are champion neighbours: Barrie Fairall previews the weekend's programme00:02
Birthdays00:02
Sport: The Week in Review00:02
Golf: Spanish spanner works up White into black mood: The battle to join Europe's millionaire golf club, the Volvo Tour, is over for another year. One British loser, however, is crying foul. Tim Glover reports00:02
Travel Departures: Record getaways00:02
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists00:02
Ivory Coast's ruler returns00:02
Cracks open up in S African right wing: ANC and government in talks with conservatives aimed at exploiting divisions before April elections00:02
Football: Celtic's prospects rise00:02
Vatican threatens to cast out the exorcists of Goa: The Church is worried about the unconventional zeal with which some members have been pursuing the Evil One, Tim McGirk writes from Nuvem00:02
France curbs asylum rights00:02
Shopworkers to get Sunday choice: Government U-turn will allow new employees to change their minds under 'conscience clause'00:02
Sporting Digest: Swimming00:02
Sporting Digest: Sumo00:02
Chirac prepares power bid00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Food and Drink: Roll out the Christmas beer barrel00:02
The party shamans: Dinner in a swimming-pool full of ballerinas? No problem. Emma Cook meets the men behind London's fantasy fiestas00:02
Money Update: Trust for pessimistic00:02
Insurance fraud faces crackdown: ABI aims to eliminate false claims00:02
Appeals: The Kirkgate Centre Trust00:02
MUSIC / From outside in: They called him Fred the Red, but his god was Beethoven. Annette Morreau meets the composer Frederic Rzewski00:02
Rugby Union: Ellis at liberty to find his island of dreams: An outstanding All Black stand-off will try to outfox Grant Fox at Murrayfield today. Steve Bale reports00:02
READER RECIPE / Great balls of fire00:02
Hockey: Captaincy proves too much for Halls: Champions face cracking encounter with unbeaten rivals00:02
Food and Drink: I smell reasonably healthy00:02
Train tragedy00:02
Racing: Munro first on Hights00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Visionary dreams of a vindictive sneak: 'Franco' - Paul Preston: HarperCollins, 25 pounds00:02
Rugby Union: All Blacks ready to ride the tide of history: Hastings looks to Scotland's winning habit at Murrayfield for an upset to provide him with his greatest achievement00:02
RAC Rally: Kankkunen is king of the road: An unusual assortment of drivers promises a classic. Derick Allsop reports00:02
Packwood 'may resign'00:02
Gonzalez delays decision on minister's future00:02
Food and Drink: Why the police picked me up00:02
Apec urges speedy end to Gatt talks: Asia-Pacific nations put pressure on Europe over trade and Washington makes concessions to improve relations with China00:02
View from City Road: Tiny foxes clever with control at Lonrho00:02
Obituary: Antonia Booth00:02
Letter: Need for a stronger manufacturing sector in the UK00:02
C&G rates trimmed00:02
Style: The staff are always right00:02
Pelican swallows Tu Tu00:02
Review: The litter traits of feline friends exposed00:02
Travel Departures: Sudan warning00:02
Tennis: Pierce punishes Navratilova00:02
Mass HIV test00:02
Fire sweeps Shenzhen plant00:02
Letter: Need for a stronger manufacturing sector in the UK00:02
Carmen's Company00:02
Auctions00:02
Woolwich in new fix00:02
View from City Road: Israel emerges as good investment00:02
Political rhetoric infuriates mothers: Women bringing up children alone respond to recent criticisms. Jojo Moyes reports00:02
UN team in Iraq to check 'poison' bombs00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Accused boys 'must have killed James Bulger together'00:02
Cabinet file quashes lone-parent stereotype: Civil servants told ministers that quality, not quantity, of parental care was the vital issue. Rosie Waterhouse reports00:02
Athletics: Arbitration panel may favour Krabbe: German former world sprint champion appeals against drug ban00:02
Obituary: Alberto Breccia00:02
Angry Clinton threatens ban on guns: President courts Pacific partners and warns Europe against blocking trade deal00:02
Brothers on murder charge00:02
A great night for shopping at Liberty00:02
MUSIC / Touring: Scale models: Stephen Johnson on microtonality00:02
THEATRE / Lunar sea: Jeffrey Wainwright on Theatr Clwyd's Full Moon00:02
Service appointments00:02
Child couriers00:02
Hume relaxes entry terms for Anglicans00:02
You lose some, you win some: The travelling public misplaces its property. Then it buys it back. John Windsor explains00:02
Money Update: A bear for comfort00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Food and Drink: There are no winners in the beaujolais race: Old-fashioned price-cutting is the 'new' way of getting the juices flowing, says Anthony Rose00:02
Money Update: Endowment auction00:02
Out of Spain: Dicing with death on highway to sex 'n' drugs 'n' discos00:02
Travel: Fledglings still learning how to fly: There are planes above China that cost 12,000 tons of mangoes to buy. Jeremy Hart reports00:02
Fire suicide00:02
All happy with house deal kept in the family: Mary Wilson tells how a son solved his parents' home sale problems00:02
Racing: Indian sharp for spruce00:02
Travel: The Location Hunters: A Third Man came forth: From the sewers to the big wheel, post-war Vienna lives on with Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Frank Barrett00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Dead soldiers, broken hearts: 'A Very Long Engagement' - Sebastien Japrisot Tr. Linda Coverdale: Harvill, 9.99 pounds00:02
Sporting Digest: Weightlifting00:02
Feltmakers' Company00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Travel: Keeping the peace00:02
Rapist warning00:02
View from City Road: New issue fever cools00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
And what's more ..00:02
Sailing: Riders on the wall of death00:02
An issue of gentlemanly conduct00:02
Travel: Skiing / Top 20 Resorts: Val Thorens00:02
Lloyd's to ratify 1bn pounds rescue00:02
Letter: BBC's choice of statistics00:02
Life sentence for woman who set up husband's murder: Lover and accomplice lay in wait as 'honest and decent' victim was lured to his death in woods on pretext of seeing foxes00:02
Ukrainians learn to love their bombs: Despite the Chernobyl legacy, Kiev now embraces nuclear warheads to guarantee its future, writes Andrew Higgins00:02
Market Report: System crash halts trade as share prices retreat00:02
Obituary: B. S. Page00:02
Arts: I Confess: A cheap affair with Anne Diamond and Nick Owen? Paul Morley on his sordid passion for Good Morning00:02
Hurd hints aid to Bosnia could be withdrawn00:02
Nato fires off words over Croat 'no-fly' violations00:02
Development Securities withdraws share placing: Rumours of DTI insider trading inquiry scupper offer00:02
Food and Drink: Make room for the winter squash: Roasted, fried, buttered or baked, squashes are sweet and satisfying cold-weather fare00:02
Africa creates its own dollars 1m peace fund00:02
Berlin bombs00:02
Bookshop Window00:02
Landmarks: Glasgow00:02
Country Matters: Squirrelling away winter stocks00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Tool Box: New life for old lawns00:02
Royal Institute of Navigation00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Hess shrine was erected by BNP supporter: Pensioner blames 'Communist gangsters' for destruction of monument commemorating flight of Adolf Hitler's deputy00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Gastropod00:02
Sex-crazed wife who was stifled by kindness: Rhys Williams reports on the fatal attraction that led to murder00:02
Racing: Four fire Maguire's dreams00:02
Church appointments00:02
Daydream homes00:02
Travel: Plane delight00:02
Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Telspec for market in pounds 5m placing00:02
Snip wife's holiday plea00:02
Football: Business as usual for an island in isolation: British clubs concentrate on domestic disputes as Ardiles, Ferguson and Keegan show way ahead00:02
Faith & Reason: Calling cards left as a sign of hope: Our series on the implication of belief in miracles, and whether they prove anything, is resumed by Clive Calver, General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, UK00:02
Wills00:02
Property: Confidence tricks for first-timers: Conditions are perfect for gaining a foothold on the housing ladder, says Anne Spackman00:02
Second Thoughts: Too close a call: D J Taylor recalls Real Life (Flamingo pounds 5.99) and the real trouble it caused00:02
Jordan hangs female killer00:02
Money Update: No-claims bonus00:02
Fathers plan European challenge to child agency: Sue Fieldman looks at claims that the CSA contravenes human rights00:02
Gardening: A mutiny on the gypsophila border: Anna Pavord finds her garden-cred in question after a planting disaster in a sun-drenched, south-facing dream bed