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Computers: Minitel gets on the road: France's successful telephone information and sales service based on Prestel is being made available in Britain. Frank Barrett reports00:02
Bowthorpe launches pounds 64.4m rights issue: Pledge to increase total dividend by 8.6%00:02
Greece calm over EU Macedonia move00:02
Yorkshire cuts 10% of workers: Group embarks on several joint ventures as part of 'continual change'00:02
SAS enlists aid for wild-cat strike00:02
Cricket: New Igglesden niggle rocks Caribbean boat: Fast bowler breaks down again as England tune up for West Indies00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Where there's fire there's smokejumpers: Young men and fire - Norman Maclean: University of Chicago, pounds 9.9500:02
Bottom Line: High potential00:02
Letter: Why Ulster Unionists gave Anglo-Irish declaration a cool reception00:02
FILM / Box-office charts00:02
After Hours00:02
If guns win in Ulster, why not in Scotland?00:02
New Gregory murder trial resolves nothing00:02
Stab victim's widow joins care campaign00:02
Bottom Line: Memories prompt M&G caution00:02
Rugby League: McClennan bails out amid furore: Saints lose coach00:02
Ronson purchase marks new course for Hoskins00:02
Britons drain hypermarket of beer00:02
Nine in ten pension deals 'suspect': 'Scandal' brews as accountants find most transfers to private schemes fail know-your-customer test00:02
Technical setback in court for GM00:02
Letter: Talking 'bout his generation00:02
Marauding hippos kill two00:02
Football Books for Christmas: An exciting assortment for the anorak brigade: Phil Shaw on a fine festive season for the lovers of football facts and figures00:02
China steps up HK rhetoric00:02
Poll fall-out tests Clinton's support for Yeltsin00:02
Swedish police arrest two for pounds 50m art theft00:02
Sports Listings: This Weekend / Equestrianism: Olympia Championships, London00:02
Letter: How traffic limits children's freedom00:02
The daily poem00:02
'Scrooge of Year' threatens to sue: Businessman 'sought full-time worker for pounds 50 a week'00:02
Settlers face crackdown00:02
Major cornered by Smith on tax rises: Gatt leaves Skinner unimpressed - French accused of censorship - Lords aim to give girls 'more of the cake'00:02
World freedom in recession00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
View from City Road: Politicians should act to safeguard investors00:02
Obituary: Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau00:02
This time round, it's curtains: The Arts Council announced further cash cuts yesterday, but it was theatre that really got it in the neck. Enough, says David Lister, enough00:02
'Shogun' Tanaka dies at 7500:02
Joy and death in the Cairngorms: Jane Thomas died last weekend taking the risks of a mountaineer. No more, no less. Peter Gillman reports00:02
Law Report: Home Office can be liable: Racz v Home - Office House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Goff of Chieveley, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, Lord Browne-Wilkinson and Lord Mustill), 16 December 199300:02
Unseasonal greetings from the sunny city of Birmingham00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Father who shot baby jailed for life00:02
Leading Article: Christianity is not the exclusive faith00:02
Ice Skating: Witt needs all her wits about her: German star on trial00:02
Heads at risk of false abuse allegations: Union warns of rise in complaints00:02
Letter: Children's theatre has become invisible00:02
Equestrianism: Skelton sets pace with two wins: Flying start for seasonal show jumping festival00:02
Dear Ollie: You're the last of the film-star wild men, a national institution; don't give up now, says an admirer00:02
View from City Road: Exchange is going round in circles00:02
OUTSIDE EDGE / Duncan Steer on the background music men00:02
Women in low-paid jobs tilt workforce00:02
Fury in Asia over Gatt deal00:02
Ex-Brent Walker chief faces further theft charge00:02
Mountain casualty00:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
Russia to stay on reform track: Rise of far right and Communists will force government staff changes but no policy shift00:02
Obituary: Kakuei Tanaka00:02
Fiji's president dies00:02
The state of the Union, RIP00:02
Interest rate switch floated00:02
Letter: Children's theatre has become invisible00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
FILM / This is the way the director sees it . . .00:02
Women infected with Aids virus during surgery: HIV transmitted between patients of same surgeon00:02
Pounds 1m jackpot prize00:02
Birthdays00:02
FILM / NEW RELEASES: Stealing from the rich: Adam Mars-Jones on Mel Brooks's Men in Tights, Robert Townsend's Meteor Man and the re-released Cinema Paradiso00:02
Letter: Why Ulster Unionists gave Anglo-Irish declaration a cool reception00:02
Arts Council grants freeze is blamed on Government00:02
Ashdown urges United Nations action in Bosnia00:02
Headless body00:02
Serbian parties lurch to the right00:02
View from City Road: Educating Dieter on reality at Lonrho00:02
Market Report: SIB sidelines insurers as festive spree continues00:02
Terrorists jailed for bomb campaign plot: MI5 agent in hiding after infiltrating, then testifying against republican group. Terry Kirby reports00:02
BAA points to 6,000 jobs if Terminal 5 is built00:02
Racing: Jockeys seek dope tests for stewards00:02
THEATRE / Truth or dare?: Paul Taylor on Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in Me and Mamie O'Rourke at the Strand Theatre00:02
Letter: Thorp decision to be challenged00:02
Today's Number: 50,00000:02
Hit-and-run trucks00:02
Sailing: Jury takes time to reconsider00:02
Employers' protest wins sick pay review00:02
Rugby League: Fairbank finds regal touch00:02
London galleries face closure00:02
Leading Article: No 10 must help Mr Molyneaux00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
BBC share of viewers in cable homes falls00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Physician issues monetarism health warning00:02
Golf: Heated Torrance gets short shrift: Faldo finishes with slip as dress code comes under fire in the high temperatures00:02
Symbol of Liverpool's glory reborn in warehouse: Pristine replica being made of eroded statue for roof of art gallery. Oliver Gillie reports00:02
Sports Listings: Plan Ahead: London International Boat Show00:02
Man charged with murders00:02
Legal actions attacked after doctor's suicide: Too easy to sue, coroner believes00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Leading Article: One down, two to go for Clinton00:02
Stuntman loses case against Oliver Reed00:02
Old foes unite to warn of bloodshed: Zulu and Afrikaner gather in the Natal hills to campaign for self-determination - a battle that does not rule out violence00:02
Cricket: Scan for Bicknell: Paceman's tour could be over00:02
Racing: Fellow reaches a turning point: A phenomenal French steeplechaser pursues a Kempton hat-trick. Matt Chapman reports00:02
Santa's tomb is found off Turkey: Academics claim to have found where St Nicholas was buried. David Keys reports00:02
Clinton runs out of patience with Aspin00:02
Doctor warns of sledging dangers00:02
The Ulster Declaration: IRA rule book has clause on peace: David McKittrick profiles a terrorist bureaucracy that the gunmen will resort to before any ceasefire00:02
Race monitoring00:02
FILM / Critical Round-Up00:02
Red Star sell-off grinds to halt: BR works on new management plan as parcels firm fails to attract good bids00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Diary00:02
Owners to shed 260 jobs: Management targeted in three-point plan to salvage market share00:02
FILM / Rushes00:02
ARTS / And what's more ...00:02
FILM / Director's Cut: Treasure trove of the past: Michael Caton-Jones on the soundless scene he likes to steal from Jean Vigo's L'Atalante00:02
Turkey tycoon gobbles up his rival in poultry: 18m pounds purchase will allow Bernard Matthews to keep up with demand00:02
Computers: Surrealist puzzle to brighten up Christmas: David Hewson savours a seasonal feast of CD-Rom offerings for the Apple Macintosh00:02
Muslims 'spared by killers'00:02
The Ulster Declaration: All-party committee set up to calm fears00:02
M&G after single market: Life insurance arm to take lead in new strategy pursuing European business00:02
Commons catering areas 'illegal'00:02
Airbus makes safety change00:02
Obituary: Hannah Stanton00:02
Funny peculiar: When is a totem pole not a totem pole? When it's part of an exhibition by artist and Cherokee, Jimmie Durham. Nick Curtis explains00:02
Sporting Digest: Sports Awards00:02
Private firm to escort prisoners in London00:02
Christmas without Nintendo00:02
Shooting case00:02
EU agrees to ratify Rio treaty00:02
Algeria militants claim killings00:02
BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 most visited Youth Hostels00:02
FILM / On release: Sheila Johnston's choice00:02
Sporting Digest: Commonwealth Games00:02
Rugby Union: Joseph receives 'severe reprimand': New Zealand management rebuked over secret punishment00:02
Letter: Talking 'bout his generation00:02
View from City Road: Level playing field is wrong for football00:02
Sports Listings: This Weekend / Mushing: British Championships, Brandon00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Some tips from Mr Jefferson: Russia could learn about the paradoxes of democracy from this revolutionary leader, says David Walker00:02
Inquiry into escape of Broadmoor murderers: Nurses suspended at high security hospital00:02
FILM / Video00:02
Offer to take Nu-Swift private: Deal values USM-listed fire extinguisher company at pounds 147m00:02
Penguin steak, curried sprouts and delicious krill00:02
Non-League Football: Unity in the north00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Body in freezer00:02
Pembroke: Bat out of Lloyd's00:02
Scientists find new 'high' in electricity flow00:02
Sporting Digest: Snooker00:02
Letter: Why Ulster Unionists gave Anglo-Irish declaration a cool reception00:02
Barrister resigns from injuries board00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Digging for victory - but not on my patch00:02
Scientist hanged00:02
Labour MP to advise police00:02
Sinn Fein takes its time over peace plan: IRA plants two bombs on railway00:02
'Arad killed in 1986'00:02
Hit-and-run trucks00:02
Review / It's too cold for comfort, but even here . . .00:02
Computers: High street sales take off: Nigel Willmott looks at the systems and prices on offer in the main retail store chains00:02
MUSIC / All in all, just an ordinary Jo: Adrian Jack on a disappointing recital by Sumi Jo at the Wigmore Hall00:02
People: Seasonal accolade for 'clean' judge00:02
Gaza in grip of suicide bombers: Two Hamas martyrs died this week, while two others were disarmed. Robert Fisk reports00:02
Christianity at heart of curriculum fight: Proposals for religious education anger liberals. Judith Judd reports00:02
Football Books for Christmas: Keegan's ultimate goal is cast in some doubt: Trevor Haylett finds plenty to ponder in the old game's latest literary offerings00:02
Police raids00:02
Computers: Lou Reed on Compuserve00:02
May Day is reprieved00:02
Fraud haunts Clinton nominee: Aspin's possible successor linked to pounds 765m Ferranti scandal00:02
150 firefighters tackle store blaze00:02
Anti-abortion convictions00:02
Letter: Talking 'bout his generation00:02
Archer threat to members to accept Lloyd's offer00:02
A pensions swindle to make us scream00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Obituaries00:02
Judge backs SFO on Imam charges: Former BCCI executive will face trial00:02
Football: Left-wingers fail to tackle reality: Mike Rowbottom on a football blueprint the FA and League ignored00:02
Amber Day seeks pounds 15.5m00:02
Bottom Line: Bowthorpe queries00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Miner's death00:02
Out of Russia: Trying to sink or swim on Stalin's holy building site00:02
The Ulster Declaration: Irish increase pressure for ceasefire00:02
Court Circular00:02
Football: Yorath's future with Wales put in jeopardy: Moves to tempt Venables put on hold00:02
Four die in Argentine riots00:02
Ford job cuts00:02
Shares hit record as exports and orders improve: CBI survey coincides with decision by Bundesbank to leave rates unchanged