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Sport: Quotes of the Week00:02
Kremlin nurtures rouble with ban on the mighty dollar: Curbs designed to bolster local currency and cut inflation00:02
MUSIC / A rousing clash of symbols: Elgar, icon of Englishness and suitable case for psychobiography, is standing in the way of Elgar, the composer, says Bayan Northcott00:02
Today's Number: 9900:02
Cash row threatens to wreck NY mayor's honeymoon period: Rudy Giuliani, who takes office today, has to sell Republican policies to a Democratic city, writes Peter Pringle00:02
Country Matters: Red stain on a white carpet00:02
Mr Methane's tunes put the wind up insurers00:02
THEATRE / Kissing in the back row: Paul Taylor on Stupid Cupid, Phil Wilmott's foray into Hollywood 'romance', at the Battersea Arts Centre00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Bookshop Window00:02
Sport: The Week in Review00:02
Cricket: England are wary of Marshall lore00:02
Food & Drink: And once more with Freeling00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Scottish Football: Celtic fired up for Parkhead mission00:02
Racing: Frost threat00:02
London and Khartoum lock horns over expulsion00:02
Peace needs patience, says Rabin00:02
Homing instinct00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Letter: Campaigning for Susan Carter00:02
Stock market ends the year with a whimper: Robert Chote looks back on a bullish twelve months and finds that dealers and private investors expect further gains from 199400:02
Today's Number: 9900:02
Loyalist group to fight on00:02
ARTS / And What's More ..00:02
Kremlin nurtures rouble with ban on the mighty dollar: Curbs designed to bolster local currency and cut inflation00:02
Look east for new year opportunities: Nic Cicutti finds fund managers impressed by Japan's recovery00:02
HIV robber bit man00:02
Cuttings: Sweet victory00:02
The Way I Was: The worms eat you, but it doesn't matter: Sarah Miles tells Nicholas Roe what changed her life as a child00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / British Rail: Beeching branded 'PR disaster' over rail network cuts00:02
Tietmeyer dampens hopes for rate cut00:02
Hockey: South-East's well-timed run00:02
Table Tennis: Chen aims to turn tables00:02
'Designer babies' ruled out in UK: Nicholas Timmins examines the latest twists in the medical and ethical debate over 'designer children'00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Gardening: Tool Box: Fan heater comes without the hot air00:02
Tietmeyer dampens hopes for rate cut00:02
MUSIC / Music and Opera in 199400:02
Cricket: Neale displays ability to apply unlikely lessons: Phil Neale has proved to be a considerable success as England A manager. Glenn Moore reports from Durban on the man with a plan for international prosperity00:02
Letter: Campaigning for Susan Carter00:02
The blonde's bombshell00:02
Save & Prosper cuts PEP charges00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Appointments00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Football: Gascoigne all-clear lifts Lazio00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
The Way I Was: The worms eat you, but it doesn't matter: Sarah Miles tells Nicholas Roe what changed her life as a child00:02
Rao's finance minister survives pounds 1bn scandal00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: IRAN / Big debt worry for ayatollahs00:02
Heath's arms00:02
Heart Searching: A new year, new hope, new love: Are you hoping that 1994 will be the year that things fall into place? Lynne Curry takes a look at some of the happier stories of 199300:02
Family of 12 murdered after women's love affairs00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Over the edge of the world: 'Clare' - John MacKenna: The Blackstaff Press pounds 6.9500:02
Travel: Silent night, lonely flight: Correction00:02
Appeals: Thomas Wright exhibition centre and garden00:02
Travel Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Food & Drink: And once more with Freeling00:02
Football: Batty escapes from mean machine to play beautiful game: A Yorkshireman's move from Leeds to Blackburn is bringing a new sense of direction. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: GERMANY / Doomsday scenarios that can be ignored00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Saturday Night: 1993: is that all there is to a year?00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Wills00:02
New Faces for '94 / Rugby Union: Robinson is open to change: Steve Bale looks forward to some heavyweight moments in the weekend's rugby union00:02
Old Bore's Almanac: The mist clears and a tall, dark stranger appears: The new year brings a chance to ring the changes. Hugh Bateson examines the tea leaves and offers his predictions00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Motoring: Volkswagen's new Golf has a solid centre but is soft on top: The latest Golf Cabriolet proves that it is equal to the British winter, even with the roof down. Phil Llewellin was impressed / Road Test00:02
China joins fast lane to money and mayhem: Despite congested roads, the motor sector is sure the country wants more cars. Teresa Poole reports00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: CUBA / Castro's failing magic00:02
Football Diary: Nothing like a Dane00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Leadership Crisis: The Queen sent 'reviver' to sick Macmillan00:02
Rugby League: McGowan's fitness may be crucial00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Skating00:02
Obituary: Stephen Waley00:02
Children left alone told police00:02
Football: Epic ahead as Leeds aim to cut gap at top: United's tough test00:02
Food & Drink: Don't shop for novelty value: Joanna Blythman applauds those wholesome and tasty new foods which respect traditional values - and rejects the produce of marketing men00:02
Bosnia appeal00:02
Old Lady dons her birthday suit: Bank of England puts first Governor on pounds 50 notes to mark 300th anniversary00:02
Cuttings: Sweet victory00:02
Digging for treasure in a dustbin: It may be the most boring museum in the world, full of the ephemeral bric-a-brac of recent history, but to his surprise, John Windsor has become a fan of The Grange in Neasden00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Travel: A holiday rescued by another man: Ruth Picardie made all the arrangements, but idyllic Fuerteventura was turning into a disaster until she was rescued by an old-fashioned knight with a taste for adventure00:02
Property: So who will make the next move?: If this week's forecasts are to be believed, we are about to see an upturn in the sales of homes. It's looking good for 1994. But, says Anne Spackman, agents are still suffering palpitations00:02
Bomb charges00:02
Travel Departures: Paris flats00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
Major on defensive over Tories' taxation record00:02
Heath's arms00:02
Travel Departures: Pickfords change00:02
Casualty surgeons start 24-hour shifts00:02
New Faces for '94 / Rugby Union: Catt poised to bounce on an England place: Bath's South African-born back has marked his territory. Steve Bale on a man who is here to stay00:02
Cairo thwarts death plot00:02
Cricket: Neale displays ability to apply unlikely lessons: Phil Neale has proved to be a considerable success as England A manager. Glenn Moore reports from Durban on the man with a plan for international prosperity00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Profumo Scandal: MI5 'failed to alert ministers over affair': Stephen Ward reports on the Lord Chancellor's inquiry into espionage fears behind the case00:02
Rugby League: McGowan's fitness may be crucial00:02
Ice Hockey: Walkington walks away from Beavers00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
New set of discounts and fixes00:02
Profile: Skinned alive by Hollywood: Kim Basinger, fading sex goddess and dollars 10m loser00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Church Appointments00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Property: Daydream Homes00:02
Travel Departures: Working breaks00:02
Property: So who will make the next move?: If this week's forecasts are to be believed, we are about to see an upturn in the sales of homes. It's looking good for 1994. But, says Anne Spackman, agents are still suffering palpitations00:02
New set of discounts and fixes00:02
Obituary: Stephen Waley00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Money down on a Cornish retreat00:02
Travel: Heathrow parking00:02
Pembroke: Sassenach stockbroker responds to a tall order00:02
Rabin confident of a deal in the peace talks 'bazaar'00:02
New year heralds life and death dilemmas: French scientist finds genetic clues to long life but warns of potential for misuse as debate over fertility treatments gathers pace00:02
Man killed as he scattered father's ashes00:02
Basketball: Giants smooth path past Swedes00:02
Hard-up Ukrainians waltz away their woes00:02
Bomb charges00:02
Half-yearly Service promotions00:02
Nightclub attack00:02
Casualty surgeons start 24-hour shifts00:02
Bets off in bank mix-up00:02
Christmas competition00:02
Tennis: Injured Medvedev adds to Open woe00:02
London and Khartoum lock horns over expulsion00:02
Style: Get back under the blankets: Tamsin Blanchard welcomes the return of the classic poncho, this time from its South American homeland00:02
Trust PEPs soar in value00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / 'Secret state' prepared for third world war: Donald Macintyre and Stephen Ward examine the documents released today00:02
Food & Drink: The cooks with winning ways: Emily Green makes her choice of the restaurants she visited last year, and sings the praises of one which, alas, is a long way from these shores00:02
Travel: Home of heavenly snow: Chris Gill discovers the delights of Utah, an offbeat alternative to trendy Colorado00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / 'Secret state' prepared for third world war: Donald Macintyre and Stephen Ward examine the documents released today00:02
Earl Grey: A short story by Garrison Keillor00:02
Motoring: Who on earth buys these cars?: Some of the world's more unusual models are now coming to Britain. But, says Jonathan Glancey, the most bizarre still don't make it00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Death on the mutiny island00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: IRAN / Big debt worry for ayatollahs00:02
Books: All that delirium of the brave: Romantic Ireland's dead and gone - or is it? G J Watson applauds a stand against stereotypes - 'Paddy and Mr Punch: Connections in Irish and English history' - R F Foster: Allen Lane, 22.50 pounds00:02
Gardening: Small plots with big ambitions: Size isn't everything. Anna Pavord suggests simple ways to make a little space mean a lot00:02
Food & Drink: Cold fish and mulled sake: Japanese new year lasts for days and is short on treats, says Simon Rees00:02
Peking in New Year blast over Hong Kong00:02
I CONFESS / Susie Orbach tunes into Radio 400:02
Market Report: Profit-taking takes toll as shares give ground00:02
Rugby Union: Davies pins his hopes on nine changes: Welsh seek revival00:02
Cricket: England are wary of Marshall lore00:02
Obituary: Pierre Holmes00:02
Sport: The Week in Review00:02
Racing: Remittance close to return00:02
Obituary: Pierre Holmes00:02
Bets off in bank mix-up00:02
South-east's economy still counting cost of recession: Regional disparities narrow - North-west's relative decline continues - East Anglia has biggest rise in share of GDP00:02
I CONFESS / Susie Orbach tunes into Radio 400:02
Travel: Focus on Constable country: On a four-day course in the Suffolk countryside, Tony Kelly brushed up his photography, and learnt that beauty is not always truth00:02
Kenyan politician linked to Ward death: Minister 'ordered killing of tourist who stumbled upon smugglers'00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: NORTH KOREA / Kim's weak finger on a big trigger00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Gardening: Small plots with big ambitions: Size isn't everything. Anna Pavord suggests simple ways to make a little space mean a lot00:02
Kenyan politician linked to Ward death: Minister 'ordered killing of tourist who stumbled upon smugglers'00:02
Motoring: Who on earth buys these cars?: Some of the world's more unusual models are now coming to Britain. But, says Jonathan Glancey, the most bizarre still don't make it00:02
Church of Scotland, appointments00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Market Report: Profit-taking takes toll as shares give ground00:02
Raising the steaks: Lamb chops rather than cash are luring hungry bingo players to a church hall in Exeter. Roberta Mock cases the joint00:02
Save & Prosper cuts PEP charges00:02
The blonde's bombshell00:02
Homing instinct00:02
Travel: Top 20 Resorts: Flims-Laax00:02
Tammy Wynette still in critical condition00:02
Money Grouse: Charges that devour savings00:02
Obituary: Ralph Downes00:02
Flooded supermarket looted of alcohol as 300 people watch00:02
Free guide to medical cover00:02
Hockey: South-East's well-timed run00:02
Letter: Spiritual perceptions of the late 20th century00:02
Letter: Bulgaria still has a monarchy00:02
Travel Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Travel: Ballet, Berlioz and bare legs: Nigel Rees joins a group of art trippers in St Petersburg, and finds his fellow travellers as entertaining as the cultural offerings00:02
Football: Armfield and Francis in talks at Wednesday00:02
Man killed as he scattered father's ashes00:02
Basketball: Air power balanced by arms control00:02
Travel: The Things I've Seen: Huckford Quarry00:02
Fidelity abandons 'too complicated' exit charges00:02
Style: Get back under the blankets: Tamsin Blanchard welcomes the return of the classic poncho, this time from its South American homeland00:02
Landmarks: The Roundhouse00:02
Travel Departures: Paris flats00:02
Darts: Priestley has double trouble00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Herbs and spices00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Service Appointments00:02
Money Grouse: Charges that devour savings00:02
ARTS / And What's More ..00:02
Sultan of Brunei pays dollars 202m for luxury New York hotel00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / British Rail: Beeching branded 'PR disaster' over rail network cuts00:02
Sarajevo assault leaves four dead: UN armoured vehicles drive past scene of shelling but fail to stop, witnesses claim00:02
Cricket: Virtuoso Warne spins his way into the record books: Australia, consistent and talented, end the year as the premier international side in The Independent Test Table00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
Travel: The Things I've Seen: Huckford Quarry00:02
Food & Drink: Cold fish and mulled sake: Japanese new year lasts for days and is short on treats, says Simon Rees00:02
The dark horses of 199400:02
Station gas blast00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Royal Family: End to monarch's lonely travels00:02
Obituary: Harry Rosenberg00:02
Prisoner on the run00:02
Motoring: Volkswagen's new Golf has a solid centre but is soft on top: The latest Golf Cabriolet proves that it is equal to the British winter, even with the roof down. Phil Llewellin was impressed / Road Test00:02
Obituary: Harry Rosenberg00:02
Vote today for your music on Classic FM00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: NORTH KOREA / Kim's weak finger on a big trigger00:02
Soldier named00:02
115 schools opt out00:02
MUSIC / Music and Opera in 199400:02
Travel: Heathrow parking00:02
New tricks with the old dog and bone: Don't get hung up with BT; there are other options, says Jonathan Willis00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Future financing of the 'Independent'00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Food & Drink: The cooks with winning ways: Emily Green makes her choice of the restaurants she visited last year, and sings the praises of one which, alas, is a long way from these shores00:02
DISCS / Body without the soul: Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson on sacred and profane voices00:02
DISCS / Body without the soul: Edward Seckerson and Stephen Johnson on sacred and profane voices00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Polaris: Ministers discussed all-British nuclear deterrent00:02
A mountaineer's best friend00:02
Table Tennis: Chen aims to turn tables00:02
Athletics: Martin running campaign to get his message across: Trend-setting London Marathon champion prepares to raise cross-country's profile further in County Durham today00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Profumo Scandal: MI5 'failed to alert ministers over affair': Stephen Ward reports on the Lord Chancellor's inquiry into espionage fears behind the case00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Sultan of Brunei pays dollars 202m for luxury New York hotel00:02
Rugby Union: Davies pins his hopes on nine changes: Welsh seek revival00:02
Peace needs patience, says Rabin00:02
RMA Sandhurst00:02
Appeals: The John Muir Trust00:02
Travel: Silent night, lonely flight: Correction00:02
Four die as gunmen rake Cape Town student bar: Rival black radical groups claim responsibility, but suspicion lingers that rightists may be involved00:02
Catalogue for endowment auction00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Green on the screen00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Skating00:02
Church Appointments00:02
Ban on naming mother, 59, upheld00:02
Look east for new year opportunities: Nic Cicutti finds fund managers impressed by Japan's recovery00:02
Trout farmer is hoping for 70lb catch of the day00:02
Free guide to medical cover00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
ShareLink makes unit trust offer00:02
Travel Departures: Burma warning00:02
Saturday Night: 1993: is that all there is to a year?00:02
Year of dog bodes well for Russians00:02
Sporting Digest: Pools News00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Profumo Scandal: Ward made plea for help to stop 'pressure'00:02
Football: Armfield and Francis in talks at Wednesday00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
GM credit card out this month00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Herbs and spices00:02
'Designer babies' ruled out in UK: Nicholas Timmins examines the latest twists in the medical and ethical debate over 'designer children'00:02
Racing: Remittance close to return00:02
Future financing of the 'Independent'00:02
Tennis: Injured Medvedev adds to Open woe00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Leadership Crisis: The Queen sent 'reviver' to sick Macmillan00:02
Our shares to watch in 1994: The Independent's City writers, whose portfolio rose by 25% last year, offer their tips for the coming year00:02
Letter: Spiritual perceptions of the late 20th century00:02
Profile: Skinned alive by Hollywood: Kim Basinger, fading sex goddess and dollars 10m loser00:02
Cash row threatens to wreck NY mayor's honeymoon period: Rudy Giuliani, who takes office today, has to sell Republican policies to a Democratic city, writes Peter Pringle00:02
Nightclub attack00:02
Out of Venezuela: Going great guns in Caracas - but bring some air-freshener00:02
Out of Venezuela: Going great guns in Caracas - but bring some air-freshener00:02
New tricks with the old dog and bone: Don't get hung up with BT; there are other options, says Jonathan Willis00:02
Travel: Review of the Year00:02
Sporting Digest: Darts00:02
Basketball: Giants smooth path past Swedes00:02
Football: Team News00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Europe: France was offered deal on Polaris to remove EEC veto00:02
Obituary: Alice Tully00:02
Rugby League: Ellis fuels a fiery passion with confidence: Castleford's winger aims to impress in today's Regal Trophy semi-final. Dave Hadfield reports00:02
Birthdays00:02
China joins fast lane to money and mayhem: Despite congested roads, the motor sector is sure the country wants more cars. Teresa Poole reports00:02
Auctions00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
Trout farmer is hoping for 70lb catch of the day00:02
Cricket: Virtuoso Warne spins his way into the record books: Australia, consistent and talented, end the year as the premier international side in The Independent Test Table00:02
Mothers 'given radioactive jabs'00:02
Rabin confident of a deal in the peace talks 'bazaar'00:02
Obituary: Jeff Morrow00:02
Lockerbie orphan is found dead in Thai hotel: Police investigate drug link to death of man for whom million-pound compensation was 'cursed money'00:02
Vote today for your music on Classic FM00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: ZAIRE / Darkness encroaches on Mobutu00:02
Family of 12 murdered after women's love affairs00:02
The dark horses of 199400:02
ShareLink makes unit trust offer00:02
Athletics: Martin running campaign to get his message across: Trend-setting London Marathon champion prepares to raise cross-country's profile further in County Durham today00:02
Body found in ditch00:02
New Faces for '94 / Rugby Union: Robinson is open to change: Steve Bale looks forward to some heavyweight moments in the weekend's rugby union00:02
Mothers 'given radioactive jabs'00:02
Mr Methane's tunes put the wind up insurers00:02
Darts: Priestley has double trouble00:02
Obituary: Alice Tully00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
Sporting Digest: Hockey00:02
Wills00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Money down on a Cornish retreat00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: GERMANY / Doomsday scenarios that can be ignored00:02
Travel: Review of the Year00:02
HIV robber bit man00:02
Digging for treasure in a dustbin: It may be the most boring museum in the world, full of the ephemeral bric-a-brac of recent history, but to his surprise, John Windsor has become a fan of The Grange in Neasden00:02
Trust PEPs soar in value00:02
Obituary: Jeff Morrow00:02
Death on the mutiny island00:02
Half-yearly Service promotions00:02
Heart Searching: A new year, new hope, new love: Are you hoping that 1994 will be the year that things fall into place? Lynne Curry takes a look at some of the happier stories of 199300:02
Euro Disney hit by talk of closure: US chairman's comments seen as tactic in negotiations with banks00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: ZAIRE / Darkness encroaches on Mobutu00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Green on the screen00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / The Profumo Scandal: Ward made plea for help to stop 'pressure'00:02
Fidelity abandons 'too complicated' exit charges00:02
Clinton set for upbeat visit to Czech Republic00:02
Flooded supermarket looted of alcohol as 300 people watch00:02
Peking in New Year blast over Hong Kong00:02
Letter: Cynicism and hypocrisy over Bryn Melyn's 'failure'00:02
THEATRE / Kissing in the back row: Paul Taylor on Stupid Cupid, Phil Wilmott's foray into Hollywood 'romance', at the Battersea Arts Centre00:02
Sporting Digest: Rallying00:02
Flextech in pounds 200m TV assets deal: United Artists interests bought to raise profile in satellite and cable00:02
Letter: Campaigning for Susan Carter00:02
Make this the year of living prudently: Sue Fieldman asked six experts for financial resolutions to help us spend and save wisely in 199400:02
Service Appointments00:02
Pembroke: Sassenach stockbroker responds to a tall order00:02
Court Circular00:02
Station gas blast00:02
Landmarks: The Roundhouse00:02
Racing: Top Spin ready to take Action: A progressive hurdler of proven stamina can show that deeds speak louder than words and catch out a Cheltenham talking horse00:02
Racing: Top Spin ready to take Action: A progressive hurdler of proven stamina can show that deeds speak louder than words and catch out a Cheltenham talking horse00:02
Country Matters: Red stain on a white carpet00:02
Letter: Campaigning for Susan Carter00:02
Travel Departures: Burma warning00:02
Church of Scotland, appointments00:02
Travel Departures: Pickfords change00:02
South-east's economy still counting cost of recession: Regional disparities narrow - North-west's relative decline continues - East Anglia has biggest rise in share of GDP00:02
Make this the year of living prudently: Sue Fieldman asked six experts for financial resolutions to help us spend and save wisely in 199400:02
Food & Drink: Don't shop for novelty value: Joanna Blythman applauds those wholesome and tasty new foods which respect traditional values - and rejects the produce of marketing men00:02
Earl Grey: A short story by Garrison Keillor00:02
GM credit card out this month00:02
Auctions00:02
Catalogue for endowment auction00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Lockerbie orphan is found dead in Thai hotel: Police investigate drug link to death of man for whom million-pound compensation was 'cursed money'00:02
115 schools opt out00:02
Ice Hockey: Walkington walks away from Beavers00:02
Property: Daydream Homes00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Prisoner on the run00:02
Football Diary: Nothing like a Dane00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Over the edge of the world: 'Clare' - John MacKenna: The Blackstaff Press pounds 6.9500:02
Swiss fury as French let murder suspects go00:02
Football: Epic ahead as Leeds aim to cut gap at top: United's tough test00:02
Scottish Football: Celtic fired up for Parkhead mission00:02
Bond is linked to FT-SE00:02
New year heralds life and death dilemmas: French scientist finds genetic clues to long life but warns of potential for misuse as debate over fertility treatments gathers pace00:02
RMA Sandhurst00:02
Travel: Ballet, Berlioz and bare legs: Nigel Rees joins a group of art trippers in St Petersburg, and finds his fellow travellers as entertaining as the cultural offerings00:02
New Faces for '94 / Rugby Union: Catt poised to bounce on an England place: Bath's South African-born back has marked his territory. Steve Bale on a man who is here to stay00:02
Bosnia appeal00:02
Sporting Digest: Darts00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Meanings of Christmas: Deliver us from common sense: The last article in our series for Christmas is by Duncan Macpherson, principal lecturer in theology and religious studies at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Rao's finance minister survives pounds 1bn scandal00:02
Appeals: The John Muir Trust00:02
Birthdays00:02
Clinton set for upbeat visit to Czech Republic00:02
Sporting Digest: Rallying00:02
Sunset boulevard00:02
Leading Article: Press a button for democracy00:02
A mountaineer's best friend00:02
Tammy Wynette still in critical condition00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Polaris: Ministers discussed all-British nuclear deterrent00:02
Old Bore's Almanac: The mist clears and a tall, dark stranger appears: The new year brings a chance to ring the changes. Hugh Bateson examines the tea leaves and offers his predictions00:02
Appointments00:02
Travel: Top 20 Resorts: Flims-Laax00:02
Bookshop Window00:02
Gardening: Tool Box: Fan heater comes without the hot air00:02
Sport: Quotes of the Week00:02
Sarajevo assault leaves four dead: UN armoured vehicles drive past scene of shelling but fail to stop, witnesses claim00:02
Obituary: Alexander McKendrick00:02
Cricket: Wessels' turn to be worried00:02
Swiss fury as French let murder suspects go00:02
Court Circular00:02
Body found in ditch00:02
Travel: Home of heavenly snow: Chris Gill discovers the delights of Utah, an offbeat alternative to trendy Colorado00:02
Old Lady dons her birthday suit: Bank of England puts first Governor on pounds 50 notes to mark 300th anniversary00:02
Stock market ends the year with a whimper: Robert Chote looks back on a bullish twelve months and finds that dealers and private investors expect further gains from 199400:02
Year of dog bodes well for Russians00:02
Obituary: Alexander McKendrick00:02
Leading Article: Press a button for democracy00:02
Raising the steaks: Lamb chops rather than cash are luring hungry bingo players to a church hall in Exeter. Roberta Mock cases the joint00:02
Rugby League: Ellis fuels a fiery passion with confidence: Castleford's winger aims to impress in today's Regal Trophy semi-final. Dave Hadfield reports00:02
Basketball: Air power balanced by arms control00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Racing: Frost threat00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Europe: France was offered deal on Polaris to remove EEC veto00:02
Hard-up Ukrainians waltz away their woes00:02
Loyalist group to fight on00:02
Four die as gunmen rake Cape Town student bar: Rival black radical groups claim responsibility, but suspicion lingers that rightists may be involved00:02
Obituary: Ralph Downes00:02
Major on defensive over Tories' taxation record00:02
Our shares to watch in 1994: The Independent's City writers, whose portfolio rose by 25% last year, offer their tips for the coming year00:02
Christmas competition00:02
Letter: Where in the world would all of us fit?00:02
Travel: A holiday rescued by another man: Ruth Picardie made all the arrangements, but idyllic Fuerteventura was turning into a disaster until she was rescued by an old-fashioned knight with a taste for adventure00:02
Flextech in pounds 200m TV assets deal: United Artists interests bought to raise profile in satellite and cable00:02
Children left alone told police00:02
MUSIC / A rousing clash of symbols: Elgar, icon of Englishness and suitable case for psychobiography, is standing in the way of Elgar, the composer, says Bayan Northcott00:02
Travel: Focus on Constable country: On a four-day course in the Suffolk countryside, Tony Kelly brushed up his photography, and learnt that beauty is not always truth00:02
Euro Disney hit by talk of closure: US chairman's comments seen as tactic in negotiations with banks00:02
The 1963 Cabinet Papers / Royal Family: End to monarch's lonely travels00:02
January Diary00:02
Books: All that delirium of the brave: Romantic Ireland's dead and gone - or is it? G J Watson applauds a stand against stereotypes - 'Paddy and Mr Punch: Connections in Irish and English history' - R F Foster: Allen Lane, 22.50 pounds00:02
Football: Batty escapes from mean machine to play beautiful game: A Yorkshireman's move from Leeds to Blackburn is bringing a new sense of direction. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
Travel Departures: Working breaks00:02
January Diary00:02
Soldier named00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Football: Gascoigne all-clear lifts Lazio00:02
Cairo thwarts death plot00:02
Cricket: Wessels' turn to be worried00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
The Dark Horses of 1994: CUBA / Castro's failing magic00:02
Bond is linked to FT-SE00:02
Letter: Bulgaria still has a monarchy00:02
Letter: Family values, political peccadilloes00:02
Sunset boulevard00:02
Appeals: Thomas Wright exhibition centre and garden00:02
Meanings of Christmas: Deliver us from common sense: The last article in our series for Christmas is by Duncan Macpherson, principal lecturer in theology and religious studies at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill00:02
Ban on naming mother, 59, upheld