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Students get fresher treatment at Barclays: Interest-free overdrafts are on offer, reports Lee Rodwell00:02
TELEVISION / Laughing on the other side of their faces00:02
PM fires salvo in Europe campaign00:02
HSBC to sell 57% stake in Italian bank for pounds 20m00:02
Sega blames strong yen for decline: Analysts say competition has eaten into margins00:02
Racing: Coonawara cruise00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
IBM ends Ambra PC range in Europe: Computer giant takes advantage of market share to shelve subsidiary00:02
Cuttings: Kelways nursery00:02
Killer 'unrepentant'00:02
The Independent Road Test: It's the quiet one they have to watch: Roger Bell salutes the new Mazda, silently stalking its luxury rivals00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Football Diary: Blue may not be the colour00:02
Letter: Vehicles for pollution00:02
Football: Howe and Robson line up with Venables: The new England coach's assistants bridge north-south divide and the generation gap. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
OPERA / Kids' stuff: Falstaff - English National Opera00:02
Athletics: Slim pickings for bulky champion: Edwards retains national shot title but faces struggle to survive00:02
Landmarks: Sainsbury Centre00:02
Speed-skating: Jansen survives long wait and near fall for world record: Winter Olympics: Happy ending for American speed skater - Few answers to Kerrigan saga - Downhill champion content to defend00:02
Letter: Government abandons British Steel00:02
Gestetner raises 16m pounds via placing00:02
Appointments00:02
Gardening: The short cuts to a colourful summer: As the new season's growth stirs, Anna Pavord suggests a pruning programme to bring the best out of your shrubs00:02
Letter: Link road's health and safety benefits00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Abba legs it with Willie Mays: 'The Palace Thief' - Ethan Canin: Bloomsbury, 15.9900:02
Suicide doctor faced seven complaints: Councillor in Westminster housing scandal also had professional worries. Christian Wolmar reports00:02
Off the catwalk and into the shops: Tamsin Blanchard and Juliet Warkentin follow the clothes trail from Paris show to local boutique00:02
Refugees flee as Khartoum's air force attacks rebels00:02
Market Report: Bonds put the brakes on shares' advance00:02
Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
Rugby Union: Double life of an officer and a hard man: Five Nations' Championship: Lt Rodber may soon have to choose between his Army career and international rugby. Steve Bale reports00:02
The medium was the message: Victorian postal propaganda was strong stuff, and among its targets were taxation, Sunday trading and slavery, says John Windsor00:02
Leading Article: An issue of equality, fairness and health00:02
Obituary: Alexander Chakovsky00:02
Israeli Arabs ready to step into Assad's den00:02
Test-tube son declared illegitimate00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Do they not bleed?: 'Constructions of 'The Jew' in English Literature and Society' - Bryan Cheyette, Cambridge, 35 pounds00:02
Russia warns of all-out war if air strikes go ahead00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Letter: Poland did not invent anti-Semitism00:02
Football: Harriers hope to make life bitter for West Ham: Phil Shaw looks at this weekend's fifth-round FA Cup programme00:02
View from City Road: Nasty letters from the bank manager's computer00:02
Rugby League: Gregory seeks repeat00:02
Tory peers save student 'closed shop'00:02
Two die in bomb blast00:02
Closure of hospital lab was ordered after fungi accident00:02
Witty character who smiled in adversity: David Lister on the man who was at the helm of the Arts Council at a troubled period00:02
Departures: Pakistan tour00:02
Lloyd's losses 'led to 30 deaths': Financial ruin is blamed for suicide and illness of underwriting members. Steve Boggan reports00:02
Singers 'defrauded to tune of millions'00:02
Letter: Government abandons British Steel00:02
Old Street guide00:02
Cricket: Saeed sinks Kiwis at Basin stronghold00:02
Tool Box: Manual for the labourer00:02
Christians' careers cut short by rejection of Sunday labour: Martin Whitfield meets two men sacked over a point of principle00:02
Howard stands by naming of rape case defendants: Home Secretary backs existing law after review00:02
View from City Road: Markets' heady ride may be over00:02
Auctions00:02
Today's Number: 1600:02
Inquiry on clinic egg donor deal00:02
Wills00:02
The Location Hunters: Gunfight ended with three Tombstones: This town ain't big enough for everyone. Alex McGregor visits touristy Tombstone, Arizona, and discovers that it has two Hollywood doubles00:02
The demonstration of armed Jaguars at RAF Coltishall00:02
Arts Council cash cuts row 'set to run': Outgoing secretary-general says 'a decade in office is enough'00:02
Gardening: Outburst in village hall00:02
Basketball: Finals day boost: Sponsorship secured00:02
Rugby Union: England running low on reserve00:02
Travel: All I want is a room somewhere . . .: The perfect bed and breakfast eluded Naomi Coleman. She began to think it might not exist. Then, quite by chance, she found something even better00:02
Primrose oil fails to outperform placebo00:02
Books: The long ambiguous journey into the ark: Peter Guttridge talks to Thomas Keneally, whose novel led Spielberg to the life of Oskar Schindler00:02
The Week in Review: Sport00:02
Juror fined00:02
Money Grouse: Bank fee eats into cheque00:02
Drink: A suitable case for treatment: The recent collapse of several wine companies has hit customers hard, says Anthony Rose00:02
A city dogged by good luck: Out of Spain00:02
Yemeni factions set to re-seal marriage vows in Jordan00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Movers and shakers on the town: Ravers have no monopoly of fun. Alix Sharkey joins the scrabble for seats at two of London's newest clubs, and throws a six to start00:02
Guns found00:02
Travel: Bitten by the Karanambo bug: The Queen arrives in Georgetown, Guyana, today. Anna Pavord extols some of the delights that await the regal visitor00:02
Cricket: England attempt to catch the tiger cold: Spin the key bowling question for first Test while doubt about Fraser's fitness delays the announcement of Atherton's side00:02
Row over accused boy's trip00:02
'Merry' siege00:02
How the Russians stole a march on the West to give 'peace' to Sarajevo: The deployment of Moscow's troops on the siege lines crowns an astute Balkan strategy planned with Serbia and Greece. Tony Barber reports00:02
Motoring: Back where you belong: Are you sitting comfortably? If not, you have the wrong car, says Phil Llewellin00:02
Courtly behaviour: Hampton Court is making use of a very old-fashioned tour company. Serena Mackesy takes a step back in time00:02
Letter: Humanitarian aid efforts in Afghanistan and Burundi00:02
India frees 'bandit queen'00:02
Money Nous: Fast work at Barclaycard00:02
NatWest joins banks cutting cheque delays: Lloyds sticks with three-day clearance00:02
Managers protest over BT pay freeze00:02
Faith and Reason: Church, State and tolerance: This week John Webster argues against attempts to force English schools to teach Christianity as true. Instead, he says, we should take the Indian system as our model.00:02
Walvis Bay deal00:02
Departures: African advice00:02
Heseltine clears way for Anglia TV bid00:02
Centre cannot hold in Zaire's wild east: On day three of his journey, Richard Dowden reports from Goma on spreading disintegration as government rule wanes00:02
Chechens claim body00:02
Yacht killings arrest00:02
Psychology offers colourful cure for football manager's blues: Rhys Williams explains how Taylor's England lost the warrior spirit00:02
Witty character who smiled in adversity: David Lister on the man who was at the helm of the Arts Council at a troubled period00:02
BR apologises00:02
THEATRE / Bright Lenz: Paul Taylor on Jakob Lenz's The New Menoza at The Gate, London00:02
And what's more . . .00:02
Protesters occupy building to highlight law that would criminalise squatting00:02
Gardening: United against the common enemy: Why did two environmentalists set up Common Ground? Anna Pavord lent an ear, then couldn't get it back00:02
Obituary: Cardinal Francois Marty00:02
'Azeri plane hit'00:02
Thief 'drowned in sea'00:02
Singers 'defrauded to tune of millions'00:02
Departures: Broadway melody00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Every grimace, every garbage can: 'On the Mountain' - Thomas Bernhard, Tr Russell Stockman: Quartet, 5.9500:02
Attacks on Serbs are now 'off the agenda': West hopeful that artillery withdrawal will breathe new life into peace talks as Moscow once again enjoys status as world player00:02
Food and Drink: Such a tasty Bishop's Choirboy: A potato library may hold the key to preserving our vegetable heritage, says Chris Arnot00:02
Balladur starts to slide in polls00:02
Adman's dream00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Japanese search for formula to avert trade war: Tokyo bureaucrats appear to have underestimated US frustration over persistently closed markets00:02
Appointments: Service appointments00:02
Air strikes unlikely to get off the ground00:02
Sailing: Whitbread round the World Race: Stress a factor as boats set sail00:02
Small shareholders fall at La Redoute00:02
Obituary: Canon Raymond Hammer00:02
Cardinal talks of IRA 'dilemma'00:02
UN toils for peace as Angolan rebels create a capital00:02
Sporting Digest: Badminton00:02
Saboteur alleges sex attack at hunt00:02
Early deadlines catch BT investors: PEP managers have sold shares without permission to cover instalments, writes Caroline Merrell00:02
Boy, 10, accused00:02
Classical Music / A Faustian compact with form: Before tonight's performance, Bayan Northcott reappraises the unique synthesis of Berlioz's La damnation de Faust00:02
Clerics gain power00:02
Rugby Union: Cooke prepares new generation's game: Five Nations' Championship: England's formidable record at Twickenham can inspire their young bucks against Ireland's slow hands00:02
City college scheme ends00:02
Food and Drink: Solitary vice that will make you thin00:02
View from City Road: A new look to our share prices page00:02
Reporter nurtures a scoop00:02
Drinks cause problems for Greenall Group00:02
Tennis: Fragile Stich unravelled by Becker: Germans settle differences while Ivanisivec dispatches Leconte in highly strung meeting00:02
Guns fall silent on static battle-lines across Bosnia00:02
APPEALS: Friends of the National Libraries00:02
National Savings left with 2.3bn pounds old certificates: Meagre rates of interest paid00:02
Gardening: A good dunking beats gin and aspirin: You'll have jolly hollyhocks and perky agapanthus if you ignore old wives' tales and follow the latest advice, says Jillian Hamilton00:02
Obituary: Christopher Lasch00:02
Cricket: Retirement beckons for Lawrence00:02
Scottish Football: McCoist's comeback00:02
Church Appointments00:02
Departures: Meeting the people00:02
Cuttings: Side salad00:02
First UK trust launched investing in Israeli firms00:02
Ice Skating: Torvill and Dean show their age: Winter Olympics: British ice dancers third after compulsories - Happy ending for US speed skater - Few answers to Kerrigan saga00:02
Flight to freedom ends in arrest and deportation00:02
William Donaldson's Week: To Yarmouth, not for nothing00:02
EC reviews 800m pounds Rover sale to BMW00:02
Slowdown fears as lending weakens: Tiny rise in loans from banks and building societies combines with futures selling to send shares sliding00:02
Double Play: A nation's voices raised in song00:02
Country Matters: Terrified traveller frozen in time00:02
Golf: Mitchell has momentum00:02
Bookshop Window00:02
I'm James. Hire me: It's not a dating service, it's not a marriage bureau, and - most00:02
APPEALS: Young Disabled on Holiday00:02
Racing: Cat bagged by Bagalino00:02
BBC man expelled00:02
Cuttings: RHS flower show blossoms early00:02
US still gloomy on hope of end to fighting00:02
Banks cut savings rates00:02
Sheepdog's ordeal00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Twisting a wolf's tale: 'The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood' - Jack Zipes: Routledge, 13.9900:02
Customers buy shares in Barclays to protest00:02
Letter: Humanitarian aid efforts in Afghanistan and Burundi00:02
Policemen support gay campaign for equality: Officers call for change in sex law00:02
Letter: Power to the parishes, and the flying bishops00:02
Departures: Final travel show00:02
Rugby Union: Wales confident of upset00:02
Britons 'not freed'00:02
Travel: When blacks fade to white: If bad weather threatens to spoil his day's skiing, Chris Gill simply takes to the trees00:02
Britannia's one-week special00:02
Postcard from Isla Negra: Troubled by the Pacific00:02
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust00:02
Letter: High adventure00:02
Health manager named as 'corrupt': Executive accused in the Commons00:02
Football: FA CUP FIFTH ROUND00:02
South Africa's sanctions profiteers reach the end of the primrose path00:02
Seating plans00:02
Vicar jailed00:02
Part-exchange buyers feel burden of stamp duty: Revenue changes in the last Budget have led to chaos, writes Sue Fieldman00:02
More fees dropped in mortgage battle: John Charcol fixed-rate loan at 6.99%00:02
Court Circular00:02
Race bias Bill00:02
Sailing: Whitbread Round the World Race: First few days crucial with the Southern Ocean looming: Grant Dalton, the skipper of the leading maxi, NZ Endeavour, who is writing for the Independent, assesses the run to Cape Horn and Uruguay00:02
Food and Drink: My resistance to rhubarb crumbles: Mother Nature might not like the harsh treatment given to its young stems, but then mothers don't always know best00:02
HOCKEY: Luckes' misfortune: Poles hit East Grinstead00:02
Cuttings: Root and branch00:02
Football: Easy start in prospect for Hamilton00:02
IG Metall heads towards German engineering strike00:02
Straw 'sausages' brought in to help with battle against blanket weed on restored canal00:02
So long Guy's, last word in health00:02
Football: Kinnear on mission to turn fantasy into fact: Wimbledon's underdog image is undermined by Cup successes. Ken Jones met their manager00:02
Ice Skating: Harding skirts the big issue: Mike Rowbottom on the beleaguered US figure skater's ordeal by press00:02
Racing: All aboard Festival Express: As all roads begin to converge on Cheltenham, an exciting novice can arrive in the fast lane00:02
Travel: A new dawning in the East: As the West wakes up to the joys of Eastern Europe, Simon Calder seeks out little-known delights00:02
Food and Drink: Winner from the Roux stable: Emily Green raises a glass to the chef at the Brown Horse pub, in Cumbria00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A world ruled by princes: 'Professor Martens Departure' - Jaan Kross, Tr Anselm Hollo: Harvill, 15.9900:02
Making plans00:02
Money In Brief00:02
Drink: A trend that goes against the grain: New varieties of high-yielding barley are harming our beer and whisky, says Michael Jackson00:02
Cricket: Second in command with a first-class attitude: Alec Stewart is backing the man who pipped him for the England captaincy. He talked to Martin Johnson00:02
Property: In the hands of modern masters: Collett and Champion houses cost a large fortune, but, says Anne Spackman, they are splendid works of art00:02
Recommended Books00:02
Judgment reserved00:02
Pounds 12m store blackmail charges00:02
Hope of lower health premiums grows: The Government is moving to abolish the price list for private operations, reports Caroline Merrell00:02
Rugby League: Halifax keepchampionship race wide open00:02
We think our chap can do it: Profile: Lt-Gen Sir Michael Rose, UN peace-seeker in Bosnia00:02
Slave railway fear00:02
Longer crossings00:02
Birthdays00:02
Letter: Power to the parishes, and the flying bishops00:02
Travel: A new dawning in the East: As the West wakes up to the joys of Eastern Europe, Simon Calder seeks out little-known delights