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Monday, 12 April 1993
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- Pedal power
- Climber killed
- Murder inquiry
- County survival hopes pinned on 'holiday test': Derbyshire finds itself in the firing line as the battle is waged for the spoils of local government reorganisation and fears for its regional identity. Ngaio Crequer reports
- Howard seeks cash boost for rented sector: Ministers want to encourage mobility by providing funds for new homes or conversions
- Home Office bans mail-order weaponry
- European ruling could upset pension age plan: Government hopes of equalising retirement at 65 are at risk, Rosie Waterhouse reports
- Legal aid cuts 'hit 20,000': Changes will deny access to justice
- Edinburgh shop plays host to a classic motorcycle marque and becomes home of the brave
- Law Report: No disclosure of records: Director of Public Prosecutions v Morrow and others - Queen's Bench Divisional Court (Lord Justice Farquharson and Mr Justice Wright), 26 March 1993.
- Police staff 'stole money from dead people': Audit uncovers thefts within West Midlands force. Marianne Macdonald reports
- Underground sit-in at colliery ends with determination and a raging thirst
- Reward offered in US murder case: Fiancee believes teacher's death in New Orleans followed refusal to give up present from father
- Bank holiday marred by 18 deaths on roads
- Pilots of the Diamond Nine display team abandon jumbo controls to reach for the sky in a bi-plane
- Thousands march in Timex sackings protest
- Water shortages ahead despite wet winter
- IRA says its 'armed resistance' will continue: Statement says talks are possible, but must be 'without preconditions'
- Escape by 10 young offenders
- Teachers' union threatens action on class sizes: NUT rejects national strike over sackings but promises to fight for limit on pupil numbers
- Dedication 'put at risk'
- Britons hurt in Alps crash
- Boy, 2, 'poorly'
- Hanging case
- Call for BT tower to reopen: London publicans want West End tourist attraction reinstated
- Woodland campaign hopes raised
- Hospitals 'should work with private sector': Ministers urged to allow co-operation between business and NHS
- Casino robbed
- The Daily Poem: Eadweard Muybridge
- Thieves stoop to stealing sink
- Law Report: Case Summaries
- Community 'alienated by racist policing': Poll attacks attitude of Merseyside force
- London joins 'black spots' for jobless: Five boroughs have more people out of work than Corby. Anthony Bevins reports
- Future imperfect for science fiction fans: Martin Wroe dons his Campaign for Surreal Ale badge and joins delegates at the Helicon convention in Jersey
- The Daily Poem: The Mammoth
- Children and young at heart get up a head of steam at the International Model Railway Exhibition
- Many Britons 'ignorant of Easter's significance'
- Aquarium offers a fish-eye view of sea: Transparent tunnel is star feature of pounds 4m venture aiming for 250,000 visitors a year
- Boy, 15, seeks court order against parent: Judge will be asked to rule that mother should spend time with teenage son
- Normans had 'dig for victory' strategy: Exeter uncovers plan to undermine its walls
- Brain of the year
- Sculpture by Dame Elisabeth Frink unveiled
- Profile: Trying to save our trains and his skin: Jimmy Knapp, driving force behind the railway strike: Correction
- U2 threaten legal action on concert rights: Rock band wants to collect own live royalties
- Many new nurses cannot find NHS jobs: Hospitals employing unqualified assistants
- British man murdered in New Orleans
- Charity stone
- Sabre attack
- Hospital illness kills two patients
- Irish Primate praises talks with Sinn Fein: SDLP leader commended for secret meeting with republicans
- Treaty rebels attacked over 'war of attrition': Heseltine raises the stakes in struggle with Conservative opponents of Maastricht
- Television 'linked to violence'
World
- Civilians in Kashmir bear the brunt of the conflict in the Himalayan state
- China divorce is too close for comfort: With economic prosperity and new freedoms, more people are seeking divorce, writes Teresa Poole in Peking
- ANC mass action starts to roll in memory of Hani: Blacks vent sorrow and anger at leader's assassination in protests. John Carlin reports from Johannesburg
- Cowboys fight for a home on the range: US ranchers fear rising grazing fees will force them to the towns, writes David Usborne in Fort Bridger
- Unease over nuclear plants in paradise: An 'accident' at a Brazilian reactor is worrying environmentalists. Phil Davison reports
- Force ruled out at Koresh camp
- People: Morillon's name in the frame
- Six prisoners die in Ohio jail riot
- 600 more police for tense LA
- 50 killed in Kashmiri fighting: Urgent inquiry ordered into upsurge of violence
- 'Sovereign Israel' freezes out Palestinians: The occupied territories face severe hardship after the latest clampdown, writes Sarah Helm in Jerusalem
- Mandela plea for calm falls on deaf ears: Soweto sees worst of SA violence in wake of Hani assassination
- Waiting for God, Texas-style: The media sits it out as experts comb arcane letter for clues to cult leader's intentions
- The World This Week: Azeri and Armenian PMs to meet for peace talks
- Out of Japan: Racists cast a shadow on the Rising Sun
- Sun satellite launched
- Egyptian militants strike again
- Rodney King case starts a ratings war: The racially charged trial is a nice little earner for some, writes Phil Reeves in Los Angeles
- Career woman bows to her new role: Marrying into Japan's imperial family will test all a diplomat's skills, writes Terry McCarthy from Tokyo
- Asian solidarity
- Danes think again
- Karachi blasts
- New Zealand earthquake
- New Italian arrest
People
- Obituary: Sir Colin Allan
- Court Circular
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Obituary: Professor Frank Fallside
- Obituary: Professor Kenneth Boulding
- Obituary: Tony Solomon
- Obituary: Pinky Lee (CORRECTED)
- Anniversaries
- Birthdays
- Obituary: Chris Hani
- Court Circular
- Diary: 12-18 April
- Obituary: Jess Yates
- Obituary: Michael Woods
- Obituary: Professor P. N. Mathur
- Obituary: Louis Falco
Science
- System up and running: From first entry to last finisher, the London Marathon computer holds the records. Martin Whybrow reports
- Just add water and, look, no more toxic waste: Earth's most plentiful substance opens new horizons in chemical and weapons disposal, says Anna Coyle
- Sometimes the experts need help: Bernard Dixon on a disease discovered by worried villagers
- 1 What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
- 2 Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
- 3 Exclusive: How MI5 blackmails British Muslims
- 4 Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
- 5 Exclusive: Woolwich killings suspect Michael Adebolajo was inspired by cleric banned from UK after urging followers to behead enemies of Islam
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