New England's Sir Alf Ramsey will not suffer Patriots games tomorrow as he seeks to emulate Miami's unbeaten season by winning a fourth Super Bowl

The family of a man who disappeared for five years only to turn up last week have insisted he has no memory of where he has been.

From a speech by the musician and anti-poverty campaigner at a conference at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

A NEW piece by Oliver Knussen is invariably an exciting prospect. Unfortunately, less than two weeks before his Cleveland Pictures was due to receive its UK premiere, it was replaced by a work from his former teacher, Gunther Schuller. In the event, the alchemical talents of Knussen the interpreter alleviated any disappointment caused by the late substitution.

A new piece by Oliver Knussen is invariably an exciting prospect.

When one ride just isn't enough, head for Cedar Point in Ohio.

This time last year the San Diego Chargers were finishing the campaign with the worst record in the League, and their veteran coach, Marty Schottenheimer looked in danger of dismissal. Things change quickly in the NFL, however, and on Sunday the Chargers secured their first appearance in the play-offs for a decade with a 21-0 triumph in snowy Cleveland.

This is the time of year that attention traditionally turns to the serious play-off contenders, but the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals, two lesser lights of the National Football League, decided that Sunday was to be their day in the spotlight.

A nationwide hunt for two girls allegedly abducted from their foster parents at knifepoint ended after they were found safe and well, police said today.

"YOU'D THINK with all the money they saved on not having Christmas lights, they could afford to clear the pavements more than they have..." This was a grumble I heard in a shop in Bath earlier this week, as the ice and slush built up. Well, not so much a grumble, really, as a ritual moan. The good burghers of Bath are used to acting as a sort of Greek chorus, standing by and wringing their hands while the council enacts its ancient role of tragic buffoon...

Tony Blair insisted this week that he leads a `One Nation' Government and that the divide in the country is between rich and poor rather than North and South

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