Bath 6 - Saracens 13

Bradley Smith was a popular and experienced surfer. At the weekend he met an horrific end, mauled to death by two sharks off Western Australia. Yesterday, as fisheries officers armed with rifles searched for the fish, Australians agonised over whether they should be killed.

Bradley Murdoch, the man charged with killing Peter Falconio, discussed ways to dispose of a body after the British backpacker disappeared, a court heard yesterday.

Sussex 200 MCC 266-5

IN THE batsman-wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricket has unearthed another of those impact players best described as "naturals". The names of a few other such match-turners emerge easily from the memory bank: Jeff Thomson, Doug Walters and Dennis Lillee. And England once had one, Ian Botham.

THE SEARCH for further survivors was called off last night after up to 20 people drowned when a ferry, thought to be one of the world's safest passenger vessels, hit rocks and sank in rough weather off the Norwegian coast.

In his fine book on surrealist Paris, George Melly laments the paucity of surreal sights in London. However, he cites one notable exception that travellers can enjoy on the rail approach to Victoria station. Look out on the left-hand side after crossing the Thames and you'll see a handsome Italianate building and campanile on Chelsea Embankment. Instead of the offices, art gallery or restaurant which you would normally expect to occupy such a grand edifice, there are several giant mechanisms of inexplicable function. The enigmatic effect is akin to a Max Ernst collage.

Sir: Stephen Forde expresses strong views but presents no evidence to back up his racist assertions. In fact very little is known about who commits what types of offences - the information usually referred to is about "known offenders", that is, those arrested by the police, and for many categories of offences the majority are not "cleared up".

GUIDES WHO survived the Swiss canyoning disaster which claimed 21 lives could be prosecuted for negligent homicide, it was revealed last night.

THREE BRITONS died in the Swiss canyoning disaster, it emerged yesterday, as rescue workers combed the area for the two people still missing.

AS THE first hint of evening shadows began to fall across the rugged Alpine gorge of the Saxeten river on Tuesday, a large group of excited young tourists were preparing for their last big thrill of the day.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT of any sporting team compels armchairs thinkers to begin to believe that they know all about the intricate workings of the minds of selectors. The latest effort from Australia's cricket selectors, whose musings have propelled the nation to No 1 in both forms of the game, is suitably mind challenging.