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Do you know of a Dead Albatross?00:02
Exchange with Mart: Martin Kelner's Theory of the Meaning of Life: Part 3 - The Importance of Stuff00:02
Departures: Round-the-world fare00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Heart Searching: What do these fat, neurotic women want?00:02
Arts: Into the future with no strings attached: While others make the profits, Gerry Anderson makes the commercials. But as Kevin Jackson discovers, the creator of Thunderbirds won't make the mistake again00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Thatcher in HK00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Cricket: Hooper mixes it to deny Munton00:02
LIG criticised for private talks: Calls to analysts bring wrath of Stock Exchange and fears of crackdown00:02
Money to be made from giving your home a TV role: Mary Wilson puts house owners in the picture about location filming00:02
Golf: Golden Bear finds new cave in Garden of England: Jack Nicklaus jets in to oversee progress on his course design for the London Golf Club00:02
Sheffield to buy WMS for 53m pounds: Cash call planned to fund 53m pounds acquisition00:02
The Week in Review00:02
Wills00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
Sleepy Kids rights will bring Budgie to the screen: 840,000 pounds to be spent on producing 13 cartoon episodes00:02
Monopolies body to decide on CDs: Copyright laws 'could hinder competition'00:02
Upbeat: More than a plug00:02
Football Diary: Life's a beach for Walker00:02
Heseltine acknowledges party critics00:02
A medical fees policy that looks too good to be true: As one insurer pulls out, Sue Fieldman discovers another all-embracing offer00:02
Saddam's dinar ploy bankrupts Kurds00:02
Letter: Compact disc prices: facts the select committee overlooked00:02
THEATRE / A troublesome priest: Paul Taylor on Steven Pimlott's production of Murder in the Cathedral at the Swan Theatre00:02
Gunman threatens to bleed infants to death: Six toddlers and teacher still held hostage in French school as government prepares to meet pounds 12m ransom demand00:02
Upbeat: Catch them young00:02
Golf: Players' lightning reaction00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Letter: The portrayal of gay rights in the media00:02
Garden setting for Sotheby's sale of medieval manor house contents00:02
Cricket: Kids get swinging at Lord's: Jim White on an initiative to halt the decline of schools cricket in the capital and raise the sport's marketing profile00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Leading Article: Thinking the unthinkable on drug-related crime00:02
City of spires and unequal aspirations00:02
Factfile: Self-catering holidays00:02
Ladbroke gains on trading news00:02
Ban that inflates cost of a home00:02
Departures: Travel bookshelf00:02
RAF Tornados force down Croatian helicopter over Bosnia: Air Force enforces no-fly zone00:02
Hill Samuel offices to shut: TSB refuses to put number on job losses00:02
Motoring: A lasting token of India: Gavin Green leaves Bombay and sets off with a vengeance on the home leg of the London-Sydney Marathon in his native Australia00:02
The longer the better00:02
Departures: Free parking00:02
High-security hospitals are given 'reprieve': Report seeks scaling down, but not closure, of Broadmoor, Rampton and Ashworth00:02
Love-hate relationship hid them from world: Heather Mills reports on the bizarre lives of the two women who poured out their emotions in prose and inspired an opera, a film and a book00:02
Letter: Compact disc prices: facts the select committee overlooked00:02
Asylum inmates left to suffer and die: One man is trying to save patients at a Kabul mental hospital from starvation and marauding guerrilla bands00:02
Time Pieces Competition: Time to look back from the future00:02
RECORDS / Double Play: Glittering gems in the darkness: Baroque Italian opera from Handel and a new English cello concerto, reviewed by Stephen Johnson and Edward Seckerson00:02
Recipe: Scones just as Granny made00:02
BOOK REVIEW / In the deserts of the heart: Wendy Brandmark on a Lebanese novelist's determined exploration of the secret lives of Arab women - 'Women of Sand and Myrrh' - Hanan Al-Shayk Tr. Catherine Cobham: Quartet, 6.95 pounds00:02
Obituary: Sir Ian Jacob00:02
Obituary: Philip Chappell00:02
Racing: Farrell back00:02
Silent twin's death 'remains a mystery': Jury was denied expert evidence before returning verdict that Jennifer Gibbons died from natural causes, charity says00:02
Smart's grandson relaunches circus: Wild-animal acts are a thing of the past with revival of the Big Top, Alex Renton discovers00:02
Obituary: Lester Del Rey00:02
Tennis arrest00:02
Lazard Freres under fire on GPA: Bankers allege last-minute change of plan on bonds00:02
Football / FA Cup Final: Wednesday looking for room to improve: The Owls' greater desire may upset Arsenal's unique double attempt this afternoon, argues Joe Lovejoy00:02
MP wages war on BES arrangements: Vivien Goldsmith looks at amendments to the Finance Bill proposed to end tax relief on loan-back deals00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Saturday Night: Club class kickin'00:02
Afrikaner sunset00:02
No more boom and bust, says Major: Fight-back speech to Scots Tories hails steady recovery, admits errors and pledges stand against crime00:02
William Donaldson's Week:' Should I take Holiday or not?00:02
Food and Drink: Bad enough from a cow, but from a mare . . .00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Aids test poll00:02
Country Matters: Pansy's adventure and my merry dance00:02
Lamont intervenes in BES dispute: Chancellor agrees to reconsider issue of cut-off date00:02
Heart Searching: Amazing response00:02
Danes to put faith in 'yes': A well-informed electorate prepares a heartfelt vote on the Maastricht treaty00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Heart Searching: Love failed to bloom at garden centre00:02
Gangster suicide00:02
Heart Searching: 13 years of marriage00:02
Tadpole returns to the black00:02
Money In Brief: Bradford launches Bupa plan00:02
Money In Brief: Endowment auction00:02
Departures: Early snow option00:02
MUSIC / Composer's odyssey: Bayan Northcott recounts the strange career of Gyorgy Ligeti, before today's 70th birthday celebrations at the Barbican00:02
Letter: Reality and fantasy of life in British prisons00:02
Travel: Joyeuse unbridled, via Leicester Square: In the second of our series on France, Paul Newman delights in the freedom of self-catering in the mountainous Cevennes00:02
Market Report: Brewers lose ground on fears of poor results00:02
Boys deny Bulger murder00:02
IRA killers jailed00:02
Montgomery given own pension plan: MGN shareholders condemn falling standards and circulation at 'Daily Mirror'00:02
Milosevic weakened as Serb assembly splits: US responds to European concern over armed intervention00:02
Boxing: Eubank close to reaching land of gold: World champion's defence00:02
Football: Tottenham supporters are united in anger at board's decision: Mike Rowbottom reports from Enfield on the unhappy mood among the Spurs supporters00:02
Assured rate rise00:02
Horse destroyed00:02
Racing: The pace points to Barathea00:02
Football: Venables gets High Court reprieve after dismissal by Sugar: Legal relief for Spurs' chief executive in the wake of the extraordinary scenes at White Hart Lane which brought his temporary ousting00:02
Appeals: Mozart Bicentenary Statue Appeal00:02
Judge resigns00:02
Prescribing scheme cut drug-related crime00:02
Letter: Reality and fantasy of life in British prisons00:02
Gardening: Habitat of the suburban savage00:02
Telegraph shareholders wave through Southam deal: Correction00:02
Upbeat: Notes from Tibet00:02
New editor chosen for 'Observer': 'Guardian' deputy to succeed Trelford00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Intrigue, infighting and cold sausage rolls: Jeremy Paxman on George Brown, whose career was a triumph of chippiness - 'Tired and Emotional: The Life of Lord George Brown' - Peter Paterson: Chatto & Windus, 20 pounds00:02
Travel: Gone with the wind and the rain: Miss Melly Meadows takes Andy Bull through the land of Scarlett O'Hara, but she warns him that Tara is not for real - it is just a place in your heart00:02
Nurse found guilty of murdering third baby: Jury today considers seven remaining charges00:02
IMF says China has become third-largest economy00:02
Lloyd's report slams agency00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A fear of flying axes: 'Remembering Babylon' - David Malouf: Chatto & Windus, 14.99 pounds00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Tennis: Sampras cruises through as Courier limbers up: World No 1 earns revenge meeting with Wimbledon conqueror in Italian Open semi-finals as Nastase turns back clock00:02
Fans fight to save 'Eldorado': Final scenes of BBC soap filmed in Spain00:02
Lloyds' Gold iceberg puts it in deep waters: Ombudsman rules that lifting the card overdraft rate was misleading for bank's customers. Maria Scott reports00:02
Group 4 cash00:02
Upbeat: Coda00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Faith and Reason: A tired man bends to kiss the Tarmac: A series on Catholicism starts this week, trying to discover whether one can claim to be Catholic without obedience to the Pope. The first contributor is Dr Eamon Duffy.00:02
Left-winger warns Smith he risks defeat over votes: Labour leader's vision of party democracy not shared by firefighters' chief who calls for party and senior union officials to reach an 'accommodation'00:02
Appeals: Cope: the Laura Centre00:02
Heart Searching: Too much gabbling00:02
The Way I Was: Me, just as I liked to be: Jenni Murray tells Nicholas Roe about her childhood days as a Barnsley tomboy00:02
Cricket: Caddick claims nine as Lancashire tumble: Somerset fast bowler stakes England claim00:02
Money In Brief: Lloyds deal for students00:02
Diplomats safe00:02
Property: Green shoots and salad days: East Anglia was hit early by the slump. Now, says David Lawson, prices are stirring again00:02
Football / FA Cup Final: 'If Lee Dixon can play for England so can I': Sheffield Wednesday's Footballer of the Year, to the bewilderment of his many admirers, cannot find a place in Graham Taylor's affections. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
Letter: A powerful instinct00:02
Money In Brief: Charities net further pounds 21m00:02
Mother Teresa ill00:02
Osprey deal clinched00:02
BA to seek up to pounds 500m through rights issue: Cash call set for next week to finance global expansion Fears over market's appetite for share placings00:02
Football / Tottenham in Turmoil: Venables' bitterness at sour end to Sugar alliance: The club's guiding light pays the price after running into an obdurate and ambitious businessman. Ken Jones reports00:02
Schools: Abberley Hall, Worcester00:02
Gardening: Piglets are a good idea, but wire bread baskets are better: Magnus Miles tries out an odd gardening technique00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Profile: In the market for grocery and charity: David Sainsbury, the nation's richest shopkeeper00:02
Travel: Gateway to culture and country: Crete's capital city suffers from 20th-century blight, but the island beyond is a treat, says Simon Calder00:02
'Observer' post00:02
Sporting Digest: Motorcycling00:02
Letter: IRA bomb survivors00:02
France: all you'll ever need to go: Correction00:02
10 injured in Rome explosion: Bomb damages flats in embassy district00:02
Cricket: Border cheered by bright sparks00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Alexon hints at further unpleasant revelations00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Travel: A bucket of good deals: Simon Calder finds a flight discount specialist who believes in personal service00:02
Departures: Glastonbury wheels00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Ford cars fare badly in crash safety study: Company dismisses report on accident injuries as inadequate and misleading00:02
Sue Fieldman finds discrimination by mortgage lenders against lawyers practising on their own00:02
Today's Number: 2200:02
Schools: Sherborne School00:02
Shipyard fate in balance: Swan Hunter receivers in talks with MoD00:02
Girl choked00:02
Northern Ireland Gallantry Awards00:02
Sporting Digest: Motor Racing00:02
Food and Drink: A hot Indian summer: Black peppercorns with big flavour and a kick will soon be on sale, says Joanna Blythman00:02
Hockey: Nevill seeks happy farewell: Women's cup final evenly balanced00:02
Money In Brief: Four-wheel policies00:02
Letter: Norway's decision on whaling criticised00:02
Heart Searching: Hole in his sock was the last straw: Readers recount their experiences and prove the age of romance is not dead - well, not quite. More letters will appear at a later date00:02
Money In Brief: Pathfinder for Ireland00:02
Letter: Norway's decision on whaling criticised00:02
Cricket: Much ado about Such00:02
Obituary: Norvela Forster00:02
Food and Drink: Bordeaux is suffering a vintage headache: Prices for the 1992 vintage are in free fall, reports Anthony Rose00:02
German unions win pay battle: Move towards east-west parity confirmed00:02
Football: Tottenham Hotspur's chief executive fights back in courts over ousting from football club's board00:02
Defiant Norwegians set to resume whale-hunt: The international ban is rejected as interference in the country's way of life, Leonard Doyle reports from Reine in the Lofoten Islands00:02
Government's Sunday trading Bill imminent00:02
Food and Drink: Treat the little ones tenderly: Steamed, microwaved or in salad, the first vegetables of spring work best with subtle additions that enhance their delicate flavours00:02
Unilever quarter disappoints City: Margins under pressure in North America00:02
Road Test: Bags of muscle in an elegant frame: Audi's 100-series S4 luxury estate combines serious load-carrying capacity with the performance of a supercar, says Roger Bell00:02
Stabbing charge00:02
Clinton's brother turns tiger to defend President00:02
Football: Chapman transfer-listed as Leeds rebuild: Championship heroes are to be released as Wilkinson makes plans for the future00:02
Obituary: Philip Chappell00:02
Company failures fall in first quarter: Small firms warned of continuing problems00:02
Rugby League: Injuries blight Wigan's preparation: St Helens seek to deny rivals' unique grand slam00:02
Major rejects calls to reform drugs policy: Government under pressure to restore cuts in funding00:02
Nationality curbs00:02
John Govett launches UK's first geared futures fund00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
Appeals: Nightingale House00:02
Gardening: Tool Box: Lightweight Bulldog with a powerful bite00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A finger in every cosmic pie: Eva Salzman on Scott Bradfield, whose new short stories display a wonderfully perverse charm - 'Greetings from Earth' - Scott Bradfield: Picador, 14.99 pounds00:02
Equestrianism: Armstrong shows strength00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
MUSIC REVIEW / Sounds familiar: Robert Maycock at the Britten Theatre for 'New Visions, New Voices'00:02
Letter: Compact disc prices: facts the select committee overlooked00:02
The tills are ringing for Next: The store that ruled the high street in the Eighties is back, and in great shape, says Roger Tredre00:02
Families weep as village mourns an irreplaceable friend00:02
Service appointments00:02
Major puts retirement age move 'on hold'00:02
Anti-Yeltsin hardliners break ranks: Rebel MPs say rejection of constitutional reforms would imperil00:02
Sailing: Peponnet cruises to victory00:02
Money In Brief: China Dragon discount00:02
StyleL Eurowoman prefers big, bold carats: The British are at last abandoning Granny's pearls in favour of high-quality jewellery fashioned in unusual Continental designs, says Victoria McKee00:02
Money Grouse: Borrowers in arrears face extra payments00:02
Birthdays00:02
Racing: Sound Bight heads Oaks books: Victory by only a nose, but Pat Eddery pours praise on a filly bound for Epsom00:02
An advertisment for stylish living: Correction00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Monster eats the Muse: 'Tess' - Emma Tennant: HarperCollins, 14.99 pounds00:02
Gardening: Just an overgrown thug that no one loves: Deep in the urban jungle Magnus Mills gives refuge to an odd specimen00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Gowns, gasps and goddesses to die for: Adam Mars-Jones on a unique work about divas by a self-confessed opera queen - 'The Queen's Throat' - Wayne Koestenbaum: GMP, 16.95 pounds00:02
TELEVISION / Plots of gold00:02
Food and Drink: Don't be put off by how good he is: Les Saveurs is formal, French and affordable. Its chef, Joel Antunes, has earnt his place among London's top restaurateurs, says Emily Green00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Plant finder00:02
Clinton delays use of military force: US responds to European concern over armed intervention00:02
Departures: Bluebird flights00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
Football: Prophets see past the profits00:02
Gastropod00:02
Heart Searching: Men are more needy00:02
50 bodies found in mine disaster00:02
Property: Has that house got an MoT?00:02
S Africa makes a deal with Angola: Oil exploration contract paves the way00:02
Appeal fails00:02
'Ransom paid' in school siege00:02
Unfair dismissal00:02
Agencies back licensing move00:02
Money In Brief: Financial guide for women00:02
Novel ways with investment trusts00:02
Departures: China sale00:02
Auctions00:02
View from Tokyo: Cosy construction cartels come under fire00:02
Football / FA Cup Final: Adams' final ambition poses threat to England: Arsenal captain determined to play through injury at Wembley but may miss England's US tour00:02
Halifax's sealing fee under investigation: Ombudsman to look at cost of removing mortgage deeds, writes Vivien Goldsmith00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Possessed by several dybbuks: 'The Certificate' - Isaac Bashevis Singer Tr. Leonard Wolf: Hamish Hamilton, 14.99 pounds00:02
Court Circular00:02
Travel: Feelin' groovy? So is Scarborough: The north-east coast resort found its true character when it started rocking to the Seventies. It still has that kind of rhythm, says David Hewson00:02
Letter: The portrayal of gay rights in the media00:02
Serbs and Croats carve up Bosnia: Secret talks work towards deal to subvert Vance-Owen peace plan and leave Muslims in the lurch00:02
Who will hold the aces when Major shuffles his pack?: While Norman Lamont fights to stay on as Chancellor, Tory gossip in the tea rooms at Westminster is about winners and losers in a Cabinet reshuffle. Colin Brown has been listening00:02
Obituary: Dom Bede Griffiths00:02
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