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BOOK REVIEW / Bearers, Blimps, and jungly fruits: 'India Served and Observed' - William & Mildred Archer: BACSA, 9 pounds. Jan Morris on the enthralling memoirs of two remarkably clever servants of the Raj00:02
American bonus00:02
Travel: Tour de France: The new nights of the road: Hi-tech hotels are revolutionising budget accommodation in France, and offering bargain breaks for travellers. Report by Rob Davidson00:02
Obituary: Lee Brilleaux00:02
Letter: Don't be tolerant, eradicate that rat00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Boy in court despite pounds 60 weekly payout00:02
Guaranteed bond00:02
Walking the birds00:02
Letter: Israeli settlements grow as Arabs fail to condemn Afula00:02
Loan rates cut00:02
Dhaka protest00:02
Rwandan pillaging and killing 'out of control'00:02
Appeals: The Dresden Trust00:02
CLASSIC THOUGHTS / A beak in our veins: Angus Macqueen on Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate, pounds 9.99)00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
70% of convicted offenders are found to be unemployed00:02
Robber held00:02
FOOD / Cheese shop that swept the board: You will find perfectly kept cheeses and friendly, informed service at Britain's leading supplier, says Chris Arnot00:02
Yeltsin referendum 'rigged'00:02
Sporting Digest: Squash00:02
Jackpot telephone game suspended00:02
Italy's 'purgatory to paradise' federal plan00:02
Britannia Royal Naval College00:02
Football FA Cup Semi Final /: Ferguson takes to the high road on French detour: Oldham plan positive approach while Peacock is poised to charge up Chelsea. Guy Hodgson reports00:02
Solicitor wins case00:02
Letter: Balancing the wrongs with a sense of right00:02
Travel: Departures: New world-beater00:02
Tennis: Holm puts away Lendl00:02
Football: Either rod and pins or screws and plate: Paul Gascoigne faces a long plaster and a longer haul. Liz Hunt reports00:02
Shuttle delayed00:02
History man and the leading edge: Communications move so fast that the Science Museum's specialist curator can barely keep up, says John Windsor00:02
Easter rabbit on Norman's passion00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Travel: An Englishman takes a walk on the wild side: Intrepid Simon Calder set out to walk the length of New York's main thoroughfare - and he lived to tell the tale00:02
Letter: Tory broadcast misses the mark00:02
Golf / US Masters: Augusta keeps reputation for hidden menace: They used to birdie it, now the 15th is a bogey hole for the best of them. Peter Corrigan reports00:02
Major backs competitive sport in schools: Teachers condemn plans for compulsory 'character-building' team games. Judith Judd and Fran Abrams report00:02
Letter: Captive workers who earn 16p an hour00:02
Horse killed00:02
US fears further setback in breaking trade deadlock: Hosokawa resignation an unwelcome shock for Clinton00:02
Mostar revels in an imperfect peace: Christopher Bellamy samples the euphoria in the Bosnian city that suffered the worst siege00:02
Travel: Departures: Cruise the Med00:02
Basketball: Cunningham set for title tilt00:02
Athletics: Rumour, innuendo and death of a coach00:02
Hospital alert00:02
Travel: Departures: Tenor trip00:02
Experts split on refining fitness or finding stars: School sport as fun or means to an end? The politicians and experts disagree. Wendy Berliner looks at both sides00:02
Vote for CIS00:02
Sporting Digest: Volleyball00:02
Racing / The Grand National: Tape quality brings sound improvement to old track: Greg Wood on the measures taken to ensure a fresh start00:02
Gardening: A company going for growth: Van Hage's, the pounds 4m garden superstore, offers endless diversions for a shopper with an empty trolley, says Anna Pavord00:02
Ball puts up sale sign and points to losses00:02
Letter: Israeli settlements grow as Arabs fail to condemn Afula00:02
Insurance check00:02
Motoring: Land Rover rediscovers its fighting spirit: Four-wheel drive is not for old sticks-in-the-mud. John Simister has fun with a new Discovery00:02
Japanese banks unhappy with Euro Disney rescue00:02
Hockey: England to start with Argentina00:02
General has theory on cereal vote-killer00:02
Triplex Lloyd warns of pounds 3m loss: Shares suffer but damage is limited by promise of maintained dividend00:02
Letter: Tory broadcast misses the mark00:02
In the scheme of things: Simon Callow and the sonnets: a marriage made in heaven? Michael Arditti reports00:02
Property: Want a home overseas or a rural retreat?00:02
THEATRE / Rise and fall: Paul Taylor reviews Brecht in Hollywood at the Bridge Lane Theatre00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Darkest days in Java: 'The Way of a Boy' - Ernest Hillen: Viking, 15 pounds00:02
Getting together to win a million: Vivien Goldsmith on forging new bonds00:02
Gay's murderer jailed for life00:02
Scottish Football: New Firm rivals meet at Hampden with much to prove00:02
Obituary: Norman Jackson VC00:02
Butcher of the killing fields lines up with his Khmer Rouge officials00:02
Appeals: Emmaus Greenwich00:02
Football: England's two-day session00:02
Squash: Cairns is pleased to make mark00:02
READER RECIPE / Chicken to crown them all00:02
Letter: How cyclists can help to fill in the potholes00:02
Profile: You may laugh, but she's hurtin': Roseanne Arnold, housewife, superstar, autobiographer00:02
Europe divided on single currency: Clarke claims Britain's view is prevailing Differences emerge over speed of return to narrow bands00:02
Travel: An Englishman takes a walk on the wild side: Intrepid Simon Calder set out to walk the length of New York's main thoroughfare - and he lived to tell the tale00:02
Travel: Bags of trouble00:02
Cassell books a float ahead of expansion00:02
Ex-Army major wins record pounds 300,000 for sex discrimination: MoD likely to contest award to woman forced to leave over pregnancy00:02
Gardening: Tool Box: French Dragon takes pole position00:02
Motoring: Urban farmers have a field day: James Ruppert surveys the latest cash crop00:02
Topping up a pension plan creates hostages to fortune: Vivien Goldsmith on the ABC of AVCs - and which have done best and worst00:02
Money Grouse: Card 'useless' in US machine00:02
Last days for the B&W fixed-rate offer00:02
Racing / Grand National: Rain threatens a second Grand National washout in two years00:02
Policyholders invited to chase compensation: Ex-adviser to pursue pension complaints00:02
Why two years is a long time in politics: Early in 1993, after a series of post-election disasters, many Conservative MPs believed things could only get better for John Major. But they did not. Colin Brown reports00:02
Racing: Hyperion's TV tips00:02
Leading Article: Sporting excellence: a worthwhile goal?00:02
China rearrests veteran activist00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Football / FA Cup Semi-Finals: Shreeves schemes to unleash elusive qualities: Trevor Haylett reports on the difficulties facing an astute coach who is plotting for a novel day00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Recommended00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Queens Moat's new valuations under attack: Struggling hotel group announces pounds 46m loss00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: Pots more00:02
Court Circular00:02
Bail refused00:02
Crisis as Natal peace talks end in stalemate: Zulu King launches fierce attack on government and ANC as troops get set to move in on pacification mission00:02
Rugby League: Rovers on the brink: Hull KR in drop zone00:02
Team spirit thrives at independents00:02
Travel: In the pub where time stands still: A Yorkshire town and its ramshackle inn have survived the era of 'progress' towards blandness, as David Hewson discovered00:02
Private companies to resurrect three pits00:02
Firebombs inquiry00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Pseudo-logical pseudo-stages: Natasha Walker on Harold Brodkey, a writer with much talent and greater reputation, but little to show for them. 'Profane Friendship' - Harold Brodkey: Jonathan Cape, 15.99 pounds00:02
Laird Group weathers downturn: Sharp improvement in non-automotive side and successful legal claim help lift profits to pounds 38m00:02
Sporting Digest: Athletics00:02
Travel: Departures: Two for one00:02
Paris's big day00:02
Joint launch00:02
Football / FA Cup Semi-Finals: Mr Gentle relishing a giant encounter: As a youth Kerry Dixon was rejected by Luton but has now returned as a revered figurehead. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
Lambs fall victim to severe spring weather00:02
Travel: Departures: Cannes package00:02
PIA likely to 'drive out 2,000 advisers'00:02
New search for Welsh police chief00:02
Pensioner suffered 'Dark Ages neglect': Maggots ate away woman's flesh in nursing home, inquest told00:02
Football: Time for a turn-around for the troubled Saints: With relegation threats looming, Henry Winter looks at today's games for clubs facing the cut00:02
Musician dies00:02
Cricket / Fourth Test: Stewart plunder puts England in the ascendant: Atherton shares in stand of 171, but Smith and Ramprakash make no lasting impression00:02
Last bodies at house in Gloucester identified: Dental records used to name victims00:02
Letter: Tory broadcast misses the mark00:02
Schroders slashes PEP costs00:02
Racing / The Grand National: Windy Ways very doubtful00:02
Sporting Digest: Cycling00:02
No need to underwrite cash call, says GPG00:02
Sport: The Week in Review00:02
Small investors get fingers burnt in Europe: The Continent was disappointing. Now Caroline Merrell and Nic Cicutti find hopes pinned on Japan00:02
Police to have new stop and search powers: Civil liberty groups fear move threatens human rights. Jason Bennetto reports00:02
Error delays rape case00:02
FOOD / How to cook up a perfect salad: With summer on the horizon, our cookery writer serves up some rich, chilled dishes made with cooked vegetables00:02
FOOD / Gastropod00:02
Golf / US Masters: Olazabal's 67 transforms his prospects00:02
The mane attraction: Racing's elite retire to a life of book signings and charity gigs. Julie Aschkenasy hoofs it round the equine celebrity circuit00:02
Envoy charged00:02
Racing / The Grand National: The contenders' colours of distinction: From Bishops Hall to Zeta's Lad, a punters' guide to the 39 runners aiming to break the circuit at Aintree today00:02
Motor Racing: Mansell sets the pace in first session: Briton dismissive of debut disaster while Reynard chassis passes initial test on the short oval00:02
Letter: Claims of abuse in the classroom00:02
RAF College Cranwell00:02
Trustees appointed in du Cann bankruptcy00:02
US officials bicker over Balkan policy: Rupert Cornwell in Washington wonders who in the administration decides on foreign policy as Pentagon and State Department fall out again00:02
'Mr Clean' leaves Japan in disarray: Hosakawa bows out, dashing reform hopes and threatening government00:02
Football: Zambia's burden of national desire: Nick Harling on a revival climaxing in tomorrow's African Nations' Cup final00:02
Cashier sacked for giving away 2p bags00:02
DRINK / Some masters give black marks for the gold stars: The Institute of Masters of Wine has dipped its toe into commercial waters and some members are not happy, says Anthony Rose00:02
View from New York: A portrait of paintings as the next junk bonds00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: See no weevil00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Writing with a Passion: Fifty years after its first performance, Bayan Northcott considers the survival of Tippett's 'modern oratorio', A Child of Our Time00:02
Auctions00:02
Today's Number: 2800:02
Drug barons promote heroin in the hunt for fatter profits: US war on narcotics is failing to stop a new 'product' hitting the streets, writes Patrick Cockburn in Washington00:02
Football Diary: Selhurst explosion ahead00:02
An investment dream turns to ashes: Nic Cicutti on how 75p in National Savings blossomed into pounds 5 in 49 years00:02
Care home resident 'had maggots in open sores': Coroner condemns elderly woman's 'deplorable and appalling' condition00:02
Balladur excused00:02
Saturday Night: It was hell in there for housewives00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Tania on the hill with bulldozers00:02
Smoke-free zones00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Stockings sold00:02
Travel: Departures: Bergen flight00:02
FOOD / Eat up, prune face: People on silly diets succumb to binges right afterwards: having been ever so virtuous, they find 'sin' doubly pleasureful00:02
Out of Germany: Dream line takes Berliners back to reality00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
REVIEW / Hidden depths: Anthony Payne on Falla00:02
Bridge of peace00:02
Football: Team News00:02
Country Matters: Over-fed, over-sexed, over here00:02
Travel Bookshelf00:02
Property: Dash if you have the cash: Builders are desperate for land. In a year or so, ir will by customers who feel the pinch, says Anne Spackman00:02
Appeals: Trauma After Care Trust00:02
PEP discounts00:02
RE teacher jailed00:02
Obituary: Frances Donaldson00:02
Struck by the jitterbug: Fancy an evening with a difference? If you like dancing, but hate night-clubs, then Le Roc is the place for you. Lyndsay Russell gets down in south London00:02
Travel: Tourists fight back00:02
Hebron shooting00:02
Rugby League: Newlove's try lifts Bradford: Title contest kept alive00:02
Grunge rock superstar found shot dead00:02
Athletics: Norman is sacked in silence: Questions unanswered00:02
Don't be blinded by science: The venture capitalist Dr John Walker is worried about the euphoria surrounding biotechnology flotations00:02
KLM in new scare00:02
The street of hot tempers and cold comfort: Correction00:02
Fair Bhagwan trial 'threatened by TV'00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby League00:02
Athletics: Building on the legacy of pair of heavyweights: The leading coach Tom McNab looks at opportunities to be grasped in evolving a coherent strategy after the departure of influential figures00:02
Gardening: Cuttings: April pruning00:02
Trust aims at undervalued shares00:02
HSBC directors paid pounds 1m more00:02
Escalating interest00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Landmarks: The Natural History Museum00:02
Campaign to end pensions anomaly: Marriages after retirement can catch out civil servants' widows, Caroline Merrell reports00:02
Sport: Quotes of the week00:02
Sterling fund00:02
Rugby Union: Harris and Leicester eager to settle their differences: Heavyweight contenders look to land a telling blow but the championship is likely to come down to a points decision00:02
Birthdays00:02
Disease cover00:02
Church appointments00:02
Truce collapses as Serbs batter Gorazde00:02
William Donaldson's Week: Where did you get that Mitsubishi?00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Mortgage curb00:02
Racing: Katabatic's courage conquers quagmire00:02
Troops on standby for Rwanda evacuation00:02
Half-yearly Service promotions: Royal Navy00:02
Market Report: Utility shares buffeted by a tidal wave of selling00:02
Elysee aide suicide after break with Mitterrand00:02
Pension policy00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Guilty: old dons with ugly Volvos: 'There's No Such Thing as Free Speech' - Stanley Fish: Oxford University Press, 16.95 pounds. The law to end law: Conor Gearty admires a ringing new critique of the liberal pose00:02
Athletics: Chinese skip Marathon00:02
Sailing: Field deals with adversity00:02
Zulu anger builds against SA army00:02
Judo: Fairbrother goes back to basics00:02
Football Team News00:02
ARTS / What's more ..00:02
Free-bag sacking00:02
Racing / The Grand National: Master Oats can see Williamson home and dry: A rider who has been in hot water will not be out of his depth. Richard Edmondson wades through the National field00:02
Modern technology allows for 'rebirth' of The Beatles00:02
Football: Gascoigne 'out for eight months': Lazio's England midfield player expected to play again as he flies home for operation on double fracture of right leg today00:02
Women's seminar00:02
Luxury back in demand as new car sales surge00:02
Obituary: Paul Howell00:02
President pleads for caning youth00:02
Up the junction: dragon migrates north to guard new border of expanded City00:02
RUC questioning 18 over party killing in Belfast00:02
Lawyers urge televising of court proceedings: Bar Council condemns 'absurd' ban after Scottish experiment00:02
Football: Italy in love with a rule-breaking rogue: Though he can be outrageous, Italians warm to Gazza because he is different, writes Andrea Galdi00:02
Hi-tech screening plan for airports00:02
Travel: On the prowl for India's big cats: In the foothills of the Himalayas, Corbett National Park is home to about 120 tigers. But they all refused to meet Duff Hart-Davis00:02
Virgin Atlantic set to pay dollars 800m for six Boeing 777s00:02
Crisis as Natal peace talks end in stalemate: Zulu King launches fierce attack on government and ANC as troops get set to move in on pacification mission00:02
Moscow links Nato plan to economic 'club'00:02
Granny takes a dip00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
United Breweries needs refinancing: Banking covenants breached after pounds 7.2m write-down of pub values00:02
Smaller Companies: Development Securities is set to take off00:02
Cricket / Fourth Test: Richardson's insertion difficult to justify00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Ghostly voices on an arid plain: 'Pedro Paramo' - Juan Rulfo Tr. Margaret Sayers Peden: Serpent's Tail, 7.99 pounds00:02
Dresdner advance defies recession00:02
Faith and Reason: To still the storm and walk on water: Man could not survive as a species in a world where miracles happened all the time. Canon Derek Stanesby asks what miracles are and why God should want to perform them.00:02
Plain folk get Clinton squirming00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
REVIEW / Dial nine for no-nonsense entertainment00:02
Sistine celebration00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Sad stories of the death of kings: Shusha Guppy on a humane evocation of one man's journey through the Shah's last days. 'From Palace to Prison' - Ehsan Naraghi Tr. Nilou Mobasser: Taurus, 19.95 pounds00:02
Candidates line up for lengthy succession war00:02
Now you have it, now you don't: Sue Fieldman on the phantom Halifax contents cover that vanished with the burglarsPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in