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The Russian Referendum: Viewing the world through Russia's window on the West: A united St Petersburg is forging ahead to overcome its Communist legacies, reports Helen Womack00:02
Gardening Cuttings: Spring fair in SE100:02
Middle Temple00:02
Coming to blows about wear and tear: Problems often arise when reclaiming the deposit on a rented flat, Ian Hunter reports00:02
Parliamentary Questions - Written Replies00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bookshop Window: The Culture of Flowers - Jack Goody: Cambridge, pounds 4500:02
Police end hunt for 'dying mother'00:02
Appeals: South of England Rare Breeds Centre00:02
SIB sounds alarm on two schemes: Injunctions issued on unauthorised bonds00:02
Obituary: Charles Burkill00:02
BOOKS / Contemporary Painting In Scotland00:02
'Sin-bins' for problem children00:02
Ice Hockey: Murrayfield are bedevilled by classy Cardiff00:02
High Court judges back ban on porn channel: Red Hot Television seeks appeal against ruling00:02
Song and dance over referendum: Eritreans celebrate three days spent voting for independence from Ethiopia00:02
THEATRE / To love, honour and dismay: Jeffrey Wainwright on The Taming of the Shrew at West Yorkshire Playhouse00:02
Travel: You should arise and go now to Innisfree: W B Yeats found his inspiration in Sligo. Jonathan Glancey sets off on a tour of the poet's dreamland00:02
Murdered girl, 4, found in blaze flat: Police fear for safety of missing mother00:02
An arranged marriage in the insurance sector: Some smaller life companies are coming under pressure in an overcrowded market. Maria Scott reports00:02
German wages rise00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / Collaborations: Creation myths resound again: John Hopkins and Clive Wilmer talk to Kevin Jackson about the making of a new cantata00:02
Asda gives up on Lofthouse: Closing meat business will cost pounds 20m00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Almost in Iowa in love: Trying to save Piggy Sneed - John Irving: Bloomsbury, pounds 10.9900:02
Profile: Embracing mass but not the masses: Ann Widdecombe MP, a stranger to compromise00:02
Travel: Miami advice00:02
Akihito tries to heal wounds of the Second World War00:02
Travel: No plans for Tusitala land, thank God: Hunter Davies feared the worst on hearing Robert Louis Stevenson's house in Western Samoa was to be sold to Mormons00:02
Structure of police forces 'top heavy'00:02
Sporting Digest: Rugby Union00:02
Bosnian Serbs back further Owen talks00:02
Travel Departures: Discounting France00:02
The Week in Review00:02
CLASSICAL MUSIC / How to give a fillip to the Phil: Manchester's 'other' orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, has emerged from the broadcasting studios and sharpened up its act. Andrew Green reports00:02
Obituary: Chris Hani00:02
Travel Departures: Working in America00:02
The Russian Referendum: Yeltsin in no mood for compromise: Although latest opinion polls show considerable support for the President, clear-cut victory on all issues tomorrow is far from certain00:02
Letter: Why many opt for the Crown Courts00:02
Quotes of the Week00:02
Company News in Brief00:02
Travel Departures: See Lawrence's Arabia00:02
Appeals: The Bishop Creighton House Settlement and the Fulham Palace Museum00:02
Sporting Digest: Basketball00:02
Appointments: Recorders00:02
Rise in TB declared a global emergency00:02
Sporting Digest: Sailing00:02
Judge orders deportation of Italian drug addict00:02
Police appeal for calm after racist murder: Third teenager killed in London borough00:02
New postal account opens00:02
Hockey: England give Scotland room00:02
Air London plunges as profits crash00:02
Liquidators find dollars 12.4bn 'black hole' in assets of BCCI: Hopes for recovery of missing funds pinned on lawsuits for billions of dollars against auditors and Saudi sheikh (CORRECTED)00:02
Demirel's hat in the ring00:02
Death and destruction wrought by Israeli bullets in Gaza00:02
Muslims force Croats into the mountains: After recent Croatian attacks in central Bosnia, the military balance around Vitez shifts in favour of the larger Islamic population00:02
Today's Number: 1100:02
Travel Departures: Dame Kiri package00:02
International fraud plot smashed00:02
Brokers warn on rush into gilts: Vivien Goldsmith reports on an effort to woo the public00:02
Snooker: Parrott fashions a return to fortune and favour: Former world champion shows signs of arresting his decline00:02
Sri Lankan opposition leader shot dead00:02
The Russian Referendum: What voters will be asked00:02
Gardening Cuttings: Weekend work00:02
Saturday Night: Mismatch in Milan and miserable Dylan00:02
Institute of Marine Engineers00:02
Whitbread Gold Cup can compensate a Cheltenham failure00:02
Payouts for 32,000 Maxwell pensioners00:02
Improving on green cards: Motorists can now get full cover for travel in all EC countries00:02
Football Diary: Perryman sparkles at the bar00:02
Auctions: Cloudy blues of the Near East00:02
Police blame IRA for oil terminal explosion00:02
Letter: Anglican flocks leaving the fold00:02
Armed forces mounted divisions join battle to save dying art00:02
Rugby Union: Lion-hearted Bath go hunting a hat-trick: Barrie Fairall on today's final Courage Clubs' Championship programme which will bring more heartbreak than happiness00:02
Sporting Digest: Baseball00:02
Sporting Digest: Football00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Off to the pub for cold comfort: Ghosts - John Banville: Secker & Warburg, pounds 14.9900:02
Biking barons back the weak-wheeled00:02
Obituary: Sidney M. Boyden00:02
Style: Adding colour to a material world: Lucienne Day's designs brightened Britain in the Fifties. Jonathan Glancey salutes their lasting appeal00:02
Gardening Cuttings: The art of Kew library00:02
Mass break-out from Niger jail00:02
Going on holiday? That's what you think00:02
Lopex returns to the black with pounds 210,00000:02
Pearson looks for foreign TV station: Agreed bid for Thames values the programme maker at pounds 99m00:02
Bickering over Waco00:02
The Week in Review: Home News00:02
Food & Drink: As a sweetener, it's the bee's knees: Honeys derive their different flavours from the variety of flowers that bees feed on, and this distinctive tang can transform recipes00:02
White House snub for Rifkind00:02
Medieval shoes found00:02
Obituary: Steven Douglas00:02
Sporting Digest: Tennis00:02
Spanish armada postponed: Iberian anger at new competition from Britain on North African run00:02
Food & Drink: Ales and pies for the upper crust00:02
Contract for Group 4 'led to job cuts'00:02
Market Report: Blue chips under pressure in spite of green shoots00:02
Racing: Starter silent on report he stalled pre-National call for change00:02
Abbey charges on withdrawals00:02
Cricket: Such is life for the county champions: Runs flow from Hussain's bat and A team wickets tumble as cricket edges into a new season00:02
Sporting Digest: Boxing00:02
Letter: We must be prepared to defend the Bosnians00:02
Durham University00:02
Sporting Digest: Golf00:02
Police launch big Cairo sweep00:02
Mortgages fixed for four years00:02
Property: London leads the way out of recession: Agents around the country say quality is the key to sales. Jojo Moyes reports00:02
Letter: Anglican flocks leaving the fold00:02
Rugby League: Farrell just a step away from Wembley history: Premiership provides 17-year-old with last chance to impress Wigan00:02
Letter: Why many opt for the Crown Courts00:02
Travel Departures: Late packages00:02
Football: Dutch rely on formidable strength in depth: Netherlands hit by injuries in run-up to crucial World Cup qualifying match with England. Joe Lovejoy reports00:02
BOOKS / Recommended00:02
More cards caught in fees net00:02
Whale-blubber alimony00:02
Obituary: Kinkazu Saionji00:02
Statute could outlaw strikes: Unions angry at 'naked assault on civil liberty', writes Barrie Clement00:02
The Russian Referendum: Kirovsk sees first shoots of reform00:02
Quote Unquote00:02
Gardening: Flowers untouched by human hand: Anna Pavord goes in search of the greenhouse that inspired Eric Ravilious, in our occasional series on gardens in art00:02
RECORDS / Double Play: Trolls at the bottom of the garden: Edward Seckerson and Robert Cowan listen to fairy tales from Tchaikovsky and revel in piano music by Grieg00:02
Letter: From separate sides of the conflict in the Caucasus00:02
Herd instinct00:02
Cardinal states terms for Anglican converts: Church rebels told they must become Roman Catholics as individuals00:02
OPERA / Dedicated to the death of culture: Philip Prowse is staging La Gioconda here for the first time in 50 years. He tells Mark Pappenheim why00:02
Jupiter manager cost pounds 1.8m00:02
William Donaldson's Week: When in doubt, be Cary Grant00:02
Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey00:02
Retail Therapy: Stay at home, pick up the phone and simply buy it00:02
Japanese specialists volunteer to share expertise and skills in British classrooms00:02
Bus drivers announce more one-day strikes00:02
Naval officers face court for sexual assault: Pentagon report says aviators molested dozens of women at Tailhook convention00:02
Life offices refuse to reveal their secrets: Failure to give figures prompts complaint to regulators00:02
Letter: Anglican flocks leaving the fold00:02
Travel Departures: Last-minute flights00:02
Travel Departures: Fare deals00:02
Motoring: Excuse me, Officer, can you tell me the way to Dover?: The London-Sydney Marathon's start was the trickiest part. Gavin Green reports from the road00:02
Gardening Cuttings: A week of plants (CORRECTED)00:02
Sensible finances and sound principles00:02
Tool Box: Not exactly a snip, but it cuts the effort of pruning00:02
Football: Fifa rules for clubs against FA of Wales: Henry Winter on a decision that went against the Welsh and a day of reckoning for the Football League clubs taking centre stage00:02
Birthdays00:02
Cricket: Haynes punishes Pakistan00:02
Tanks on streets of Lima00:02
Points to note on Scottish Equitable deal00:02
Boots threatens sun-care rival: High street chemists in legal battle00:02
Computer group aims to keep work at a distance: Technology of the 'telecottage' floated as alternative to wasted hours commuting to a job00:02
Pound soars on exports and spending: Buoyant high street trading contrasts with fall in lending00:02
Airport worker stole painting00:02
Clinton prepares for decision on military action in Bosnia00:02
Anniversaries00:02
Central banks act to support the peseta: Devaluation of currency seen as certainty00:02
Obituary: David Koresh00:02
Playing the Japanese at their own game: Terry McCarthy in Tokyo meets an American master of the art of go00:02
Teachers' boycott gets court backing: Ministers face choice of changing the law or accepting that few schools will do tests00:02
Tennis: Edberg enjoys chat over dinner00:02
Obituary: Cantinflas00:02
BOOK REVIEW / A good time had by all: Fucking Martin - Dale Peck: Chatto & Windus, pounds 9.9900:02
Tests using animals 'likely to be replaced': Scientists close to perfecting alternative checks on products00:02
Football: Gascoigne expected to overcome knee problem: Taylor's playmaker needs treatment as old injury flares up but prognosis is positive for World Cup qualifier against Netherlands00:02
Heads losing patience with Patten's threats: Donald MacLeod reports on a rising tide of resentment within schools00:02
Letter: First-hand experience of FBI methods00:02
Food & Drink: Your chance to join Sophie Grigson for a Mediterranean cookery demonstration00:02
Money Grouse: You must be kidding, father tells society00:02
Appeals: The University of Westminster00:02
Gang mugs balloonists00:02
Business and City in Brief00:02
Volvo confirms talks with Leyland DAF00:02
Death threat man expelled from Britain: Fugitive refused asylum because flight made emergency landing00:02
Golf: Torrance's confidence trick00:02
Clean-up for Everest rubbish dump: Michael Durham reports on removal of bodies and 20 tons of refuse00:02
Tusk, tusk, they're still buying ivory: Collectors of antique carved figures are far from an endangered species, writes John Windsor00:02
THEATRE / Tales from Hollywood: Plays about Hollywood can open old sores and settle old scores. Especially when they're written by wounded movie people. Sheila Johnston reports00:02
EC fails to agree on an energy tax00:02
Mercury offers discount00:02
Court Circular00:02
Sporting Digest: Bowls00:02
Letter: Anglican flocks leaving the fold00:02
Travel: Charge of the hotel telephone brigade00:02
PRP schemes on the rise00:02
Reconstruction begins of rotting palazzo of power: The winds of change are sweeping Italy. Now the country must decide how to build a new system, writes Patricia Clough from Rome00:02
Rugby League: Saints alive to the danger in a high-scoring spree00:02
Motoring / The Independent Road Test: A fashionable touch of flair: The new Vauxhall Corsa is a substantial improvement on the Nova, but its noisy 'boom' is a problem, says John Simister00:02
Football Team News00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Yellow ribbons for England's best-loved freak: Sue Gaisford is drained and exhilarated by the story of John McCarthy and Jill Morrell: Some other rainbow - John McCarthy & Jill Morrell: Bantam, pounds 14.9900:02
Francis: Soho was full of drinkers and artists, but there was only one Francis Bacon. Here, four days before the first anniversary of his death, his old friend Daniel Farson recalls him00:02
Sporting Digest: Table Tennis00:02
Letter: From separate sides of the conflict in the Caucasus00:02
Newbury by-election: Buoyant Lamont in bathtub mood: Chancellor brings some optimism to Tory campaign00:02
Update on benefits00:02
Bowater makes pounds 68m US deal00:02
Press curbs Bill blocked by Tory backbenchers: Labour MP's measure proposing legal right of correction and a statutory newspaper complaints authority is 'talked out' in Commons00:02
Thatches cancels visit00:02
Food & Drink: The imam fainted; I just went dizzy: Simon Cunliffe finds superb food and warm hospitality beyond the kebab counters in north London's Turkish restaurants00:02
Faith and Reason: Neck and neck in spilling blood: The Warrington bombing was strongly condemned by church leaders. They should apply the same standards to all types of violence perpetrated for political reasons, writes Bruce Kent.00:02
Recipe: Luxury tips for a single cook00:02
Food & Drink: Your money where your mouth is: Anthony Rose studies the bestseller lists and finds that German wines still dominate the supermarket Top Ten, though sales are slipping00:02
The penalty for vanity is boils00:02
Wills00:02
Mayhew rejects renewed calls for internment: Imprisonment without trial would be 'a public relations disaster' in fight against terrorists00:02
Sporting Digest: Rallying00:02
Cricket: Medlycott makes his mark00:02
Rugby Union: Jones has to pull out: Robert Cole assesses today's games at Cardiff and Llanelli in the Swalec Cup semi-finals00:02
BOOKS / Letter from Cape Town: Calvinist angst over the joy of sex00:02
Motor Racing: Hill strikes as Prost is lost in qualifying: Briton on overnight pole as Williams dominate San Marino practice00:02
Country Matters: Wren the architect, cuckoo the intruder00:02
German retail chain buys quarter of Budgens from Brierley: European connection with opportunities in buying and logistics00:02
Teachers beset by weariness and frustration: The school tests boycott ruling is hailed by a union leader as a 'scorching victory'. Diana Hinds looks at the dispute's effect00:02
Fleming cuts dealing charge00:02
Obituary: Charles Burkill00:02
Overnight at Cater Allen00:02
Property: Confidence builds as green shoots appear00:02
Sacking for 533 days off in 3 years is upheld00:02
Sporting Digest: Cricket00:02
Bogota happy to do business with London: Colombia's Foreign Minister tells Colin Harding why relations with Britain are stronger than ever00:02
Food & Drink: Wines of the Week00:02
Candid Caller00:02
Martyr the ANC can do without: Winnie Mandela can make political capital out of her coming appeal00:02
15,000 Chinese industrial deaths00:02
Farmworkers' champion dies00:02
Rugby Union: League players are welcomed to the club: International Board opens its door a fraction to the professional code and tinkers with experimental laws00:02
Travel bookshelf00:02
Isle of Man decides to keep birch00:02
Fitch dives pounds 4m into red after 'terrible time': Design group 'on road to recovery' after financial restructuring00:02
Appointments00:02
BOOK REVIEW / Bookshop Window: Disappearance - David Dabydeen: Secker & Warburg, pounds 7.9900:02
View from Frankfurt: A dispute on the cusp of industrial history00:02
Letter: First-hand experience of FBI methods00:02
UK envoy kidnapped by Afghans00:02
BOOKS / The sting of wasps and stars: Lisa O'Kelly meets Iain Banks, a serious novelist of unparalleled depravity00:02
Food & Drink: Those fragrant little biscuits started a lifetime's love affair00:02
Leading Article: Boycotts and other distractions00:02
Diplomatically tight-lipped00:02
Travel: World's cheapest fare?00:02
The Way I Was: The past is such a strange place: Beryl Bainbridge tells Nicholas Roe about her early days as an actress in rep (CORRECTED)00:02
Property held in police care 'went astray'00:02
Food & Drink: Gastropod00:02
Rising retail sales and exports aid recovery: Chancellor predicts steady period of economic growth and tries to quash fears of another 'boom-bust' cycle00:02
A taxing task lies in store for millions: Many people seek professional help with tax returns. Neasa MacErlean describes some services on offer00:02
Daimler defends New York listing ambition: Critics told 'we can no longer treat shareholders as if they were cheeky and dumb'00:02
THEATRE / Blind men's bluff: Paul Taylor reviews Cheek by Jowl's double bill00:02
Travel: A soldier's voice still echoes through the Shropshire hills: Wilfred Owen's words live on 75 years after he died in battle. Tony Kelly spent a weekend in Oswestry paying tribute to the finest of the war poets00:02
JP gets nine years' jail for 'gas chamber' murder plot00:02
Travel / How to get the best out of Corfu: Hidden glories far from the shores: Get away from the airport and you can get away from it all, says Simon Calder00:02
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