A STRONGER British economy will help Ford Motor to improve on its dismal European results this year Alex Trotman president

A STRONGER British economy will help Ford Motor to improve on its dismal European results this year, Alex Trotman, president of the US car giant, said yesterday. It seeks to isolate real rises in spending and excludes cyclical increases, such as unemployment benefit.Spending ministers will hold bilateral meetings with Mr Portillo. It finally persuaded him to seek job security with the police force 'I wish I was still in football, though. The public offer for DFS was only 1.3 times subscribed, suggesting little profit for stags when dealings start on Wednesday. The cooling of new issue fever partly reflects what is happening in the markets. This entails snorting some water up the nostrils which is unpleasant but definitely less than the evil of a severe hay fever bout. London SW17. She and Josephine claim they were sickened by references to them in the diary.

He contrasted the climate with last year's G7 in Tokyo, which was shrouded in gloom and overshadowed by tense negotiations on the Gatt world trade talks.Mr Berlusconi underlined the need to take advantage of the resumption of economic growth and deregulate labour markets and curbing record jobless levels. The American networks take advantage of the large audience for the Games to advertise their autumn schedules.. The juxtaposition of these two kinds of picture sent a frisson through the New York art world in the 1980s: they made Mapplethorpe himself a celebrity. Major must have known about it long before the court case and he should have dumped Mellor forthwith. Three of the most powerful men in the Cabinet all have interventionist instincts, and they will not be opposed by the Foreign Secretary.There is nothing wrong with making sympathetic noises to encourage industry, but a return to the bad old ways of state aid, picking winners, etc, will be bitterly resisted in the Treasury and on the right of the Conservative Party.The implications of the new pro-industry stance for exchange rate policy may also become a battleground in the months ahead. Sir: Surely, omitting so many significant works from their exhibition while overpraising lesser ones in it, is a ploy by Messrs Rosenthal and Joachimides to counter American cultural dominion. Angry viewers jammed the London Weekend switchboard; Tory MPs demanded action from the Home Secretary.

He did not enjoy his childhood, although in later life he said that it was as pleasant as could be expected. He has agreed a fee of pounds 1.84m with Borussia Moenchengladbach for the Swedish striker, who could become Everton's first black player for 20 years. We went to one place, I think it was Piper-Heidsieck, where there's a train in the cellars I had a T-shirt on, it was very cold. (First Edition) Two bodies were recovered last night after four young men went missing during a boating accident on Monday on a lake at Blessington, Co Wicklow. The few hundred spectators here rightly gave him a standing ovation; not everyone can relax this way.Career-best bowling of 5 for 79 by the 17-year-old Glamorgan paceman, Darren Thomas, paved the way for an 86-run victory over Kent at Canterbury. Famine set in, and a particular casualty was the wool trade, which had sustained the area since the Middle Ages, but which had recently fallen into decline, and now collapsed.In such uncertain times, by far the safest place to put valuables was underground - and three hoards now on display in Cirencester bear witness to the passion for burial that overtook Cotswold folk in or about 1643.One cache was of 12 silver spoons found beneath the floor of a shop during alterations in 1963 - and fine, chunky, broad- bladed fellows they are.

They bear tribute to the intelligence and modernity of the genius we find in Matisse. Britain should stop its spoiling tactics within the European Space Agency, and join with our colleagues, along with the Americans and Russians, in the exploration and commercial development of space on all fronts.Yours faithfully,DAVID A ROTHERYThe Open UniversityMilton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. PALESTINIAN guerrillas made off with Zakaria Sharbaji's head yesterday, or what was left of it after the Israelis fired a light anti-armour weapon at his hideout in the Tofah district of Gaza City For their part, the Israelis kept his body. The convoy swayed off, with its victory screams and volleys, and revealed behind it - facing Serbia across the Drina - a cemetery with row upon row of new, raw Serbian graves.This is also a Serbian tragedy. agonized in Annabel's behalf') take over from Wharton's dryer phrasings: 'Her voice dragged, as if she were struggling through the long desert reaches of her own future'; 'In her busy life there was no room for dead love-affairs.' Mainwaring crunches to a close with the kind of happy ending which Wharton typically thwarts: Nan and Guy come ecstatically together; Laura's renunciation is sidelined.

Teenage smoking has remained static, defying a government target that it should fall by 33 per cent among 11- to 15-year-olds by the end of next year. Obesity has risen. Those who decide, of course, come from the north.'As passions grew throughout last year, Mr Faudry decided to hold a referendum to settle the issue. Whitbread 60s: 1 Tokio, 84:18:55:00; 2 Intrum Justitia, 85:09:06:49; 3 Yamaha, 85:12:43:45; 4 Galicia '93 Pescanova, 85:16:55:01; 5 Winston, 86:07:54:16; 6 Brooksfield, 92:17:56:53; 7 Heineken, 94:10:53:29; 8 Dolphin and Youth 96:10:17:59; 9 Hetman Sahaidachny 96:11:17:29; 10 Odessa, 115:19:11:58.BT Results Service.. Teddington play the Russians, Ekaterinburg, tomorrow and on Sunday, for their final pool game, they play the host club Atletic Terrassa, who include the 21-year-old, Jaimie Arnau, who was such a thorn in the British side in Spain's two games against them in the recent Champions' Trophy in Lahore.