Cable is widely viewed as the main threat to BT in local telephony

Cable is widely viewed as the main threat to BT in local telephony. When Madonna reached mega-stardom, publishers were tripping over one another in the hope of luring her into print, knowing that almost anything bearing her name would be worth a fortune. On the other, he did not seem to possess a view on the rights or wrongs of the case. William Lowndes, 68, a former Norfolk landowner, denied causing the death of his wife Carmel, a former society beauty who was once married to the Earl of Kimberley. Mrs Lowndes, who was in her late 60s, died at the couple's luxury villa on the Costa del Sol. Froggatt's initial cross was too deep, but it found Frank McAvennie, who returned the ball for Atkinson to score at the far post.Adams, sent off at QPR in midweek, redeemed himself 12 minutes from time, tapping in from five yards after Kerry Dixon had screwed the ball back for Ian Dowie to set up the chance.Aston Villa: N Spink; E Barrett, S Staunton, S Teale, P McGrath, K Richardson, R Houghton, G Parker, D Yorke (F McAvennie, 37 min), D Atkinson, S Froggatt (U Ehiogu, 76 min) Sub not used: L Sealey (gk). Thanks to the likes of Haagen-Dazs, ice-cream's image has been enhanced in the past few years.

The average profit in the unit trusts over four years was 11 per cent.Investment trusts seemed to fare better, with the average profit among four emerging market specialists over the year to the beginning of July being 9.3 per cent. The Monopolies and Mergers Commission will shortly decide whether to accept Ofgas proposals for a radical break-up of British Gas into 17 separately quoted and competing companies, or to leave one of the Government's most successful privatisations largely untouched. The first time he did the ride it took seven and a half hours. In a document released by the Public Records Office yesterday, Lord Selborne, the Minister for Economic Warfare, told the Prime Minister that 'during 1944, SOE can claim to have been run at a large profit to HMG - a rare achievement in any government department'. Files on view at Kew also reveal rivalry between the SOE and the Secret Intelligence Service under the legendary 'C', Sir Stewart Menzies. Thirteen robotic dinosaurs; four casts of pieces of bone.Bristol: Museum and Art Gallery (0272 223571). It's set in Zimbabwe and its baddies are good, old-fashioned, low-tech poachers who butcher elephants for their tusks and shoot at defenceless children from helicopters in the time-honoured manner.By unfortunate programming, A Far Off Place is preceded by Trail Mix-Up, a Roger Rabbit cartoon - otherwise always excellent news - wherein the bunny plays boy-ranger with Baby Hermann with enjoyably holocaustic results (the planet appears to combust spontaneously at the end).

On its side, an eight-foot copy of The Birth of Venus, by the 19th-century French academic painter William Bouguereau peeked coyly at the saccharine Victorian lovers of J W Waterhouse. 'Welcome to the biggest art robbery ever,' said Henderson, a big, friendly Liverpudlian who made a fortune during the Eighties with his own computer servicing company. The Third Reich found them with a vengeance - as, now, do directors in some German opera houses, who find the nationalist sentiments of Act III so disturbing that they can only present them judgmentally, submerged in swastikas and conscience. There are no swastikas in the new Royal Opera Meistersinger, which opened on Friday, and the joy of the production is that Graham Vick, directing, and Bernard Haitink, conducting, have approached it in the spirit of liberators. Siriol Jenkins read this perfect little tale with wicked accuracy. MARKS and Spencer may be breaking the law over the way it shares personal information about its cardholders. The real aim is not to rescue the Tories, but to prevent local elections from becoming mere reflections of irritation with London politicians.There are more appropriate ways to register mid-term discontent. Mr Kriel said it would be independent, although its board will consist of three senior policemen, the Attorney General and a judge. The half-time dividend increased 29 per cent to 2p.Lloyds shares have suffered due to the cynical reading of its position.