In last week's programme for instance Benn's central revelation was that he didn't see eye to eye

In last week's programme, for instance, Benn's central revelation was that he didn't see eye to eye with Jim Callaghan on many matters of policy, but he thought he was a very nice chap. Unless you fancy socialising with sheep, there's not much to do there except work. Mr Bartholomew will make his debut on Monday, after a trip to Moscow where he will renew old high diplomacy relations with Russia - which is a key to persuading the Serbs to accepting the plan.Mr Christopher's statement made it clear that the US was now considering the 'possibility' of US forces being involved in the implementation of the plan. In 1981, Raman Subba Row, later chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board, predicted that India and Pakistan would be forced, by public pressure, to introduce more limited- overs matches. TUNIS (AP) - A military court yesterday sentenced 35 members of the banned Muslim group Annahda to life imprisonment for attempting to assassinate the President, Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali, and overthrow the government. Alison Nicholas hit seven birdies for a superb 67 in the third round of the Hennessy Cup at Refrath in Cologne.

The tale of the library's design and construction is a 'shambles', MPs on the National Heritage Committee said. It has produced 'one of the ugliest buildings in the world.'The existing Round Reading Room of the British Library - which campaigners have fought to retain - should be kept open in perpetuity as a public reading room integral to the British Library, the committee said.It also called for an inquiry to establish who approved the design of the new library, at what cost, and who if anyone was in charge, should be set up under a former Ombudsman.In a report remarkable for the strength of its language, the report says the saga of the library is 'a sorry story'. He maintained something of a tradition for Indianapolis 500 winners by lapping the one-mile circuit at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds well off the pace.. The electorate, as is always the case when traumatic internal party wrangling happens, was left out, bemused, wondering what the fuss was about.Had the name change been decided quickly without Occhetto's unrealistically ambitious plan to unite the entire Italian left in one go, the PDS might have been fit to take full political advantage of the financial scandals which were about to erupt. A militant in the Northern League described a meeting with their supposed Forza Italia allies to plot strategy. ONE OF the things which Nelson Mandela used to enjoy in the old days when he visited F W de Klerk at the presidential office in Pretoria was the aroma of freshly brewed coffee.

A song has to be reasonably short to fit into the single format, so many great performances were compressed into these 7in gems. You can't have the referee playing for one side,' Mr Hunter said.The Government subdued the hostile reaction it feared from some Tory MPs by holding a private briefing minutes before the Prime Minister's statement. Maybe Lady Thatcher had more sympathisers than she knew when she said that there is no such thing as society, only individuals. As are those of Sir Norman Fowler and the late Nicholas Ridley. It's about Lee's struggle to make good in America; about his inter-racial love affair and marriage with Linda Emery; the bitter contradictions of his career (huge star in Hong Kong, immigrant nobody in the States); the mystical demons which haunted him and which, some believe, caused his death aged 32. It is a national scandal.'Although Leeds people will not be able to use the building, local health workers can, and a school and a mental institution have used the pool. It has encountered widespread suspicion, but also much public enthusiasm.Behind this campaign lurks a subversive, deep green idea - that utilities can actually make profits by selling less energy and a superior service to their customers.

Robinson easily won the 1500m in a personal best time of 4min 12.03sec in the intense heat here to win Britain's first track medal. But because fewer people have the courage to apply to start another language from scratch, they ask applicants with one language A-level for two Ds.Disappointed entrants for teacher training may also find hope here. The Wine Society, the 60,000- strong mail order club, also has plans to enable members to bring back wines more cheaply.Mr Brown says the main aim of the Grape Shop in Boulogne is to lure British shoppers, offering wines at between pounds 1.50 and pounds 3 cheaper, and savings of up to pounds 4 a bottle on the 30 to 40 malt whiskies he aims to stock.But he also hopes to sell his wines to the French, breaking down barriers of chauvinism with the value for money of his new world wines.. The units belonged to a 5,000- strong guard loyal to Ruslan Khasbulatov, the speaker of the conservative- dominated parliament and a frequent critic of Mr Yeltsin.Parliamentary leaders sent the units to enforce their decision last week to place the newspaper under the legislature's control and silence its criticisms of Mr Khasbulatov and the conservatives.

And one or other of those live poets may even have paid a visit. The 33-year-old Williams- Renault driver, who won the race, has been summoned by FIA because on his slowing- down lap he picked up a Union Jack from a marshal. That is seen as a breach of the rules but Hill contends that he did not actually stop when he took the flag. They can recite the fact that every two hours somebody kills themselves, and that 4,500 people a year choose this way out.The Samaritans were founded 40 years ago by Chad Varah, a vicar from Humberside, after he had attended the funeral of a 14-year- old girl who killed herself when she began menstruating, thinking she had VD. LABOUR'S biggest fund-raiser is playing down its strong links with the party in its campaign to maintain a political fund. 'It could have been Tamburello all over again,' Brundle said. Yesterday Yasser Abed Rabbo, a PLO executive committee member, said: 'The PLO rejects such a deal and nobody has the right to deal on matters related to the fate of Palestinian citizens behind the back of the Security Council.'The deportees' spokesman in the south Lebanon no man's land, Abdel Aziz al- Rantisi, described the deal as an 'American-Israeli conspiracy'.