Local television stations and newspapers ran lengthy tributes accolades you would more commonly expect for an

Local television stations and newspapers ran lengthy tributes, accolades you would more commonly expect for an Oscar-winner.His career was nothing if not unorthodox. It will be replaced by a duty to provide 'reasonable and suitable' accommodation for 12 months, pending review. Although Sir George backed down from a plan to allow councils to fulfil their duty by putting the homeless into hostels and bed- and-breakfast accommodation, his statement to MPs caused an outcry in the Commons and among housing campaigners.It was attacked as an 'unworthy and mean-spirited' plan by John Battle, the Labour spokesman on housing. I've learnt that approach from him so that I also feel much less constrained. Thousands of Serbian civilians have been evacuated from villages in the southern tip of the finger as government forces close in on their target: a road linking Zenica and Tuzla that would provide a supply line from the Adriatic coast into central Bosnia.. In a joint bid with Prince Al Waleed, a nephew of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, it is offering FFr560m ( pounds 65m) for only 40 per cent of Meridien, valuing the hotel company at FFr1.4bn ( pounds 163m). The single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', an exhilarating rabble-rouser, was an international hit. Smith Eccles had recently returned from South Carolina, where he rode Declare Your Wish to victory in the dollars 100,000 Colonial Cup at Camden on Sunday.Declare Your Wish, trained by the American champion, Janet Elliott, ensured that the recent record of British exiles was not improved.

They apologised and removed it.'That leaves your account pounds 20 in credit,' they told him.'Hold on, hold on,' Mr Wilmington said 'I put pounds 100 in. He trained hard each year for 'Le Mans', the annual bike race around the school driveway.'Very serious about it,' his contemporary says. However, new contract business, principally brewing Heineken for Whitbread, resulted in a total net output gain of 16,900 barrels.Pub margins overall were flat; and the chances of a quick fix are limited by Vaux having direct management control over only 13 per cent of its 1,000-strong estate.Hotels continued to improve, although the gloss of occupancy levels rising from 56.6 to 58.3 per cent was dulled slightly by flat room rates. They will serve for an initial 12 months under the new chairman, Ray Illingworth, whose committee also includes the manager, Keith Fletcher, and the captain, certain to be Mike Atherton. It will be a second selectorial stint for Titmus, 61, who served under Peter May until 1989 and who was also a county observer for Ted Dexter's England committee. Not a pier or politician in sight, but plenty of the people who count, supporters and players.

The critical nay- sayers marshalled their case: slick, formulaic, simplistic, were the terms used. The show - a magazine programme with a phone-in - has been attacked as tabloid radio. Turnover was broadly unchanged at pounds 163m, but the company said sales would have fallen by 5 per cent had it not been for the devaluation of sterling. He must appreciate the country, be a strong individual, like country music, enjoy hunting and riding and be a gentleman.'Going straight for the kill, I asked him what he did for a living He smiled 'Police - special squad' Oh dear Still, he did look so impressive in his cowboy hat Then it came in a blinding flash - McCloud. After nine broken ceasefires, it was obvious that diplomacy in former Yugoslavia without a credible threat of military force means nothing.Britain enjoys a privileged position in the international community: she is a leading member of Nato, where she holds more commands than Germany or Italy She is a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

It is probably true that the missing weight, equivalent to a pair of training shoes, was insignificant but the ruling may be misinterpreted in the future. Because the stewards do not 'seed' crews in the normal sense but 'select' them to ensure good races rather than any particular winner the early rounds produced some close finishes, including a dead-heat in the first round of the Wyfold Cup between Bedford Rowing Club and Tideway Scullers School.Tideway Scullers built up a one- length lead and held it until the last quarter of a mile when a Bedford attack closed the gap. The results stand, in the Italian phrase, as 'cathedrals in the desert' - roads in Somalia that lead nowhere, bridges in Tuscany high and dry amid the landscape, bankrupt chemical plants and dismal public services.Italy has been left with a national debt so gross that the leader of the separatist Lombard League, Umberto Bossi, calls for it to be consolidated into a forced loan. IRELAND, floating on the excitement of their first win in three years and 11 matches, were not about to rock the boat when they named their side to face England at Lansdowne Road on Saturday week, and have stuck to the XV who beat Wales. My mind drifted into the hourless night, no port of call yet chosen.The storm grew until sheet lightning spread across the western sky. Scarfiotti's detailed designs are nothing short of extraordinary, and a powerful reason for seeing the film.