They began this match in seventh place but yesterday the batting with the exception of Cowdrey and the

They began this match in seventh place but yesterday the batting, with the exception of Cowdrey and the wicketkeeper, Steve Marsh, looked frail.Marsh made 42 in 43 balls as he helped put on 60 for the sixth wicket with Cowdrey, but he fell before lunch top edging a hook to Stephen Titchard. The Mediterranean sun slides lazily towards the horizon, splashing new shades and shadows on the hillside.Time jolts you out of your dreamworld Cinderella-like, you have to be home by sunset. The Royal Ascot race, at 129 years old one of the oldest races in the calendar, is one of only five Flat races competed over a distance in excess of two and a half miles. FOR THE past 16 years, Hubert Auriol has spent New Year's Eve and over half a dozen Christmas Days in Africa, competing in the Paris-Dakar Rally, writes Jeremy Hart. The Earl of Malmesbury refers (Letters, 25 November) to letters in Hampshire papers supporting the status quo of two-tier councils, but a survey of 1,038 residents in east Hampshire last February showed that 48 per cent of residents want a unitary authority, against 27 per cent who are content to continue receiving services from two councils. On the assumption that there would be a unitary authority, 71 per cent of residents said they would want it to be local and not based on the county council.

My nap selections would be Huntleigh, Astra and Smiths Industries.One reason for the change in sentiment towards the sector is that the sharp decline made the majors attractive on income grounds. And the Israeli point of view was heard only through the mouths of Jewish settlers.But these were Palestinian reporters presenting Palestinian news for the first time in their lives; and Palestinian pundits debating Palestinian politics before an audience of their own people. Pension scheme members are restricted in the amount they can put into a pension each year Amounts differ for company schemes or personal pensions. That tended to improve margins. A 10 per cent sales increase from continuing operations resulted in a 24 per cent rise in underlying pre-tax profit from pounds 50m to pounds 62m during the year to March. And, finally, Mr Roux threatened to walk out.'It was the first time since the Tsars had gone that a chef outside the country had worked in the Kremlin,' said Mr Roux.'They were concerned that my five courses were not enough for the Russians as they are used to big banquets with seven or eight courses There was some discussion around it They didn't want to have their head on the chopper.

Davies was pounds 4 a week richer, a fee that was shortly doubled.'Come On, Steve' was soon so popular that Davies conceived the idea of animating the old carthorse. You can thank your lucky stars that you don't live in the same house as an opera freak]. It was this assembly that dropped Ayatollah Montazeri as Khomeini's successor, but Montazeri, who is under house arrest, is still a force to be reckoned with. Superglueman, who performs with the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, likes to glue bowling balls to his body and glue his hands together.

For copyright reasons we are not able to provide the full text of the poem on this database. But if Europe refuses to accept a hefty dose of financial austerity, monetary union may remain for ever a dream.. And it gave a lift to London concert-going, in a way that Previn's later, briefer time as music director of the RPO (1985-87) never did Now Previn and the LSO are back together. except there's a new baby that wakes up all night, just when you're so tired that you want to sleep for a week. Luckily, Sheila Kitzinger has written another book, which is full of sensible advice.

Ten years later he began pumping money into British contemporary dance; first founding the London Contemporary Dance School which would promote Graham's pelvis-centred technique, and then a company to showcase the talents it had polished. but we will do it sensibly.'Pace was also at the back of David Pleat's mind when he expressed a preference earlier this week for Glenn Hoddle playing as well as managing Chelsea in today's Wembley semi-final. At present there might be no action against her, but what about the future?She asked Abbey why it did not claim on the mortgage indemnity policy she had taken out with the mortgage. They fought for Britain in the last war and they see in the evening of their lives a chilling echo of the 1930s.'Cemeteries had been daubed with anti-semitic slogans and Nazi emblems, and synagogues and schools had to have security staff to guard against thugs.'It is surely a poison that in the last years of the 20th century places of worship should need to be protected?'Mr Marshall's call for prosecutions was reinforced by Sir Ivan Lawrence, Tory chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, which is about to publish a report recommending tougher powers for the courts to deal with hate mail.Sir Ivan said these points were among amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill to be debated after the recess. Real interest rates are just 0.5 per cent in the US, 1.2 per cent in Japan and 1.7 per cent on average in the Group of Seven leading industrial countries. Much Ado about Nothing (Queen's, 071-494 5041, to 25 Sept). In the FA Cup Arsenal won 4-2 at Ipswich, while Blackburn and Sheffield United drew 0-0.Sport, pages 24-30.