It's a strong coalition whose determination has not diminished in any single way

It's a strong coalition whose determination has not diminished in any single way.'Spelling out the new challenge to Baghdad, he said: 'The United Nations has informed Saddam Hussein that if flight clearance is not granted by 4pm Eastern Standard Time (9pm GMT) today (Friday), Iraq will be in non-compliance'. For most people it has meant little more than three initials - EDI, for electronic data interchange.Now, with most businesses computerised to some degree and the growth of mail-order shopping and teleworking suggesting an increasing acceptance of modern technology, it seems EDI's time is coming. In a longer rehearsal you talk, improvise, set up technically We did it very gently, script in hand The company is very tired. High on the list of the season's most gossipable items will be relations between Derek Deane, ENB's new Artistic Director, and Pamela, Lady Harlech, Chairman of the company's board. England's last pair then batted for 14 overs, which was a comment in itself on the so-called proper batsmen.For the first time this summer, England's second innings failed to achieve the none too difficult objective of improving upon the first, and Australia were left to make 120 to take the identical scoreline that they took with them to the Oval (4-0) in 1989.

Contrary to misleading claims by most Euro-sceptics like Mr Portillo, European federalists have always been opposed to a centralised superstate, whether at European or national level. Sir Leon Brittan, the European Union's trade commissioner told MEPs yesterday that he would support their campaign to make ratification of the Gatt deal, agreed last year, conditional on a parliamentary vote. West Indies .313-6 England. AFTER the drizzle, the deluge. Although blessed with the brains of Keynes and Beveridge, the Liberals failed after 1918 to win backing from millions of newly enfranchised working-class voters. The UK and US are moving in the right direction; the Continent still has a long way to go..

Alan Opie's Balstrode is more orthodoxly bluff and salty, but above all stunningly sung - a reminder of a certain element of waste in ensemble opera of this type. One's thoughts crept back to Lord's and Ian Salisbury's first Test match, when he too had bowled leg breaks and googlies so well - if only he had been here to cause similar problems.It was not that long ago that John Emburey, spinning the ball into the right-hander with his fingers rather than away from him with his wrist, and Phil Edmonds, slow left arm like Tufnell, were not far from automatic choices. But the merchant bank has no plans to resign despite the history of disasters affecting the company and its shareholders, and Mr Thompson says he has no plans to fire it.'Emperor in new clothes', pages 12-13(Photograph omitted). They may also be said to have opened the way for Stephen Meisel's recently published photographs of Madonna. Quite a time could elapse.' He said it would be six months at least before his company took deliveries of any extra coal.

Pakistan .186-9 West Indies. Yet was it wise for the Macedonian authorities to adopt as their coat of arms a Greek historic symbol, the Star of Vergina, thereby unnecessarily aggravating the conflict further? The reality is that, in a region where history is politics, all Balkan states play with such symbols, and Greece is by no means the worst offender.By blaming the Greeks for many of the region's ills, Western governments may be paving the way for much greater regional instability. 'I think it's because they haven't made a fuss that it's died down,' he says. It's still got all its original Edwardian fittings, hasn't it? I mean it's got a real theatre-y feel about it. 'Once more a Conservative government has caved in to the brewers.' The DTI, under Michael Heseltine, says the climbdown was part of the programme to slash red tape.

Traumatised, she has decided to cancel the wedding, I'm told It's not the only Ambridge wedding under threat. It was a party for people who attended the Prime Minister's ball in Huntingdon - it was a 'thank you' for taking part.'He also confirmed that Mr Major had met Mr McNally on at least 'half a dozen occasions'. SHARES in Inchcape, the international motors and business services group, slumped by 37p to 515p yesterday after it warned that it did not expect any marked recovery in the business climate for the majority of its operation in 1994 and would still suffer from the effects of a high yen. The Yemenites were the poorest of the new immigrants and suffered 50 per cent infant mortality rates, according to some reports.The Israeli establishment maintains that the story is largely, though not wholly, a myth. But the chemistry of the team event worked again for the host country.Diane Modahl's stirring 800m victory on Saturday was very nearly matched at 1500 by Holmes, who was narrowly ousprinted by the Russian Lyubov Kremlova.