The money saved would more than pay for a mortgage benefit scheme at an estimated cost of pounds 800m which would

The money saved would more than pay for a mortgage benefit scheme, at an estimated cost of pounds 800m, which would operate like income support to help low earners pay their mortgage.It is also worth noting that Germany has both the most stable economy in Europe and the lowest proportion of home owners. But it was back to normal in the third, where Delibas did most of the work and Reid could have no complaints about the result. The Queen Elizabeth Hall series will include chamber music, songs, and the original nonet version of the First Serenade.A pity that Peter Donohoe, who is running the piano music through, will not be culminating with the Variations and Fugue on a theme of Handel; a pity, too, the South Bank could not run to an orchestral concert for the Serenades and the First Piano Concerto, or a choral programme to encompass such pregnant rarities as the grim Funeral Anthem, Op 13 for chorus and wind band, or the echt-Romantic Op 17 Songs for women's chorus, two horns and harp. 'We're still trying to work out which one affected the players worst,' the team doctor says.

The air raid took place on 2 December. In addition to the RAF, Army units would also have been stationed around the town. Six children in Somerset were questioned by police after being found in possession of 300-page 'bomb manuals', believed to have originated in the US, that describe how to make 180 different explosive devices using household products such as bleach and vinegar.. 'Please get on board.' The inside of a bus had never seemed so beautiful.FACTFILEGetting there: Fly to Tel Aviv from Gatwick. The designer of the current production, Anneli Qveflander, used the space brilliantly, bringing props and even singers up through the floor of the stage and suspending an enormous crown, etched with skulls and bones, over the whole action. The estate, in the North-east, is not one where ground-floor flats are boarded up against packs of feral children.

I do it with the knowledge they can shoot me because we believe that when the ANC takes over we'll end the violence.'Events in Bambayi two days later, on Saturday, would have challenged Mr Blose's resolve. .''I don't like fuss,' he replied, deftly putting his answer on more comfortable ground 'I can't go by my statue in Hanley. That became clear as Labour's poll rating soared to a remarkable 54 points and Mr Blair let it be known to close colleagues that he was determined to build a team 'of all the talents', in which senior figures of differing views could be assured key Shadow Cabinet jobs.Mr Blair's private but strongly expressed wish to avoid any suggestion of an uncontested 'anointment' means few if any MPs and union leaders are likely to follow the example of Bill Jordan, president of the Engineering and Electrical Union, in urging contenders to stand down.Instead, John Prescott, shadow Employment Secretary, looks increasingly likely to emerge as Mr Blair's opponent in a contest which will, in effect, begin immediately after next Thursday's European elections.Although Labour was treating today's Gallup poll in the Daily Telegraph with caution, the figures give the future leader a boost by showing his party with a 33-point lead over the Tories, in third place with 21 per cent. The presence of Robert Dole, the Republican senator who was wounded in combat in the Second World War, raised chants of 'Dole in '96'; Bill Clinton was called a draft dodger.

'The plan is to rest her now for a while but we will probably go for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October. Western Gas, which will begin operations in August, plans to draw gas supplies from a variety of sources.News of the gas venture accompanied full-year results from South Western showing a 35 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to pounds 83m and a 14.5 per cent rise in dividends to 17.4p with a final of 12.15p. The few of us who did see it laughed immoderately - and one of its joys was the wonderful teamwork of a cast including Michael Caine and Carol Burnett, Christopher Reeve and Denholm Elliott.Elliott was in his element as an ageing British actor (the rest of the cast, except Caine, played Americans), prone to tipple, forget his lines and turn up in the wrong place at the wrong time. As publishers of the tests we are going to act on the findings, which will have far-reaching implications for all providers of personality test training, including ASE,' Mr Rolls said.He believes that interpretation of results might have to become more statistical and less intuitive. For instance, Mr Brickwood's was worth five units; shoplifting can be assessed at up to 50 units. Mr LeVay has dined out on this one for a while, ever since his research into post- mortem brains showed that homosexuals had a smaller hypothalamus - the area of the brain regarded as having influence on sexual behaviour - than heterosexuals, suggesting to him that gays and lesbians may be born not made A hot topic for such a cool-headed man. She was, to the end, a tall, handsome woman with a warm smile and a wholly unforced air of authority and was clearly intended by nature to make a mark in the world.