News from 15/12/2005
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Gráinne Gilmore, Andrew Robson, Giles Smith, Phil Yates, Bill Tarlington, David Rose and Nicola Woolcock, Robert Cole, DJM, Ashley Jensen, Neelam Verjee, Joan Canewell, Alexander Eliot, Adam Sherwin Media Reporter, Gary Duncan, Peter Lansley, David Rhys Jones, Carluccio's Zabaione, Philip Howard, Hilary Finch, Camilla Cavendish, Tom Williams, Christine Seib, David Chater, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Richard Hobson One-Day Cricket Correspondent, Elizabeth Judge, Gabrielle Starkey, Carl Mortished, Angus MacLeod Scottish Political Editor, Sam Marlowe, Wendy Ide, Roger Maynard, Kevin Eason, Lynne Robinson, Geoff Brown, Joe Joseph, Andrew Norfolk, Ben Webster Transport Correspondent, David McVay, Feargus O'sullivan, Anthony Browne, Rory Watson, Gary Jacob, Ross Minett Director, Jill Dupleix, Tim Reid, Angela Jameson Industrial Correspondent, Richard Ford Home Correspondent, Stephen Farrell, Anatole Kaletsky, Matt Dickinson Chief Football Correspondent, Greg Hurst, John Reid, Karen McVeigh, Hugo Rifkind, Marjorie Wallace, Tony Halpin Education Editor, Gary Duncan Economics Editor, Kevin Eason and Ashling O'Connor, Jill Sherman and Patrick Foster, Oliver Kay, Catherine O'brien, David Lister, Jane Wheatley, Patrick Hosking Investment Editor, Martyn Palmer, Jill Sherman Whitehall Editor, Mark Henderson Science Correspondent, Ann Treneman, Rob Wright, Raymond V. Coleman, Alice Olins, Tom Mitchelson, Neil Harman Tennis Correspondent, Raymond Keene, Andrew Haldenby, Christine Buckley, Sean MacAulay, Nick Bosanquet, Daniel McGrory, Stewart Tendler and Sean O'Neill, Rosemary Bennett Deputy Political Editor, Jeremy Page, Chris Campling, Bronwen Maddox, Piers Ripley, Patrick Hosking, Richard Owen, Nick Hasell, Carolyn Lewis-Barclay, Dalya Alberge, David Hands Rugby Correspondent, Kevin Maher, Julian Muscat, Paul Simons, Adam Fresco, Richard Hobson and Matthew Pryor, Mary Ann Sieghart, Philip Webster Political Editor, Jane Shilling, Ian Johns, Ashling O'connor, Mike Rosewell, George Caulkin, Kate Kirk, Martin Bellamy, Alan Lee, Peter Riddell, Sarah Butler and Dominic Walsh, Roy Hattersley, Tony Dawe, Richard Beeston, John Busby, Allen Robertson, Mark Henderson, Martin Waller, Carl Mortished International Business Editor, Nigel Hawkes Health Editor, Sarah Butler, Dr Geoffrey Robb, Benedict Nightingale, Oliver Kamm, Linda M. Little, Dr Thomas Stuttaford, Stephen Dalton, Leo Lewis, James Christopher, Vince Wright, Michael Evans, Olav Bjortomt, Jenny Davey, Knowler Edmonds, Patience Wheatcroft, Budd Schulberg,
ResumoThe Times Half of all town halls are wasting council tax But inquiry suggests local charges for tourists, business, cars and litter Index Kennedy told go with dignity Oxford tutors lose admission rights Drink deaths up Ancient Britons Grunge designs High Iraq turnout Index Times up again In the Times Today The Times Today's Weather Oxford colleges will lose right to pick own students Half of all town halls are wasting taxpayers' money Getting in now False identities in £15m fraud Fire haze lifts Bogus doctor Vice assets seized Jail for eBay thief Award for Ramsay Correction 'She kicked his head' "Old Speckled Hen" The gang that killed a man for kicks guilty only of manslaughter Conservatives dominate top of the council league table The Audit Commission report is happy reading for Tories, but Labour is languishing. Jill Sherman and Patrick Foster report Each Scot costs Treasury £1,400 more Who Comes Top—and Bottom Breitling Index Billions of blue blistering bravos for heroic Tintin first night Theatre Hergé's Adventures of Tintin Barbican How the Problem Escalated Kennedy locked in battle Senior Liberal Democrats queued up to tell their leader that he should step down with dignity because they had lost confidence in his ability. As loyalists railied to him, however, Charles Kennedy vowed to continue. Greg Hurst reports Who is boss? We'll have to talk about that, boss The Lib Dem leader's attempt to stamp out challenges to his authority backfired spectacularly, writes Greg Hurst Success Story MPs lose their heads over a small matter of decapitation Parliamentary Sketch Bible John spread fear in the Sixties, but was he a killer? A cold case review in Scotland casts into doubt stories of a Scripture-quoting dance hall murderer, David Lister writes shop online at www. gucci. com A Growing Market Tourists to sue holiday firm over plane crash Saga Sony Centre A Christmas Carol as Dickens read it himself Thieves home in on cars with satellite navigation Chanel The Best and the Worst Doctor cleared over 'deaths by morphine' hp invent A Giant Lcd Tv from £3? Private hospitals outdo the NHS for cleanliness Boxing clever on the bicycle front Shades of Hutton as James Naughtie People Ps Sainsbury's dfs dfs Consumption Drink Related Deaths 2004 Livers can take only so much Alcohol-related deaths add to drink law fears PC World The Computer Superstore Bank of Ireland Boots Could Animal Tests Become a Thing of the past? Teenager flees as two are shot dead at courting spot Withdrawal from Iraq Prescriptions for a better healthcare system Dangerous drug Join the debate with Times readers worldwide . . . Lessons of the Buncefield oil depot fire Not wild about Scotland Hand-me-downs Sleigh to Zed The Times Like a Rolling Stone Where will Tony find satisfaction after Downing Street? Bad Value Councils are taxing the patience of residents After all the chest beating, misty-eyed memories of a gorilla flood back Arts Notebook Coalition of the Willing Blair should align with Cameron rather than the education rebels Shades of linguistic snobbery Thunderer Picture Gallery A guided tour of the gutter Those living in squalor under archways know that the 'Sally Ann' will help them but not judge them The Times Too old for treatment? It's a sick joke There's an ill wind when young people resent footing the healthcare bill for their elders Hoist the white flag, Tony: get rid of this rebate millstone around our neck Winning the rebate was a pyrrhic victory that did untold damage to the national interest Aircraft trouble hovers over Constable country BT homechoice digital home network John Lewis Dyslexic novelist wins book gold medal Camilla takes to her heart nation's youngest heroes Dead zone located below the ocean in wake of tsunami Richer Sounds Healthcare Commission Race to publish Falconio books Armed robbers caught on camera Childhood stories led to death Nikon What's going on 'ere then? Trials and lack of key facts rule out 7/7 inquiry Five months on, police remain unclear over who was in charge, Daniel McGrory, Stewart Tendler and Sean O'Neill, report Europe approves CIA prison investigation Seven Unanswered Questions northern rock MPs force rethink on education Tories shrug off Black Wednesday to cast light on new economic policies Argos Argos Time is running out for Chancellor Political Briefing Picture Gallery Views on Gordon Brown HotSpot Where It Goes Bose Trawlerman is rescued from hull after 15 hours dunhill Fresco restored to former glory Early boxing day for the troops End of mandatory life terms urged GE Capital Bank Limited British Comedy Award Winners The lovely laydees of Little Britain score twice in one night Lowestoft Man rewrites history Stone tools show that humans lived in Suffolk 700,000 years ago, reports Mark Henderson The Times £1m haul from hijacked lorry Betting racket Rail inquest Child killer jailed VE-Day mike sold Times World News Return to brinkmanship for leaders at a perilous summit A budget deal is seen as vital for the EU's credibility - but it still seems to be out of reach, reports Anthony Browne Annus Horribilis Church fire follow beach riot Rias (AP): Tsunami false alarm panic Museveni rival (Reuters): Family fur flies (AFP): Mixed-up Mona Aquascutum World Duty Free Now Dylan's a-changin' discs The once-reclusive singer-songwriter is to become a radio DJ, writes Tim Reid Su Doku Dell Rebel party to challenge Abbas (AFP): Tumour that could suffocate girl (AFP): Iran's Holocaust slur provokes fury in US and Israel Morrisons (Reuters): 'Crown jewel' of Mayan artwork is discovered in tunnel chamber Even in Fallujah votes beat bullet A year on, battle-weary Iraqis The turnout today is predicted to exceed that in the West as all sides realise a successful outcome may signal the end of violence and occupation, writes Richard Beeston in Baghdad Deadly stalkers follow patrols in 'bomb alley' The Toll on British Forces We did go to war on faulty intelligence, Bush admits Foreign Editor's Briefing Pop star gives voice to silent army of battered women Dior Fame and Misfortune Remingion (AP): Funeral protest against Syria (AP): Ashdown replaced Lottery legacy (AFP): Churches dispute (Reuters): Dead to rights Iberia Sony Italy dumps 'first past the post' Critics see Berlusconi's reform as a ruse to stay in power that will bring instability, reports Richard Owen Times Business Thursday DEC 15 2005 Fraud case costs Hollinger $80m Doncasters sale Carillion lifts bid Quote of the day BAE biggest winner in £3.6bn ships programme Unwins and Kookaï UK forced to fight for survival GUS grabs American website for $485m FTSE 100 Stock Markets Dole queue adds to retailers' worries Business Editor's Commentary North Sea Oil Sloppiness that aids abusers Commodities Building up Pound to Dollar Currencies Bets on bid Business Need to Know Economics World Markets The day's biggest movers Results in brief Smaller stock to watch Briefing Directors' dealings Rumour of the day Bet of the day Look ahead Business big shot Theo Fennell Supermarkets rise Stop Press Bank chief's $11m Concession by US HSBC fined for blunder over insider trading data Property firms given a year to prepare for arrival of new trusts Leading share index 'will struggle in 2006' Delay in payouts to split capital investment victims Turner to issue third report on pensions proposals Last day for MacQuarie bid USwitch owners consider sale Non-Stop No Go Boeing hits high on Qantas order for new Dreamliners Provident slumps as it closes Yes Car T Mobile Joblessness rises for tenth month in row Schröder Post US thirst for fuel puts trade gap at record Deep mines back in black for UK Coal Row on gas prices paid by Ukraine to Russia deepens Oil rivals team up to bid for Syria stake Conran and Blackstone put Great Eastern Hotel on sale for £150m British Airways Tchenguiz to drop premium calls Harry Potter fails to lift Ottakar's EU 'right to block GE merger' Whittard agrees Baugur bid City Diary The long goodbye City Diary Trading places City Diary Razor sharp City Diary Banks look to repay 'fat finger' profits The Times Unit Trust Information Service The Times Interest rate cut Student debt plea Call for flat tax Appeal on skills Businesses must be prepared to deal with any disaster Enterprise The Times DTI tries to end red tape myths Wall Street London Financial Futures Major Indices Commodities Eurotop 100 Money Rates % Sterling Spot and Forward Rates FTSE Volumes (000s) European Money Deposits % Gold/precious Metals Baird & Co Dollar Rates Other Sterling Exchange Rates De Vere fitter by 53p as revived takeover talk gains momentum Small Caps Gilts RHM fails to find the ingredients to suit investors' taste Tempus Through the Mill Yule Catto Smiths Group is top gun after reassurance in US Stock Markets Large Caps Sondex Business Equity Prices Interexec How your council performs Barclays Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Reader Offers Ltd But if love is in the air, then head for Venice Spanz A cosy cottage for Christmas? Multiple Display Advertising Items Times Register Colonel Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski Veteran of two world wars, who saw Poland subjugated after the second and restored to independence in 1989 Jacques Poirier SOE agent who trained, armed and led units of the French Resistance Lives Remembered ÉVa Haraszti-Taylor Hungarian historian of Britain who later chronicled her marriage to A. J. P. Taylor Great Lives Dick Tizard Distinguished engineer and influential founding Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge Bridge Chess Liu Binyan Journalist who campaigned for freedom and twice took on the Central Committe In China he enjoyed only eight years of comparative freedom to publish Winning Move Court Circular Christmas Appeal Births Forthcoming Marriages Deaths Birthdays To place death notices, acknowledgements or notices … In Memoriam - Private Lecture School Notices Court of Justice of the European Communities Multiple Classified Advertising Items Group tax relief restriction justifiable Law Report Sooty promise of the celestial blues Weather Eye Nature Notes The Times Five-Day Forecast Timesonline Times Sport Keightley warned off for conspiring to lose race Racing Times Test McNamara in the reckoning to become Knight rider Diary Exeter The Times Sports Book Catterick Southwell Racing Yesterday's Results The Results Service Today's Fixtures Ferrari left stunned by Vodafone defection Motor Sport Mitsubishi join exodus in driving away from world stage Barker gets us to the Church gag on timing Sport on Television The Great Adventure Cambridge trial reaches verdict of water torture Rowing Part-Time Healey Braun Moffett exits by attacking 'selfish' clubs Rugby Union Armstrong faces defamation trial Montgomery quits Skelton show Oval for Kumble Balshaw blow Davis sets up meeting with old foe Snooker Australia in hurry to meet fans' Ashes needs Cricket Timesonline Smith blends romance with reality Tennis Times award winner dies suddenly Bowls Sport Calendar Shoaib still fast but no longer furious The Premiership Today Tottenham in pursuit of Korea opportunity Last Night's Results Boxing Day Pools Forecast Final Table Angus provides cruel touch to shatter Histon John Lennon offer Bolton hold their nerve to set new landmark UEFA Cup Reinvented Yorke enjoys life on the up Down Under The well-travelled Trinidad & Tobago captain enjoys Australia but has England on his mind. Oliver Kay meets him in Tokyo The Times Liverpool seeking to improve on perfect ten Magic Numbers and Free Champagne Zamora's away day special keeps West Ham on track Keane in £3.6m a year Celtic sacrifice Premiership Rooney finds inspiration to lift Old Trafford gloom smartnav Was It Fun for Ferguson? The Times Crossword 23,160 Timesonline The Insider Sport Keane Set on Move to Celtic The Times Silver Shadow Ferguson switches sights from critics to Chelsea Food passnotes theface Football—bloody hell theclick contents thebulletin If I had a hammer . . . Kevin McCloud is inviting TV viewers to select the most hideous buildings in Britain for demolition. Could he be the Jamie Oliver of architecture? Catherine O'brien finds out Eyesores we'd demolish The 'Dirty Dozen' buildings Modern morals Facing a Dilemma Alan Bush, an art conservator, finishes restoring The … No Santa? I'm so de-stressed You know your life's in trouble when . . . . . . you lie about your job at a party, says Lynne Robinson The night the mud drowned whole villages Dateline: Lake Atitlan, Guatemala Why I'm fed up being a Christmas turkey Tom Mitchelson detects a decline in the art of looking after the freeloader over the festive season. Please try to do better Just having me there is not where your responsibility ends Royal Shaespearl Company Ask Dr Stuttaford What could have caused my swollen Achilles tendon? Dr Thomas Stuttaford answers your health questions Breasts enlarge to a variable amount—a small price to pay for an extension of life by several years food And what's wrong with the back end of a cow? A pot of oxtail stew simmering on the stove is a welcome smell to come home to during the cold, dark days of Advent, says Jane Shilling The recipe begins with the ominous words "start early in the morning" The Times Terms and conditions Prices are in pounds per person … Kent Grummitt, of the Blackheath butcher's John Charles Zabaione Fortnum & Mason Dish Sheer style of the undisputed queen of rock Picture Gallery AA Legends and the fall Hollywood is sick. It may even be dying. Who says so? The Oscar-winning novelist and move insider Budd Schulberg. And here's the zinger: he knows where it all went wrong Now the movie mogul is Mr Bottom Line The Masters of the Hollywood Universe are slow to realise that they have met the enemy—and it is them Picture this: the life and times of Budd Schulberg The Times Expeliamus the fear of failure You can make a bomb at the box office in 2005, the experts tell Kevin Maher. Just think very big—or small but perfectly formed The Times Just nuts about the monkey Kong amazes and thrills James Christopher, but not a visit to the trenches or a deflated Walloon Lassie is a dog's dinner, and how bad must a film be to need saving by Björk, asks Wendy Ide It's like a feature-length Werther's Original advertisement New DVDs For whom the Bell toils Jamie Bell's dancing shoes have brought him a long way, says Martyn Palmer Times Online What you need In Sounds Crash DVD Dinners And the order went out: don't mention the war Carte Noire Carte Noire It's war as rivals line up to tell the story of the Christmas Day truce The maverick touch: a director's New World Terrence Malick's idiosyncratic—and occasional—approach to film-making is both intriguing and infuriating, says Sean Macaulay Merry Christmas Terry-built: left, Terrence Malick; below, Colin Farrell With Malick aforethought Mountain pass? US chatrooms decide LA Story Multiple Classified Advertising Items Theatre Dead Funny Mary Poppins Theatre Twelth Night First Night A new Cinders leaps from the ashes Dance Cinderella Concert Joglaresa Radio 4 Radio Choice The Times Radio 3 Index Prime-time multichannel planner Entertainment 24 - hour listings highlights Kids Factual Sport Choice Answers from Back Page television terrestrial Variations Film Choice Out of tune with the natural world Last Night's TV The emphasis on nature's violence is surely misplaced. Don't we all really prefer pastoral? Viewing Guide Su Doku Cubed It all adds up! Thanks a Billion! times2 Quiz times2 Crossword No 3774 Picture Gallery Word Watching Polygon Refuge
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