News from 15/10/2006
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Waldemar Januszczak, Steven Munro, Bonnie Greth, Michael O'Hare, Thea Green, Sally Brock, Amanda Ursell, Chris Lane, Gareth Walsh, Jon Kirk, Neil Wormald, Mrs J Short Hampshire, Joseph Dunn, Martin James, Margareta Pagano, Rosie Millard, Jules Pipe, C H, Hugh Canning, Andrew Stone, Sarah Dempster, Dominic Ballard, Stella Tillyard, Mary Decker, James Delingpole, Holly Watt, Max Hastings, Dr Stephanie Davies, Richard Goss, Tom Stubbs, Giles Hattersley, Caroline Scott, Shelley Von Strunckel, John Holmes, Hugh McLlvanney, Kevin O'Neill, Jonathan Reaney, Ian Bremmer, Emma Smith, David Phelan, Jane Padgham, Lynne Bateson, Nick Rennison, Preeti Suri, Bryan Appleyard, Dan Leach, John Elliott, Vivienne Eden, Richard Brooks Arts Editor, Jimmy Carr, Gregory Crewdson, Chris Haslam, Donald Trump businessman, Alex Pell, Matthew Campbell, Rhiannon James, Mary Braid, Timothy Pallett, Christopher Hitchens, H Santiuste, J P, James Knight, Graham Norwood, James Scoltock, David Budworth, Donn McClean, Neil Griffiths, Kevin McCloud, Sarah Baxter, Brian Schofield, Pauline Peters, Ed Hughes, Mildred Amadiegwu, Jason Dawe, Wendly Sloane, Sian Griffiths, Jonathan Northcroft, Hala Jaber, Stephen Jones rugby correspondent, Jean Marris, Jim Munro, Peter Whittle, Alan Murray, Jasper Rees, Andrew Longmore, Lesley White, Laura Keene, Gareth Thomas, Owen Booker, Frank Worrall, Emma Wells, Andrew Sullivan, Clive Davis, Andrew Briggs, Robin Knox-Johnston, Stuart Barnes, Cally Law, Victoria Segal, Edward Porter, Fiona McCarthy, Clare Gascoigne, Claire Newell, Sarah Bridge, Sarah-Kate Templeton Health Correspondent, Pat Malone, Mike Laws, Peter Parker, Robin Scott-Elliot, Stuart Wavell, Susan Braithwaite, Paul Donovan, Terry Francis, Steve White, Thomas M, Stuart Andrews, David Leppard, Tim Cooper, Andy Dixon, Alan Goode, Hugo Barnacle, Ian Irvine, Simon Wilde cricket correspondent, Robert Booth, Unai Basurka, Geraldine Bertolotti, Tim Mickleburgh, Simon Norfolk, Carl Thompson, Mary Miller, Duncan Castles, Diana Wright, Rebecca Tanqueray, Charis Edwards, Diana Bentley, S R L, George Anders, Jack Grimston, Stephen Armstrong, Bethan Cole, Michael Sheridan Far East Correspondent, Richard Woods, Steven Swinford, Sue Dickins, Ray Hutton, Louise Armistead, M E, John Crossland, Bryan Whitman, Michael Smith, A A Gill, Brian Glanville, Nirpal Dhaliwal, Jonathan Milne, Daniel Emery, Gerald Levy, Brian Doogan, John Aizlewood, Clifford Bishop, Jonathan Futrell, Geoffrey Crook, Hugh Pearman, Alex Thomson, K T Tunstall musician, Tom Deveson, Maggie Waddington, Richard Lewis, Helen Stewart, Sally Beauman novelist, P C Barguss, John Dugdale, William Kay, Barbara Hall, Nigel Botherway, David Hasselhoff, Jeff Dawson, Carl Fogarty, Jon Swain, Nicholas Rufford, Rob Hughes, John Peter, John Waples Business Editor, Merryn, Ivo Tennant, Matt Wolf, Roland Minton Director, Sally Halon, David Smith, David Cracknell Political Editor, Derek Deevy, Paul Bloomberg Glendale, D C, John Greenwood, Dan Dennis, John Arlidge, Paul Schofield, Tim Troy, Christopher Hart, Celia Renaudon, Stewart Lee, Michael Portillo, Joe Kirrane, Patricia Nicol, Jeremy Guscott, Graham Keeley, Lord Snowdon, Paul Kimmage, Chris Woodhead, R G Davis, Chris McLaughlan, Mark Edwards, Alan Howard, Sean Newsom, Raymond Keene, Marie Colvin, Stephen Jones, Stephen Bleach, Louise Armitstead, Nick Cain, Rob Ryan, Ghulam Hasnain, Trevor Lewis, Isabel Oakeshott Deputy Political Editor, Richard Meredith, Roland White, Abul Taher, Paul Thompson, Mark Franchetti, Jon Ungoed-Thomas, Michael Sheridan, Eve Arnold, Brian Griffin, Dipesh Gadher, Tom Baird, Matt James, John Waples, Hunter Davies, Simon Jenkins, Stephen Pettitt, Olivia Cole, Jonathan Calvert, Andrew Frankel, Peter Goves, Joe Lovejoy, Ali Hussain, Dan Cairns, Louise Wise, David Smith Economics Editor, Simon Howard, Dr M, Dominic Rushe, Karen Robinson, Nick Knight, Helena Frith Powell, Caroline Ryan, Helen Davies, Daisy Waugh, Frank Whitford, Nicolette Jones, Dom Joly, Dave Holmes, P D, Edward Portes, Elizabeth-Ann Feldman, Tony Allen-Mills, Simon Wilde, Robert Sandall, Robert Winnett, Irwin Stelzer, Peter Wilson, James Martin, David Dougill, Christopher Thompson, Rob Maul, Geraldine Hackett Education Correspondent, Mark Taylor, Jeremy Clarkson, David Cairns, Dean Nelson, Wendy Sloane, Peter White, Collin McDowell, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Graham Dalton, Roger Eglin, Mike Stamm, John Owen, Paul Driver, Chris West, Ian Hawkey, Paul Durman, Michael Casey, Katrina Burroughs, Heston Blumenthal, C B, Kim Cattrall actress, Matthew Dickens, Leon Labovitch, C L, Rod Liddle, Peter Gordon, Cosmo Landesman, Michael Casel, Nadia Gilani, Dominic O'Connell, Malcolm Baldwin, Caroline Donald, Eleanor Fitzsimons, Ian Critchley, Kiran Desai, Peter Davison actor, Zola Budd, Colin McDowell, Jennifer Harper-Deacon, Nigel Wiskar, Russell Miller, David Hemery, Grant Ringshaw, D J Taylor, John Harlow, Rita Donaghy, Peter Clarke, Adam Jennings, Jason Mellor, Claudia Croft, Jessica Bown, Jonathan Leake Science Editor, Sally Kinnes, Naomi Caine, William Morell, Nigel Griffiths, Minette Marrin, George Davis, Ian Hawkey European football correspondent, Andrew Davidson, Pete Oliver, Ed Habershon, Mark Secker, Mike Golding, P G, Matthew Goodman, India Knight, Janey,
ResumoContents Council Staff may get right to impose spot fines Contents Kuoni Let's visit pop star, says African family Back home: Madonna without child Blair to toughen rape laws Drunk women protected Contents The Sunday Times UN imposes Korean sanctions News in Brief BA worker to sue over ban on cross £8bn bid to break up Widows Imam beaten in race attack Correction Two tickets share £18.7m Lotto jackpot Contents Newspapers Support Recycling British Gas Huntley inquiry Your Big Value Sunday Times Funday Meet the New Robin GPs to repair hernias Ministers 'are Islamophobic' Basra chiefs tell British to get out Home buyers stung for a place in the sun Hard-sell salesmen cash in Insight PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited Pink Tories learn the art of being gay friendly It's the fold-away Olympic stadium Multiple Display Advertising Items Bomb shocked Sassoon into late burst of poetry Rogers airport takes top prize New faith schools must take outsiders Princess boasts her children are brightest royals Halifax Zurich Private schools face pressure for more free places Hostages ask: was our plane a Trojan horse? Passengers held for five months by Saddam as human shields claim British agents were using their aircraft, reports Dipesh Gadher 1066, the rematch: Harold loses again Tory tax cutters put squeeze on Cameron Hawking to star in Big Bang, the movie Skoda Arts Council in crisis as bosses are purged TV supernanny has wrist slapped Million children attend 'second-rate' schools Madonna & Child The singer and her husband Guy Ritchie have been granted custody of an infant boy from Malawi. Steven Swinford reports on a case that critics complain makes adoption look like just another purchase Fly Monarch Chemical cookery spreads like Co2 Multiple Display Advertising Items Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters Family break-up taints day of joy for Charlotte Peer quits Labour in protest over 'rotten practices' Minister backs call for longer holidays In the Line of Fire The head of the British Army says our troops are doing more harm than good in Iraq. Is he right? And should he have said it? Michael Smith reports HSBC It's Mine. . . All Mine! Britain's tax burden is growing faster than that of any other European country, with middle-class taxpayers working nearly half of every year for the state. David Smith on the new high-tax economy ING Direct Here's a sure sign the jobworths have take over The popular singer Madonna has bought a little black Muslims are the new Jews Mel's crazy message in a bottle BT#@ Don't talk in English — it makes you racist Labour MP Sion Simon made a video for You Tube The pips are squeaking Funday times Meddle with caution Mental illness is hell. Don't diminish it A simple-minded general stirs internet mutiny in the ranks Things get hot in the bedroom for bishop on a French jolly Atticus Ever wondered why men are looking so peaky? Author … Atticus Brown's Balls left to roll around looking for a new safe home Atticus Hague is perfect poster boy to curb binge drinking Atticus Lord Carrington, a foreign secretary under Thatcher, Atticus The world looks a darker and more dangerous place Writer George Monbiot, the Private Frazer of climate Atticus You'd think Boris Johnson would get a sympathetic Atticus Tory MP Michael Gove is looking forward to Gordon Atticus Euro Tunnel It's what's in the head, not on it Standard Life A real fear of crime out on the streets Iraq chaos explained New Tory democracy Points Birthdays A passage from India to a literacy goldmine Profile Whitehall likes the fog of war PC World Barclaycard Gutbusting: a day in our fattest town British spies in plot to save tsar More councils pull out of weekly rubbish collection Barclaycard It's. . . Handel's Messiah, the Python version 'i promise you that Not the Messiah will have more jokes than Handel' Britain's bloggers make history Nation under a nuclear cloud 'Racially impure' children killed Coral transplants rebuild reefs wrecked in tsunami UN agrees sanctions for North Korea Free at last: alpha teenage girls on top Noah's Ark hits flood of troubles Orange Sego to show her steel in TV duel Inside Track Rwandan suspects on genocide panel payroll Kidnap video may have doomed shot Russian reporter Spain bumps into a modern princess Iraqis call for five-man junta to end the anarchy Mitt, the rising star, catches Thatcher vote Taliban chief beheads 8 'spies' working for British Gotcha! Videos sink unwary US candidates Contents Today's Weather Novotel Fashion's dirty secret: 3p-an-hour child labour The Times Mystery of British 'bride of Dracula' Prime Suspect Contents Lucky to Be Alive Mourinho fury as two Chelsea keepers end up in hospital Contents Clarks Chelsea pay high price for victory The Sunday Times Travel magazine Stand-in keepers Rooney back to his best Fallen Angel's blushes spared by Barry Airberlin Pompey fired up by Cole The Sunday Times Travel Direct Bellamy spares Liverpool blushes Boro follow the Southgate blueprint to perfection Arsenal a cut above Misfiring City leave Pearce struggling to make point England illusions must go Vauxhall Costly loser recalls bargain from past Aussies row too early Time to take note of Steve's scribblings England's earnest coach is a committed note-maker, but what on earth is he writing? McClaren's muddle England's displays are so poor no PR can hide them, and the coach needs to take urgent action What did McClaren write? Lovejoy's blueprint The Sunday Times Striking differences Rejigged forward lines may be crucial when Chelsea and Barcelona clash again on Wednesday night Rosicky tailor-made to take centre stage Arsenal must play the Czech in his best position on Tuesday against CSKA Master of the midfield Deco proves his adaptability off the pitch. but it is his versatility on it that Chelsea will have to worry about when they face Barca on Wednesday Bordeaux driven by mystery man Mavuba Liverpool face a player with a bizarre footballing background on Wednesday Head to head Other TV games Keane ready to kick Cats Coca-Cola League Chopra shakes palace Phillips pounces to humble dire Ipswich Brunt's late strike lifts Wednesday off the bottom Stoke pile on Leeds' misery Extra Time now Being Played Ageing stars are trawling the world for one last, often incredibly lucrative, hurrah before they slip into retirement The Sunday Times Football Shorts Football tales from the tabs. . . Barclays Premiership Nationwide Conference Pools Seven days on planet football . . . Scotland Coca-Cola Championship League One League Two This week's fixtures Progress report Marc Richards Don't miss . . . Uefa Cup special Thursday, C5,3.30pm. Wisla Krakow V Blackburn, kick-off 3.45pm; Besiktas v Tottenham, kick-off 6pm; Newcastle United v Fenerbahce, kick-off 8pm Other Football A rush of blood The Big Interview: Gareth Thomas The Wales star reveals the bizarre sequence of events earlier this year that left him fearing for his life Alfie's life and times Heineken Cup A Special Brew The 'sold out' signs go up all over Europe as the Heineken Cup once again captures the imagination of players and fans alike True test for talent Next weekend in Dublin, Gloucester's young guns face their biggest challenge yet The Sunday Times Gladiator up for the fight Argentina's Juan Manuel Leguizamon will lead the charge for London Irish as they face champions Sale today The Goode, bad and ugly Ticketmaster Wasps seek hi-tech edge The London side are benefiting from a revolutionary analysis system that shows coaches exactly what each player does Rugby stricken by Saturday slight fever The game's authorities must not forget what supporters want — rugby played at proper times on the traditional day Guiness Centre of attention Andy Farrell has the basics, but to become a great inside-centre he must learn from the masters Times Online Rugby Shorts Nigel Botherway beams in from planet rugby Funday times The 10 areas England must target to gain a psychological edge Why fight for the Ashes starts here Forget the Champions Trophy, when England and Australia clash on Saturday it's about one thing, and one thing only Dissenting talk spells trouble for Aussies Andrew Flintoff's side can look forward to the Ashes, knowing there is turmoil within their opponents' camp Flintoff keen to promote himself England's captain will bat at No 3 today as his side opens the Champions Trophy against India in Jaipur Ticket master Lara's men blown away Saints claim grand prize The Times Only the lonely Mike Golding sets out on the Velux 5 Oceans race next Sunday in search of victory and his rightful place in the history books Win tickets Multiple Display Advertising Items Sailing masters Mike Golding analyses his rivals strengths and weaknesses Brave Calzaghe retains title the hard way Sports round-up Results round-up Today's racing Regtransfers Fixtures Rugby Union Guinness Premiership Rugby League Fixtures Racing 'If we don't convince them there is no case to answer, Banned in the UK, jockey Kieren Fallon hopes his case will be dismissed by February. If not, he says it's time to switch careers Teofilo puts Pride in place The two-year-old's triumph proved the highlight on Newmarket's Champions Day despite a brilliant run by Pride The Sunday Times life assurance service Sport on TV Our man with the remote selects television highlights and offbeat moments from the week ahead The Sunday Times My dream team Bob Willis picks his XI from those he has played with and against A week on the WEB Caught in time Zola Budd and Mary Decker Collide in LA, 1984 Book of the week Alan Mullery: The Autobiography Headline, hb, £18.99 To buy this book at the Books First price of £16.99, Sports letters This day in sport On October 15,1968, a British athlete broke the 400m hurdles world record and won a gold medal Times Online Toyota Contents Stricter tests for foreign firms Capital Radio woos soccer boss Brady Brown's pledge to City Friends Provident Marsh rebuffs takeover Gridlock strangles the UK economy Special Report Transport woes stymie growth, reports Dominic O'Connell 'Wrong pipe' caused BP blaze Business Digest Party Gaming's new punters Shipbuilders seek unity Airline chiefs would take off Multiple Display Advertising Items Carphone hits back in phone war Chinese laws may push up labour costs Ed Balls lauds mid-size heroes The Sunday Times Times Online Daily Mail books into villa rental website Legoland owner builds an empire Law firm bids to keep GNER on the rails Qataris in £8bn move for Thames Qinetiq lands top admiral Aegon Ferrovial in line for M25 job Why Brown must now tackle corporation tax Agenda Sterling's lucky escape from euro Economic Outlook Packages undone Google's gamble Debt saps world power of America American Account In the Carphone Doghouse After the turmoil with its Talk Talk service, Carphone Warehouse has suffered a bigger blow by losing the right to sign up Vodafone customers. Paul Durman reports Emirates Conflicts of Interest Breed Suspicion Google helps media giants see things YouTube's way The search giant's ad skills offer hope that rights owners can get paid for 'stolen' web video. By Dominic Rushe and Paul Durman Harvey Nash California Dreaming of Web Giants Google helps media giants see things YouTube's way Silicon Valley Superinvestor Audi Luxury foods fatten up the grocers' profits Supermarkets have found what's good to eat is also good for the bottom line, write Richard Woods and Matthew Goodman Cheviot Asset Management Limited Total European fashion steals show in America Sweden's H&M is just the latest of the invasion force. William Kay and Lynne Bateson report from California Macho man steams ahead The Andrew Davidson Interview Go-Ahead's Keith Ludeman has a reputation for 'cutting fools off at the legs'. Now he has Kent's rail franchise under his belt, will his aggressive style push his group to the top of the pack? Eastern Europe: the new Detroit Cheaper labour costs are attracting manufacturers to the old Iron Curtain countries — and western workers are paying the price, says Ray Hutton Credit Suisse Multiple Classified Advertising Items Big Bang saved London. . . for outsiders On the twentieth anniversary of the sweeping rule changes that transformed the City and made it more competitive, William Kay finds that the British financial market is stronger than ever but all the leading players are foreign owned Big Bang: The Changes It Brought Eosairlines Veolia Bank of Scotland Road Network Choke Points Britain grinds to a halt Estate agent sees the signs in America The founder of Foxtons may float the chain to raise funds for a big expansion in the US. John Waples reports Sometimes one is the magic number Farmer becomes king of banking Thanks to a 650-branch takeover deal in Italy last week, Credit Agricole of France has been transformed into Europe's biggest retail bank, writes Margareta Pagano Bankers face Mecca Western banks are competing for a $1,000 billion market by creating financial products that comply with Islamic law. Grant Ringshaw reports Times Online Inside story of feud that plunged HP into crisis The IT giant paid the price when squabbling got out of hand HSBC Rebooted Duel of the Dragons Multiple Display Advertising Items India plans UK plc takeaway A wave of entrepreneurs from the subcontinent are flexing their muscles with takeover bids of British and European companies By Dean Nelson in Delhi Multiple Display Advertising Items Rise of the teentrepreneurs Running their own business is the most appealing career choice for today's teenagers. James Scoltock reports on how they can get advice Can I be forced to sell my share? The Business Doctor Where your Child Can Find Help Workers Want a Trade Union The Sunday Times New York trip inspired idea for nail bars How I Made It Thea Green Founder of Nails Inc Multiple Display Advertising Items World Share Markets Databank Major Share Movements UK Economy at a Glance Top 200 Companies Indicator of the Week Interest Rates/bonds Currencies Commodities Pizza quick flip stirs up trouble Rapid changes between private and stock-market ownership have led to new criticism of private-equity houses. Matthew Goodman reports Business Letters We speak image Mr 20% faces bleak Christman Prufrock Online gaming bets on defiance The clear-out continues at the BAA airports group What is the matter with Sainsbury's muesli? Boeing move for BAE still on the cards Online Extra Contents The Bomb that Never was Bob Woodward reveals the self-delusion and incompetence behind the pretext to the Iraq war: the claim that Saddam had WMD Flybmi Contents Hidden Influence of Kissinger, Adviser with a Vietnam Complex Lessons from my lothario Papa Helena Frith Powell didn't know her Italian father until she was 14. When she found him he initiated her into whole new Latin attitude to life Take a Journey of Discovery My father's lessons in love Next Week Fat, thin: it's your call Dave is the perfect picture of the web's future My new career as a rock god Life is a fight. It isn't easy The pitiless culture of the Damilola killers is spreading A lifestyle of casual violence, complete with uniforms, is taking root on urban streets, reports Stuart Wavell Multiple Classified Advertising Items We starved, he called it paradise Growing up in North Korea, Hyok Kang was surrounded by desperate people who ate grass and bark before they died. Yet pervasive propaganda made them feel lucky to be there If we isolate Kim, he'll get stronger North Korea and other dictatorships remain stable because the West cuts them off, says Ian Bremmer When finding out about sex was a lot more fun Well-thumbed novels that fell apart at a certain page taught a teenage India Knight more than the internet ever could Jones the plug and his cosy magazine mafia The editor of GQ is at the centre of a network of media chaps who make a living out of promoting each other's products, says Cosmo Landesman Raising the bar What can be done to stop wannabe barristers ending up with no job and a lot of debt, asks Sian Griffiths Multiple Display Advertising Items An experiment with poor results Optivita Mephisto 2407 Sudoku and Godoku Bookwise The Sunday Times Offers Direct Bridge Chess Teaser 2299 Solutions to Sudoku 62 and Godoku 5 The Sunday Times Crossword 4194 An unexpected treat — eventually This Life Boots Winner's Dinners Nick Newman's Week Winner's Letters It's the bright side of The Sun The Independent: Jennifer Moss Last word. . . 1945-2006, Coronation Street's first wild child Talking Heads I Have It Twice a Year and It's only a Little Prick People of the Week I now Eclair You Man and Wife Now for this Week's Spot the Ball Competition . . . Contents Fears grow over housing boom Lenders are relaxing their criteria to stop people being priced out of the market—raising concerns that it could all end in tears. By David Budworth How to guard against a rate rise Debt decision News in Brief Contents Costly car cover Footsie soars to five-year high Jupiter Unit Trust Managers Limited I want my pension before I pop my clogs A Question of Money Each week Diana Wright sorts out readers' financial problems Multiple Display Advertising Items Building group boss knocks a hole in his holding Directors' Deals Tech funds poised for a strong rally The sector traditionally soars 20% over the winter, and takeover activity may signal a longer-term recovery, says David Budworth Multiple Display Advertising Items All good things tend to come to an end Gartmore Make free mobile calls T-Mobile is the first of the big operators to allow you to use the internet to cut the cost of making calls. By Ali Hussain Grab a share of your employer's profit growth Multiple Display Advertising Items AOL broadband customers face dilemma after Talk Talk takeover Bride-To-Be May Elope to Iceland Icesave looks a hot deal Iceland's Landsbanki offers and ING- beating 5.2% on your savings, but you might want to wait before snapping it up. By Ali Hussain Multiple Display Advertising Items Three of the best. . . Current Accounts Empty properties full of promise You can receive 40% tax relief by turning unused space above shops into flats — or investing in a fund that does it for you. By David Budworth Multiple Display Advertising Items The Tax Breaks Explained Card firms call time on rate chasers Moving your debt from one 0% deal to another is no longer the no-brainer it once was, writes Ali Hussain Multiple Display Advertising Items High flyers can now take cover from air rage Tax relief bonanza for bonus kings Gordon Brown will have to fork out millions as City high earners pour end-of-year payments into pensions, writes John Greenwood Multiple Display Advertising Items How the Rules Affect You Multiple Display Advertising Items Mothers 'throw away' their pension top-ups Experts fear people who pay extra contributions to ensure they get a full state pension may as well set fire to the cash, writes David Budworth Best Savings Accounts Mortgage Deals Low Cost Loans Top Annuity Rates Cheap Credit Cards Factfile Hardly a model investment Multiple Display Advertising Items My favourite outfit? £2 from Primark. . . Fame and Fortune Five New's Lara Lewington loves high-street bargains, which she wears even when she interviews Hollywood stars By Jessica Bown Blackrock Mortgage lender sets sights on City slickers Contents Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Leaders in waiting run out of patience Good succession planning may help to ensure a company's continued success — and save money. Roger Eglin reports Multiple Display Advertising Items Bad managers turn off young talent Foreigners flock in as Britons quit the country Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items A fakers' guide to mastering office politics Forget hard work. Playing the people game is often the fastest way to climb the greasy pole, writes Mary Braid Multiple Display Advertising Items Rob Yeung's Tips for Getting on Mediator keeps industry working A Week in the Life of Rita Donaghy Multiple Display Advertising Items Contents High jinks No high jinks Hoxton, Minnesota O, dear Welcome to America Stretch limos, Hitchcock country, roller-skating Central Park and Johnny Depp in the bar: Dom Joly opens our Stars and Stripes special by explaining why he's happiest across the pond Your Hols When holidays Attack Smug Shot Gear USA How Skip put a spring in my step Bonnie Greth was at the end of her tether, till she met the hotel manager The North Face Waterproof down Jacket Dual-Fuel Lantern One-Handed Multitool Easy riders With the dollar approaching the magic two-to-a-pound barrier, finding a bargain break is simple, says Rob Ryan Cayman Islands SPA America Float America Rail America Ba Bike America Multiple Display Advertising Items Island America Ride America Eat America Spa America Multiple Display Advertising Items Your USA flight and car-hire options Who's Been Eating my Porridge? On a wild walk in grizzly country, Brian Schofield wasn't about to make the same mistake as Goldilocks Go wild in four more parks Multiple Display Advertising Items Package prices to USA fal Directions Welcome to Malipoo Where was I? Correction It's never a bad time to go New York but, with the … Last-minute deals Readers' rants Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Don't Do Things If there's one place in the world that knows how to do big, it's the USA. Don't knock it: celebrate it, with Stephen Bleach's guide to America at its most staggeringly, awesomely gigantic The Sunday Times Spa Travel House proud Renting a villa in Tuscany or Provence is so passe. Why not bag a pad Stateside, asks Sean Newsom Sleep in Style The world's coolest guidebook writers reveal their hot hotels in America Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items New York's Swingers Statue of Liberty? Tick. Empire State Building? Tick. Acrobat school? I beg your pardon? Chris West plays at being Tarzan in the Big Apple The Sunday Times Travel Direct More alternative Apple Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Sally Beauman, novelist KT Tunstall, musician Donald Trump, businessman The rich and famous reveal their favourite parts of the USA Peter Davison, actor Kim Cattrall, actress Where was I Win a six-day trip to the landmark Hilton Chicago hotel, with United Airlines and United Vacations The competition Multiple Classified Advertising Items Savour Life Contents Contents I like parking fines Motormouth I know you can't resist me On the Move Crockett, Tubbs? This is the dirty reality of Miami They don't drive a Ferrari but they do deal crack. Paul Thompson and Nicholas Rufford on the undercover cops trying to clean up Miami Top of the Cops The villain chasers who have captured our imagination Novel Idea Sony Reader Bytes, Action! Xbox webcam I Should Never Have Bought. . Silent Night Headphones Plugged in iPod dock Hot Shots Light SLR Best Seller I'm exploring my family tree Of All the Gin Joints in All the World How to do it The Holes Eating Britain The state of our roads is worsening every year and compensation claims by drivers are soaring. What next, ask Jonathan Milne and Joseph Dunn: roads closing because they are too dangerous to use? Sue the council? It's not always a smooth ride It's a jungle out there Multiple Classified Advertising Items The Knowledge Removing a Leech Contrary to popular belief, burning a bloodsucker off with a cigarette is not a good idea, says James Delingpole Bentley A touch of the old magic The internet fast lane Multiple Display Advertising Items It was all going swimmingly. Then I got stuck fast Nigel Griffits MP was seduced by the joys of cave diving, but his moment of truth came in a narrow passage when he found he couldn't move Dive in: How to Start Top Five Cave Dives Join the time lords: they don't miss a minute Jargon Buster King of the Jungle Sky+ HD—£300, then up to £10 a month for Sky+, plus TV subscription (up to £53.50 a month) Still the best, but the gap is closing fast Class Leader Humax PVR-9200T - typically £230, or £187 from www. comet. co. uk The best Freeview recorder bar none, and a relative bargain Power Player Topfield TF5800 - typically £280, or £235, from www. digitaldirect. co. uk Sophisticated yet simple Freeview PVR, with a hefty price tag Cable Contender NTL Telewest TVDrive - £10-£15 a month, plus TV subscription (free-£19.50 a month) www. telewest. co. uk/tvdrive Good alternative to Sky+ despite limited HD content Budget Buddy Digifusion FVRT90 - typically £130, or £100 from www. maplin. co. uk Credible and cheap, but won't show a second Freeview channel while recording Steep Clear Denims Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Something hasty under the bonnet @ The internet fast lane Multiple Classified Advertising Items Crystal Car Clinic Deal of the week Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall Road Hog Multiple Classified Advertising Items Used Car Multiple Classified Advertising Items Second opinion Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items How to get in touch with your inner 007 If the latest Bond film makes you hanker after being a smooth superspy, the web can supply you with all you need, says James Knight Get Cultured Entertain the Ladies Roll your Sleeves up Your Virtual Q Throw the Dice Bond for Real Games PS2, Xbox £40; PC £35 Age 18+ Open Season Most formats, £20-£50. Age 3+ Don't Panic Nigel Powell Answers your Web-Related Queries NBA Live 07 Most formats, £30-£50. Age 3+ TSL Finance Ltd Shell V-Power Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Health Get Fit for: Five-A-Side Football Kit Bag Dr Know The Sunday Times Multiple Display Advertising Items Regtransfers Multiple Classified Advertising Items Porsche Contents Contents A twist in my own tale Time and Place Moving on Is It worth It? Flynnon Las, Cwmdu, Powys £150,000 Design Classics Tokyo Pop sofa Goodbye tents, hello ecolodge Run-down caravan parks are being turned into communities of upmarket holiday homes - and planners love it, finds Cally Law T Pan Peninsula Let's Learn Swedish The Scandinavian way of building is an example we should follow, says Kevin McCloud Art of the deal The use of a carefully placed abstract painting or classical sculpture can make all the difference to a successful sale, discovers Katrina Burroughs Crest Nicholson Winkworth Chaos Theory It was supposed to be his retirement home, but nothing is ever that simple with Terry Gilliam, finds Helen Davies Riverside Quarter Barratt All you need is cash £5.95m Come dancing £499,950 Houses of the week Tower of strength £750,000 Savills The secret agent Far from being a des-res, a garden flat is asking for trouble, says our property pro Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items In total Fine & Country High-flyers only Nowhere to park the helicopter at your London pad? Karen Robinson discovers the answer to one of life's trickier problems for the rich Jackson-Stops & Staff Northern exposure Could an £8m Victorian pile be the trophy estate that City buyers have been waiting for, asks Helen Davies Multiple Display Advertising Items Foxtons Foxtons Foxtons Savills Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward Small Bone The spa's the star Jane Padgham takes the waters in Britain's spa towns, where prices match their enduring popularity Healthy benefits Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Italy on abudget Priced out of Tuscany and Umbria? South of Rome is still affordable, says Karen Robinson On the market More hot spots with low prices Beware of smug expats Mixing with the French will be the least of your worries - it's the Brits you will have to watch Savills Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Spanishshowrooms Foxtons International Multiple Display Advertising Items Break the ice with a power drill Once, nail parties were all the rage. Now women are getting hooked on hammers, too. Wendy Sloane reports Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Ask the Experts E-mail your questions to propertyexperts@sunday-times. co. uk The Sunday Times Offers Direct Exceptional Homes. Unique Environments Savills Battle of Brum The race is on to sell central Birmingham's first million-pound-plus flat, says Rhiannon James Cushman & Wakefield It's crunch time Apples are Britain's favourite fruit - and our native varieties are enjoying a revival, says Caroline Donald Multiple Display Advertising Items Introducing the Root Master Beginner gardener? Matt James shows how to create an urban haven in a new 10-part series Garden Cuttings What to do this week Multiple Display Advertising Items Haart Wilson Bowden City Homes Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Savills Flipper's wisdom It's all about timing, says Rosie Millard, if you want to flip and win The Market Contents Multiple Display Advertising Items Wall Hall The Sunday Times The Sunday Times The right stuff: do you have it? Atkins Recruitment The personal touch pays off It won't solve all your business problems. Management consulting is focusing on creative relationships with clients, says Sarah Bridge Role Play Atos Consulting Flying leap to a new career With consultancy recruitment booming, Sarah Bridge discovers a background in industry can be an advantage All Systems Go LogicaCMG How to impress when the Getting a job in a booming profession can test the best, reports Wendly Sloane Ajilon Back in the Loop CSC Meeting of Minds Should you stay or should you go? Top consultants could move - or be better off getting a pay hike and staying put, says Sarah Bridge Trading Places Ernst & Young World domination by tiny Clare Gascoigne explains how rapid technological change has made virtual consulting a reality Hello, Hong Kong Accenture Bringing down the barricades Keeping firms aware of anti-discrimination laws and disability rights is just part of the diversity consultant's role. Diana Bentley investigates PKF Tread carefully on the learning curve Taking time out to study can develop your skills and enhance a career in consultancy. But, warns Sian Griffiths, there can be pitfalls too HayGroup Follow the money The financial sector is a lucrative one for experts with in-depth knowledge, says Andrew Stone Small Wonder Geeks need to get out more The development of IT expertise overseas puts British jobs at risk, reports Andrew Stone CSC Consulting Systems Integration Outsourcing Experts put spotlight on public purse Consultants who examine how public bodies function are themselves under pressure to deliver value for money, says Wendy Sloane Politically Correct Professional associates Deloitte Contents Echo Falls Contents No girl next door Samantha Morton specialises in playing 'complex young women'. But even she had misgivings about taking on Myra Hindley, she tells Jasper Rees No girl next door Welcome to my world! Borat went to America to make a film: has it changed how he feels about camels, diners and wife cages? He talks to Stephen Armstrong The joke's on you Her window on the outside world is Interview Patrick Swayze The royal family, those who had not fled abroad, were A New Musical Wicked A novel use of technology High-street bookshops could soon be killed off by the greatest revolution in publishing since Gutenberg. They had it coming Donmar Good for Hermione Lee, chairman of the judges of this 'The Brits at the Old Vic remained seated while the Americans whooped for Kevin Spacey' The origin of a new species? Television The right timing Straight to the top of the class Passing History with flying colours, Dominic Cooper has a bright future, reports Jeff Dawson A carry on up the curriculum Alan Bennett's The History Boys is a dumbed-down gay fairy tale run mad, says Cosmo Landesman Prince Edward Theatre Frozen Land 18,132 mins Rest of the week's films The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess New Police Story Stick it PG, 103 mins The Guardian 12A, 139 mins Idlewild 15,100 mins Open Season PG, 87 mins The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Bearing up: Open Season The Aryan Couple To its creator. Russell T Davies. Torchwood is "an Captain Jack's back Battersea Power Station must be one of the weirdest … La Boheme Metamorphosis Rest of the week's theatre Record Breaking! The Merchant of Venice Big Love MacBeth An air of desperation Rock 'n'rull Where there's junk, there's class SAAB SAAB Good things come in threes Garrick Theatre The Da Vinci Code Jesus of Nazareth X-Men: The Last Stand Wah-Wah Last Exit to Brooklyn Brick The top events to book now Film The critical list The Sunday Times top fives Theatre Long players Art Opera Dance Concerts Pop Comedy This week, don't miss Theatre The Seafarer Art Holbein in England Comedy The Two Faces of Mitchell and Webb Opera The Turn of the Screw Dance Alice in Wonderland Concerts The Maggini Quartet Pop Hellwood The Sunday Times The hottest downloads Must-have reissue Book now Still causing a commotion Lloyd Cole is back - with attitude intact. By Dan Cairns A fine figure of a band The Magic Numbers' second album adds up to perfection, says Tim Cooper 'If egos do rear their ugly head, they quickly get Life, the universe and everything Rock biographies are changing. So what is the key to a good one? By Robert Sandall Ray Sings Basie Swings The Tragic Treasury Cosmo Landesman on Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run The Handsome Family Brindley, Runcom Theatre Royal Haymarket Make it up as you go along Does Superthriller's latest 'bank' CD show the way of the future, asks Stephen Armstrong Royal Academy of Arts Classical Record Live at the Wigmore Hall Soile isokoski (soprano), Marita Viitasalo (piano) Whlive 0011 Mozart Piano Concertos in A, K488, and E flat, K271 Imogen Cooper (piano), Northern Sinfonia Aive AV2100 Classical CD of the week Handel Messiah Soloists, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Freburger Barockorchester, cond Ren Jacobs Harmonia Mundi HMC 901928.29 Pilgrimage to Santiago Monteverdi Choir, cond John Eliot Gardiner Soli Deo Gloria SDG 701 Elisabeth Lutyens Eight works Exaudi, cond James Weeks, Endymion NMC D124 Badly Drawn Boy Pop, rock, jazz Born in the UK EMI 3740472 Damien Jurado And Now That I'm in Your Shadow Secretly Canadian SC145 P Diddy Press Play Bad Boy/Atlantic 93575-2 The Last Town Chorus Pop CD of the week Wire Waltz Loose VJCD168 Platinum Weird Make Believe Interscope 1707873 Nic Jones Game Set Match Topic TSCD566 The Black Angels Passover Light in the Attic LITA018 Nigel Kennedy Blue Note Sessions Blue Note 3570502 Weather Report Forecast: Tomorrow Columbia/Legacy 82876855752 The the Down time Candie Payne Breaking act The Sunday Times Murder most moving Forgiveness: ENO plays up to the tragic tale of Jenufa, says Paul Driver Let's get physical Dance is giving 'difficult' music a leg-up, says Hugh Canning Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Official London Theatre Guide The Sunday Times Guide to West End Cinema Lies, damn lies State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III by Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster £18.99 pp576 Going, going, Gonzo The Joke's over: Memories of Hunter S Thompson by Ralph Steadman Heinemann £20 pp416 In the news You really must read Making mockery So Farewell Then: The Untold Life Of Peter Cook by Wendy E Cook HarperCollins £18.99 pp384 Waterstone's The satirical swipes of our bawdy forebears City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in 18th-century London by Vic Gatrell Atlantic £30 ppp696 What's happening in the literary world Book events Inside information Cool and calm in the face of danger War Barefoot Soldier A Story of Extreme Valour By Johnson Beharry VC with Nick Cook Sphere £18.99 pp380 Under their influence A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900 by Andrew Roberts Weidenfeld £25 pp736 His brilliant career North Face of Soho Unreliable Memoirs Vol IV by Clive James Cape £17.99 pp264 An angry scrapper Memoir Things I Didn't Know by Robert Hughes Harvill Secker £25 pp416 Books for Children The Water's Lovely The limitations of imitation Pistache by Sebastian Faulks Hutchinson £10.99 pp104 Mothers' ruined Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk Faber £14.99 pp240 In a dark place The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox J Murray £17.99 pp608 His licence to thrill Fiction The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth Bantam £17.99 pp343 Children's book of the week WHSmith Earthly Powers: The Conflict Between Religion and Politics from the French Revolution to the Great War Paperbacks Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt Mother, Missing Soldiers and Ghosts A History of Battle In Classical Antiquity The Sunday Times concise crossword No 969 Lee Miller: On Both Sides of the Camera Nothing that Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Multiple Display Advertising Items Children's books Hardbacks Paperbacks Pick of the week Tv & radio Suez (Monday, BBC2, 9pm) Art The best of the week ahead Cult comedy Man To Man With Dean Learner (Friday, C4,11.05pm) Reality Trust Me I'm a Beauty Therapist (Monday-Friday, Five) New channels Film Pride And Prejudice (Today, Sky Movies 1,8pm) A for effort The Teaching Awards (BBC2, 5.55pm) Surreality TV Cirque De Celebrité (Sky One, 7pm) Addictive Inside The Priory (Five Life, 8pm) Five has always struggled to Teachers' TV Pick of the day Final chapter More medics Film Choice New soap Nudge nudge BBC1 Variations Sky One Films Radio Pick of the Day The one to watch Bristol fashion Who needs 'em? It's child's play Film choice Pick of the day Best casting Guilty verdict Innocent verdict Play for today You say BBC1 Variations Sky One Films Radio Pick of the Day Best portrait On the ball Film choice Pick of the day Publicity stunt Green fingers Medical ethics Packs a punch Growing pains You say BBC1 Variations Sky One Films Sport Entertainment Radio Pick of the Day The mane event Natural World (BBC2, 8pm) Jump, boy Stranger Than Fiction (Five, 8pm) Pumping Irons Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC1, 9pm) Film choice Pick of the day Metal gurus Metallica—Some Kind Of Monster (More4,9pm) Ground force The Natural History Of Murder (Five Life, 9pm) Punched out Fight Science (National Geographic, 10pm) Grey area One Life (BBC1, 10.40pm) You say BBC1 Variations Sky One Films Radio Pick of the Day Castles in the air End of empire That's a wrap Film choice Pick of the day Delays expected Boxing clever Crimson petals Spinning Jenny You say Thursday October Variations Sky One Films Radio Pick of the Day Well suited The Comeback Queen (BBC2, 7pm) Tall tales Mum's the world Film choice Pick of the day Has potential Death by media New cult show? Table talk You say BBC1 Variations Sky One Films Radio Pick of the Day Like father. . . Love and meth Film choice Pick of the day Comfort, no joy Top 10 TV programmes Love and Beth Strange brew BBC1 Variations Sky One Films Radio Pick of the Day The man who saw it all Contents New Drama Bupa Contents Dfs Ben Fogle and his Mother, the Actress Julia Foster Tailor Made Travel Cassandra by Ariel Leve One Awful Time, Spike was so Bad He Asked Me to Shoot Him. I Knew He Had a Gun. I Stayed with Him till Midnight Clarks Five life Who Says Nothing Good Ever Game out of America Second Time around At 29, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first man to sail single-handed, nonstop around the globe. Now 67, driven by his wife's death, he is risking his life again — in the world's most dangerous ocean race. By Russell Miller Bang & Olufsen Portugal First Choice John Lewis Stihl A Life of Scandal Was Marie Antoinette the shameless, big-spending floozy of popular myth — or have centuries of propaganda blinded us to a woman of high ideals and strong moral fibre? It's time for a fresh look at the French queen of ill repute, writes Gerald Levy Courvoisier A Life of Scandal Beyond petroleum Beyond petroleum Sharps Palmerston was Found Dead at Brocket Hall under a Maid … Morocco S Australia Qantas HP invent Hp invent Secret Weapon This man is a serial sex offender who was on the loose for decades. He was finally caught by Britain's DNA database. Now, every rapist, murderer and burglar is a cotton swab away from the long arm of the law Digic Samsung Benchmark Cold-Case Convictions Jamaica LladrÓ Amdega Pro Namel Pro Namel When this man took charge of 500 terror suspects at … 'If human rights were respected, they would not have had any of these problems' The Rewards for Good Behaviour Ecco Siemens Think Israel Which? BOSE Strachan The Clipper Race Conquest fitted furniture Journeys of Distinction Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Cotton Traders Multiple Display Advertising Items The Sunday Times Like a Plumber, I Have my Work Uniform, John Galliang at Dior Makes my Dresses. I Wear Them Tassimo Electrolux The Sunday Times Part Two: Beauty The World's Greatest Photographs Bertstern 1962 Yann Arthus-Bertrand, undated Feminine Beauty Feminine Beauty Feminine Beauty Wild Beauty American Beauty American Beauty Exotic Beauty Confident Beauty Extraordinary Beauty Yann Arthus-Bertrand 1999 Celestial Beauty Whipple and Bond 1852 Artistic Beauty Bathing Beauties Pilsner Urquell Simon Norfolk Gregory Crewdson Eve Arnold Nick Knight Contents Dior Christal Shane Watson Everyone's best friends Contents Liberty of London I am what I am Celebrity Sex Clinic Going up Selling power (Fashion Moment) Dolce & Gabbana Haute couture The avant-garde Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf are bringing a new sophistication to affordable fashion. It's what grown-up women have been waiting for, says Claudia Croft Prey October marks the start of Cheshire's big-game season, when women of all classes get their claws out in the hunt for the country's most precious quarry: a wealthy man. Stephen Armstrong reports from Alderly Edge Subject to availability. Selected stores only Marks and Spencer Hearts on Fire Are they Mad? More men than ever are becoming fathers in middle age should we envy or pity them, asks James Delingpole The Power 50 Part Two Last week, we brought you 25 of the 50 most powerful celebrities in Britain today. Here are the others that made the cut. Some are famous, others infamous, but, for better or worse, their influence is inescapable 27 Paul McCartney At least he is famous for being talented, says Hunter Davies 28 Gwyneth Paltrow 29 Sarah Jessica Parker She legitimised being a vapid, shoe-obsessed cretin, says Nirpal Dhaliwal 32 Christina Aguilera 30 James Blunt 31 Gordon Ramsay Gore-Tex Multiple Display Advertising Items 33 Tom Cruise 36 Prince William 34 Jude Law 35 Liz Hurley 37 Lindsay Lohan Philosophy hope + grace 38 Justin Timberlake 39 Daniel Craig 41 Ewan McGregor 40 Jordan She's outspoken and honest, says India Knight Green & Black's Organic 42 J. Lo 45 Davina McCall 43 Tiger Woods 44 Charles and Camilla Pete Doherty Gwen Stefani Chris Martin Russell Brand Lily Allen I wish she'd just blog off, says Rod Liddle LorÉal Paris DietCoke Claudia Croft Wardrobe Mistress New Pantene Pro-V Colour Expressions Calendar Girl Fashion no longer divides into just spring/summer and autumn/winter. From cruisewear to pre-collection, the big labels now deliver fresh looks throughout the year. Colin McDowell explains the new fashion seasons. Plus, Lily Cole in the latest Dior cruise Calendar Girl Calendar Girl Calendar Girl Calendar Girl Air New Zealand Cruise: the best of the rest A whiff of arrogance (Beauty Style) Fab four Get lifted Look our … Vicky Clarke Rowse Feeling fragile? The mood swings and sugar cravings of PMS don't have to make you crack. The right diet could bring your harmones under control, says Amanda Ursell Aperitivo The Italian passion for good food and drink will never be out of style Aunt Sally Birds Eye What's the Alternative? Five Autumn colour Who said vegetables were dull? Peter Gordon reveals how to make the most of the season's vivid flavours Thorntons Warburtons Pot shots Spiced wensleydale and Eccles cakes are a match made in heaven, says Heston Blumenthal I promised this recipe a while ago to go with eccles … Potted Blue Wensleydale Back up to peerless Scotland last week Table Talk Joanna Simon Sauce Cellar Notes Sitting Targets Home in an one of this season's hottest sofas, says Mary Miller Dulux Back to the Future (Interiors) Take a classic piece and give it a makeover. There are limitless twists on vintage modern, says Fiona McCarthy A special evening at Fortnum & Mason Making Vintage Work Treasure Hunting Style In the stars Mrs Mills solves all your problems Christa D'Souza 1661 Table for one The Sunday Times Wine Club Chanel
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