News from 21/07/2007
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Andrew Robson, Rob Symonds, Christina Hardyment, Mike Gerrard, Robert Cole, David Brown, Tom Rowland, Vivien Schweitzer, Tim Albone, Caroline Stacey, Amanda Ursell, Simon Barnes, Jane MacQuitty, Alexandra Blair, Simon Hills, Robert Lindsay, Richard Hobson, David Rose, A. P. N. Lambert, Jane Knight, Ivo Tennant, Olivia Lichtenstein, Phil Reeves, Michael Evans Defence Editor, Tony Turnbull, Philip Howard, Elizabeth Garner, Carol Midgley, Christine Seib, David Chater, Suna Erdem, Kate Wighton, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Melissa Katsoulis, Clive Davis, Michael Schmidt, Elizabeth Judge, Gabrielle Starkey, Lynne Truss, Bob Stanley, Graham Stewart, Connie Fisher, Jenny Knight, Jeremy Whittle, Wendy Ide, Kevin Eason, John Bungey, Olivia Lee, GrÁinne Gilmore, Lucy Bannerman, Andrew Norfolk, Robin Pagnamenta, Giles Coren, Vivienne Parry, Caroline Hendrie, Sathnam Sanghera, Dr Copperfield, Ben Webster Transport Correspondent, Nancy Durrant, Valerie Elliott Countryside Editor, Stephen McClarence, Vinny Lee, Siobhan Kennedy, Steve Keenan, Francis Elliott, John Wardle, Jack Malvern, Tom Bawden, Steve Bird, Dan Sabbagh Media Editor, Debra Craine, Michael O'neill, Mike Pattenden, John Sutherland, Tom Charity, John Collis, Marina Warner, Allan Simmons, Norman Harris, Dan Sabbagh, Ian Bayley, Tom Gatti, Jo Morris, Candida Crewe, Peter Millar, Phoebe Greenwood, Elizabeth Colman, Ben Machell, T. J. R. Wood, Miller Cauldwell, Stuart McGurk, Tim Bouquet, Rhys Blakely, John Wood, Tina Gaudoin, Charles Bremner, Jonathan Richards, Adam Sherwin Media Correspondent, Helen Rumbelow, Matt Dickinson Chief Football Correspondent, Lucy Sweeney, Greg Hurst, Tim Teeman, David Simon, Derwent May, Hugo Rifkind, Sue Mallia, Kate Muir, Jonathan Fenby, Judith L. Sutherland, Graham Spiers, Ed Potton, Suzy Jagger, Oliver Kay, Stephen Anderton, Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Kate Harrison, Sarah Vine, Mark Henderson Science Editor, Patrick Hosking Banking and Finance Editor, Tom Baldwin, David Lawrenson, Sam Coates, Pete Paphides, Sally Baker, Jeremy Henshaw, Jane Knight Deputy Travel Editor, Ann Treneman, Simon de Bruxelles, John Hopkins Golf Correspondent, Rob Wright, Celia Brayfield, Geoffrey Dean, Arsineh Ghazarian, Christina Koning, Magnus Grimond, Edward Gorman Motor Racing Correspondent, Natalie Haynes, Raymond Keene, Suzi Godson, Kate Saunders, Phil Storry, Matt Hughes, Sarah Birke, Gordon Ramsay, Chris Partridge, Kaveh Solhekol, Roger Phillips, Rick Jones, Matthew Handy, Neville Scott, Andrew G. Marshall, Chris Campling, Fran Yeoman, Patrick Hosking, Shane Warne, Laura Deeley, Christopher Martin-Jenkins Chief Cricket Correspondent, Ross Leckie, Lauren Bacall, James Charles, Peter Dixon, Gabriel Rozenberg Economics Reporter, Nick Hasell, David Hamm, Thomasina Miers, Kate Grenvile, Margaret Reynolds, David Hands Rugby Correspondent, Anthony B. Plant, Owen Slot Chief Sports Reporter, Kevin Maher, Paul Simons, Brian Christley, Michael Herman, Nicholas Clee, Mike Mulvihill, Ruth Rendell, Nigel Kendall, Anthea Rowan, Joanna Pitman, Dearbáil Jordan, Bettany Hughes, Richard Ehrlich, Peter Collins Director, Renata Rubnikowicz, Thomas Catán, Natasha Cooper, Becky Bullamore, Dominic Maxwell, Alice Fordham, Matthew Parris, Mark Bridge, Angus Clarke, Amanda Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Tim Wapshott, Russell Jenkins, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Alexis Ashman, Celia Dodd, Tim Waterstone, Iain Finlayson, Sheila Keating, Caitlin Moran, John Paker, Peter Riddell, Neil Fisher, Henry Clarke, David Wendelken, Helen Pridham, Tony Dawe, Bess Twiston Davies, Rob Nash, David Hutcheon, Rajeev Syal, Philip Webster, Jacqui Goddard, John Naish, Geoffrey Rowell, Caylin, Catherine Philp, Sam Knight, Chris Ayres, Mark Henderson, Gareth Davies, Peter Finch, Nigel Hawkes Health Editor, Sarah Butler, Ashling O'Connor, Killian Fox, Pat Piff, Mark Strevett, Louise Cohen, Michaelis Boyd, Benedict Nightingale, Angus Batey, Dr Thomas Stuttaford, Stephen Dalton, Nicola Woolcock, Leo Lewis, Alyson Rudd, Richard Morrison, Tom Chesshyre, James Christopher, Alice Miles, Horatio Clare, Judith Heywood, Alan Lee Racing Correspondent, Colin Shearman, Mark Harrison, Marcus Robinson, Olav Bjortomt, Will Hide, Miles Costello, Derek Chittenden, David Robertson, Richard Ford, David Wedgwood Benn, Martin Freeman, Jacqui Smith, Tim Bullamore, Stephen Pollard,
ResumoIndex Families to foot bill for £2.5bn floods Home insurance premiums set to rise Downpours bring another day of chaos MPs' relief turns to anger at police Little and large, a new double act Under fire in Basra Books Travel TheKnowledge Magazine Body&Soul Money Quick find Timesonline The Times Explosive finale as young hero enters his darkest chapter Harry Potter Not up to speed? How to Muggle your way through the world of magic 'i was weeping like a teenager' Wizard day for publishing's biggest event Harry Potter Jack Malvern MPG Investments Magic numbers Flash floods and torrents of rain hit first exodus of summer Weather Trains cancelled as tracks hit by landslips Roads blocked by stranded vehicles No relief in sight for wettest-ever holiday season Soaking summers Chanel Relief swiftly turns to anger as MPs confirm that police will be questioned Cash for honours 16-month investigation has been profoundly damaging, politicians say Assistant Commissioner to be asked why he took complaint seriously Carmen Dowd David Perry Police chief feels the heat over lack of a conviction Secrets and loans No food for the vultures, not even sour grapes Cash for honours Holiday Inn How the police inquiry grew and then withered Friends united with matching donor kidneys They helped each other through dialysis Both received organs from the same man Anglian Devoted couple married 50 years die hours apart Dfs Dfs Woman killed by teenage driver who was sending text messages at 70mph Bank worker jailed for four years over collision She had used mobile 9 times in 15 minutes Exam chief calls for league table rethink Party donor in court Suspects released Correction Picture Gallery The Carphone Warehouse Who's on the line? Jremy Vine. BBC solves riddle of how to run a fair contest Pop quiz is allowed to go ahead without prizes But radio listeners are told they can't take part Drink-drivers 'too selfish' to be influenced by adverts Which? Hospitals project abandoned after cost increased by £200m Ba Couple's embryos to be screened for gene that causes breast cancer Landmark decision by the fertility watchdog Woman had a strong family history of disease Bank robber who wasn't as bright as he looked St George Cross ban on bin man In brief Psychologist's stalker guilty Tesco store loses its licence Red food dye banned in EU Fraudster jailed over tax credits Picture Gallery The Belgravia Centre House prices start to fall Life Scan Bringing sunshine into the woods should stop decline of butterflies Landowners urged to provide more clearances Project to rescue species in decline Thomson fly Frontier man Bug is killing Britain's rare coral Scientists identify mystery bacteria Theory links pollution and sea temperatures Lax rules regime for persistent offenders Hannah extradition Sentence appeal Takeaway ASBO Picture Gallery John Lewis Index Magnet Index The sad truth: appearance is the new reality Peer Pressure Standards must rise after the decision not to press cash-for-honours charges A New Entente Pragmatism was the new note heard at yesterday's summit in Paris When to Stop Wizards and Rowling cannot go on for ever The first white splash of summer Picture Gallery Farewell to Harry (and the bean-counters) Snow business For richer and richer Passengers ban Below stairs Cabinet ministers' admission of drug taking Gambling help Timesonline Way out of Russian legal impasse Floppy-haired hero or just a flop? Catching the cricket Birthday blues Bias on the bench? Posh publishing Topsy turvy Our mistrust of the rich is absurd Why Scissors McCready should avoid eBay Cautionary tale of author J. H. Ewing The Stroke 'We felt jubilant so we beat a man to death' Three men get life after killing woman for the sake of family 'honour' Staples Stricken cargo ship finally breaks apart after two days of explosions The Carphone Warehouse Landlord summonsed over smoking Wickerman wedding fires passions Boy, 4, killed by runaway trailer Stolen car in a jam outside restaurant My Week Tesco Harman joins in the Cabinet confessions: I smoked pot Sony Violence, trauma and a wedding hairdo to die for First night Television EastEnders BBC One Tesco Meet the woman whose job it is to worry about absolutely everything Saturday interview The guardian of our health is on a mission to unearth the truth about toxic landscape Message of safe sex is fading for the young Tesco Pat Troop: CV Dell Party goes on at Britain's biggest crèche Public-school friends gather at fatal fall site 'We're not snob yobs' say youngsters on beach British Gas Jessops Inquests and recriminations begin into the Tories' failure in two elections Leadership accused of exploiting racial divide Labour holds seats with smaller majorities Cameron raised hopes too high: they could never have won MPs dig in to show they can build links with poor of Africa Welcome to Basra — get ready to hit the deck ten times a day Iraq Such is the intensity of 'indirect fire' attacks, that the drill is taught to everyone who visits the British airbase, reports Catherine Philp Multiple Display Advertising Items Reservist among 3 killed in mortar attack Iraq No troops for emergency, cautions army chief Siemens It must be love - I hate all his favourite things The week on the web Quickie wiki guide Multiple Display Advertising Items Information footpath Cash bid ASDA Afghanistan United States Modern and chic, young women in headscarves challenge status quo Garment is at heart of parliamentary elections Secularists unnerved by ambitious Muslims Cartoonist draws wrath of royalty with satire on sex Picture breaks taboo on offending the Crown Police told to seize offending magazines O2 Little and large make promising debut in double act at the Palace Hilton Musharraf's future in jeopardy as protest judge is reinstated Multiple Display Advertising Items Missionaries kidnapped by Taleban warned they face death O2 Ninja miners carve out a new nation Mongolia is on the brink of a mining boom that promises prosperity but threatens tradition Changing values Genpatsu-shinsai: the language of disaster that is stalking Japan Ilva Bush check-up puts Cheney in charge Safe way to screen high-risk patients Multiple Display Advertising Items 'Platinum Triangle gang' preys on the jet set in Beverly Hills Security stepped up as 70 homes are raided Burglars' annual haul is more than $7 million Picture Gallery (Reuters): Landmark deal on pensions reform (AP): 'Poison plant' shut (AP): Politicians freed (AP): Lost divers identified (AFP): Big boy's toy The city of God that was built on pizza Multiple Display Advertising Items Ideal homes The Sunday Times GMTV profits halved by phone-in debacle Russian warning Setanta tie-up T&G against takeover Quote of the day Virgin USA to float Business big shot Robert Hingley KKR in talks to rearrange £9bn Boots debt amid turmoil in bond market Restructuring to make loan more attractive Biggest lenders refuse to underwrite new loans Best man Index Friends Provident finds Resolution for a merger Stock markets Google set to spend $4.6bn on becoming telecome player if rules suit Barclays' loss could be customers' gain Picture Gallery Investors flying under the radar Commodities Gift causes a stir Timesonline Cazenove Capital Management Currencies Need to know Online today GMTV losing £10m cash for questions Loss equates to half of broadcaster's profits Timing of phone-in resumption uncertain Business big shot Robert Hingley RDF Media tumbles a further 11% as ITV decides to edit the company out TV schedule C&W chiefs see off revolt by investors angry over 'massive' rewards scheme The Sun Picture Gallery Former bank executive is now doing temping City Diary Has Stanley Fink, the billionaire hedge fund speculator City Diary Plod proves fleet of foot City Diary Guide to surviving in the wild M&A jungle City Diary Picture Gallery TPG puts its name down for Jaguar and Land Rover bid CompuGroup swoops to front of race to buy iSoft Virgin and Setanta team up to make Premiership football challenge to Sky Cable group rejects 'loss leader' fears Broadcaster fighting to sign up subscribers (AP): Terra Firma ups EMI stake to tune of 26% Reubens buy airport Setback for GW drug Co-op Bank job cuts Inter Link Foods sold Thomson financial: Loch Fyne deal talks Kurt Geiger, the luxury footwear retailer favoured by Paris Hilton and Madonna, plans a move into the Middle East next year The Times Union urges block on Qatari-backed bid for Sainsbury's Icelandic group denies plan to bid for Debenhams Strong growth boosts chances of rate rise Economy powers ahead in second quarter GDP has grown for 60 consecutive quarters RBS consortium piles the pressure on Barclays with €71bn bid for ABN Amro Mercedes-Benz Slim margins mean fat profits for the man who supplies Britain's corner shops Anwar Pervez has built Bestway into Britain's No 2 cash-and-carry firm and has the last laugh on his critics Sony On Monday Virgin Mobile USA prepares path to making $500m float Move would value business at $2bn Branson to use cash to buy Fly Asia Express Timesonline China rates rise again to cool heated economy As Americans tighten their belts, fast-food operators let it all hang out The market for cheap eats has been given a new lease of life as the price of fuel has hit record highs of more than $3 a gallon The Times Fresh fruit comes to McDonald's Court halts Shell's drilling off Alaska Thomson Financial: Microsoft's profit up (Reuters): GM outsells rivals Citigroup powers on Thomson Financial: Bookings rise for TUI (Reuters): Arcelor Mittal move Redstone family feud moves towards showdown at Viacom Daughter Shari expected to be ousted Lawyers in talks to hammer out settlement The Times Pfizer faces fresh $6.5bn lawsuit over Nigerian tests Unit-linked insurance investments Full funds service at timesonline. co. uk/funds British funds Taking world out of poverty by leading it Hand in Hand Percy Barnevik wants to create 1.3million jobs and he has given himself five years to do it Good will The Times Percy Barnevik Wall Street London Financial Futures Major indices Commodities Eurotop 100 Money rates % Sterling spot and forward rates FTSE volumes European money deposits % Gold/precious metals Baird & Co Dollar rates Other sterling Exchange rates Hopes for armoured vehicle orders lift BAE Large caps Small caps Gilts Rumour of the day Banks' woes multiply but sell-off may be overdone Deal of the day Bet of the day Tiddler to watch Equity Prices Cystic Fibrosis Trust Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Carleton Mitchell Successful racing yachtsman whose books and photographs introduced a generation of sailors to the Caribbean Carleton Mitchell, author, photographer and yachtsman, was born on August 24,1910. He died on July 16,2007, aged 96 Shirley Slesinger Lasswell Marketeer whose promotion of Winnie-the-Pooh was overshadowed by a long-running legal battle with Walt Disney Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, Winnie-the-Pooh merchandiser, was born on May 27,1923. She died on July 19,2007, aged 84 Faith Modern Times Tim Swann Fastidious and self-reliant cabinet-maker to the Queen, whose reputation and client list expanded across the world Tim Swann, cabinet maker, was born on March 11,1925. he died on June 13,2007, aged 82 Ed Friendly Enterprising television producer who gave us Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and Little House on the Prairie Edwin Samson Friendly Jr, television producer, was born on April 8,1922. He died on June 17,2007, aged 85 Science and politics can mean nothing without faith Faith Church and State should help Europe grow Recognising Christianity's role in Europe's history could save the European project and reinvigorate democracy for the new century Court Circular Faith news Births Forthcoming Marriages Anniversaries Deaths In Memoriam-Private Prensentations To place death notices, acknowledgements or notices … Multiple Classified Advertising Items Legal Notices Lain Rennie Trustee Acts Legal Notices Trainspotting, rubbish neighbours, tucking in and swanning around Modern times Feather report Readers reply He's football crazy, he's football mad Feedback That's the charge levelled at our sports editor, at any rate. Plus, who stole the full stops? What to look out for Healthy Living Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Hadrian Multiple Display Advertising Items The Sunday Times Dorset's rocks mopped up record thunderstorm rain Weather Eye Birthdays On This Day July 21,1858 A month after the Great Stink had forced the suspension of Parliament, The Times finds the House uncommonly ready to act Weather Weather quest Im Spartacus has bright prospects Racing Lingfield Park Nottingham Yesterday's results Newmarket Pontefract Racing next week Football William Hill The Open Sir Percy reaches end of the road McCoy backs O'Neill to become champion Racing Partnership growing stronger says jockey Five-year plan is coming to fruition Bet365 Market Rasen Course specialists Betfair Newmarket Racing Ripon Haydock Park Boxing Results Cricket Cycling Today Cricket Fixtures Football Rugby league Other sport Equestrianism Motor racing Rugby league Tennis Tomorrow Cricket Football Rugby league Other sport Walker ready for 'Go, go, go' on his return to the hot seat Motor racing European Grand Prix Voice of Formula One fills in for BBC Radio Hamilton hailed for unprecedented impact Norwich Union Words of wisdom Rider is killed in Mallory Park crash MacCarinelli's task Lynes takes title Catalans' cup teaser Perfect from Pearson Race leader Rasmussen under suspicion after missing tests Cycling Tour de France All Blacks ready to solve last conundrum Rugby union Saints clear at the top after halting Wigan again Rugby league Late try stuns Rhinos South Koreans united in their affection for Ronaldo and Co Football Asian focus counters approach by Chelsea English champions in no rush to visit America The Times Liverpool eased to a 2-0 victory over auxerre yesterday Sport Staff: Mido has sights set on move to Birmingham Everton reveal stadium plan FA puts integrity on agenda with rules governing work of agents Football The Times Allardyce plays down new Owen injury scare Dead certs Window watch Decent bets Long shots Galaxy missing one star will do well to avoid embarrassment Football American idol Patience is a virtue that David Beckham will need in abundance after his crazy introduction to life in Major League Soccer Mourinho puts animosity aside to welcome new director on board Football The Times More flooding puts season at New Road under threat Cricket LV Country Championship first division Somerset frustrated by adhesive qualities of Pettini Second division Surrey bowlers find form to dictate terms to leaders David Hemp, the Glamorgan captain, lost the toss for … Unflappable Benkenstein defies Warne fear factor Tremlett gets up to speed thanks to short cut and a long chat Scoreboards People looked at me in a strange way when I first said England's young guns strike back after India play havoc Cricket First npower Test match Scoreboard from Lord's Lord's masters elements to save day and gate receipts Cricket First npower Test match Ball of the day Shot of the day Drop of the day Champagne moment Unexpected visitor Pitch report Rain or shine? Tuning in Middlesex get go-ahead for lights at headquarters Soil and trouble Sport Staff: Anderson takes heart from his new role as the leading man Timesonline Boo keeps on surprising but the American may just have the last laugh Golf The Open The Times What's in a name? Battered Daly goes out on a high with 400-yard drive Golf The Open Tee-off times Montgomerie learns his fate after being left in the dark Second-round scores Timesonline García must believe in himself and take final step to coronation Golf The Open The Royal Bank of Scotland Controversial way to conquer the yips Grandstand view aids enthusiasm for statistics Golf The Open Titleist García holds his lead as McLlroy wins silver medal Golf The Open Guinness The bad hair-do Golf The Open Rough notes Tuning in Woods must chase hard in pursuit of historic hat-trick The mis-hit Rain or shine? Shot of the day The grope Dawson drives into safety The Insider Times Crossword 23,659 Save of the day: BBC Radio 5 Live's John Inverdal Pints and pizzas key to enhanced performance Woods must chase hard in pursuit of his hat-trick Champion seven shots behind leader García South Korean Choi heads the challengers The Times St. James's Place Best for cricket Index Inside Free guides Share in the sound of success Webwatch Money Letters Home truths Double trouble Case Study A Player of Many Parts Unfair price cut The Week in Brief A Word to the Wise Pensioners forced to dream on Jupiter Time to think outside the box Elizabeth Colman helps Konnie Huq, the TV presenter, to get her finances in shape for a new move Cheltenham & Gloucester Konnie Huq: what the experts say Legal & General Konnie's response Curtain up, and cue the angels with deep pockets Magnus Grimond goes behind the scenes to find out whether investors in the theatre can expect more for their money than simply glamour Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items How to fly like an angel Did you see me at the back? Working as an extra is a fun way to earn extra cash — and a lot of bragging power, says Mark Bridge Multiple Display Advertising Items Blog Watch Timesonline Multiple Display Advertising Items Extra rules Credit card deals to make you turn purple It's the colour of kings — flash your exclusive purple plastic and you can live like one, says Helen Pridham Intelligent Finance Need assistance to run up your bill? Share Blog Watch Timesonline Multiple Display Advertising Items Case Study Adwatch Halifax Mining shares lose their lustre Multiple Display Advertising Items Timesonline Unit trust and open-ended investment company prices Full funds service at www. timesonline. co. uk/funds Directline Savings Watch Ing Direct Pension annulties Motor Insurance Level-term assurance Overdrafts Personal loans No Notice Accounts National Savings & Investments Chelsea Introduction Rate for Balance Transfers Mortgages Permanent interest-bearing shares New Star Index Inside The Good Foodie Guide Eeeww! Let's go bananas Vivienne Parry Stories behind the News Diet and cancer scare stories should not put us off fruit and veg Need to Know? Well, Well . . . Mind your knees John Naish Breakthroughs, Tips and Trends Antibody A lack of Commons sense Junk Medicine Parliamentary Committees Sponsored to take a hike Dr Copperfield Inside the Mind of a GP Timesonline Is this playing it safe? How can you be sure your child is being looked after on adventure breaks, asks Kate Wighton The accident tally Clear Zal Lou finds the rhythm of life Drink, grugs and rock'n'roll used to be the staples of rock's hard man Lou Reed. Now, he tells Celia Dodd, his perfect day invloves meditation and lots of t'ai chi Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts Nature's Best Getting an earful Inside Story Hearing Loss Kate harrison had to wear a hearing aid at 38. It took years off her Look good in these . . . Ariel Whatever, Mum . . . just get off my case From the state of her room to drugs and sex, Anthea Rowan nags, her daughter sulks. Is there any way for parents and truculent teens to survive the summer? Especially for Families in the Times Today Instead of Nagging . . . Three into one (chicken) will go Home Cooking with a Health Check Beverley Glock presents farm-fresh food to make with your kids Roast Chicken with Oregano, Black Olives and Lemon Poached Chicken with Ginger and Coriander Leaf Pea and Mint Soup Eacvh week our nutritionist tracks down a good meal at a supermarket and gives a breakdown, per portion, of its contents Who was it for you? We all fantasise sexually about others but it can put relationships in peril, saya Andrew G. Marshall The Times Women's top 5 Men's top 5 Favourite fantasies Timesonline Let's give this a go Breathing Space A Taste of Sport School's out and it's time to get the family active. The holidays are the ideal time to try an array of activities — without stretching the family budget. Many sports clubs offer either single day or a series of taster sessions free, so there's every reason to get involved. All the websites below have … She's in the pink A salmon treatment was just the lift for Caroline Stacey Multiple Classified Advertising Items The Times Hail, my fine fettled foot The Times diary editor is used to dishing the dirt, but at his first pedicure he was nearly floored by toenail gunk Man maintenance Flexitol Heel Balm Sorted Food Care Stockist Boots Showing her muscle After a week in the gym, Zoë Strimpel finds that pain and pleasure are oddly mixed First Aid Feedback Love it or hate it? Write and tell us what you think—and win loads of organic goodies Star Letter Wins £50 worth of Organic Products The Times Picture Gallery Too much of a woman for me Agony and Ecatasy Sex Advice My wife's put on a lot of weight in the past ten years. It is affecting our love life as I no longer find har attractive. And tips that might bring back the magic? Doe-eyed dear Not Just Anybody How the Fit and Fabulous Stay that Way Sound of Music star Connie Fisher, 24, has no problem in her role as Maria; she's simply doing one of her favourite things Venus Index Inside The times Dressed to thrill: how guidebooks are facing up to their online challengers The World this Week Climate Cost Image of the Week Hot Hotels Swede Dreams Multiple Display Advertising Items Read all about it Ignore the warnings of death by technology — guidebooks are here to stay Multiple Display Advertising Items Hilary Bradt explains why Guidebooks go online 1St Tee Oh god, where is my pod? A whole new world of guides is out there, says Times Online travel editor Steve Keenan Multiple Display Advertising Items The three best Wired up Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Ouzo? It's Moët for me Mike Gerrard tests a new generation of guides to chic Athens WHSmith Multiple Display Advertising Items Simply the best: three newcomers to watch Multiple Display Advertising Items Thomas Cook Multiple Display Advertising Items Euro Tunnel Frontier man New England's scenery looks even more spectacular with the offbeat Henry Thoreau as a guide, says Angus Clarke Great Rail Journeys Four writers to follow Need to know Located in the heart Ten authors tell Tom Gatti and Alice Fordham about their favourite holiday Timesonline Jungle Formula Multiple Display Advertising Items Reader Offers Ltd Hot stuff: a sunseeker's top ten Book Now Jo Morris Finds the Best Deals for Summer Sun Crete Sicily Corsica Turkey Majorca Barbados Tobago St Lucia The Times Reader Offers Ltd Ideal Cruising Hot and bothered Ski firm attacks BBC over last winter's snow reports, says Tom Chesshyre News in Brief 'ere we Go, 'ere we Go . . . To Derby Holiday Inn Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items The Travel Collection Mystery Guest we Send a Writer under the Covers . . . This Week: The Balmoral Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh Competition Timesonline Departure Board Travellers heading to frao are spoilt for choice. From Healthrow and Gatwick there are direct services with BA (www. ba. com), with fares starting at £148 return Book Ahead Deals of the Week Multiple Display Advertising Items Hurtigruten Index Required Reading Picture Gallery Brica Wagner First WC 'Don't fear the library - if there is a good guide' Contributors Swots and monsters Melissa Katsoulis collects the school reports of famous writers. Who is this week's pupil? Turn to page 19 to find out Your say Timesonline TLS Jeanette Winterson Her Word 'The trouble with Harryworld is that it is a very crowded place' Find the connection Vintage Chart Bestsellers, July 1960 Critic's Chart You're reading . . . John Sutherland picks his six favourite llibraries Reader Chart Miller Cauldwell picks six inspirations Top 50 Bestsellers The indie top 10 They're reading . . . The force is no longer with him Required reading When should a fictional policeman retire? Ruth Rendell's Not in the Flesh may be a case too far for Chief Inspector Wexford, Natasha Cooper says Extract From Not in the Flesh by Ruth Rendell Hot type The deals, steals and snubs from the world of books My journey through the stacks of wisdom The threat to our libraries seems constant, but their shelves hold the weapons of their own defence -books and writing. Marina Warner takes up arms on their behalf while Stephen McClarence visits three of the most unusual examples The Lit & Phil Newcastle The Bar Convent The John Rylands Library Manchester Word aloud Who's launching, who's talking, who's just out for a free glass of wine? The really dangerous books As a schoolboy, the acclaimed writer Horatio Clare was a runaway drug-abuser who sank into mania and depression. What set him on the slide? Reading, of course There's no time like the peasant Elizabeth Garner relishes a celebration of the poet John Clare this weekend Starbucks Coffee Join the revolution Is it a literary event, a comedy gig or a booze-up? Book Slam and its imitators are all of these, Stuart McGurk says Pages of England's history Nonfiction History The Business of Books Booksellers and the English Book Trade 1450-1850 by James Raven They know their patch Nature A Year in the Life of an English Meadow by Andy Garnett and Polly Devlin Crow Country by Mark Cocker A belter from the vicarage Martial arts Fight the Good Fight by Catherine Fox The great Chinese takeaway Reportage Inside the Red Mansion by Oliver August In short A quest for the meaning of lives Fiction Novel The twenty something blues Novel Rules for Saying Goodbye by Katherine Taylor In short The Shanghai Union of Industrial Mystics by Nury Vittachi Polygon, £9.99 Divine comedy Notel The Times From the little white Fiat to a bandwagon Thrillers The Accident Man by Tom Cain 12:23 by Eoin McNamee Classics The Mersey Sound by Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten The Parliament of Man Paperbacks Nonfiction The Parliament of Man The United Nations and their Quest for World Government by Paul Kennedy Penguin, £10.99 Paula Spencer Fiction By Roddy Doyle Vintage, £7.99 In the Blood A Memoir of My Childhood by Andrew Motion Faber, £9.99 The Ghost at the Table By Suzanne Berne Penguin, £7.99 Mirrors of the Unseen Journeys in Iran by Jason Elliot Picador, £8.99 The Exception By Christian Jurgersen translated by Anna Paterson Phoenix, £7.99 Red all about it Children's Blood Red, Snow White (12+) by Marcus Sedgwick The Secret Countess (11+) by Eva lbbotson The Times Audiobook What you thought about . . . The Books group Copy cat Queen Rowling's reign Timesonline Jumbo Crossword 709 Games Cryptic clues Chess Winning move Scrabble Word watching Two brains Answers Find the Connection Polygon Literary quiz Times2 Crossword 4273 The Listener Crossword 3939 Bridge PictureLine Samurai Su Doku Killer Solution to Friday's Su Doku No 1433 Solution to Friday's Su Doku No 1434 Solution to Friday's Killer No 570 Index Welcome to the summer holidays Tony Dawe on ways to keep the peace for the next six weeks Capture those special moments in High Definition Whatever your lifestyle, Sony's new Handycam range can now make sure you capture the best of family life on a format that suits you For young and old, historic ramparts go down a storm The appeal of British castles shows no sign of waning, Tony Dawe discovers Room to roam on offshore havens Britain's islands bring out the explorer in city dwellers, says Tony Dawe For a different view of London The DLR is the gateway to many capital sights, for Renata Rubnikowicz Leave no stone unturned to discover the saga of Orkney Renata Rubnikowicz runs around in circles on a trip to the Northern Isles All aboard for world's shortest flight Walking, feng shui, a banjo festival and ready for Bath time Tim Bullamore and his daughter explore the Roman spa city 'i Really like Living in Bath' The Times A bridge too far — for my father Becky Bullamore gives a seven-year-old's view of Bristol Handycam Victorian folly and other daring feats Tim Bullamore finds high adventure — and four dwarf crocodiles — in Clifton Talking the talk and squawking the squawk Twitchers come out of hiding to move up the pecking order Birdwatching is now getting up close and very personal, says Sue Mallia It's French camping without tears when an Englishman's tent is his castle Thinking big pays off for Tom Rowland on a family trip to the French coast Activity Centres of Excellence Safe and secure in a stable relationship Horse-riding holidays cater for all abilities, says Jenny Knight Messing about on the river — and other wet pursuits From leisurely to terrifying, you can have fun on the water, says Chris Partridge Culture Highlights Wild and mild adventures for the whole family in the Highlands Editing Software Practice makes perfect home videos Chris Partridge finds that good planning makes a big difference to your films Ukj The Times Codeword Codeword Su Doku Spot the difference: Cool cats 10 differences Spot the difference: Pool fun 10 differences Polygon BeoSound 2 is a portable digital music player that's almost too beautiful to be hidden away in a packet Super Killer Solutions Index Night Driving Samsung Contents In Ida Kar's sensitive portrait, photographer Bill … Jeep I was motoring in a grand part of Hampstead the other day Bombay Sapphire Hundreds of years before Christ, wat we now called Turkey was ruled by the Hittites I Didn't Get where I Am Today without . . . 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