News from 08/12/2007
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Andrew Robson, Matt Dickinson Chief Sports Correspondent, Janice Turner, Amanda Andrews, Simon Barnes Chief Sports Writer, Christina Hardyment, John McNamara, Robert Cole, Yepoka Yeebo, Donominic Wells, David Brown, Alice Bowe, His Honour Barrington Black, Greg Hurst Political Correspondent, Amanda Ursell, Simon Barnes, Jane MacQuitty, Lloyd Bradley, Peter Lansley, Simon Hills, Robert Lindsay, John Mulvey, Richard Thomas, Jane Knight, Clare Lazaro, Sarah Urwin Jones, Alexandra Frean Education Editor, Tony Turnbull, Jonathan Lennie, Philip Howard, Julia Brookes, Gerda Mayer, Jonny Wilkinson, David Lister Scotland Correspondent, Christine Seib, David Chater, Ben Hoyle Arts Reporter, Kate Wighton, James Bone, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Melissa Katsoulis, Clive Davis, Lucia Van Der Post, Graham Stewart, Angela Lynne, Wendy Ide, James Hider, John Bungey, Kevin Eason, Tracey Emin, Andrew Norfolk, Robin Pagnamenta, Al Murray, David Sharrock, Vivienne Parry, Caroline Hendrie, Sathnam Sanghera, Giles Coren, Sean O'Neill Crime Editor, Derek Hammond, Nancy Durrant, Stephen McClarence, Jane MacArtney, Hilary Rose, Siobhan Kennedy, Jack Malvern, Tom Bawden, Dan Sabbagh Media Editor, Debra Craine, Tom Charity, Trinny Woodall, Melanie Reid, Denise Lewis, Allan Simmons, Daniel Finkelstein, Michael Harvey, Dan Sabbagh, Ruth Gledhill Religion Correspondent, Neil Strauss, Phoebe Greenwood, Laurence Vulliamy, Rosemary Duffy, Jo Morris, Peter Millar, Nicholas Roe, Glies Smith, Elizabeth Colman, Elaine Feinstein, Ben Machell, Charles Gidley Wheeler (Ex-senior pilot), Rhys Blakely, Valerie Elliott Consumer Editor, Richard Lloyd Parry, Tina Gaudoin, David Hands, Ron Lewis, Paul Donovan, Will Lawrence, Jonathan Sacks, Lucy Sweeney, David Charter, Susan Thompson, Lilly Peel, Hugo Rifkind, Derwent May, Tim Teeman, Ali Hamdani, Kate Muir, Aggie MacKenzie, Russell Kempson, Tom Whitwell, Ed Potton, Suzy Jagger, Oliver Kay, Stephen Anderton, Ross Clark, Sarah Vine, Mark Atherton, Lisa Armstrong, Jane Wheatley, Rick Broadbent, Tom Baldwin, Martyn Palmer, James Rossiter, GrÁinne Gilmore Deputy Personal Finance Editor, Sally Baker, Pete Paphides, Rob Wright, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, Celia Brayfield, Raymond Keene, Adam Sage, Suzi Godson, Lewis Smith, Rebecca O'Connor, Gordon Ramsay, David Willetts, Richard Lloyd Parry Asia Editor, Nigel Hawkes, Jeremy Page, Roger Phillips, Rick Jones, Chris Campling, Adam Fresco Crime Correspondent, Patrick Hosking, Christopher Martin-Jenkins Chief Cricket Correspondent, Marcus Leroux, Rebecca O'connor, Damian Whitworth, Erica Wagner, Tom Whipple, James Charles, Gabriel Rozenberg Economics Reporter, Louise De Winter Director, James Naughtie, Margaret Reynolds, David Hands Rugby Correspondent, Owen Slot Chief Sports Reporter, Caroline Buddery, Julian Muscat, Paul Simons, Tom Dart, Kevin Maher, Mike Mulvihill, Fiona Sims, Yigal Schleifer, Nick Szczepanik, Joanna Pitman, Stephanie Calman, Nigel Kendall, Giles Whittell, Richard Ehrlich, Caroline Beck, Ivor Lucas, Robert Crampton, Thomas Catán, Dominic Maxwell, Alice Fordham, Prue White, Matthew Parris, Mark Bridge, Michéle Roberts, Anjana Ahuja, Amanda Craig, George Caulkin, Tim Wapshott, Caitlin Moran, Sheila Keating, Alan Lee, Celia Dodd, Neil Fisher, Peter Riddell, Dirk Van Zyl Smit Professor of Comparative, Richard Beeston, Bess Twiston Davies, Professor Bill Wakeham Vice-Chancellor, David Hutcheon, John Naish, Mark Henderson, Catherine Philp, Chris Ayres, Lewis Smith Environment Reporter, Martin Waller, Patrick Foster, Helen Brewer, Nigel Hawkes Health Editor, Anna Shepard, Louise Cohen, Lydia Hislop, Douglas Fishbone, David Wragg (Author of The RAF Handbook), Benedict Nightingale, Paul Larter, Angus Batey, Dr Thomas Stuttaford, Stephen Dalton, Leo Lewis, Richard Morrison, Bill Edgar, Tom Chesshyre, Tony Halpin, James Christopher, Alex O'connell, Simon Crompton, Anil Dawar, Alan Lee Racing Correspondent, Lisa Tuttle, Alan Jackson, Olav Bjortomt, Kim Newman, Will Hide, Miles Costello, Daphne Lockyer, Roger Lovegrove, Richard Ford, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Meo, Nicholas Ord, Annie Bell, Steven Gerrard,
ResumoIndex Football and racing shaken by trial chaos Doubts over police's elite fraud investigators Fallon witness had no expertise, said judge Times tracks down canoeist's paradise Uma uncut Christmas Books Immunity offer Guantanamo four to be released Parents revolt Rate cut 'no help' Books Travel The Knowledge Magazine Body & Soul Money Quick find Timesonline The Times Darwin 'hoped to offer canoe holidays at his tropical retreat' Canoeist mystery On the shores of an idyllic lake, The Times tracks down the hideaway that couple planned to develop as an ecotourism centre Secret passage in next door hideaway used to see wife Labour got a £180,000 grant to train staff about donations law Money came from the Electoral Commission General secretary had jobs in legal compliance Editor of The Times steps down to become Dow Jones publisher Citizens Advice data on stolen laptop Dodge by police Translation 'barrier' Currency protest Correction Please look after this migrating bear — Paddington gets political Louis Vuitton Fallon is cleared of cheating as race-fixing trial … Not enough evidence to convict any of the six defendants, judge decides Anti-fraud unit insists it did the right thing, but reputation is now in tatters Champion jockey's rollercoaster ride 'i can't race until I get buzz back' How shameful to put greatest jockey through such a wringer The Times Christmas Appeal Post Office No need to read a book to pass English exam Severe gales to blow in this weekend Drug dealers jailed Killer is guilty of rape Paedophile arrested Instructor jailed No bail for socialite Picture Gallery Hillary Clinton seizes on success of old enemies''double act' McGuinness and Paisley fêted on US visit White House door is always open, says senator Argos Comet Sweet and sour emotions as Chinese restaurant couple win £10m legacy Widow's will was rational, judge rules Relatives ordered to pay £450,000 costs Plea for 'historic' vegetables Digital Omega Tesco prepares to fight charges of collusion in price-fixing scandal Knowledge of the Nativity story is a thing of the past You can keep your police kit on (or off), court tells stripper Sergeant Eros cleared to carry on his duties Student accuses force of wasting public money Birmingham Midshires BMW Guantanamo Bay four freed to come to UK despite US fears of terror risk Release comes after pressure from ministers Men will be placed under strict supervision Security inquiry MP is accused of supporting Tamil Tigers The allegations PC World The tough woman who will decide the fate of Lord Black over fraud Waterstone's PC World Trucker crushed drunken driver's hope of getaway Eighties stars up for party Duke's aide to testify US award for airport hero Janice Turner Volkswagen Giles Whittell The union booby trap at the door of No 10 Quality of Justice Doctors face agonising decisions on child abuse, but they must be accountable War or Peace? The break-up of Yugoslavia could turn bloody again Racing Certainty The going is heavy for the sport of kings A flash-bulb peek into ancient life Picture Gallery Boom! Big guns out for battyboy bashers Regulating prisons Support for textiles Hatred and terror versus opinion and liberty Nimrod and failing RAF resources Timesonline Base-rate cut Police pay Poetic licence Déjà vu Peer group Wacky races Protect me from the child protectors Go and see Othello? I had rather be a toad Back from the dead but not to a better life Teamallstars Hate campaign drives out woman priest Curate suffered arson attacks and mail threats Bishop advises her to take break from duties Army Benevolent Fund One step from the top, Essex boy who reached Apple's core The designer has come a long way — from a technophobe at a British polytechnic to being mooted as the US giant's next CEO Laura Ashley Unlocked in Singapore, iPhones are available on the internet Leonard Cheshire Dis ability Don't look now, it's a new species of spitting cobra and there is no antidote Poison in one bite is enough to kill 20 people Toxicologists hope to counteract the venom On deadly ground Spider tick found on floor of forest harks back to dinosaurs Sky Jessops My Week Luxury car gang conned dealers for keys Thieves selected rich, high-profile motorists Forgeries of owners' documents 'near perfect' Multiple Display Advertising Items Currys Gaming saves children's lives The week on the web Thongs and other things Woozyfly, Zug & Co Brief histories of time Desperately seeking Britney Online most read Shops Carphone Warehouse Parents' accusations 'are making child protection a precarious job' Paediatricians show alarm over GMC action Website campaigners seek their next target Flybe Lump of sugar could have prevented deadly car crash Diabetic struck couple after suffering blackout Judge sentences him to 4½ years in prison Unicef Driver who fell asleep, killing family of four, will go to jail WHSmith Atheists and clerics join in alert over climate change Decision due on McCanns Duchess to name a queen Driven by a love of wood GM resistance is 'threatening cheap food' Failure to embrace the new technology will ultimately hinder the world's ability to feed itself, a businessman tells Mark Henderson Halfords Dell Musical excellence but, oh, what a lame production First night Opera Parsifal Covent Garden Alliance Leicester Timesonline Zimbabwe's rights abuses will escape censure by Britain EU/Africa summit Minister will stay silent to avoid media circus Dutch premier likely to attack President Mugabe Orange What can the world do about Mugabe? Question of the week Medion New motto is chip off the old block Nationwide France Kosovo The book they used to burn now fires new revolution of faith in China Hilton Mother of al-Qaeda trio kills 16 in suicide attack (AP): Iran snubs US by summit boycott In brief (AP): Father of bird flu victim has virus (AFP): Life in prison for Tutsi genocide (Reuters): 'Cult' church is unconstitutional (AP): Public face now a closed book Cotswold Murderous militias tell Christian women to cover up or face death Plan to lift headscarf ban angers Turkish secular elite Canon Turn on the TV and choose a prime minister Pakistan reality show stages its own elections Director says: 'It's a game - a serious game' Guide Dogs Multiple Display Advertising Items (AP): CIA terror tapes were 'security risk' (Reuters): Camels compete in beauty contest (AP): Third musician murdered in a week (AFP): Presidential election delayed again Invesco Perpetual (AP): US should change its lifestyle, says China at climate change conference Cannabis is new drug of choice on former opium poppy farms Multiple Display Advertising Items (AP): Rebels killed in fresh fighting In brief (AP): Oil slick heading for South Korea (AP): Milestone flight for Cambodia (AFP): Potato President charge dropped Correction Parents revolt over teenagers who won't let go of the purse strings Court evicts son, 36, who insulted mother's cooking Dourthe Divided land where hatred is passed down the generations Kosovo is rapidly heading towards independence, but that may only add to the tensions between rival ethnic groups The Times Troubled times Burma is lying about democracy protest death toll, says rights group Multiple Display Advertising Items Scandal of brutal training regime floors sumo fans after star's death (Reuters): Mine officials held after blast In brief (Reuters): Putin's party to name candidate (AP): Settlers say no to cash in poll (Reuters): Electronic music pioneer dies (Reuters): Look after your family or it's jail Multiple Display Advertising Items 'Cherigate' conman fails to talk himself out of jail sentence for fraud Foster pleads guilty to defrauding island bank Pacific property scam brings 4½-year sentence Renault The Sunday Times Emap abandons sale of business division HBOS price forecast Rock board to meet Russian banker killed Quote of the day Playing down Wii Business big shot Brazilian miner Vale moves to consider bid for Xstrata Sector experiencing rapid consolidation Boom caused by demand for metals MaxJet suspends its shares amid liquidity fears Olivant twist Stock markets Feeling mortified? Sometimes the only solution is to fall on your sword Fidelity International Commodities Picture Gallery Currencies Need to know No 1 for Business Results in brief Timesonline Emap shocked as business-to-business operations left on the shelf by bidders Buyers fight shy on fear of hidden liabilities Shareholders want more cash returned Business big shot Derek Carter Publishing empire that started with a borrowed press Candidate for Glaxo's top job quits despite £2m lure to stay The Times Chase is on for a Democratic hopeful City Diary After my piece yesterday about the wildly lucrative … City Diary A dubious honour is bestowed on Mr Rose City Diary An Advent calendar arrives from Unite, the union fighting to keep the Cadbury factory at Keynsham, near Bristol, open Robert Lind, economics analyst at ABN Amro, has p City Diary John Prescott and Lord (Michael) Heseltine were at … City Diary Picture Gallery House prices will continue to fall despite latest rate cut, says HBOS Slower sector 'must be taken in context' Volatility will prompt move to deposit savings Battle looms for control of Clapham House Raja Fashions Palace views cast shadow over Victoria development Pressure grows on Gieve to pay the price for debacle at Northern Rock Financial stability role at Bank to be beefed up Olivant makes revised offer for Tyneside lender Blair's chief of staff brings contacts book to Morgan Stanley A solution — but is it the right one? Management shake-up confirms James Murdoch as News Corp heir apparent The promotion of Rupert Murdoch's younger son indicates what the future holds for the media giant Who's who Spurs owner increases Bear Stearns stake despite losses Anglo Irish Bank IMF prepares to shed staff as crisis looms for the global lender Top banker murdered as contract killings return to haunt Moscow Executive bound and left in swimming pool Inquiry linked to logging industry The Times Republicans reject tax rise legislation for private equity Nintendo fears computer-generated frenzy Fighting the gaming battle with family fun and fitness Console strikes back through the rigours of Wii Fit The Wall Street broker whose next big decision could mean life or death Hedge fund manager to fight in Afghanistan Reservists fill in as army needs recruits The Times Unit-linked insurance investments Full funds service at timesonline. co. uk/funds British funds Riders for Health puts clinic within reach As motorcycles rusted away for the lack of a component, it became clear that they, and lives, could be saved Timesonline The Times 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 Goldline. co. uk Dollar rates Other sterling Exchange rates Takeover talk boosts Aquarius nearly 10% Large caps Small caps Gilts Rumour of the day Begbies poised to profit from downturn next year Star Energy Deal of the day Timesonline Emap Bet of the day Tiddler to watch Equity Prices Action Multiple Classified Advertising Items Multiple Classified Advertising Items Reader Offers Ltd Faith Modern Times Karlheinz Stockhausen Influential and controversial German composer who pursued his uncompromising avant-garde vision through six decades Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer, was born on August 22,1928. He died on December 5,2007, aged 79 Alois Kracher Restlessly innovative Austrian winemaker who basked in international renown for his spectacular sweet wines Alois Kracher, winemaker, was born on February 23,1959. He died from pancreatic cancer on December 5,2007, aged 48 Denis Boubals Distinguished globetrotting oenologist who campaigned energetically to modernise the French wine industry Denis Boubals, oenologist, was born on March 2,1926. He died on November 24,2007, aged 81 The battle to teach moral values is won at school Faith Take the spirit for a hike in the wide world Faith leaders and thinkers name the book they found most inspirational this year The gentleman's phone, fish knifing with cutlery and imbibing bivalves Modern times Feather report Readers reply Designers who run us journalists ragged Feedback Why we vary our text; plus Polygon word rules, the Unknown Warrior, and image of the day What to look out for Court Circular Battle Day ceremony Church news Latest wills Births Forthcoming Marriages Marriages Deaths To place death notices, acknowledgements or notices … In Memoriam - Private School Notices Multiple Classified Advertising Items Public Notices Legal Notices Multiple Classified Advertising Items Legal, Public, Company & Parliamentary Notices To Place Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items The Painters Gallery The Lemon Book Multiple Display Advertising Items Foot and Heel Pain Multiple Display Advertising Items Nourkrin The Sunday Times A close encounter with a UFO — or was it Venus? Weather Eye Birthdays On This Day December 8,1947 The Times Parliamentary Correspondent reports on proposals to repeal the Witchcraft Act and amend the Vagrancy Act Weather Weatherquest Twist Magic can prove another ace for Nicholls Racing Sandown Park Wetherby Motor racing Football Dylan Thomas bids to crown glittering career in Hong Kong Racing Lingfield Park Wolverhampton Racing next week Sandown Parks Yesterday's results Exeter Lingfield Park Course specialists Wolverhampton Seeds of discontent as strength of the Euro is devalued by draw Fink Tank in the football laboratory Edge Win tickets for Premier clash Harmison the front-runner to lead attack Cricket Second Investec Test match Hoggard looks likely to lose fitness battle Inexperience may count against Broad Football Results American football Basketball Cricket Golf Rugby union Squash Tennis Today Football Fixtures Rugby union Other sport Football Tomorrow Rugby union Other sport Hamilton - a very British sort of victor Sport on television Multiple Display Advertising Items Gloucester left to count cost of progress in bruising clash Rugby union Heineken Cup Clermont next on Cipriani's hit-list in charge for glory Sport Staff: Ospreys hammer Ulster without help from Henson Match-by-match guide Mayweather has hands full as focus falls on pain-relief drug Boxing The Undefeated Hattons request that anaesthetic be banned Briton's family upset by uncle's street talk William Hill Khan in rush to fulfil his title dreams Eight steps to heaven: Hatton's winning tactics Boxint The Undefeated We're behind you, say masses as pantomime gets serious for popular Hatton As the trash-talk winds mercifully to a halt, signs have begun to emerge that the Briton may have got under Mayweather's skin Timesonline Undefeated Split decision Poor Cipriani can't find anyone man enough to turn the other cheek Pump up the bitter: losers in award 'for losers' begin familiar lament Troubled McLaren back in dock as FIA refuses to approve new car Motor racing Hearing will rule on possible links to Ferrari Threat of expulsion for 2008 season is real The Times Britain falls off the map in 2010 with race excluded Motor rallying Trescothick is ready to put health first Williams revives link Thomson sets record Wiggins lays marker Bonds in the dock Outsider takes lead Carson's tormentor keen to add second helping of humble pie Football Barclays Premier League Kranjcar is relishing rematch with goalkeeper He warns England to respect World Cup rivals O'Neill shows troubled goalkeeper way forward Nottingham Forest moved back into the Coca-Cola League Aston Villa v Portsmouth Your guide to the weekend's Barclays Premier League matches Today 12.45pm, Sky Sports 1 Manchester United v Derby Today 3pm Reading v Liverpool Today 5.15, Setanta Sports 1 Bolton v Wigan Tomorrow 3pm Chelsea v Sunderland Today 3pm How they stand Middlesbrough v Arsenal Tomorrow 1.30pm, Setanta Sports 1 Everton v Fulham Today 3pm Newcastle v Birmingham Today 3pm Blackburn v West Ham Tomorrow 4pm, Sky Sports 1 Tottenham v Manchester City Tomorrow 3pm Not my fault I don't sign English players, says Wenger Prodigy starting to ask the right questions as boy turns into a man Young Arsenal and England forward begins to make his presence felt but without the arrogance common among some of his peers Boateng determined to help Middlesbrough survive McSheffrey aims to bring tensions back to Newcastle Football Chelsea will delay a decision on whether Didier Drogba United display patience for Neville but no longer Brown Football Barclays Premier League New injury setback for jinxed club captain Contract talks stall for fellow defender Sky Sports City owner keen to bring Adriano to Manchester Boardroom troubles are nothing new for Benítez as crisis talks approach Football Barclays Premier League Avoiding relegation is our priority, Ramos admits The Sunday Times Failures of judgement will be investigated after case falls apart Racing The Fallon trial BHA meets Monday to review actions Scotney's role comes under close scrutiny W&J Graham's Port Six and out Murrihy's status undermined by limited grasp of British culture Racing The Fallon trial Williams and Lynch face wait before returning to racecourse Henman plays LTA straight The Insider Inverdale shows immature side to Barker Times Crossword 23,779 Brundle under fire from men at the top FA begins to clear decks as Mourinho drops hint The Times Investec Index The Fallon trial Index Inside The Times Borrowers not off the hook Departure fee Money Letters Timesonline Painful memories The Week in Brief A Word to the Wise Beware a false sense of security Artemis Cards are stacked against you James Charles explains why it is becoming increasingly difficult to switch to a better deal Multiple Display Advertising Items What's in your wallet? Multiple Display Advertising Items Case Study 'a Weight off my Mind' You may save more by saving a little less Rebecca O'Connor on the mortgage anomaly that could reduce your repayments despite a smaller deposit Multiple Display Advertising Items Your Shout Case Study £1,600 Charge Avoided Timesonline Multiple Display Advertising Items Perfect pitch for new players Mark Bridge gives top tips for would-be entrepreneurs seeking capital and guidance to turn a good idea into a viable business The Times Timesonline Multiple Display Advertising Items The nuts and bolts of building a business Astute home truths pay handsomely Graduate of the Year Alliance Leicester Schroders Aiming for a lifelong holiday Rosemary Duffy helps a civil servant who wants to spend his life savings on a Greek retirement idyll Halifax Gary Miller: what the experts say Alliance Leicester Gary's response Do former mutuals still float your boat? Mark Atherton on the performance of converted building societies and the prospects for their shares Multiple Display Advertising Items Pension Watch Multiple Display Advertising Items Builders at knockdown prices Multiple Display Advertising Items Unit trust and open-ended investment company prices Full funds service at www.timesonline.co.uk/funds Fidelity International Savings Watch F&C Investments Pension annuities Motor insurance Level-term assurance Overdrafts Personal loans Savings accounts National Savings & Investments Chelsea Building Society Credit cards Mortgages Permanent interest-bearing shares The New Star Active Portfolio Index This Week Every Week Theo Paphitis Why one is quite enough Vivienne Parry Stories behind the News Single embryos may hold the key to successful IVF treatment Need to Know? The morning after What people do following the office party . . . Lovely personality John Naish Breakthroughs, Tip and Trends Antibody Well, Well . . . Drawbacks of DNA testing Junk Medicine Genetic Screening Eat yourself healthy The right diet can help to protect us from colds and bugs. Nigel Hawkes explains how to boost your immunity Give your body a boost . . . Prof of the Week Monkey see, monkey do Dr Copperfield inside the Mind of a GP Lucky numbers An outstanding figure in disease research tells Simon Crompton how red tape is costing lives The Times What Would You Do to Change the World? For Families in today's Times The Times Picture Gallery I will survive Family tensions and high expectations can be an explosive mix over Christmas. Stephanie Calman tries to keep the peace on the home front Family Battlegrounds The Garage I'm not religious, but . . . Over the past decades Britain has become an Increasingly secular society. According to the most recent Mori poll, more than a third of us describe our outlook as "humanist" and only 10 per cent go to church each week. However, nearly half of us say that we believe in some sort of deity. From a television … Store Detective Healthy Fast Food What, no flour? It's a piece of cake From your favourite sponge to fruit-and-nut delights, Annie Bell says you can bake nutritious treats allergy sufferers can enjoy too Chocolate and apricot cake Lemon polenta cake Nutritionist's verdict Ricotta cream Yes-Yes fruit cake Keep on running Part Two: Gearing up From the right food to the right clothes, Lloyd Bradley puts in the leg work The Times Dress Code Zahnfit A sporting chance Mo Chaudry, the latest Secret Millionaire, explains to Celia Dodd how sport can change lives Feedback Love it or hate it — write in and tell us The Times Is my fetish going too fur? Agony and Ecstasy Sex Advice Balance of power Not Just Anybody how the Fit and Fabulous Stay that Way Acrobat Samuel Tétreault, 32, weight-trains almost every day to keep fit for strenuous circus act Superdrug Index The more you do, the better you will feel Anjana Ahuja explains why daily mental exercise builds new connections between your brain cells and helps to keep ageing at bay Free Puzzle Book What to do Limber up Time Challenge Day 1 Day 2 How to have a healthy brain Here is a seven-point guide to sharpening your synapses, Kate Wighton reports Day 3 Day 4 Time Challenge Day 5 Mark yourself Pattern maker Limber down Solutions The Times Index Inside Raise a glass to the discerning British drinker — great French winemakers do The World this Week Image of the Week Visit Jordan Hot Hotels out of Africa Top of the hops in Brussels Tangy, grapey . . . Belgians are proud that their beer can be mistaken for wine, discovers Tom Chesshyre Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Need to know Ten stops on the Brussels beer trail Reader Offers Ltd Taste your way around the world Learn about wine in the great vineyards where it is made. Caroline Hendrie chooses the best holidays The travel Collection Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items A journey into the golden age How to tell one cognac from another? It's on the tip of Nicholas Roe's tongue . . . Club Med Need to know Your Say Julia Brookes Answers your Travel Queries A Visit to the Norwegian Fjords Declaring a Conviction when Entering the us The Times Timesonline Hurtigruten How to be a pop princess . . . A hotel room with its own champagne and cocktail bar? You only live once, says Fiona Sims Times Online Hotels with more than a mini-bar Multiple Display Advertising Items Best at cruises Wine for thought Jane knight learns how to choose the right Australian wine for dinner on a different kind of course Need to know Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Mystery Guest We Send a Writer under the Covers this Week: The Leopold Hotel, Sheffield Competition Departure Board Route of the Week: Grenoble Book Ahead Deals of the Week Multiple Display Advertising Items Hurtigruten Index Index Reader's Block Erica Wagner First word 'I'm still attached to old technology - covers, type' Contributors SwotS and monsters Melissa Katsoulis collects the school reports of famous writers. Who is this week's pupil? Your say Timesonline TLS Jeanette Winterson Her word 'Kids love enclosed words, but they need to be shown what's outside' Find the connection Critics' Chart of 2007 You're reading . . . We have read all our rivals end-of-year round-ups to find the year's most praised books Nonfiction Top 50 Bestsellers The indie top 10 They're reading . . . Ghost that's all too present Thrillers Peter Millar Other times and other places Science fiction/fantasy My Christmas classic Bestsellers 07 Bozeat Boot Co. Ltd. It's not all about settling scores Sport Tom Dart My Christmas classic Bestsellers 07 Diary of a somebody Politics The Times Stocking filler Bestsellers 07 A faraway look in their eyes Travel Where the wild things are Escape Bestsellers 07 Hogwarts and beyond Children's 11+ My Christmas classic Children's audiobooks Bestsellers 07 Stockling filler Young Wisden: A New Fan's Guide to Cricket by Tim De Lisle Stocking filler The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill Penguin Allen Lane My Christmas classic The stuffing of fantasy Food A few to savour Wine Bestsellers 07 Escaping the weight of history Poetry My Christmas classic Varekai Bestsellers 07 Surgically Enhanced Pam Ayres Hodder A world in focus Photography Stocking filler Literally . . . Laugh your Head off by Steven Appleby The Times Bestsellers 07 Old stories that are still the best Classics My Christmas classic In tune with genius Classical music Bestsellers 07 Look back in admiration Nostalgia Oxford University Press You've all done very well . . . Times writers My Christmas classic Multiple Display Advertising Items Stocking filler Golf Monster: How a Wild Rock'n Roll Life Led to Serious Golg Addiction by Alice Cooper Jumbo Crossword 730 Games Chess Winning move Scrabble Word watching Two brains Answers Polygon Literary quiz Times2 Crossword 4393 The Listener Crossword 3959 Inflation, or Now We Are Twelve by Waterloo Bridge Picture Line Puzzle Page Challenge - Win an iPod Nano 2 Su Doku No 1655 — Difficult 3 Killer No 691 - Deadly (1 hour 5 minutes) Solution to Friday's Su Doku No 1653 Solution to Friday's Su Doku No 1654 Solution to Friday's Killer No 690 Index Emporio Armani Contents 08.12.07 Boys Playing on the Streets of Islington Contacts IPhone For a little breather from writing, I log on to www.londonair.org.uk and pop in my postcode for an air-grimness check The Dark Ages Wairtose Christmas 2007 This week: Beard caps I Didn't Get where I Am Today without . . . Wisdom CÉline Dion, 39, Singer Lexiconfusion No. 161 of Bennett & Teed's Illustrated Homographs Slummy Yummy Mummy Advice for the Domestically Challenged Lucy Sweeney National Book tokens Shop Retail Therapy Road Rage Bargain Hunter Cute, short and sassy, the cocktail frock comes into its own at Christmas. Team with a tiny bag, enormous rings and vertiginous heels Out There Cocktail Dresses Verdura Coolhunter The Male Room Men's Stuff Attitude Audi A Woman of Substance Oscar - nominated for her harrowing performance in Hotel Rwanda, Sophie Okonedo has built her career on "difficult" roles. As she prepares to star as the first black Nancy in a re-make of Oliver Twist, she tells alan Franks why she plays by her own rules Sony Patek Phillippe Looking for Darcey With a vacancy at the top of British ballet, the search is on to find the star of the future — and it starts early Goldsmiths Back to Life What happens to children when they are forced to kill? In the Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of young soldiers are leaving war behind and returning to their anxious families. Catherine Philp joins them on the journey home Boots Canon Coppola: The Sequel It's almost ten year since his last film, but the legendary director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now is back behind the camera with behind the camera with a renewed sense of optimism. Martyn Palmer meets Frncis Ford Coppola as he embarks upon his own creative regeneration Narciso rodriguez Gillette Fusion Pulsar Plastic AiN't my Bag How Green is your Bag? ECO Bags Forget designer handbags — the eco rating of your shopping bag says more about you now. But can this fashion statement save the world? Bosch 100 "plastic Ain't my Bag" Bags to Be Won Magners The North Face Game Boys Two years after Neil Strauss's The Game revealed the murky world of America's pick-up artists, seduction school aiming to impart the secrets of attracting women have sprung up across the UK. Will Pavia enrols at one Glasgow "lair" Green & Black's Organic Castello Robert Mondavi Woodbridge Oral-B UMA and MiKE British film director Mike Figgis first met and photographed Uma Thurman when she was 18. Now, after years of friendship, they recreate that photo session, and Figgis shares his scrapbook of those meetings and conversations as they discuss innocence, experience, Hollywood and love A Glorious Sight Feast your eyes on a lager and you can assess everything from its flavour to its quality Estuary English Once known as the birthplace of the chav, Chatham is now the unlikely centre of a new music scene, with the help of an idiosyncratic pub, Pete Doherty and singular vision of Albion First Choice Frey Wille Discoverireland Last Night a Dj Saved my Life You don't need a frock to look dressy. This party season smart girls are slipping on a Lux for coolly updated evening style Six Great . . . Clutch Bags Personal Services How to Get Dressed Boots Scents of Occasion Because You Need It Fragrance is a perfect gift — but how to choose the right one? Truth in Beauty Marksandspencer Dear Sarah Q My eyebrows are becoming increasingly scanty and ragged. How do I get them back on track? Salon Spy: Scin 27 Kensington Park Road, London W11 Truth in Beauty The Sunday Times Surprise Friends this Christmas with Some Potted Treats Food Duck Rillette (right) Smoked Salmon Rillette with Green Peppercorns Chicken Liver and Black Truffle PÃtÉ Dolmio Wild Mushroom PÃtÉ with Glazed Cranberries The Times This is a Little Canteen for Kensington as It Used to Be. Nothing Fancy. Rather Dainty Restaurant Kensington Square Kitchen The Green Kitchen Schwartz The Sunday Times The Festive Trip to Fortnum's to Gawp at the Windows and Wander the Wine Floor is a Must Wine Six . . . Kitchen Greats Smoked Salmon Food Detective Exquishely Dark Junior Masterchef Foodie at Large Feed your child's culinary passion on a festive cookery course Taste Test . . . Fresh Vegetable Soup The Times The Sunday Times LiadrÕ Choosing a Sofa Isn't Easy — how It Looks in the Shop Doesn't Tell You how It Will Look at Home Scenes from Domestic Life Material World Nevillejohnson Six Great . . . Candelabra Pinboard Nespresso Ask Aggie Home Help Polly Beard Do Try this at Home Think israel Jenny was using wool from her own Jacob sheep, which was impressively self-sufficient but a bit whiffy Valley Girl Enchanted forest With fairytale creatures lurking in dark woods, a Yorkshire farmer and his family have turned the annual ritual of buying a Christmas tree into a truly magical experience Garmin The Travel Collection Everthing in the Garden . . . Gibraltar Soil Mates Miscanthus Flourishing at this Time of Year, this Ever-Changing Plant Will Add Depth to Most Winter Schemes Bose Remington Weekend Tips Smiletrain Multiple Display Advertising Items Multiple Display Advertising Items Noisy business, sub-machine-gunning a squirrel. The RSPCA might come down hard on me. Not to mention Special Branch Beta Male Morrisons Chanel Index Hmv Index Calamity Kate She's just a simple girl trying to make her way on the telly, so who does the rise of Kate Thornton unnerve Caitlin Moran? How much? Goingout Auctions are a huge thrill — as long as you don't bid, says Richard Morrison OAP with surprises in store What's Dustin Hoffman doing playing a 243-year-old toy seller? Will Lawrence drops in on his emporium Festive Kids' Films Comet Top Films in Rep Code Name: The Cleaner New Film Reviews The Killing of John Lennon Lost in translation The Big Film The Golden Compass falls to match the magic of the book, says James Christopher A Very British Gangster Silent Light You Kill Me He was a Quiet Man Southland Tales KM 31 Also out Films on Release Nice bit of ruff Panel of Experts Each week we show DVDs to the people who realy know. Here, historical experts at Hampton Court Palace watch The Tudors The Simpson Moe Kids' Dvd Reviews Charlie and Lola: Eight Surf's up And for adults . . . 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