News from 18/09/2008
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Gráinne Gilmore, Andrew Robson, Giles Smith, Matt Dickinson Chief Sports Correspondent, Amanda Andrews, David Dimbleby, Andrew Gillett, David Wighton, Rosemary Righter, Robert Dawson Scott, Regula Pastoralis, Alexandra Frean, Gary Duncan, Ed Cooke, Peter Lansley, Robert Lindsay, Devika Bhat, Linda Tsang, Ivo Tennant, Alexandra Frean Education Editor, Philip Howard, Carol Midgley, Alan Last, Christine Seib, David Chater, James Bone, Lynne Truss, David Charter Europe Correspondent, Wendy Ide, Kaya Burgess, James Hider, Lucy Bannerman, Martin Samuel Chief Football Correspondent, Anthony Seldon, Andrew Norfolk, Sathnam Sanghera, Sean O'Neill Crime Editor, Mark Barrowcliffe, Pat Gibson, Keith Fox, Jane MacArtney, Hannah Fletcher, Donald Hutera, Siobhan Kennedy, Francis Elliott, Mark Womersley, Tom Bawden, Dan Sabbagh Media Editor, Gary Jacob, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Anthony Burton, Georgina Colwell, Tim Reid, Dalya Alberge Arts Correspondent, Jason Szep, David Sharrock Ireland Correspondent, Alexander Jacoby, Anatole Kaletsky, Harry Stopes-Roe, The Rev Thomas Crean OP, Tim Teeman, Simon Tuite, Richard Hobson Deputy Cricket Correspondent, Graham Spiers, Peter Madden, Edward Fennell, Suzy Jagger, Gary Duncan Economics Editor, Oliver Kay, Sarah Vine, Lisa Armstrong, Mark Henderson Science Editor, John Westerby, Tom Baldwin, Ben Quinn, Ann Treneman, Simon de Bruxelles, John Hopkins Golf Correspondent, Rob Wright, Geoff Johnson, Peter Swaab, Alice Olins, Raymond Keene, David Walliams, Kaveh Solhekol, Neville Scott, Chris Campling, Fran Yeoman, Alice Thomson, Patrick Hosking, Helen Nugent, Lindsey Bareham, Marcus Leroux, Tom Whipple, Peter Dixon, Nick Hasell, Barney Thompson, Carolyn Asome, Tom Dart, Rosemary Bennett Social Affairs Correspondent, Paul Simons, Silobhan Kennedy, Nick Szczepanik, John Whittingdale, Sam Coates Chief Political Correspondent, Steve Hawkes, Emily Ford, Dominic Maxwell, Matthew Parris, Richard Grace, George Caulkin, Sonia Verma, John Shaw, Neil Fisher, Michael Austin, John Pincham, Peter Riddell, Ben MacIntyre, Philip Webster, Lucia van der Post, Bojan Pancevski, Martin Waller, Valentine Low, James Jackson, Mark Baldwin, Carl Mortished World Business Editor, Benedict Nightingale, Stephen Dalton, Nicola Woolcock, Simon Davies Commentary, Frances Gibb, Alyson Rudd, Tony Halpin, Bill Edgar, James Christopher, Adam Sherwin, George Garside, Alan Lee Racing Correspondent, Jonathan Rugman, Owen Slot, Steve Hawkes Retail Correspondent, Olav Bjortomt, Mike Atherton Chief Cricket Correspondent, Miles Costello, Fiona Hamilton, Nicola Copping, Richard Ford, John Snell,
ResumoThe Times Fear stalks the banks Halifax to be rescued by Lloyds TSB Up to 40,000 jobs could be lost Will Morgan Stanley be next? US nationalises AIG Bank extends funds Stocks in free fall Goldman slides Index Dollar dips, gold up Jobless on the rise Banks for Sale Leading articles HBOS is being sold as part of the world's biggest fire sale. This will be seen as a turning point in the history of modern finance Index A Split Party Will the real Liberals please stand up at last? Intergalactic Fallacy There are more than 42 reasons not to add to the Hitchhiker's Guide Times2 News World Obituary Sport Picture Gallery Letters to the Editor Today's weather The world in a spin: three days of financial turmoil Inside today Great Rail Journeys Big gamble to save bank — and himself Bad habits led to the terminal ward — but this patient couldn't be allowed to die Banking Crisis Q&a Timesonline 'Someone has made a fortune. I hope they'll pay for what they've done to us' Board saw the need to act fast The customers Titan of banks would cull staff and change face of high street I know that this black hole is eating up our jobs, shares and pensions. I wish I knew why Bradford & Bingley insists it is safe as credit rating falls Breitling Bootleggers find new way to water down their vodka and make it stretch farther They'll shrug: you've got to make money somehow Picture Gallery The Workout Police paperwork cut in knife crime areas Civil servant's regret Husband shops wife Lottery numbers Timesonline Rapist may have killed after fleeing ward Government orders review of Omagh phone intercepts Pringle of Scotland The Times Tod's Blogger is not very economical with his views People Kate Middleton is still waiting to be a princess, but at last night's Day-Glo Charity Roller ball in Vauxhall she was the undisputed disco queen Cavendish Equity Release You don't normally get a second chance to make a first Tibor Fischer, the hotshot author, admits that the … Postscript Where does Biddy Baxter see Blue Peter 50 years from … Passat Awards gig is music to her ears The Face Sex pamphlet for 6-year-olds horrifies family lobby 'The pictures make it work' TV set takes over from parents too tired to read with children Skoda Auto Neighbours mourn stray that stayed Antibiotics given to delay labour can harm baby Protester takes anger at taxes to new heights Hundreds of black cabs recalled after mystery fires Golden Saxon bookmark may fetch £15,000 Toyota Texting at the wheel is more dangerous than drink-driving Selfridges & Co Either way, it's very easy to lose the plot Ba.com Clegg promises to banish horror of 'zombie' Labour Liberal Democrats Index Only 6 out of 10 at best under the turmoil test Barclays Leader begins a long march from a toilet joke to the seat of power Honda YouTube pulls the plug on homages to gang violence Gangs online A Times investigation has exposed failures in the video-sharing website's monitoring system and prompted action to tighten security, report Marcus Leroux, Kaya Burgess and Fran Yeoman Temptation to close sites poses even greater danger Timesonline Police scour social websites to tackle brutality and boasts of young criminals Internet needs a strong system of self-regulation The Sunday Times Sundaytimeswineclub 40 pupils excluded in discipline crackdown Norwich Union Blended Scotch Whisky Divers close in on lost fortune of a scandalous star Wreck may hold opera singer's cash and jewels Dfs Art lover splashes out on sculptural Olympics Waterstone's Give students lessons on how to get up in the morning, business tells universities Oxbridge struggles to find more state school entrants Timesonline The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 'Big bang machine' is back on collision course after its glitches are fixed Abbey Man charged over supermarket attack Dead sisters named Mothers unsupported Google ban rejected Bakri's son appeals 'Head crusher' auction Woman dies after eating wild mushrooms picked at gardens Sky The Times If this fails, it will take down all Britain's banks If the Lloyd's-HBOS merger does not protect shareholders' interests, wholesale nationalisation of banks is inevitable Harsh judgment in the cold light of dawn Highly strung Under cover Invincible Index 141 words to fill Greening the dream that drives America The US should put the same creativity that produced the motorcar into tackling the energy crisis that it has caused Picture Gallery Hang on, bankers are heroes, not villains Britain's extraordinary rise in the past decade was largely thanks to the hard work of the City Situation vacant In my view Thunderer: Thunderer A cut above the rest Forsaking basic tenets led to financial terrorism Science, truth and the Royal Society Timesonline Christian beliefs Law on contempt is a fine balancing act Musical illiteracy It's just not cricket FA undermining refs From Beds to Yorks How Petraeus led Iraq out of its darkest moment, but . . . The new Washington consensus of rapidly cutting troop numbers puts the hard-fought gains of the surge at risk, says Rosemary Righter London eye Timesonline The Daily Universal Register Minor Chekhov elevated to the major league First night Theatre Ivanov Wyndhams, WC2 3 Store HSBC Index 'New Golda Meir' wins poll battle to become Prime Minister in extra time Timesonline Index Sharon's legacy The Times ING Direct Suddenly the candidates are forced to face harsh reality US Elections Wall Street crisis replaces personality politics Inside today Who would handle the economy best? Palin prepares to take on leaders of the world - with cocktails afterwards Mfi Timesonline Kremlin takes tough stand on Arctic borders New challenge over underwater territory Alliance Leicester The Times Pandas and missiles: the double message to China's tiny neighbour Tradition of giving Tourists take trip to democracy Olympics blamed for killer milk scandal Military pacts (AFP): London signing (AFP): Karadzic 'immunity' (AFP): Taxing patience (Reuters): Rice scandal suicide (AP): Soldier in custody (AFP): Losing the plot 16 are killed in suicide attack on US Embassy Bringing it all together (AFP): Thaksin's brother-in-law faces leadership protests (AFP): Exhibition gets a rare stamp of approval (Reuters): Male staff are banished from hotel loved by tourists Timesonline Ethiopia accused of hiding famine as millions starve Army 'is keeping food from rebel areas', Jonathan Rugman reports from Jijiga Timesonline The Times Gourmet cooks up trouble with mother of all milk recipes Multiple Display Advertising Items Chantarelle sauce with breast milk and cognac Shares slump on Wall Street to fuel fears of massive fire sale Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs down sharply Unemployment figure surges by 32,500 More panic in Moscow US housing slump Alitalia deadline Quote of the day Gold prices surge Business big shot Timesonline Index Ba Inside today Stock markets It's easy to get burnt in times such as these Picture Gallery Bitter taste in the marzipan layer Commodities A week's a long time . . . The Hakimian Organization Currencies Need to know Results in brief Multiple Display Advertising Items Virgin in the fray as bidding war for Gatwick begins BAA seeks £2bn from forced airport sale Business big shot A trophy asset but no prize Most baffling headline of the day? From the Here Is … City Diary Your starter for ten is . . . City Diary Swiss Time for some foot-tapping rhythm and boos City Diary These are the signatures of Mervyn King and Alistair Darling. One is grovelling to the other, admitting he has lost control of inflation. The other is in charge of the British economy. They are pictured in their proper sizes. I am no expert on graphology. But something seems to be wrong here Right place, right time, but the wrong information City Diary Standard Chartered opened its new HQ in Basinghal City Diary Ping! An e-mail arrives from Barclays Capital. Alas, … City Diary Picture Gallery Woolworths announces cutbacks after record loss Soaring jobless total could hit a million by Christmas, economists predict Channel 4 'needs more money to keep going' Milkround Barclays' $1.75bn deal gives hope to UK staff of Lehman Brothers Banking crisis The chief executive of the British bank is thought to have his eye on entire teams of London employees of the stricken US investment banking giant, write Christine Seib and Patrick Hosking Relief for devastated workers, they will get paid . . . but only if they turn up at the office Banking crisis What they say . . . Brother White House wastes no time in jumping to the rescue of AIG The Bush Administration believes that the huge insurer must survive, so it sacked the boss and pumped in $85 billion, reports Suzy Jagger The Times Keep on bailing Pru and Aviva expected to line up for 'once in a lifetime' asset sell-off US bailout bill puts focus on worst-case scenarios Multiple Display Advertising Items The Times unit trust information service Full funds service at timesonline. co. uk/funds Action medical research British funds Russian central bank pumps £25bn into financial system as traders sell, sell, sell The Times Gulf finance ministers back single currency plan London Financial Futures Wall Street 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 Desolate traders suffer yet another long, dark day Market report Golden sheen fades for Serabi Smaller companies Gilts Rumour of the day Bank of Ireland sideshow that commands some attention Minerva Equest Investment Deal of the day Timesonline Bet of the day Tiddler to watch Equity Prices Crockett & Jones Reader Offers Ltd Olin Stephens Innovative, widely esteemed designer of racing yachts famed for their speed, grace and seaworthiness Olin Stephens, yacht designer, was born on April 13,1908. He died on September 13,2008, aged 100 Index Vernon Handley Lives remembered Phyllis Thom Nurse and survivor of Japanese internment whose wartime ordeal was immortalised in the Tenko TV series, in a film and a book Phyllis Thom, nursing sister and prisoner of the Japanese, 1942-45, was born on June 14,1908. She died on September 16,2008, aged 100 Warrant Officer Gary O'Donnell Selfless soldier decorated for his skill in disarming mines and bombs placed to threaten British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan Warrant Officer Class 2 Gary O'Donnell, GM, ammunition technician of the Royal Logistic Corps, was born on July 21,1968. He was killed in action in Afghanistan on September 10,2008, aged 40 Timesonline Morris Sullivan Hollywood money man who lent his financial nous to an animation studio that rivalled Disney Morris F. Sullivan, animation studio president, was born on December 8,1916. He died on August 24,2008, aged 91 Lives in brief Bill Melendez, animator, was born on November 15,1916. He died on September 2,2008, aged 91 Bheki Mseleku Progressive jazz and world music performer and composer revered in his native South Africa despite having to spend most of his career in exile Bheki Mseleku, musician, was born on March 3,1955. He died on September 9,2008, of complications from diabetes, aged 53 Bridge Chess Winning move Births Forthcoming Marriages Marriages 65th Wedding Anniversary Diamond Anniversaries Deaths Memorial Services Thanksgiving Services In Memoriam - Private Multiple Classified Advertising Items Legal Notices Legal, Public, Company & Parliamentary Notices Public Notices High noon of Durham's coal industry Times Archive Timesonline Court Circular Legal news Sevice retirements A penetrating study of Anglo-Japanese relations Timesonline 'I do not remove a child unless it's the right thing to do' Family court judges feel beleaguered by their media coverage. Frances Gibb has rare access to witness family justice from a judge's-eye view A disgusting feast of filth? An exhibition at the British Library explores the many guises of censorship, says Anthony Burton Queen's Counsel Picture Gallery Law Diary Timesonline Times Law Multiple Display Advertising Items Lawyer of the week Richard Welfare Timesonline In the City At the cutting edge of advocacy Women finalists won the unanimous verdict of the judges in the first Times/Herbert Smith student advocacy competition this week, reports Edward Fennell Weather Times Selects Weather Eye Weather quest Winning Move The Times Weather Line Turner's emerging talent silences gender caveat Great Leighs Yarmouth Yesterday's results Beverley Sandown Park Kempton Park Index Pontefract Enticing will run in the Dubai Duty Free 25th Anniversa Ayr Racing Yarmouth Stuart Williams, trainer of Hogmaneigh, the Portland … Bet of the day Course specialists Athletes feeling pressure to continue their quickstep towards true fame Results Football Cricket Fixtures Football Cricket Cycling Squash Tennis Mixed bag for Britain as Beijing hands over Deng leads the way James will play on Cayless returns Rusty Lancashire struggle to keep up with Jones Hodgson emerges to offer Surrey hope of avoiding a grisly repeat LV County Championship Somerset are frustrated by progress from the dark ages Moore fits the bill as Hick's mantle passes on LV County Championship Derbyshire v Gloucestershire Second division Glamorgan v Leicestershire Essex v Warwickshire The Sunday Times England are sold short by the big four The dirt is out on me and that ball, so thank you virtual reality Talking cricket Peugeot The Times My Louisville lip service fools no one as enthusiasm for museums takes a battering Ryder Cup Points win prizes, but don't forget the other halves Never mind Faldo's pairings, the battle of the golfers' wives and girlfriends may prove decisive at Valhalla, writes Alyson Rudd GWAG Power Totesport Captain's log Valhalla in 60 seconds There be spies Missing link Friendly fire Team player Weather Tuning in Perry's presence can rouse Azinger's 'thirteenth man' Owen Slot travels south to Franklin, Kentucky (pop: 1,000), to learn about the small-town hero with a big Ryder Cup role to play this weekend The beautiful South: clockwise from top, a road sign near the driving range at Perry's Country Creek Golf Club in Franklin; players teeing off on the blue grass of the municipal layout; Ferguson, the friend whose $5,000 loan enabled Perry to continue his career; Kenny Perry bags; and a would-be star of the United States Ryder Cup team Captain sees shrink after he loses cool over candid camera Timesonline Open-handed approach by Faldo proves too revealing Problems come in pairs for Europe captain The Times Getting their lines right Guthrie escapes further sanction The Sweeper Ten-man QPR win against all odds Davis prevents Ipswich getting rise Coca-Cola Championship Ashley invites criticism over latest bid to sell Newcastle Ramos pleads for patience while troubled Tottenham reshuffle pack Gallas shows his striking qualities Champions League Juventus and Bayern Munich made victorious returns … Tale of two penalties Moyes takes solace from show of respect by referee Celtic outdone by official on a night blighted by poor performances Litex Lovech v Aston Villa (3.20pm) Omonia Nicosia v Manchester City (6.0) Portsmouth v Guimarães (6.0) The Times Stuttering United continue sluggish start to campaign Champions League Ronaldo gets the adulation he craves as Old Trafford … Reds miss out Times Crossword 24,022 Yesterday's solution 24,021 Picture Gallery The Times Walcott is target for 'destroyers' Wenger furious at lack of protection for England star The Times Index Inside today Index Confessions of a cross-dressing boy . . . David Walliams has written his first novel—about a boy who dresses as a girl. Fact or fiction? He talks to Sathnam Sanghera about autobiography, acting in a Pinter play and concern for his stalker. Overleaf we publish an extract from his new book Dennis felt a twinge of embarrassment Only women bought Vogue Memory man Our impressions aren't picture-perfect Would I lie to you? As one of the Pussycat Dolls is caught wiping a couple of years off her real age, Sarah Vine says that, in these youth-obsessed times, you can't blame celebs for cooking their birth certificates AA Another Labour party that no one wants to drink to The Times New talent gives a shark shock to established names The predatory theme on display at Christopher Kane impressed Lisa Armstrong, as did Richard Nicoll's accomplished use of colour. But there were too many ruffles at Betty Jackson, and Giles's collection bemused Carolyn Asome Tomorrow Trend spotting Backstage and front row gossip Men are muscling in Do you worry about your calorie intake? Lie about your weight? This used to be strictly the preserve of women. Not any more, says Mark Barrowcliffe The cachet of a cashmere cardie Lucia loves . . . The Times Multiple Display Advertising Items Index A twitchy star in Flyte After Hamlet, Ben Whishaw portrays another doomed youth in Brideshead. Tom Whipple meets a reluctant idol Then she found me The perfect film . . . if you're feeling sorry for the stockbrokers Wall Street (Oliver Stone, 1987) Still playing keepy-uppy with his people Football, poverty and couriers on motorcycles . . . director Walter Salles tells Wendy Ide why he's determined to show the truth about modern Brazil Now Showing in Cinemas The great repression A subtle portrait of English inhibitions cast off and a satire on Hollywood war movies impress James Christopher Unrelated 15,100 minutes Tropic Thunder 15,107 minutes Then She Found Me 15,100 minutes Live! 15,96 minutes The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 12A, 98 minutes Unrelated Timesonline Children of a sinister revolution A film about a fascist youth movement starts promisingly, but is ultimately sunk by naivety and sanctimony, says Wendy Ide The Wave (Die Welle) 15,110 minutes Linha de Passe 15,113 minutes The Chaser 18,123 minutes Saas Bahu Aur Sensex PG, 144 minutes Love Letters and Live Wires: Highlights from the GPO Film Unit U, 80 minutes Grease PG, 110 minutes Appaloosa Turning up the wick on the Gaslight man With films such as Gaslight and The Queen of Spades, the director Thorold Dickinsonwas an unassuming giant of British cinema. Why have his achievements been overlooked, asks Peter Swaab Linha De Passe An old 'un still quick on the draw First night Opera La fanciulla del West Covent Garden Theatre Calendar Girls Festival Theatre, Chichester Dance Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Peacock Theatre, WC2 Inside today Timesoffers Camera not so candid TV & Radio Last night's tv The Family (C4) Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC One) Lost in Austen (ITV1) Beef empanadas Dinner tonight Eat it with Tv today Times Selects Chateau Monty Viewing guide Channel 4,8.30pm The Undercover Soldier BBC One, 9pm Ann Widdecombe Versus Girl Gangs ITV1, 9pm How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) Film choice Film4,2.50pm Papillon (1973) ITV4, 10pm Variations Cutting Edge: The Ambulance — 8 Minutes to Disaster Channel 4,9pm Revolver (2005) Five, 10.10pm Tomorrow in times2 . . . Today's tv Prime time digital planner Digital choice Daytime sport Answers from Pages 27 and 28 Word Watching Floydian analysis Web watcher Today's radio Radio choice A flyweight furry friend Young times Mind your heads! Sugar gliders are a long way from home, but are taking off as a must-have pet The Times Daily dingbat Mystery guest Puzzle of the day Code Mind games Times2 Crossword No 4636 Polygon Picture Gallery Times2 Quiz Codeword No 318 The Times Su doku Word Watching Picture Gallery P&O Cruises Yesterday's Solutions The Workout Solution Timesonline
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