As for the issue at the heart of the Government's difficulties - inflation - he did not mention the word once.The 'big idea' of the speech seemed to be the new slogan: active government. Perhaps the UK government can survive with unemployment over 11 per cent; British phlegm seems limitless. She denies any links to neo-Nazi groups and dismisses as 'cheap' any suggestions that her arguments are the same as theirs.Hers come from an academic study of cultures and religions, she says. Joe Cooke, managing director, said no decision had been made on whether the money would be raised through extra borrowings or a share issue.On the planned investment in Southam, he said 17 of its provincial papers had no serious competitors - 14 were monopolies and three were market leaders. 'The big fiefdoms within Barclays may yet defeat Taylor's attempts to carve out a job for himself.'Pressed on who ultimately calls the shots, Mr Buxton replied: 'The board, chaired by myself, runs the group.'But Mr Buxton and Mr Taylor dismiss the possibility of any serious disagreement arising between them. Sir: I've been unwillingly thinking about Muzak in shops (Letters, 11 November).

Artillery shells killed several civilians in the Bosnian capital, Reuter reports from Sarajevo. What happens to pianos that never, ever sell? Many get exported, but Reason says his workshop manager feeds a piano a week to his Rayburn.Now to Steinway, every pianist's idea of heaven. It is all very well to tell the world that ministers are so out of touch that they deserve a period in opposition, but you have got a minister, Sir George Young, as your own MP and you are meant to support him.Perhaps the best thing might be for you to drop a line to William Waldegrave. They eagerly chose floaty feminine cotton dresses with swingy skirts, and flapping ankle- length cardigans I could hardly believe my eyes.It was infectious.

England were struggling at 3-3 as half-time approached, when the flanker Neil Spence made the most of some indecision near the Irish line to score a try.England then found their fluency and the forwards were able to exploit their considerable height and weight advantage to provide quality ball for the backs.In the space of 10 minutes, Andrew Blyth, the game's outstanding player, scored the same number of points to effectively put the result beyond doubt. Each stint on air has cost them around pounds 4,000, mostly financed through local sponsorship. BACKBENCH MPs on both sides of the political divide last night voiced their anxiety that plans to change the sitting hours of the House of Commons would disarm dissenters of their main weapon against the executive of the day. It features attacks on Hillary Clinton as a militant feminist and the Democrats as the party of pornography, and it echoes successful attacks on Michael Dukakis, the Democratic candidate in 1988. Stu Grimson of the Blackhawks, also known as the Grim Reaper, had to strip off his gloves to try and throw a punch before being sent off for unsportsmanlike behaviour.This was quite tame, according to Mark from Chicago, in a Blackhawks T-shirt.

The cuts follow job losses of 40 when the Channel 4 Daily lost out to The Big Breakfast this month, and 137 redundancies last summer.Sears, the retail group, announced plans to close 350 shoe shops, axing up to 1,800 jobs over three years. Members of this minority are able to detect the working out of God's purpose in Mrs Thatcher's interference with episcopal appointments. This would also give Senna, who is driving for McLaren on a race-to-race basis, the chance of the Williams seat he so coveted last year. A JUDGE yesterday ordered Corky the cockerel to be silenced after a row which split a north Devon hamlet. Curiously, Molineux's centre-half, Rob Hindmarch, polled one vote despite languishing in the reserves since 1991 - the annual gesture of a Wolves fan grateful for his last-ditch equaliser against West Brom two years ago.BRENTFORD may be struggling, but their wonderful fanzine Beesotted is going from strength to strength. There is also a risk that the failure to implement consolidation would undermine confidence and hamper growth." However, the statement also warned that "synchronsised fiscal adjustment across several major economies could adversely impact the recovery".