Interim profits were also struck after pounds 29m of currency gains.Rothmans' second-half figures will be depressed by pounds 48m of costs arising from group restructuring.Volume cigarette sales in the first half to 30 September fell by 9 per cent, reflecting a drop in demand in Europe. Conservatives are worried about national sovereignty, left- wingers about the 'democratic deficit' in Europe. The court is supposed to be above politics, but has always been sensitive to the political implications of its decisions. Fanny did not go to Brunei - 'They probably don't like women there' - but returned to London, flying club class.The young Swedish girl shares a few rays of Faldo's limelight and he invariably, and deliberately, refers to her in public In terms of public relations, it gives him an edge. If he, too, cannot halt the charge, his brief is to follow by car. There was a lot of pressure on me,' Fogdoe said.Tomba, who won a slalom here in January, could take a little consolation in stretching his lead in the overall World Cup championship over Luxemburg's Marc Girardelli.

The melody may have owed something to the Seven Dwarfs' 'Whistle While You Work', but it was vocalised by everyone from Gracie Fields to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and played by every band from Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians to Steffani and his Silver Songsters. Betsy King, who predicted a 16-0 victory for the United States in the Solheim Cup at Lake Nona two years ago, which ended 11 1/2 -4 1/2 in the Americans' favour, will not prophesy a similar outcome at Dalmahoy in October. As of today, margins - the deposits traders must put down to cover the risk of trading each contract - will be reduced by 30 per cent on all Liffe bond futures and options spreads. And from the other half of the draw, maybe one of the youngsters - Lindsay Davenport is strong.' She smiles, and excuses herself, and Tracy Austin, once the youngest star at Wimbledon and now tipping her successor, strides off to the studio.(Photograph omitted). A short walk from Silbury is the West Kennet Long Barrow, one of the largest and best- preserved; inside, five burial chambers open off a 40ft passage. The landscape of that part of Wiltshire is studded with outstanding monuments of our prehistory.

'If industry is so convinced of the world market potential of the hover train, then one would expect a higher risk-preparedness from it, especially given its view that the project marks a decisive step towards capturing new international markets,' they wrote.Looking askance at passenger forecasts of 14.5 million a year, they concluded: 'There is no way that one should base a private financing plan on such political wishful- thinking.'Behind the scenes, the arm-twisting between the state and private industry over the risk-sharing goes on. Since 1982, allegations of child abuse have been made against 400 priests - and some estimates suggest that as many as 2,500 priests have molested youngsters over the past decade.Many Catholics have been less than impressed by the Church's reluctance to push for the prosecution of errant clergy - further evidence that there may be many half-hearted waves in the throng that welcomes the Popemobile.. 'He played his own natural game, and that's what he's always told me to do.'Had he ever doubted that he would see three figures against his name on a Test-match scoreboard? 'No It's taken a while, but I always felt I had it in me. In the summer the mature male builds a little singing platform shaped like a large spoon. Whoever puts their money in now is going to do very well.'Despite the property slump, buyers agree. The danger is that only the most sophisticated voters will notice the difference.A more serious problem is that the Foreign Secretary's speech omitted virtually any reference to the central political and constitutional dilemmas confronting the EU. Not for nothing do hard-core period wind executants - followers of Pinnock, Gardiner, Norrington et al - play on reproductions rather than originals.But that said, the orchestra stood its ground this week and delivered an all-Elgar programme of such glowing radiance that I suppose I'll have to reconsider my resistance to the NQHO rationale.