Some MPs said waverers had been warned they would never be made a minister and

Some MPs said waverers had been warned they would never be made a minister and could even be deselected. Despite the concessions floated by Mr Darling, cabinet ministers insisted that Mr Blair would not abandon his push to modernise the welfare state. “There will always be a hard core of Labour...

The four dancers fidget quietly about the stage while one of them Elizabeth Old is heard speaking her own poems on a tape

The four dancers fidget quietly about the stage, while one of them, Elizabeth Old, is heard speaking her own poems on a tape overlaid with multiple lines of viola. The finished product, if somewhat arcane, is not without promise.The ever popular Rooster got the biggest cheer – not only for its...

What was officially described as a fairly tense situation arose when Yugoslav soldiers demanded rooms in a

What was officially described as a “fairly tense situation” arose when Yugoslav soldiers demanded rooms in a hotel, only to be told none were available.On the one hand, their independent standpoint cannot be tolerated by Belgrade. On the other, further conflict in Montenegro might help to...

To treat a mushroom like this without humanity is unforgivable

“To treat a mushroom like this, without humanity, is unforgivable. They have crucified this mushroom.” The offending vegetable had been sacrificed in the name of a Full Monty Breakfast, pride of the menu at the Granada service station at Heston, on the M4, in west London. It shared a plate...

He fled into into nearby woods where police apprehended him within minutes

He fled into into nearby woods, where police apprehended him within minutes. Hospital spokesmen said none of those injured was seriously hurt. News of the shooting reached Washington just as President Bill Clinton and his wife were preparing to travel to Colorado to commemorate the one- month anniversary...

THE HEADLINE on the Downing Street press notice declared: Tony Blair leads war on cancer -

THE HEADLINE on the Downing Street press notice declared: “Tony Blair leads war on cancer” – apparently oblivious to a disastrous war on the disease waged by another head of state in another country nearly 30 years ago. In 1971 President Richard Nixon launched the United States on a...