Its resistance to the disease caused by Rhyncosporium enabled barley to replace oats on the soils of the West Country in which the pH measure had been raised as a result of the liming subsidy. The real danger spot may turn out to be Ukraine as the economy collapses and bitter disputes with Russia continue. Far too many Russians in Russia, and, increasingly, far too many Russians in Ukraine, cannot bring themselves to think of Ukraine as a genuinely separate state. Police patrolled each evening outside Quintin Kynaston School in north London for a brief period earlier this year after fighting between rival gangs.School security in Britain is geared to protecting buildings. Having stopped and thought, though, you conclude that after 50 minutes your pulse has been working much harder than your brain. However, middle-class women with qualifications will do far better than those lower down the social scale. Everest Snowman Stakes: 1 Everest Fire One and Cloud Chase (G Luckett, GB) 72.64secs; 2 Delsey and JJ (D Bowen, GB) 77.52; 3 Everest Unique and Minka (M Edgar) 80.79. THE NATIONAL Audit Office is understood to have backed down from sharp criticism of the Post Office and its merchant bankers, made in a draft report following an inquiry into the 1989 sale of Girobank to Alliance & Leicester, writes Peter Rodgers.

Like Forensic Access, the Law Society is urging the Royal Commission to introduce a system of recognised qualifications and minimum standards for forensic scientists. 'But we want to continue with medium-sized publishing divisions that really know their own business rather than be one big amorphous mass.'Dealings in Headline shares, which were suspended at 290p, will resume this morning. Sir: With reference to your article on the replica Greek Trireme ('Oarsmen learn the secrets of ancient Greek war machine', 16 June). Millions of rabbits - about four-fifths of those in south-eastern Australia - perished.When myxomatosis was introduced to France, the epidemic developed at a similar furious pace, not only reaching the UK in little more than a year but also moving rapidly through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.