Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, whoever. That's the beauty of ignorance It gets you off the hook. Clearly, the bond markets have led the stock markets down, but the slide in bond prices has occurred without any obvious trigger from the fundamental economic forces that normally shape sentiment. Meanwhile, the Bolivians lumbered to a goalless draw against Peru in Santa Cruz.Martin Edwards, the Manchester United chairman, said his club were not interested in a proposed swap involving Eric Cantona and Internazionale's Dennis Bergkamp. There is no recent case of building society members calling a special general meeting.The proposed pounds 1.8bn take- over of Cheltenham & Gloucester by Lloyds Bank, involving special bonus payments to savers and borrowers, was challenged in the High Court by the Building Societies Commission. Baroness Thatcher and Mr Major, as Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, were two of the Royal trustees who recommended an increase in the payment, from pounds 3,850,000 in 1990 to pounds 7.9m from 1 January 1991.They argued in October 1990 that their proposal, which included an assumed annual rate of inflation of 7.5 per cent, was 'more consistent with the honour and dignity of the Crown' - than the annual uprating that had been brought in under the terms of the Civil List Act 1975.The deal also included similar upratings in the annuities paid to other members of the Royal Family, including an annual payment of pounds 249,000 to the Duke of York, pounds 228,000 to the Princess Royal, and pounds 219,000 to Princess Margaret. His efforts for Sainsbury attracted equal measures of love and loathing, but he is undeterred.

What he means, I suspect, is that it is no use trying to buy them for the duration of the travelling exhibition. Though he began to write as early as 1918, he never sought recognition, yet his true value was soon acknowledged by certain critics and by a select public. Factory orders and output rose modestly over the last four months, with smaller increases now expected.Mr Sentance said the survey cast doubt on the economy's ability to maintain for the rest of the year the rapid growth seen in the past six months.He said the need for a cut in interest rates was 'finely balanced', but the survey and the further rise in the pound since its completion suggested it might be needed.Howard Davies, CBI director-general, said: 'Because the pace of growth is slow, manufacturers are still not confident enough to increase their investment in plant and machinery. Mr Rafsanjani said he had discussed the cabinet changes extensively with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, whose denunciation of the pursuit of material wealth and disregard for social justice is used by some deputies to criticise ministers.

We are not at the hysterical levels of the summer of 1987 but investors would be advised to treat tips they hear over the next few weeks with caution.It would be very surprising if Hoare Govett did not announce the first smaller company outperformance of the market for five years in six months' time. Fans blubbed on the terraces: the manager stood on the pitch and blubbed back. The appointment came two days after the Supreme People's Assembly announced his reinstatement to the Politburo of the Korean Workers' (Communist) Party. But now in the name of fairness and morality please give them back.' I believe such a gesture from Great Britain would ever honour your name.'Mercouri remained loyal to Pasok through all its tribulations after the party lost the 1989 election. In Scotland, crime rose by only 5 per cent, and reported crime by 52 per cent. The 1993 Scottish Household Crime Survey, also out last week, tells us that 'by 1987 a considerable difference had emerged' between the countries, and that by 1992 'it appears that this gap has widened'.What is producing this great gap? Are the Scots naturally nicer? If so, how come they've got nicer since 1981? Are there fewer single- parent families, those purported crucibles of crime targeted by the exponents of the notion of a deprived and depraved underclass?During the Eighties, unemployment was higher in Scotland than in England and Wales. 'Doncha always like to be the best?' says Hazen Master, a member of the Class of '44 'I knew we'd have the best turn-out. 'But most people who bother to ring up would be against: if you're for a thing you don't bother.'Hancock's showbiz colleagues have been rather more welcoming: 'All his contemporaries have been in touch,' Livingstone says 'Sir Harry Secombe Eric Sykes Bruce Forsyth Lord Delfont.

An architectural drawing obtained from IBI's headquarters shows that he was working on an extension to a power plant in Homs, Libya. Tomorrow it is open to the public, diners or not, to raise money for the National Gardens Scheme. 142 M Mouland 69 73; S Hamill 70 72; *D Bieri (Swit) 72 70; M Pinero (Sp) 73 69; R Boxall 68 74; F Lindgren (Swe) 71 71; E Darcy 69 73; G Brand Jnr 72 70; M Mackenzie 69 73. The problem was caused by the former President, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, who said in a television interview on Sunday that he may stand in the next presidential elections.This angered the Gaullist RPR party of Jacques Chirac, which has has an agreement for the past 12 months with Mr Giscard d'Estaing's Union for French Democracy (UDF) to hold 'primaries' to find a single conservative candidate.