Simon Ecclestone, bound for Somerset, but hitherto more of a nuisance to physio than batsmen, then claimed his first victim and by bowling John Carroll, the first time in the contest that a bowler had disturbed the bails.At 27 for 4 with four and a half hours remaining, Cambridge were shaping up for a sharp exit, but now fingers were inserted into the dyke. Many of his original designs - dating back as far as 40 years - are still in production. There has been a resurgence of interest in both codes.'Saints have had their most disappointing season for years and went into last night's match at Bradford still in danger of missing the top- eight Premiership play-offs for the first time.Hughes, who took over as coach from Mike McClennan in mid-season, gave a clear indication that signing Gibbs would not stop the club pursuing its other familiar target - the Australian Test captain, Mal Meninga. Charlotte herself reserved her most vituperative comment for women. London's fashion seaseon had a lot to prove, writes Marion Hume.

Neither did Brian Clough's retirement this year encourage anyone to doubt that football's ration of the right philosophy has been further reduced.Our game's traditional inability to find the right setting for the great personalities and creative thinkers is depressing enough without these continuing reminders of what we have been missing over the years.NOT that Blanchflower was ever easy to accommodate, but there was rarely a time in his long service to the game when he didn't have far more to give than those in power were prepared to receive. There are a handful who could play the role of Thevenet, notably the Italians Gianni Bugno and Claudio Chiappucci, and particularly Tony Rominger of Switzerland.Twice a winner of the Tour of Spain, Rominger has come back from the depths of the Tour de France to shape up as a real challenger Apart from his moral fibre he has talent and ambition. If you are a new franchise-holder making your debut network comedy programme, you could do a lot worse than ask Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to write it for you. 'They are very good at replying to consultations on professional policy, and making sure their members' views are heard.'Medium-sized local societies are also very helpful on professional consultations, usually have social events, and may run training.

They are proud of you.'But Mariam Arole, their cousin said: 'No they don't Women hate this fighting. More than 25,000 jobs are expected to be created, according to a prediction yesterday by a leading economic forecaster.Other cities seeing substantial rises in employment will be Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham but both Glasgow and Edinburgh will lose up to 10,000 jobs by 2002.The predictions by Bridget Rosewell, managing director of Business Strategies and a former senior economist at the CBI, follow studies of local economies and labour markets.She said large investments such as the transfer of more than 2,500 Social Security jobs to Leeds and relocations of financial service companies in Bristol would stimulate the service economy and deliver more jobs.'Edinburgh and Glasgow have not been affected by the downturn to the same extent as the south- east of England so the potential for recovery is also not there,' she added at a recruitment industry training conference in London.Brian Walker, chair of development services on Leeds City Council, said the city had succeeded in attracting incoming investment. When the Cuban leader learnt of them from his intelligence service, he naturally concluded that an American invasion was imminent.Next, at the urging of his brother, Robert, and mainly for domestic political purposes, Kennedy issued a public warning to Khrushchev that if the US ever found 'offensive ground-to-ground missiles' in Cuba then 'the gravest issues would arise': a statement so precise that it was to leave him with no alternative but a full confrontation with the Soviet Union.On Sunday 14 October the weather was clear enough to allow a U-2 flight over western Cuba. The American was unable to improve his time from the first session and will start from the second row.Cagiva are the most curious and also one of the most appealing teams on the 500cc circuit and Lawson is still one of the most gifted riders. In Lambeth 50 per cent of children are educated outside the borough. After Earp rode off into the sunset, where exactly did he go? The story ranks with others of the Old West like Billy the Kid, Jesse James, General Custer, Geronimo and Buffalo Bill Earp is Hollywood's perfect lawman. 'Two points] All day the seven have been sitting in front of computers, taking betting instructions from clients on such imponderables as the number of favourite winners at Newbury racecourse, the total number of points to be scored in a rugby league match between Wigan and Sheffield and how many corners there will be in, let's say, the FA Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea. They may sound like normal bookmakers They're not.

But the RAC and the AA warned that today would be different.The cordon, set up for a six- month trial period, was put in place after the IRA planted two major bombs in the City. James blasted his kick against a wall, the ball spun towards the left wing. It would be impractical to allocate pensioners to the successor companies. Mr Saideman said: 'It looks like Continental Europe is catching up with the UK's recession, although I don't see any sign of recovery in the UK.'Earnings per share plummeted to 0.79p from 39.24p. Neither the Prince nor the Princess is supported by the Civil List and this position will remain unchanged.'I know that there will be great sadness at this news.