It was the clearest sign yet that his final report is likely to contain strong criticism of the Government's use of Public Interest Immunity (PII) certificates. He cast doubt on whether they were justified in order to safeguard frank advice from officials to ministers and protect government from 'captious and ill-informed and political criticism'.'The notion that that sort of interest could prevail over the interests of justice in a criminal case has no historical provenance,' he said.His comments add to the pressure on Sir Nicholas Lyell, the Attorney General, already under fire for advising ministers they had a legal duty to sign the certificates.The judge also undermined arguments used by other ministers who claimed their duty to protect government papers dated back many decades. British Coal makes a pounds 7,000 extra payment if the miners do not go to the review process.If the miners accept closure, Tower will be put on a care and maintenance basis before it is offered for sale.(Photograph omitted). Well, they don't, but she looks worse.' Catherine's hoping to start jogging again soon: she and her sister used to do 12 miles a day, getting up at 5am. They also want to revive a drug prevention campaign started three years ago by the Soviet Interior Ministry.

A tall, loping Scot, whose conversation is punctuated by wild gestures and sudden outbursts of laughter, Banks was in London from his native Fife to mark the paperback publication of his most recent 'straight' novel, The Crow Road, and the hardback launch of Against a Dark Background.The 'M' stands for Menzies, an old family name, and when Banks first submitted The Wasp Factory to Macmillan he did so under the handle Iain M Banks. An Albania of unmentionable horrors and perils was part of our mental geography: here be tavernas, swimming pools and olive groves, there be dragons. But perhaps that was because she was polite or not interested.Perhaps it was because I'd been staring Whatever. Philip Scott, general manager of Norwich Union, said: 'It is entirely as expected.