Elizabeth Symonds, general secretary of the Association of First Division Civil Servants, told the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee that the increasing tensions of Whitehall should be eased with a new code of ethics. She said neither the Civil Service conditions of service code nor a 1987 memorandum by Sir Robert Armstrong, then Head of the Home Civil Service, answered the question of 'what is legitimate for a civil servant to do on behalf of a minister, and what steps a civil servant may take if a minister asks him or her to go beyond that point'.Giles Radice, the Labour MP chairing the inquiry into the management of the Civil Service, said only one appeal had been made to the Head of the Home Civil Service in the last five years under the terms of the Armstrong memorandum, in which officials had been given that ultimate safeguard against impropriety.Ms Symonds said that should not be regarded as a measure of success. Mr Roberts refused, held on to his original one-bedroom villa but forfeited his pounds 2,584 deposit. Struggling BW improved 1.75p to 10.5p and Ladbroke 4p to 193p. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.Prick the upper surface of both rolls, then leave in the fridge for 1 hour.

After Mr Keating ousted him, Mr Hawke quit parliament, declaring he was the only person capable of leading Labor to a fifth victory.In Sydney yesterday, Mr Hawke showed no bitterness against his old rival 'The past isn't important,' he said. However, the satellite's radar can survey 90 per cent of the world's ice-free oceans. His kindly manner, abiding courtesy and gentle sense of humour endeared him to colleagues and students alike. Yours faithfully, WENDY BASKETTMinisterPenn United ReformedChurchWolverhampton.

Coventry, under the caretaker managership of Phil Neal following Gould's abrupt exit, last took full points a week later, but the evidence here was of low morale among players and supporters alike.When the referee put everyone out of their misery, hundreds of Coventry fans poured on to the pitch to chant 'Sack the board' and call for Gould's return. Mr Blair is already turning Labour into the party that supports the police and takes a 'tough' line on law and order. OAC produced a part for a Honda Legend to see if it would impress the company. But to criticise others for communicating with foreigners in their own language is another matter.Japanese exchange students who return to their schools after a year or more overseas - usually in the United States - are frequently discriminated against in class for speaking English too well. To implement the best of them - whichever they might be - he would 'get everybody holding hands'.It was Governor Bill Clinton, often derided (sometimes fairly) as a slick, robot-candidate, who formed an instant relationship with the 209 members of the studio audience. One day - I remember he had been playing football in the afternoon, against Irish soldiers in the United Nations force, I think - he came to our home and suddenly said to me: 'Mother, I want a picture of you with me' I didn't understand. Ed Morrison spoke twice to the captains and there was too much that was unnecessarily confrontational.