I thought it was a silly mix-up, a silly mistake.' But it wasn't. So the Bank of England would have to mop up the excess with sales of Treasury bills.There may be some merit in the weak case for underfunding matched by sales of Treasury bills. Palace made a double substitution and it paid off - for Villa - as Chris Coleman, under pressure from Ray Houghton, over-hit a back-pass, which rebounded off the bar into the path of Froggatt who thumped the ball home, so securing a welcome first home win of the season.Aston Villa: N Spink; E Barrett, S Staunton, S Teale, P McGrath, K Richardson, R Houghton, G Parker, D Yorke (F McAvennie, 73 min), D Atkinson, S Froggatt Subs not used: U Ehiogu, L Sealey (gk). Similar claims are made for the population question, and similarly seem to undo themselves in the act of being made. Put on the black stetson, even for effect, and eventually you really do become the bad guy.Although it is sold as a new vision of the future, the multi-speed Europe is just as likely to become another holding position.

Western journalists complain that intermediaries often demand payment for access to LDP leaders. Unlike a hang- glider, which has a rigid wing, the paraglider is made of spinnaker material and looks like a bent surfboard in the air. UNITED NATIONS aid workers suspended the evacuation of Muslims from Srebrenica yesterday after nine people were killed in a stampede to leave the besieged eastern Bosnian town, writes Tony Barber. FEARS of political turmoil and civil strife in Russia yesterday drove down share prices in European markets, but leading currencies proved more resilient and there was no firm evidence of a flight into the dollar. Tony Robinson, managing director, blamed 'lack of discipline, allowing requirements to get out of control' but he declined to comment on whether Hoskyns planned to seek compensation from the exchange. Mr Robinson was speaking as Hoskyns recommended a 469p-a- share offer from its parent, Cap Gemini Sogeti, Europe's largest computer services company. .0 SHEFFIELD UNITED are old hands at raising their game at the end of a season to move clear of the relegation trap-door. They said the citation was being 'crafted for Spring readiness'.