He says he is 'not in a position to call patients liars' but admits there are times when there are 'differences of opinion' as to whether the patient is sick or not 'If I am convinced I give them a sick- note. But a prescriptive curriculum, whether laid down by ministers or by anybody else, is a nonsense in a free society in which schools are funded according to the numbers they attract.It is time that the curriculum was handed back where it belongs - to the teachers. Acquisitions have left Hartstone with pounds 92m of debt, more than twice the value of net assets.Mr Dowling refused to give details of the capital reconstruction but analysts expect the plan will include a rights issue.The cost of the refinancing is likely to be large. But at least she can say, after Another Stakeout, that she is no newcomer to live-action cartoon.(Photograph omitted). He has had a poem about him commissioned by BBC TV's On The Line, had his personal life featured in the tabloids and been made an honourary member of The Belfry.With Lara on board, Warwickshire have attained their highest membership level of 8,200, gained unprecedented national publicity, and attracted enough fresh investment to cover his reported pounds 45,000 salary already.Through it all he has remained quiet, pleasant and approachable. The trial continues tomorrow.CORRECTIONJohn Chambers, former managing director of Goldcrest, gave evidence for the prosecution at the George Walker trial on 14 June, as we reported the next day.

Although he invariably sounds like Bertie Wooster cramming for his sociology finals, the Prince's actions, thank God, speak louder and clearer than his words. He is keeping up appearances and not challenging anything at all Society is amused. Philosophy, in this climate, is decoded as personal advertisement.The jousting of Crown Princelings will continue unabated, and to that extent the Prime Minister's lack of brutality yesterday may harm him. Forecasts are that Greene King's taxable profits, to be declared on Tuesday, will be down a mere pounds 1m at pounds 21m for the year to April.Anything better and the shares will bounce quickly.