During the 1987 campaign he and Mr Mandelson displayed masterly presentational skills at the party's daily press conferences - masking the deeply unpopular

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During the 1987 campaign, he and Mr Mandelson displayed masterly presentational skills at the party's daily press conferences - masking the deeply unpopular aspects of Labour policies on defence, trade union power and renationalisation that dogged the party.His hostility to the European Union - its origins deep in the New Zealand background of which he spoke eloquently at yesterday's news conference - is probably his most consistent and defining political characteristic.Yet with his party now converted to the EU, Mr Gould fronted the party's successful European election campaign without ever showing it. 'In the pathologist's opinion, the heart attack was brought on by the emotional and physical stress of chasing and confronting the thief. Journey(wo)man members are apprentices who have demonstrated skills to a Master Gianter or Mistress Gianter. Derek is a genuine Master Gianter - one of an exclusive band who trace their ancestry back to Spain in the 1300s or earlier. There has been a new buzz about the City's improvised music scene for some time now. She dropped in on the set last week, thinking to cast an eye, just for the fun of it, over what was going on, only to be told the set was closed, even to her, due to the steamy nature of the scene being filmed.'Steamy?' says Maeve. But it was not until 1983 that he found the role which he was born to play, CDI Jim Taggart. Meanwhile, the Tour de France crosses the Channel to Kent, East Sussex and Hampshire.

He would be delighted.'During the week, Hill was subjected to speculation that if, as expected, Nigel Mansell returned to Formula One from IndyCar racing he would not want Hill in the team. If people asked for any Frank Sinatra record we chose another of his hits, but My Way is popular and we have now agreed to play it. Now he will occupy the job once held by the much admired David Plowright, who departed in February amidst much media hair-tearing after a boardroom row. What there should be is an examination of the financial system, to determine whether it will allow anything of economic value to survive in the long run.. Smith is again making the journey from Bristol - and Wasps are happier than ever they were without him.They were happier still when they became the only First Division side with three wins out of three.

It is already being used in ready-made meals by supermarket chains such as Sainsbury as well as being sold on its own.Zeneca would not disclose Quorn's sales, but analysts believe they are running at less than pounds 40m and the high investment means it is unlikely to be making profits. John Bell moves today from the Times business section's top job to Anthony Cardew's PR firm. Now Herculaneans (or should they be Herculeans, Herkeans or Herkies?) must cope with the worst flooding of the century.Along the Mississippi, the living isn't easy, and the fish are jumping in strange places. By contrast, the King of Swaziland proved totally elusive, possibly because he really can, as his subjects believe, turn himself into a cat; Fox had to make do with an alternative king, a butcher who headed one of the tribes. Twelve players were missing from yesterday's squad which left Horton 'with no options'. JASON NISSE ('Media magnates await their cue', Business, 9 January) states that BSkyB is neither a British broadcaster nor covered by the Broadcasting Act. I already knew he paid for composers to study in London at the Royal Academy of Music.'Lutoslawski on death:'I am quite prepared to die at any moment That does not influence my daily work in any way.

Green Giant, the tinned vegetables division, was hit by closure and redundancy costs Pearle, a 1,000-strong opticians chain, was losing money. Asked to explain what at first (and second) glance appears to be the economics of the madhouse, he said: 'Er, yes, I think this is probably the most valuable gift that a magazine's ever given away, but you'll have to ask the marketing department about how the figures tally.'Rallying somewhat, he added: 'Our circulation is around 40,000 and we are hoping this will give us a big boost. The government said it would not accept any conditions for arms sales from the United States. One can only hope that Mr Miyazawa has already made his reservation.. He was elected MP for the Western Isles in 1970 and held the position until he retired in 1987.. A blind pensioner took on a mugger when he attacked her sightless friend.Edna Miller, 60, beat the robber repeatedly with her white stick when he attacked Kathleen Wallace, 63, as they strolled on the seafront at South Shields, Tyne and Wear Their assailant ran off with a purse..

His intellectual reserve made him an infrequent public speaker but, when he felt it necessary to address a large audience, he was a delight to hear. The effect on staff morale, terms and conditions and patient care could be devastating.'. A PUNGENT smell of tear-gas seeped from the man's clothes. The grandiose label is a fitting choice for a man who as a child fantasised about being God and as an adult can tell reporters with a straight face: 'It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.' The financial markets deified Mr Soros some time ago, but it was only with Black Wednesday, when his coolly-executed dollars 10bn punt against sterling helped to bring about one of the most spectacular reversals of economic policy forced on any British government, that he began to be widely regarded as a financial Superman. Since then, there has been his celebrated plunge into gold, spending dollars 400m on a stake in Newmont Mining and triggering an enthusiasm for the metal not seen for several years.