Had Kumaran not been feeling off-colour, he might not have offered a draw, and if so, Martin might not have played so uncompromisingly. Nor could such damages be recovered parasitically in addition to damage for pecuniary loss. 'What he was wearing would have been fine for somewhere vaguely horse manurey like a county fair, but not at Silverstone where the whole atmosphere reeks of Castrol GTX.' The right compromise between casualness and princely apparel would apparently have been reached with a 'single-breasted navy blazer, open- necked button-down shirt, smart jeans, Docksiders - and a pair of Ray-Bans.' Woodhead himself has two sons aged 14 and 16 and therefore - perhaps fortunately, looking at that last sentence - outside his sphere of influence ('the older one wears his Caterpillar Climbers to go to balls'), but the favourite photograph he carries in his wallet is of them at the ages of eight and 10 'looking just like the princes, in jackets and ties' They are now into grunge like normal, healthy boys. Udal's role in breaking Hampshire's long Championship drought at Trent Bridge last week was a five-for in each innings and a match analysis of 10 for 171. A sinister, snapshot of the 63-year-old Serbian woman professor, who helped to set up the so-called Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, shows a heavy-set, almost grandmotherly figure with fleshy cheeks and harsh, staring eyes.The charge against her reads as follows: 'She took part in drawing up Arkan men, Seselj men, 'White Eagles', Royalists and other hired criminals for the purpose of the ethnic cleaning (sic) of territories. 71 G Norman (Aus); P O'Malley (Aus); M Roe (GB); N Faldo (GB) 72 D Love (US). Under American law, while Sam remains guilty, a new trial has to be held to determine an appropriate sentence.

But the first three runnings were dominated by powerful yards. Only 20 per cent agreed that Europe should adopt a common currency, despite the number that voted for the Euro-Britain future in which this would be a part.Karl Berger, project co-ordinator, said the poll followed the precedent of a United States experiment in the mid-Eighties during which residents in four large cities were asked to examine their attitudes to the Soviet Union. Here, an Ulsterman finds himself surrounded by the fields of the Irish Republic. But this should be a very rare disease.'Initially, it was suggested that the operating theatre at Stroud General might have been to blame, and it was closed for a week for biological cleansing. Nottingham Playhouse (0602 419419).APRILButterfly Kiss Opens 7 April New play about the breakup of an American family, by Phyllis (Weldon Rising) Nagy. Have you been to the Fleet?'Well, yes, actually, and it had rather more than the Paradise's half-dozen diners tucking into their full-price chicken dhansak.'Oh, really,' said Mr Uddin, looking somewhat alarmed at the news 'But they are riff-raff they are attracting.

Someone recently told me Giorgio Armani designed the new Italian police uniforms, so they're looking very sharp down there (in fact it seems he created a special tropical uniform for Italian troops in Beirut, but the principle remains). In Brussels, it looks more like history in reverse.Leading article, page 20. 'I had hoped to see Charlie Swan and Adrian Maguire while I was over here but Adrian has gone on holiday to Sri Lanka.'Dunwoody could not have advertised his worth more obviously on the first day of Punchestown's Festival meeting yesterday. The political parties and the groups that campaigned for reform disagree wildly over what kind of government Italy should have next. It produces a glossy Technical Bulletin, replete with mathematics, chemistry, photomicrographs and X-rays.

The Spanish ambassador in London reported that only the Dutch troops in England were now preventing James from regaining his throne.In the event, William forestalled him by crossing to Ireland, and the decisive battle, fought at the Boyne in the summer of 1690, decided the fate not only of Ireland but also of Britain. Many people have been blamed for the dollars 500bn fiasco at America's savings and loans banks in the Eighties, from Democratic senators and George Bush's son to Michael Milken and Ronald Reagan, but it was Ranieri - the father of the trillion-dollar market in mortgage-backed securities - who made possible the orgy of irresponsible investment with taxpayer-guaranteed deposits.Not intentionally, of course. Some of the petrol revenue would be fed into infrastructure investment.Mr Perot said he was ready to promote his plan, even from outside the race, if necessary with a campaign of television commercials. But, like his mentor Dickens, he sprinkles them with a plentiful seasoning of eccentricity and sly humour..