He was referring mainly to a parliamentary investigation of Luis Roldan, former head of the paramilitary Guardia Civil police, for his unusuallyspeedy millionaire status, and alleged illegal enrichment by the former Central Bank chief Mariano Rubio during Mr Gonzalez’s term.As opposition deputies heckled, Mr Gonzalez dropped one of several recent veiled hints that he might consider either resigning or calling new elections if Mr Rubio were found guilty. In essence, it preserves the ‘rescue culture’ – the bias towards keeping troubled companies going – from the date of his announcement, 14 March. The ‘mad rabbi’ is demanding a full independent investigation, but Mr Rabin is loath to accede. GRAHAM FRASER transformed my life and that of many others, writes Lord Ashley of Stoke. How can advisers both claim to be providing a valuable service and be afraid to reveal its price? Many independent advisers already disclose details of their commissions (though not as early in the sales process as will be required).It is possible that cash disclosure of commissions might encourage life offices to move away from front-end loaded contracts towards ones paying level commission.

He ran a demolition business and during his term in office bright yellow bulldozers criss-crossed the city centre, smashing down rotten old streets, ripping out shops and flattening empty churches. The shot was commissioned by Stanley Bielecki, who has made a career out of behind-the-scenes film photography. Southend will also receive 15 per cent of any subsequent transfer profit.’Leeds, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday and Chelsea all had a sniff, but Forest’s is the only acceptable offer,’ Barry Fry, the Southend manager, said.The desire of Roy Keane to move to Manchester United, which is likely to finance Clark’s latest dealings, excited the interest of their manager, Alex Ferguson, on his return from holiday ‘The next thing we have got to do is agree a fee,’ he said ‘I will be contacting Forest later this week. ‘IT IS no longer possible to work with such a Congress,’ said Boris Yeltsin, the Russian President, in his desperate speech yesterday ‘Congress is blocking reform Congress is a bulwark of conservative forces and reaction. This could allow further reductions, possibly down to single-warhead missiles and a total inventory of about only 50 warheads.The onus should now be on the Government to justify why it still wants more than that number; why the capability to destroy a dozen enemy cities is not a sufficient deterrent.

Instead developers will choose ‘greenfield’ sites.Chris Mallender, research coordinator for Rotherham Borough Council, South Yorkshire, which has hundreds of polluted acres abandoned by declining coal and steel industries, said: ‘I think the Government is shooting itself in the foot.’The Department of the Environment is spending record amounts – pounds 120m this year – on grants for cleaning up abandoned sites left polluted by heavy industry. The arson was officially described as ‘attempted murder’. Five penalties in seven attempts saw Richard Angell hog the scoring and, as if things were not bad enough for the visitors, Nick Thomson then stole a try 10 minutes into the second half.When the leagues were introduced in 1987, Coventry’s experience of the high life was all too brief. Oxfam, Traidcraft, Equal Exchange and Twin Trading came together to form Cafe Direct.Typhoo Teas, part of Premier Beverages, was pursuing a similar idea at the same time. It appears that zealots at the Council of Trent on Church reform are agitating for the destruction of the entire centuries-old repertoire of sacred polyphony; to prevent this, Palestrina must write a Mass demonstrating that contrapuntal artistry need not obscure, indeed may enhance, holy writ.