Only 24 per cent think the Tories should get him to resign; the remainder think the party should give him another year (32 per cent) or soldier on under his leadership until the election (42 per cent).This suggests that the electoral test for Mr Major will not be the Christchurch by-election, but the local and Euro-elections next summer. The writing is impersonal because the themes are too rhythmically mechanical to reveal much. Suzy Menkes of the Herald Trib, doyenne of doyennes, has been skipping over fallen masonry in her high heels like a mountain goat.Yves, you're no stranger to the cutting edge Remember 1959] No you probably don't. I would like to tell it like it is for a great many of us single mothers who largely get ignored, not only by the fathers of our children, but by preachers out there trumpeting us into a sub-class Let's lay the blame where it's due. Figures provided in written answers by the Department of Health show there were 19,260 fewer nurses and midwives working in the NHS in England in September last year than in 1989, just before the NHS reforms took effect - a cut of almost 5 per cent. The number of senior managers, however, has jumped from 4,610 to 16,690 - a rise of 262 per cent, or more than 12,000 - while the number of administrative and clerical staff have risen by 28,150, a 15 per cent rise.Alan Milburn, Labour MP for Darlington, said: 'This shows the administrative burden of running the NHS internal market with all its purchasers, providers and contracts. But it was last week's dramatic slide that finally killed the enhanced scrip.Surprisingly, Ladbroke let it be known it planned to embrace a Budget concession, foreign income dividends, which in effect cut payments to many institutions The shares tumbled as the market soared. 'Look at London Fields (by Martin Amis), which isn't really set in the London you or I can take a plane to: there's a war on, the weather is going crazy, it's a science fiction scenario that never makes itself overt.

A rugged, back-to-nature sort in a natty range of fringed and beaded, leathery, furry designer-ethnic gear, he ponders such questions as: 'What does it take to change the essence of a man?' Even his name - Forest - is faultless. New Action Man is happy to stand by while rednecks boast about their big balls and call him 'cupcake' and 'pansy'. Well down the field in his last three outings, most recently at Cheltenham, his appearance is a testament to his owner's optimism. The ruthless, magnificent and unfortunate Leeds United of Don Revie against Bill Shankly's relentless Liverpool and Brian Clough's talented but less clinical Derby County. I believe Shylock is a human being who is pushed and pushed and one can understand his desire for revenge.'Yesterday Arnold Wesker remained unconvinced. He is at his best (and, probably, happiest) when abroad: in talking about modern Africa and Asia, for instance, or Aboriginal and Maori art. He told his allies last week: 'I would say that the solution probably lies in common sense.'The author is Professor of European studies at Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center..

The early-morning raid by police and the Gaming Board on the clubs, which halted the first flotation, are detailed in the pathfinder prospectus released yesterday. Alan Goodenough, brought in as chief executive last September, said the company had nothing to hide 'As far as I am concerned it's in the past. 'We really are unable to pay the foreign debts of the former Soviet Union for a couple of years and I would ask to defer this payment,' Mr Yeltsin said yesterday. It's pounds 400 for a false alarm - plus all the shows have to stop and everyone has to leave the building. He was the last member of the royal family to be returned for burial in the land of his forefathers.Which of the two royal brothers, if either, pulled the trigger may never be known but Juan Carlos himself was said at the time to have admitted to friends and family that he 'felt responsible'. These wyverns, to use their correct heraldic name, were originally made for Elizabeth I. .2 BY half-time in yesterday's pulsating First Division derby at St Andrews, when Wolves were halfway towards repeating their 4-0 romp of 11 months ago, Terry Cooper's programme promise read like a hapless hostage to fortune. And anyway, was not the real moral issue about how far Patricia should go in helping a friend to die? Only a few people had the guts to give positive advice.Shirley, of Helmlsey, Yorkshire, wrote: 'I was in a very similar situation and my reaction was one of fury.

Don Palmo Righi, exorcist, whose skills appeared to work on Juventus's Roberto and Dino Baggio. You get players from other teams peeing on your goal-lines to put a curse on you. Ms Amphlett did further investigations and found similar merchandise on offer in another leading multiple in the North-east.DDg warned the distributor about infringement of copyright. JACKIE LONG'S skiing holiday was ruined because of the snow: there was too much. The group said yesterday that it woud need a rights issue to strengthen its balance sheet.The compensation packages were paid before new management, led by Hamish Grossart of the Scottish merchant banking family, was appointed Messrs Thomas and Tipper resigned last November..

A man wandered hopelessly in the crowd with a piece of paper mounted on a stick. They are all strong supporters of the Tory government and give him access to the most powerful people in the country.A closer look suggests that losing his City power base will be a serious blow for Lord Stevens, who has enjoyed having two constituencies. The land snails' population grew to pest proportions and they began to eat crops.So it was decided to bring in Euglandia rosea, an aggressive, fast-moving carnivorous snail from the US, to keep down numbers of the giant land snails. A 'BAR ROOM BULLY' was jailed for seven years at the Old Bailey yesterday for shooting a man dead after a row in a pub in June last year. THE PRIME Minister was last night urged to scrap the team of civil servants appointed to support the inquiry into the 'arms to Iraq' affair to avoid a 'whitewash' report, writes Colin Brown. Official figures show only 15,746 out of work: those under 18 are not entitled to unemployment benefit and are not counted as jobless by the Department of Employment, which aims to guarantee them Youth Training places. Graduate unemployment among under-25-year-olds is running at 17.5 per cent, but for those with City and Guilds or Royal Society of Arts qualifications it is only 14.2 per cent. We are strapped into the judge's 5.7-litre Chevrolet Corvette and storming down a dual carriageway outside his home town of Halifax at 92mph.