It is 12 June or nothing.'Some Lagos protesters called for President Ibrahim Babangida to step down and decried his order for a new vote.The government scrapped the poll on 23 June, alleging malpractice. MICHAEL SAMS, the kidnapper of Stephanie Slater, yesterday admitted abducting and killing Julie Dart, a Leeds teenager, in July 1991. Within two years of the New York company's foundation in 1853, it had developed the iron frame that came to be the standard skeleton for all serious pianos. Until not so long ago, the midday and evening table d'hote menus in the station buffets in Lausanne - both recommended, incidentally - were respectively, named 'dejeuner' and 'diner' in the case of the first-class buffet, and 'diner' and 'souper' in second class. There was no snobbery, as distinct from genuine class distinction, attached to the difference It reflected more the position of the main meal of the day. Concepts such as team-building, flatter hierarchies and increased focus on the customer are having a profound effect. Even senior executives are seeing their roles alter. The desire to read about ageing spectators reliving personal and footballing landmarks will shortly pall, but this is the best written of the anthology school which the public and publishers will soon tire of. Jack Charlton may not know this but the Republic's Italia 90 odyssey was extended by the Irish novelist, Roddy Doyle.

Four actors play a crowd of Parisians, and thanks to costume changes and facial masks, there is no confusing Adam Fahey's giggling Regent with his doss-house gamester, or Richard Cherry's leering court banker with his performance as Law's devoted coachman. If his remarks that the backs are nancy boys or such like and that the real game is played by the macho hell- raisers in the pack were half in jest, they are the firmly held views of many.England lost not because of their failure to keep the ball in the forwards, but because they couldn't move the ball away from their forwards fast enough, and because their backs had neither the expertise nor, in one or two cases, the heart, to break down a resolute defence. He was still having problems gripping a bat yesterday and his chances of playing were rated at only 50-50.SOUTH AFRICA: A C Hudson, G Kirsten, W J Cronje, P N Kirsten, K C Wessels (capt), J N Rhodes, B M McMillan, D J Richardson (wkt), C R Matthews, P S de Villiers, A A Donald.AUSTRALIA (from): M A Taylor, M J Slater, D C Boon, M E Waugh, S R Waugh, A R Border (capt), I A Healy (wkt), P R Reiffel, S K Warne, C J McDermott, M G Hughes, G D McGrath, D M Jones, M L Hayden, T B A May.Saeed Anwar, the opener, steered Pakistan to a five-wicket win in a rain-shortened one-day international against New Zealand in Dunedin yesterday. At the end of the operation, still somewhat terrified, they were asked whether they liked the results, and they all said 'Yes'. She reveals herself as the good man's mother-in-law - and who am I to contradict a mother's instinct?Saturday: I glimpse the headlines as I board my train: 'Major Attacks the Homeless' My heart sinks. 'How we'll raise the all money I just don't know,' Mrs Foster said.Readers wishing to contribute to the penguins' cause may can contact Sanccob by fax on 010 2721 5578804..

TWO wheelchair events produced world records in the athletics stadium. Societies have been allowed to advance only up to pounds 10,000 that is not backed by property. It may involve no more than a few flights a day and last only a week or so until aid convoys begin to operate regularly.One British official said: 'If the US wants to try to reach the parts others cannot reach - the Heineken approach - good luck to them.' Another added: 'Having encouraged the Americans to share our emphasis on humanitarian relief efforts, we can hardly turn around and tell them we don't like the way they propose to do this.'Privately, however, British sources expressed concern that the air-drops should not lead to a de facto enforcement of the no-fly zone over Bosnia, a move which the Government has resisted because it would jeopardise peace- keepers on the ground. Debate over how to cut the budget deficit in line with the criteria for economic and monetary union had created a political stalemate. One of the many quirks of this season's garbled fixture list is that last year's Challenge Cup finalists meet each other for the first time tomorrow. The interim dividend is maintained at 2.3p.The shares closed 19p down at 209p, a new low for the year..

Most are a little higher than the equivalent ferry fare.There was an almost audible sigh of relief from the Channel ports as Christopher Garnett, Eurotunnel's commercial director, outlined the structure; at least the tunnel was not trying to undercut the ferries.Asked by the Independent on Sunday whether Eurotunnel would respond if the ferries cut their fares, Mr Garnett said: 'We would not be following We're not going to get involved with price wars. It must be spring again, or nearly. Apart from Japanese electronics firms, rare was the company that adopted the full panoply of HRD, although many paid lip service to the idea.Neil Millward, a senior fellow at the PSI and former head of the statistical section of the Department of Employment, made some even more controversial comments in his report. On the last hole, as he stood over a putt, a 'Keep Quiet' sign shot up. They had survived last summer only on the insistence of Ormrod.The Hughes-Fairbrother axis was established.