The researchers compared 2,452 cycles of IVF using fresh embryos, with 392 using frozen transfers. They found that 1.8 per cent of the fresh cycles led to an ectopic pregnancy, compared with 31.8 per cent of the frozen attempts.Dr David Keefe, the lead researcher, said: "We were surprised by the increased risk. Of what is known, however, two elements encourage at least some optimism - a commodity that has become all too rare in discussion of the Middle East. The message from the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, was uncompromising: the Palestinians had failed to honour their security commitments; from now on, no quarter would be given.Just as the prophets of doom were foretelling a new war that would engulf the whole region, however, the outline of the new, "alternative", peace plan started to become known. That is the first step in persuading the voters to do so.The promotion of Vincent Cable to head the Treasury team with David Laws marks not only the formation of a gifted partnership but a tacking away from the tired tax and spend approach and towards a more venerable tradition of economic liberalism. Even the Scottish National Party leader has faced a challenge to his authority.

Sky One's ratings are the lowest in years, representing the ultimate in unpopular populist television. He spent his last years in south-west London.John Gregory* John Gregory died 27 October 1996. The performance was acclaimed.An incurable addict of the exotic, Gopal fell in love with the Russian ballet. Delaying the transfer of embryos to a mother - another technique used in some clinics - also seemed to interfere with genes in animal experiments, he said.The new study by scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, to be presented to the annual confe- rence of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Texas today,has revealed more concerns. Markova's classical serenity brought a marvellous contrast to his brilliant Krishna. Out of misfortune came his greatest opportunity.In 1938 Ram Gopal arrived in America by way of the Pacific Armed with introductions to Cecil B. It was his d?t as a dance-artist and he felt he was possessed by an angel.He studied the different forms of Indian dancing, Kathakali, Bharatra Natya and Manipuri, with some of the greatest teachers, but the beloved teacher of his youth was Kunju Kurup, with whom he practised exacting eye exercises for hours on end.

In the "gossamer tapestry" of his youth, he tells in his autobiography (Rhythm in the Heavens, 1957) how he was entranced by thunderstorms and liked to run naked into a blinding storm, defying the elements with his rhythm of movement, "to be frightened," as he said, "into an ecstasy".While still a child, Gopal was invited to dance for the Yuvaraja of Mysore at the Lalita Mahal palace in the presence of the Viceroy. He made his first sensational appearance in London in 1939, when his exotic presence, sheer beauty of physique and superb artistry charmed audiences and made him the talk of the town. In his day Ram Gopal did more than anyone to popularise Indian dancing and to educate the public into the aesthetics and the mystique of the various forms of Hindu dance. Typically, he returned with a flourish to ride three winners on his first day back - only to take another horrific spill 10 weeks later. And his account of the Second Rachmaninov Concerto with Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra outsold every other recording the orchestra had made.One of classical music's most important chamber-music groups was formed in 1961, when Istomin, Isaac Stern and Leonard Rose formed the Stern-Rose-Istomin Trio; it lasted until 1984, when Rose died. Istomin journeyed with two Steinway grands of his own, and a tuner.He appeared in public over 4,000 times. He became one of a highly select number of friends who, during Casals' lifetime, had the courage - and the permission - to tell the great Maestro what they really thought.Istomin's close relationship with Casals was both musical (it included a recital at the White House for John and Jackie Kennedy) and personal, and endured until the cellist's death in 1973; a year and a half later he married Marta, Casals' young widow.Eugene Istomin's relentless international touring began in 1956.