Associations should get more for their money but will get their fingers

Associations should get more for their money but will get their fingers burnt unless they keep a close eye on builders, warns Simon Kolesar of the cost consultants E C Harris.Michael Howard, Secretary of State for the Environment, says 1,000 homes have already been bought by housing associations, and another 9,000 are in the pipeline, as part of the pounds 475m scheme announced in the autumn to help unlock the housing market. For a Briton to rub shoulders on equal terms with the brilliant Belarussian was far more than anyone had dared to hope for at the start.. It would be hard to find men less alike than the duo struggling to turn around that battered colossus of German industry, Volkswagen. He said: ‘You see, your front hit our side.”Ah, yes, but it doesn’t mean anything Not really.”We-ell Maybe not. Italy Under-21 5

Scotland Under-2. It soon became apparent – particularly after the recent stock market falls – that it would be difficult to raise pounds 60m.
Jonathan Kitchen, of Lazard, said Nelson’s directors were unwilling to reduce the trust’s size below this ‘viable minimum’.

For Greece, which assumes the European Union presidency in January, the task of launching a Balkan initiative is likely to prove a tall order, even though it was former prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis who ultimately persuaded the Serbs to accept the original Vance- Owen plan. ‘But for people graduating from art school now,’ he said, ‘the chances of always being in work are quite slim. I do not see how you can possibly guarantee the rule of law in Hong Kong if the arrangement for the election of its legislative body are fundamentally flawed.’The House of Commons committee is conducting hearings into Britain’s relations with China in the run-up to 1997. Soon afterwards, and it is not recorded what he was wearing at the time, Fashanu discovered Nottingham’s gay scene.When word reached Clough of his young protege’s extra-curricular activity, the manager, not renowned for his tolerance of others’ idiosyncrasies, sacked the boy. His wife of six months died after being shot four times as she tried to flee her killer. And second, the burden of proof will be reversed, with buyers of ancient artefacts having to prove that they did everything to ascertain that an object was not stolen or smuggled.Western art-collecting countries might still torpedo the new convention, despite their worries about art thieves exploiting open borders in Europe and a worrying link between drugs and smuggled archaeological objects.Mr Evans admitted that this new convention might not be in force until the next century, even though he has the evidence right in front of his nose: thieves have stolen nearly all the heads off the statues around his 17th-century headquarters in Rome, the Villa Aldobrandini.Turkey’s Director General of Monuments and Museums is determined to act before his country is stripped bare. He emphasised that his approach was new, controversial and sensitive, since it is not usual in breast cancer consultations to ask women to give such detailed accounts of their sexual behaviour.

At the final hearing into Barclays’ liability, probably some months away, the administrators will be seeking a maximum of pounds 11m.Although the judge has refused Barclays leave to appeal against the original order, the bank may ask the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal.The judge took the unusual step of ordering the bank to pay costs forthwith. Highest rate of interest on these accounts is between 7 and 7.5 per cent.For tax-efficiency you should ensure that the investments are in the name of the person who has not used up his or her personal allowances.It might be better to invest the money in a building society account with a short-term fixed rate. Selected: 92 S Yates (GB) Motorola +12:21.Leading overall standings: 1 Indurain 93hr 3min 58sec; 2 Ugrumov +5:39; 3 Pantani +7:19; 4 Leblanc +10:03; 5 Virenque +10:10; 6 Conti +12:29; 7 A Elli (It) GB MG +20:17; 8 Zulle +20:35; 9 U Bolts (Ger) Telkom +25:19; 10 Poulnikov +25:28; 11 P Lino (Fr) Festina +26:01; 12 F Escartin (Sp) Mapei Clas +30:38; 13 Bortolami +32:35; 14 Riis +33:32; 15 O Pellicioli (It) Polti +34:55; 16 N Rodriguez (Col) ZG Mobili +35:18; 17 Bernard +36:44; 18 H Buenahora (Col) Kelme +38:00; 19 Sorensen +42:39; 20 B Hamburger (Den) TVM +44:07. Singleton of Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex has always protested his innocence.After the trial Det Supt Michael Bennison, who led the murder inquiry, said Singleton had stalked Lynne and described the verdict as ‘true and just’. The death of Keith Buck, 19, and Shaun Starr, 32, was simply the spark that ignited the dry tinder of deep-seated discontent.Anger and resentment are rooted in the fact that Hartcliffe is one of the two most deprived areas in Bristol, the other being the inner-city area of St Pauls, scene of violent clashes in the early eighties.The migration of the trouble in Bristol – from inner-city to ‘peripheral’ estate – is a phenomenon repeated all over the country in recent years. Many went into production before his arrival and, in any case, his film division president, Joe Roth, determines which movies are made. This last episode, what we are living through now, simply shows how careful one had to be.’In 1980 the Malaysian prime minister enforced a ‘buy British last’ policy in retaliation for a British decision to end subsidies for overseas students’ fees in Britain, which affected his son Lady Thatcher only managed to end the feud in 1985..