THIRTY schoolchildren who spent their Christmas holidays learning the lines of the musical Oliver for their school production have been told they cannot put it on because Cameron Mackintosh, the millionaire impresario, is to stage a revival of the musical at the London Palladium. She is, according to Caute, 'the ghost in the machine of his art' and was, in the words of one of Losey's friends, 'difficult, cantankerous, domineeering, ungracious, ungrateful, not very likeable'. 'There are only 3,000 to 4,000 Uzbek militiamen, but they are so heavily armed that they can take a large chunk of Kabul with them if anyone tries to launch a frontal assault,' said an aid worker.'What makes this outbreak worse than others in the past 20 months,' he added, 'is that for the first time there has been heavy street-fighting in the heart of Kabul, as well as clashes in Mazar-i-Sharif, untouched until now.'The latest upheaval in Afghanistan results from General Dostam's increasing dissatisfaction with President Rabbani and his main military commander, Ahmed Shah Massoud, who are both Tajiks. Research published yesterday by Professor Alan Smithers, of Manchester University, suggests that new vocational qualifications (NVQs and GNVQs) are second- rate, with no clear curriculum and inadequate assessment. I've seen him in matches when he's got the ball on his wrong foot and I thought he could be in trouble, but he's coped very well It's his awareness that marks him out. Alan White was proposed and seconded; someone asked 'Who is Alan White?'; and Mr White was duly elected Which is when John Wayne appeared.

The inclusion of Hanley, difficult to fathom in the light of events on tour this summer or on current form, is the major surprise in the 19-man squad announced yesterday. But for children the means of communication is less worrying.'The main fear of most of the children I work with is whether they will be able to make friends in the foreign country,' said Ms Otsuka. But it was all rather safe and efficient.The Volvo of documentaries.. Jack Russell and Courtney Walsh counter-attacked, Russell taking four boundaries off Malcolm but the tail was then swept away by Warner, 4 for 7 in 12 balls, playing Statham to Malcolm's Tyson, and by tea Gloucestershire were following on 382 behind while Warner had finished with 5 for 27, his best for Derbyshire.With Malcolm resting, the second innings started quietly after a short drizzle until Hinks, opening up, was brilliantly caught at gully, high off a full-blooded cut, by Frankie Griffith, substituting for the injured Dominic Cork. But it's hard to find because nobody knows how to write a play about all this confusion. It has taken over our lives.Due to rail plans, James Barley's home in east London is unsaleableJames Barley and his wife Maria live in Manor Park, east London, 12ft from a line earmarked for the Channel tunnel link and, possibly, a major BR junction.ON THE lines behind us there is little traffic - only trains from Barking to Gospel Oak. But if you don't want to be photographed, you don't go to certain places.

I had just been separated, and it was a godsend to be able to go to a place every day and keep my mind off what was going on. The seat, which Mr Patten held by 3,554 votes in the general election, needs only a 3 per cent swing to fall to the Liberal Democrats.Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, wants Mr Leaman to play a key role in the management and strategy of the party.But Mr Ashdown, also a former chairman of the party's education policy panel, faces strong local competition from Martin Horwood and Evan Harris, both Oxford University graduates. This month, their first licence deal - a watch made by Tikkers - is launched. 'No regrets about that,' he said, 'and she's changed hands again since I sold her. We, too, need to convert our arms industries: Nato last year spent dollars 150bn ( pounds 103bn).

Growth has been rapid - both organically and from acquisitions. A second victory without a goal conceded, and achieved in manner which suggests that the championship pennant presented at the start of this match will not easily be hauled down.Manchester United have been accused of buying success, and the two goals scored by Roy Keane, their pounds 3.75m close-season signing from Nottingham Forest, will support that view. I have told my commanders they must immediately open fire against the aggressor'. The Belgian general said he was certain that Serb forces were guilty, and dismissed a Serb army letter expressing 'deep sorrow and condemnation' for the shelling, while blaming Bosnian Muslims. Magistrates do not have a special relationship with the police - some magistrates may know someone who is a police officer, as no doubt some jury members do.Magistrates are public-spirited citizens who volunteer their services, who submit themselves to a critical selection procedure, who must represent all sections of the community in the area which they serve (annual returns regarding this are carefully monitored by the Lord Chancellor, who makes the appointments). The Englishmen in the crowd groaned quietly among themselves.By the nursery ground, in the morning, a small group of 10-year-old girls from Pirton Hill Junior School in Luton had gathered. His mate Will had fallen behind on a painting contract and needed someone to help out.