(a) Starting overcast with intermittent rain, followed by sunny spells. Max. temp. 21°
(b) The word is that Clinton Ross, 32, playboy son of US steel billionaire Dwight
Ross, has left his girlfriend, actress Lee-Ann Van Post, 26, and is now in Europe.
(c) Prince Edward (left) enjoys a joke with actor Sam Cool (centre).
(d) PREMIER TO PROBE RIDDLE OF 'SPIES IN MINISTRY'
(e) He received a number of international literary awards, culminating in the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1986. He leaves a widow and two sons.
(f) Today is a good day to do business but a bad one for romance. Don't take mem-
bers of the opposite sex too seriously today.
(g) Our front page today gives details of the government's new economic proposals.
Our readers may think, as we do, that these measures are too little and too late. We
say to the government, not for the first time, it is time...
(h) Mix two egg yolks with butter in a frying-pan over a low gas. Add sugar and
then...
(i) A pair of silver George II candlesticks fetched £17,000. Bidding was
slow for Victorian oil paintings but a landscape by Somers went for £55,000.
(j) Yesterday at 7 p.m. Her Majesty gave a dinner-party at Windsor Castle for mem-
bers of the Spanish Royal Family. At noon today Her Majesty will receive the new
Ambassador of the Republic of Venezuela at Buckingham Palace.
(k) Robson equalised with a header from five yards just before the half-time whistle. (l) The cheapest bucket-shop air-return to Hong Kong is now about £480 and Hong
Kong is a good base to visit Macao, China and Taiwan. The best season is. . .
(m) ACROSS 1 kind of tree (5), 2 child (3), 4 performed (5).. .
(n) Mr Richard Caulder (West Hull, Labour) asked if the Minister of Transport could
inform MPs of train-fare concessions for pensioners. However, the Speaker de-
clared that.. .
(o) Now is the time to plant roses. Put trees in at least 2' apart, and cover roots with
6" of soil.
(p) ... but I don't know if I can ever forgive him. What can I do?
Desperately Unhappy, London N.W.
Dear Desperately Unhappy, I think you should see a marriage-guidance counsel-
lor...
(q) A hard-hitting documentary series starts tonight at 10 p.m. Viewers might be
shocked at scenes of. ..
(r) Road holding and fuel consumption are good but otherwise the performance lacks
zip.