Platinum fell more than dollars 5 an ounce yesterday to close at dollars 345

Platinum fell more than dollars 5 an ounce yesterday to close at dollars 345.75, bringing the price decline for the week to dollars 36. It gives the EC a new or greater role in subjects such as the environment, education, consumer protection, public health and pan-European networks (roads, computer links, power links and communications). .22A CLASS performance by Shade Munro left Scotland's rugby selectors feeling acutely embarrassed in the aftermath of yesterday's A- team international here, which saw Ireland collapse from 13-0. Most of his runs came in partnership with Rashid, the pair adding 80 in 99 minutes before Rashid was caught in the gully off Patel.Wasim Akram joined Inzaman, who was eventually out leg before to Michael Owens.

Professor Sutherland is also Her Majety's Chief Inspector of Schools and there has been concern that he might be unable to give as much time as necessary to London because of this other high-profile job.He said last night that he had not ruled out re-election: 'I want to see through the task of putting the university on a clear footing for the future.' Professor Sutherland said yesterday that all universities should continue to do both teaching and research.Speaking at the Royal Society, he argued that it was not necessary for every teacher to be a researcher. One news magazine has put the list of potential candidates for the 25 full ministries at 188. Downing Street was swamped with telephone calls; a Prime Minister and a Foreign Secretary decided to act; insoluble obstacles melted, and Irma arrived at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London.Irma, as an image, has changed the quality of concern over Bosnia. Now, nobody is willing to dismiss publicly the 'interesting marriage' of communications he envisioned. Another forehand error, steered wide, was costly at 7-6, and Sampras was not so generous with his serve at 9-10, giving Courier little option but to net a backhand return.Sampras meantime had seen two match points elude him.

To get the quibble out of the way, profits and earnings - themselves two-fifths higher - were flattered by the seasonality of acquisitions. Sometimes, two epochs are hauntingly juxtaposed, as when the underworld turns out to be a desolate London Underground, the rails separating our ancient Greek hero from the shade of his mother, who stands in a modern black shawl and scarf, on the opposite platform. Skirts were snaky and long, dresses were immaculate sheaths or gently flared from below the bust.Jackets curved and trousers sprouted the sharpest bell-bottoms in town.Anyone who has dismissed Versace as too much should think again - this was a tour de force of simplicity (though there was nothing simple about its execution). As Henry James wrote: 'His great, his inestimable merit was a complete appreciation of the usual.' If Glendinning has little to say about his style, then that is because the style has little to say for itself. In which case, there must surely come a point when rising prices start to turn parents away - particularly if state schools improve.Some schools are cutting back dramatically on staff, and others have closed because of falling pupil numbers at the start of this term. The one-for-one cash call at 36p a share follows several car industry orders won by the company in the past month that could amount to more than pounds 300m over the next 10 years. The biggest is from Ford involving the development and manufacture of drivers' cabs for a new generation of trucks for the American market.The initial five-year contract is worth dollars 20m annually if anticipated production levels are met. 'After what happened it would be better if there weren't any (British boats).

The Home Office would not confirm the move, saying it would breach confidentiality to comment on specific cases, but other government officials and Sheikh Ghannouchi himself said the decision was taken in the past few days but not made public. Sheikh Ghannouchi, leader of the An-Nahda (Rennaissance) political movement in Tunisia, originally came to Britain two years ago on a Sudanese diplomatic passport granted thanks to the intercession of Hassan Turabi, leader of Sudan's National Islamic Front. Before a pounds 33.5m write-off to cover the company's withdrawal from Spain, operating profits were pounds 16.3m.Almost half the profit came from interest received on a cash pile of pounds 167m, up from pounds 114m a year earlier. So, he has said repeatedly, is Lord Taylor, the Lord Chief Justice (the Government surely cannot class him as a hippy) David Green put on his overcoat 'Watergate was nothing compared with this,' he said. Lloyd's demands that all their assets and income above relatively modest thresholds are made over to it It also recognises no time limit on the debt. I was desperate to go.'One reporter had a pressing need, too.