They made little impression, though the Swede appealed for a penalty as he drove a cross against Wark’s arm. (First Edition)

THOUSANDS of young people and aspiring mature prospective well-qualified students people will be denied university or college education places at higher education institutions next year because of the Government’s brake on expansion, it was revealed yesterday, writes Ngaio Crequer.
A record number of students are seeking places for 1994-95. For months it was a scandal whose main components were obscure, but possibly unethical, business dealings entered into by the Clintons in Arkansas while Bill was state governor. Kleinwort Benson has also put out a buy recommendation.On Tuesday, Gas is due to announce its second-quarter results.

In Moscow, he may already have seen pained expressions come over the faces of his Kremlin hosts as they recounted sorry tales of the discrimination and persecution endured by their long-suffering countrymen at the hands of the Balts – and explained just how difficult it was becoming for Russia to stand idly by.
Moscow’s conviction that there are widespread human rights violations in the Baltic states was forcefully reiterated by the foreign minister, Andrei Kozyrev, this month in Newsweek. His annual salary will remain at pounds 312,500 but his legal right to double that sum has been withdrawn.. That hardly seems enough to cater for the 5,000 rookies a year. Berri first captured the imagination by using unemployed miners, laid off when pits closed two decades ago, among the 8,000 extras playing the role of their ancestors who faced unemployment and starvation a century earlier.

MANCHESTER UNITED have reached an agreement with Nottingham Forest to buy Roy Keane for pounds 3.75m – a record between English clubs. If the Egyptian authorities give permission for the chamber to be breached, gaining access will involve digging through 25 metres of stone from the south side of the Great Pyramid’s exterior. A TERRITORIAL Army intelligence officer whose long detention on spying charges angered civil liberties campaigners has been released from custody, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday, writes Steve Boggan. They are thought to be Irish and in their early twenties.The man who escaped was believed to have been in a Ford vehicle. In ‘He’s Not the Messiah, He’s a Very Naughty Boy’, the first of three parts, the novelist journeys to Israel for the first time.