Faldo has won so much money that he has even put the icing on Mark McCormack’s Christmas cake but he would swap the lot for the moment when he was re-united with the most elegant trophy in golf The old silver claret jug. ‘What is sad is that I read about really interesting women, but we don’t see them coming in as members I would like to see high-flyers participating more. If there’s an area under the cosh a bit, deals will be there.’ He cites Spain last year, where recession in the domestic market (and a favourable exchange rate) made inward- looking producers more receptive to Oddbins. Sometimes, this means buyers cannot raise the mortgage they need. MIRROR Group Newspapers yesterday denied a weekend press report that David Montgomery, its chief executive, was trying to enlist several investors to buy collectively a 25 per cent stake in the company, which publishes the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror. If the US and European negotiators are taken at their word, they are within striking distance of a historic accord on trade in agriculture and tariff reductions for industrial goods.

No credit cards.THE OTTER INN, Weston,Honiton, Devon, tel: 0404 42594Situated 400 yards off the busy A30, this much-extended 14th-century cottage is a popular refreshment stop. ‘A van-load of Asian women going to the seaside might smack horribly of Political Correctness’? What is politically correct about going to the seaside? My mum, my sister and I used to go to the seaside every summer, and nobody ever accused us of being politically correct. The bond and equity markets suffered a double whammy yesterday as they absorbed the news both that the US Federal Reserve had again raised interest rates, and that the UK inflation figures were a little worse than expected They should not panic. Many Chinese writers and film-makers tread the same line as Tian. Happily, the Food Minister, my old friend and quaffing partner Nicky Soames, was at hand to deliver a brief but pithy lecture on the physical benefits accruing from compulsory school sport. DIRECT InterCity services between London and Blackpool are to be dropped, British Rail confirmed yesterday. New head coach Ted Marchibroda will need at least a couple of years to make them competitive.Prediction: Buffalo, Miami, New England, New York Jets, IndianapolisAFC CENTRALNew head coaches at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh mean the entire division has changed leadership in the last couple of years.

As the air thinned, we had to stop for breath more and more often We became dehydrated and my skin became uncomfortably dry I lost my appetite. In a study from the Institute of Health Policy Studies, London, only 30 per cent of a sample of patients who had chosen to go private had been told by their GPs how long they would have to wait for NHS treatment. Yet all speak with astonishment about the second slap in the face administered on Friday 18 December, when the Independent Television Commission rejected Thames’s application to set up the new Channel 5, its last route back to broadcasting.Thames Television has been running promotions all week pointing to its distinguished contribution to British television: the last 70 minutes of its airtime tonight will be a compilation of its finest programmes, from Benny Hill and Take Your Pick to This Week, Rumpole and Mr Bean.’Our deeds are on the screen,’ said Richard Dunn, chief executive, who may well see out his annus horribilis by appearing briefly, in the dying seconds of the franchise before midnight arrives, to say goodbye. The businesses being sold are involved in environmental assessment, offshore safety and rural development There are offices in the UK, France and Belgium.

Although privatisation is a crucial element of the proposed Sanierung (stabilisation plan), continued state investment is regarded as a crucial element of the package. A CORONER yesterday questioned the right to silence after hearing that an eight-week-old baby had died in a ‘violent, callous and cowardly attack’ for which no one has been prosecuted. Their keenness was not surprising – few could be as well qualified as Sutherland for the post. I remember the days when such performers as Renata Stecher and Marita Koch of East Germany and the great Irena Szewinska (Poland) dominated women’s athletics. Youngsters will simply choose the cinema instead.And the price of a seat is not the end of the matter. ‘Our US broking business did not get any help from the market,’ he added.HRI also continued to lose money on its medical benefits division where new business dried up because of the uncertainties caused by the Clinton administration’s healthcare proposals.A deal to subcontract the loss- making administration side of this business was also delayed.The impact from Downes & Burke, the discontinued fine art and jewellery business, was also twice as bad as expected It will lose pounds 1.3m after a pounds 1.2m profit in 1992. She’s the thin, mean Scots one with the spiky hair and opinions.