... five minutes of schedule. Actress Jane Birk.' is 44 today. Other birthdays: Lee Remick, actress, 55; Stan Smith. former Wimbledon tennis champion, 44; Phil On, former Ireland rugby player. 4.; Rosemary Sutcliff. novelist, 70. 'Ugly' bridge plan is ...

... TV pledge by chief The BBC's Di- nical rehearsals for rector General is the Wimbledon tennis championships, which pledging to do start on Monday. erything possible Mr Checkland told to ensure live tele- staff: We have made vision coverage of our final ...

... TEENAGER TRIAL :BY Fans get a rain check! WIMBLEDON tennis spectators will be allowed to claim their money back for the first time next year if play is disrupted by bad weather. If there is no play at all on the Centre. No 1 or No 2 courts, then spectators ...

... scissors. Birthdays Model Jerry Mall Is to Rome Secretary Nemeth Clarke, st; former SDP leader Lord Owen, 54; and former Wimbledon tennis champion Rene Lacoste, M. ...

... Cole, 12; ac• tors Maxwell Caulfield. 38, and Michael Gough, 72; former RUC chief constable Sir John Hermon, $1; former Wimbledon tennis champion Lea Hoad, 55; football manager Alan Mufiery, 48; actress Diana Quick, 43. Dream home Nottinghamshire ambulance ...

... SALISBURY Brits blasted Monique Joyce's de. chance to show what feat in the gathering she could offer British gloom of Wimbledon tennis and blew It. last night was the fit- The Blicar.old Call. ting posteript to an- fornian lost 9-7 In the other sorry tale ...

... TORY MP An MP today called on the Home Secretary. Mr Douglas Hurd, to intervene over the irresponsible refusal by the Wimbledon tennis authorities to report to police any men players caught in the drugs test net. The decision of the Men's International ...

... subscription would mean the kind of quality programmes and events most effective in attracting subscribers - - such as Wimbledon tennis would be restricted to those able to pay. Eventually a range of national events now available to everybody would be only ...

... Union threat to Wimbledon BBC coverage of Wimbledon tennis fortnight and President Bush's visit to Britain could be stopped by union members determined to escalate their pay dispute. Unions which have rejected a final imposed offer of seven per cent ...

... Racing 12.30 USA Gymnastics Championships 1.30 Muay Thai Kick Boxing 2.00 Wimbledon Tennis Update 2.02 Muay Thai Kick Boxing Continued 3.30 Renault Showjumping 4.00 Wimbledon Tennis Update 4.02 Renault Showjumping Continued 4.30 Gillette World Sport Special ...

... By PETER SWINGLER FORMER Wimbledon tennis champion Ann Jones took time off from her new job as Britain's women's international director to help Warwickshire beat Oxford University 9-0 in the first county match of the new season. Jones, the 1969 Wimbledon ...

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