111.   A gunsmith is taking Michael Heseltine, the President of the Board of Trade, to court over a bureaucratic blunder which left a company close to bankruptcy.

112.   DRIVING too close to the vehicle ahead is still a common tendency on Ulster roads.

113.   The Oryx consortium will drill off Crosby while Marathon Oil and Chevron consortia will drill respective fields close to the Point of Ayr off the North Wales coast.

114.   The helicopter plunged into the sea close to the Cormorant Alpha production platform shortly after take-off.

115.   The town has a major shopping centre close to completion, a grand leisure complex in the Dolphin Centre and ambitious plans for the future.

116.   Four fire engines attended the blaze in a storage barn close to the farmhouse itself.

117.   Murphy is playing his cards close to his chest.

118.   Sources close to the talks said this idea had at first been opposed by Iran and Nigeria.

119.   Sources close to the duke insisted his decision was not about money.

120.   If the impassioned pleas are directed at those close to the culprits, I cannot see them having much effect.