71.   Malone had to be restrained by players and his own officials in the row that ensued.

72.   LOYALIST politicians are involved in secret talks with senior Northern Ireland Office officials in a bid to halt the recent upsurge in violence, it was claimed today.

73.   The villagers have taken their case to Department of Transport officials in Manchester.

74.   COMMUNITY-health officials in Gwynedd will go to the public next week with their bid for NHS Trust status.

75.   COUNTY council officials in Cleveland have angrily dismissed reports that they have scrapped plans for a revolutionary light rail network.

76.   Council officials in Hartlepool are urging local people to come forward to fill the last few places on an outward bounds course in the Lake District.

77.   But health officials in the Darlington and the Northallerton health authorities said their budgets had allowed for the pay rises.

78.   COUNCIL officials in Darlington are anxious to create a major tourist attraction in the town.