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Now, at least until I’ve worked it out of my system, I’m going to be doing the same. I’ve not changed my attitudes – at least, I hope I haven’t – but there’s going to be a vestige of Pavlovian memory hanging around for some time I didn’t see his face: only his hands. He could be any stranger I pass in the street, and he could be waiting to do it to me again.Zanna went to Balham and got my spare keys, and hung around for the night to guard my vulnerable castle We drank whisky and watched The Last of the Mohicans. And talked about the foreboding that had made me ditch my purse and credit cards at the last minute There was a copy of that day’s Sun on my living room floor. She turned to the horoscopes and read smugly about how happy Librans are at the moment Then she read Sagittarius. “A costly situation could come back to haunt you or you could have to pay for your mistakes,” it said.. Supporters of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club invaded their own pitch yesterday, wrecked both goals, hurled wooden stakes into the crowd, tried to storm the players’ tunnel and forced the abandonment of the Second Division match with York City.

The fans were protesting at the decision by the club’s directors to sell the Goldstone ground, their home for 94 years, to a property company, and share the Fratton Park ground of Ports-mouth FC, 40 miles away. Goldstone is being sold to pay off debts of pounds 6m.
Police had expected trouble. After the club’s previous game against Carlisle, 600 fans invaded the pitch calling for the resignation of David Bellotti, the chief executive. Early yesterday, supporters broke into the ground and painted “Sack the Board” across the pitch and directors’ seats.Mr Bellotti and his fellow directors were told by police it was in their best interests to stay away from the game, and before play started the 12,000-strong crowd heard an announcement that no directors were present.It was not enough. After 16 minutes of play hundreds of supporters, further incensed that their team’s relegation to the Third Division was confirmed in midweek, spilled on to the pitch. Some swung from the goal cross bars, dragged down the posts and urged the rest of the crowd to join them while, as the referee took the teams off the pitch, others tore up wooden stakes and hurled them into the crowd.

One woman was carried off on a stretcher and another fan was taken to hospital with a serious neck injury.. Labour is considering a relaxation of the Government’s ban on new out-of-town shopping centres. The move, which could lead to a highly controversial reversal in planning policy, follows a barrage of submissions from big business.
Many motorists, as well as the big food retailers, would welcome a relaxation. But environmental groups and small businesses would be enraged. John Gummer, the Secretary of State for the Environment, announced restrictions in 1993 in response to fears that out-of-town shopping centres encouraged car use, added to urban sprawl and contributed to the decline of the High Street.Fiona Reynolds, director of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England, said yesterday that the Government had taken limited action to stop supermarkets spreading and “to go back on that would be very serious indeed”.A senior retail executive said the Opposition is now much more sympathetic to their case than the Government. He added: “Labour is seeking to accommodate us and taking note of the need for meeting demand from customers with cars.

They are trying to make sure that they do not go down the road travelled by previous Labour leaderships when industry and the city was against them They seem to appreciate the importance of wealth creation”. In February Tony Blair, the Labour leader, delighted members of the British Retail Consortium at a dinner when asked about out of town shopping He said it was impossible to turn the clock back. Now, a Labour committee on planning law, due to meet a week on Thursday, has received more than 160 submissions, of which a clear majority favour relaxing Mr Gummer’s regulations.Yesterday Keith Vaz, Labour planning spokesman, said: “Labour remains a party which is in favour of retail development in town and city centres. The purpose of the review was to gauge the feelings of those involved in this area of policy and we will certainly consider the strong representations we have received, especially from the food retailers.”The review team includes the external relations manager of Safeway, Peter Sitch, Dr Ian Roxburgh of Wimpey Homes Europe and Tony Burton, senior planner for the Council for the Protection of Rural England.One source said that exemptions to Mr Gummer’s planning guidance were increasingly likely for supermarkets. Supermarkets have been at pains to stress the difference between their superstores, and bigger out-of- town centres modelled on American-style malls.They argue that their outlets do not directly compete with high street shops and that, given that the average supermarket shopper takes home 77lbs-worth of produce, consumers with cars always use them for shopping expeditions. Hence out-of-town stores free town centres from congestion, they argue.But environmentalists argue that they stimulate traffic growth.