• Government gives go-ahead to £750m Eastern Bypass

  In a major departure from previous Government policy, the Minister for the Environment and Local Government has announced that planning should proceed on the £750 million Eastern Bypass motorway for the capital.

• Protests in Philadelphia as Bush nomination nears

  The Republican Party convention gets under way here today with more than 2,000 delegates and several thousand protesters arriving in this eastern seaboard city. Governor George Bush has pulled well ahead of Vice-President Al Gore in a range of opinion polls.

• Inquiry sought on leak over stores size limit

  The Opposition has called for an inquiry into the leaking of commercially sensitive information on the Government's plans to limit the size of supermarkets.

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