As this author shows, what counts is the quality of the writing and the profound satisfaction of narrative and character.The reviewer's next crime novelis 'Death's Own Door'(Hodder & Stoughton). Lorry drivers will restart their cheaper fuel campaign today with a slow drive in south Wales. Lorry drivers will restart their cheaper fuel campaign today with a slow drive in south Wales. Hauliers will travel in convoy from Cross Hands in west Wales to Swansea city centre.They are angry at Shell's decision to raise the price of unleaded petrol by a penny a litre and have planned the protest before Gordon Brown's March budget.Co-organiser Mark Greene, said it was not known how many hauliers would be taking part in the protest, but a minimum of 40 were confirmed.The protest is due to leave the Leekes Industrial Estate, Cross Hands, at 11am.Massive disruption could be caused in Swansea as football fans travel to the city for Swansea City's Division Two clash with Reading this afternoon.. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic airline faces strike action after 95 per cent of its pilots rejected a pay offer.

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic airline faces strike action after 95 per cent of its pilots rejected a pay offer. Sir Richard, anxious to avoid cancellations by passengers seeking to avoid industrial action, intervened personally but failed to persuade flight crew to accept a 5 per cent pay rise.An internal memo reveals that Virgin tried to ensure that news of the strike threat did not leak out. The confidential letter warned that the business would be damaged and Virgin's image tarnished if passengers "get wind of potential disruption".Virgin management will make a final attempt to reach a deal on Monday but members of the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) said there would need to be a significant improvement in the pay offer. The union, which recently secured recognition by Virgin, is preparing for a ballot on industrial action if there is no breakthrough.Pilots want a two-year deal worth 12 per cent above inflation and a 3.5 per cent boost to pensions. Pilots' representatives argue that Virgin's flight crew are paid 25 per cent less than their colleagues at British Airways, where senior captains earn more than £100,000 a year.The letter, by Malcolm Wagstaff, Virgin Atlantic's flight operations director, conceded that the airline was "not a market leader" for pay but said it could not afford a bigger rise "The commercial damage ... starts from the moment customers get wind of a potential for disruption," he wrote. "Our reputation and image, as well as opportunities for growth and stability, will be jeopardised.".

The Conservatives distanced themselves last night from a Shadow Cabinet member who called for a debate on decriminalising cannabis and backed its medicinal use. The Conservatives distanced themselves last night from a Shadow Cabinet member who called for a debate on decriminalising cannabis and backed its medicinal use. Tim Yeo, the party's agriculture spokesman, who has admitted trying cannabis as a student, stepped out of line in an interview with his local paper. He said his son, Jonathan, took the drug to combat the side-effects of chemotherapy treatment for cancer.Mr Yeo, the MP for Suffolk South, told the East Anglian Daily Times: "I think Jonathan's experience is perhaps the most significant here. There are quite strong grounds for thinking that for some medical conditions, cannabis can provide relief from pain and suffering."I would like to see it possible for people suffering from MS to have access to cannabis That's not to say it should be legalised. It's to say that it could be used by doctors for medicinal purposes under prescription."He further broke ranks with party policy by calling for a "proper debate" on whether the drug should be decriminalised. In a sideswipe at right-wingers such as Ann Widdecombe, the shadow Home Secretary, he also called for a "more liberal attitude on social issues".A Conservative spokesman said the party was opposed to cannabis legalisation under any circumstances, as it was a "gateway" drug that could lead on to use of other banned substances..