By Martin Evans THERE is a rather depressing theme developing for this column. In February of this year I wrote that UK airlines would have a difficult year with consumer spending slowing and costs dominated by record fuel prices.

By Martin Evans FROM next month we will have a new experience at Cardiff International Airport. The expansion of services by flybe, the regional airline, from March 30, will see competition on a number of key domestic routes.

By Rhodri Clark The opening of the high-speed rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel has reinvigorated the debate about the quickest way to get from Wales to Paris.

By Lois M. Collins Deseret Morning News STOCKHOLM

By Lois M. Collins Deseret Morning News STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- "A husband,""a father" and "a scientist" are the phrases the University of Utah's Nobel laureate selected when asked to describe himself during an international get- acquainted press conference Thursday as part of Nobel Week.