school mate of assaulting a teacher and causing bodily harm, yesterday told a Family Court he was acting in self defence. ---- Page 2 ORD ROAD CONSIDERS FUTURE POL DGS Ord Road considers future Residents of Ord Road were last night asking themselves what to do now in the wake of Operation Cleansweep. ---- Page 3 MPS TO DEBATE `COXALL CHANGE' HOA POL MPs to debate `Coxall change' MPs are set to debate rule changes that will allow foreign Police officers who have served for more than five years on the Island to get a permanent job.

---- Page 5 DRUG MESSAGE HITS HOME ATH GVT DGS Drugs message hits home Three national sports squads will compete over the next few weeks -- but only one will not be tested for drugs. ---- Sport,Page 13 AKKA FIRST ACROSS LINE SLG Akka first across line The Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy club sprang to life yesterday with the arrival of some 30 boats taking part in the Marion-Bermuda yacht race. Akka , a 61-foot McCurdy and Rhodes, was the first to cross the line early yesterday.

---- Sport, Page 13 ODD JOBS MAN COMES GOOD BUC Odd jobs man comes good Steve Cullimore, President of CCS Group Ltd., sits amid the stacks of boxes and paper, the organised confusion of a company attempting to fit itself into new office space. It may look untidy, but it's an improvement on three years ago, when the firm operated from his parents' house. ---- Business, Page 30