Otherwise any embryos frozen before 1 August 1991 reach the end of their maximum storage period on 31July this year and will be destroyed

Otherwise, any embryos frozen before 1 August 1991 reach the end of their maximum storage period on 31July this year and will be destroyed.The HFEA welcomed the extension, saying it would allow people more time to plan their families and reduce the need for repeated treatments.Fertility clinics are in contact with most couples. However, there are believed to be about 300 missing owners who, because they have changed their address, may not know about the July storage deadline."Clinics can only continue to store these embryos if people come forward and actually consent to the extended storage. A former business partner of the England coach Terry Venables was sent to see a doctor by a High Court judge yesterday and ordered to return with a note about the finger he injured in the witness box on Thursday. At the start of giving evidence yesterday, Paul Kirby, who Mr Venables claims owes him pounds 144,359 for clearing the debts of a failed pub company, asked to be excused so he could have an injection in the finger he sliced while going through a bundle of court papers. Mr Justice Carnwath, who had waited all morning while Mr Kirby sat through his failed Court of Appeal hearing to admit more evidence in the action with Mr Venables, said: "It seems extraordinary that you sat in court all this morning when you could have sought medical attention out of this court's time."Holding his bandaged left index finger, Mr Kirby replied that he turned up at court because he had been told he could face contempt charges if he was not there to give evidence.Mr Kirby, of south Kensington, west London, was a partner with Mr Venables in Transatlantic Inns which ran four public houses in London and the Home Counties.Earlier at the Court of Appeal hearing, Marion Simmons QC said that Mr Kirby had seen a document handed to him by the Official Receiver in 1993 which showed that Mr Venables had leased the assets of three of the Transatlantic Inns' public houses to raise pounds 1m which he used to buy shares in Tottenham Hotspur football club.She said Mr Kirby could not have included it in his original defence because he did not have the document until a subpoena order was issued recently.Mr Venables says that all four partners in Transatlantic Inns had equal shares and under an indemnity agreement signed by them he should be reimbursed by Mr Kirby in full, or each should receive one quarter - pounds 36,000 - on the basis they were co-guarantors.The case continues.. A security review was set up yesterday at the castle in Berkshire, where the Queen spends most of her weekends, following the theft. Parking passes and detailed information about events at the castle was also taken from the J-registered Ford Scorpio which was stolen from outside the officer's home a few miles away from the castle early on Thursday morning.The keys open security gates at the Home Park entrances to the castle, which is itself protected by a sophisticated series of detection devices.There have been a number of breaches of security at the castle in recent years, but precautions, including the deployment of armed officers, had already been stepped up following the end of the ceasefire..

Several locks are expected to be changed at Windsor Castle after three entry keys, and a policeman's uniform, were stolen from the car belonging to a Royal Protection Squad officer, writes Jason Bennetto. She would not confirm that they discussed the question of a US visa for the Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams.The former US Senator, George Mitchell, who led an international mediation effort, said the question of the renewal of Mr Adams's visa would probably not be decided until next month.. The Old Bailey, which was the target of an IRA bomb in the early 1970s, will also come into the security zone for the first time.Its perimeter would run along Farringdon and New Bridge streets in the west, and West Smithfield, Beech and Chiswell streets in the north, with entry points at Queen Victoria Street, Holborn Viaduct, Aldersgate Street, Moorgate, and - for buses, coaches, taxis and bicycles - Ludgate Hill.Meanwhile, government efforts to get the Northern Ireland peace process back on track suffered a setback during a day of "talks about talks" yesterday, when John Hume, leader of the Nationalist SDLP, emphatically ruled out any plan which included proposals for elections.John Major and the Irish Prime Minister, John Bruton, are believed to be discussing the possibility of combining several ideas for breaking the deadlock, including the Unionist plan for Northern Ireland elections to a peace convention, the SDLP idea for a referendum and the Irish proposal for preliminary all-party talks.Mr Major talked on the telephone to Mr Bruton yesterday, and intends to have a summit meeting with him next week. He also spoke to the US President, Bill Clinton, and a spokeswoman said the President had expressed his "support for the efforts of the British and Irish governments to move through elections to all-party talks". Armed police officers have also been on patrol.The plan would extend the cordon to cover 75 per cent of the City, including Bart's hospital and the Barbican. Under the scheme, which was first proposed a year ago, routes will be restricted and diverted into two roads with police checkpoints.The cordon was established in 1993, after the Bishopsgate bombing and, since the South Quay blast two weeks ago, City police have been manning checkpoints 24 hours a day.

He said: "It's a miscellany of rumour and speculation - speculative, unsourced, unproven."Asked why he would feel safer in the UK than in Dominica, Dr Masari said: "The intelligence organisations here - special branch, MI5, MI6 and the ordinary police are sophisticated, well trained, and well informed. There is a certain protection which is not existent in Dominica."The hearing continues on Monday.. JASON BENNETTO and JOHN RENTOUL The City of London is planning to enlarge its "ring of steel" security zone to include the Old Bailey and St Paul's Cathedral, in response to the new IRA bombing campaign, it emerged yesterday.Security is also being stepped up at the Canary Wharf tower, Britain's tallest building, after the massive Docklands explosion which first shattered the ceasefire.The security cordon around the heart of the city's financial heart could be enlarged within weeks to take in another 40,000 workers if proposals by the City Corporation, the local authority, are backed by businesses, London Transport and neighbouring boroughs.The Corporation's pounds 1m proposal to extend traffic restrictions to the west and north-west is backed by the City of London Police. They included Saleem Alloosi, allegedly tortured to death in Beirut in 1980; Nassir al-Saeed, allegedly kidnapped in Beirut and either tortured or killed; Shamsuddeen al-Fassi, killed in 1983 and his son Mohammed, an Iraqi journalist.But yesterday Stephen Richards, for the Home Office, produced two books alleging Syria was behind Mr Alloosi's death and the rest of the allegations about assassinations and abductions were based on material gleaned from books and newspaper articles. He told the hearing of the death or abduction of seven people, alleging the Saudi authorities were implicated. But yesterday Dr Masari said he would not feel safe on the island. Britain stands to benefit by up to pounds 20bn from theAl-Yamamah arms deal and British companies are major investors in the desert kingdom.The Government maintains that Dominica is a suitable safe haven.

His activities against his home country since arriving in Britain have infuriated the Saudi Royal family, who have threatened to withhold lucrative business contracts. I am sure my ribs were broken, but I have no proof," he said. When he was eventually released after being forced to "recant", he fled Saudi Arabia via Yemen, where he obtained a false passport and came to the United Kingdom claiming asylum.The British government has never considered his claim for refuge status, instead it decided earlier this year to send him to Dominica.Home Office ministers have acknowledged that the deportation order was influenced by the need to maintain good relations with Saudi Arabia. The fourth officer stands there urging them on or telling them when to stop."On another occasion, he said he was "punched around" by security officers, leaving him in severe pain in his side for two months "There was no medical attention and I was not X-rayed. "Four officers would come and lay me on my back, two will lift the feet, the soles were exposed and a third officer would beat on both soles, usually stopping before bleeding. His every movement was monitored by cameras and lights burnt in his cell for 24 hours a day.The most savage attacks came on about three or four occasions, he said. He was beaten with a bamboo cane on his back and the soles of his feet, punched, spat upon and deprived of sleep.