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</td></tr></table><a name="startcontent" id="startcontent"></a> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFE5" valign="top"> <td width="10"><img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="10" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td> <td width="360" align="left"> <img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="360" height="1" border="0" alt=""> <big><strong><font color="#329900"> <img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/images/help/1.gif" border="0" alt="1." width="23" height="23" hspace="0" vspace="0"> Search Box: </font></strong></big> Type one or two words into the search box then click the <strong>"Search"</strong> button. <br/> <br/> <big><strong><font color="#329900"> <img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/images/help/2.gif" border="0" alt="2." width="23" height="23" hspace="0" vspace="0"> "Were you looking for ...?", </font></strong></big> suggests different search words or spellings. <br/> Click the underlined word to see the results. <br/> <br/> <big><strong><font color="#329900"> <img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/images/help/3.gif" border="0" alt="3." width="23" height="23" hspace="0" vspace="0"> Search Results: </font></strong></big> These are the websites that best match your search words.<br/> They can include <strong>"BBCi recommended"</strong> websites which our team of editors believe to be the best of the Web. <a href="about.shtml">Find out how we choose them.</a> <br/> <br/> <big><strong><font color="#329900"> <img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/images/help/4.gif" border="0" alt="4." width="23" height="23" hspace="0" vspace="0"> Tabs </font></strong></big> can be used to switch between results from <strong>"all of the BBC"</strong>, <strong>"BBC News"</strong> or <strong>"the Web"</strong>. <br/> <br/> <big><strong><font color="#329900"> <img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/images/help/5.gif" border="0" alt="5." width="23" height="23" hspace="0" vspace="0"> BBC News and Sport Articles </font></strong></big> appear if any stories from the last 48 hours match your search words. <br/> <br/> </td> <td> <img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/images/help/screenshot.gif" border="0" alt="Screenshot of a Search Results Page" width="400" height="434"> </td> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="4" bgcolor="#ffffff"><img src="/web/20030404032220im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/furniture/tiny.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""></td></tr> </table><br/><br/> <table width="770" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td width="770" align="center">  <font size="-2"><br/><br/> <a href="/web/20030404032220/http://www.bbc.co.uk/">BBCi Homepage</a> | <a href="/web/20030404032220/http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/help.shtml">Search Help</a> | <a 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