Nearly two-thirds said music calmed them down, while one in five said it made them more considerate. But one in 10 said they drove more than 10 miles an hour faster when loud music was on the stereo.The Top Ten choices are:1 John Denver - Country Road.2 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody.3 Frank Sinatra - New York, New York.4 Eagles - Hotel California.5 Don MacLean - American Pie.6 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl.7 Oasis - Roll With It.8 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run.9 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven.10 Aretha Franklin - Respect.. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the rock star Richey Edwards took a new twist yesterday when a college lecturer claimed to have spotted the former Manic Street Preachers guitarist in a hippie market in Goa. Vyvyan Morris, 48, believes a man he saw in the village of Anjuna may have been the missing musician, who vanished two years ago. The reported sighting will fuel fading hopes that Edwards, who had been fighting depression, anorexia and alcoholism, may still be alive.It comes just six days after his former group, which has enjoyed worldwide success since his disappearance, won best band and best album in the Brit Awards.Edwards, then 28, was reported missing in February 1995 after he failed to join his band colleagues for a flight to America where they were due to give television interviews. His passport and credit cards were found in his flat in Cardiff and, two weeks later, his silver Vauxhall Cavalier was found at Aust service station, next to the M4. Its car park overlooks the Severn Bridge and is a favourite spot for suicides.But his body has not been found, prompting claims by many of his fans that he may not have taken his life.Mr Morris, a media studies lecturer at Neath College in South Wales, was on holiday in India in November when he made the alleged sighting."I was sitting having a coke and I thought to myself: `I know that guy' He was a little worse for wear.
His hair was a lot longer, but he looked quite well and had quite a sun tan," said Mr Morris. "I asked a bloke who was sitting nearby and he said: `That's Rick'. He said he had come over to Goa about 18 months earlier."But he kept silent about the sighting until news of it reached a reporter with a Welsh Sunday newspaper."It didn't concern me very much. The only thing I thought about was that, if it wasn't him, it would upset his parents," said Mr Morris.Edwards' parents, who live in Blackwood, Gwent, are said to share his fans' optimism and have clung to sporadic sightings of their son, which have been reported in Germany, New York, Bedfordshire and Worcestershire.Their hopes will be further raised by the latest sighting and Mr Morris's willingness to talk to police officers monitoring the rock star's disappearance.However, the Metropolitan police, which is responsible for the case as Edwards had been staying at a west London hotel before he disappeared, gave the alleged sighting a guarded response.A spokesman said: "He's still a missing person and we will look at any new information. We will follow it up, whether it's face to face or with a phone call.
But unless there's some tangible evidence, there's nothing we can do." Danny Groom. Kevin Keegan has signed a triple book deal worth pounds 500,000 just weeks after quitting his job as manager of Newcastle manager. He aims to outsell Kenny Dalglish who took over from him at St James's Park. The Dalglish autobiography sold 200,000 copies but Keegan's publisher Little Brown expect him to do even better. Alan Sampson, who is overseeing the deal for Little Brown, said there was "a feeding frenzy" among publishers in the rush to sign Keegan.Sporting autobiographies of major stars sell like hot cakes. The cricketer Ian Botham was one of the biggest sellers of 1994 with his autobiography and My Championship Year by the motor racing star Damon Hill sold 140,000 copies at pounds 25 each.Keegan, the former England captain with 63 international caps, two European Footballer of the Year trophies and his years in the hot seat at Newcastle United, has a lot to write about.The autobiography is expected to be published in October, followed by a book of humorous reminiscences and another on coaching.Sampson told the publishing industry paper The Bookseller that he had been tracking Keegan for three years: "But a big name isn't enough - mediocre works quickly fall by the wayside.". The Child Support Agency is hurting the poorest children by using punitive measures against parents, reducing their income support by up to 25 per cent, according to the Child Poverty Action Group. Three in four parents left to care on their own for children are on income support.
In many cases such parents are unwilling to pursue the absent parent, as the CSA demands, because to do so would "risk harm or undue distress" to them or their child. If they are unable to convince a child- support officer that they are at risk in this way, they face a financial penalty which lasts for at least three years and which means a pounds 20 reduction in income support per week. For a lone parent over 25 with a child under 11 this means a reduction in support from pounds 81.80 to pounds 62.14 at 1997/98 rates. But some parents suffer this cut rather than risk the violence or break- up of an amicable arrangement that may result from pursuing the absent parent.Sally Witcher, director of CPAG, said parents left to care for children on benefits should not be made to co-operate with the CSA. However, a spokesman for the Department of Social Security dismissed the report as "one-sided and biased".8 Child Support: Issues of the Future - available from CPAG Ltd, 125 Bath Street, London EC1V 9PY at pounds 5.95. The number of people with two jobs has jumped by 37 per cent - from 917,000 to 1,263,000 - since the last election, according to analysis of official figures by the House of Commons library. The figures, supplied to Ian McCartney, Labour's chief employment spokesman, also show that almost 2 million workers earn less than pounds 3 an hour and 342,000 less than pounds 1.50 an hour.