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Tells how the end of the Cold War is affecting Britain's secret services, which have always been, in real life, the most reclusive and monkish of the Western intelligence agencies, a closed and secret society of faceless bureaucrats toiling from drab and unmarked office buildings in deepest London. Actions of chief of MI5, Stella Rimington, 58; Public announcement by Prime Minister John Major of the identity of Rimington and Sir Colin McColl, chief of MI6; Additional information.

Reveals that teachers in all but a handful of Britain's 4,400 secondary schools boycotted the June national examination designed to measure the five-year-old national curriculum on the grounds it bore little relationship to what is actually taught in the classroom. Example of Fred Close, Quintin Kynaston secondary school, London; Widespread acceptance of the curriculum's overall ambition; Growing divide between government and educators; Details.

Discusses the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill approved by the British Parliament. Critics of the bill. INSET: Speak now, or ...

Reports on the proposal of recycling of City of London Cemetery oldest graves by burying new bodies atop the old. Skepticism over support of Conservative Government for such a proposal; Availability of other options.

Provides information on restoration of buildings and works of art in England.

Discusses recent criticisms brought against the health care system in Britain. Observations regarding the National Health Service; Overview of various kinds of statistical data; Diagnosis practices.

Discusses the high incidence of stolen cars in England and Wales. Drivers there are almost twice as likely as those in the United States to have their cars stolen. Car security and antitheft technology; Thieves one jump ahead; Cars stolen to order; Insurance premiums up; The `Mad Max' syndrome.

Reports the effort of magistrate Donald Coombe of Camberwell, London, England to discipline juvenile delinquents and teach them manners. Narration of the approach of Coombe; Crime rate of juvenile delinquency; Policy of the British Prime Minister John Major on the issue.

Reports on the rise in crime in Britain. Details on the efforts of Scotland Yard to tackle the problem; Need to arm more officers with guns due to the increase in crime; Reactions of police officers on the use of guns.

Reports on demonstrations in Shoreham, England over the export of week-old calves to the meat markets in Europe. Details of the issue and views of the demonstrators.

Focuses on the maintenance problems of cathedrals in Britain. Financial problems of cathedrals across Britain; Details on different ventures by cathedrals to raise revenue.

Reports on the agreement between British officials and the representatives of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, on the continuity of peace talks despite the discovery of a bomb in Enniskillen town on December 18, 1994. Details on the bomb incident.

Reports on the simultaneous television broadcast of the annual Christmas Day speech of Queen Elizabeth II and lecture by Rev. Jesse Jackson on different channels of Britain's television network. Reactions of the British politicians to the lecture by Rev. Jackson; Comments from Rev. Jackson.

Says that Queen Elizabeth II of Britain will break with legal and royal tradition and will voluntarily pay tax on her private income. She will also personally absorb a larger share of the public cost of the royal family's expenses. Though this appeared to be a well-timed public relations initiative, it was said that Queen Elizabeth herself proposed the plan last summer.

States that the British government, having offered reprieves to 21 coal mines and 23,000 miners of British Coal this w eek, must now decide what to do with the tons of coal that miners will continue to bring to the surface. The problem reflec ts not only the changing nature of international energy markets, but the jarring consequences of Britain's move to turn over its large utilities and energy producers to private ownership.

Reports that British Coal will close 31 of its remaining 50 mines and lay off 30,000 miners, nearly three-quarters of the industry's dwindling work force, due to rising imports of foreign coal and falling demand for its own product among utilities. Setback to the British economy; Union militant leaders' call for a strike; Shock to miners; Justification challenged; Decline of Britain's coal industry.