Despite the English county areas having an independent commission to assess what, if any, changes should be proposed, no such arrangement is the case for Welsh areas. The figures were highest for GPs in inner cities; nearly a quarter said they had been assaulted during daytime home visits and 21 per cent during night visits.Dr Jeremy Menage, secretary of the Local Medical Committee in Coventry, explained: 'Doctors are often travelling on their own and may be carrying drugs that people may want to steal. The fresh upset for Mr Smith upstaged a pounds 250,000 donation from the GMB general union to fight the local and European elections.Mr Smith has had several meetings with John Edmonds, general secretary of the GMB, who came close to defeating his 'one member, one vote' reforms at last autumn's Labour Party conference.. He finished third, giving him the points he needed, but it was a long time before he could finally be convinced that he had indeed won the championship.In the year in which he exploited his title he disappointed many. Daniel Jenkyn Jones, composer and conductor: born Pembroke 7 December 1912; married 1937 Eunice Bedford (three daughters), 1944 Irene Goodchild (one son, one daughter); died Swansea 23 April 1993.

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The Mona Lisa thrusts her pelvis and wiggles her tongue in a most suggestive manner, while Brunnhilde's shield changes into a foaming pint of lager. Wounded to the quick following revelations that one of its trusted senior partners had 'misappropriated' pounds 300,000 of the firm's money, Ernst & Young has hit back with a blinding coup on the consultancy front. Stores had to contend with the additional discomfort of The Body Shop International, down 108p to 158p on the surprise profit warning. The winner of this year's competition not only has his or her work published in the Independent but has the opportunity to contribute to one of the best- selling Rough Guide series.The first-prize winner of the Independent/Trailfinders Student Travel Writing Competition also receives a round-the-world air ticket together with pounds 500 spending money.The air ticket for the winner of the competition - which the Independent is running in conjunction with Rough Guides - will be donated by Trailfinders (42-50 Earls Court Road, Kensington, London W8 6EJ: 071-938 3366), one of Britain's leading specialists in independent travel.Runners-up in the competition will receive rail tickets from Eurotrain (071- 730 3402) - one of the leading companies in student and youth travel - to the European destination of their choice, as well as a selection of Rough Guides.Prize detailsThe winning student will receive a Trailfinders round-the-world ticket to the value of pounds 1,000 - and a selection of 10 Rough Guides.The Independent will provide pounds 500 spending money. Conversation here tended to take the form of an animated Lonely Hearts advert. It expects to close Sussex Dairies' processing dairy at Southwick, shedding 80 jobs.The acquired business, which has 325 employees, delivers from eight depots to 60,000 customers in the Hastings to Littlehampton area It also supplies some retailers, including Gateway.