In 1989, the Exxon Valdez disaster prompted US legislation that decreed that all new tankers visiting US ports must have a double hull, providing an extra layer of protection in collisions.Joe Nichols, technical manager at the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, said yesterday that most ships afloat today were still single-hulled 'People need oil, and you cannot do these things overnight I don't think anybody can afford to be that choosy. But they're going to see more of it: despite the hiccup of the recession, the trend is for women to move up from the smaller cars they have traditionally driven, as their spending power and expectations increase. (In 1983, workers barricaded themselves in the factory for six weeks to oppose nearly 2,000 redundancies.) Mr Hall says he told the previous workforce that to get through a difficult first half of 1993 into what promised to be a more buoyant second half there would have to be temporary lay-offs.The response was a strike Two weeks later, the American vice- presidents arrived. Production of predominantly white wine has jumped from 99,880 litres a year in 1979 to 1.5 million in 1991, with a high of 2.2 million in 1989.As the world's northern-most wine producers, British growers must battle against a cool climate along with uncertain summers and autumns. The amount is tiny in proportion to the volume of spending, but the web of bribery, corruption and malpractice spreads much wider into unquantifiable sums. However, some woefully inaccurate bowling, much of it from another England contender, Dominic Cork, then aided a spectacular Lancashire advance to 235 for 4.The balance altered again, however, when Ole Mortensen constructed a useful closing spell to account for Lloyd, DeFreitas and Warren Hegg in close succession and peg Lancashire to a lead of 321, eight down, at the close.. NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Rescue workers struggled in darkness and in heavy rains yesterday to bring out the living and the dead from the ruins of a Thai hotel which collapsed, killing and injuring scores of people and trapping dozens in the rubble.

Last year, a mere 100 were caught and almost all were small fish of between 6lb and 13lb. THE Commonwealth Institute, set up in 1958 as a showcase for the nations of the former British Empire, is trying to turn itself into a theme park to avoid closure following the Government's decision to pull the plug on funds. Substitute not used: Woods (gk).Tottenham Hotspur (4-5-1): Thorstvedt; Kerslake, Calderwood, Sedgley, Edinburgh; Anderton, Dozzell, Hazard, Samways, Caskey; Barmby (Campbell, 69). 'But if you ask me who's the finest player I've seen I'd select Joe Davis. It's a highly artificial arrangement and you hope that it will justify its oddity by guiding you to some not-easily-attainable insight.In the event, too many of the ironies produced simply ram home what is obvious enough from the start: that the lives of both the sons of this prosperous business family will be ruined because their incorrigible need for mother's approval distorts their relations with other women. We'll have more space and we're are a very good counter-attack team.'United's advantage was wrested from a Wednesday team that discarded any cavalier notions. Waterford contributed most of the rise, with Wedgwood profits remaining flat.

When he turned professional and went to the United States in 1936 he had won enough vouchers to get him two-and-a- half plates of a silver service.Still, you can see why Fred might not go down that well Fred liked winning. He was remanded in custody and will appear before magistrates at Selby next week.Mr Pask, who was flanked by two police officers and wore a yellow plastic boiler suit, spoke only once during the hearing, to say that he understood the charge.The body of Dr Howe, who lived in Oxford, was found on Saturday in her room at the university, where she was due to lecture at an Open University course. It is a suitable and fitting tribute to an artist who was ever searching for new directions.. Serbia is rich in agricultural resources, but Mr Dzunic said it is only a matter of time before farmers also feel the pinch. We propose doing something practical and concrete right away.'Le Monde newspaper said in a commentary that France risked being 'justly reproached for acting alone' by its European partners. Turner has not enjoyed the kind of backing for team-building which the managers of Derby and Blackburn have had from their benefactors, and the side now eighth in the First Division contains five who played for Wolves at the lowest level.Despite the sometimes hurtful jibes of impatient fans, he is not resentful.

TRACY AUSTIN'S comeback yesterday reached unexpectedly dizzy heights when the 30-year-old American battled to an impressive 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory over the world No 12, Katerina Maleeva, in the Evert Cup at Indian Wells, California 'It is tough to believe. It had a pool, but it was boring, just a long rectangle and rather shallow And full of boys. We told our members two years ago that they could not demonstrate with militants under the name of Life.'But Paul Tully, spokesman for Spuc, said the media had been biased over Rescue America's activities, ignoring violence against protesters. Auteuil cuts a haunting figure as the enigmatic, melancholy Stephane, quietly assembling his violins, smiling shyly into his black coffee. It harked back to the days of censorship and police raids. The figures, in a new EC survey of births, deaths and marriages, show there are 2.9 divorces per 1,000 citizens in Britain. Next comes Denmark with 2.5 and Belgium with 2.2.