Older workers who were women were seen as less suitable than men of the same age for chief executive and senior management jobs as well as porters, caretakers and road workers. I think he would believe that he had put his commitment, put his name, put his reputation, and with very great success achieved the concessions he did at Maastricht, and then would be seen to have backed away.'He would believe, as I judge the man, that when he next spoke to his peers in Europe, they would all be looking at him, saying: 'Yes, this is the guy who signed up before, and ran away.' That is not the sort of prime minister we've got and that is not the sort of man I judge John Major to be.'George Robertson, Labour's frontbench spokesman on Europe, said that he expected a vote on New Clause 75 - which could block ratification of the treaty with Mr Major's Social Chapter opt-out - within the next three weeks.He said that if the Government was defeated, the Tory rebels believed Mr Major would not sign up to the Social Chapter, 'and would rather walk away from the treaty with all the implications that would have'. Where a larger joint of meat is marinated, as in the classic, slowly braised daubes of Provence, marinating to maximum effect takes a day or so longer. ZAGREB (Reuter) - The UN last night suspended all aid convoys into central Bosnia as the relief operation reached breaking point. UNDER an incongruous 'No Shooting' sign two intense young men from opposite sides of the Irish border are gearing up to launch small solid metal balls over two miles of lush Co Armagh lanes. The authorities said Jacko's performances would exert a negative influence on society. But with the increasing success of Sky, the growth of cable TV, and Channel 4's success since it started selling its own advertising airtime, it is a declining force.

The uncertainty until the last minute about who would meet whom, when and where mirrored the tortuous and often troublesome course the negotiations have taken since the historic accord was signed on 13 September. Mr Arafat had wanted to meet either Mr Peres or the Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, to sign the final agreement on the implementation of the first stage of the autonomy deal for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank. FOR MANY years Antoni Tapies has been seen as Spain's leading painter. That was more than the cost of Railtrack's pay offer to signal workers which ministers vetoed, Frank Dobson, Labour's transport spokesman, said.. There are 7,429 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, largely serving sentences for so-called 'intifada-related activities'. They rose 5p to 378p.On the leisure front Rank Organisation was hit because it too has holiday centres Downgradings were also in the air. Typically, he saw the need to alert the public to the likely consequences of the unrestricted use of pesticides and herbicides.