The survey also found that four-fifths of provision for men was inadequate

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The survey also found that four-fifths of provision for men was inadequate.Of the 160 councils, 52 provided no nappy-changing facilities and only seven gave a reasonable level of provision - a situation Mr Jones describes as 'appalling' in the international year of the family.Mr Jones's Bill will seek to revoke a section of the 1936 Public Health Act which allows local authorities to charge for women, but not for men.Leading article, page 15. Though he had won the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature, Camus, in his final years, had been written off as a finished talent by some of his peers. Demoralised government troops fell back in parts of the city ahead of a steady rebel advance, and United Nations officials said it appeared to be only a matter of days before the RPF took Kigali. Rebel infantrymen, following behind intense barrages of artillery and mortar fire, inched forward in fierce combat that appeared to be street-to-street in parts of the city centre.Both sides suffered heavy casualties during two days of fighting near the airport, said UN spokesman Abdul Kabia.Fighting halted or delayed deliveries of food and water for a second day to thousands of displaced people living under UN protection because of the bloodbath mainly between majority Hutus and minority Tutsis.The United States, in its first military involvement in Africa since pulling out of the 15-month operation in Somalia, announced yesterday it had started flying relief supplies to Rwandan refugees in Tanzania.The US embassy in Nairobi said 15 Starlifter C-141 military planes were flying supplies to nearly 250,000 Rwandan refugees in Tanzania and Burundi. Besides, on present planning the Budget comes after the leadership election season, not before it.And another question looms, larger certainly than last night's results, perhaps larger even than the Tory leadership Its name is Tony Blair. All those involved must be over 18, and women's contact details should never be divulged to a man during, or as a consequence of, a blind-date programme.Each written response that is received by 'Midnight Encounters' - once considered genuine - is read and filed. When one failed to materialise all the worries about the lingering recession returned to haunt the market.The usual array of profit downgradings kept thoughts on the deteriorating prospects for company earnings and dividends.In the account that ended yesterday the market has been dragged hither and thither by interest rate talk. He added that he was 'delighted' that David Rowland, a senior Lloyd's broker and chairman of Sedgwick Group, 'is willing to serve as the next chairman of Lloyd's.

They did not exchange a word or a glance.Lewis, turned out conservatively in dark blue training slacks and white T-shirt, looking relaxed after a qualifying jump of 8.68m 24 hours earlier, the longest anywhere in the world this year.Maybe Powell sensed it was not going to be his night when Lewis immediately put in a good jump, smiling as 8.67 flashed in yellow numerals against his name The pressure was on Powell. But it recognised a truth: that reconciliation between the French and the Germans, between societies as well as states, was the condition for any European unity which meant anything That had always been known, of course. but services aren't enough, because services are the first thing you cut - so we need the manufacturing base both as import substitution and as part of the continuing export drive.'So far, so very good. It has implications for our shareholders' income, but it does increase our flexibility.'There will, however, be penalties for shareholders. We would also like to apologise to the staff of the BBC for making them angry; to distinguished broadcasters such as Sir David Attenborough for causing them despair; to the BBC's General Advisory Council for inspiring them to criticise Mr Birt's arrangements as 'incompatible with the standards and practice expected of a public service broadcasting organisation'; and to anyone, anywhere, who felt less happy about his or her licence fee Finally, we apologise to ourselves We should have known better. In previous privatisations the participating banks selling to institutions have been limited to specific regions.The managers are SG Warburg, Barclays de Zoete Wedd, Cazenove, Daiwa, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, NatWest Securities, Paribas Capital Markets, UBS and NM Rothschild.The Government will also appoint three regional groups of investment banks to market the offer to other investors.These banks will not be allowed to sell to 500 major global institutions which are reserved for the 11 global managers. The French interest rate cut and further signs that the UK economy is pulling out of recession also helped.The FT-SE 100 index closed 25 points higher at 2,846.8 and the second-string FT-SE 250 index also made headway.

GARY NICKLAUS was pretty pleased with his day's work. Investors are guaranteed their money back if the market fails to perform. The changes have created a university that is 'confederal, with quasi-autonomous institutions in partnership with a streamlined centre', according to a spokesman for the London School of Economics.A plan to build on the University of London's strengths in postgraduate teaching and research by assembling 10 of its specialist institutes in a School of Advanced Study has also found strong support among college principals.The university aims to create a national centre for research in the humanities that would provide research opportunities to academics in teaching-oriented universities and promote collaboration between disciplines. In one case a product had still not been delivered after eight months. 'To put it bluntly, a black person can be innocent.'News of Silcott's award caused outrage yesterday because he is serving a life sentence for the murder of Anthony Smith, a north London gang leader, whom he says he stabbed in self-defence. Steve, the guy I'm playing against, says: 'By the way, I haven't been playing much lately - I'm useless at the moment.''Yeah? Well, don't worry - I went to bed at four. The environmental authorities were not told until yesterday because, a spokesman for the firm said last night, 'we did not appreciate the size of the spill until today'.An urgent investigation into the potential impact of the leak, described by the Department of the Environment as 'extremely worrying', was immediately launched by the Northern Ireland departments concerned with health, agriculture and the environment.The Irish Republic has also been informed, since Lough Foyle, linking the river Foyle to the sea, forms part of the border.Du Pont said the spill was the result of a 'process upset'.

National Hunt jockey Anthony Tory was suspended from riding for 10 days yesterday for causing 'intentional interference' during a race at Exeter. He firmly repudiated Mr Heseltine's allegations that Mr Delors was too close to French interests and his claim that he was prey to 'conflicting loyalties'.'The President's position is quite consistent with the position adopted by the European Council in Birmingham last week,' he insisted. Policyholders can also cut premiums by agreeing to pay up to pounds 250 on each claim (the excess).Householders and motorists who are insured with General Accident's existing policies can continue to have these renewed if they wish, but all new policies sold through brokers will be under the new terms.The new products are called HomeOptions and MotorOptions. Three years ago, a German teenager slit his wrists in front of her; for many years, the American millionaire James Levee courted her with gifts of Porsches and jet planes, until, at the semi-finals of the 1991 French Open, he was involved in a fist-fight with Graf's dad in the player's box. The group's satellite-based technology is used to route pipelines, underwater cables and in hydrographic surveys, including some for the Royal Navy.The profits decline was largely due to the impact of an unusually big pounds 16m contract on the previous year's performance.