JUST weeks after a watch with an inscribed personal message to Asil Nadir brought about the downfall of Michael Mates another Nadir

JUST weeks after a watch with an inscribed personal message to Asil Nadir brought about the downfall of Michael Mates, another Nadir watch with a personal message has emerged, writes Dalya Alberge This time, though, MPs need not fear. The Review says the deal was signed with the approval of the British Foreign Office and the ANC on 24 September.The UN sanctions still in place forbid the export of arms and paramilitary equipment to South Africa (UN resolution 418 of 1977); a non-mandatory ban on the import of arms, ammunition and military vehicles from South Africa (UN resolution 558 of 1984); a ban on nuclear contracts and sales of computers that may be used by the South African army and police (UN resolution 569 of 1985); and a prohibition on the display of imported South African armaments (UN resolution 591 of 1986).The British Army has the heaviest armoured vehicle of any UN force in Bosnia - the tracked GKN Warrior Infantry fighting vehicle, which has been outstandingly successful.But it also has the ageing 1960s FV- 432 series armoured personnel carrier and 1970s CVR series - the Scimitar and Spartan - plus armoured and soft-skinned Land Rovers. He seems to need to have the success behind him if he's going to be confident That's a very British trait, I think. A minor deformity of the spine is the focus for continued mockery.Henry V: Triumphalist Jingoistic Militaristic. I have only ever wanted to be an undertaker and I'm pleased that I have become the youngest in this country.'When he finishes his A-levels, Steven wants to continue building his business and plans to go to college to study embalming. The DTI says it printed 500 copies of the inch-thick report but the lot have been snapped up. 'Many come from single-parent families living in bed and breakfast hotels, in appalling conditions.

They inevitably left gaps at the back as they pushed forward.Kiwomya gave Ipswich the lead early in the second half, taking full advantage of Gary Pallister's uncertainty following Neil Thompson's long throw from the left.United's early offensives augered well, Giggs combining with Irwin and Darren Ferguson before sending an exquisite centre to Hughes who looped the ball beyond the angle.Hughes was again a principal character in another attack by United, this time finding Brian McClair on the right. Mrs Shephard yesterday met Douglas Hurd to urge him to include employment among the limitations on Brussels powers when changes on subsidiarity are made to the Maastricht treaty, at the EC summit in Birmingham next Friday.She argued that employment directives from Brussels were adding to employers' costs and threatening jobs. 'If a product is associated with intelligence, it requires the endorsement of a Clive Anderson-type figure, as opposed to a Frank Spencer.'Selecting the right agent is also important. It shows there is still a 2-1 gap on productivity, and a 100-1 gap on quality.The only world-class plant in Europe that Professor Jones has studied is the Nissan factory - although he expects the Toyota plant in Derbyshire to be even better.Like The Machine That Changed the World, the study does not offer startling new insights into the way the best Japanese factories are run, but it does highlight the three elements that make the difference: getting the human side right by working in teams and pushing responsibility downwards; fixing the factory process so that parts flow through it with the smoothness of syrup; and installing a 'lean' supply chain that is tightly integrated and has a properly working just-in-time delivery system.Although some British companies have been struggling to install similar systems for the past decade, Prof Jones says that 'we have only really seen action in the last 18 months to two years' and the astonishing efficiency found in Japan remains elusive.For example, it is virtually impossible to have a proper just-in-time supply system in the UK, because it requires every company in a supply chain to take part.The bottom of the chain is occupied by the likes of British Steel and the big chemical companies (who make plastic), and they have so far who have refused to send small but frequent batches of parts to customers a fraction of their size.The good news is that the arrival of Japanese car factories is forcing suppliers to improve by leaps and bounds.

Although the Christmas Details had plenty of punters this year (the results and winners were given last week), the general knowledge questions bred no outright winners. Trading was brisk with turnover reaching 833.5 million shares from 36,786 bargains The account ends tomorrow with settlement on 5 April. He would have been happier at home looking after cows about to calve. Oh, Wiggins, Wiggins.'It would be easy to theorise about the weedy boy (club foot, 5ft 2in tall) who wanted to win friends by playing the fool But maybe it is safer just to say he loves performing. That was the order in which the three riders had started yesterday's two-round contest, but any idea that it was therefore a tame finale should be summarily dismissed. Supporters of Robert and Whitaker had a fraught afternoon. BRITAIN'S highest-paid businessman, Peter Wood, founder of the Direct Line insurance company, has agreed a record pounds 42m payment this year. That leaves a catalogue of extremes, determined by some good new work (Michael Berkeley's Baa Baa Black Sheep at Opera North) and some bad (Michael Finnissey's excruciating Therese Raquin on a Garden Venture tour).

Now, particularly since the inept performance against asecond-string Canada selection, Davies can't do anything right.A few days ago, the England reserve fly-half Stuart Barnes - who played for Welsh Schoolboys before opting for the land of his birth - used a newspaper column to accuse the Welsh coach of confusing his players and dulling their natural flair. IT WAS a subdued first day of term for England's cricketers at Edgbaston yesterday. All shed fascinating new light on familiar subjects.Kent's strongest virtue is a stringent critical eye, combined with an instinct for what is great and a refusal to gloss over the moral turpitude that often goes with greatness. On 7 September the track will announce how it intends sidestepping the legal ban on charging admission to Sunday meetings.The start of Hereford's meeting on Saturday is to be brought forward to 5.05pm because of fears of fading light for later races.. InSkinParams = new Array();InSkinParams['srv_SectionID'] = '124015';InSkinParams['srv_Keywords']= 'home';InSkinParams['srv_Categories']= '';InSkinParams['srv_UseSAS']= 'false';InSkinParams['sas_PauseAdTag']= '';InSkinParams['plr_InSkinID']= 'myPageSkin';InSkinParams['plr_ContentID'] = 'myContent1';InSkinParams['plr_ContentW']= '975';InSkinParams['plr_FrameTop']= '90';InSkinParams['plr_FrameSide'] = '130';InSkinParams['plr_FrameBottom'] = '90';InSkinParams['plr_TotalW']= '900';InSkinParams['plr_TotalH']= '600';InSkinParams['plr_ContentType'] = 'PAGE';InSkinParams['plr_HideElementsByID']= '';InSkinParams['plr_HideElementsByClass'] = '';InSkinParams['plr_ExpandableDetached']= 'true';InSkinParams['plr_NoSkinInSkinResize']= 'true';InSkinParams['plr_AssumeSkin']= 'false';function addEvent( obj, type, fn ) {var obj = ( obj.constructor === String ) ? document.getElementById( obj ) : obj;if ( obj.attachEvent ) {obj[ 'e' + type + fn ] = fn;obj[ type + fn ] = function(){ obj[ 'e' + type + fn ]( window.event ) };obj.attachEvent( 'on' + type, obj[ type + fn ] );} else obj.addEventListener( type, fn, false );}if ((navigator.platform.indexOf("Mac") == -1) && (navigator.platform.indexOf("Linux") == -1)) {addEvent(window, 'load', function() {var adjustment = 0;InSkinParams['plr_ContentH'] = jQuery('#InSkinPageContainer_' + InSkinParams['plr_InSkinID']).height() + adjustment;if (screen.width >= 1235) {InSkinLoad.init(InSkinParams);}});}. GERMANY carried out an emergency deflation yesterday to counter its isolation by European rivals.