Eddie the Eagle might have won the ski jump at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics. The Ukrainian government knows that the treaty saved the country from a humiliating loss of face in front of the Russians who, without Washington's arm- twisting, would gladly have continued to pile on the economic and political pressure.There will be no immediate or dramatic change in relations between the West and Ukraine. BANKERS to Lep, the freight-forwarding and security services company, have been warned that a legal action begun yesterday by the group's former chairman and chief executive could force the company into receivership. THE continuing struggle against recession has left managers depressed and disillusioned, according to a survey by a leading business school.

IT WAS, said Matthew Lorenzo, trying to adopt the gravity of a commentator at a state funeral, 'a sad, sad night again for English football' But only if you were watching ITV. Ry Cooder's score for Paris, Texas is perfect - very atmospheric and drifty.Like many actors I do all my work in the bedroom I learn my lines and work on the script, lying on the bed. The tale of Savage and its 24-year old playboy boss, David Mimran, is a sobering one, involving music, money and ego, though not necessarily in that order. Alister Gladstone MacDonald, architect: born London 18 May 1898; married 1922 Edith Hart (two daughters; marriage dissolved 1936), 1937 Doreen Banaz (two sons, one daughter); died Brighton 22 March 1993.

Until now, Michel Rocard, who was prime minister for three years, had been considered the most likely candidate. Mr Clinton has also been resting his voice.None the less, his task is infinitely easier than that of the President. 'The trouble with you,' he said, 'is that you keep pretending to be someone you're not.'I think he meant that self-repression, not bacon sarnies, had done for my arteries.I had made the mistake of crowing to him about my writing a book on the future of the world and how the human species is, and will continue to be, a Good Thing. our zeal to cost, to manage, define, to pin down, are we in danger of losing sight of the true nature of the activity in which we are engaged, and of the people for whom it exists - the audience?'.