21.   Housing association staff said few of the affected residents appeared to be covered by property insurance.

22.   Council staff say that although there has been a general increase in nonpayment in the region most non-payers are on the electoral roll.

23.   RSPCA staff say they have been inundated with inquiries about the dogs at Sadberge kennels following an article in The Northern Echo.

24.   But county hall staff say there are practical problems which prevent them from laying speed monitoring cables.

25.   Hotel staff said the Russian deputy premier Boris Fyodorov would arrive at the talks today.

26.   Although team medical staffs say they are prescribing fewer drugs and monitoring their inventories, some players are finding other ways to get prescription painkillers.

27.   At the government hospital in Orahovac, the staff said Mrs. Krasniqi had suffered kidney failure and was close to death.

28.   At Potter, staff said most of the fixed income trading and equities derivatives employees were axed.

29.   At San Juan the staff said he had hepatitis and sent him home.

30.   Because the contract had not been officially certified by the city controller, PUC staff said the city would not incur any liability for canceling it.