1.   Andy, whose estranged wife Fergie has caused much of the dismay, could be the hardest hit.

2.   Elderly people were the hardest hit by the increase in tax on fuel.

3.   Freeze hits sport HORSE racing will be the sport hardest hit by the cold snap.

4.   Rural areas have been hardest hit by the recession.

5.   The Automobile Industry is among the hardest hit by the recession.

6.   The South-East and West Midlands have been hardest hit by the recession.

7.   Farmers were among the hardest hit by economic and monetary union.

8.   Hardest hit are the farmers.

9.   New figures have shown that a third more businesses went to the wall during nineteen ninety-two, with this region the hardest hit.