21.  Legislators representing fishing constituencies object to Spanish boats in British waters under EU agreements.

22.  Officials said the remaining obstacle was Spanish access to parts of British fishing waters.

23.  Other British water utility stocks also rose on speculation that they too would become takeover targets.

24.  The British government quickly excluded them from British waters.

25.  The British V.I. officials announced in January they would begin confiscating U.S. boats caught fishing in British waters.

26.  The company is one of the largest providers of helicopter services to offshore oil and gas platforms located in British waters of the North Sea.

27.  The regional electric utility Norweb PLC found itself the target of a bidding war on Thursday, when a British water utility raised its offer.

28.  The rulings say Spanish fishermen banned from British waters now can seek damages in British courts.

29.  The sale enables Pennon, a British water company, to pursue a plan to focus on its waste management business.

30.  Trawlermen angered by a proposal to allow Spanish fishermen into British waters pelted a government minister with flour bombs and barricaded him at Plymouth harbor.