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The Independent (London, England)
The Independent is a Monday to Sunday newspaper, owned and published by Independent Print Ltd and headquartered in London, England. It was first published in 1986 in reaction to the conservative views held by the London Times and the London Telegraph. It has a liberal slant. The Independent's audience is London based, with 54 percent of its readership living in London and its surroundings. Other notable qualities of its readership are: the average reader is 43 years old; 59 percent are employed; 62 percent are married; 48 percent have a college degree or higher; and 73 percent own their own homes. Regions covered include: London and South East, South West, Midlands, North and North East, North West, Scotland, and Wales. The Independent is the youngest of Britain's daily newspapers and is notable for challenging London's more established and conservative daily newspapers. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. In 2010, Simon Kelner, Editor-in-Chief of The Independent, and Johann Hari, a regular columnist in the paper, each received a Comment Award, similar to the U.S. Pultizer Prize. Oliver Wright is Whitehall editor; Oly Duff is home news editor, and Katherine Butler is comment editor.
Articles from July 12, 2005
A QUESTION OF HEALTH: How Can I Beat Head Lice? Is Hair Dye Harmful?
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SON'S ITCHY PROBLEM My six-year-old boy's head lice just keep coming back. I have been trying all the chemical shampoos but don't really want to keep using them. A friend of mine says that she has heard of something called Lice Attack which isn't made...
Athletics: Douglas Set to Make Great Leap Forward
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Nothing indicated the potential of Nathan Douglas, the triple jump winner at the Norwich Union World Trials and AAA Championships on Sunday, so much as his determination not to overplay it. 'I've only jumped 17.64 [metres],' the 22-year-old Oxford City...
Beauty and the Beat ; Cassie Yukawa and Rosey Chan Combine Musical Virtuosity with Good Looks, Says Michael Church
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The first major public sighting of Cassie Yukawa and Rosey Chan was at the Tsunami concert at the Royal Albert Hall. These two women delivered Lutoslawski with dazzling panache. Two weeks before they starred in Camerata Wales's inaugural concert at the...
Blair Rejects Claims Pounds 28bn G8 Aid Was 'Recycled'
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Tony Blair has praised Bob Geldof and Bono for their efforts in persuading members of the eight richest countries in the world to increase aid to Africa. He said their 'remarkable and brilliantly led campaign' " putting on the Live8 concerts and championing...
Blair Rejects Claims Pounds 50bn G8 Aid Was 'Recycled'
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Tony Blair has praised Bob Geldof and Bono for their efforts in persuading members of the eight richest countries in the world to increase aid to Africa. He said their 'remarkable and brilliantly led campaign' " putting on the Live8 concerts and championing...
Brazilian Bribery Scandal: WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LULA? ; the Landslide Election Win That Produced Left-Wing President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Promised the Earth to the Landless, and a New Era for the Country. but Heavy Debt and the Growing Stench of Corruption Is Betraying His Pledges to the People. by Andrew Buncombe
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When Brazilian police stopped Jose Vieira da Silva at the airport in Sao Paulo as he prepared to board a flight out of the city it seemed clear that they were working on an unusually well-informed tip-off. When they searched the political aide's luggage...
BUSINESS ANALYSIS: Primark Turns Up the Pressure on High Street with Pounds 409m Littlewoods Buy
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If the era of disposable fashion dawned with the death of the British garment industry, then yesterday's acquisition by Primark of 120 Littlewoods stores marked high noon for the phenomenon that has rewritten the rules of the high street for everyone...
CAR CHOICE: 'I Have a Bad Knee and Need a Comfortable Car to Drive'
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Dr Helen Ross is 69 and 5ft10in tall. She has a problem with her right knee and has difficulty getting out of a car of standard height. She has a seven-year-old Peugeot 306 hatchback, which has been fine apart from the height problem. She wants a new...
Chess
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The Pivdennyi Bank Tournament " Efim Geller Memorial took place in Odessa from 1 to 3 July. Held in memory of Efim Petrovich Geller (1925- 1998), six times a world championship candidate and one of the greatest opening theoreticians of his time, it put...
CLASSIC CARS ROVER P5: For Queen and Country ; the Rover P5 Was a Favourite of the Middle Class, Film Gangsters " and Her Majesty. by Martin Buckley
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Few cars press as many nostalgic and emotional buttons as the Rover P5 and P5B. In sober saloon form it was the car of the bank manager and a vehicle of authority favoured by the government throughout the 1970s " the big shiny black saloon that swept...
Court Hears of Attempt to Sell Railtrack to the Secretive Bechtel
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A senior Department of Transport official held talks with the secretive US engineering giant Bechtel about taking over Railtrack in 2001, the High Court heard yesterday. The idea of a 'white knight' Bechtel bid for the company was the preferred solution...
Crawford Nets $32M Pay-Off as He Resigns from Morgan Stanley
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Stephen Crawford, Morgan Stanley's co-president, who was a favourite of the investment bank's former chief executive Philip Purcell, is to leave the company with a pay-off of $32m (pounds 18m). Mr Crawford was elevated to the position of joint president...
Creativity
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We asked for some of the mischievous possibilities of a pair of stilts. The Invisible Man can use them to get past security at the G8 Summit and cause mayhem by disconnecting microphones, causing power cuts, making marquees collapse, sawing through chair...
Cricket: Middlesex Sense Warne on Wane as Weekes Seals Win ; HAMPSHIRE 355 & 192 MIDDLESEX 272 & 278-8 Middlesex Win by Two Wickets
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While his first hundred in the match, with the bat, helped set up an intriguing final day, Shane Warne's second century " conceded with the ball " went some way to contributing to a fine victory for Middlesex here yesterday. It also prompted some heretical...
Cricket: Surrey Frustrated as Gidman and Adshead Dig in ; ROUND-UP
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An often ill-tempered final day of the County Championship First Division match at Bristol ended with Surrey having to settle for a draw after a determined Gloucestershire fight back. From 256 for 4 overnight, the home side stretched their second innings...
Cricket: Vaughan's Reliance on Two-Prong Attack Leaves England Vulnerable
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Australia's tour of England is only one month old yet it already feels as though these two teams have been jousting for superiority for an interminable period of time. England, who have beaten the world champions in three of the seven one-day contests,...
CYCLING: Armstrong Feels the Pack Breathing Down His Neck
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As Lance Armstrong's six-year reign as champion faces the reality of a major uprising against his power, the whiff of rebellion was in the air yesterday. Today's 10th stage has had to change its start from Grenoble to Brignoud, 11.5 kilometres away,...
Cycling: Armstrong in T-Mobile's Sights as Going Gets Tough
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As the city where the first shots were fired in the French Revolution of 1789, it is perhaps appropriate that Grenoble will stage the start today of the Tour's first incursion into the high mountains and, perhaps, a major uprising against Lance Armstrong's...
DERBI GPR 125 RACING: From the Track to the Streets ; the Derbi 125 Is the Young Rider's Dream " a Road Bike That Looks like a Racing Machine
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The Derbi GPR 125 is styled to resemble a very fast sports bike. A 17-year-old, equipped with his compulsory basic training certificate, is supposed to take one look at it and imagine himself as British Superbike champion. A slightly more sophisticated...
Dreamworks Blames Falling DVD Sales for Profits Drag
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DreamWorks Animation joined the growing number of Hollywood studios to paint a gloomy picture about their businesses yesterday, saying a slump in demand for DVDs meant annual profits would be below expectations. A slowing in DVD sales is particularly...
FEATURE PERODUA KENARI: Never Mind the Badge, Just Enjoy the Ride ; the Kenari Wears a Jaguar Grille on Its Noddy-Car Face, and Put a Huge Smile on Sean O'Grady's
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Friends and family often ask me what my favourite car is. Usually my mind goes blank at that point. I used to be able to say 'the Mini' without hesitation, in the days when I owned one and the new 'MINI', as they style the name, was but a distant blob...
FEATURES THE GREENEST VEHICLES: Ten Cars to Save the World
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If you don't want to wait for the Americans to sign up to Kyoto, you can do your bit for the green cause now. The most environmentally friendly thing to do is to cycle or walk, and occasionally venture on to public transport. Or you could keep an old...
Football: Chelsea Must Bid over Pounds 20m to Buy Wright-Phillips
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There has been no limit to the speculation swirling around Shaun Wright- Phillips' future, but Manchester City have still not received a formal bid from Chelsea for the England winger and plan to take the player to Thailand on Sunday for their pre-season...
Football: Deportivo Lie in Wait for Souness' Men
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Newcastle United will have to do it the hard way if they are to play meaningful football in Europe this season. Not only are they in line to face the Spanish La Liga side Deportivo La Corua in the semi-finals of the Intertoto Cup, but Lazio or Marseilles...
Football: Figo and Crouch Are Too Expensive for Benitez
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Rafael Benitez has threatened to end his pursuit of Luis Figo and Peter Crouch by the end of this week if their price tags remain above Liverpool's valuation. The Liverpool manager had agreed terms with Figo on a free transfer before Real Madrid's insistence...
Football: Slovakia Start for Newcastle in Europe
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Newcastle United will have to do it the hard way if they are to play meaningful football in Europe this season. Not only are they in line to face the Spanish La Liga side Deportivo La Corua in the semi-finals of the Intertoto Cup, but Lazio or Marseilles...
Football: TNS Seek Total Scouser Solution to Crack Code of Mighty Neighbours ; the Welsh Premier League's Only Full-Time Professionals Will Have to Earn Their Money at Anfield. Ian Herbert Reports
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Preparing a side to play the European champions is quite a task when you're managing a village team that attracts an average gate of 258. But it is a sign of Ken McKenna's determination to avoid any embarrassment in his side's Champions' League tie at...
GOLF: Donald Thrilled by Nicklaus Pairing as 'Golden Bear' Prepares for Last Open
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As golfing honours go, they do not come any more privileged, illustrious or indeed memorable than being asked to play alongside Jack Nicklaus on the Golden Bear's grand farewell from the Open and, almost definitely, competitive golf. But as Luke Donald...
Golf: Donald Thrilled by Nicklaus Pairing as 'Golden Bear' Prepares for Last Round
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As golfing honours go, they do not come any more privileged, illustrious or indeed memorable than being asked to play alongside Jack Nicklaus on the Golden Bear's grand farewell from the Open and, almost definitely, competitive golf. But as Luke Donald...
Golf: Donald Thrilled by Nicklaus Pairing as 'Golden Bear' Prepares for Last Round
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As golfing honours go, they do not come any more privileged, illustrious or indeed memorable than being asked to play alongside Jack Nicklaus on the Golden Bear's grand farewell from the Open and, almost definitely, competitive golf. But as Luke Donald...
Golf: From the Pinnacle of Success to a Deep Black Hole, Beware the Curse of the Open ; Why Has the Claret Jug Proved a Poisoned Chalice for So Many Winners? Jamie Corrigan Investigates at St Andrews
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You are now the Open champion, the legend tells you, sip at the claret jug and taste the elixir of pure golfing bliss, and take that giant leap on to the ultimate stepping stone to success, to numerous majors, to Tour title after Tour title, to the nirvana...
Hard as Nails, Smooth as Silk ; the New 3-Series Touring Has All the Finesse You'd Expect from a BMW. but Its Host of Rugged Gadgets Point to a Car That's Meant to Be Used as a Workhorse. John Simister Puts It through Its Paces
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I love to go a-wandering with a knapsack on my back,' happy Germans used to sing (in German). And when BMW launched the previous 3-series Touring, it described the not-quite-estate as 'a 3-series with a rucksack'. Have a 3-series, carry more, wander...
Health: Your Life in Your Hands ; Our Fingers Can Speak Volumes about Our Personality Traits, Our Future Health " and Even Our Sexual Orientation. Roger Dobson Explains
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in Do you have a long index finger? Is it shorter or longer than the ring finger? No idle academic questions, these " your future health, fertility, marital prospects, and risk of heart disease or breast cancer, could hinge upon the answers. Sporting...
How to Be Welcome in Sophisticated Company
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Most bestselling books are irritating in one way or another, but few can have been more annoying than Simon Barnes's How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher. As the book has soared upwards in the charts like a skylark in June, authors all over the country will have...
Iraqi Minister Says Troop Pull-Out Would 'Take the Country into Hell'
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Iraq would descend into 'hell' if Britain and the US started to withdraw troops before the end of the year, Iraq's Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, has said. Mr Zebari told The Independent in an interview yesterday that foreign troops might be redeployed...
Is This the Freedom They Fought For?
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It was a struggle for the elderly gentleman to bend right down. But it seemed rude to let him know he wasn't fooling anyone, by picking the apple up for him. He straightened slowly, and held it out, almost complete, one bite missing. 'Look at this,'...
James Lawton: Woodward's Reliance on Media Strategy Spins Unending Web of Self-Deception
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If Sir Clive Woodward had consulted somebody in touch with the realities of sport " and maybe also some of life's decencies " he might not have made an ass of himself right up to his last steps on New Zealand soil. But, no, the man who thought he had...
Last Chance to Buy. Jeep Grand Cherokee
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When is it going? The new Grand Cherokee is on sale now, so the old one is on the way out. What's good about it? The Grand Cherokee is one of the most important 4x4s to arrive in the UK because it gave buyers a real alternative to the upmarket Range...
LAST NIGHT'S TV: Convicted for Clich Crimes ; Murder Investigation Team Itv1 Escape to the Legion Channel 4
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'You don't walk on to a crime scene with preconceptions,' snapped DS Rosie at new girl Eva Sharp in Murder Investigation Team. This wasn't the only ticking off Eva got for jumping to conclusions: 'Let's try to avoid the racial stereotyping and keep an...
Leading Article: TERROR IN LONDON - A Dignified Political Response to the Bombs
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The first session of the Commons after last Thursday's bomb attacks in London was always going to be a sombre occasion. And that was appropriate. The week after London's gravest peacetime attacks was no time for British politics as usual. Even so, for...
Leading Article: US Intelligence Leak - Questions of Principle
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The investigation into the circumstances in which the name of the CIA agent Valerie Plame was made public finally seems to have borne fruit. And what many have long suspected has been confirmed: President Bush's influential adviser and campaign guru...
Leaving Radio 1, the Man Who Makes and Breaks the Top Bands
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The Radio 1 music chief who helped to launch the careers of Coldplay, Eminem, Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone has quit after eight years to join the record company EMI. Alex Jones-Donnelly, one of the most powerful men in the music industry, is leaving...
Let Road Users Take Control
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Back in the early 1980s I used to sit/slump/sleep my way through tireseome select committee hearings at the Houses of Commons. Even as a naive, young reporter, I quickly learned that these all-party gatherings were at best laughable and at worst a total...
Letter: Teach Our Muslim Youth How to Live, Not How to Die
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Sir: The time has come for all good Britons to stand together, regardless of race or religion. As a British Muslim, I abhor the senseless violence we witnessed last Thursday; as a citizen of this country I condemn the traitors; and as a human being I...
Literature: The Writers Who Make Crime Pay ; CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL Cedar Court Hotel HARROGATE
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The best-selling crime fiction writer Mark Billingham is putting the final touches to his new novel, Buried, before heading off to the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. There, he will be joined by his peers " Ruth Rendell, Michael Connelly, Alexander...
Man on Trial for Van Gogh Killing Refuses to Recognise Dutch Court
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The man accused of a ritualistic killing that shocked the Netherlands went on trial carrying a copy of the Koran and refusing to defend himself against murder charges. Mohammed Bouyeri, who was born in Amsterdam to Moroccan parents, faces life in jail...
Motor Racing: Rebel Teams Ready for Conciliation Talks with Mosley
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The FIA president, Max Mosley, gave the French Grand Prix a miss 10 days ago. Perhaps even he had accepted counsel that to make an appearance so soon after Indianapolis, before the scars of a farcical US Grand Prix had begun to heal, would simply have...
New Issues on London Market at the Highest Level in a Decade
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More companies joined the London Stock Exchange in June than for almost a decade, figures showed yesterday, and the main market enjoyed its strongest month since 2001. The Exchange's official figures show London becoming the market of choice for overseas...
Number of Firms Fund Raising on London Market Hits 10-Year High
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More companies joined the London Stock Exchange in June than for almost a decade, new figures showed yesterday, and the main market enjoyed its strongest month since 2001. The Exchange's official figures show London becoming the market of choice for...
OBITUARY: DR PETER DALLY ; Psychiatrist Specialising in Eating Disorders
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Peter Dally made major contributions in the study of anorexia nervosa and eating disorders. He was the author of a textbook, Anorexia Nervosa, published in 1969, and co-author with Joan Gomez of Anorexia Nervosa (1979) and Obesity and Anorexia: a question...
OBITUARY: DR PETER DALLY ; Psychiatrist Specialising in Eating Disorders
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Peter Dally was a second son, the first having died of scarlet fever when a baby, writes Anne Norwich. From an early age, Peter felt he could never live up to his parents' expectations, as the memory of 'golden' Jim's angelic looks and nature haunted...
OBITUARY: LORD WARDINGTON ; Collector of Maps and Atlases Whose Library Was Rescued Dramatically in a Fire
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In the extreme north-east corner of Oxfordshire, tucked in between Warwickshire and Northamptonshire, quite near the site of the Civil War battle of Edgehill in 1642 and nearer still to the 1644 engagement at Cropredy Bridge, is the village of Wardington,...
OBITUARY: Shirley Goodman ; Singer of 'Let the Good Times Roll'
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Nothing can prepare the listener for the first time that he hears Shirley and Lee's 1956 recording of 'Let the Good Times Roll'. Leonard Lee, as usual, sings the majority of the song, but it is Shirley Goodman's voice, with its bizarre mixture of flat...
Opera: DIE WALKRE Royal Opera House LONDON HHHHH
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The operatic stage is not ageist. Placido Domingo can still cut a romantic young hero 34 years after his debut at Covent Garden. On a big stage, in the right light (or virtually no light, in this production), the years just fall away. Distance does lend...
Our Man in Paris: Parisian Wildlife Thrives on Baguettes While Chirac Shuns Haggis for Boiled Calf's Head
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Florence moved into our building a few weeks ago. She is rather noisy but she makes a change from the usual antisocial noises in the inner courtyard of our apartment block. Our villainous, downstairs neighbour, for instance, specialises in doing the...
OUTLOOK: Hoping for the Best on Pension Deficits
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John Ralfe is the pensions expert widely credited with switching the Boots pension fund out of equities and wholly into bonds, a decision which with the benefit of hindsight looks extraordinarily astute. The Boots pension fund has since ventured back...
OUTLOOK: Primark Piles on Pain for Others with Buy
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Ask Peter Simon, the chairman of Monsoon, what the secret of Primark's success might be, and he would no doubt reply that it is copying Monsoon's designs, getting them knocked up for next to nothing somewhere, and then selling them at a fraction of the...
OUTLOOK: Rover Is a Dead Parrot, So Why Does Everyone Persist in Believing It Might Be Saved?
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Hold the front page! Last-ditch bid to save Rover. Unions say thousands of jobs in the offing. Somehow it all sounds eerily familiar. Rover has been written off more times than a clapped out Morris Marina and yet somehow the old dog refuses to lie down...
Palestinians Rage at Proposed Fence across Jerusalem
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Israel's decision to press ahead with a barrier that will separate 55,000 Palestinian residents of Jerusalem from the rest of the city has provoked a storm of criticism, prompting the Palestinian Prime Minister to state that the fence will make 'a farce'...
Pop: SUPERSONIC Custard Factory BIRMINGHAM HHH
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Birmingham's Capsule promoters divide their time between fragmented laptop electronica and adventurously grinding guitar- core. They're interested in the meeting of the two forms. Over three years, their Supersonic weekender has grown in stature. It...
Pop: T Party Basks in a Warm Glow ; T IN THE PARK Balado, Kinross GLASGOW HHHHH
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'We've played eight or ten or twelve festivals this summer,' said Bernard Sumner during New Order's headlining set on the second stage at T in the Park on Saturday, 'and this is the first one where it hasn't poured down.' Despite being sold as Scotland's...
Racing: Jockey Club Panel Will Monitor Betting on Insider Information
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The Jockey Club has set itself a puzzle besides which the task of trying to find the winner of the Stewards' Cup later this month will seem like My First Jigsaw. A panel of enquiry has been established to investigate the use " or misuse " of insider...
Ratings Help Parents Choose Child Care
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Parents will be able to run an official check on the status of childminders for the first time from today. Ofsted, the education standards watchdog, will shame the worst providers and praise the best by placing details of all childminders' reports on...
Rover Secures Pension Aid as Chinese Vie for Longbridge
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Former MG Rover workers were told yesterday that they will be covered by the Government's Pension Protection Fund but hundreds of them still face having to repay some of the pension they have received following the collapse of the car maker three months...
Rugby League: Goulding's Turbulent Career May Be Ended by Bicep Injury
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The former Great Britain scrum-half, Bobbie Goulding, could have played his last game after tearing his bicep. Goulding, 33, is player-coach at Rochdale Hornets and suffered the injury inspiring them to victory over Castleford on Sunday " the National...
Rugby Union: Lions Concept Still Has Value, Says Woodward
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Although the British and Irish Lions arrived home at Heathrow airport yesterday morning after being humbled by a 3-0 Test series defeat against the All Blacks, the man who led them to the 'blackwash' believes the concept must be kept alive. Sir Clive...
SHAKESPEARE, REDUCED ; the Complete Works; the RSC Announced Yesterday It Is to Stage All the Bard's Plays at a Special Festival. for Those Who Can't Make It to the Entire 37, Ian Irvine Provides a Potted Guide to the Plots
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All's well that ends well Stand by your man. Recently wed, spoilt Bertram abandons his wife Helena, and goes off to war saying that unless she can remove the ring from his finger and produce a child by him, he will never consider himself married. The...
SHARES AND MARKETS: MARKET REPORT - Vague Talk of Renewed Bid Interest Stirs Woolies
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The period of wrestling with unwanted takeover approaches may not be over for Woolworths, if rumours circulating dealing rooms yesterday are to be believed. The pick 'n' mix giant conducted drawn-out negotiations with the private- equity firm Apax Partners...
SLEEPING AROUND: Shamelessly, I've Chosen Sizzling Sex over Banter
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Last week I had my second date with R. The chemistry was so intense that I asked him to take me back to his place before we were halfway through the second bottle of wine. Lying in bed, blissfully, afterwards, I told him about a scheming co- worker's...
Soaring Factory Costs Fuel Talk of Rate Cut
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Factories cut the prices they charge their customers last month despite a record surge in raw materials costs, putting their profit margins under pressure and clearing the way for a cut in interest rates next month. Official figures published yesterday...
Ten Years Late, a Mass Funeral for Srebrenica Victims
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Naza Hasanovic came back to Srebrenica again yesterday. The last time she saw her brother Hamid Velic alive was exactly 10 years ago, on this very spot. Yesterday she buried him here. It was one of 610 funerals at the Memorial Garden opposite the former...
TERROR IN LONDON: BACK TO WORK; A Monday Morning like No Other as Workers Return to Tube and Buses
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Anxiety, nervous laughter, jumpy vigilance, ready suspicion, solid determination and even blithe insouciance " all were on display as London's travelling public tried to get back to normal. But normal is not normal any more on the London Underground...
TERROR IN LONDON: BACK TO WORK: 'I Know I Can't Go Back on a Packed Train ' Eamon Spelman, Oriental Carpet Trader, 47
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For Eamon Spelman, the after-effects of the blast which devastated the train taking him to work last week have been severe. What began as deep shock led to wide-ranging questions about a life which, until Thursday, he took for granted. Yesterday he remained...
TERROR IN LONDON: BACK TO WORK: 'It's That Sick Feeling You Have before an Interview' Mark Margolis, Project Manager, 28
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Mark Margolis made an emotional return yesterday to the place where he got on the train carrying the bomb that left 21 people dead at King's Cross last week. 'That is where I boarded the train, in the first carriage,' he said, pointing to the front of...
TERROR IN LONDON: Fiaz and Benedetta Were to Marry. Now He Waits, and Hopes
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One is a born and bred British Muslim, the other an Italian Roman Catholic. They bridged nationalities, languages, religions. They were to marry in Rome in September, until she disappeared last Thursday. She was probably on the Aldgate Tube train. Now...
Terror in London: Hatred Begets Hatred: A Mother's Lament for Her Missing Son
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This is Anthony, Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 26 years old, he's missing and we fear that he was in the bus explosion ... on Thursday. We don't know. We do know from the witnesses that he left the Northern line in Euston. We know he made a call to his office...
TERROR IN LONDON: HUNT FOR THE BOMBERS - Bombing Inquiry Is Biggest in History of Police
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Up to 400 extra police are being drafted in to help with the London bombing inquiry, which has become the biggest criminal investigation in British history. Many of the additional officers will be helping with the analysis of thousands of hours of video...
Terror in London: HUNT FOR THE BOMBERS: Explosive Used in Bombs 'Was of Military Origin'
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The bombs used in Thursday's terrorist attacks were of 'military origin', according to a senior French policeman sent to London to help in what has become the biggest criminal investigation in British history. Christophe Chaboud, head of the French Anti-Terrorism...
TERROR IN LONDON: Livingstone and Jowell Sign Book of Remembrance at Opening of London Memorial Garden
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A shady spot under an Indian bean tree close to the Thames is the site for the first official memorial to the victims of the London terror attacks. Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, laid lilies and Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary left white roses...
Terror in London: Muslims Call for Calm after Mosque Attacks
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Muslim leaders have called for calm after a series of attacks on mosques in the wake of the London bombings. Iqbal Sacranie, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said in a letter to leaders of Muslim communities: 'We know that there may...
Terror in London: Nervous Days
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FURKAN SHARIF, 24, trainee lawyer from Hackney: 'I travel a great deal for work and can't stop because of the attacks. There has been tension on the Tube the last few days alongside a heavy police presence in stations and the City, but you can't stop...
Terror in London: Officers Identifying Victims of Asian Tsunami Switch to New Task
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The police team identifying victims of the Asian tsunami has switched to the victims of the London bombings. The first victim was named yesterday and officers indicated many more are expected to be formally identified within days. The long delay in identifying...
TERROR IN LONDON: Police Identifying Victims of Asian Tsunami Switch to Bomb Casualties
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The police team identifying victims of the Asian tsunami has switched to the victims of the London bombings. The first victim was named yesterday and officers indicated many more are expected to be formally identified within days. The long delay in identifying...
TERROR IN LONDON: POLITICAL AFTERMATH - Blair May Bring Forward New Anti-Terror Powers
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Tony Blair has pledged to speed up planned new anti-terrorism laws if the police and security services demand extra powers in the wake of last week's London bombings. The legislation is likely to include a tougher line against radical Muslim clerics...
TERROR IN LONDON: THE DEATH TOLL - Mother of Two Is First Victim of Blasts to Be Identified
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Last Thursday, Susan Levy, a 53-year-old mother of two from Hertfordshire, was simply another anonymous face on the Underground, as she headed for work in central London. Yesterday, exactly four days " almost to the minute " after the explosion devastated...
TERROR IN LONDON: The Missing
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POSSIBLY ON NO 30 BUS Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 25, oil company executive from Lewisham; Jamie Gordon, 30, financial administrator from Enfield; Marie Hartley, 34, from Lancashire; Miriam Hyman, 32, picture researcher from Finchley; Neetu Jain, 36, computer...
TERROR IN LONDON: We'll Take Fight to the Enemy, Says Bush
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Pointing to last week's bombings in London, President George Bush vowed to keep on the offensive against international terrorism and to 'continue to take this fight to the enemy, and we will fight until this enemy is defeated'. Mr Bush's speech yesterday,...
Theatre: CARVER Arcola Theatre LONDON HHHH
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Robert Altman famously transferred the stories of Raymond Carver to the big screen in Short Cuts, with dubious results. He broke the frames of Carver's spare tales of small-town despair so that the characters spilled out and interacted with each other...
THE BACKLASH ; cMuslim Leaders Warn of Mounting Islamophobia after Attacks on Mosques
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Abdul Munim sat amid the charred walls and smoky stench of his mosque yesterday and reflected on levels of religious and racial intolerance that are even worse than when he made Britain his home, 40 years ago. 'We've had some hard times and thought they...
The Classical Diary
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When Gavin Henderson took over the directorship of Dartington International Summer School 20 years ago, he rechristened it to make the point that it's not just a school of music, but a place where music's relation to other arts can be explored: rehearsals...
THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: Unilever Looks High Enough for Now as Economic Downturn Trims Profits
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With Birds Eye frozen peas, Dove soap, Flora spread, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Lipton tea, Surf washing powder, Sunsilk shampoo and Slim Fast, almost every aisle of the supermarket contains some form of product from the mighty Unilever, the consumer and...
The Lamentable Leadership of Charles Kennedy
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Thirteen years ago, I decided to help stop Britain destroying our environment and joined the Liberal Democrats. Since then, I have poured my time, money and career into the party hoping it would be a force for social and environmental justice. I was...
THE SKETCH: PM's Newest Admirer Bends over Backwards
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'We mustn't let it affect our values,' the PM said of the London bombs, but I fear it already has. My sneer failed me. It has always been so ready in the past. When he talked about 'our ability to take the blow,' I felt straightforward admiration (I...
THE TUESDAY BOOK: A Gripping Wartime Thriller, but Too Many Stereotypes ; THE RULES OF PERSPECTIVE by Adam Thorpe JONATHAN CAPE, Pounds 12.99 / Pounds 11.99 (FREE P&P) FROM 0870 079 8897
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On 3 April 1945, after a heavy bombardment, the Americans enter the town of Lohenfelde. In the cellars of the ruined Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Corporal Neal Parry finds four charred corpses; and later a fifth, with a notebook in its pocket and two bullet...
THE VERDICT NISSAN 350Z: New 'Z' Sets Gold Standard ; It Comes in a Gaudy Shade of Sunshine Yellow and Its On-Road Performance Is Blinding. David Wilkins Tests the 35th-Anniversary Edition Nissan 350Z
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Let's face it while Nissan is a hugely successful company that sells millions of cars to highly satisfied customers every year, most of its products scarcely register with your average car enthusiast. But there have always been a few exceptions to this...
Tony Blair Has Earned All This Praise, but There Are Troublesome Questions Ahead
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When political leaders are hailed from all sides, there is nearly always trouble ahead. Several former chancellors have noted that Budgets greeted by rave reviews are dismissed later for economic recklessness. The same principle applies to the verdicts...
TUESDAY LAW REPORT: Parole Board Could Make Disclosure to Specially Appointed Advocate ; 12 JULY 2005 Roberts V Parole Board ([2005] UKHL 45) House of Lords (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Woolf, Lord Steyn, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry and Lord Carswell) 7 July 2005
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There could be situations where it was permissible and other situations where it was not permissible for the Parole Board, within the powers granted by the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and compatibly with article 5(4) of the European Convention on Human...
Van Gogh Accused Defies Court
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The man accused of a ritualistic killing that shocked the Netherlands went on trial yesterday carrying a copy of the Koran and refusing to defend himself against murder charges. Mohammed Bouyeri, who was born in Amsterdam to Moroccan parents, faces life...
VW Speaks of 'Unbearable' Damage as Scandal Escalates
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Volkswagen's chief executive, Bernd Pischetsrieder, has urged the group's 340,000 staff to keep working hard regardless of a bribery scandal that has tainted the German car maker's image. 'The headlines that we and our company have faced for two weeks...
Watch Round the Clock ; Your Guide to Today's Must-See TV by Gerard Gilbert
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BEFORE 6PM 1914-18 11AM UKTV HISTORY Dame Judi Dench narrates a series about the First World War, beginning in 1914 with a look at the cultural backdrop that led to the conflict. Cheers 12.30PM CHANNEL 4 Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) is at the centre...
