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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 June 16, 2005
80% of Dads Would Rather Stay at Home and Raise Children
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The vast majority of new fathers want to combine careers with caring for their child, according to a study, which reveals a dramatic shift in male perceptions of fatherhood. Research by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), published today, suggests...
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ; the Online Auction House Has Banned the Resale of Live8 Tickets Following a Huge Public Outcry. So What IS Being Offered for Sale in the Global Bazaar That Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary Next Week? Jonathan Brown and Michelle McGagh Investigate
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At 9am each morning, Jenny Syer logs on to her computer from the premises of her novelty gift shop Click-T-Click in Norwich. This is the most exciting point of the day, the moment when she finds out how many people are bidding for the items she is offering...
ANTI-SEMITISM IN BRITAIN: Defaced, the Mausoleum for a Mother Who Died in Labour
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The Rothschild mausoleum " the centrepiece of West Ham Jewish Cemetery " is a memorial to the tragic end of the brief but intense happiness that two of the family found at the height of the dynasty's fortunes as the kings of European banking. When Evelina...
ARTS: Mad about the Girls ; Forget Juliet: Shakespeare's Real Women Are in 'As You like It', as Sienna Miller and Helen McCrory Will Prove. by Paul Taylor
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Rosalind in As You Like It is the longest female part in Shakespeare, and once the character gets into the Forest of Arden and into male disguise, she acquires a freedom of emotional manoeuvre far greater than that of any of the other cross-dressed heroines...
ARTS PREVIEWS: Cartoons; Drawing on a Life in the Theatre ; HIRSCHFELD'S BRITS ON BROADWAY Theatre Museum LONDON WC2
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The American caricaturist Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) spent much of his time sitting in the front row of theatres, scribbling away. Best known for the caricatures that appeared in The New York Times for more than 70 years, Hirschfeld recorded thousands...
ARTS REVIEW: OPERA: Carry on Rossini ; LE COMTE ORY Garsington Opera GARSINGTON HHHH
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Rossini's 38th opera, Le Comte Ory, pieced together for 1820s Paris, and his last comic effort before he signed off with Guillaume Tell, is a glorious mlange of folly and foible. A ridiculous ripping yarn set in the then fashionable Crusades era, it...
Arts Reviews: Pop: Mtley Cre Secc Glasgow Hhh
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A riot of wigs, bondage trousers, warpaint and body art " and that was just the audience. For no-nonsense rock fans of a certain vintage and younger acolytes who have been raised on the folk tales, this latest and largely unexpected reunion of Eighties...
ARTS REVIEWS: Pop: TAJ MAHAL / IDRISSA SOUMAORO Lighthouse POOLE HHHHH
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Everyone loves the blues. Around the nation's pubs and clubs there are countless blues bands churning out bog-standard riffs to real ale- fuelled punters. Taj Mahal is different. He's a classic bluesman, for sure, but we aren't talking Robert Cray or...
ARTS REVIEWS: Theatre: CYMBELINE: Regent's Park Open Air Theatre LONDON HHHH
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In Rachel Kavanaugh's Cymbeline, Shakespeare's chaotic denouement is brought off with a remarkable ease. In riding the wild ending thus, it is here tamed into an almost soothing coda, welcome indeed after such a tempestuous night. From the genuinely...
Arts: THE THURSDAY BOOK: Cannibalism and the Horror in the Pool ; HAUNTED by Chuck Palahniuk JONATHAN CAPE, Pounds 10.99. ORDER WITH FREE P&P FROM 0870 079 8897
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The epigraph for Chuck Palahniuk's 'novel in stories' is a quotation from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death', in which a tyrannical prince shuts his court off from the world while a plague rages outside " a grotesque rewrite of the conceit...
ATHLETICS: Sprint King Powell Set for Palace Date
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Asafa Powell, the newly established 100 metres world record holder, will almost certainly prepare for this summer's World Championships with a run at Crystal Palace. The 22-year-old Jamaican, who ran 9.77sec in Athens on Tuesday night to trim 0.01sec...
Australian Hostage Rescued by US-Iraqi Troops
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US and Iraqi forces rescued an Australian hostage in Baghdad while the death toll continued to rise across the country with suicide bombers killing 26 soldiers and eight policemen. Douglas Wood, a 64-year-old engineer, had been held for 47 days in Ghazaliyah,...
A-Z OF EMPLOYERS Herbert Smith
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What does it do? Herbert Smith is the ninth largest law firm in the UK; it also has a presence in nine other locations around the world. Founded in 1882 in London by Norbert Herbert Smith, the firm grew steadily but slowly until 1982, when expansion...
Bank of England's BCCI Bill Increases by Pounds 23.5m Will Spend Pounds 23.5m in BCCI Case
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The Bank of England is spending another pounds 23.5m this year " nearly 10 per cent of its annual budget " defending itself in its marathon legal battle with the liquidators of the fraud-ridden bank BCCI. The Bank's budgeted legal fees for the year to...
Big Eurotunnel Turn-Out Points to Win for Chairman
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Eurotunnel's chairman Jacques Gounon looked to be heading for victory last night in his attempt to see off a challenge to his leadership of the embattled Channel Tunnel operator. The company said that shareholders owning 40 per cent of its stock had...
Black Church Leaders Embarrass Bush over African Aid Shortfall
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Leading black US pastors have embarrassed the administration by questioning the sincerity of its commitment to increasing aid to Africa, dealing a blow to White House efforts to boost support for Republicans in a traditionally hostile constituency. In...
Britons Look Abroad to Make a Profit on Property
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Britons are buying up second homes abroad in growing numbers, with 2.4 million households having invested in an overseas property, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. The total jumped by 20 per cent last year, the largest surge in purchases...
Brussels Fines AstraZeneca EUR60m for Manipulation of Patent Rights
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AstraZeneca, the UK's No 2 drug maker, has been fined EUR60m (pounds 40m) for misleading and manipulating European governments to prolong patent protection for its best-selling drug. The European Commission handed down the penalty yesterday, accusing...
BT Makes Grab for Mobile Users with Dual-Purpose Handset
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BT Group and Motorola have joined forces to launch the world's first phone service that works both as a mobile and a traditional, fixed-line telephone. BT said its Fusion service would generate the lion's share of an expected pounds 1bn of revenue from...
Bullying Is Rife in City Academies, Pupils Say
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Concerns over bullying in Tony Blair's flagship academies for inner- city schoolchildren have been raised in an independent evaluation of the scheme. A survey of pupils in the first 11 privately sponsored academies found that four out of five children...
Bullying Is Rife in City Academies, Pupils Say
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Concerns over bullying in Tony Blair's flagship academies for inner- city schoolchildren have been raised in an independent evaluation of the scheme. A survey of pupils in the first 11 privately sponsored academies found that four out of five children...
CAREERS RETAIL MANAGEMENT: Would You like to Serve? ; Success in Retail Demands That You Have Confidence, Common Sense, and Passion, Says Karen Hainsworth
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You might shop till you drop regularly, but just because you spend the best part of your life in retail outlets, it doesn't mean you would make a good retail manager. The job is complex and offers huge responsibility and plenty of challenges. If you...
CAREERS WORKING IN A PRISON: 'It Sounds Strange, but I Love It' ; There Is a Bleak and Potentially Violent Side to Prison Life but, Surprisingly, It Can Also Be a Place of Laughter, Caring for Other People and New Beginnings
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'You live in a constant state of alert,' says Brian Trainer, 43. 'When you're out shopping and an alarm goes off, your ears prick up and you think: there's going to be trouble.' Trainer has been working as a prison officer at HMP Liverpool for 15 years....
'C. Difficile' Superbug Is Killing Twice as Many People as MRSA
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The hospital bug Clostridium difficile, which is sweeping through NHS hospitals, is killing twice as many people as MRSA, it has emerged. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show there were 1,748 deaths recorded in 2003 in which C. difficile...
Comment: Ruth, Remember the Lesson of Canute ; Politicians Should Be Able to Reconsider Policies without That Being Seen as an Admission of Failure
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The past week has seen a flurry of big hitters holding forth on education. In this column last week we had Chris Woodhead pushing his latest enterprise " private schools " while ostensibly praising the virtues of synthetic phonics. The Prince of Wales...
CRICKET: Forlorn Australia Beaten for Second Time in Three Days ; AUSTRALIA 342-5 SOMERSET 345-6 Somerset Win by 4 Wickets
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It would be slightly premature and ill advised to say that the wheels have fallen off Australia's tour of England after four limited-over games, but the world champions looked a pretty forlorn lot at the conclusion of yesterday's sensational four-wicket...
CRICKET: ICC Set to Bring on Substitutes in One-Day Revamp
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The NatWest series, which starts today at The Oval as England meet Bangladesh, will be the last one-day tournament played under the current rules if a recommendation is passed by the International Cricket Council later this month. Should the proposals...
Cricket: Ponting Furious at 'Embarrassing' Loss for Australia ; AUSTRALIA 342-5 SOMERSET 345-6 Somerset Win by 4 Wickets
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It would be premature and ill-advised to suggest that the wheels have fallen off Australia's tour of England after four limited-over games but the world champions looked a pretty forlorn lot at the conclusion of yesterday's sensational four-wicket defeat...
Cricket: Powell Stands Firm to Slow Kent's Progress ; WARWICKSHIRE 178-8 KENT
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Nick Knight's failure to win the toss in even one Championship match this season can hardly be said to have handicapped Warwickshire, who began the latest round of matches at the head of the First Division table. Yesterday, however, their customary script...
CRICKET: Powell Stands Firm to Slow Kent's Progress ; WARWICKSHIRE 178-8 KENT
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Nick Knight's failure to win the toss in even one Championship match this season can hardly be said to have handicapped Warwickshire, who began the latest round of matches at the head of the First Division table. Yesterday, however, their customary script...
Cricket: Warne in Umpire Row as Newman Hits Century ; SURREY 326-8 HAMPSHIRE
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Shane Warne, the Hampshire captain, was involved in an on-pitch bust- up with Alan Whitehead yesterday after the umpire turned down a lusty appeal by the bowler Billy Taylor for a catch behind in the fourth over of the innings. The bowler's disappointment...
CRICKET: Warne in Umpire Row as Newman Hits Century ; SURREY 326-8 HAMPSHIRE
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Shane Warne, the Hampshire captain, was involved in an on-pitch altercation with umpire Alan Whitehead after he turned down a loud appeal by bowler Billy Taylor for a catch behind against Surrey opener Scott Newman in the fourth over of the innings....
Dollar Falls on Fears over US Trade Deficit
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Renewed fears that investors are starting to balk at funding the United States' record trade deficit triggered a fall in the dollar yesterday. Government figures showed the amount of capital flowing into the US in April was less than the amount needed...
Don't Dismiss This Democracy in Iran
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It's an indication of the way we look at the Middle East that any election the West feels it has helped along " in Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt for example " is greeted as a historic breakthrough, while the Iranian presidential election this Friday, with...
Education Diary
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Ruth Kelly is hoping that she will go down in history as the Education Secretary responsible for 'Kelly Hours', the extended day for schoolchildren. Maybe Kelly doesn't know that the idea of extending the school day was first mooted by David Blunkett....
EDUCATION QUANDARY: My Daughter's School Has Packed off A2 Pupils on Study Leave. How Can I Be Expected to Supervise Her?
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Hilary's advice It is true that schools 'pack off' pupils at this time of year for their own convenience, rather than anyone else's " they have an insane number of exams to organise and timetable. But your daughter is probably old enough to drive and...
EU Summit: Divisions across Europe
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Britain What they want To retain the British budget rebate in full. Overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy spending which costs the EU around EUR44bn a year, from which France gets 20 per cent in receipts. Cut in overall EU spending to 1 per cent...
EU Summit: EU Budget Plan Puts Blair under Pressure to Freeze Rebate
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A new plan to freeze the British budget rebate but to phase it out only if there are cuts in EU farm subsidies has been tabled, in a bid to save crucial European budget talks from collapse. Under the proposal, which will put Tony Blair under increased...
EU Summit: Last-Ditch Plan to Save Budget Talks with Rebate Offer Set to Fail
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A new plan to freeze the British budget rebate but not phase it out until there are cuts in EU farm subsidies has been put forward in an attempt to save crucial European budget talks from collapse. Under the proposal, the rebate would be capped at EUR4.6bn...
EU SUMMIT:Sticking Points Dividing Europe during Budget Talks
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Britain WHAT THEY WANT To retain the British budget rebate in full. Overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy spending which costs the EU around EUR44bn a year, from which France gets 20 per cent in receipts. Cut in overall EU spending to 1 per cent...
Fashion and Style: In the Shade ; as the Mercury Rises and the Clothes Peel off, Take a Cue from Jackie O and Flaunt Your Style Credentials with the Perfect Sunglasses. Cat Callender Gets into the Frames
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Shades stole the limelight at the spring/summer collections. From Burberry's poster paint-bright frames to Miu Miu's Sixties retro futurist Perspex visors and what must surely be the definitive Jackie O sunglasses of the season: John Galliano's oversized,...
Fashion and Style: SUITED and BOOTED: Have a Hart " Be Smart
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Everyone's trendy now, aren't they? Everyone's got a brand-new designer suit, a pair of patent leather winkle pickers and a wardrobe full of floral-print shirts and golden woven ties. Once, when you may have taken some solace from the fact that you were...
Fear of Flying Grounds Human Cannonball
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He is accustomed to hurtling through the air at 60mph in a daily death- defying act as a human cannonball. But the circus stuntman Todd Christian was without a job yesterday because of his fear of flying. Christian, 26, said he fell out with his employers,...
Football: Carroll Heads to Hammers as United Lock in Ronaldo
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As Manchester United off-loaded Roy Carroll yesterday, they were preparing to secure the future of Cristiano Ronaldo. Carroll, 27, who was put on the market after turning down a new contract, has moved on a free transfer to West Ham United. He is the...
FOOTBALL: Carroll Heads to Hammers as United Lock in Ronaldo
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As Manchester United off-loaded Roy Carroll yesterday, they were preparing to secure Christiano Ronaldo's future. Carroll, 27, who was put on the market after turning down a new contract, has moved on a free transfer to West Ham. He is the first arrival...
FOOTBALL: Dein Denies 'Covert' Conduct in Arsenal's Gilberto Deal
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David Dein, the Arsenal vice-chairman, yesterday denied making 'covert' approaches to the agent of the Brazilian Gilberto Silva. His denial came during a High Court dispute over an agent's fees. Jacques Lichtenstein is claiming he is owed pounds 450,000...
Football: Grings Double Fires Germany into Final as Finns Hit the Wall ; GERMANY 4 FINLAND 1
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Finland's roller-coaster ride through the European Women's Championship came to a predictable halt last night as the defending champions, Germany, thrashed them to take their anticipated place in Sunday's final. Three goals in the first 12 minutes effectively...
FOOTBALL: Liverpool Put off by Figo's Wages
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Rafael Benitez, the Liverpool manager, has hinted that they are unlikely to move for Raul and Luis Figo because of the strain signing the two Real Madrid players would place on their wages budget. Liverpool have been seen as candidates to sign the pair,...
Games: CHESS
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Although it may at first sight seem paradoxical, when players get older they tend to prefer faster time limits. This is because when you play quickly, experience and instinct are paramount, while stamina " one of the main problems in a 'classical' game...
Games: POKER
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It is impossible to be a winning hold'em player by waiting for premium hands such as high pairs and top end combinations like A-K and A-Q. Even when the holder is lucky enough to find such holdings, there is no guarantee that they will win the pot "...
General Attacks 'Catastrophic' Level of Russian Army Suicides
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Russia's top military prosecutor has shocked the country by revealing that 46 soldiers " the equivalent of an average platoon " died last week for non-combat related reasons. Eight of the soldiers committed suicide and several had to be shot by comrades...
Global Poverty, the Free Market " and Mariah Carey
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More disturbing than the greed of people selling tickets for an anti-poverty gig for vast sums is the state of mind of people buying them. A thousand pounds to see Dido? Surely the board of eBay should be prosecuted for profiting out of this kind of...
GOLF: US OPEN: Accuracy Could Take Donald Clear of Woods Accuracy Could Take Donald out of Woods' Reach
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Only in golf could the term 'plodder' be deemed a compliment and only in golf could this 'plodder' be expected to shoulder the bulk of the hopes of an entire continent. Step forward Luke Donald " although not too fast, obviously " because you have the...
Graduate: Make Your Hard Work Pay off ; CAREERS THE FINANCIAL SECTOR; after Some Lean Years, the Financial Sector Is Regaining Its Appetite for Graduate Recruitment. but While High Salaries Are Often the Draw at Banks and Accountancy Firms, They Don't Come Easily
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For ambitious students with a fast mind and a passion for finance, 2005 is a good year to graduate. 'Finally, after a few tough years, the graduate recruitment scene is once again buoyant,' says Terry Jones of AGCAS (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory...
GRADUATE: Saying No to Dirty Work ; ETHICAL CAREER CHOICES; A Desire to Make a Positive Contribution to Society Is Leading Graduates to Seek out Conscientious Employers
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Careers with a conscience are more important than ever to graduates, with the latest UK Universum Graduate Survey revealing that a third of them count contributing to society among their top career goals. 'The fact that so many consider it even more...
GRADUATE: SUMMER CAREERS FAIRS CAN HELP YOU FIND JOB SATISFACTION ; 'Each Year, Observers of the Graduate Market Predict a Decline in the Popularity of Recruitment Fairs, but Nothing Beats Face-to-Face Interaction'
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'TWO YEARS after you graduate you will be in a permanent job and happy with the direction in which your career is moving.' This statement may be hard to believe if you are just about to graduate and have no clear idea of what you want to do, or if you...
Great Escape: Britons in Foreign Property Boom
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Nearly 250,000 Britons have invested in second homes overseas, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics which point to a growing interest in snapping up bargains in warmer climes. The total numbers buying property abroad...
Higher Education: No Way, Says Wales ; the Welsh Assembly Was Planning to Introduce Top-Up Fees until the Opposition Parties Revolted. How Can the Principality's Universities Survive without the Extra Cash, Asks Lucy Hodges
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The Welsh history of feuds and revolts is alive and well in the new assembly. Conservative members, with the Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru, have given Labour's assembly government a bloody nose on top- up fees by voting them down. That has left the carefully...
How to Make a German Security Officer Laugh
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Recently I was changing planes in Cologne airport when I got caught in the old corkscrew trap. Again. It happens like this. When I leave home, I like to have a waiter's friend in my pocket (one of those penknives with corkscrew attached). My wife says:...
It's All Gone Pear-Shaped
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Avocado. It does n't sound like a fruit with a past. It sounds, quite frankly, mundane: the mainstay of the garnish; the mildly guilt-inducing snack; the sandwich filler. Alligator Pear is more like it. Call an avocado by its less common American name,...
It's Time for the Yellow Solution ; the Buses That Carry American Children to School Have Been Piloted Successfully in Parts of the Country. Today, a Lobby of Parliament Will Call for the System to Be Adopted Nationwide
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They're big, bright and American. They look out of place in our lanes and suburbs. Yet there are growing calls for them to spread over the land like an invading army. Yellow school buses " the kind everyone knows from The Simpsons " have been successfully...
Labour Chiefs Attempt to Cut Unions' Hold on Party
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Labour's high command wants changes to party rules aimed at reducing and even eliminating trade union influence over the Government, according to a secret internal document. The paper warns unions that ministers are reneging on the Warwick agreement...
LAST NIGHT'S TV: Have Conflict, Will Travel ; Holiday Showdown ITV1 Nip/Tuck CHANNEL 4
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As its title acknowledges, Holiday Showdown likes to engineer head-on collisions. It's another of those reality programmes in which two incompatible lifestyles are brought together under pressure, in the hope that the whole thing will go nuclear, releasing...
Leading Article: Gathering of the Faithful
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The decision by the Education Secretary, Ruth Kelly, to make it easier for impoverished private schools to 'opt in' to the state sector is to be welcomed. As she pointed out in her exclusive interview with The Independent (11 June), many of these schools...
LEADING ARTICLE: The Current Quarrel Could Be the Spur to EU Renewal ; EUROPE
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It seems an eternity since the French voted 'no' to Europe's constitutional treaty and set the present crisis in train. In fact, it is just two and a half weeks " two and a half weeks in which Dutch voters have added their 'no' to that of the French...
LEADING ARTICLE: The Sign of a Healthy Culture ; PUBLIC ART
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The first images of an exciting addition to Britain's public art were unveiled yesterday. When completed in August, a giant sculpture of Alison Lapper will be placed on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. The work, by Marc Quinn, promises to...
MARKET REPORT: Talk of Quadrant Tie-Up Adds Shine to ML Labs
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ML Laboratories was said to be putting the finishing touches last night to the acquisition of Quadrant Technologies, a private inhaler therapies company that will double the size of the biotech. Market professionals believe it is likely the tie-up will...
Media Is Cynical and Adversarial, Says Archbishop of Canterbury
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has launched a stinging critique of the British media in a speech calling for reporting to become less adversarial, and accusing journalists of contributing to a climate of cynicism. Dr Rowan Williams criticised the media...
MG Rover Collapse Pushes Jobless Total Higher
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Unemployment rose for a fourth successive month in May, the longest run of increases for 13 years, as the collapse of MG Rover added to the jobless total. The number out of work and claiming benefit jumped by 13,200 last month thanks to a rise of 6,000...
Mother Fears Cover-Up after Girl Goes Missing on Break
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The disappearance of a teenage girl from Alabama during a 'spring break' holiday with school friends in the Caribbean is continuing to frustrate local police and American FBI agents The girl's mother has said that if she doesn't see progress in the case...
Mr Blair Is the Last Man to Want a European Confrontation " Although He Will Get One
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Parts of the French media are portraying Tony Blair unflatteringly as the Iron Man of Europe, a version of Margaret Thatcher's Iron Lady. Some British newspapers make the same connection to Mrs Thatcher, although they regard it as a compliment.This is...
M&S Seeks to Unmask Mystery Stakebuilder
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Marks & Spencer is desperately trying to find out whether a potential predator is behind a recent share-buying spree. The retailer is issuing section 212 notices under the Companies Act " letters that oblige mystery shareholders to reveal their identities.Shares...
M&S Seeks to Unmask Mystery Stakebuilder
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Marks & Spencer is desperately trying to find out whether a potential predator is behind a recent share-buying spree. The retailer is issuing section 212 notices under the Companies Act " letters that oblige mystery shareholders to reveal their identities.Shares...
Newcastle Start Rebuilding with Pounds 6.5m Parker
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Scott Parker has insisted the worst campaign in Newcastle United's Premiership history would prove to be nothing more than a minor setback following his pounds 6.5m move from Chelsea yesterday.Parker, who has signed a lucrative five-year-contract, arrived...
OBITUARY: ARNOLD J. POMERANS ; Creative Translator
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Arnold J. Pomerans was one of Britain's finest translators. He put many foreign writers on the international map by the very quality of his translations into English, which led to their translation into other languages. Far from being a literal translator,...
Obituary: CARLO MARIA GIULINI ; Conductor of Extraordinary Gifts
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The name seems to signify the man: patrician, elegant, devout. The man himself was charismatic, almost saintly (Walter Legge used teasingly to call him 'St Sebastian'). When you met him you were in the presence of a personality both grand and self-deprecating....
OBITUARY: RICHARD EBERHART ; Centenarian Poet Who Outlived His Fame
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As competitors drop away, long-lived poets achieve an inevitable eminence. But Richard Eberhart lived so long that he outlasted his own once considerable fame, and saw himself reduced to a footnote, though a very interesting one, in the history of American...
OFFICIAL UCAS EXTRA LISTINGS: 'Do Some Careful Research' ; the UCAS Extra Service Gives Students Another Chance to Choose a Higher Education Course That's Right for Them
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F inding the right degree can be difficult at the best of times. Perhaps you weren't sure what course you wanted to do when you made your UCAS application and have since changed your mind. Maybe the institutions you picked have turned you down. If so,...
Our Woman in Crouch End: Summer's Here, and I Look like Godzilla with an Orange Tan and a Spider in My Cleavage
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The other week I said it's sometimes hard to be a woman, which is what I thought at the time, but now I know I was clearly talking complete nonsense (for once!) as it's always hard to be a woman. There really is no 'sometimes' about it, and 'sometimes'...
OUTLOOK: BCCI's Legal Gravy Train Rolls On
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The cost to the Bank of England of defending itself against the charge of dishonesty over the collapse of BCCI continues to clock up at an alarming rate. A further pounds 23.5m is being budgeted for this year, putting the Bank on track for spending of...
OUTLOOK: PartyGaming: A Case of Too Good to Be True
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There are 27 pages of risk factors to read in the PartyGaming prospectus, which must be something of a record. Can even online poker be this risky, or have the founders truly hit upon the proverbial licence to print money? For Michael Jackson (no, not...
Pakistan Lifts Travel Ban on Woman Who Was Raped
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Pakistan has lifted a travel ban on a rape victim, days after her name was placed on a list of people barred from leaving the country.The decision came a day after Mukhtar Mai, 36, publicly appealed to Shaukat Aziz, the Prime Minister, to remove her...
Pandora
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Coe to strike gold " whatever happens to Olympic bid With three weeks to go until we learn who's won the 2012 Olympics, the leader of London's bid, Lord Coe, is making sure that " win or lose " he doesn't end up on the breadline. Should London emerge...
PartyGaming Price Needs to Go Even Lower, Says City
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PartyGaming, the online poker group set to join the FTSE 100 this month, will have to lower its pounds 4.8bn float price even further to win the support of fund managers, according to spread betting companies and City sources. Firms such as Cantor Index...
PASSED/FAILED: 'I Was 516th Goblin and a Female Troll' ; an Education in the Life of Henry Gee, Writer, Scientist and Middle Earth Boffin
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Henry Gee is a senior editor at Nature and the author of Jacob's Ladder, A Field Guide to Dinosaurs and, out last month, The Science of Middle Earth. He will be appearing at the Natural History Museum, London SW7 at lunchtime this Saturday and Sunday....
Podium: 'Fleet Street Is a Deserted Village, Full of Ghosts and Memories' ; from an Address by the Canon of St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, to Mark the Departure of the Reuters News Group from the Area
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From pigeon post to plasma screens and present-day computer and satellite technology " the story of Reuters is an extraordinary one by any standards. It began over 150 years ago, but then, as now, the guiding watchwords have always been truth, honesty...
Police Detain 16 'Al-Qa'ida Terrorists' in Spanish Raids
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Spanish police have detained 16 Islamist radicals, including 11 followers of al-Qa'ida's chief in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who were said to be preparing suicide attacks in Iraq. Authorities said 11 of those detained in a huge operation in several Spanish...
Power in the Middle East: THE NEW PHARAOHS ; Ruler of Egypt for 24 Years, President Hosni Mubarak Is about to Embrace Democracy in the Form of a Presidential election.But Is His Apparent Enthusiasm for Reform Merely a Smokescreen to Hide His Dynastic Ambitions? Anne Penketh Reports from Cairo
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Cairo has two distinctive faces. There is Giza, home to the pyramids of ancient Egypt and the Sphinx that has cast its inscrutable gaze over the city for 4,500 years. And there is Heliopolis, the jewel of modern times with its early 20th century Western...
RACING: ROYAL ASCOT AT YORK: Azamour Powers Kinane's Resurgence
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Michael Kinane seemed ready for taxidermy a year ago, when the loss of his posting as stable jockey at Ballydoyle seemed to suggest the sun was going down for the multiple Irish champion jockey. This, however, was to ignore the steadfast skills which...
RACING: ROYAL ASCOT AT YORK: Channel 4 Coverage Safe until 2007
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The future of live racing on Channel 4 is secure, for another 18 months at least. A deal thrashed out yesterday between the broadcaster and a racing team led by the Tote means a new, year-long contract will be put in place in January with an option for...
Rafsanjani Poll Ratings Drop in Three-Man Race for Iran's Presidency
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Iran's presidential race is growing tighter by the hour in the approach to tomorrow's election, driven by a late reformist surge and opinion polls showing a decline in support for the favourite, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The former president now faces...
READY TO WEAR: Kelly Is Queen of the Celebrities
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'One hundred bikinis, 84 T-shirts, over 75 pairs of shoes...' marvelled Matt Brown, presenter of Celebrity Love Island: Aftersun, the live arm of this country's most scantily clad reality TV series. And, I like to think, over the past four and a half...
Reformists Make Late Rally in Iran Polls
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Iran's presidential race is growing tighter by the hour in the approach to tomorrow's election, driven by a late reformist surge and opinion polls showing a decline in support for the favourite, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The former president now faces...
Revealed (at Last): Live8's African Artists
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The rock star Peter Gabriel backed critics of the lack of African artists in next month's Live8 concert yesterday as he unveiled details of a separate show featuring performers from the continent. The Africa Calling concert, which will be staged at the...
Rugby League: Calderwood to Leave Leeds after Rejecting New Deal
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Leeds' prolific winger, Mark Calderwood, is to leave the club at the end of the season after failing to agree a new contract. The England A international, who is closing in on 100 tries for the Rhinos, has turned down their final offer and that is certain...
RUGBY LEAGUE: Calderwood to Leave Leeds after Rejecting New Deal
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Leeds' prolific winger, Mark Calderwood, is to leave the club at the end of the season after failing to agree a new contract. The England A international, who is closing in on 100 tries for the Rhinos, has turned down their final offer and that is certain...
RUGBY UNION: All Black Policy Hurts Tour Games Warns Beaumont
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Bill Beaumont, a Lions captain in his prime and the manager of the 2005 vintage, caused a political stir in All Black circles yesterday when he criticised the silver-ferned management's decision not to release leading international players for provincial...
RUGBY UNION: Lions Forwards Make Progress but Problems Multiply in Back Division ; WELLINGTON 6 BRITISH & IRISH LIONS 23
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There was precious little to write home about as the Lions restored a degree of authority to their tour of New Zealand by seeing off the second- best provincial side in the country in conditions better suited to an America's Cup race, but then, the tourists...
Serial Rapist Who Preyed on Lone Women Given Ten Life Sentences
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A serial rapist who stalked suburban women was given 10 life sentences yesterday as it was revealed that he had been a violent, sexual predator since the age of 14. Petros Anthia's disturbing past was disclosed to the court the day after he dramatically...
Serial Rapist Who Preyed on Lone Women Is Given 10 Life Sentences
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A serial rapist who stalked suburban women was given 10 life sentences yesterday as it was revealed that he had been a violent, sexual predator since the age of 14. Petros Anthia's disturbing past was disclosed to the court the day after he dramatically...
