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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 9, 2005
ABN Offers Defuse Citigroup's 'Exploding' Contracts
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ABN Amro was forced to offer three-year contracts with guaranteed bonuses to staff at its UK corporate broking arm after Citigroup tried to poach up to 20 stockbrokers over the weekend. Banking sources said Citigroup used so-called 'exploding' contracts...
Africa Is Too Important to Be a Blair Pet Project
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More and more, I believe that the defining character of politics at the moment, and its greatest curse, is the drive for 'ownership' of ideas and schemes. Whatever the subject " aid for Africa, democracy in the Middle East, the bid for the Olympic Games...
Americans Turn against Bush and a War on Iraq That Is Getting Nowhere
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Most Americans no longer believe the war in Iraq has made their country safer, and more than 60 per cent of the country believes the military is bogged down in a conflict that was not worth fighting in the first place, according to a new opinion poll...
A Pocket Money Survey to Make Jamie Despair
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The first detailed survey of how children spend their pocket money appears to confirm most parents' worst fears " more than half of the average child's weekly allowance goes on sweets, snacks, games and videos. Books and magazinesrepresent just 7 per...
ARTS: Art? or Rubbish? ; Martha Rosler's Exhibition at the ICA Proves What Critics Have Been Claiming All Along: That Modern Art Really Is Nothing but a Pile of Old Junk. Sarah Shannon Searches for a Bargain
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Modern art? Pah! Nothing but a pile of old junk. Anyone who has ever uttered such Victor Meldrew-isms as they stare in disgust at Tracey Emin's unmade bed or at Chris Ofili's elephant dung is about to receive corroboration from an exhibition at the ICA....
Arts: Inspect Yourself ; the Accidental Triumph of a Nobody Returns to the Stage in Two Very Different Versions of Gogol's Classic. by Paul Taylor
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As Basil Fawlty would attest, the news that there are incognito inspectors in the vicinity can result in catastrophically misplaced suspicion. The prototype of this scenario is Nikolai Gogol's 1836 play, The Government Inspector. The play gives two brilliant...
ARTS PREVIEW: Opera: Her Name in Northern Lights ; THE BARTERED BRIDE Glyndebourne Festival LEWES
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Coming from a rural backwater in a sparsely populated land boasting just one opera house, the Norwegian soprano Solveig Kringelborn is the archetypal small-town girl made good. On the other hand, as a mayor's daughter, she might always have been marked...
ARTS REVIEWS: Dance; Affairs of the Heart Laid Bare ; NAKED Sadler's Wells LONDON
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Naked is the Ballet Boyz' first full-evening show, their second stab at choreography. This time, dancers William Trevitt and Michael Nunn have dropped the video diaries, stopped sweet-talking the audience between numbers, and turned to narrative. Naked...
ARTS REVIEWS: Opera: MACBETH Opera ; Holland Park LONDON HHHH
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Not Birnam Wood, perhaps, but Holland Park was resounding to the martial strains of Verdi's red-blooded take on the Scottish play. Red-blooded in every sense: entering the tented auditorium at the start of the new season, we're confronted with the cream...
ARTS REVIEWS: POP: THE KILLS ; la Cigale PARIS
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It can be a cruel mistress, the zeitgeist. At the start of the year, Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart's obsession with rebel poses and Beat aesthetics gained them entry to Franz Ferdinand's art rock explosion. With their second album Now Wow, they found...
ARTS REVIEWS: Theatre: THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE ; Playhouse Theatre LONDON
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There have been four film versions of James Cain's clammy thriller, including Luchino Visconti's 1943 Ossessione, the negative of which was destroyed by the Fascists. Of the four, the most famous are the 1946 Hollywood film noir starring Lana Turner...
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A bestseller in Scandinavia, this Swedish novel is the product of collaboration between Roslund, a journalist, and Hellstrom, an ex- criminal who works in rehabilitation. It is written as fictionalised fact, and the obvious question is whether this hybrid...
Arts: The Week in Radio
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When you've spent a week shivering in Cornwall, where incessant rain is euphemistically called 'a bit of weather', it's consoling to hear someone else exhibiting blind optimism about the Cornish climate. Jonathan Jones, head gardener at the Tregothnan...
Berkeley Puts the Brakes on Housing Projects
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Berkeley, one of the UK's leading housebuilders, yesterday admitted that it had slowed the rate at which it is building new homes, amid increasing signs of a sharp slowdown in the market. A survey shows that the rates of housebuilding activity across...
Bid Approach Sends Chaucer Higher
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Shares in Chaucer Holdings, the Lloyds' of London insurer, jumped more than 11.5 per cent yesterday, after the company admitted it had received a takeover approach from an unnamed bidder, believed to be its larger rival, Amlin. Chaucer made a statement...
Blair Insists G8 Will Reach Climate Deal
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Leaders of the G8 group of richest nations will agree a plan for action to tackle climate change at next month's summit at Gleneagles, Tony Blair has said. The Prime Minister's optimism follows talks with President George Bush at the White House on Tuesday....
Blair's Deal with Bush Is Only the First Stage, Campaigners Say
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Aid agencies have given a cautious welcome to plans agreed by Britain and the United States to wipe out pounds 8bn of debt owed by poor countries in Africa. Bob Geldof, the Live8 concerts organiser, said he was encouraged by the outcome of the talks...
Boxing: The Twilight of Tyson ; Heavyweight Champion of Despair; HE MAY BE NEARING 40 AND WASHED UP AS A FIGHTER, BUT MIKE TYSON REMAINS THE BIGGEST DRAW IN BOXING by James Lawton in Washington
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Mike Tyson, who will be 39 at the end of this month, visited the Walter Reed Medical Center here this week. He talked to the soldiers back from Iraq, amputees, paraplegics, the blind and profoundly traumatised, and then he went among the young black...
BP to Build $2Bn Plastics Packaging Plant in Saudi
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BP's Innovene petrochemicals business has signed an agreement to build a $2bn (pounds 1.1bn) plant to make plastics packaging in Saudi Arabia. Analysts said the news would provide a boost to BP's plans to spin off Innovene later this year. BP is expected...
Britain Condemned for Flouting Human Rights
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Britain's record on human rights was condemned yesterday in a report that criticises the Government for using illiberal policies to tackle terrorism, asylum and anti-social behaviour. The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner, Alvaro Gil- Robles,...
Britain's EU Rebate May Be Frozen under Farm Reforms Rebate from EU Could Be Frozen in Farm Policy Deal
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Britain's pounds 3bn EU rebate could be frozen as part of a deal on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy at next week's summit. Tony Blair hinted at the deal yesterday when he defended the rebate in the Commons. The Prime Minister said the rebate...
Britannic and Resolution to Unveil Pounds 2.6bn Insurance Merger
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Britannic Group, the Glasgow-based financial services company, is to announce a merger with Resolution Life, the manager of closed insurance funds, in a deal that will create a new business with a market value of up to pounds 2.6bn. Talks between the...
Briton Who Hacked into US Military Fights Extradition
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An unemployed computer worker accused of the largest ever hacking attack on the US military is the victim of a politically motivated attempt to extradite him to America, his lawyers claim. Gary McKinnon, 39, of Wood Green, north London, appeared yesterday...
CAREER: Building on Solid Foundations ; an Interest in Structures " Even Lego Structures " Is the Key to a Job in Construction, Writes Elaine Knutt
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There's an easy litmus test to work out aptitude for a career in construction. Walk past a busy construction site, and some people will see the achievement of turning technical drawings into a new public building or stunning architecture. But others...
CAREERS: A-Z OF EMPLOYERS: HAT Group
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What does it do? The HAT Group of accountants was established in 1975. It comprises 42 firms, which, if brought together under one name, would form the eighth- biggest firm of accountants in the UK. Most members are in London and the South East, but...
CAREERS: Letting It All Hang out ; You 'Ll Do Better in Your Career If You're in Touch with Your Feelings at Work, Says Karen Hainsworth
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Most of us would like to feel competent and capable in our jobs and to enjoy good working relationships. But we'd also like to know there's a supportive environment when we feel pressured, or challenged by irate customers or annoying colleagues. But...
CAREERS: Where Social Work Meets 'The Sweeney' ; Building Relationships with Offenders, Compiling Vital Court Reports, Motivating Prisoners to Change and Working with Victims: A Probation Officer's Life Can Be Challenging and Exciting, Writes Nick Jackson
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In our strange, new world of good versus evil, with our guys and the bad guys shooting it out in the desert, it can be easy to forget that guys are not born bad and can learn not to be. In crime it is just as important to check the cause as it is to...
Ceasefire under Threat as Israel Retaliates for Attack
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The five-month ceasefire in the Israel-Palestinian conflict was under continuing strain after Israel launched a missile at Hamas militants in response to a Gaza rocket attack which killed three people on Tuesday. Witnesses said the militants escaped...
Charles Should Shut Up or Step Aside
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I've spent the past few weeks writing a documentary about the future of the Royal Family " and, no sooner than I'd left the editing room, Prince Charles announced another one of those 'initiatives' we've come to dread. Not content with pontificating...
Citigroup Advances but UBS Lands Top Spot for Fifth Year Running in City Oscars
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The Swiss-based banking group UBS has powered ahead to win the award as Europe's top brokerage for equity research for the fifth consecutive year, a survey by Thomson Extel showed yesterday. UBS came through as the leading pan-European firm for equity...
Citigroup's New 'Exploding Contracts' Are Lethal Weapon in ABN Poaching Battle
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Citigroup offered two-year so-called 'exploding' contracts to 20 staff from ABN Amro's UK corporate broking arm at the weekend, forcing the Dutch bank to offer three-year contracts to hang on to its bankers. Banking sources said Citigroup offered two...
Close Encounter with a Comet Set for Independence Day
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Scientists are preparing to shoot a comet with a self-guided copper missile travelling at 100 times the speed of a bullet. The explosive encounter is set for 4 July " Independence Day in America" and it will be observed by astronomers around the world...
Complacent Young Push Japan towards Aids Crisis
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Beautiful, single and sexually active, Emi is the sort of person who causes nightmares among Japan's health ministry bureaucrats. At 20, she says she has had more than a dozen sexual partners in relationships that sometimes lasted just a few days. She...
Corin Redgrave 'Critical' after Heart Attack at Rally
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The actor and political activist Corin Redgrave was critically ill last night after suffering a heart attack while delivering an impassioned speech at a rally. Redgrave, 65, was addressing a public meeting on the future of a controversial travellers'...
Corruption Sentence Seals Fate of Mbeki Deputy
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A South African court has imposed a 15-year jail sentence on a businessman accused of maintaining a 'corrupt relationship' with President Thabo Mbeki's deputy, Jacob Zuma. The sentence was handed down as President Mbeki kept the nation guessing on his...
Cricket: Ashes Fears as Giles Pulls out of One-Dayers
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Fears that England will be deprived of the services of Ashley Giles for a significant part of this summer's Ashes series against Australia grew yesterday when the left-arm spinner was forced to withdraw from the one-day squad. Over the past 12 months...
Cricket: Dalrymple Proves to Be Thorn in Surrey's Side Once Again ; MIDDLESEX 282-7 SURREY
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The name of Jamie Dalrymple does not bring a smile to Surrey faces. Just over a year ago in an ill-tempered London derby at The Oval, the Kenya-born player singlehandedly kept the Brown Hats at bay and denied them victory with a superb 244. Yesterday...
Cricket: Dalrymple Proves to Be Thorn in Surrey's Side Once Again ; MIDDLESEX 319-7 SURREY
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There was something symbolic in the appearance of a pigeon on the pitch in mid-afternoon. With Jamie Dalrymple in hawkish mood, Surrey were certainly dove-like for a short while in the afternoon as they let the Oxford Blue ruffle their feathers once...
Cricket: Sutcliffe Blossoms in Roses Battle ; LANCASHIRE 365-7 YORKSHIRE
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History would expect a Sutcliffe to hit three figures on the first day of a Roses match. Yorkshire's Herbert hit nine centuries against Lancashire and Lancashire's Iain, himself born in Leeds, maintained family tradition when this greatest of county...
Cricket: Sutcliffe Blossoms in Roses Battle ; LANCASHIRE 379 YORKSHIRE
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History would expect a Sutcliffe to hit three figures on the first day of a Roses match. Yorkshire's Herbert hit nine centuries against Lancashire and Lancashire's Iain, himself born in Leeds, maintained family tradition when this greatest of county...
Deep Impact 2: Scientists to Fire Missile at Comet
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Scientists are preparing to shoot a comet with a self-guided copper missile travelling at 100 times the speed of a bullet. The explosive encounter is set for 4 July " Independence Day in America" and it will be observed by astronomers around the world...
Diary
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The Department for Education and Skills has been at pains to tell us that it hasn't changed its policy on phonics. OK, it did announce an inquiry into the national literacy strategy, but this was just a continuation of its previous policy. Who is it...
EDUCATION QUANDARY: Should We Join Other Parents Who Are Protesting about Plans for a New Academy near Where We Live?
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Hilary's advice Academies, for those of you at the back of the class who haven't been paying attention to the byzantine twists of New Labour's education policies, are the most recent structural assault on low educational standards. They are glitzy new...
Ethiopia in Chaos as Police Kill 22 during Protests
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Addis Ababa is in a state of emergency after Ethiopian police killed 22 and arrested 600 anti-government demonstrators in clashes that threaten to destroy one of Africa's most stable countries. Gunfire echoed across the city yesterday when protesters...
FASHION: Haute Hippies ; Boho Style Is the Look of the Summer. but If You Really Want to Stand out from the Crowd, Opt for a Designer Twist on Peasant Skirts and Embroidered Smock Tops, Says Susannah Frankel
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Abandon all thoughts of tiered peasant skirts. They are common today just as they were when worn by, well, peasants in the potato fields way back when. Instead, if bohemian dress is just too free, easy and colourful to resist, embrace it with conviction,...
FASHION: SUITED & BOOTED: Sinatra Had His Clothes Torn off " Why Not Me?
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Back in the days before Elvis, before The Beatles, teenage girls only had Frank Sinatra (right) to obsess about. As the first proper teen idol, Sinatra caused a nation of pubescent bobbysoxers to swoon. Girls were paid to scream and throw panties on...
Football: Denmark Pack Late Punch to Leave England's Cup Hopes on the Ropes ; ENGLAND 1 DENMARK 2
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England's hopes of a place in the semi-finals of the European Women's Championship were dealt a major blow last night when Hope Powell's team snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by conceding two late goals after dominating Denmark for much of the...
Football: England Stars' Tiring Schedule Will Hurt World Cup Hopes, Says Owen
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Michael Owen believes England will go into the 2006 World Cup finals at a big disadvantage if the national side's players have had to play more than 50 games in their domestic season. Owen had a stop-start season with Real Madrid although he did end...
Footballer 'Felt Assaulted' by Criticism from Lineker
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The Premiership footballer Harry Kewell kicked off one of sport's highest-profile libel actions by claiming that his name had been 'blackened' by the football pundit Gary Lineker. Mr Kewell, 26, is claiming damages after Mr Lineker, a former England...
Football: Everton to Move for Bellamy If Forssell Deal Fails
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Everton's attempt to lure Chelsea's striker Mikael Forssell is on the point of collapse and that could persuade the manager David Moyes to move for Craig Bellamy instead. The Merseysiders now appear unwilling to match Chelsea's pounds 6m asking price...
Football: FA Dismay as Police Take Bowyer to Court over Brawl
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The gradual shift towards police intervention in football's law enforcement took a significant step up yesterday when Northumbria Police announced Lee Bowyer would be summonsed to appear in court after his on-pitch brawl with team mate Kieron Dyer. Bowyer,...
Football: Football's Freedom Fighters Could Turn the People's Game into Pure Anarchy
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We have come a long way since it first became appropriate for the business and sports sections of most daily newspapers to be found in close proximity. The true tone of sport in this youthful century is set by the lite corps, the people who have sweated...
Football: Kaladze Happy to Be Part of Crespo Deal with Chelsea
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Milan's Kakha Kaladze believes he will become a Chelsea player next week. Kaladze, who can play in defence or midfield, is seen by Chelsea as the answer to their problem spot on the left side of defence. The Georgian insisted: 'I have agreed everything...
Football: Kilbane's Strike Lifts Gloom to Send Irish to the Top ; FAROE ISLANDS 0 IRELAND 2
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All day long the Faroe Islands had been coated in miserable fog " which meant the Republic of Ireland team could not fly out after last night's testing, patchy World Cup qualifier. And this is June. On the pitch itself there was a little more clarity...
Football: Miller Misses His Chance to Shine as Scots Fall Flat ; BELARUS 0 SCOTLAND 0
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Kenny Miller failed to find the net when it mattered most as Scotland took from Belarus a goalless draw which left their World Cup hopes looking forlorn. Victory would have taken them above Belarus and, more significantly, to within a point of both Norway...
FOOTBALL: Redknapp Warns Crouch against Liverpool Move
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Harry Redknapp has advised the England striker Peter Crouch to stay at Southampton and enjoy first-team football rather than risk being a full-time substitute at Liverpool next season. Crouch was the subject of a pounds 5m bid from Liverpool, which relegated...
Football: Wright-Phillips Move in Doubt as Arsenal Talk to Pounds 8m Hleb
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Arsenal are in talks to buy the midfielder Aliaksandr Hleb from VfB Stuttgart. The Belarus international is expected to provide competition for Fredrik Ljungberg. If he does sign it would bring to an end Arsenal's interest in Manchester City's Shaun...
Four Teenagers Questioned over Death of Girl Aged 15, Who Collapsed after Fight in Field
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Four teenagers were questioned by police yesterday over the death of a 15-year-old girl who collapsed after a fight. Aimee Wellock was discovered in a field close to her home in the Allerton area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday night. The four...
FURTHER EDUCATION: Green Shoots of Recovery in Kent ; Hadlow College Is Flourishing after Sowing the Seeds of Reform Three Years Ago, Writes Amy McLellan
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From the hunting ban to the foot-and- mouth crisis to declining farm incomes, it's been a torrid decade for those who make their living from the land. It's also been a tough time for many in the land-based education sector, with a number of specialist...
Games: CHESS
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Since Garry Kasparov's retirement a window has opened for the chasing pack. The best opportunity thus far was the recent Mtel Masters in Sofia and, as reported at the time, Veselin Topalov made the best claim to be the new World No 1, though Viswanathan...
Golf: Lynn Hoping Memory of Victory Will Inspire New Success
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David Lynn, the defending KLM Open champion, hopes a return to the scene of his maiden European Tour victory in theNetherlands today will bring out the best in his game again. Last year Lynn shot a superb six-under-par final round of 66 to overhaul the...
Grammatically Incorrect ; Almost 40 per Cent of 11-Year-Olds Fail to Reach the Writing Standards Set by Secondary Schools. Is It Any Wonder, When Many Teachers Would Struggle Too? by Steve McCormack
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How many times have we heard people ask why teachers don't teach our children grammar and punctuation any more? The answer may be as simple as it is shocking. They don't teach it because they don't understand it themselves. Put less sensationally, a...
Higher Education: The Swinging Sixties Laid Bare ; Forty Years Ago, Vice-Chancellors Were Invited for Drinks with the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, Who Planned an Inquiry into Student Protest. A D Harvey Sifts the National Archives
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As long ago as 1962, the then chief secretary to the Treasury was telling the prime minister Harold Macmillan that he was 'concerned about the provision we are making for the universities. I am quite sure that earlier this year we cut them back harder...
'Hinglish' Makes Its Debut in English Dictionary
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For centuries French and Latin have been the dominant influences on the English language. Now, though, the popularity of mainstream BBC TV programmes such as The Kumars at Number 42 and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee has brought with it a new phenomenon...
How Can Teachers Be Made to Adopt Phonics?
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Should the Secretary of State for Education force teachers to use synthetic phonics? Or, to be more realistic, should she try? Of course she shouldn't. In a sensibly organised world, schools would compete for the custom of parents who want their children...
Jeweller to the Stars to Expand despite Fall in Profits
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Theo Fennell, upmarket jeweller to celebrities such as Liz Hurley, Victoria Beckham and Naomi Campbell, has set its sights on major international expansion despite a collapse in profits. The group, which was forced to issue a post-Christmas profit warning,...
Keep Monkey Business out of the House, Says Charity
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They may look cute and cuddly, especially when young, but monkeys should not be kept as pets, an animal welfare organisation has said.All primates, from monkeys and lemurs to baboons and the great apes, are wild animals which are wholly unsuited to life...
Labour Clamps Down on Politicians Who Speak out for Electoral Reform
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Labour politicians in favour of voting reform have been warned by party managers to stop 'carrying on' about the introduction of proportional representation. In a signal the Labour Party is becoming concerned about growing public support for electoral...
Leading Article: An Urgent Rethink Is Required ; SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION
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In the long-running debate about special schools, there has been no more passionate an advocate for the inclusion of children with special needs in mainstream schools than Dame Mary Warnock. The conclusions of her 1978 report were enshrined in law three...
Leading Article: Now We Know How the Peace Dividend Was Frittered Away ; MILITARY SPENDING
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Figures just released by one of Europe's premier research institutes convey a thoroughly dispiriting message. The value of international military spending rose last year by another 6 per cent to exceed US $1 trillion. This is only slightly less than...
Life & Culture: Hostage to a F Ortune ; in 1995, Mark Gardiner Landed Britain's Biggest Ever Single Lottery Win. Ten Years, Pounds 11m, Two Caribbean Beach-Houses and a Fleet of Aston Martins Later, He's Fallen out with Most of His Family and Friends. Any Regrets? Malcolm Macalister Hall Finds Out
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Built like a nightclub bouncer, Jack the Lad, Jim Davidson fan, mobile ringing all the time, Mark Gardiner's bursting with stories about the rows and the ex-wives and the string of lethal motorbikes he bought as he sits in the restaurant of The WorkPlace,...
MARKET REPORT: Richemont Stake Sale Rumours Rattle BAT
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Rumours that the Swiss luxury goods giant Richemont is looking to sell its 18 per cent stake in BAT left investors rushing to exit the tobacco giant yesterday. BAT stock dropped 12p to 1,078.5p in response to the talk and was also undermined by a lawsuit...
My Protg, the Big Brother Star
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'So will he win?' That is the question I have been asked by the popular press every day for the past week about the most well known Tory in the land. And I am not referring to Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Kenneth Clarke, David Davis, or the rest of the candidates...
New Era Dawns for the Business-Class Only Airline
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Executive travellers flying across the Atlantic will soon have a choice of business class-only carriers as another luxury airline gets off the ground. A former director of strategy for British Airways, David Spurlock, is behind the latest venture, Eos,...
No Cut Yet but It's Only a Matter of Time before the Bank Lowers Interest Rates
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If the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee is wise it will be talking seriously about the timing of its next interest rate cut.Cut? Yup. A few weeks ago the talk was about the timing of the next increase but now the game has flipped. Hardly anyone...
Obituary: ANNE BANCROFT ; Star of 'The Miracle Worker' Who Found New Fame as the Predatory Mrs Robinson
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An Academy Award-winner for her searing portrait of dedication and tenacity in The Miracle Worker, Anne Bancroft will also be particularly remembered for portraying an iconic figure of the Sixties, Mrs Robinson, seducer of her daughter's boyfriend in...
Obituary: FERNANDO GHIA ; Co-Producer of 'The Mission'
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Fernando Ghia was one of the leading lights of the Italian film and television industry. At his funeral in the packed church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome, as friends, colleagues and family gathered to pay their last respects, there was a roll of...
Obituary: ROB MILNE ; Single-Minded AI Scientist
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Rob Milne was a key figure in pioneering artificial intelligence applications. He died on Sunday while climbing Mount Everest. His objective had been to climb the highest peak on each continent, and Everest was the last of the eight. He was born in Libby,...
OUTLOOK: UK Mail Posts Challenge to Leighton
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If Paul Carvell is right then the ever-ebullient chairman of Royal Mail, Allan Leighton, really does have something to worry about. The chief executive of Business Post forecasts that the arrival next year of full competition will deprive the posties...
Pandora
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ITN faces legal action over secretly-shot Cherie footage Cherie Blair's lucrative speaking engagement in the United States has already kicked off the biggest political row of the year. Now it's threatening to provoke a legal showdown, too. On Monday...
PASSED/FAILED: I Was So Naughty at School ; an Education in the Life of Vanessa Collingridge, Writer and Broadcaster
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Vanessa Collingridge has reported for 'Tonight with Trevor McDonald' on ITV and now appears regularly on 'Real Story' on BBC1. Her biography 'Captain Cook' came out in 2002, and 'Boudica' was published last week. I was desperate to go to school but I...
Passions Flow at Neverland Ranch as Jackson Waits
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Michael Jackson's neighbours have had it. They've put up with three months of hoopla surrounding the court proceedings in Santa Maria, in the heart of central California wine country, and they've put up with the crowds of fans plying the narrow country...
PM Promises to Create More Jobs after French Reject Constitution
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A bizarre left-right cocktail of job creation through protectionism, state spending and less red tape has been proposed by the new French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin. In his maiden parliamentary speech, M. de Villepin signalled a push by Paris...
Podium: 'Winning Back the Centre Ground Is a Necessity' ; from a Speech Given to the 'Conservative Mainstream' Group by the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary
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The Conservative Party has begun its debate about how to take forward its renaissance and win the support of the people of Britain. We have begun that debate but we must be careful that it is the right debate. The reality is that winning back the centre...
POSTGRADUATE: Commercial Enterprise ; PhDs That Give Students Experience of Industry Are a Hit with Employers, Says Nick Jackson
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Big business and environmentalism are often seen as opposing forces. But, as the cost of European environmental legislation becomes apparent, more businesses are turning to environmental research " while researchers who want to make a real difference...
POSTGRADUATE: DEGREES IN SUSTAINABILITY: Masters of a Greener World ; Graduates Who Want to Save the Earth Are Studying Courses to Show Them How, Says Claire Smith
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Iwanted a career that wasn't just about making money; I never wanted a job that I wasn't going to be passionate about,' says 25- year- old Tamar Bourne, who's working towards a Masters in leadership for sustainable development at Forum for the Future,...
POSTGRADUATE: How to Go Surfin' USA ; Studying for a PhD Is a Journey into Your Chosen Subject. but Some Universities Are Going Further and Giving Graduates a Chance to Travel the World Too. Amy McLellan Reports
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It's a common complaint that a PhD can be a long, lonely slog. To remedy this, universities have taken steps to provide training for supervisors and improve postgraduate social facilities, to help counter the isolation felt after days spent buried in...
POSTGRADUATE: POSTGRADUATE LIVES: 'Give Me the Sound of a Toucan' ; Niall O'Dea, Conservation Biologist at Oxford University
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Niall O'Dea, 27, is a conservation biologist completing a DPhil at Oxford University on tropical mountain birds. I always wanted to be a biologist. My mum says my first word was 'cat', way before I said 'mum' or 'dad'. I love the outdoors, animals and...
POSTGRADUATE: POSTGRADUATE QUERIES: How Easy Is It for a Foreign Student to Do a Masters in the UK? What about the Funding?
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From Albania to the UK I am a 32-year-old Albanian living in the UK. I completed a history degree in Albania for which I studied for four years at university. I would like some information and advice on how I could further my education in the UK by studying...
Racing: Roe Ready to Tough It out in Knavesmire Slog
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When Royal Ascot began, a brand was something you burned into the hide of your cattle. No modern corporation, however, has more precious commercial resonance. Last weekend Motivator, owned by the Royal Ascot Racing Club, smashed the Derby field apart...
RBS Warns of Credit Card Arrears but Corporate and US Lending Buoyant
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The Royal Bank of Scotland became the latest major UK bank to warn of slower consumer loan growth and rising credit card arrears, but stressed yesterday that would be more than offset by its US and corporate lending businesses. Sir Fred Goodwin, the...
READY TO WEAR: What's EUR30,000 for Smelling like No One Else?
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It's just one month before the opening of the autumn/winter 2005 haute-couture season, and the schedule could hardly be described as revitalised. No more than a handful of big names grace a three-day calendar that is about as far from packed as it's...
Reiss's Pieces ; David Reiss Is No Fashion Victim, but His Label's Clever Cuts Have Made Him an International Favourite. by Stephanie King
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He hates 'grunge', 'tricksy' and 'hot trend' clothes, loathes the lad market and admires Armani. These comments are no surprise considering they come from David Reiss, the dapper, tanned owner of the 30-store retail chain that bears his name. To some...
Rowdy Drunks Could Be Banned from Pubs under New Crime Bill
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Aggressive drunks could be barred from all pubs and clubs in their home areas for up to two years in a crackdown on alcohol- fuelled violence. Police will also be given the power to impose on-the-spot 48- hour alcohol bans on rowdy drinkers. The measures...
Royal Mail Could Lose a Fifth of Its Business, Warns Rival
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The biggest private competitor to Royal Mail predicted yesterday that the state-owned company would lose 20 per cent of its business when the market is fully opened to competition next year " twice the amount rival operators and the industry regulator...
RUGBY LEAGUE: Botham Adds New Chapter to Answer Wigan's SOS Call
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The unique sporting career of Liam Botham is set to take another twist as he answers an emergency call from injury-hit Wigan. Leeds have released the second-rower " the bearer of one of British sport's most illustrious surnames "and he has joined Wigan...
RUGBY UNION: Hodgson Perfect All Round as Lions Add Flesh to Bones ; TARANAKI 14 BRITISH & IRISH LIONS 36
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Martin Corry broke new ground in the far-flung reaches of New Zealand's north island yesterday by contriving to forget something he might have been expected to remember, given his status as the Lions captain: the lion itself. His pre-match performance...
Take a Bow, Mr Darling " You Have Come Up with This Government's First Radical Policy
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Out of the blue comes a genuinely bold and big idea. The subject area and the courageous promoter of the policy add to the sense of astonishment. Today, the Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling, will deliver a speech outlining in more detail his plans...
Tales of the City: An Artists' Bitching Contest Would Be Just the Thing to Liven Up the London Olympics
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I've been pondering the Olympic ideal, while we're waiting for the International Olympics Committee to make up its mind where the Games will be held in far-off 2012. Like many people, I thought the world's top sporting event was the last word in fair...
TEACHER TALK: 'We Have Done Massage and Pilates, Which Can Help with Teachers' General Well-Being'
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Emma Wilkinson presents 'Ease the Load' " an advisory segment on the new 24-hour digital channel, Teachers' TV. Funded by the Department for Education and Skills, Teachers' TV is the first channel in Europe to focus on one profession. When not filming,...
