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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 February 24, 2006
$1M Smash Shows Chief of Disgraced Gizmondo Still Has Taste for Fast Lane
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The spectacular collapse of the computer gaming company Gizmondo appears to have done little to dampen the appetite of one of its former senior executives for life in the fast lane. Malibu police are waiting to re-interview Stefan Eriksson, a member...
A Crime Straight from an Ealing Comedy
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It is not the way of responsible newspapers or their columnists to condone the commission of any crime, let alone one involving firearms and the abduction of a woman and her child. On this we must be unequivocal. Nor is there anything admirable or amusing...
Arctic Monkeys Look Good at NME Awards as Double Triumph Outshines Kaiser Chiefs
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A few months ago, they were unknowns. Then they topped the charts, released Britain's fastest-selling album and now they have triumphed at the annual Shockwaves NME Awards. Last night, the Arctic Monkeys became the first band in the 15- year history...
Arctic Monkeys Shrug off Record-Breaking NME Triumph:' Who Else Was Going to Win?'
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Only a few months ago, they were complete unknowns. Then they topped the charts, released the fastest-selling album of all time and have now triumphed at the Shockwaves NME Awards. The phenomenon that is the Arctic Monkeys made NME history last night...
Arctic Monkeys Shrug off Record-Breaking NME Triumph:' Who Else Was Going to Win?'
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Only a few months ago, they were complete unknowns. Then they topped the charts, released the fastest-selling album of all time and have now triumphed at the Shockwaves NME Awards. The phenomenon that is the Arctic Monkeys made NME history last night...
Arts Previews: We've Found Some Real Rarities' ; Classical THE KING'S CONSORT Wigmore Hall LONDON
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"What I most like about the Wigmore," says Robert King, "is that the audience will trust us - both as to the quality of the performers we present, and the quality of the music." And the King's Consort's return to the venue will be with a programme that...
Arts Reviews: Classical ; JERUSALEM QUARTET Wigmore Hal LONDON ****
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If it's February, it's the Jerusalem Quartet. If it's March, it's the Emerson. There's likely to be no shortage of Shostakovich quartets in this anniversary year, but how they are presented will vary. The Jerusalem at the Wigmore, playing eight of the...
Arts Reviews: Theatre ; STEPTOE AND SON IN MURDER AT OIL DRUM LANE Comedy Theatre LONDON ****
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On the day of the general election in 1966, the Prime Minister Harold Wilson pleaded with the BBC to postpone an episode of Steptoe and Son until after the polls shut. He was anxious that Labour voters would stay at home to watch the comedy rather than...
Asda Depots Face Threat of Strikes
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The distribution network at the supermarket giant Asda is facing severe disruption after union leaders called a strike ballot among thousands of workers. Talks aimed at settling a dispute at the company's Dart ford depot broke down yesterday and the...
At Last, a Showcase for Our National Treasures
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I have a cartoon original hanging in my bathroom at home, drawn (and painted) by de la Nougerede. It shows an old prune next to a bright young plum, and the prune is saying to the plum: "You just wait till you're my age..." When I first bought it, I...
BAE under Fire as Cost of Closing Pension Deficit Climbs to Pounds 2bn
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BAE Systems, the UK's biggest defence contractor, is set to pay a bill of almost pounds 2bn to fill the hole in its pension schemes, it emerged yesterday. News of the bigger-than-expected pension costs and cautious comments about the outlook for the...
Big Rise in Pregnancy among the Over-40s as Women Delay First Baby
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The pregnancy rate in women over 40 is rising faster than in any other age group. A total of 22,700 women over the age of 40 became pregnant in 2004, twice the number of 11,500 pregnancies in the age group in 1988. The age at which women become pregnant...
Blair Faces Torrent of Criticism on Human Rights ; PRIME MINISTER UNDER FIRE
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Tony Blair remained defiant last night in the face of a torrent of protests over Britain's human rights record, accusing his critics of having "the world the wrong way round". The Prime Minister was at bay over his support for US "rendition flights",...
Blair Faces Torrent of Criticism on Human Rights ; PRIME MINISTER UNDER FIRE
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Tony Blair remained defiant last night in the face of a torrent of protests over Britain's human rights record, accusing his critics of having "the world the wrong way round". The Prime Minister was under pressure over his support for US "rendition flights",...
Blair Ready to Rely on Tories over Education Bill
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Tony Blair has refused to make further concessions over his education reforms and warned rebel Labour MPs that he is ready to force them through with the support of Conservative MPs. At his monthly press conference, the Prime Minister risked alienating...
Blair Will Turn to Tories for Support over Education Bill
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Tony Blair has refused to make further concessions over his education reforms and warned rebel Labour MPs that he is ready force them through with the support of Conservative MPs. At his monthly press conference, the Prime Minister risked alienating...
'Bodysnatching' Gang Charged with Stealing Alistair Cooke's Bones
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Prosecutors in New York charged the head of a biomedical tissue company and three others with illegally harvesting body parts from corpses and selling the tissues at high profit for transplant operations all across the United States and Canada. It was...
Brussels Puts the Boot into China over Unfair Shoe Support
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The European Commission produced a litany of allegations of unfair Chinese state support for its shoe sector yesterday as it launched a robust defence of its plan to impose import tariffs of as much as 20 per cent. Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner,...
Brussels Puts the Boot into China over Unfair Shoe Support
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The European Commission produced a litany of allegations of unfair Chinese state support for its shoe sector yesterday as it launched a robust defence of its plan to impose import tariffs of as much as 20 per cent. Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner,...
Capita Holds out Prospect of Capital Return
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Shares in Capita Group, which runs London's Congestion Charging scheme, rose more than 3 per cent yesterday after the company unveiled a better-than-expected 16 per cent rise in profits for 2005. Rod Aldridge, Capita's executive chairman, said the strong...
Capita Holds out Prospect of Capital Return
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Shares in Capita Group, which runs London's congestion charging scheme, rose more than 3 per cent yesterday after the company unveiled a better-than-expected 16 per cent rise in profits for 2005. Rod Aldridge, Capita's executive chairman, said the strong...
Cartoon Protests by Nigerian Christians and Muslims Kills 150
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Clashes between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian communities have left nearly 150 people dead and thousands displaced after five days of violence sparked originally by the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed. In the southern city of Onitsha,...
Centrica Feels the Heat as Record Profits Prompt Fresh Fury over Bills ; BUSINESS ANALYSIS
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Centrica, the owner of British Gas, fanned the flames of consumer anger yesterday by unveiling record annual profits of pounds 1.5bn and a 22 per cent rise in the dividend payment just days after announcing the biggest increase in energy prices in history....
Centrica Feels the Heat as Record Profits Prompt Fresh Fury over Bills ; BUSINESS ANALYSIS
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Centrica, the owner of British Gas, fanned the flames of consumer anger yesterday by unveiling record annual profits of pounds 1.5bn and a 22 per cent rise in the dividend payment just days after announcing the biggest increase in energy prices in history....
Chess
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The first half of the Morelia/ Linares tournament is drawing towards its close, with a second rest day today and then the seventh round tomorrow before they transfer the several thousand miles from Mexico to Spain for the second half. Rest days are a...
Colour-Blind Casting Finds New Stars for Billy Elliot
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The mining communities of the North-east of England where the fictional Billy Elliot grew up were largely bastions of the white working-class. But the new cast of the hit musical will be more ethnically diverse, thanks to a training scheme and "colour-blind"...
Colt to Cut Debt Mountain with Pounds 300m Equity-Raising Plan
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Colt Telecom moved to restructure its finances yesterday in an attempt to pay off debts in the midst of what it admits is a savagely competitive trading environment. The fixed-line telecoms group aims to raise pounds 300m in equity to pay off bonds that...
Colt to Cut Debt Mountain with Pounds 300m Equity-Raising Plan
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Colt Telecom moved to restructure its finances yesterday in an attempt to pay off debts in the midst of what it admits is a savagely competitive trading environment. The fixed-line telecoms group aims to raise pounds 300m in equity to pay off bonds that...
Consolidation Doubts Plague Pricey Hanson ; THE INVESTMENT COLUMN
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Hanson shares continued their march to record highs yesterday after marginally better-than-expected annual results from the building materials giant. Without doubt much of the stock's recent out performance has been triggered by ongoing speculation about...
Cricket: Hobbling Tourists Trip in the Face of Adversity
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ENGLAND 238 PRESIDENT'S XI 93-1 All touring sides to India experience hardship and deprivation. Not on the grand scale, but just tanta-lisingly enough to make a player wish the heretical thought that he might, just this once, have been short of the form...
Cricket: Vaughan Fights to Save Career Threatened by Knee Injury
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Michael Vaughan's future as England captain was in serious doubt last night because of the persistent injury to his right knee. He was forced to miss his side's final warm-up game of their tour of India only 11 weeks after the third operation on a joint...
Crisis across Indian Ocean as 77 Die from Mosquito Virus
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A mosquito-borne disease on France's far-flung island of La Runion, which has infected one in seven residents, may have killed as many as 77, the French Health Minister said. Xavier Bertrand said 77 deaths in January were "directly or indirectly attributable"...
Crisis across Indian Ocean as 77 Die from Mosquito Virus
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A mosquito-borne disease on France's far-flung island of La Runion, which has infected one in seven residents, may be responsible for the deaths of dozens of people, the French Health Minister said. Xavier Bertrand said 77 deaths in January were "directly...
DENNIS KIRKLAND Benny Hil's Favourite Producer
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In May 1980, as the Iranian embassy siege came to an explosive climax in London, a group of Brits watched a TV monitor in tense silence in Montreux. Marooned there for a week during the Golden Rose television competition, they had been unable to see...
D&G Declare Martial Law to Overturn Trend for Gentle Autumnwear
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Bucking the autumn/winter trend for gentle and sober clothing that has been the story elsewhere at Milan Fashion Week, Dolce & Gabbana set out their plans for global fashion domination with a collection inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte and his lovers....
Dozens Killed as Roof Collapses at Giant Market Hall in Moscow
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President Vladimir Putin has called for "a painstaking investigation" after the concrete and metal roof of a Moscow food market collapsed yesterday, crushing at least 49 people to death. Rescuers initially thought the roof of the Baumansky market gave...
Editorial & Opinion: Tony Blair and the Loss of Civilised Values ; HUMAN RIGHTS
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Tony Blair's support for the United States in its so-called "war on terror" has been unquestioning. But never has the Prime Minister's stance with respect to the Bush administration left him so politically isolated in Britain. Yesterday, the House of...
Editorial & Opinion: Two Steps Forward and One Back ; UGANDA
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It is all too easy to feel weary about Africa. Take yesterday's elections in Uganda. Under the country's constitution, the President was only allowed two terms of office. But Yoweri Museveni got parliament to change the rules to allow him a third term,...
Football: Benitez Confident of Sissoko Recovery
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The Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez, said last night that he is very confident his midfielder Mo-hamed Sissoko will make a full recovery from a career-threatening eye injury and hopes he will make a speedy return to training. Speaking at the club's...
Football: Bolton's European Odyssey Ends with Giannakopoulos Blunders
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MARSEILLES 2 BOLTON WANDERERS 1 Marseiles win 2-1 on aggregate Sam Allardyce refused to be laid low by a chest infection and made the journey to Marseilles yesterday but the manner of his Bolton Wanderers side's elimination from the Uefa Cup last night...
Football: Bolton's European Odyssey Ends with Giannakopoulos Blunders
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MARSEILLES 2 BOLTON WANDERERS 1 Marseiles win 2-1 on aggregate Sam Allardyce refused to be laid low by a chest infection and made the journey to Marseilles yesterday but the manner of his Bolton Wanderers side's elimination from the Uefa Cup last night...
Football: Bremen to Go on the Attack in Juve Return
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Werder Bremen will not be content with a draw in their return Champions' League match against Juventus after the German side staged a dramatic 3-2 comeback win on Wednesday. Bremen's German international midfielder Torsten Frings, whose battling performance...
Football: Del Horno Intended to Hurt Me, Says Messi
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The dispute over whether Asier Del Horno deserved to be dismissed for his foul on Barcelona's Lionel Messi reignited yesterday when the Argentinian winger accused the Spanish left-back of malicious intent and dismissed Jose Mourinho's claims that his...
Football: Del Horno Intended to Hurt Me, Says Messi
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The dispute over whether Asier Del Horno deserved to be dismissed for his foul on Barcelona's Lionel Messi reignited yesterday when the Argentinian winger accused Chelsea's Spanish left-back of malicious intent and dismissed Jose Mourinho's claims that...
Football: Football League Update
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CHAMPIONSHIP CARDIFF CITY Top scorer Cameron Jerome (right) has been handed a call-up to the England Under-21 squad for a friendly against Norway on 28 February. The 19-year-old scored against the Under-21 manager Peter Taylor's Hull side last Saturday....
Football: Football League Update
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CHAMPIONSHIP CARDIFF CITY Top scorer Cameron Jerome (right) has been handed a call-up to the England Under-21 squad for a friendly against Norway on 28 February. The 19-year-old scored against the Under-21 manager Peter Taylor's Hull side last Saturday....
Football: Liverpool Rethink after Sissoko Injury
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The loss of Mohamed Sissoko from Liverpool's mid-field for the rest of the season would be a major blow as the club have an interest in three competitions. Liverpool said yesterday there had been "some improvement" in the player's condition after examination...
Football: McClaren's Relief as Boro Survive the Storm
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MIDDLESBROUGH 0 VFB STUTTGART 1 agg 2-2' Boro win on away goals Knock-out football and a side as mercurial as Middlesbrough are uneasy bedfellows, and so it proved. However, they happily remain, as their supporters will tell anyone who cares to listen,...
Football: Rangers Can Go through without Prso, Says McLeish
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The Rangers manager, Alex McLeish, believes his team can book their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions' League without tal-ismanic striker Dado Prso. The Croatian was booked during Wednesday night's 2-2 draw with Villarreal at Ibrox, meaning...
Football: Raul Accuses Ronaldo of Selfish Pre-Match Comments
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Real Madrid returned to training yesterday after Tuesday's defeat to Arsenal and there was little sign of the togetherness that will be needed if they are to overturn the 1-0 scoreline from the first leg. Raul, the club captain, accused his Brazilian...
Football: Riggott and Southgate Edge Boro Through
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MIDDLESBROUGH 0 VFB STUTTGART 1 agg 2-2' Boro win on away goals Knock-out football and a side as mercurial as Middlesbrough are uneasy bedfellows, and so it proved as they put their supporters through all manner of ago-nies before maintaining their quest...
Football: This Week's Three Winners Were Rijkaard, Wenger.And Football
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If anyone had a single doubt about the nature and the meaning of Jose Mourinho's Chelsea surely it must have perished in the firestorm of Barcelona's brilliance at Stamford Bridge this week. Let us give, as briefly as you like in the circumstances of...
Football: This Week's Three Winners Were Rijkaard, Wenger.And Football ; Lampard Finds Clues in Bid to Break Down Barcelona
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Frank Lampard was the first to point it out and what he noticed will resonate with Jose Mourin-ho as the Chelsea manager prepares his team for the Nou Camp on 7 March and their greatest single test since he took over. "Barcelona seem to be a different...
Football: Threats to Referee Taken off Chelsea's Website
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Chelsea officials moved swiftly lastnight to remove abusive and threatening messages on their official website about Norwegian referee Terje Hauge, who sent off Asier Del Horno in the club's 2-1 defeat to Barcelona on Wednesday, in order to avoid a similar...
Football: Today in the Premiership
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TODAY'S TOP 20: LAST PENALTY AWARDED TO THE AWAY TEAM AT PREMIERSHIP CLUBS ARSENAL The Barcelona full-back Silvinho, a former Arsenal player, has urged the Catalan club to sign Thierry Henry in the summer. "I am sure he would be good signing for us,"...
Football: Today in the Premiership
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TODAY'S TOP 20: LAST PENALTY AWARDED TO THE AWAY TEAM AT PREMIERSHIP CLUBS ARSENAL Barcelona's Sylvinho, a former Arsenal full-back, is the latest player to voice his opinion on the Thierry Henry to Barcelona saga. "I am sure he would be a good signing...
Golf: Ames Left Red-Faced as Woods Has 'Fun'
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Ernie Els was knocked out by Bernhard Langer and Miguel Angel Jimenez beat US Tour leading money-winner Rory Sabbatini, but there was no keeping Tiger Woods out of the headlines when the Accenture World Match Play Championship began at La Costa near...
Golf: Howell Win Sets Up Mickelson Meeting
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Four birdies in five holes gave David Howell his second victory at the World Match Play Championship here in California last night - and set him up for A meeting with Phil Mickelson. On a day that saw Colin Montgomerie go out to Japan's Shingo Katayama,...
Greece and Italy Team Up to Recover Stolen Antiquities
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Greece has joined forces with Italy in a joint attempt to locate and repatriate priceless stolen antiquities, an effort that could have serious ramifications for Europe's leading museums. After the surprise success of Italian authorities in securing...
Greece and Italy Team Up to Recover Stolen Antiquities
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Greece has joined forces with Italy in a joint attempt to locate and repatriate priceless stolen antiquities, an effort that could have serious ramifications for Europe's leading museums. After the surprise success of Italian authorities in securing...
Harry Potter's Owl Takes Flight to Scottish Isle
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Rare owls more commonly associated with the frozen wastes of the Arctic, or the magical adventures of Harry Potter, appear to be expanding the range of their natural habitat to a remote Scottish island. Conservation experts say last summer saw the biggest...
Henman Bows out to Rising Star Djokovic
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Tim Henman last night let slip a one-set lead as he lost to rising star Novak Djokovic at the ABN AMRO tournament here. The British No1 had been hoping for a good run in the event, having three times reached the final here, but the world No 72 from Serbia...
Hosepipe Ban Demanded to Stem Drought I Consolidation Doubts Plague Pricey Hanson
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Hosepipe bans for much of south-east England should be imposed immediately to limit the impact of one of the worst winter droughts on record, the Government's environmental watchdog has warned. The Environment Agency has asked water companies in the...
How Labour Has Betrayed the Promises It Made in 1997 ; ANALYSIS
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In 1997, the Labour government published a White Paper entitled Bringing Rights Home, ahead of the introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998. Amnesty International commended the Government for taking a first step towards a human rights culture in the...
How Many Would Vote for an Amalgam of All Three? ; THE SKETCH
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The young man I found myself sitting near on the Tube looked nervous, agitated, almost frightened. Was he lost? Was he a fare-dodger? Was he something more sinister? I noticed the glossy yellow leaflets he was fiddling with. I relaxed. He was a Lib Dem....
HSBC Unveils Overhaul of Investment Banking Unit
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HSBC revealed yesterday that it is to overhaul the structure of its investment bank. Workers were told that the division would be reorganised along three main business lines: global banking, markets and transactions. John "Studz" Studzinski, the former...
Letter: British Neglect of Languages Is No Cause for Shame ; Letters to the Editor
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Sir: So Britons are at the bottom of the league in Europe for learning foreign languages are they (report, 23 February)? A finer statement of the obvious would be hard to find. While there are many advantages to be gained by English speakers from studying...
Letter: Freedom of Speech, but with Respect ; Letters to the Editor
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Sir: It is ironic that the historian David Irving is sentenced to three years imprisonment for Holocaust denial at the same time that the controversy surrounding the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad still rages on. However deplorable Irving's views may have...
Let the Prince Speak out More
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Here we go again. Another pampered public figure with more status than sense has gone to court to demand recompense for the privacy he claims was violated by the media. But what began as a lawsuit about whether The Mail on Sunday breached the privacy...
Lib Dem Contenders Clash on Tax in Final Pitch for Votes
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The three men running for leadership of the Liberal Democrat clashed over tax and Iraq as they made their final pitch for votes in the race to succeed Charles Kennedy. Differences over a 50pin the pound top rate of income tax and a timetable for withdrawing...
Lib Dem Leadership Contenders at Odds in Final Appeal for Votes
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The three men running for the Liberal Democrat leadership have pledged to carve out a distinctive agenda for the party on civil liberties and Iraq if they win the race to succeed Charles Kennedy. But differences between them over withdrawing British...
Lib Dem Leadership Contenders Clash on Tax in Final Pitch for Votes
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The three men running for the Liberal Democrat leadership clashed over tax and Iraq as they made their final pitch for votes in the race to succeed Charles Kennedy. Differencesovera50p in the pound top rate of tax and a timetable for withdrawing British...
L'Oral Will Have to Bid High to Convince Anita Roddick a Sell-Out Is Worth It ; OUTLOOK
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According to her office, Dame Anita Roddick was uncontactable yesterday, so she would not have known about the bid approach for her beloved Body Shop from L'Oral, the world's largest beauty company, and to her, presumably, something of a bte noire, the...
L'Oreal Mulls Pounds 650m Body Shop Bid
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The Body Shop, the cosmetics retailer famed for its ethical stance, faces a potential takeover bid from the French make-up giant L'Oral. As rumours rippled across the City yesterday, and The Body Shop shares leapt on the back of takeover speculation,...
L'Oreal Will Have to Bid High to Convince Anita Roddick a Sell-Out Is Worth It ; OUTLOOK
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According to her office, Anita Roddick was uncontactable yesterday, so she would not have known about the bid approach from for her beloved Body Shop from L'Oreal, the world's largest beauty company, and to her, presumably, something of a bte noire,...
Moss Returns to the Catwalk as a Spectator for Burberry's Birthday
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Burberry's show last night in Milan was a celebration of its 150th anniversary - and the British label even managed to persuade Kate Moss, in her first high-profile public appearance since last Se ember's cocaine scand to join the party. Wearing a black...
Moss Returns to the Catwalk as a Spectator for Burberry's Birthday
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Burberry's show last night in Milan was a celebration of its 15 0th anniversary - and the British label even mana to persuade Kate Moss, in her first high-profile public appearance since last September's cocaine scandal, to join the party. Wearing a...
Motor Sport: Taunts Inflame Toseland's Desire to Be World No 1 ; after a Disastrous Defence of His World Superbike Crown, Britain's Top Rider Has Swapped Ducati for Honda and Is Determined to Blow Everyone Away
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At just 25, James Toseland knows far more about pain than is right for a young man of his age. He learnt about the physical kind six years ago when he crashed and broke his thigh, an injury so agonising that at times he wanted to shoot himself to end...
My Life in a Column: No Sugar. No Salt. No Fats. and NO Alcohol. I Loved It on the Retreat. Detox of the Soul
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Palm Beach - Belly Surfing I sat down opposite my friend Amanda Love - (no really, that's her name, and it gets worse: her middle name is Gaye - she wasn't born Love, she married into Love) - and said to her very earnestly: "I know why I have been unhappy...
Now for the Hard Work: How to Launder Up to Pounds 50m of Cash
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The key problem facing the criminals behind the UK's biggest armed robbery is how to off-load up to pounds 50m in cash - at least a million banknotes weighing 900lb - without getting caught. With such a huge quantity of cash, the most obvious solution...
Obituaries: RICHARD DALITZ Physicist Who Gave 'Dalitz Plots' and 'Dalitz Pairs' to the Language and Saw His 'Nave' Quark Model Prevail
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Dalitz plots" and "Dalitz pairs" have been part of the language of experimental particle physics for over 50 years. The theoretical physicist Richard Dalitz used his plot to reveal an apparent paradox that was only resolved by the shattering discovery...
Obituaries: SIR ALAN HUME Saviour of Edinburgh New Town
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Alan Hume was one of a very small group who rescued the Georgian New Town of Edinburgh, one of the jewels of northern Europe, from falling into decay. For 15 years, 1975-90, he was Chairman of the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee, and before...
Police Offer Pounds 2m Reward to Find Security Depot Robbers
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Police have arrested one person over the record pounds 50m robbery of a security depot on Wednesday, but officers believe the armed gang may have already escaped to the Continent. A pounds 2m reward is being offered for the recovery of the banknotes...
POP ; EDITORS Astoria LONDON***
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Editors' sudden leap towards the big league has taken most people by surprise. On the back of one unlikely hit single, the doomily epic "Munich", and a notably intense Top of the Pops performance, their debut album, The Back Room, made the Top 10 and...
Pounds 17bn Plan to Secure Long-Term Gas Supplies
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Centrica is largely dependent on other shippers for its gas and is therefore hostage to the volatile European wholesale gas market. By the end of this decade all that could have changed. Whereas today it is only 20 per cent self-sufficient, by 2010 some...
Productivity Gap Grows as Investment Slumps
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Government plans to boost the health of the UK corporate sector suffered a double blow today from figures showing business investment had slumped to a historic low while the productivity gap had widened. Businesses cut investment spending by 1.0 per...
Productivity Gap Grows as Investment Slumps
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Government plans to boost the health of the UK corporate sector suffered a double blow today from figures showing business investment had slumped to a historic low while the productivity gap had widened. Businesses cut investment spending by 1.0 per...
Profits Dip at Rentokil Leads to Dividend Payout Freeze
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Rentokil told investors that it is to freeze its dividend payout as the support services group reported a 17 per cent drop in underlying profits for 2005. The company insisted that its recovery programme is "on track". It said that the second half of...
Racing: Chaille-Chaille Has Faith in Zaiyad for Festival
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If Somerset sometimes seems barely large enough to accommodate both Martin Pipe and Paul Nicholls, then it is hardly surprising if a frisson of claustrophobia can be detected between the two leading jumps train-ers in France. Arnaud Chaille-Chaille and...
Radio & Television: LAST NIGHT'S TV - Time to Han Up Your Boots ; Footballers' Wives Itv1 Hotel Babylon Bbc1
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Really good trash television is rather like ballet. When it is done properly, you have an illusion of weightlessness - a nymphish figure floating across the stage as if gravity just doesn't apply. Or, in the case of Footballers' Wives, a nymphish plot...
Reasonableness of Option of Internal Location ; FRIDAY LAW REPORT 24 FEBRUARY 2006
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When considering an application for asylum based on refugee status rather than human rights, what was relevant to the question whether internal relocation was reasonable was the consequences to the asylum seeker of settling in the place of relocation...
Rentokil Freezes Dividend Payout
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Rentokil told investors that it is to freeze its dividend payout as the support services group reported a 17 per cent drop in underlying profits for 2005. The company insisted that its recovery programme is "on track". It said that the second half of...
REPORTING FOR ELECTION DUTY ; US Politics the Democrats Are Recruiting Iraq Veterans as Candidates in an Attempt to Strengthen Their Opposition to the War in the Congressional Elections in November. Andrew Buncombe Reports
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They are the perfect candidates. Having already served their country in uniform they are now being recruited to serve again in the halls of Congress. In numbers unseen for more than 50 years, military veterans are being recruited to run as candidates...
Reuters Shares Slump on Fears of Slower Growth
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Shares in Reuters crashed by more than 11 per cent yesterday after the news and financial information giant disappointed investors with its predictions for growth this year. Many in the City had expected to upgrade figures for 2006, on the back of bumper...
Rugby: Dragons Lifted by Signing of Potter as Coach
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The Catalan Dragons have appointed the former Bradford assistant, Mick Potter, as their new coach. The French club in Super League have been without a head coach since the departure of Steve Deakin in December, but have succeeded in attracting Potter,...
Rugby: It Seems Hereditary. at Some Stage We Always Shoot Ourselves in the Foot' ; John Dawes the Last Man to Coach Wales to a Grand Slam before Mike Ruddock Is No Stranger to Player Power, Having Dabbled in It When He Was Barbarians Captain in 1973. but He Now Fears for the Fate of His Nation
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On Tuesday lunchtime, the principal topic of conversation in the Butcher's Arms in the Llandaff suburb of Cardiff, as in pubs all over Wales, was the mysterious departure of Mike Ruddock, the condition of Gareth Thomas after his collapse while watching...
Rugby: Keep on Playing Your Own Game, Johnson Tells England
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Martin Johnson, a fixed point in an ever-changing sporting world, emerged from his long silence on the subject of international rugby yesterday to deliver a few well-chosen words of advice to the England team as they prepared for tomorrow's Six Nations...
Shire Hints at Settlement with Barr over ADHD Drug
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Shire Pharmaceuticals, Britain's third-biggest drug-maker, hinted yesterday there could soon be a settlement with Barr Pharmaceuticals which wants to make a copycat version of its top-selling hyperactivity drug, Adder all XR. Adder all captured a record...
Shire Hints at Settlement with Barr over ADHD Drug
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Shire Pharmaceuticals, Britain's third-biggest drug maker, hinted yesterday there could soon be a settlement with Barr Pharmaceuticals which wants to make a copycat version of its top-selling hyperactivity drug Adderall XR. Adderall captured a record...
Small Shareholders Attack Hilton over Pounds 4.2bn Special Dividend
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Small shareholders in Hilton have accused the company of ignoring their interests after it announced the payment of a special dividend of pounds 4.2bn, landing them with hefty tax bills. The group starts trading as Ladbrokes today after the sale of its...
