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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 December 15, 2009
A Big Bang - and Paradise Found
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CLASSICAL THE CREATION Royal Festival Hall, London **** Haydn's The Creation begins with a big bang - the big bang, presumably - and if you're looking to top Handel's Messiah, as Haydn was, then it was the only place and the only way to start. Haydn...
Abu Dhabi Finally Comes to Dubai's Aid
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ABU DHABI finally rode to the rescue of its embattled Gulf neighbour yesterday with a $10bn (6.1bn) lifeline that settled Dubai World's most pressing debts and will keep it running long enough to restructure its debts.Creditors were braced for Dubai's...
Agony and the Ecstasy
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Hit & Run... When Silvio Berlusconi was whacked in the face with a heavy object on Sunday night, politicians were loud in their protests. "What they did to Berlusconi," said his coalition partner, Umberto Bossi, "was an act of terrorism." But what about...
All Change Please - How New Tube Line Left Passengers Baffled
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Where the old Circle line was creaking and unreliable, the new one, which opened yesterday, is incomprehensible, says Andy McSmith THE CIRCLE line never has been nor is ever likely to be London's best-loved Underground route. But at least until yesterday,...
An Amusing Journey of Self-Discovery
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The Tuesday Book PILGRIMS By Garrison Keillor FABER & FABER, Pounds 16.99 Order for Pounds 15.29 (free p&p) from the Independent Bookshop: 08430 600 030 A focus on late-life rejuvenation is becoming something of a trend in Garrison Keillor's deadpan...
Anthony Rota
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Bookseller whose style and charm were valued by writers and collectors alike Anthony Rota was the grandee of London modern first edition bookselling. Other booksellers might have made more noise and attracted more newspaper headlines, but Rota got on...
A Serene Spot to Mark a True Moment of Madness
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Sketch "Only 15 miles from London, the picturesque Esher venue offers outdoor event space as well as flexible indoor facilities with ample parking" - so trills the publicity for Sandown Park racecourse.As a pale sun dappled through the trees in what,...
As the World Sees It
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Republican denialNEW YORK TIMESTalk to conservatives about the financial crisis and you enter an alternative, bizarre universe in which government bureaucrats, not greedy bankers, caused the meltdown. It's a universe in which government-sponsored lending...
Balls Acts to Protect Children in Reality Shows from 'Exploitation'
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TOUGHER RULES governing the use of children in reality TV programmes were demanded by the Government yesterday.The Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, ordered a review of existing regulations governing children performing, which were drawn up in 1968. He said...
Berlusconi 'Amazed' at Attack but Rivals Blame PM for Stoking Violence
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Premier to remain in hospital for 25 days after losing 'half a litre of blood' Silvio Berlusconi yesterday spoke of his amazement that anyone would wish him ill, following the assault on Sunday night that put him in hospital.The Prime Minister, who...
Big Buck's out to Extend the Trend for Nicholls
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RACING Champion stayer heads to Ascot as rivals plot downfall of big-race 'good things' OF the 23 horses that lined up for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle in March, only two have since managed to win a race over timber. One, Whiteoak, required a third mile...
Big Buck's out to Extend the Trend for Nicholls
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RACING Champion stayer heads to Ascot as rivals plot downfall of big-race 'good things' OF the 23 horses that lined up for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle in March, only two have since managed to win a race over timber. One, Whiteoak, required a third mile...
Birth of a Ballet
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What does it take to put on a Christmas dance spectacular? Jonathan Brown goes behind the scenes at Leeds Grand Theatre to witness the organised chaos The gentle murmur of the audience has grown to an intimidating rumble heard from behind the sanctuary...
Bridge
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Zy Shih did not miss a beat when he discovered the 5-0 trump break in his Six Clubs slam, on this hand from the Yeh Bros Cup.He won the spade lead in dummy - West had overcalled South's One Club opener with One Spade - then immediately discarded a diamond...
Broad and Anderson Rule out IPL
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In rejecting the offer of overnight riches in the Indian Premier League yesterday, Stuart Broad gave the kiss of life to conventional cricket. Broad is 23, blond, unfeasibly good-looking, bats with a flourish, bowls fast and four months ago produced...
Broad and Anderson Rule out IPL
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In rejecting the offer of overnight riches in the Indian Premier League yesterday, Stuart Broad gave the kiss of life to conventional cricket. Broad is 23, blond, unfeasibly good-looking, bats with a flourish, bowls fast and four months ago produced...
Brown 'Harming Labour Prospects'
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A senior Labour MP has accused Gordon Brown of harming the party's general election prospects by ordering his Chancellor to deliver a pre-Budget report designed to wrong-foot the Conservatives.Charles Clarke, the former home secretary, said the Government...
Brown Offers Pounds 1.2bn in a Bid to Break Climate Deadlock
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Prime Minister unveils fresh fund to help the Third World combat global warming - as Prince Charles flies in to Copenhagen to open crucial phase of talks Gordon Brown is preparing to offer more money from Britain to help the world's poorest countries...
Bumper Pay Deals from a Bygone Era Threaten British Airways' Future
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The a cappella group with the Christmas No 1 in 1983 were The Flying Pickets - so it is perhaps appropriate that a dispute so rooted in Eighties industrial strife involves cabin crew picketing rather than flying. With BA and the cabin crew unions agreeing...
Burstein's New Opera Takes Potshots at Iran
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Stand by for fireworks. Keith Burstein, the composer whose last opera Manifest Destiny led to a David-and-Goliath-style High Court battle with the London Evening Standard, is back.Last year, Burstein, right, tried to sue the newspaper with the help...
Business Diary
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BBC Worldwide has too much time and moneyThe corporate Christmas cards are arriving thick and fast, but many companies are this year opting to send festive greetings by email. Still, if saving money is the object, the BBC Worldwide team obviously hasn't...
Cadbury Upgrades Forecasts to Fend off Kraft
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Dairy Milk maker hits out at 'contemptuous' and 'derisory' bid by Kraft Cadbury launched a forceful defence against the US food giant Kraft's 9.8bn hostile bid for the Dairy Milk maker, as it unveiled ambitious upgraded growth targets on margins for...
Can Electric Cars Reinvent Britain's Motor Industry?
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New models mean new investment, if the UK can win the business. Sarah Arnott reports When the Prime Minister takes delivery of the ministerial fleet's first all-electric car this morning, he is not only shoring up his Government's green credentials but...
Carragher: We Need Divine Intervention to Save Season
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Vice-captain admits to crisis of confidence at Liverpool 'There's always another game. We have to start again' Jamie Carragher conceded yesterday that he can now only pray that Liverpool will salvage something from a season in which their confidence...
Chess
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The London Chess Classic comes to its conclusion today at Kensington Olympia after a ferocious week of combat. The unofficial world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, started superbly with a splendid win against Vladimir Kramnik, followed by another against Luke...
Chocolate Wars
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US food giant Kraft wants to buy Cadbury. So should we sell such a 'British' brand, or is it just another business? WHEN George Cadbury decided some 150 years ago to combine the business of making chocolate with his Quaker principles of quiet philanthropy,...
Citigroup in $20.5Bn Cash Call to Repay Bailout Funds
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Move will allow bank to pay executives and top traders bumper bonuses CITIGROUP WILL be freed to pay bumper bonuses to its executives and top traders from the start of next month, even though the US government could still own a substantial stake in the...
Costa Gives Whitbread Shares a Pick-Me-Up
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Investment Column Our view: BuyShare price: 1380p (+50p)On Friday, Costa Coffee owner Whitbread revealed that it was considering making a 32m bid for Coffeeheaven to expand its presence in Eastern and Central Europe. Yesterday, the hotel and restaurant...
Cox Reins Back Rangers in the Nick of Time
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WEST BROMWICH 2 Thomas 67, Cox 90 QPR 2 Olsson og 56, Gorkss 62 Simon cox'S equaliser deep in stoppage time last night denied the caretaker reign of Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham at Queen's Park Rangers a surprise winning start. The striker tucked home...
Cox Reins Back Rangers in the Nick of Time
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WEST BROMWICH 2 Thomas 67, Cox 90 QPR 2 Olsson og 56, Gorkss 62 Heartened as they were by going within 30 seconds of a notable victory, Queen's Park Rangers' caretaker management team of Steve Gallen and Marc Bircham are prepared for a hasty return to...
CT Scans 'Could Raise the Risk of Cancer'
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US study shows exposure to higher levels of radiation may result in tumours The latest generation of hospital scanners could be far more dangerous than previously believed, according to a study showing that as many as one in 80 people could be at risk...
Defence Minister Urged to Quit over Air Strike 'Lies'
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CHANCELLOR ANGELA Merkel's Defence Minister was under mounting pressure to resign yesterday over accusations that he lied over a German-ordered air strike in Afghanistan which killed dozens of civilians.Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, one of the country's...
Does the Latest Online Technology Pose an Unacceptable Threat to Our Privacy?
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The big question Why are we asking this now?The social networking site Facebook used to be essentially a walled garden where you'd share photos and information with people to whom you'd assigned "friend" status. But changes last week have led to accusations...
Ecuador's Yellow Revolution
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Fairtrade has transformed the lives of banana farmers and their families but a computer charity has helped them take on the big boys. Guy Adams reports Let's unpeel the banana. You go to the supermarket, and buy one. Quite a lot of your money goes straight...
Ferguson Insists His United Kids Are All Right
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Manager praises latest crop of youngsters ahead of his 900th league game Sir Alex Ferguson's 900th game in charge of Manchester United tonight arrives at a time when his least convincing squad for several seasons - already vanquished more times this...
Ferguson Insists His United Kids Are All Right
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Manager praises latest crop of youngsters ahead of his 900th league game Sir Alex Ferguson's 900th game in charge of Manchester United tonight arrives at a time when his least convincing squad for several seasons - already vanquished more times this...
Fiercely Slick Teenage Kicks
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POP N-DUBZ Shepherd's Bush Empire, London **** Who'd have guessed that three youngsters, straight out of north- west London, would make the remarkable ascent to pop royalty with music that plays on the travails of the 21st-century teenager? In the case...
Get Her out of There
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Last Night's Television OUT OF MY DEPTH ITV1 LIFE BBC1 Those of you who have been gazing at the small screen for as long as I have might remember a series in the mid-1970s called The Big Time, which gave ordinary people a shot at being celebrities,...
Gordon Is an Expert at Putting People to Sleep
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Sketch Gordon really is at the top of his game. Experience at the highest level, it's bound to have an effect. In his first years we watched him with a morbid fascination in case he jabbed out his eye with a biro to emphasise a point.But he's the Government's...
History Beckons as Ntini Closes on 100th Test Cap
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The icon of the Rainbow Nation looks back at how far he has come, while Stephen Brenkley considers his place among the greats Makhaya Ntini has come a long way in a country that has made a similar journey. Once, it would have been unthinkable for him...
History Beckons as Ntini Closes on 100th Test Cap
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The icon of the Rainbow Nation looks back at how far he has come, while Stephen Brenkley considers his place among the greats Makhaya Ntini has come a long way in a country that has made a similar journey. Once, it would have been unthinkable for him...
How Capello Lost Race for Base Camp
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Argentina quicker off the mark than England to claim top World Cup training centre Fabio Capello was denied his first-choice World Cup finals base next summer after a coup by the Argentina Football Association that went as far as dispatching their ambassador...
How Capello Lost Race for Base Camp
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Argentina quicker off the mark than England to claim top World Cup training centre Fabio Capello was denied his first-choice World Cup finals base next summer after a coup by the Argentina Football Association that went as far as dispatching their ambassador...
How Much Equality Do We Need for People to Make Free Choices?
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Podium WE ARE now said to be living in a post-ideological age in British politics. This is not the case. It is certainly true that there is less ideological division than existed in the early 1980s, when the Labour Party moved radically to the left and...
Ignore the Sweet Talk to Avoid a Sticky Ending
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LEADING ARTICLE Cadbury's shareholders must focus on their long- term interests What was initially touted as a sweet deal has turned rather bitter. Cadbury is fighting back vigorously against a hostile takeover bid mounted last month by the US food giant...
'I'm Pushing for a Place - I Know I Can Make It Swing'
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After taking five wickets at the weekend, Ryan Sidebottom tells Jon Culley why the tour of South Africa could restart his career - if he gets the chance to shine Ryan Sidebottom will be 32 next month. He has just become a father for the first time and...
'I'm Pushing for a Place - I Know I Can Make It Swing'
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After taking five wickets at the weekend, Ryan Sidebottom tells Jon Culley why the tour of South Africa could restart his career - if he gets the chance to shine Ryan Sidebottom will be 32 next month. He has just become a father for the first time and...
In the Curly-Wurly World of Big Business, Nationality Means Nothing
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Analysis Does it matter that Cadbury's could fall to foreign ownership? It seems an odd question to ask when there is hardly a company of any size that is not globalised in some way, with outsourcing, joint ventures, strategic stakes and supply chains...
Italian Press Put Boot into Mourinho
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Inter manager's media relations hit new low after altercation sparks backlash JOSE Mourinho's stormy relationship with the Italian press has reached a new low with the former Chelsea manager being accused of physically and verbally abusing a journalist...
Italian Press Put Boot into Mourinho
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Inter manager's media relations hit new low after altercation sparks backlash JOSE Mourinho's stormy relationship with the Italian press has reached a new low with the former Chelsea manager being accused of physically and verbally abusing a journalist...
Italian Press Put Boot into Mourinho
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Inter manager's media relations hit new low after altercation sparks backlash JOSE Mourinho's stormy relationship with the Italian press has reached a new low with the former Chelsea manager being accused of physically and verbally abusing a journalist...
It Is Not Only the Young Who Suffer
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Children's writers have been discovering a new activist side recently. First Philip Pullman (he of His Dark Materials and much else) leads a campaign - crowned yesterday with success - against the absurdity of requiring writers who go on school visits...
Liverpool in Need of Divine Intervention, Says Carragher
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Captain admits to growing crisis of confidence at Anfield as Benitez's side seek to salvage campaign 'There's always another game. We have to start again' Jamie Carragher conceded yesterday that he can now only pray that Liverpool will salvage something...
Lotus Sign Up Trulli and Kovalainen
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MOTOR RACING Team principal Fernandes says constructor will be envy of F1 after securing drivers THE Lotus team principal Tony Fernandes believes envious eyes are being cast in the direction of his team following yesterday's announcement of their driver...
Lotus Sign Up Trulli and Kovalainen
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MOTOR RACING Team principal Fernandes says constructor will be envy of F1 after securing drivers THE Lotus team principal, Tony Fernandes, believes envious eyes are being cast in the direction of his team following yesterday's announcement of their...
Mark Lynas's Copenhagen Notebook
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* The talks are little better than stalled at the moment - there's a constant sense of ongoing failure, and no sense that any of the parties are coming to the table with anything more positive or substantial, with the exception of a tiny few countries,...
McLeish Looks to Build after 'Dream Start' to the Season
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Years of uncertainty have given way to optimism as Birmingham hope to go sixth JUST six months after facing an uncertain future in charge at Birmingham, Alex McLeish is mounting a compelling case for the Premier League's manager of the season. After...
McLeish Looks to Build after 'Dream Start' to the Season
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Years of uncertainty have given way to optimism as Birmingham hope to go sixth JUST six months after facing an uncertain future in charge at Birmingham, Alex McLeish is mounting a compelling case for the Premier League's manager of the season. After...
McLeish Looks to Build after 'Dream Start' to the Season
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Years of uncertainty have given way to optimism as Birmingham hope to go sixth JUST six months after facing an uncertain future in charge at Birmingham, Alex McLeish is mounting a compelling case for the Premier League's manager of the season. After...
Megson Deflects Talk of Criticism at Bolton
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Bolton Wanderers' honourable 3-3 draw with Manchester City at the weekend could be put down to Gary Megson's use of forthright language about his previously underperforming players prior to Saturday's match, but the manager will have none it, claiming...
Miliband Attacks Judges over Torture Ruling
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THE GOVERNMENT has launched a damaging attack on the judiciary in its increasingly desperate legal battle to stop the public from seeing evidence of Britain's involvement in torture.Lawyers acting for the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, yesterday...
MoD's Attempts to Save Cash 'Drive Up Equipment Prices'
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'Pay later' approach exacerbating financial woes, says watchdog BRITAIN'S DEFENCE budget is "unaffordable" and faces a black hole of up to 36bn, a scathing report from the financial watchdog will warn today.The scale of the cash crisis emerged as the...
'My Daughter's Christmas List Appears to Solicit a Profusion of Luxury Goods'
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Tales of the City I have before me a handwritten list of 20 objects, ranged down the page in a teenage scrawl. They appear to solicit a profusion of luxury objects:"Cath Kidston knitting kitXL jar of fizzy sweetsLaptop and caseDaisy (perfume) by Marc...
Nature Notebook
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Why scruffy sites mean rich pickingsI've always been drawn to scruffy bits of land. In nature, scruffy means rich, because nature doesn't do neat. The scruffier the corner, the more things will be inhabiting it, whether it be plants, insects, mammals...
Never Mind the Useless Bodyguards - Only Politics Matters
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Analysis It became clear soon after Sunday evening's attack on Silvio Berlusconi that his assailant, a 42-year-old graphic designer called Massimo Tartaglia, was not a political activist but a man with serious mental problems. In "a normal country",...
No More Ordinary Joe
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X Factor winner Joe McElderry has gone from obscurity to superstardom overnight. But will he be the next Leona Lewis - or the new Steve Brookstein? Jonathan Brown reports As he made the customary post-victory tour of television studios yesterday, a heady...
Obama and 'Fat Cats' Hail Success of Meeting
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Both the Obama administration and Wall Street were privately hailing yesterday's summit at the White House as a public relations success, albeit for some slightly surprising reasons.The chief executives of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley failed to make...
O'Neill Keeps Steady Head for Heights
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MARTIN O'NEILL is becoming increasingly adept at evading questions on Aston Villa's chances of gatecrashing the established order of the Premier League but, whether he likes it or not, the Ulsterman will have to get used to dealing with it.O'Neill must...
O'Neill Keeps Steady Head for Heights
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MARTIN O'NEILL is becoming increasingly adept at evading questions on Aston Villa's chances of gatecrashing the established order of the Premier League but, whether he likes it or not, the Ulsterman will have to get used to dealing with it.O'Neill must...
O'Neill Keeps Steady Head for Heights
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MARTIN O'NEILL is becoming increasingly adept at evading questions on Aston Villa's chances of gatecrashing the established order of the Premier League but, whether he likes it or not, the Ulsterman will have to get used to dealing with it.O'Neill must...
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
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Flamboyant West German economics minister who brought down Helmut Schmidt Free-marketeer who advocated cuts in public spending and found an ally in Margaret Thatcher: Lambsdorff in Berlin in 2001 WOLFGANG RATTAY/REUTERS Otto Graf Lambsdorff, as he was...
Police Could Face Charges 30 Years after Blair Peach Death
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Retired police officers could face prosecution for perverting the course of justice over the death of anti-racism activist Blair Peach 30 years ago.Scotland Yard passed a secret internal report into the killing to officials at the Crown Prosecution Service...
Police 'Should Have Reason to Stop Pictures Being Taken'
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Police officers should not use counter-terrorism laws to stop people taking photographs in public, a senior officer insisted yesterday.John Yates, the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner who heads anti-terror operations at Scotland Yard, said...
Pop
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A NOT SO SILENT NIGHT Royal Albert Hall, London **** The chestnuts are roasting just outside the gates of Hyde Park and inside the Royal Albert Hall the family McGarrigle, or Wainwright, depending on which way you want to look at it, that dysfunctional...
Sand Pitches, Townships and Hope: Why South Africa Deserves the Cup
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The bulldozers pushed on through a quite violent electrical storm here yesterday. Nothing as trivial as the odd flash flood will stop, we are told, the punctual unveiling of the Rainbow Nation's beautifully refurbished, multicoloured Soccer City stadium...
Sand Pitches, Townships and Hope: Why South Africa Deserves the Cup
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The bulldozers pushed on through a quite violent electrical storm here yesterday. Nothing as trivial as the odd flash flood will stop, we are told, the punctual unveiling of the Rainbow Nation's beautifully refurbished, multicoloured Soccer City stadium...
Short Cut to Literature for iPod Generation
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Website aims to rekindle interest in classic works by European writers GUY de Maupassant, Aleksandr Pushkin and Nikolai Gogol might appear unlikely pin-ups for the iPod generation, but audio files of short stories by the giants of European literature...
Signal Failure as Next-Generation Mobiles Crash Televisions
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Spectrum earmarked for 4G technology is already used by TV systems The introduction of next generation mobile phones into the UK has hit a "significant" hitch after it emerged that people who use the state-of-the-art devices at home may stop their televisions...
Sing Hallelujah for Our Handel
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COMETH THE season, cometh the Messiah. All over Britain, amateur choirs and professional orchestras are limbering up to perform Georg Friedrich Handel's evergreen work in this the 250th anniversary of the death of the Saxon who came to live among the...
So Who Said What to Whom? the Truth about the Cuts Debate
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I must have read and heard more about the ministerial infighting over last week's pre-Budget report than is healthy for anyone, the equivalent of watching a long American soap opera in a single sitting. For those who lead healthier lives I will offer...
Standard Chartered Soars Ahead of Rate Rises
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Market Report Standard Chartered was in focus as a rising appetite for risk boosted the FTSE 100 last night.The stock swung to 1575p, up more than 4 per cent or 65.5p, after Credit Suisse highlighted the scope for stronger margins as central banks raise...
Sweet Lesson for Banks in Cadbury
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Outlook For all the hand-wringing about the death of the City of London thanks to Alistair Darling's supertax on banks which pay bonuses, it's worth remembering that Britain's capital markets are still some of the most open, and liberal in the world....
Tensions Rise as Iran Declares US Hikers Will Face Trial
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Spying charges point to deepening row over Tehran's nuclear ambitions TENSIONS BETWEEN the US and Iran escalated last night after Tehran's Foreign Minister declared that three American citizens held on espionage charges would be put on trial, and Hillary...
Theatre
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BLOOD BROTHERS Phoenix Theatre, London **** It can be a dangerous game parachuting a pop star into a much- loved musical - even when that musical is one of the West End's hardiest perennials and the popstar is Mel C, better known as Sporty Spice, or...
The Battle for British Airways
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Loss-making airline warns of 'fight to the death' after unions vote for 12-day strike, wrecking Christmas travel plans for a million people All flights grounded as BA staff vote for festive strike SENIOR British Airways managers last night warned they...
The Funniest Shows Leave out Laughter
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I was pleased that Outnumbered did so well at the 2009 British Comedy Awards - with that faintly mysterious sense of triumph that treats really liking a comedy show as being somehow the same as having played a part in its creation. It's preposterous,...
The Master of the Dismal Science - with Equations
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JUST AS normal chronological timescales have to be recalibrated for pets - eg "dog years" - so students of economics must age themselves in "Samuelson years": that is, which edition of Paul Samuelson's standard economics textbook they used, from the...
'The Pain We Had to Hide'
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It's now acceptable for celebrities to talk about mental illness. But away from the spotlight, the stigma remains. An anonymous writer describes her husband's secret despair For the past 15 years I have asked people to share with me and many others the...
The Ten Best DVD Box Sets
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Monty Python 40th Anniversary CollectionReleased to commemorate the anniversary of Monty Python's ground- breaking arrival on UK TV screens in 1969, this four-disc set includes the group's hilarious, surreal and much-loved films Monty Python and The...
This Time the Church Must Act over Child Abuse
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Sinead O'Connor's anger at the emotional mutilation of children at the hands of Roman Catholic priests in Ireland is more than understandable (letter, 11 December). By covering up such abuse the church authorities have played accessory to it, and definitive...
Tobin in Court to Face Murder Charge for Second Time
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Peter Tobin, a convicted murderer, paedophile and rapist, killed and buried the body of a teenage girl in his back garden, a court heard yesterday.Tobin, 63, from Johnstone Renfrewshire, is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of 15-year-old...
Top City Broker Helps Staff Relocate Overseas
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Tullett fears brokers could move to foreign rivals unless they can escape 'supertax' The fallout from the Government's controversial bonus tax was felt in earnest yesterday as one of the Square Mile's biggest trading companies paved the way for its staff...
Torture and Transparency
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LEADING ARTICLE NOT SINCE the worst days of David Blunkett as Home Secretary has a Government launched such an abusive attack on senior judges. Yesterday, Jonathan Sumption QC acting on behalf of the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, accused two judges...
Tsunami Victim Who Came Back from the Dead
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Padma Wawlanbokke's family were shocked when the woman they thought had died in 2004 reappeared three weeks ago. But is it really her? Andrew Buncombe reports There are a million questions one could ask of the woman sitting on the edge of a hospital...
Umpire's Decision Will Not Be Final for Test Series
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If the Test series between South Africa and England is too close to call, one aspect of it is a stone cold certainty. At some point, probably on the first morning, the Decision Review System will create confusion, controversy and delay. The DRS, whereby...
Umpire's Decision Will Not Be Final for Test Series
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If the Test series between South Africa and England is too close to call, one aspect of it is a stone cold certainty. At some point, probably on the first morning, the Decision Review System will create confusion, controversy and delay. The DRS, whereby...
'We Don't Want Violence, We Want to Get Our Voices Heard'
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Protesters on 'Reclaim Power' day set to face zero-tolerance approach by police ONE THOUSAND of them have already been arrested, and tomorrow will bring protesters' largest, angriest demonstration in the Danish capital - right outside the building where...
West Ham Set to Reject Pounds 50m Bid from Gold and Sullivan
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The Icelandic bank Straumur which controls West Ham United is set to reject another speculative 50m bid from the former Birmingham City owners David Gold and David Sullivan for the club because it does not come close to the money owed to it.Straumur,...
West Ham Set to Reject Pounds 50m Bid from Gold and Sullivan
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The Icelandic bank Straumur which controls West Ham United is set to reject another speculative 50m bid from the former Birmingham City owners David Gold and David Sullivan for the club because it does not come close to the money owed to it.Straumur,...
West Ham Set to Reject Pounds 50m Bid from Gold and Sullivan
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The Icelandic bank Straumur which controls West Ham United is set to reject another speculative 50m bid from the former Birmingham City owners David Gold and David Sullivan for the club because it does not come close to the money owed to it.Straumur,...
