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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 April 19, 2012
A First for Live TV as Real UK Courtroom Drama Unfolds
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As the sentencing of murderer David Gilroy is broadcast, Jonathan Brown tunes in Lord Bracadale offered the age of sensationalism a masterclass yesterday in the careful selection of words and their dignified yet powerful delivery. So diminished is the...
A Little Bit of Heaven with Super-Catchy Soul Songs
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After spending many years in the background, writing the lyrics for artists as diverse as Tinie Tempah and Cheryl Cole, tonight, on the final date of her UK tour, Emeli Sand is basking in the limelight.Clearly commercially astute, she switched her moniker...
America's Relationship with Afghanistan Is in Ruins - So Damage Limitation Is Our Best Hope
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COMMENT The US-Afghan relationship is about to be battered by its fourth crisis in four months. American troops have this year inadvertently burned Korans, massacred Afghan villagers, and been filmed urinating on Taliban corpses. And now there are more...
An Election That Trades on People's Deepest Fears
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France We shall need to know two things about the outcome of the French presidential election rather than one. Who has won, and a further question - what do financial markets think of the result? The French know that there is this second judgement to...
A Rave Review for This Techno Titan's Trip Back in Time
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If your legs start twitching when you hear "Jack Your Body" and the scent of Vicks VapoRub sends you into a nostalgic reverie; if you still dream of havin' it large at the Ministry of Sound at the weekend but can't stomach the cost of a babysitter; if...
Archbishop: Church Must Welcome Gay Marriage
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Dr Barry Morgan makes an impassioned plea for greater tolerance among Anglicans The Archbishop of Wales has called on Anglicans to support gay civil marriages, arguing that the Church's record on equality often made homosexuals and lesbians feel "unwanted,...
BA Boss and Branson Let Fly as Feud Really Takes Off
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Willie Walsh says Virgin Atlantic chief's opinions are 'irrelevant' Almost a decade of sniping between Willie Walsh, the boss of British Airways, and Sir Richard Branson boiled over yesterday when the Irishman launched an extraordinary attack on his...
Boris Is Having the Last Laugh in Mayoral Race
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The DIARY David Cameron is running the risk of making himself more enemies on the Tory right than he needs. He caused considerable offence yesterday when he told Douglas Carswell - a popular MP despite his near-anarchist opposition to big government...
Brooks and Thurlbeck at Risk as Prosecutors Get First Hacking Files
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Four journalists named in evidence handed to CPS could be first of many to face charges Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, could be charged with perverting the course of justice after her name was included among 11 suspects...
Cameron Is Omnishambolic - but Miliband Is Right in the Thick of It as Well
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SIMON CARR'S SKETCH "It's a bit of a shambles, don't you think?" No sooner were the words out in the press gallery than Ed Miliband - quoting officials quoting The Thick Of It - called it an "omnishambles". It was a fair description of PMQs.The Conservative...
Can Russia Kick Heroin?
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A huge population of addicts and a growing HIV epidemic have failed to persuade the state to face up to its disastrous drug problem. But now an unofficial band of volunteers is trying to fill the gap. Shaun Walker reports from Moscow Dressed in a black...
Carry on Qatada
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Farcical Home Office blunder allows terror cleric to stay in UK Home Office blunders block deportation of radical cleric Abu Qatada The decade-long legal battle over Abu Qatada's fate turned to farce last night as Theresa May, the Home Secretary, was...
Change to the Independent's Cover Price
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Letter from the Editor For those of you who have not seen this announcement already, we are using this page every day this week to alert our readers to the fact that we will soon be putting our price up. For almost four years, The Independent has not...
Chess
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The Dubai Open got underway on Sunday and continues until the beginning of next week.Dubai hosted the biennial chess Olympiad in 1986 (when England ended up second, just half a point behind the then Soviets) and this set in train a chess tradition which...
City Prepare to Offload Dzeko to Fund Signings
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Pounds 27m striker attracting interest from Germany as Mancini looks to overhaul forward line Manchester City's Edin Dzeko sees the Bundesliga as his escape route from an ultimately unhappy 18 months in England and is likely to make a move to Bayern...
City Prepare to Offload Dzeko to Fund Signings
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Pounds 27m striker attracting interest from Germany as Mancini looks to overhaul forward line Manchester City's Edin Dzeko sees the Bundesliga as his escape route from an ultimately unhappy 18 months in England and is likely to make a move to Bayern...
Class Acts: Something Different for the Weekend
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More and more universities are offering Saturday and Sunday courses for students who'd prefer not to give up their evenings Friday evenings hold a special place in the lives of most workers. The weekend stretches ahead and there's no need to set the...
Coverage Was a World Apart from Fireworks of OJ Simpson Trial
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COMMENT It was hardly the OJ Simpson trial. Considering this nation has become known as the CCTV capital of the world, there has been a reluctance to allow television cameras to record the dramas of other areas of British life.The televised sentencing...
Di Matteo Hails Old Guard after Historic Chelsea Win
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Drogba shows the way as Blues frustrate Barcelona to take one- goal lead to the Nou Camp FOOTBALL Chelsea will take a crucial advantage into the Champions League semi-final second leg next week after defeating Barcelona 1-0 in the first leg at Stamford...
Di Matteo Hails Old Guard after Historic Chelsea Win
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Drogba shows the way as Blues frustrate Barcelona to take one- goal lead to the Nou Camp FOOTBALL 'It was almost perfect - we were determined not to let them through' Roberto Di Matteo paid tribute to Chelsea's "old guard" for answering their critics...
Don't Hug a Hoodie, Hire One: Grayling Calls for Britons to Get Jobs First
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Minister uses speech to urge firms to take on 'surly young men' over experienced foreigners British employers should hire "surly", hoodie-wearing young British men, rather than experienced eastern Europeans, the Employment minister, Chris Grayling, said...
Drogba Lets Go of the Histrionics to Summon Up His Old Heroics
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COMMENT You couldn't know for sure whether it was an act of provocation or a serious statement about Chelsea's ill-considered potential to not only embarrass but also beat possibly the most celebrated team in the history of football.Such ambiguity so...
Drogba Lets Go of the Histrionics to Summon Up His Old Heroics
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COMMENT You couldn't know for sure whether it was an act of provocation or a serious statement about Chelsea's ill-considered potential to not only embarrass but also beat possibly the most celebrated team in the history of football.Such ambiguity so...
Fifty Years at the Cutting Edge of Technical Progress
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RESEARCH MATTERS The Daresbury lab shows why science and enterprise are vital UK partners This month the Daresbury Laboratory in the North-west of England celebrates its 50th anniversary as one of Europe's largest technical research facilities. Daresbury...
From Ants to Birds to Whales, There's a Soundscape to Be Marvelled At
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Nature Studies When I first heard the term soundscape I was taken aback, because it perfectly described what I was listening to: a whole series of different warbler species singing heartily on a spring day in the Norfolk Broads. I was taken aback because...
Genetic Test Could Pave the Way for Breast Cancer 'Magic Bullets'
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DNA research identifies 10 types of breast cancer, each of which could be treated differently. By Steve Connor Cancer is the quintessential genetic disease, so it comes as little surprise to find it has benefited most from the unravelling of the human...
Google Founder in Court for Smartphone Patents Showdown
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Google's founder and chief executive, Larry Page, suited up for an appearance in court in San Francisco yesterday in what is shaping up as one of the most significant battles over smartphone patents and copyright and a dramatic showdown between two of...
Guilt by Ferdinand Von Schirach Chatto & Windus, Pounds 12.99
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Both ancestry and vocation have helped to sharpen Ferdinand von Schirach's insight into the unsettling ambiguities of right and wrong, guilt and innocence. A leading German defence attorney, he is also the grandson of Baldur von Schirach: the head of...
Hi-Tech Business Brains
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A new Masters programme aims to supply leaders who will keep things moving at London's 'silicon roundabout' Launched in November 2010 with generous tax breaks and start-up grants, Tech City, a five-square-mile slice of east London, is the UK's biggest...
Hollande Builds Lead as Sarkozy's Allies Admit Writing Is on the Wall
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Poll saying socialist could win by 14 per cent leaves right wing in despair. John Lichfield reports in Lille Confronted with plunging polls and deserting allies, President Nicolas Sarkozy faces the prospect of a rout in the two-round French presidential...
Hopes of Borders Oil Find Lifts Falklands Explorers
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MARKET REPORT As foreign secretary William Hague condemned Argentina's dramatic seizure of oil assets that were located in its land but controlled by Spain's Repsol, British hydrocarbon companies operating in the waters around the disputed territory...
How China's Bo Affair Rattled White House
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Chinese official who fled to US consulate after Briton's mystery death caused diplomatic frenzy The long tendrils of the mystery surrounding the death a British businessman in China last autumn have reached all the way to the White House.There were also...
How McDermott Turned Reading Trauma to Triumph
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Pain of last season's play-off defeat spurred manager to guide team back to Premier League Reading found solace on Tuesday night. Less than one year on from their Wembley final defeat to Swansea City, they completed their task of returning to the Premier...
How McDermott Turned Reading Trauma to Triumph
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Pain of last season's play-off defeat spurred manager to guide team back to Premier League Reading found solace on Tuesday night. Less than one year on from their Wembley final defeat to Swansea City, they completed their task of returning to the Premier...
IMF TELETHON: $400Bn FOR ECONOMIES IN NEED
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Christine Lagarde is hosting the biggest fundraiser of the year. The recipients will include eurozone nations, and the US won't be giving anything, writes Stephen Foley The meetings of the G20 and the International Monetary Fund that get under way today...
In Defence of the Public Interest
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LEADING ARTICLE Whether reporters should be prosecuted for crossing the line between legal and illegal conduct often turns on whether or not what they have exposed is in the public interest. One of the big problems in such cases is that "the public interest"...
India Prepares to Test Nuclear Missile Dubbed 'China Killer'
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India is today planning to push ahead with the launch of a ballistic missile that for the first time would enable it to target not just south Asia but China and even parts of Europe.Keen to flex its military and strategic muscles, the authorities plan...
'Individuals Count in a Small Place like Ours'
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COMMENT Like many institutions, at Winchester we realise it's a challenging time for anyone considering postgraduate study. Financial concerns are, of course important, but it can sometimes be easy to forget the true value and benefits that postgraduate...
Inflation Worries See 'Arch-Dove' Posen Drop Support for QE
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The Bank of England's arch-dove, Adam Posen, surprisingly dropped his call for an extra 25bn in money printing yesterday as its deputy governor Paul Tucker expressed mounting alarm at lingering inflation.Mr Posen, a staunch advocate of quantitative easing...
It's No Accident That the Wheels Have Come off the Government
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Politics Governments do not become accident-prone by accident. It is one of the few iron laws of British politics and is as applicable now as it was when New Labour stumbled into chaos and when it happened to previous governments. The law was invented,...
Jack Straw to Be Sued over Libyan Rendition
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Lawyers acting for tortured ex-dissident serve papers on former foreign secretary Jack Straw, the ex-foreign secretary, faces a court cross- examination over allegations he personally approved the rendition of a Libyan military commander.Lawyers representing...
Last Night's Viewing
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It's a strange day when you find yourself grateful to Mickey Rooney for providing moral compass but, after 90 long minutes of Elizabeth Taylor: Auction of a Lifetime, that was where I found myself uttering an enfeebled cheer that someone, at last, had...
Let's Keep the Ambassadors' Wives out of It
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Syria Being the wife of a dictator is, I imagine, pretty much like being married to a mafia boss. Everyone's a bit scared of you, wondering what you might say to your husband, but I doubt whether you have a great deal of power. Then there's the thing...
Liverpool Weekly Magazine Binned as Part of Henry's Cuts
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The root-and-branch American review of operations at Liverpool, which was being personally supervised on Merseyside by principal owner John W Henry yesterday, has led to the club ditching its popular weekly club magazine in favour of a monthly publication,...
Liverpool Weekly Magazine Binned as Part of Henry's Cuts
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The root-and-branch American review of operations at Liverpool, which was being personally supervised on Merseyside by principal owner John W Henry yesterday, has led to the club ditching its popular weekly club magazine in favour of a monthly publication,...
London 1948: Horse Dung, Low Scores and No Dunking
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Last survivor of Britain's last Olympic basketball team recalls fondly an intimate, friendly Games Lionel Price is the last survivor of the British basketball team at the 1948 Games. London was different then. When travelling to the capital from his...
Lord Brett
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Trade union leader and politician who fought for workers' rights around the world Bill Brett was a large man in every sense. Tall, with a vibrant character and a reputation for forthrightness, he rose from being a railway clerk to lead the workers group...
Man for Man Marking
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CHELSEAPetr Cech Only in the final minutes did he have to make a hard save, but that was excellent. 7/10Branislav Ivanovic Was not facing genuine pace, and so was able to play at right-back with comfort and authority. 7Gary Cahill Once he settled into...
Man for Man Marking
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CHELSEAPetr Cech Only in the final minutes did he have to make a hard save, but that was excellent. 7/10Branislav Ivanovic Was not facing genuine pace, and so was able to play at right-back with comfort and authority. 7Gary Cahill Once he settled into...
Meet the New 911 - Baseball Cap Not Essential
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WHEELS, ETC Every few years Porsche unveils an "all-new" 911, and every few years wealthy buyers snap it up in their droves while car nuts without 70,000 burning a hole in their pockets are left playing spot- the-difference with last year's model. Fast...
Messi and Co Outmuscled by Chelsea's Defensive Master Plan
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CHELSEA 1 Drogba 45 BARCELONA 0 There are some who say that parking the bus against Barcelona is a crime and on that basis Chelsea are guilty as charged. But back in the real world Roberto Di Matteo's team have a precious one goal lead to take to the...
Messi and Co Outmuscled by Chelsea's Defensive Master Plan
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CHELSEA 1 Drogba 45 BARCELONA 0 If parking the bus is a crime, then lock Chelsea up and throw away the key. Meanwhile, back in the real world, Roberto Di Matteo's team have a precious one-goal lead to take to the Nou Camp on Tuesday and moreover they...
Michael Acton Smith, Creator of Moshi Monsters
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Insight Michael Acton Smith, 37, is the founder and CEO of Mind Candy, the company behind Moshi Monsters, a virtual pet and social networking game for children. The game has 60 million users worldwide, and last year was valued at $200m (125m). An album,...
Miss Julie Royal Exchange, Manchester ****
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Maxine Peake told The Independent last week that at the age of 15 she was "quite a large girl with a basin haircut", for whom such attributes came in handy when she played rugby for Wigan Ladies. It was Victoria Wood who explained to her that "you're...
Mona Lisa Meets Mario
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Some of the world's finest museums and galleries are embracing hi- tech guides. So, is the Nintendo 3DS set to be the Louvre's latest big-name attraction? By Rebecca Armstrong There are certain famous faces that you expect to see at the Louvre. The Mona...
More Than a Baseball Park
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Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park, which is 100 years old tomorrow, defines American history like no other place, says Brian Viner These might be the maunderings of an embittered Everton supporter who was in the crowd at last Saturday's FA Cup semi-final,...
More Than a Baseball Park
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Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park, which is 100 years old tomorrow, defines American history like no other place, says Brian Viner These might be the maunderings of an embittered Everton supporter who was in the crowd at last Saturday's FA Cup semi-final,...
Nadal Fears Unrealised as Knee Holds Up on Return
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TENNIS On a day when a stiff breeze sent waves crashing into the rocks just beneath the Monte Carlo Country Club's hillside perch above the Mediterranean, the opening tournament of the European clay-court season was always likely to claim a significant...
Nadal Fears Unrealised as Knee Holds Up on Return
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TENNIS On a day when a stiff breeze sent waves crashing into the rocks just beneath the Monte Carlo Country Club's hillside perch above the Mediterranean, the opening tournament of the European clay-court season was always likely to claim a significant...
NATO Chiefs and Politicians at War over 'Risky' Afghan Withdrawal Plans
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International summit split over cost-cutting exit strategy that would see security forces radically depleted as soon as West leaves The blueprint for the West's exit strategy for the long war in Afghanistan is being set out in a critical meeting, with...
Nell Truman
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Tennis player who defied the US to win the Wightman Cup Making her first steps as a tennis player in a decade when British women won five singles titles at Grand Slam tournaments must have been a challenge for Nell Robinson, ne Truman. What made her...
New Fuel Crisis in the Pipeline as Threat of Strike Action by Tanker Drivers Returns
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A strike that could cripple fuel supplies and lead to panic- buying at the pumps looks increasingly likely after tanker drivers rejected a proposed deal offered by six fuel-distribution companies.About 60 officials from the Unite union overwhelmingly...
Olympic News You May Have Missed
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Rower Tom James will defend his Olympic title in the men's four after Alex Partridge decided to take a place for Britain in the men's eight instead. James, Andrew Triggs Hodge (above), Pete Reed and Alex Gregory will compete in the World Cup regatta...
Open Days
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19 April 2012University of Warwick, MOAC DTCNottingham Trent University, School of Social SciencesCass Business SchoolNottingham Trent UniversityNottingham Business SchoolUniversity of Bedfordshire, Department of Strategy and Human Resource ManagementUniversity...
'Our Children Deserve So Much Better'
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It is a unique example of co-operation between the state and private sector of schooling. Normally, co-operation means the independent schools open up their plush sports facilities to pupils from the neighbouring state school or share a teacher with...
Pippa's on the List - but Where's the Prime Minister?
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Cameron snubbed as Time magazine names its 100 most influential people David Cameron lapped up the pomp and circumstance on his official visit to Washington. He even let Barack Obama "tuck him up in bed" aboard Air Force One. But in the eyes of America,...
Poker
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Two Londoners made it through to the business end of the Party Poker League in Vienna last week, giving them a shot at a share of $2.2m (1.38m) and the winner's purse of $500,000 (313,000).One of them, high-profile professional Sam Trickett, was one...
Postgraduate Diary
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Fiona Thompson is studying the effect of climate change on Scotland's rivers While many parts of the UK have had one of the driest starts to the year on record, reservoirs in other parts of the British Isles are well served by rain. In fact, away from...
Postgraduate Queries
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I am doing a media-related first degree and want to undertake a Masters in journalism that will enable me to go on and be a newspaper journalist. However, I have no idea where to even begin with regards to funding.First, I should point out that having...
Security Can't Be Guaranteed at Grand Prix, Says Yates of the Yard
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FORMULA ONE The former high-ranking Metropolitan Police officer currently advising the Bahraini government has said that security cannot be guaranteed at the upcoming Grand Prix.Former Assistant Commissioner John Yates made the remarks as anti- government...
Selling Sex SHOWstudio, London ****
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"Blow Me!" greets the visitor to fashion photographer Nick Knight's gallery space, tucked away in the oldest barn in Mayfair. The words are printed on a pretty plate next to a drawing of a bare- breasted woman spritzing herself with perfume. Curated...
Sentence Me to Death or Set Me Free: Breivik Pleads with Court
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Killer shows strain on day of tough questioning - as doubt is cast on claims he had English mentor Norway's self-confessed mass killer, Anders Behring Breivik, angrily dismissed the prospect of a lengthy jail term as "pathetic" yesterday and insisted...
Sid Moody
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BRIEFLY Reporter who covered the assassination of JFK Sid Moody, who died on15 April aged 83, chronicled many major events of the 20th century for Associated Press, from the assassination of John F Kennedy to the Iranian hostage crisis. He wrote or co-wrote...
Staatskapelle Berlin/Barenboim Royal Festival Hall, London ****
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The furtive opening bars of Mozart's C minor Piano Concerto No 24 were shrouded in a mellowness of tone that made them welcoming rather than darkly unsettling, and as the well upholstered sound of the venerable Staatskapelle Berlin took hold we were...
Store Shake-Up and Online Effort in Tesco Fightback
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Grocery giant earmarks Pounds 1bn in bid to boost domestic performance after fall in profits Tesco put a radical overhaul of it UK stores and dominating online shopping at the heart of a 1bn fightback to turn around its weak domestic performance yesterday.Following...
Stun Grenades and Street Battles at Bahrain F1 Show
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FORMULA ONE Security forces yesterday fired stun grenades at anti-government protesters who swarmed into a cultural exhibition for Bahrain's Formula One race, setting off street battles and sending visitors fleeing for cover.It was a blow to the Gulf...
Stun Grenades and Street Battles at Bahrain F1 Show
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FORMULA ONE Security forces yesterday fired stun grenades at anti-government protesters who swarmed into a cultural exhibition for Bahrain's Formula One race, setting off street battles and sending visitors fleeing for cover.It was a blow to the Gulf...
Team Gb's Kids from America
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Some of NBA's finest will play for Britain in London in order to raise sport's profile here. Will it work? By Tim Rich "Does Great Britain deserve to be in the Olympics?" Russia's coach, David Blatt, pondered the question. "Sports-wise, no. The British...
Tesco Certainly Has Issues, but Critics Must Be Mad to Say It's in a Real Crisis
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OUTLOOK The supermarket that ate Britain is still suffering from indigestion. Tesco's doubters had plenty to get their teeth into yesterday. Fresh & Easy? The US West Coast chain that was supposed to be the gateway into the world's biggest market still...
The Death of a Classic Text
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BROADCASTING An end to the analogue TV signal means an end to Ceefax too. Archie Bland reminisces You would type in three digits. You would watch the ticker twirl through the pages and for some obscure reason miss the one you were after, so you'd use...
The Quiet Man Worth Shouting About
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Michael Grandage was universally recognised to be a tough act to follow as head honcho of the Donmar Warehouse. His successor, Josie Rourke, had, of course, been a smash hit at the Bush, where she proved that she possessed a sharp eye for smart, up-and-coming...
The Real Taste-Makers: Why We're All Listening to Atlanta and Oslo
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Academics show cities' musical influence drowns out New York and Manchester The taste-making hipsters of Manchester and New York are in for a shock. The cities with the greatest influence over the music world's listening habits are actually Atlanta...
This Could Revolutionise Our View of the Disease
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COMMENT One in three people in the developed world will develop cancer at some time in their lives and one in five will die of their illness. As all tumours are the result of abnormalities in our DNA, it follows that cancer is the most common genetic...
Time for Most Improved to Prove Hype Is Justified
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RACING This cherished meeting opened yesterday with squalls unfurling along the low horizons, and a result in the big race that served equally to blot and rip the pages of the formbook. Among the hardy aficionados gathered on the Rowley Mile, some perhaps...
Time for Most Improved to Prove Hype Is Justified
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RACING This cherished meeting opened yesterday with squalls unfurling along the low horizons, and a result in the big race that served equally to blot and rip the pages of the formbook. Among the hardy aficionados gathered on the Rowley Mile, some perhaps...
Two Tribes Come to London to Settle 100-Year Dispute over a Piece of the South Pacific
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Cook Islanders take case rooted in colonial intrigue to Privy Council Colonel Walter Gudgeon, like most colonialists of his time, was a firm believer that prosperity lay in the transfer of land from the "lazy" Maoris to industrious British settlers.But,...
UK Officials Must Come Clean about Rendition
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LEADING ARTICLE Even welcome regime change can have treacherous effects, transforming once-needed allies into enemies, or vice versa. And rarely have the risks been more graphically illustrated recently than with Libya, where a former dissident, Abdelhakim...
Ukraine Confident of Overcoming Problems to Stage Euros
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Ukraine will surprise the footballing world with the success of Euro 2012, the country's tournament director Markiyan Lubkivskyi has predicted.This summer will be the first time the eastern European nation has hosted the tournament, which it will do...
Understudy Cahill Takes Centre Stage to Give Stellar Performance
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Despite early nerves, David Luiz's defensive replacement shows he can cope at the top level Carles Puyol knew what he was in for at Stamford Bridge: an evening of unarmed combat with Didier Drogba involving much wrestling and plenty of heading practice....
Understudy Cahill Takes Centre Stage to Give Stellar Performance
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Despite early nerves, David Luiz's defensive replacement shows he can cope at the top level Carles Puyol knew what he was in for at Stamford Bridge: an evening of unarmed combat with Didier Drogba involving much wrestling and plenty of heading practice....
Untested Youngs Could Join Brother on England's Tour
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RUGBY UNION Leicester's rookie hooker Tom Youngs could make his England debut before starting an Aviva Premiership match for his club after being pencilled in for the summer tour of South Africa.England are seriously considering the 25-year-old brother...
Untested Youngs Could Join Brother on England's Tour
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RUGBY UNION Leicester's rookie hooker Tom Youngs could make his England debut before starting an Aviva Premiership match for his club after being pencilled in for the summer tour of South Africa.England are seriously considering the 25-year-old brother...
Van Persie: I Didn't Believe I Could Play as a Main Striker
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Arsenal star finally banishes doubts over role after best-ever campaign in front of goal Robin van Persie has admitted he was far from confident he could play as a main striker, but now believes he can become even more lethal in front of goal. The Arsenal...
Want to Know the Truth about the British? Let Alfred Hitchcock Be Your Guide
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Notebook Hitchcock and the Olympics! What could be a more perfect fit? Though it's hard to make an immediate visual correlation between the portly film director and the world of athletic endeavour, Hitchcock's considerable shadow will loom over the Olympics...
Why Can't We Stay Married?
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A survey claims that Britain is full of people who tie the knot late in life, immediately have children - and then get divorced. Sarah Cassidy investigates It's a depressing portrait of a modern relationship: a career- driven couple meet later in life,...
Will Dean's Ideas Factory
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Save a local business - go 'cash mobbing'Last week a short film called Caine's Arcade went around Twitter like a Daily Mail editorial. It told the story of a young boy from Los Angeles who spent his summer making a cardboard arcade. It remained patronless...
Within the Jobless Data, Some Fascinating Stories of Change
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ECONOMIC LIFE There is a big story told in the latest unemployment and employment statistics, and a number of smaller ones. The big story is that the modest fall in unemployment and the modest rise in hours worked suggest that the economy is still growing,...
Would You like a Relay Baton with That Happy Meal? McDonald's Goes for Olympic Gold
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Obesity campaigners criticise sponsor for linking Games with unhealthy fast food In the week that the British medical profession united behind a campaign to fight obesity, McDonald's, a sponsor of the Olympics, has come up with its own recipe to improve...
You Just Can't Move for the Chance to Have an Abortion
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If you ask me If you ask me, in response to the assault that abortion rights are receiving in America, and to the pro-lifer I heard on the radio the other day saying abortions are now "too freely available", I would say this: I did not believe abortion...
