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Katie Grant

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Katie Grant writes news and features for The Independent, i, Independent on Sunday and Independent Voices.

Pula's amphitheatre
Europe

Do as the Romans do in Istria

Amber Kird-Fod has her own YouTube channel, The Mile Long Bookshelf
Profiles

The teenager battling anxiety who crowd-funded her further education

Primary school children aged 6 and 7 will sit exams for a week in May
Voices

Girls, it's stupid to worry about seeming 'clever'

Home News

Cereal Killer Cafe owners to set up branch in Dubai

Stoned love: Turner Prize-winning artist Tracey Emin
Profiles

Tracey Emin: Artist who joined in holy matrimony with a large stone

The Manic Street Preachers hope their patriotic song will inspire the Welsh team to Euro 2016 glory
Profiles

Manic Street Preachers: Band set to release official Wales 2016 song

Kimberley Motley’s clients range from imprisoned Afghan women to foreign security contractors
People

Meet the first and only foreign lawyer to practise in Afghanistan

‘Charity shop challenge helped ease my grief’
People

How a charity shop challenge helped ease the grief of bereavement

Staffordshire bull terrier crossbreed, 'Ellie', WLTM owners living in a fun, active home
Home News

The pet matchmaking service taking inspiration from online dating

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson attend attend the 2015 Cedars-Sinai Sports Spectacular at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, in California
People

Climber who conquered the Dawn Wall on coming back down to earth

A veterinarian performed a post-mortem examination and found pieces of meat laced with poison in his stomach
Profiles

The dog who died in suspicious circumstances after Crufts appearance

Suzanne Evans, the Deputy Chairman of UKIP takes part in a fringe group conference on electoral reform during the UK Independence Party annual conference
Profiles

Suzanne Evans: Ukip spokesperson given the boot by Nigel Farage

10-15 percent of new mothers may develop post-natal depression
Health & Families

New mums with post-natal depression on what Mother's Day means to them

Health & Families

New mums with post-natal depression on what Mother's Day means to them

10-15 percent of new mothers may develop post-natal depression
Profiles

Victoria Pendleton: Olympian who transitioned to horse-riding

'Remarkable bond': Iris Grace paints as Thula looks on
Profiles

Iris Grace Halmshaw: The six-year-old internationally renowned artist

Professor Richard Morris from the University of Edinburgh Neuroscience Department beside the 'Morris Water Maze'
Profiles

Professor Richard Morris, profile: Scientist and Brain Prize winner

In a majority of cases salt levels in food have increased since 2010
Health News

Soaring salt levels in everyday foods prompt call for 'urgent action'

In a majority of cases salt levels in food have increased since 2010
Health News

Soaring salt levels in everyday foods prompt call for 'urgent action'

Poppy Smart filmed people harassing her on the street and reported them to police
Profiles

Poppy Smart stands by decision to expose culprits who harassed her

Experts tell Katie Grant that diagnosing ovarian cancer early is key – and recognising the symptoms is the first step to recovery.
Features

How recognising symptoms of ovarian cancer is first step to recovery

Musician and DJ Goldie, whose real name is Clifford Price, holds his MBE award outside Buckingham Palace
People

Dance music pioneer Goldie awarded MBE by Prince Charles

Poverty may be to blame for the spate of crimes committed by OAPs, according Age UK
Crime

Pensioners dubbed 'Saga Louts' commit spate of crimes in Cumbria

Professor Bahns said the findings could be seen as a "cautionary message"
Love & Sex

People are more drawn to like-minded friends and partners, study finds

Benidorm performer Sticky Vicky has retired from the 'adult magic' scene
Profiles

Sticky Vicky: Performer retiring after 35 years of risqué shows

Shia LaBeouf after 24 hours in the lift
People

Shia LaBeouf draws crowd of admirers with Oxford lift stunt

Emma Watson at a film premiere in Berlin earlier this month
People

Emma Watson announces she is taking a year out from acting

Benidorm performer Sticky Vicky has retired from the 'adult magic' scene
Profiles

Sticky Vicky: Performer retiring after 35 years of risqué shows

Shia LaBeouf after 24 hours in the lift
People

Shia LaBeouf draws crowd of admirers with Oxford lift stunt

Emma Watson at a film premiere in Berlin earlier this month
People

Emma Watson announces she is taking a year out from acting

England captain Steph Houghton during a breakfast reception at Kensington Palace last July
International

England women's football captain sets sights on Euro 2017

International

England women's football captain sets sights on Euro 2017

England captain Steph Houghton during a breakfast reception at Kensington Palace last July
A retired couple in Cumbria have shunned Greenwich Mean Time
Home News

Retired couple shun GMT in favour of their own time zone

Reviews

Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir by Tom Hart, book review

The guitar was crafted to fit St Vincent's form, technique and style
Profiles

St Vincent: Musician who helped produce female-friendly guitar

Lottie Pauling-Chamberlain foiled a burglary
Profiles

Lottie Pauling-Chamberlain: Have-a-go hero

Lottie Pauling-Chamberlain foiled a burglary
Profiles

Lottie Pauling-Chamberlain: Have-a-go hero

Nicole Pisani
People

Chef quits renowned London restaurant to become school dinner lady

Three-year old Caleb Kutt
People

Three-year old with cerebral palsy inspires M&S clothing range

Garda officers attend the scene following the shooting of a second man in Dublin earlier this week
Europe

Dublin journalists threatened following gangland murders

Ilona Richards, pensioner
Profiles

Ilona Richards profile: Britain’s most frugal pensioner

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla conducting Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra at Salzburg Festival 2012, Austria.
News

Birmingham Symphony Orchestra names its new musical director

Nearly 3 years after its launch Please Press 1 is still going strong
Home News

How Please Press 1 is calling time on those pesky phone menus

Ed Miliband is promoting a new low-budget documentary, the Divide, which explores the wealth gap
UK Politics

Ed Miliband urges young people to pursue a career in politics

Although the amount of women reporting rapes has increased, many don’t for fear of the police failing to go through with the charge
Home News

UK courtrooms 'do not reflect diversity of communities they serve'

Rowena Kincaid was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2013
Tech

Cancer patient attacks Facebook over 'censorship'

Profiles

Barbie, profile: The 'Fashionista' after her major makeover

Weird News

‘Ikea Monkey’ Darwin adapts to normal life two years after stardom

Weird News

‘Ikea Monkey’ Darwin adapts to normal life two years after stardom

Discussing our mental health is vital in helping to challenge stereotypes, improve relationships and, ultimately, aid recovery, organisers of Time to Talk Day believe.
Features

Time to Talk Day: Initiative encourages sufferers to speak out

Athena Stevens alleges British Airways failed to offer her a replacement flight or refund after not flying her to Glasgow
Home News

Paralympians 'should boycott BA over disabled woman forced off flight'

The Right Reverend Libby Lane was consecrated as the eighth Bishop of Stockport in January 2015
Home News

We are the Church's 'new normal', says Britain's first female bishop

Emmanuel Opoku is attempting to crowdfund his university tuition fees
Profiles

Emmanuel Opoku: Student who secured university place by crowdfunding

Emmanuel Opoku is attempting to crowdfund his university tuition fees
Profiles

Emmanuel Opoku: Student who secured university place by crowdfunding

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach KCB CBE ADC who is expected to be named as the new Chief of the Defence Staff.
Profiles

Sir Stuart Peach profile: New chief of the defence staff

Dean Fletcher
Profiles

Dean Fletcher: Angler who 'broke UK records for hauling heaviest carp'

Crispin Blunt 'outed' himself as a popper user
Profiles

The Tory MP who announced he is a recreational user of poppers

Baroness Shields will address a conference in Munich
Tech

Tech firms urged to step up fight against Isis online

John Simpson wears the world's first lower-limb bionic exo-skeleton, at Royal Wimbledon Golf Course, London, Britain,
Profiles

Golf fan who became first Briton to be fitted with C-Brace exoskeleton

Frances Morris has been credited with transforming the way museums present the story of modern art.
Profiles

Frances Morris: The new director of the Tate Modern

Soldiers from pre-partition India fought alongside British troops in the first world war
Home News

GP plans WW1 memorial to honour Muslim soldiers who fought for UK

Home News

Welsh village suffers 81 consecutive days of rain

Mr Hayles, from Battersea, south-west London said he was “shocked” to have been selected
Profiles

Courtney Hayles: 2016 Mills & Boon Man of the Year

The selfie that Ellen initiated (it was taken by Bradley Cooper) at the 2014 Oscars has been retweeted nearly 3.5 million times
People

Ellen DeGeneres coming to UK after ITV2 snaps up rights to her show

Ukip party supporter Kerrie Webb displays her Nigel Farage tattoo during the Ukip Annual Conference at Doncaster Racecourse
Profiles

The fan with the Nigel Farage tattoo

Profiles

The fan with the Nigel Farage tattoo

Ukip party supporter Kerrie Webb displays her Nigel Farage tattoo during the Ukip Annual Conference at Doncaster Racecourse
Jonny Benjamin on Waterloo Bridge, where he tried to kill himself
Home News

Jonny Benjamin's journey from suicidal despair to mental health envoy

'Killer' is a specialist anti-poaching dog
Africa

Dog awarded PDSA Gold Medal for helping to save rhinos in South Africa

People

'Crocoholic' claims record after collecting 7,000 novelty crocodiles

Female candidates were predominantly judged on the basis of their appearance. File photo
Business News

Female job applicants 'far more likely to be judged on appearance'

Female candidates were predominantly judged on the basis of their appearance. File photo
Business News

Female job applicants 'far more likely to be judged on appearance'

The Carron Fish shop in Aberdeenshire, which has been under pressure to remove its sign
Home News

Chip shop still proud to be 'birthplace of the deep-fried Mars bar'

Mr Hill has knocked back around 43,000 pints during the Tairsters' odyssey
Profiles

Meet Britain's most committed pub crawlers

Robbie Clark was a gunner in the Durham Light Infantry when he was captured by German forces during the battle for Tobruk in June 1942
Home News

Veteran’s story of PoW death march uncovers tale of wartime friendship

Kirsten Dunst as Marie- Antoinette and Jason Schwartzman as Louis XVI in the 2006 film interpretation of the queen’s life
Home News

Marie-Antoinette’s 30-year romance with a Swedish count revealed

Tariq Jahan is preparing to fly to Lesbos to help distribute 15 tonnes of goods he has collected for refugees
UK

Hero of 2011 riots keeps memory of son alive with aid for refugees

Part of a building collapsed into the river after yesterday's floods in Mythelmroyd, England
News

10 measures that must be taken to prevent more flooding in the future

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan
People

Who said what? Test yourself with our quotes of 2015 quiz

Luke Robertson is spending 40 days alone dragging 130kg of equipment across 730 miles of ice
People

Adventurer spends Christmas Day alone in Antarctic

Frederick James Davies, a private in the 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
People

Details of WWI Christmas truce revealed in British soldier's letters

Ziggy with new owner Dominic and the vet
Home News

Dog recieves award after surviving being shot in head with crossbow

Lochhead became a professional writer only after teaching and lecturing in fine arts for eight years
Profiles

Liz Lochhead: Winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2015

A Hollywood film documenting his experiences is currently in the works
Profiles

Meet the traveller who finally met his Ms Right

Adam took on a 50ft wave in Maui, Hawaii
People

Australian surfer conquers one of the world's biggest waves

Poetic Pilgrimage's Muneera and Sukina
News

Britain’s first Muslim hip-hop duo on 'uniting people' with rap

Tech

Exhibition featuring random dark web purchases opens in London

Duncan Watmore graduated with First Class Honours from Newcastle University with a degree in Economics and Business Management
People

Sunderland footballer Duncan Watmore earns first-class degree

Poetic Pilgrimage's Muneera and Sukina
News

Britain’s first Muslim hip-hop duo on 'uniting people' with rap

Tech

Exhibition featuring random dark web purchases opens in London

Duncan Watmore graduated with First Class Honours from Newcastle University with a degree in Economics and Business Management
People

Sunderland footballer Duncan Watmore earns first-class degree

Profiles

Amber Rudd: Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

India goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan became the country's first woman to play English league football
Profiles

Aditi Chauhan: First Indian woman to play in English league football

The teddy bear sold at auction for £2,200
Home News

Antique teddy bear fetches more than £2,000 at auction

Tariq Jahan, father of Haroon Jahan, gives a statement to the media near the crime scene where Haroon and two other Asian men were hit by a car and killed
People

How a son's death in the 2011 riots gave his father a new purpose

In ‘Bridge of Spies’ Tom Hanks plays James Donovan, enlisted to negotiate the release of a US pilot
News

Stasi prisoner portrayed in Spielberg film brands depiction 'false'

Blind dressage rider Verity Smith pictured with horse Szekit
People

Paralympic dressage rider battles to overturn blindfold ruling

Brothers Lee (left) and Paul Brailsford beside their mother's house in Brentry, Bristol
Profiles

Lee and Paul Brailsford: Christmas decoration wizards

Rosie Nelson decided to challenge fashion industry norms after she was told by her modelling agency to keep losing weight until she was “down to the bone”
People

Rosie Nelson: Model and campaigner

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