Cahal Milmo

Cahal Milmo is the chief reporter of The Independent and has been with the paper since 2000. He was born in London and previously worked at the Press Association news agency. He has reported on assignment at home and abroad, including Rwanda, Sudan and Burkina Faso, the phone hacking scandal and the London Olympics. In his spare time he is a keen runner and cyclist, and keeps an allotment.

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Three teenage boys arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs in connection with death of 16-year-old schoolgirl Ellie Jones

Three teeange boys have been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs in connection with the death of a 16-year-old schoolgirl who is thought to have taken an illegal substance.

Rwandan president Paul Kagame

Oxford University's business school faces protests over visit by Rwanda president Paul Kagame

There are plans to present him with a student award despite continuing controversy over his regime's human rights record

'Desert Scene' has seemingly been signed on the back by world-famous artist Peter Doig, but he denies it's his

I might have been on LSD, says artist Peter Doig, but I definitely didn’t paint THAT

Parole officer who says Peter Doig sold him the work for $100 launches £8m claim

Stuart Hazell changed plea

Tia Sharp trial: Stuart Hazell will serve at least 38 years for murder of schoolgirl

Judge tells him: 'All that lay ahead of her - a career, loves and family of her own - will now never be'

Stuart Hazell before his arrest in August last year

Stuart Hazell: The man who robbed a woman of her daughter – and her trust in everyone

His own lawyer remarken on his 'extraordinary capacity for living through lies that he has made up'

Amoret Whitaker with the tools of her trade at the Natural History Museum

A job for the maggot squad: Experts from the Natural History Museum hired out to help police in murder investigations

Museums are making ends meet by contracting out their talent, including to help solve murders

The Leveson inquiry's chief counsel QC Robert Jay

Leveson inquisitor Robert Jay to become one of Britain's senior judges

He was named barrister of the year for 2012 by The Lawyer magazine

Britain top choice for international lawsuits: Windfall for barristers from oil-rich Kazakhstan

Foreign firms and tycoons increasingly decide to settle court cases in the UK

Rebekah Brooks: The former newspaper editor had security protection

Rebekah Brooks' bodyguard David Johnson charged over allegations of conspiring to hide computers from police

A bodyguard assigned to former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was today charged with conspiring to thwart police investigations into phone hacking and the alleged bribing of public officials by journalists.

Kadian Harding had been laughing and joking with his father just moments before his death

Teenager died after brakes on kit bike failed, inquest hears

The family had recently returned from the US where victim’s mum runs a chain of bicycle shops

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'There is a battle going on inside us that is never discussed'

Masculinity in crisis?

'There is a battle going on inside us that is never discussed'
Have US shock jocks gone too far?

Have US shock jocks gone too far?

An incendiary remark from Rush Limbaugh may be the beginning of the end for outspoken right-wing US broadcasters
The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey pays more income tax than big cities of the North

The ‘Beverly Hills’ of Surrey

Elmbridge pays more income tax than big cities of the North
Heavenly Bodies

Heavenly Bodies

Michael Landy's artistic marriage made in heaven... and hell
'He will always be a friend': Jackie Stewart backs Polanski

'He will always be a friend'

Jackie Stewart backs Roman Polanski
The price of pacifism: Refusing to go to war is finally being recognised as a brave act

The price of pacifism

From the Second World War refusenik to the 19-year-old Israeli, Holly Williams talks to five people who risked shame and suffering to take a stand as conscientious objector.
'It was mass hysteria': Jason Isaacs on groupies, theatre bores and snogging James Bond

Jason Isaacs: Groupies, theatre bores and James Bond

To millions, Jason Isaacs is one of Harry Potter's arch enemies – but his wife prefers him as a Scottish TV detective.
Notes from a small island: Is Sealand an independent 'micronation' or an illegal fortress?

Sealand: 'Micronation' or illegal fortress?

Thomas Hodgkinson spent a week at the tiny platform off the Suffolk coast to find out.
Not a bad bone: Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs

Mark Hix cooks with cutlets and ribs

If you ignore cutlets and ribs, you'll risk missing out on some delicious and easy meals, says our chef.
The experts' guide to summer: From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz

The experts' guide to summer

From getting fit for the beach to recreating that Olympic buzz
Sex, drugs and fast cars: The legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Legend of James Hunt has set Hollywood hearts racing

Early glimpses of Ron Howard's film Rush suggest it will portray Hunt as a high-living lothario, with an insatiable appetite for partying.
Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation when using drugs and alcohol. It was hurting my life'

Macklemore: 'I don't have moderation'

The next Vanilla Ice or the next Eminem? Macklemore doesn't have a record contract – but he does have the UK's biggest-selling single of the year.
Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Don't be shy: Bill Granger's Sri Lankan recipes

Sri Lankan cuisine is light, sunny, wonderfully spiced – and so easy to cook from scratch. Just as soon as you've broken into the coconut, that is.
Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Sir James Dyson’s latest project: Cleaning up hospitals

Doctors are hailing the revamp of a Bath neonatal unit, where babies sleep more and feed better, as the model for patient care
One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

One man returns to Argentina's town that drowned

Epecuen was submerged under 10 metres of water in 1985. Now the floods have gone – and 83-year-old Pablo Novak has moved back in