Paul Bignell

Paul Bignell is a reporter for The Independent on Sunday.

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Brecon Beacons deaths: Army names third soldier who died after SAS selection exercise

A third soldier who died from injuries sustained in SAS selection training in mid-Wales last month, was today named as Corporal James Dunsby.

Doreen Lawrence is to be made a Labour peer

Baroness Lawrence: Stephen's mother Doreen set to join House of Lords as Labour peer

Doreen Lawrence, the mother of Stephen Lawrence who was murdered in a racist attack in 1993, is to be made a Labour peer in the House of Lords.

Ministry of Defence building in London

Government emails targeted by cyber-gangs

Sophisticated hacking networks in China,  Russia and beyond hit dozens of departments

Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, pictured in 2011, to open a football-themed hotel and a restaurant

Former Manchester United team-mates Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville to open a football-themed hotel and a restaurant

'We’ve stayed in a lot of hotels and often felt that we could do a better job,' said Giggs

Fans pack Murray Mound to cheer on the British number one

Wimbledon 2013: More like Glastonbury than Murray Mound after Andy Murray progresses to semi-final over five sets

What was once known as Henman Hill looked worse for wear yesterday

Fans arrive at Wimbledon to support Andy Murray

Wimbledon 2013: Anticipation builds on Murray Mound as Andy prepares to take on Fernando Verdasco

The last remaining Brit is playing for a place in the semi-finals

Mo Farah faults with camera-phone videos from Wimbledon's royal box

Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah was forced to remove video footage he had shot in the royal box at Wimbledon, after discovering he may have broken protocol by filming during play. The All England Club said it was “looking into” the incident after the athlete used his camera phone to take footage of the match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Ernests Gulbis on Wednesday, and posting the Instagram video on Twitter.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga receives treatment

Wimbledon 2013: Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova out, while seven players retired injured with slippery courts blamed for the carnage

They came, they played, they fell. One by one at Wimbledon, neither the big hitters nor the lowest rankers were spared from the curse of the turf at the All England Club during a surreal Day 3.

Tara Moore's rant provoked controversy

Wimbledon 2013: Wildcard Tara Moore defends failing Brits in 'rant' on Twitter

Andy Murray is the only British player to progress so far

Editor Graydon Carter cannot publish the story by Hemingway rejected by Vanity Fair in the Twenties

Ernest Hemingway's last word from beyond the grave

Ninety years after 'Vanity Fair' turned down a story by the writer, the tables are turned

Day In a Page

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

Special report: How my father's face turned up in Robert Capa's lost suitcase

The great war photographer was not one person but two. Their pictures of Spain's civil war, lost for decades, tell a heroic tale
The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

The unmade speech: An alternative draft of history

Someone, somewhere has to write speeches for world leaders to deliver in the event of disaster. They offer a chilling hint at what could have been
Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Funny business: Meet the women running comedy

Think comedy’s a man's world? You must be stuck in the 1980s, says Holly Williams
Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

Wilko Johnson: 'You have to live for the minute you're in'

The Dr Feelgood guitarist talks frankly about his terminal illness
Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

Lure of the jingle

Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life
Who stole the people's own culture?

DJ Taylor: Who stole the people's own culture?

True popular art drives up from the streets, but the commercial world wastes no time in cashing in
Guest List: The IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Guest List: IoS Literary Editor suggests some books for your summer holiday

Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

Rupert Cornwell: What if Edward Snowden had stayed to fight his corner?

The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
From Edinburgh to Hollywood (via the Home Counties): 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

Here are the potential stars of the World Championships which begin on Saturday
The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

The Last Word: Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale's art of manipulation

Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end