Rob Williams
Rob Williams is an online journalist and sub-editor. He has worked at The Independent since summer 2008.
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Woman left badly scarred after horrific acid attack in Romford
03 May 2013 04:47 PM
A woman has been left with horrendous injuries after a stranger squirted acid into her face in an attack on her doorstep.
Body of suspected burglar Kevin Gough found in chimney of solicitors firm in Derby
03 May 2013 02:28 PM
Kevin Gough was discovered when staff at Moody and Woolley Solicitors raised concerns about an unpleasant smell and flies in their office
Second World War Dornier German bomber to be raised from watery grave in the Channel
03 May 2013 01:34 PM
The historic aircraft was shot down 72 years ago during the Battle of Britain
In pictures: One World Trade Center crowned with a spire making it the third tallest building in the world
03 May 2013 10:40 AM
Construction workers have hoisted the final spire piece to the top of the 1,776 feet tall One World Trade Center in New York's financial district.
American sentenced to 15 years hard labour by North Korea for alleged crimes against the state
02 May 2013 05:22 PM
Kenneth Bae charged with "committing crimes aimed at toppling the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with hostility towards it"
'Something passed underneath us, quite close': Airbus A320 has close encounter with UFO
02 May 2013 03:42 PM
The Airprox report reveals that an alarmed pilot alerted traffic controllers to the presence of 'something' passing just 300-400 feet under his plane
US soft drinks company PepsiCo apologises for 'Mountain Dew' advert branded 'arguably the most racist commercial in history'
02 May 2013 01:59 PM
The online advert shows a battered white woman on crutches being urged to identify a suspect from a line-up of black men and a goat
She left dinner defrosting, dropped her kids off at school...and vanished: Mother declared dead reappears 11 years after going missing
02 May 2013 01:58 PM
Brenda Heist, from Lititz, Pennsylvania, went missing in 2002 after dropping her children off at school
Video: Helicopter balances on crash barrier in Norway
02 May 2013 11:23 AM
The video, shows the chopper gently maneuvering onto crash barriers on a road near the Storvasselva Hammar tunnel in Snillfjord
Coronation Street star Bill Roache strenuously denies allegations he raped underage girl in 1967
01 May 2013 07:50 PM
Roache, 81, was arrested at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire and was interviewed by police late into yesterday evening
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Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria’s rebels
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Special Report: US troops are stationed in Japan to protect the nation. But to sex workers in Okinawa, they bring fear, not security
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Vice pulls 'breathtakingly tasteless' fashion shoot glorifying the suicides of famous female authors from Sylvia Plath to Virginia Woolf
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Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
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The true effect of the badger cull
First night: The Cripple of Inishmaan
Guides drop religious reference but pledge to self and the Queen
Steve Tongue
Chris Froome: Free from 'pain in neck' after Wiggins' exit
Hannah England: Keeping Track
Beards, brawn and body art
Scandi-geeks descend on Nordicana for fan-convention
The Great Green Wall of Africa,
Laughter Inc
The bad science scandal
Female aristocrats battle to inherit the title
In pictures: JFK's visit to Berlin in 1963
Mark Hix gets creative with English peas
Chef Martin Morales: Ceviche with a smile
