Tom Peck
Tom Peck is a reporter on The Independent's news desk with an interest in just about everything. In January 2012 he became the paper's Olympics Correspondent.
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Man who called for Blair to be arrested for war crimes fined £100
16 November 2012 06:23 PM
A protestor who interrupted Tony Blair’s evidence at the Leveson Inquiry in May has been fined £100.
Golden wonders beyond the reef
16 November 2012 07:00 AM
From Surfers Paradise to a koala sanctuary and the world’s largest sand island, Tom Peck is captivated by Queensland
Abu Qatada is moved to secret address after protesters target his home
16 November 2012 12:00 AM
The radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has, two days after his release from prison, had his request for a new home granted following protests outside his supposedly secret front door. He will leave the £400,000 property in Wembley, north-west London, where his rent is paid by the taxpayer, for a secret address.
On the police commissioner campaign trail with John Prescott as he addresses the (not quite) masses in Hull's main square
14 November 2012 06:43 PM
Subtract the three Union officials, the nine badge wearing local party members and the city's three Labour MPs - including former Home Secretary Alan Johnson – from the total at the John Prescott for Police and Crime Commissioner rally in Hull's Queen Victoria Square, and the is attendance figure is hovering around the zero mark.
If you can't stand the heat... Chefs sharpen knives for hapless blogger
10 November 2012 12:00 AM
Top names join forces to attack man who gave Michelin-starred venue a three-star rating
Psy has the Oxford Union in raptures, Gangnam style
07 November 2012 06:50 PM
In the hallowed chamber of the Oxford Union, where once reverberated the voices of Gladstone, Salisbury and Sir Winston Churchill, it was again a tale of blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Britain's most senior Catholic is named 'Bigot of the Year'
02 November 2012 12:00 AM
Cardinal Keith O'Brien was named Stonewall's Bigot of the Year last night, despite threats from Barclays and Coutts to withdraw their sponsorship of the awards over the category.
William Hague and the £10,000, taxpayer-funded stuffed anaconda
01 November 2012 06:13 PM
Government budgets may be constricting all round Whitehall, but when it comes to the urgent matter of serpent taxidermy, cash can always be found.
The Prince, the brutal dictator and a friendship he just won't give up
01 November 2012 12:00 AM
Duke of York continues to request briefings on Azerbaijan despite losing his trade role
Less charm, more offensive: Conrad Black says first week back has gone perfectly
29 October 2012 10:40 PM
The disgraced former media mogul has no regrets over his colourful and venomous outbursts, he tells Tom Peck
- 1 Pope Francis: Being an atheist is alright as long as you do good
- 2 What, let gays get married? We must be bonkers
- 3 'Something passed underneath us, quite close': Airbus A320 has close encounter with UFO
- 4 Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
- 5 Two bailed after arrest over Woolwich attack Twitter comments
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