Will Dean

Will Dean is Assistant Features Editor at The Independent.

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The latest scandal to hit The Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford, is an alleged video of him smoking crack cocaine that’s been seen by three journalists who all identified the Mayor

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford greatest hits: The politician who makes London Mayor Boris look like John Major in comparison

He is embroiled in a crack-cocaine sting – and it’s not his first brush with trouble. Will Dean lists his other greatest hits

A still from the 1998 movie 'Bulworth' starring Warren Beatty

'Let's go Bulworth...': If Barack Obama wants to act like a cinema president, which films should he copy?

Barack Obama has hinted that he wants to follow the lead of a fictional politician. But which other film plots should he follow?

Video: P Diddy stars in Downton Abbey spoof

"Hello everyone, this is Sean Combs with some very exciting news about my favourite show of all time, Downtown Abbey. Yes, I am an Abbey Head."

Solid sound, wonderful portability but at a stately price: the Beats by Dre Pill

A week with: Beats by Dre Pill

Dre hits the speakers market

Kit man Albert Morgan celebrates with main man Fergie

Four of the best: A salute the football's finest kit men

After managerial shake-ups, only one person is usually left standing

Samsung claims breakthrough in 5G mobile broadband: Download films in a second with 100 times faster smartphones

South Korean giant aims to commercialise technology within seven years

Variety reports that Epic Pictures is producing a 'Rocky-style' movie based on Messi overcoming his size

Will this sports movie be a right old Messi? 'Rocky-style' Leo film in the pipeline

Lionel Messi isn’t a man of many words. Nor, beyond the story about Barcelona paying for growth treatment and flying him over from Argentina at 11, is his life story particularly captivating.

The Citan is cheap-to-run but there are safety concerns

Motoring review: Mercedes Citan 109 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY

Budding man with a van? Try this Merc for size

The Vaccines, pictured playing in Leeds last Sunday

Man pulled from queue for Vaccines gig and quizzed to see if he's a fan of the band

Some of the best musical moments are borne from random discovery. Previously, that might have been via something overheard in a record shop. Or, say, seeing a band you don’t know live. Though, that option didn’t exist for Andy Bellis this week.

Hannibal, Sky Living

TV review - Hannibal (Sky Living) needs more bite

Psychological profile: Hannibal. Residence: Sky Living. Age: 32 (Bits of plot can be traced back to parts of Thomas Harris's Red Dragon). Motivations/desires: Using one of literature and film's most captivating psychopaths to put a bloody new spin on the hoariest of TV genres, the crime procedural. Conclusion: Needs more fava beans.

Day In a Page

National archives: Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them

Newly unearthed papers reveal a shocking extra dimension to the constitutional crisis over monarch’s abdication
Sent down at the Old Bailey: A tour of the world's most famous court

Sent down at the Old Bailey

A tour of the world's most famous court
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness

The Hangover actor Zach Galifianakis’s date for his movie premieres isn’t arm candy  – it’s his 87-year-old friend who he saved from homelessness
British football scores an own goal

British football scores an own goal

Many managers barely survive a year in post. Martin Baker talks to experts who make a case for clubs using forensic business skills to find the best staff
James Lawton: Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again

James Lawton

Sergio Garcia cracks as major fault line opens up again
Dylan Hartley: Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong

Dylan Hartley talks tough

Northampton have spent the season proving all our critics wrong
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group

A meeting of global power brokers in a Hertfordshire hotel is exciting conspiracy theorists, but what are they really about?
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system': Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console

'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'

Microsoft finally unveils its Xbox ONE console
Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls 'Intimate Encounters' option to ward off sleazy men

Plenty of sleaze

Dating website pulls intimate 'hook-up' section to curb harassment
Inferno author Dan Brown 'honoured' to be invited to join the Freemasons

The Freemasons’ Code

Dan Brown reveals the message that told him door to the lodge is open
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last

Nick Buckles survived the Olympics débâcle and a £5bn bid fiasco but a profit warning finally triggered his downfall
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’: Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar

How to say ‘I’m a sellout’

Tumblr’s David Karp’s message of reassurance to his staff sounded very familiar
Why clubs are keen to take a stand

Why clubs are keen to take a stand

There's a real desire around the grounds for safe standing. But will the authorities listen?
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City

Disillusion with a siege mentality and negative playing style made change inevitable
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie

British driver was fascinating man whose epic duel with Niki Lauda in 1976 was typical of an era of glamour and glory – but also the ever-present threat of death