http://www.independent.co.uk/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-consider-pavlyuchenko-loan-deal-1819387.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-consider-pavlyuchenko-loan-deal-1819387.html ]]> <p> Want-away Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has emerged as a loan target for Liverpool. </p> Premier League Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:15:06 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/report-criticises-excessive-use-of-dementia-drugs-1819368.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/report-criticises-excessive-use-of-dementia-drugs-1819368.html ]]> <p> Up to 150,000 people treated with powerful "chemical cosh" drugs for dementia are given them unnecessarily, a report said today. </p> Health News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:44:52 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-publishes-bosses-pay-and-expenses-1819364.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-publishes-bosses-pay-and-expenses-1819364.html <p> The BBC published the precise salaries and a detailed breakdown of expenses claims for more than 100 of its most senior managers today. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:24:48 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/court-desperate-to-get-stick-into-the-aussies-1819363.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/court-desperate-to-get-stick-into-the-aussies-1819363.html <p> There is something incongruous about hearing of a desire to “get stuck into the Aussies” when the sentiment is expressed in a clear Australian accent. </p> International Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:22:03 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/rangers-fans-consider-mass-ownership-1819362.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/rangers-fans-consider-mass-ownership-1819362.html ]]> <p> Several Rangers supporters groups have united to urge fans to explore a mass ownership scheme for the club. </p> Scottish Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:19:34 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/enke-funeral-to-be-held-on-sunday-1819359.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/enke-funeral-to-be-held-on-sunday-1819359.html ]]> <p> The funeral of former Hannover and Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke, who took his own life on Tuesday evening, will be held on Sunday. </p> News & Comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:17:00 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-attacked-by-chimp-reveals-face-on-oprah-1819358.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-attacked-by-chimp-reveals-face-on-oprah-1819358.html ]]> <p> A woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television last night, saying she is blind and has to eat through a straw, but isn't angry. </p> Americas Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:13:19 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/ba-and-iberia-boards-meet-to-discuss-merger-deal-1819357.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/ba-and-iberia-boards-meet-to-discuss-merger-deal-1819357.html <p> British Airways today looked to be on the brink of a merger with Spanish airline Iberia after the boards of both firms met to consider a deal. </p> News & Advice Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:10:56 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/ashes-and-qualifiers-set-for-freetoair-return-1819356.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/ashes-and-qualifiers-set-for-freetoair-return-1819356.html ]]> <p> A review of sport's 'listed events' will tomorrow recommend that the England cricket team's home Ashes Tests should be screened on free-to-air television. </p> Cricket Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:06:46 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/waterlow-murder-hunt-police-think-suspect-is-still-in-sydney-1819355.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/waterlow-murder-hunt-police-think-suspect-is-still-in-sydney-1819355.html <p> Australian police hunting the killer of a British art curator and his daughter said they had no reason to believe their prime suspect - named by sources as the victim's son - had left the country. </p> Australasia Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:05:15 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/five-ways-ireland-can-beat-france-1819350.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/five-ways-ireland-can-beat-france-1819350.html ]]> <p> It is the question that Giovanni Trapattoni, Marco Tardelli, Shay Given and pretty much every member of the Irish camp has been asked and is related to an outcome which analysts in Paris cannot even bring themselves to contemplate. How can Ireland beat France? </p> International Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:52:24 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/judge-banned-for-motorway-drinkdriving-1819351.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/judge-banned-for-motorway-drinkdriving-1819351.html <p> A former judge caught on the motorway nearly three times the drink-drive limit was banned from driving for two years today. </p> Crime Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:49:51 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/george-best-punched-me-in-rage-admits-son-1819348.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/george-best-punched-me-in-rage-admits-son-1819348.html ]]> <p> The son of football legend George Best has told how his father punched him to the floor and roared “you are not mine” during a drunken rage. </p> News & Comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:43:41 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/rooney-says-england-must-improve-1819347.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/rooney-says-england-must-improve-1819347.html ]]> <p> Wayne Rooney believes England have a lot of improving to do if they are to stand a chance of lifting the World Cup in South Africa next year. </p> International Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:31:24 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/government-to-crack-down-on-rogue-showbiz-agents-1819335.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/government-to-crack-down-on-rogue-showbiz-agents-1819335.html <p> A Government crackdown on the ugly face of the modelling and entertainment industry was announced today. </p> News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:19:44 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-guide-to-riding-a-bicycle-given-thumbs-down-1819333.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-guide-to-riding-a-bicycle-given-thumbs-down-1819333.html <p> Police officers were ridiculed today after drawing up a step-by-step guide to riding a bicycle. </p> Home News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:12:46 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brown-details-tighter-immigration-rules-1819238.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brown-details-tighter-immigration-rules-1819238.html <p> Prime Minister Gordon Brown today announced a review of student visas to clamp down on people applying to study in the UK with the intention of working illegally when they get here. </p> UK Politics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:07:52 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/child-rape-accused-priest-first-suspended-in-1964-1819307.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/child-rape-accused-priest-first-suspended-in-1964-1819307.html <p> An elderly Irish Catholic priest facing extradition from the US over charges of child sex abuse was first suspended from service 45 years ago, it was revealed last night. </p> Europe Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:57:28 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/griffin-announces-alliance-of-eu-nationalist-parties-1819266.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/griffin-announces-alliance-of-eu-nationalist-parties-1819266.html <p> BNP leader Nick Griffin today announced a new political alliance to fight "this monstrous federal Europe". </p> UK Politics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:52:09 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/karen-hanton-driving-the-uk-out-of-recession-1819265.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/karen-hanton-driving-the-uk-out-of-recession-1819265.html <p> There is no doubt that 2009 has been a hard and worrying year for business owners and, with recent figures showing that GDP has contracted for six consecutive quarters for the first time since reporting began, the outlook might quash even the most ambitious entrepreneurs’ tenacity and enthusiasm. </p> Commentators Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:50:24 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/mike-tyson-in-scuffle-at-la-airport-1819261.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/mike-tyson-in-scuffle-at-la-airport-1819261.html ]]> <p> Police are investigating conflicting accounts of an airport scuffle between Mike Tyson and a photographer that resulted in both men being booked and released on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. </p> Others Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:39:55 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/doranjones-keen-to-make-england-impression-1819260.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/doranjones-keen-to-make-england-impression-1819260.html <p> England newcomer Paul Doran-Jones is determined to hit the headlines for all the right reasons this week after being catapulted into the squad to face Argentina. </p> International Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:35:36 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/south-africa-coach-frustrated-by-trott-choice-1819259.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/south-africa-coach-frustrated-by-trott-choice-1819259.html <p> South Africa coach Mickey Arthur is frustrated by the sight of Jonathan Trott playing for England. </p> Cricket Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:31:44 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ea-changes-focus-with-playfish-purchase-1819258.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ea-changes-focus-with-playfish-purchase-1819258.html <p> As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts has snapped up Playfish, the creator of popular social networking games such as Who Has the Biggest Brain and Pet Society, for $275 million (£165 million). </p> News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:29:26 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/bosingwa-injury-may-force-chelsea-to-spend-1819257.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/bosingwa-injury-may-force-chelsea-to-spend-1819257.html ]]> <p> Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti may now delve into the transfer market in January after Jose Bosingwa was ruled out for three months. </p> Premier League Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:27:34 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/emergency-meeting-for-england-world-cup-bid-1819256.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/emergency-meeting-for-england-world-cup-bid-1819256.html ]]> <p> England's 2018 World Cup bid leaders will hold an emergency meeting later today to get the campaign back on track as the Government appealed for an end to the turmoil that has engulfed the campaign. </p> News & Comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:25:26 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/ireland-has-no-republic-regrets-1819253.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/ireland-has-no-republic-regrets-1819253.html ]]> <p> Stephen Ireland has no regrets about turning his back on the Republic of Ireland. </p> International Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:23:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/mcleish-backs-old-firm-to-head-south-1819251.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/mcleish-backs-old-firm-to-head-south-1819251.html ]]> <p> Alex McLeish has become the latest Barclays Premier League manager to back plans for the Old Firm to join the competition. </p> Premier League Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:21:02 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/bryn-terfel-bad-boys-royal-festival-hall-1819250.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/bryn-terfel-bad-boys-royal-festival-hall-1819250.html <p> Bryn Terfel arrived in the capital armed with countless sneers and as many ways to make mischief. His latest album <i>Bad Boys </i>– a comprehensive gallery of operatic rogues and villains – was now a tour, and there was a big, glossy, souvenir programme to prove it. But at least this latest participant in the South Bank's "International Voices" series offered value for money – the big Welshman doesn’t short-change us, not even when he's in the guise of that prize quack Dr Dulcamara whose lotions and potions are cheap for a reason. </p> Reviews Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:20:19 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/nani-reveals-ferguson-fury-1819249.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/nani-reveals-ferguson-fury-1819249.html ]]> <p> Winger Nani has described Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson as a "complicated man" while also admitting to being on the receiving end of some of his infamous rants. </p> Premier League Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:18:51 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/bayern-in-crisis-as-hoeness-slams-lahm-comments-1819248.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/bayern-in-crisis-as-hoeness-slams-lahm-comments-1819248.html ]]> <p> Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has responded to claims made by Philipp Lahm in an interview last weekend, saying he is "almost wrong with every point". </p> European Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:16:56 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/property/home-repossessions-rise-by-3-1819237.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/property/home-repossessions-rise-by-3-1819237.html <p> The number of people who lost their homes rose by only 3 per cent during the third quarter of the year despite rising unemployment, figures showed today. </p> Property Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:54:30 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/a-crew-cut-for-hollywood-heartthrobs-jungle-role-1819235.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/a-crew-cut-for-hollywood-heartthrobs-jungle-role-1819235.html ]]> <p> Hollywood smoothie George Hamilton has revealed how he prepared for his stint in the I'm A Celebrity jungle - with a "seven dollar" crew cut. </p> News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:46:04 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/double-deal-is-a-boost-for-inm-as-shares-rise-by-15-1819247.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/double-deal-is-a-boost-for-inm-as-shares-rise-by-15-1819247.html <p> Independent News & Media (INM) shares jumped 15 per cent yesterday as the publisher said bondholders had accepted a deal that gave the company a "significantly reduced debt profile" while banks have extended the time to repay a separate loan by more than four years. </p> Business News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:01:29 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/where-mod-bonuses-could-have-been-spent-1819228.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/where-mod-bonuses-could-have-been-spent-1819228.html <p> Bereaved families said almost £300 million which has been spent on bonuses for civil servants at the Ministry of Defence since the start of the war in Iraq should have been spent on equipment for troops instead. </p> UK Politics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:43:28 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/anger-over-mod-civil-servants-bonuses-1819227.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/anger-over-mod-civil-servants-bonuses-1819227.html <p> Families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq today reacted angrily to news that civil servants at the Ministry of Defence shared performance bonuses of almost £300 million since the start of the war in Iraq. </p> UK Politics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:41:18 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nursing-changing-to-graduateonly-entry-1819207.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nursing-changing-to-graduateonly-entry-1819207.html <p> All nurses will need to be educated to degree level from 2013, the Government announced today. </p> Health News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:01:32 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-envoy-opposes-afghan-troop-increase-1819187.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-envoy-opposes-afghan-troop-increase-1819187.html <p> The US envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging plans to send tens of thousands of additional forces to the country, a senior US official said last night. </p> Asia Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:01:02 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-travellers-guide-to-christmas-markets-1818053.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-travellers-guide-to-christmas-markets-1818053.html ]]> Europe Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:55 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-ten-best-grinders-1818751.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-ten-best-grinders-1818751.html ]]> Features Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:17 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-rolling-stone-who-gathered-no-money-1819030.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-rolling-stone-who-gathered-no-money-1819030.html ]]> <p>After 24 years, which have included repeated stints in rehab to battle alcoholism (Ronnie), lines of heroin and cocaine (Ronnie), a replacement plastic septum for his cocaine-ravaged nose (Ronnie), multiple music tours of the world and even a joint arrest for cocaine possession in the Caribbean, one of rock's most enduring marriages ended yesterday at the High Court in London.</p> News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/mbas-guide/cheer-up-it-still-pays-to-go-to-business-school-1818629.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/mbas-guide/cheer-up-it-still-pays-to-go-to-business-school-1818629.html <p>When the financial crisis erupted just over a year ago a collective frisson went down the spines of business schools and their graduates. Was this the end of a bull run for MBAs which had mirrored that of the markets? Did the MBA and other courses need reform? Would business schools have to reinvent themselves? The broad answer to all these questions from a new report by the Association of MBAs is that the fears were exaggerated and life has continued largely unaffected.</p> MBAs Guide Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/buying-and-selling-houses-is-hot-again-1818630.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-planning/getting-job/buying-and-selling-houses-is-hot-again-1818630.html <p>At the beginning of the decade, a career in the property industry was a guaranteed money-spinner. Glossy TV programmes told us that all we needed to do was stick some decking in the garden and create an "inside-outside space" and we'd all be millionaires.</p> Getting a Job Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/students-get-new-courses-for-the-21st-century-1818633.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/students-get-new-courses-for-the-21st-century-1818633.html ]]> <p>In 1495 a medieval bishop established a university in the small northern Scottish port of Aberdeen, famous today for its bracing climate and offshore oil. Columbus had just discovered America and witches were still burnt at the stake. </p> Higher Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/steve-mccormack-why-do-we-spend-so-much-money-on-schools-1818632.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/steve-mccormack-why-do-we-spend-so-much-money-on-schools-1818632.html <p>Like all public sectors, the education world is holding its breath to see where and when the spending axe will fall. The ubiquitous question: who will suffer when the funding tap – free flowing since the early Blair days – is squeezed? But I have a different question. Are we, in our blinkered British bubble, deluding ourselves in assuming that less money will necessarily mean a less effective education system? And the reverse applies equally. Does more money necessarily mean more learning?</p> Schools Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/leading-article-good-start-for-fees-review-1818631.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/leading-article-good-start-for-fees-review-1818631.html <p>Lord Mandelson has managed to secure an impressive line-up for his review of university funding, which is expected to recommended that top-up fees be increased. Lord Browne, who spent his life in BP, rising from lowly graduate recruit to CEO, is widely admired for his expertise and will be ably supported, among others, by Sir Michael Barber, the former head of Tony Blair's delivery unit, the economist Diane Coyle, formerly of this newspaper, and Professor David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham University and one of the cleverest minds in higher education. Moreover he has managed to keep the NUS happy by including a young person, Ranjay Naik, who used be on the English Secondary Students Association.</p> Higher Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-allegra-mcevedy-chef-writer-broadcaster-and-restaurateur-1818634.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-allegra-mcevedy-chef-writer-broadcaster-and-restaurateur-1818634.html ]]> <p> <b>Allegra McEvedy MBE, 38, was one of the presenters of BBC2's Economy Gastronomy and is co-author of the book of the series. She is also a co-founder of the nine award-winning Leon restaurants. She will be speaking at the National Everywoman Conference on 18 November at the Hotel Russell, London (www.everywoman.com).</b> </p> Profiles Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/time-for-change-how-a-young-woman-plans-to-shake-up-the-school-system-1818636.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/time-for-change-how-a-young-woman-plans-to-shake-up-the-school-system-1818636.html ]]> <p>Meet Rachel Wolf, who at just 24, is aiming to transform the school landscape. And, if the Tories come to power next year, she may well succeed. She plans to encourage parents, charities and for-profit companies to set up hundreds of new independent state schools. </p> Schools Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/education-quandary-i-am-very-physical-in-how-i-teach-drama--but-my-new-headteacher-has-told-me-to-change-the-way-i-work-do-i-really-have-to-1818635.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/education-quandary-i-am-very-physical-in-how-i-teach-drama--but-my-new-headteacher-has-told-me-to-change-the-way-i-work-do-i-really-have-to-1818635.html Schools Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/opening-doors-and-windows-by-james-rooseevans-1818833.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/opening-doors-and-windows-by-james-rooseevans-1818833.html ]]> <p>The theatre world is littered with self-styled gurus and shamans, but it is rare to find a director who is also an Anglican priest. In this charming and insightful memoir, 82-year-old James Roose-Evans takes us on a spiritual and creative journey from his literally tortured adolescence (he was prone to self-flagellation) to the twin heights of ordination in Hereford cathedral and Broadway success.</p> Reviews Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-kreutzer-sonata-gate-theatre-london-1818832.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-kreutzer-sonata-gate-theatre-london-1818832.html ]]> <p>The motion of a train loosens the tongue, confides Pozdnyshev, our companion in a railway carriage for the 85 minutes of this extraordinarily compelling stage adaptation of Tolstoy's great, warped novella The Kreutzer Sonata. In Natalie Abrahami's pitch-perfect production at the tiny Gate Theatre, this figure is a kind of bourgeois Russian Ancient Mariner, compelled to re-tell the story of how he murdered his arguably adulterous wife. She may have been playing more than piano with a newly arrived violinist, who had been a childhood friend of Pozdnyshev. Emphasising the subjective nature of the protagonist's testimony, this couple are seen here fitfully illuminated behind a scrim either making music or love in candle-lit flashes that are like the lingering neuralgic throb of an obsession that has survived Pozdnyshev's acquittal for homicide.</p> Reviews Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/just-jack-shepherds-bush-empire-london-1818831.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/just-jack-shepherds-bush-empire-london-1818831.html <p> A happy-go-lucky Jack Allsopp steps forward to meet the crowd, peers around and announces: "I just saw my mum and dad up there. That's pretty cool." He explains his usual trick of finding something to greet each new audience with, concluding, a little relieved, "We're home." </p> Reviews Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hit-and-run/hit-amp-run-simplicity-computer-delivers-over50s-to-the-digital-age-1818830.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hit-and-run/hit-amp-run-simplicity-computer-delivers-over50s-to-the-digital-age-1818830.html ]]> <p>If social networking is something you do at the bingo hall, windows require (net) curtains, and a Mac is to be worn in the rain, chances are you're old. Because, apparently, old people don't do computers. Things like Twitter and spreadsheets only bother them when they're on the One O'Clock News. But anyone watching the BBC's lunchtime bulletin yesterday will have seen a pensioner called Betty using a computer designed to deliver her generation to the digital age. </p> Hit & Run Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/monica-pidgeon-influential-editor-of-architectural-design-for-more-than-30-years-1818794.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/monica-pidgeon-influential-editor-of-architectural-design-for-more-than-30-years-1818794.html ]]> <p>For more than three decades Monica Pidgeon edited the Bloomsbury-based Architectural Design (AD). This influential and radical journal was a prime source of information on contemporary architectural culture, and had an international reach. It gave prominence to the work of such architects as Le Corbusier, Jose Luis Sert, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Richard Buckminster Fuller, and Alison and Peter Smithson.</p> Obituaries Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-thamsanqa-kambule-inspirational-teacher-who-fought-for-highquality-black-education-in-apartheid-south-africa-1818793.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-thamsanqa-kambule-inspirational-teacher-who-fought-for-highquality-black-education-in-apartheid-south-africa-1818793.html <p>It was an article of faith among many whites in apartheid South Africa that blacks were incapable of doing mathematics. Their belief was that black brains were simply not up to it. Thamsanqa Wilkinson "Wilkie" Kambule mocked the myth and gave the lie to it: he was black and a gifted mathematician; he was also an inspiring teacher who spoke with pride of several pupils who emigrated and went on to study nuclear physics, a field denied to them at home. </p> Obituaries Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gavin-hodge-celebrity-hairdresser-who-scandalised-sixties-society-when-he-eloped-with-a-teenager-1818792.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gavin-hodge-celebrity-hairdresser-who-scandalised-sixties-society-when-he-eloped-with-a-teenager-1818792.html ]]> <p>Gavin Hodge was a hugely fashionable hairdresser who, beginning in the London of the swinging Sixties, packed into his life an inordinate amount of drink, drugs and sex. While his claim to have bedded 2,000 women seems implausible, his frank admission that he was addicted to women had the ring of truth about it.</p> Obituaries Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/serenas-story-how-one-student-is-demanding-a-better-deal-for-postgraduates-1818660.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/serenas-story-how-one-student-is-demanding-a-better-deal-for-postgraduates-1818660.html <p>Postgraduate students who are struggling with the pressures of advanced academic work may find solace in the latest report from the National Student Forum (NSF). Set up last year to reflect the experiences of the 500,000 postgraduates in the UK, the forum argues that, while much progress has been made, the consistency and sometimes the level of support postgraduates receive still lags behind that given to undergraduates.</p> Postgraduate Study Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/postgraduate-queries-can-a-diploma-be-converted-which-green-course-is-best-1818659.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/postgraduate-queries-can-a-diploma-be-converted-which-green-course-is-best-1818659.html Postgraduate Study Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/how-low-can-you-go-do-reducedalcohol-wines-past-the-taste-test-1818842.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/how-low-can-you-go-do-reducedalcohol-wines-past-the-taste-test-1818842.html ]]> <p>Cough medicine? Ribena? Or is it just sparkling mineral water with a bit of fruit juice added to it? Has someone tipped a load of sugar into a perfectly decent white wine... ?? </p> Features Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/brian-viner/brian-viner-why-would-my-children-collect-sticks-when-they-could-be-on-facebook-1818841.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/brian-viner/brian-viner-why-would-my-children-collect-sticks-when-they-could-be-on-facebook-1818841.html <p>The time has come when I can no longer send my children into our little wood to collect kindling. This is partly because they are no longer the obliging creatures they used to be, and why would anyone want to be picking up twigs when they could be on Facebook, and partly because it's November, and even after a mostly dry autumn the twigs are damp.</p> Brian Viner Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/threeminute-therapy-can-speed-shrinking-fix-your-head-in-180-seconds-1818840.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/threeminute-therapy-can-speed-shrinking-fix-your-head-in-180-seconds-1818840.html ]]> <p>Three, two, one...Speed Shrink!" booms a voice over the loudspeaker. Having three minutes to spill your most intimate secrets to a stranger in a crowded room may not sound like everyone's route to good mental health, even in the world capital of psychotherapy. But for today's time – and increasingly cash – poor New Yorkers, it offers a potential quick fix that is hard to resist.</p> Features Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/opera-sheds-new-light-on-tchaikovskys-gay-lifestyle-1818839.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/opera-sheds-new-light-on-tchaikovskys-gay-lifestyle-1818839.html ]]> <p>An opera by Tchaikovsky? It must be about Fate, with a capital F. Duels in the frosty dawn, blood on the snow. A fragile, innocent heroine, doomed love, incipient madness. Tchaikovsky: the ultimate gloomy Russian bastard. You can hear it in his music, can't you? </p> Features Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/staff-benda-bilili-barbican-london-1818838.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/staff-benda-bilili-barbican-london-1818838.html <p>When Staff Benda Bilili spin wheelchairs, dance on their legs' stumps and pluck instruments created from abandoned debris, they are embodying their nation's contradictions. They are homeless youths and paraplegic men from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, sub-Saharan Africa's most cursed country. But their UK debut proved that a history of colonial and local dictators, civil wars and corporate mineral-stripping can still fuel defiant art.</p> Reviews Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/twoapple-pizza-with-walnuts-1818837.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/twoapple-pizza-with-walnuts-1818837.html Recipes Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/the-week-in-radio-when-poetry-becomes-an-adventure-1818836.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/the-week-in-radio-when-poetry-becomes-an-adventure-1818836.html <p>If I had a fiver for everyone I've heard say, "I never watch any television apart from the news and David Attenborough", well, it would probably cover my licence fee. But while there being Nothing on TV has been a staple moan of British cultural life for some time now, radio is in far happier shape. The Rajar figures for the third quarter of the year were good for the BBC, especially Radios 3, 4 and 5 Live. There were all sorts of explanations, including the Ashes and the Proms and global economic meltdown to explain why people were reaching for the radio. Yet perhaps it comes down to the fact that radio simply does some things better. </p> Features Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/parent-power-sara-payne-on-being-an-ordinary-mother-in-whitehall-1818835.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/parent-power-sara-payne-on-being-an-ordinary-mother-in-whitehall-1818835.html ]]> <p>She was an ordinary mother, but her child's shocking death gave her a national platform – and the power to make a Prime Minister sit up, listen and respond to what she was saying.</p> Profiles Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/perfect-pasta-silver-spoon-cookbook-devotes-volume-to-worlds-favourite-comfort-food-1818834.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/perfect-pasta-silver-spoon-cookbook-devotes-volume-to-worlds-favourite-comfort-food-1818834.html ]]> <p>What is it about pasta that makes it soul food for Westerners? I believe it's all about the resemblance of cooked egg pasta and sauce to our own internal workings, and a folk memory of cannibalism. It's by some way the least tidy food of any culture: those long strings and ribbons of fettuccine and pappardelle, those precise little fingers of penne (mind those sharp nails) and little ears of conchiglie, they're all simulacra of bodily guts and organs and tender flesh, with arrabbiata and puttanesca sauces masquerading as assorted items of blood and gore. Just look at that plateful of fusilli in cuttlefish ink and tell me we're not responding to something darkly, secretly intestinal...</p> Features Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/hodgson-can-be-englands-bright-spark-1818901.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/hodgson-can-be-englands-bright-spark-1818901.html ]]> <p>Paul Hodgson, who makes his first start as England's scrum-half against Argentina this weekend, was not overly blessed by the gods of rugby: certainly, their gifts to him did not include the acceleration of a Danny Care, or the freakish straight-line speed of a Joe Simpson, or the exaggerated physicality of a Harry Ellis. Instead, he made his own way to the top, drawing on unusually rich reserves of instinct and intelligence. He is the thinking man's No 9 who must have thought his moment would never come.</p> International Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-andy-cole-column-coaching--its-a-tough-job-but-somebodyrsquos-got-to-do-it-1818900.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-andy-cole-column-coaching--its-a-tough-job-but-somebodyrsquos-got-to-do-it-1818900.html ]]> <p> Sir Alex Ferguson's influence on his players doesn't stop when they leave Manchester United. I had a timely reminder of that last week, in the form of a verbal boot up the backside, but the incident ended up working very much in my favour. </p> News & Comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/brawn-button-should-seek-sponsors-to-boost-salary-1818899.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/brawn-button-should-seek-sponsors-to-boost-salary-1818899.html ]]> <p>Ross Brawn has indicated Jenson Button's salary demands will not be met and is instead prepared to offer the new world champion more freedom to seek out personal sponsorship deals to boost his income. </p> Motor Racing Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/no-easy-gigs-for-pietersen-on-his-comeback-tour-1818898.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/no-easy-gigs-for-pietersen-on-his-comeback-tour-1818898.html ]]> <p>He swept in and the anticipation was palpable. Kevin Pietersen was excited and his audience was excited to see him. It had been too long and now after four worrying months in which his career has been under threat he is ready to bat for England again.</p> Cricket Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/leigh-thrown-a-lifeline-by-gateshead-demise-1818897.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/leigh-thrown-a-lifeline-by-gateshead-demise-1818897.html ]]> <p>Leigh, a Super League club four years ago, have been reprieved from relegation to Championship One. Due to drop from the Co-operative Championship, they have been thrown a lifeline by an Rugby Football League decision to send Gateshead, who finished above them on points difference, down instead.</p> Rugby League Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/anderson-and-onions-expected-to-be-fit-for-t20-1818896.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/anderson-and-onions-expected-to-be-fit-for-t20-1818896.html ]]> <p>As Kevin Pietersen declared his readiness to return to the international arena yesterday, England were dealing with their habitual slew of injuries on tour. Their three leading fast bowlers were all suffering a variety of niggles as was the off-spinner, Graeme Swann.</p> Cricket Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/ballyfitz-shows-class-for-gold-cup-1818895.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/ballyfitz-shows-class-for-gold-cup-1818895.html ]]> <p>Horseracing seldom demands more of its stage hands than the change of scene completed tomorrow, just six days after the Breeders' Cup. In fairness, the Flat season reached so giddy a climax at Santa Anita that there could be no seeking of a fresh pinnacle, only a fresh start. And that is precisely what can be enjoyed over the next three days at Cheltenham, in a meeting long cherished as the first proper showcase of the jumps season.</p> Racing Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/federer-out-after-nadal-struggles-on-1818894.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/federer-out-after-nadal-struggles-on-1818894.html ]]> <p> You would hardly have guessed they were the world's two best players. Roger Federer lost his opening match in the Paris Masters here last night to Julien Benneteau, the world No 49, while Rafael Nadal had to save five match points before overcoming Nicolas Almagro, who had failed to win a set in four previous encounters with his fellow Spaniard. </p> Tennis Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/davydenko-and-verdasco-chase-seat-at-the-top-table-1818893.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/davydenko-and-verdasco-chase-seat-at-the-top-table-1818893.html ]]> <p>Six places on board the boat heading for the O2 Arena are already booked, while Fernando Verdasco and Nikolay Davydenko could secure their seats as early as tonight. </p> Tennis Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/stewart-lansley-the-unreported-cause-of-the-financial-crisis-is-shrinking-wages-1818880.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/stewart-lansley-the-unreported-cause-of-the-financial-crisis-is-shrinking-wages-1818880.html <p>Rising personal debt, global imbalances and reckless financial risk-taking all helped to cause the economic meltdown, but the role of wages has been largely ignored. In the 25 years from 1945, wages took a steady 60 per cent share of the UK's output. That rose to an unsustainable high point of 65 per cent in 1975, but has since fallen to a mere 53 per cent. But the better off have done much better at hanging on to their share. Living standards in the UK have nearly doubled over the last 30 years, but while the better off have done better than this, most middle- and low-income workers have enjoyed only small rises in real wages.</p> Commentators Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/christina-patterson/christina-patterson-why-its-hard-to-be-a-blonde-in-the-city-1818879.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/christina-patterson/christina-patterson-why-its-hard-to-be-a-blonde-in-the-city-1818879.html <p>Two tales of the City. In the first, an attractive blonde meets a City financier, and is very, very cross because she is treated like "an Eastern European mail-order bride". In the second, an attractive blonde meets a City financier and is very, very cross because, she says, he tried to kiss her, even though he doesn't fancy blondes. Dearie me. It's hard to be a blonde in the City.</p> Christina Patterson Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-big-question-why-is-britains-dna-database-the-biggest-in-the-world-and-is-it-effective-1818878.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-big-question-why-is-britains-dna-database-the-biggest-in-the-world-and-is-it-effective-1818878.html Home News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yvonne-roberts-the-real-meaning-of-social-enterprise-1818877.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yvonne-roberts-the-real-meaning-of-social-enterprise-1818877.html <p>Mark Peters is 32. His parents fostered a number of children, one of whom, John, was sectioned in his late teens. John's dispiriting treatment prompted Mark, a community youth worker and fitness instructor, to set up a social enterprise, Start Again. It homes in on the particular passion of a young person – in John's case, playing the drums – to motivate them to start afresh. In the past year, Start Again, with 10 volunteers, has helped more than a hundred young people, many coming out of care, to return to education, training or employment.</p> Commentators Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/guy-adams-not-even-a-godfather-can-sell-me-a-bluray-1818876.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/guy-adams-not-even-a-godfather-can-sell-me-a-bluray-1818876.html <p>Martin Scorsese is one of the world's greatest film-makers, possibly the finest of his generation, and if you want someone to tell a story about people who make other people sleep with fishes, he's your man. But I wouldn't pay much attention to his soothsaying about the future of the movie business.</p> Commentators Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-galbraith-the-un-is-losing-credibility-by-keeping-karzai-in-power-1818875.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-galbraith-the-un-is-losing-credibility-by-keeping-karzai-in-power-1818875.html <p>The election fraud in Afghanistan which has brought President Hamid Karzai back for a second term next week has not only shaken the confidence of Nato governments in the whole project. Its mishandling has also undermined the UN's credibility in that country and may well define Ban Ki-Moon's tenure as UN Secretary-General. </p> Commentators Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-afghanistan-1818874.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-afghanistan-1818874.html <p>Listening to a minister justifying the presence and suffering of our army in Afghanistan, I heard him use the words "Afghan National Army" and "Afghan police". </p> Letters Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-a-landmark-for-london-1818873.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-a-landmark-for-london-1818873.html <p>After months of anxious planning, the elegantly undulating roof of the London Aquatics Centre has been successfully lowered into place. It is not only an inspiring sight, but it marks two significant and cheering developments.</p> Leading Articles Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-mr-obamas-pacific-prospects-1818872.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-mr-obamas-pacific-prospects-1818872.html <p>Barack Obama sent a forceful message about his foreign policy priorities even before he set out on his first visit as US President to Asia. By staying away from Europe's celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in order – so it was said – to concentrate on preparations for his Far Eastern tour, he disappointed Chancellor Angela Merkel, but clearly demonstrated that he wanted nothing to detract from the idea that the US is also a Pacific power. </p> Leading Articles Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-we-remain-suspects-in-the-eyes-of-this-government-1818871.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-we-remain-suspects-in-the-eyes-of-this-government-1818871.html <p>Forensic science has been a boon to the criminal justice system. In the past two decades the police DNA database has helped to secure convictions of those who have perpetrated some truly heinous crimes. But the technology's benefits should not be overstated. Fewer than one per cent of all recorded crimes have been solved with the help of the database. And the advances of this technology also raise some difficult questions about privacy and the proper limits of the state.</p> Leading Articles Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/adrian-hamilton/adrian-hamilton-lies-damn-lies-and-berlin-speeches-1818870.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/adrian-hamilton/adrian-hamilton-lies-damn-lies-and-berlin-speeches-1818870.html <p>One by one, the leaders of the West trooped out in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin this week to say what a great blow for freedom the fall of the Wall had been and how that momentum must be sustained throughout the world today.</p> Adrian Hamilton Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-resistance-is-futile-in-the-face-of-this-master-of-psychology-1818869.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-resistance-is-futile-in-the-face-of-this-master-of-psychology-1818869.html ]]> <p>The shame and self-hatred bubble away like sulphuric acid in the soul as I write these words, which should be spoken only to a group of fellow sufferers, protected by the privacy of the confessional. But my name is Matthew and I'm a Cowelloholic.</p> Matthew Norman Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/unemployment-may-have-peaked-figures-suggest-1819023.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/unemployment-may-have-peaked-figures-suggest-1819023.html <p>Unemployment has fallen for the second successive month, suggesting for the first time that the number of people out of work may have peaked. At 2,461,000, the jobless figure for the three months to September this year is marginally – 8,000 – below that recorded in the previous three months. These "rolling averages", from the Office for National Statistics suggest that unemployment may even have peaked, for now, in June at 2,470,000. </p> Business News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/james-moore-the-worst-is-over-1819022.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/james-moore-the-worst-is-over-1819022.html <p>Just as it's possible to talk your way into a recession, you can also talk your way out of a recovery. We might be in danger of doing just that. All right, last month's third-quarter GDP numbers were a nasty shock. But in the past few weeks there have been other numbers which offer some grounds for hope. There are signs of life on the high street. The housing market, if not exactly healthy, is out of its trough. </p> Business Comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/sean-ogrady-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-1819021.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/sean-ogrady-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-1819021.html <p>There are three powerful reasons why the financial pain is far from over. First, the credit crunch is still with us, and still making life difficult for the banks and the rest of us. The uncomfortable truth is that the entire credit system remains reliant on life support from the Treasury and the Bank of England.</p> Business Comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghan-police-need-three-years-of-training-1819014.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghan-police-need-three-years-of-training-1819014.html <p>The Afghan National Police needs another three years of training and investment to be turned into a credible force, said a senior British officer. Lieutenant Colonel Jasper de Quincey Adams, chief mentor to the ANP, said a professional force would not be created overnight, but methods such as "embedded partnering", where British and Afghan forces live and work by each other, were making progress.</p> Asia Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/testing-and-assessment-we-will-fail-him-on-the-beaches-1819013.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/testing-and-assessment-we-will-fail-him-on-the-beaches-1819013.html ]]> <p>It is one of the most famous and inspirational speeches ever to be given in the House of Commons, its bold refrain coming to symbolise the indomitable British spirit in the Second World War.</p> Education News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-secretary-agrees-protocol-with-advisers-1819012.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-secretary-agrees-protocol-with-advisers-1819012.html ]]> <p>The Home Secretary will write formally to his drugs advisers in future to explain any decision on classification that goes against their advice, it emerged yesterday. Alan Johnson has also pledged not to "pre-judge" decisions on drug classification ahead of receiving scientific advice.</p> Home News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exministers-call-for-vote-on-war-in-afghanistan-1819011.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exministers-call-for-vote-on-war-in-afghanistan-1819011.html ]]> <p>The challenge to Gordon Brown's authority from within his own party grew last night as four former ministers joined calls for a Commons vote on the war in Afghanistan. They are pressing for an early parliamentary debate on Britain's military role and objectives in the country, and a timetable for pulling out of the region.</p> UK Politics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/has-cameron-done-a-deal-with-murdoch-1819010.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/has-cameron-done-a-deal-with-murdoch-1819010.html ]]> <p>David Cameron has been accused of making a "contract" with Britain's biggest media company to trade political support before an election for government favours afterwards if the Tories win.</p> UK Politics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000