http://www.independent.co.uk/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coast-ravaged-by-worst-storm-of-the-year-1820732.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coast-ravaged-by-worst-storm-of-the-year-1820732.html <p> Coastal regions in southern Britain were lashed by strong winds, lightning and driving rain today, with top wind speeds reaching 100mph. </p> Home News Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:12:09 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ministry-of-defense-investigating-fresh-iraq-abuse-claims-1820724.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ministry-of-defense-investigating-fresh-iraq-abuse-claims-1820724.html <p> Some 33 allegations of abuse involving British soldiers who served in Iraq are being investigated, the Ministry of Defense said today. </p> Home News Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:45:41 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/france-shows-encouraging-signs-during-boks-win-1820722.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/france-shows-encouraging-signs-during-boks-win-1820722.html <p> France has shown it has nothing to fear from stronger teams after standing up to South Africa's physical might during an impressive 20-13 win over the World Cup holders. </p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:41:44 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stephen-byers-a-blairite-thorn-in-browns-side-1820721.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stephen-byers-a-blairite-thorn-in-browns-side-1820721.html <p> Stephen Byers is one of a small group of prominent Blairite "ultras" who have been a thorn in the side of Gordon Brown since he became Prime Minister. </p> UK Politics Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:38:43 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/9-killed-80-injured-following-indian-train-derailment-1820720.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/9-killed-80-injured-following-indian-train-derailment-1820720.html <p> A speeding train derailed in western India early today, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80. </p> Asia Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:32:37 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/obama-speech-on-asia-wellreceived-in-region-1820719.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/obama-speech-on-asia-wellreceived-in-region-1820719.html <p> US President Barack Obama's first big speech on Asia had a little something for just about everyone. He was tough on North Korea and Myanmar, but offered a way back to the fold. He was big on Japan and on China, whose rise, he said, should be welcomed, not feared. </p> <p></p> Asia Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:58:49 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/suicide-attack-kills-10-at-peshwar-checkpoint-1820716.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/suicide-attack-kills-10-at-peshwar-checkpoint-1820716.html <p> A suicide car bomber killed 10 people, including four children, Saturday at a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, in the latest in a string of militant attacks targeting the city, officials said. </p> Asia Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:44:49 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stephen-byers-to-quit-as-mp-at-next-general-election-1820715.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stephen-byers-to-quit-as-mp-at-next-general-election-1820715.html <p> Former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers is to stand down from Parliament at the next general election, he announced today. </p> UK Politics Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:05:03 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/maradona-says-he-feels-mistreated-and-persecuted-1820714.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/maradona-says-he-feels-mistreated-and-persecuted-1820714.html <p> Argentina coach Diego Maradona feels mistreated and persecuted but says he is focusing on his job, family and the support of "ordinary people". </p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:48:55 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/fallon-heads-new-zealand-to-2010-world-cup-1820711.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/fallon-heads-new-zealand-to-2010-world-cup-1820711.html <p> Rory Fallon scored a first-half header to earn New Zealand a 1-0 win over Bahrain today, sealing the All Whites' place in the 2010 World Cup finals. </p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:44:51 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ultraorthodox-jews-protest-intel-sabbath-work-1820710.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ultraorthodox-jews-protest-intel-sabbath-work-1820710.html <p> More than a thousand devout Jews are protesting in Jerusalem against plans by computer chip maker Intel to operate on Saturdays. </p> Middle East Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:41:09 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/shoppers-clamour-for-high-street-chains-designer-shoes-1820709.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/shoppers-clamour-for-high-street-chains-designer-shoes-1820709.html <p> Hundreds of people braved the rain to queue outside H&M's central London stores from the early hours in the hope they would be allowed in to the Jimmy Choo shoe section. </p> News Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:34:17 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/kyoto-principles-crucial-in-climate-talks--china-1820708.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/kyoto-principles-crucial-in-climate-talks--china-1820708.html <p> China will insist the main principles of the Kyoto Protocol are retained in any new global climate change pact, even though others are seeking to abandon them, a high-ranking climate official on Saturday. </p> Climate Change Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:23:29 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-seeks-equal-partnership-in-asia-1820707.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-seeks-equal-partnership-in-asia-1820707.html <p> US President Barack Obama pressed on with his mission to repair America's global standing, telling Asians he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security. </p> Americas Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:20:56 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-wine-list-chez-bruce-1819672.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-wine-list-chez-bruce-1819672.html ]]> <p> I wish I didn't have to let so many people into the secret of my favorite wine list, but duty calls. You might think that a restaurant that lets you bring your own wine (£15 corkage charge) lacks confidence in its own wine list. In the case of Chez Bruce, the opposite is the case. Why would you want to bring anything (other than a very expensive bottle indeed) when faced with such a mouthwatering wine list? </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-cheese-montgomery-cheddar-1819651.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-cheese-montgomery-cheddar-1819651.html ]]> <p> Rather amusingly, Charles de Gaulle once pondered, "How can anyone govern a nation [France] that has 246 different kinds of cheese?" I wonder if in the near future we will hear Gordon Brown say something similar about British politics, because our cheese-making is on the up and up, and the day is not very far away when we will surpass the French with our cheese-making ability. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-restaurant-terroirs-1819660.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-restaurant-terroirs-1819660.html ]]> <p> My restaurant of the year isn't strictly a restaurant at all. Or at least it wasn't when it opened, a year ago. Stealing quietly on to the over-heated London dining scene with the minimum of publicity, Terroirs has single-handedly restored the reputation of that most debased of dining options, the wine bar. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:55 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-kitchen-gadget-pestle-and-mortar-1819667.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-kitchen-gadget-pestle-and-mortar-1819667.html ]]> <p> My favourite utensil or tool in the kitchen is the pestle and mortar. To achieve the best results when cooking means making the most of what nature has to offer – so ideally you want to be using the freshest ingredients and only using powdered ingredients as a last resort. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:53 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/48-hours-in/48-hours-in-istanbul-1820364.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/48-hours-in/48-hours-in-istanbul-1820364.html ]]> <p> <i><b>Click here for <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00261/Istanbul48hrs_261861a.pdf">48 Hours</a></b></i> <i><b>In...Istanbul map </b></i> </p> 48 Hours In Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:53 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/journey-to-the-top-of-mount-teide-1820152.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/journey-to-the-top-of-mount-teide-1820152.html ]]> <p> It takes just eight minutes for the cable car to speed you to the top of Tenerife’s Mount Teide, the highest mountain on Spanish territory and the world’s third-loftiest volcano. Infinitely more rewarding, though, is to pull on your hiking boots, pack water and sunblock and devote five hours to walking up it. The path, called La Rambleta, starts almost apologetically from a lay-by at kilometre 40 on the road (the TR-21) that crosses the Teide National Park. At an altitude of 2,300m, you are already above the tree line, in the middle of a broad, ancient crater, rimmed by red and ochre walls of rock, out of which thrusts the severe and imposing cone of Teide. </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:52 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-beautiful-land-of-fuerteventura-1820156.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-beautiful-land-of-fuerteventura-1820156.html ]]> <p> It’s a warm autumn morning and a donkey is eyeing up my elevenses. Its owner notices at once, and tells it to behave. They’re on duty, after all. Both are traditionally dressed – the man in a waistcoat and trilby, the donkey in a burlap yoke – and they’re here to drive the community waterwheel. </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:51 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/arts-books/the-50-best-winter-reads-1819389.html http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/arts-books/the-50-best-winter-reads-1819389.html ]]> Arts & Books Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:49 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-winter-cookbook-british-seasonal-food-1819665.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-winter-cookbook-british-seasonal-food-1819665.html ]]> <p> This is a very special book full of inventive and delicious recipes that really show a deep understanding of Britain's fields, rivers, woods and seas and all they have to offer. This is the point of Mark Hix's book, to me (Quadrille, £25), in that it doesn't just deal with our mainstream ingredients, but also other intriguing things from our isles. It's a book about discovery. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:48 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/top-10-paid-iphone-apps-1819412.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/top-10-paid-iphone-apps-1819412.html ]]> <p> We run through the top applications downloaded for Apple's iPhone over the last week. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:47 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-bar-the-electric-1819650.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-bar-the-electric-1819650.html ]]> <p> There are very few questions I immediately know the answer to. What's your favourite song? Um. If you could only eat one fruit for the next week what would it be? Really? Do you like a boiled egg or a poached egg? Uh. Hold on a second. Well, you see I like both. But what about fried? </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:46 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-artisan-beer-brewdogs-hardcore-ipa-1819661.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-artisan-beer-brewdogs-hardcore-ipa-1819661.html <p> The BrewDog boys – what a piece of work those two are. I first arranged to meet James B Watt and Martin Dickie last year, in Edinburgh. They suggested Princes Street Gardens. I found them there on a park bench, well away, like a couple of old topers, swigging their beers from brown paper bags and raising the finger to anyone who dared come on all self-righteous. I joined them, and we had a riotous time. Did we vomit in the street and slump comatose in a corner? No. We simply drank some of the best beer brewed on this planet. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:44 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-canary-islands-will-take-your-breath-away-1820151.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/the-canary-islands-will-take-your-breath-away-1820151.html ]]> <p> <b>Surely the big attractions of the Canary Islands are the man-made resorts?</b> </p> <p> Yes and no. Man might have had a hand in harnessing the natural assets of these sunny islands but it’s Mother Nature who is |responsible for the Canaries’ true wonders, shaping and |shading each island with unique contours and colours. Avert your attention from the resort areas and you’ll easily catch an eyeful of the archipelago’s spectacular green assets. </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:42 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/seven-wild-island-hideaways-1820154.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/seven-wild-island-hideaways-1820154.html ]]> <p> <b>Finca Malvasía, Lanzarote</b> </p> <p> Turreted chimneys, a curvaceous pool and cacti as tall as apple trees: it’s easy to see the influence of the great Lanzarotean artist and designer César Manrique in the design of this stylish self-catering guesthouse. Named after the wine of the region, it offers a choice of four apartments. Like Manrique’s own creations, they’re remote and beautifully in tune with the textured landscapes of rural Lanzarote. To help you unwind, soothing activities such as yoga, painting and wine tastings can be arranged. The owners know all the best restaurants and organise special gourmet experiences on request. </p> <p> <i>Finca Malvasía, La Geria, Lanzarote (00 34 928 173 460;<b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fincamalvasia.com">fincamalvasia.com</a></b>). Rates start at €110 for two people sharing a one-bedroom self-catering apartment.</i> </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:39 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-greengrocer-michanicou-brothers-1819662.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-greengrocer-michanicou-brothers-1819662.html <p> I have been using Michanicou Brothers in west London for as long as I have lived in the area – 20 years. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:37 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-fishmonger-the-fish-plaice-1819666.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-fishmonger-the-fish-plaice-1819666.html <p> I'm lucky to live in Brixham, Devon, home to some of the best seafood in the country. The fleet here is diverse, we have beam trawlers catching our valuable flatfish, potters, divers, netters and handliners and the market sees about 40 species of wonderful fish and shellfish everyday. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:34 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/art-in-the-landscape-csar-manrique-1820150.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/art-in-the-landscape-csar-manrique-1820150.html ]]> <p> When La Corona in northern Lanzarote erupted around 6,500 years ago, it created one of the most interesting volcanic cave systems in the world. Well after the top layers of lava had begun to solidify, the faster-moving lava below kept on flowing, |carving out underground channels as wide as a city street. Pockets of trapped gas became subterranean chambers, some higher than a house. </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:32 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-butcher-jack-oshea-1819657.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-butcher-jack-oshea-1819657.html <p> My favourite butcher is Jack O'Shea, who used to operate from a little treasure-trove of a shop in London's Knightsbridge, but who now works from Selfridges Food Hall. He sells the best-quality meat and fantastic cuts which always inspire me to try new recipes. His speciality is different cuts of beef. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:28 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ausandpacific/south-australias-kangaroo-island-land-of-hops-and-glories-1820365.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ausandpacific/south-australias-kangaroo-island-land-of-hops-and-glories-1820365.html ]]> <p>I've been pondering the koala in front of me, and my quandary is this: is it cute, or is it sinister? How does the consensus on a species develop? I grew up with those Qantas advertisements from the 1970s in which a curmudgeonly, xenophobic little furry-eared marsupial by the name of Sydney starred as a slow-moving senior citizen with the tourist-baiting catchphrase "I hate Qantas". He was lovely – grumpy but cuddlesome – and he probably convinced a whole generation of people to fly Down Under and meet their own private koala.</p> Australasia & Pacific Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-by-numbers-christmas-markets-1820367.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-by-numbers-christmas-markets-1820367.html ]]> News & Advice Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:18 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/discover-the-dramatic-volcanic-landscape-of-lanzarote-1820148.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/discover-the-dramatic-volcanic-landscape-of-lanzarote-1820148.html ]]> <p> Henry Myhill was the author of an early English-language travel guide named simply <i>The Canary Islands.</i> It is a handsome hardback, published in 1970 at a price of two guineas (£2.10). </p> <p> The year before publication, |as Myhill was completing his research in the Canaries, the first Moon landing took place. Myhill was one of few British travellers who had, up to that point, enjoyed the good fortune of visiting the easternmost Canary Island: Lanzarote. “Lunar” is the term that he uses more than any other to describe the raw, volcanic terrain at the island’s core, and I imagine he empathised with the crew of <i>Apollo 11 </i>when they crunched across the Sea of Tranquillity. </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:17 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-ethical-product-yorkshire-honey-1819654.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-ethical-product-yorkshire-honey-1819654.html <p> A product stolen from thousands of unpaid workers may seem an unlikely ethical food. Worse, they give their lives for it. A pound of clover honey requires nectar from eight million flowers. The lifetime production of a single worker bee is about one-twelfth of a teaspoon of honey. This solitary natural source of sweetness was purloined from wild bees before the insect was domesticated around 8,000 years ago. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:15 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-farmers-market-hereford-farmers-market-1819652.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-farmers-market-hereford-farmers-market-1819652.html <p> Farmers' markets are a good idea: they act as a marriage broker between growers and shoppers. Those who produce food are not necessarily skilled in the dark arts of marketing and shoppers who care about their ingredients may like to see and speak to the people who produce them. What's on offer won't always tick boxes such as organic, but it will be both seasonal and fairly local. The option to look at fruit and veg that hasn't arrived cellophane-wrapped from the other side of the world, or to buy juicy pork that comes from old breeds, is an increasingly appealing one. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:11 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-deli-la-fromagerie-1819663.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-deli-la-fromagerie-1819663.html <p> Tucked away in a side street off London's Marylebone High Street, there is a tidy, pale-grey-fronted shop, with a blackboard stacked against the wall inviting you to enter. Enticed by a strong aroma of cheese, coffee and fresh breads, you will be drawn in through a narrow entrance lined with seasonal vegetables displayed as if just harvested. Cancel appointments and make sure you have time to linger. You are in for a treat! </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:10 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/dune-roaming-discover-the-real-arab-culture-in-abu-dhabi-1820363.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/dune-roaming-discover-the-real-arab-culture-in-abu-dhabi-1820363.html ]]> <p> "Dubai?" The camel farmer plumps his cushions, shifts on to the other buttock and takes another sip of coffee. "Dubai is not Arab. There's nothing there." He pauses and a cool breath of evening wind brings us a whiff of the desert – subtle and serious, reminding me of a foxed paperback. We sit with our backs to the Empty Quarter, picking at the remains of dinner as the twilight gathers. "The only place where you can find Arab culture now," he continues, "is in the small villages and oases."</p> Asia Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:07 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/the-10-bestselling-games-1819404.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/the-10-bestselling-games-1819404.html ]]> Gaming Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:07 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-breakfast-the-goring-1819653.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/best-breakfast-the-goring-1819653.html ]]> <p> The Full English stands alongside roasts and puddings as our greatest contribution to world gastronomy. At its belly-busting finest, the meal is a blissful paean to the pig: plump, herby sausages, gently bronzed and bulging out of a just-burnished skin; thin slices of smoked streaky bacon, crisp but with a modicum of chew. And black pudding, studded with creamy cubes of back fat. Then eggs of course, a brace, preferably fried in butter. A field mushroom is always a welcome addition, and a couple of grilled tomatoes too. Battalions of buttered toasts bring up the rear, all washed down with gallons of builder's tea. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:05 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/chef-of-the-year-martin-burge-1819668.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/chef-of-the-year-martin-burge-1819668.html ]]> <p> Visitors to the Swiss-owned, Cotswold-stoned Whatley Manor in Wiltshire tend to wait several minutes before tucking into each course of their dinner, because the platefuls of food before them are so startlingly beautiful. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:03 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-abu-ghraib-did-britain-collude-with-us-in-abuse-of-iraqis-1820545.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-abu-ghraib-did-britain-collude-with-us-in-abuse-of-iraqis-1820545.html ]]> <p> Claims that British soldiers recreated the torture conditions of Abu Ghraib to commit the sexual and physical abuse of Iraqi civilians are being investigated by the Ministry of Defence. </p> Home News Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/kangalicious-let-your-dress-do-the-talking-1820408.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/kangalicious-let-your-dress-do-the-talking-1820408.html ]]> <p>What you wear can say a lot about you. If you happen to be wrapped in a kanga, then your clothing can even speak for itself. The complex, beguiling and proudly loud patterns of East Africa's favourite cotton rectangle are bordered with proverbial wisdom which can pass on messages as subtle as, Dunia dara, the Earth is round, or as blunt as, "I won't be sleeping with you this evening".</p> News Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/simon-cowell-idol-rich-1820378.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/simon-cowell-idol-rich-1820378.html ]]> <p>Simon Cowell has always had his eye on the stars, from the time when, as a boy, he would peek over the garden fence in Hertfordshire at the movie industry parties that took place next door, attended by the likes of Liz Taylor, Richard Burton and Bette Davis.</p> Profiles Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-prime-ministers-black-week-suddenly-turns-rosy-1820370.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-prime-ministers-black-week-suddenly-turns-rosy-1820370.html <p>This is not a judgement anyone probably expected to hear, but it is correct for all that. The Prime Minister ends the week in a stronger position than he began it. In the early hours of yesterday morning, Labour won the Glasgow North East by-election with ease. On the Today programme a little later, Gordon Brown managed to sound more relaxed and conversational than normal as he put the complex and increasingly controversial case for Britain's role in Afghanistan. </p> Leading Articles Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/crime-exchange-what-we-can-learn-from-each-other-1820550.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/crime-exchange-what-we-can-learn-from-each-other-1820550.html ]]> <p><b>Mark Hughes in Baltimore</b></p> Crime Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/review-of-tv-rights-will-turn-golden-decade-of-sport-into-decade-of-decay-1820553.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/review-of-tv-rights-will-turn-golden-decade-of-sport-into-decade-of-decay-1820553.html ]]> <p>England's cricket authorities have led a sporting stampede to condemn a government report into the future of sport on television. </p> TV & Radio Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/puzzles-and-games/quizzes/the-saturday-quiz-answers-1818756.html http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/puzzles-and-games/quizzes/the-saturday-quiz-answers-1818756.html Quizzes Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/carola-long-the-skinny-jeanbased-silhouette-has-now-reached-perfection-ndash-provided-you-get-it-right-1818757.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/carola-long-the-skinny-jeanbased-silhouette-has-now-reached-perfection-ndash-provided-you-get-it-right-1818757.html <p>"I get a bit sick of this skinny black uniform," announced Luella Bartley after her candy-coloured spring/summer show in September. She's referring, of course, to the Balmain-meets- Alexander-Wang-meets-French-Vogue editor-look which nine out of 10 fashion lovers prefer: ankle boots, spray-on jeans, boyish T-shirt, long thin cardigan and a leather jacket. It may not be original, and you may look like a bit of a fashion-bot, but some of us aren't at all sick of it because it's so damn easy. That is, those of us who have never quite recovered from the convenience of a school uniform. What some people call a rut, I call a capsule wardrobe.</p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/dressing-table-the-best-makeup-tools-1818759.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/dressing-table-the-best-makeup-tools-1818759.html ]]> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/mekong-catfish-ca-kho-1818758.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/mekong-catfish-ca-kho-1818758.html ]]> <p>This is one of my favourite dishes at the Viet Grill on east London's Kingsland Road, a fantastic Vietnamese restaurant which belongs to my friend, Hieu. It has a kind of sweet and sour taste, but unlike many other sweet and sour numbers, it also has a degree of sophistication, which is due in part to the quality of the fish sauce used. Sometimes, you will also find pork belly added to this dish. </p> Recipes Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-gazza-hijacked-a-london-bus-and-successfully-steered-it-along-the-bayswater-road-albeit-at-a-glacial-pace-1818762.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/dylan-jones/dylan-jones-gazza-hijacked-a-london-bus-and-successfully-steered-it-along-the-bayswater-road-albeit-at-a-glacial-pace-1818762.html <p>While I understand that – as a thoroughbred media whore – I am rather complicit in this, it has become impossible now to imagine anyone of any celebrity status socialising outside of a private members' club. Indeed these days the very idea of mixing with the proletariat is anathema to the sort of person who uses Heat magazine as a contemporary alternative to the town crier. Me? Caught in a pub? With my reputation? Perish the very thought, my dear boy ... </p> Dylan Jones Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/game-meatballs-with-shallots-and-green-split-peas-1818765.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/game-meatballs-with-shallots-and-green-split-peas-1818765.html ]]> <p>If you are a serious game cook you may well have some odd bits of game meat knocking around in the deep freeze – and meatballs make a great family or dinner party dish. You can use just venison or a mixture, but it's important to have a bit of pork fat in the mix for flavour and moisture.</p> Recipes Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/monkfish-cheeks-with-girolles-1818767.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/monkfish-cheeks-with-girolles-1818767.html ]]> <p>We are beginning to see great tasting and great-value monkfish cheeks in many fishmongers. </p> Recipes Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/a-porcine-adventure--awardwinning-food-writer-lori-de-mori-embarks-on-a-pig-weekend-in-the-auvergne-1818769.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/a-porcine-adventure--awardwinning-food-writer-lori-de-mori-embarks-on-a-pig-weekend-in-the-auvergne-1818769.html ]]> <p>One bleak morning in the dead heart of a winter that was beginning to feel interminable, an invitation intriguingly entitled "Pig Weekend" landed in my inbox. It had been sent from the Auberge de Chassignolles, an eight-room country inn in the Auvergne, and it proposed a three-day workshop: "The weekend will begin with the butchery of a whole pig and conclude with the taking home of a range of charcuterie products that participants have made themselves. Potted meats –brawn, terrine and rillettes – will be jarred and can be taken immediately. Saucissons will be prepared for curing, labelled and hung to dry here in Chassignolles. These will be forwarded by post two to three months later."</p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/sweet-treats-britains-top-bakers-and-chocolatiers-serve-up-their-finest-festive-biscuits-and-tree-decorations-1818771.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/sweet-treats-britains-top-bakers-and-chocolatiers-serve-up-their-finest-festive-biscuits-and-tree-decorations-1818771.html ]]> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/on-the-road-the-east-african-market-where-the-brands-come-cheap-1820369.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/africa/on-the-road-the-east-african-market-where-the-brands-come-cheap-1820369.html ]]> <p>I am trying to decide between a Gap shirt and a Guess top. My partner has a carrier bag containing a pair of Adidas trainers and a Versace tie. We're not in a Dubai shopping mall or a Manhattan department store. We're shopping at an open market in Kisumu, a dusty little backwater on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. </p> Africa Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/my-life-in-travel-neil-oliver-author-broadcaster-and-archaeological-expert-1820368.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/my-life-in-travel-neil-oliver-author-broadcaster-and-archaeological-expert-1820368.html <p> <b>Neil Oliver is an author, broadcaster and the archaeological expert on the BBC series Coast </b> </p> News & Advice Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/skiing/heights-of-good-taste-why-lech-is-a-mustvisit-destination-for-gourmet-skiers-1820366.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/skiing/heights-of-good-taste-why-lech-is-a-mustvisit-destination-for-gourmet-skiers-1820366.html ]]> <p>What comes after snow, as the second-most important ingredient of a skiing day? The answer is supper. With the schussing and schlepping in the fresh but oxygen-depleted air of the mountains done, every skier's thoughts turn to the evening meal. And to the fact that on nights such as these it is permissible to eat your fill. </p> Skiing Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/something-to-declare-southeast-asia-baltimore-risks-in-turkey-american-train-rides-1820362.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/something-to-declare-southeast-asia-baltimore-risks-in-turkey-american-train-rides-1820362.html News & Advice Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-challenge-a-winter-weekend-in-new-york-1820361.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-challenge-a-winter-weekend-in-new-york-1820361.html <p> Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specified holiday. Today: a long winter weekend in New York. Prices are for two people travelling together and include flights departing Heathrow on Thursday 3 December for New York JFK and three nights' room-only accommodation... </p> News & Advice Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/simon-calder-twenty-years-on--proof-in-the-pudding-shop-1820360.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/simon-calder-twenty-years-on--proof-in-the-pudding-shop-1820360.html <p>The Pudding Shop is a rare geo-cultural travel icon. Its location at the heart of Old Istanbul, together with the indulgent attitude of the staff towards long-haired, impecunious Western scruffs, helped it become the information exchange at the heart of the backpacker revolution.</p> News & Advice Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/the-big-six-luxury-forest-retreats-1820359.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/the-big-six-luxury-forest-retreats-1820359.html ]]> News & Advice Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-agenda-lapland-comes-to-kent-city-of-lights-fesival-kicks-off-ryanair-flights-from-birmingham-to-grenoble-1820358.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-agenda-lapland-comes-to-kent-city-of-lights-fesival-kicks-off-ryanair-flights-from-birmingham-to-grenoble-1820358.html News & Advice Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/24hour-room-service-aditya-sri-lanka-1820357.html http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/asia/24hour-room-service-aditya-sri-lanka-1820357.html ]]> <p>The road that curls around Sri Lanka's south-west coast traces vacant beach after vacant beach, where the teal waves of the Indian Ocean heave on to the sand. Some stretches are sheltered from the road by gangly palm trees, others by intermittent scars of the devastating 2004 tsunami. </p> Asia Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/gardening/weekend-work-time-to-plant-grape-vines-1818773.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/gardening/weekend-work-time-to-plant-grape-vines-1818773.html Gardening Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/partridge-tagine-1818772.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/recipes/partridge-tagine-1818772.html ]]> <p>A tagine is a great way to cook all sorts of meat and fish dishes, especially game. You could try adding dried fruits such as apricots and prunes, or blanched almonds, too. You could even add vegetables such as turnips or some small onions or shallots at the beginning of cooking, if you wish.</p> Recipes Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/puzzles-and-games/quizzes/the-saturday-quiz-1818770.html http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/puzzles-and-games/quizzes/the-saturday-quiz-1818770.html Quizzes Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/gardening/border-lines-planning-a-new-garden-dont-bother-with-pen-and-paper-get-tramping-round-your-plot-1818768.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/gardening/border-lines-planning-a-new-garden-dont-bother-with-pen-and-paper-get-tramping-round-your-plot-1818768.html ]]> <p>Faced with a plot of ground to turn into a garden, a new gardener's instinct is to tackle the edges first, to work round the boundary. Perhaps this is a remnant of some atavistic urge to mark territory. Dogs lift legs. We plant clematis. Whatever the reason, it usually leads to a particular sort of garden layout: borders, generally too narrow to build up any depth in plant groups, all the way round the edge of the plot, a path making another circuit round the inside edge of the borders, or, if money and energy run out, leading up just one side of the plot, parallel with the boundary. There will be a bit of terracing or decking next to the house. Whatever ground is left becomes lawn. The centre of a design such as this becomes a centre by default, not so much a designed shape as a random happening.</p> Gardening Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-institutions-pukka-pies-1818766.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-institutions-pukka-pies-1818766.html <p> It is possible that almost the entire population, including even a few vegetarians, has at some time enjoyed a Pukka Pie but cannot now recall the experience. </p> This Britain Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/one-pot-wonders-mark-hixs--warming-casseroles-are-the-ultimate-comfort-food-1818764.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/one-pot-wonders-mark-hixs--warming-casseroles-are-the-ultimate-comfort-food-1818764.html ]]> <p>Although one-pot cooking is a great traditional way of conjuring up hearty meals, there's a lot more to it than just throwing some ingredients into a casserole and hoping for the best. The preparation is crucial to the end product and the quality of ingredients is, of course, equally essential. </p> Features Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-heston-blumenthal-chef-43-1818761.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-heston-blumenthal-chef-43-1818761.html ]]> <p> <b>My parents were ... </b>eccentric. My mum's not shy in speaking her mind. My old man prefers an easy life – like me. Dad had a leasing company but retired over 15 years ago. Mum helped with the business and brought up me and my sister, Alexis. </p> Profiles Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/robinson-wants-flying-start-with-scots-after-red-rose-circus-1820456.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/robinson-wants-flying-start-with-scots-after-red-rose-circus-1820456.html ]]> <p>Andy Robinson has been this way before, of course. Five years and one day ago, the former red rose flanker presided over his maiden Test voyage as England's head coach, a 70-0 victory against Canada at Twickenham. This afternoon at Murrayfield he sets out at the helm for Scotland, his international coaching career having not quite not sunk without trace when his England days foundered on the rocks of the 2006 autumn season.</p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/only-victory-can-calm-the-storm-for-johnson-1820455.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/only-victory-can-calm-the-storm-for-johnson-1820455.html ]]> <p>Martin Johnson has precious little interest in the world rankings regularly published by the International Rugby Board. "It's a list," he said yesterday, "and it takes up precisely none of my time." Might this have something to do with England's slippage from fifth to eighth, their lowest recorded position, since Johnson succeeded Brian Ashton as top dog last year? Apparently not. According to the manager, he would be just as disinterested if his team were lording it over the Springboks and the All Blacks as the No 1 act in the sport.</p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/race-to-africa-best-of-the-rest-1820454.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/race-to-africa-best-of-the-rest-1820454.html <p><b>Europe: Portugal must progress without Ronaldo</b></p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/james-lawton-pacquiao-can-take-final-step-towards-clinching-the-most-thrilling-fight-of-all-time-1820453.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/james-lawton-pacquiao-can-take-final-step-towards-clinching-the-most-thrilling-fight-of-all-time-1820453.html ]]> <p>It's rarely a hardship watching Brazilians play, wherever they cast up in their relentless globe-trotting. However, there has to be the suspicion as the sun rises here this morning, that whatever the world's greatest football nation produces tonight against Fabio Capello's England in the Khalifa Stadium, one might just be in the wrong desert.</p> Others Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/ireland-reveals-divisions-in-trapattonis-squad-1820452.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/ireland-reveals-divisions-in-trapattonis-squad-1820452.html <p>As the Republic of Ireland prepare for their most important match for years, their erstwhile midfielder Stephen Ireland gave a withering account of Giovanni Trapattoni's regime. The Ireland set-up was a misery, the Manchester City player said, because the dominant Dublin clique do not want Cork boys like him around and he is happy not to be involved in the World Cup play-off with France at Croke Park tonight.</p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/irish-eleven-yet-to-be-finalised-1820451.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/irish-eleven-yet-to-be-finalised-1820451.html <p>Giovanni Trapattoni, the Ireland manager, urged his team to stay calm in tonight's World Cup play-off first leg against France at Croke Park, comparing the tie to a Champions League or World Cup final.</p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/domenech-fears-player-revolution-1820450.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/domenech-fears-player-revolution-1820450.html ]]> <p>The symbolism has been unmistakable at the French national training centre this week. The leaves have turned a glorious yellow in the woods that surround the Centre Technique National at Clairefontaine, but by the time France have completed their two-legged World Cup play-off against the Republic of Ireland – the teams meet in Dublin tonight and in Paris on Wednesday – the trees will be all but bare.</p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/brazil-the-most-glorious-time-warp-in-sport-1820449.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/brazil-the-most-glorious-time-warp-in-sport-1820449.html ]]> <p>It doesn't matter where it happens, in a hill town above Barcelona, a factory field in Japan or, as it did three years ago before a catastrophic defence of their fifth World Cup title, a village on the fringe of the Black Forest, the fantasy is always the same.</p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/everton-turn-down-16314m-chelsea-bid-to-lure-rising-star-rodwell-1820447.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/everton-turn-down-16314m-chelsea-bid-to-lure-rising-star-rodwell-1820447.html ]]> <p>Chelsea have made their first significant move since their transfer embargo was suspended by making a preliminary £14m offer for the Everton teenager Jack Rodwell, which has been rejected by the Merseyside club.</p> Premier League Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/capello-rooney-can-lead-from-front-1820446.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/capello-rooney-can-lead-from-front-1820446.html ]]> <p>Captain Rooney. It does have a ring to it and yesterday, as Fabio Capello announced that Wayne Rooney is the first choice to skipper England tonight against Brazil in John Terry's absence, there was further evidence that a special bond is growing between manager and star player.</p> International Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/crawford-blackmailed-by-model-1820409.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/crawford-blackmailed-by-model-1820409.html <p>Cindy Crawford and her husband were the targets of an elaborate blackmail plot involving a photograph that shows their seven-year-old daughter bound, gagged and tied to a chair, the FBI has claimed. </p> News Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/palin-uses-book-to-get-her-revenge-1820407.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/palin-uses-book-to-get-her-revenge-1820407.html ]]> <p>If anyone doubted that the book Going Rogue would live up to its title, Sarah Palin has set them straight. Twelve months after she and John McCain lost the race for the US presidency, details from the former governor of Alaska's memoir have leaked, giving an incendiary insight into Ms Palin's view of a campaign team she apparently loathed as much as they loathed her.</p> Americas Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sri-lanka-general-i-was-sidelined-1820406.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sri-lanka-general-i-was-sidelined-1820406.html ]]> <p>Sri Lanka's outgoing military chief used his resignation letter to accuse the government of sidelining him on suspicion he was plotting a coup after leading the army to victory over Tamil Tiger rebels. </p> Asia Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/police-whistleblowers-a-youtube-hit-1820405.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/police-whistleblowers-a-youtube-hit-1820405.html ]]> <p>The Russian police force is under fire after a series of online videos from current and former officers appeared, denouncing it as permeated with corruption and malpractice. </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/meet-haiku-herman-will-europe-make-him-a-very-famous-belgian-1820404.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/meet-haiku-herman-will-europe-make-him-a-very-famous-belgian-1820404.html ]]> <p>One is a young, dynamic reporter with a blond quiff who roams the world in search of adventure. The other is a greying, diminutive politician with glasses, a penchant for poetry and a love of country life. On the face of it, Belgium's national hero, Tintin, could not be more different from the man who is tipped to be chosen as the European Union's first president next week. </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/funeral-held-for-venetians-dying-city-1820403.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/funeral-held-for-venetians-dying-city-1820403.html ]]> <p> Residents of Venice will stage a mock funeral today to highlight the dramatic decline in its population, which has led to it being called a dying city. A symbolic red coffin will pass along the city's canals with an escort of gondolas in a lament for the decline of the once-thriving lagoon port. </p> Europe Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-targets-iran-with-bid-to-seize-ny-skyscraper-1820402.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-targets-iran-with-bid-to-seize-ny-skyscraper-1820402.html <p>In what could be one of the biggest counter-terrorism seizures in US history, federal prosecutors sought to take over four US mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organisation suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government. </p> Americas Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/justice-at-ground-zero-for-september-11-accused-1820401.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/justice-at-ground-zero-for-september-11-accused-1820401.html ]]> <p>More than eight years after two hijacked planes smashed into the Twin Towers of lower Manhattan killing thousands and sparking foreign wars, five men accused of helping to plot the carnage are to be brought to face trial in a civilian courthouse just a few blocks away from Ground Zero.</p> Americas Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obamas-lawyer-makes-quiet-exit-after-gitmo-frustrations-1820400.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obamas-lawyer-makes-quiet-exit-after-gitmo-frustrations-1820400.html <p>In the first major shake-up in the Obama inner circle, Greg Craig is resigning as White House counsel. He will be replaced by Robert Bauer, a leading Democratic lawyer and Barack Obama's personal attorney, whose own wife, Anita Dunn, stepped down this week from the pivotal job of White House communications director. Reports of the impending departure of Mr Craig, responsible for advising the President on legal issues involving the White House, have circulated here for months, but had been stoutly denied.</p> Americas Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/parry-gordon-rugby-league-scrumhalf-regarded-as-unlucky-not-to-play-for-britain-1820388.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/parry-gordon-rugby-league-scrumhalf-regarded-as-unlucky-not-to-play-for-britain-1820388.html <p>Parry Gordon had a good claim to being the best scrum-half never to play for Great Britain, but he went a long way towards making up for that omission with a long and distinguished career for his only club. </p> Obituaries Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vitaly-ginzburg-nobel-prizewinning-physicist-who-helped-the-soviet-union-develop-the-hydrogen-bomb-1820387.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vitaly-ginzburg-nobel-prizewinning-physicist-who-helped-the-soviet-union-develop-the-hydrogen-bomb-1820387.html ]]> <p>Vitaly Ginzburg, a Jewish Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist, who was "saved" by the hydrogen bomb, died in a Moscow hospital on 8 November aged 93. He was widely regarded as one of the fathers of the Soviet H-bomb.</p> Obituaries Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obits-in-brief-dr-william-ganz-1820386.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obits-in-brief-dr-william-ganz-1820386.html <p>Dr. William Ganz, who died on 10 November aged 90, was a pioneering cardiologist who co-invented a specialised catheter. In 1970, Dr. H.J.C. Swan and Ganz, who was born in Slovakia and moved to the US in 1966, invented a balloon-tipped catheter which measures heart function and blood flow in critically ill patients. </p> Obituaries Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lives-remembered-liz-laycock-1820385.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lives-remembered-liz-laycock-1820385.html <p>Liz Laycock, an inspirational educationalist who died in September, spent the early years of her career teaching in London primary schools before working as an adviser with the prestigious Centre for Language in Primary Education (CLPE). After her appointment to Roehampton University London she ran the English Education team for many years as well the Primary PGCE course. She retired from Roehampton in 2003. </p> Obituaries Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/david-lister/david-lister-great-writers-dont-need-a-helping-hand-1820384.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/david-lister/david-lister-great-writers-dont-need-a-helping-hand-1820384.html <p>There's an unusual story about the new Alan Bennett play, The Habit of Art, which opens at the National Theatre next Tuesday. I gather that the National's artistic director, Nicholas Hytner, found the manuscript just pushed through his front door at home. Bennett had worked on it alone without telling anyone and, shy man that he is, just delivered it unannounced and unexpected – and departed without ringing the bell.</p> David Lister Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/live-scores--leave-here--never-delete-968107.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/live-scores--leave-here--never-delete-968107.html Football Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:40 +0100