http://www.independent.co.uk/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bob-ainsworth-the-conflict-in-afghanistan-is-one-of-necessity-not-choice-1818047.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bob-ainsworth-the-conflict-in-afghanistan-is-one-of-necessity-not-choice-1818047.html <p> Tomorrow, as we commemorate military sacrifice, my thoughts will be with our forces on the frontline in Afghanistan. </p> UK Politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:46:57 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/anger-at-cloak-of-secrecy-for-freemason-judges-1818043.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/anger-at-cloak-of-secrecy-for-freemason-judges-1818043.html <p> Jack Straw's decision to no longer force applicants for the judiciary to declare if they are Freemasons was today branded a "disgrace" by a Labour MP. </p> UK Politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:44:20 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/kerching-when-sport-sold-out-1818033.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/kerching-when-sport-sold-out-1818033.html ]]> <p> It's said that sport has become all about the money, and while that assessment is somewhat harsh, sometimes there's no denying it. </p> News & Comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/family-stunned-as-96yearold-leaves-pound9m-to-charities-1818036.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/family-stunned-as-96yearold-leaves-pound9m-to-charities-1818036.html <p> All who knew opera-loving Mona Webster during her long and varied life were aware she was a lady of unusual cultural refinement and breadth of interests. </p> News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:30:36 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/bob-ainsworth-the-conflict-in-afghanistan-is-one-of-necessity-not-choice-1818035.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/bob-ainsworth-the-conflict-in-afghanistan-is-one-of-necessity-not-choice-1818035.html <p> Tomorrow, as we commemorate military sacrifice, my thoughts will be with our forces on the frontline in Afghanistan. </p> Commentators Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:28:26 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/knife-killers-to-serve-at-least-25-years-1818034.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/knife-killers-to-serve-at-least-25-years-1818034.html <p> Knife killers will spend at least a quarter of a century in prison, Jack Straw announced today. </p> Crime Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:14:44 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/newcastle-fans-launch-takeover-attempt-1818032.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/newcastle-fans-launch-takeover-attempt-1818032.html ]]> <p> Newcastle fans formally launched a campaign today to buy the club. </p> Football League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:07:06 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/awful-liverpool-must-pull-together-admits-johnson-1818031.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/awful-liverpool-must-pull-together-admits-johnson-1818031.html ]]> <p> England defender Glen Johnson concedes Liverpool are in "awful" form as they confront the end of their Barclays Premier League title dreams. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:04:32 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/benitez-calls-for-realism-at-liverpool-1818029.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/benitez-calls-for-realism-at-liverpool-1818029.html ]]> <p> Rafael Benitez has for the first time played down Liverpool's title dreams and asked for "realism" as the club fight to end a run of disastrous results. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:00:55 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/big-think-predicting-the-inventions-of-the-future-1818019.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/big-think-predicting-the-inventions-of-the-future-1818019.html <p> What will be the game changing technological innovations of the next few years? <i>Wired </i>editor and 'Free' author Chris Anderson offers his predictions. </p> Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:20:13 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bnp-leader-joins-soldiers-mourners-1818018.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bnp-leader-joins-soldiers-mourners-1818018.html <p> BNP leader Nick Griffin was present in Wootton Bassett today to see the bodies of six soldiers pass through the town after their repatriation from Afghanistan to British soil. </p> Home News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:17:11 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/what-were-they-thinking-football-fashion-disasters-1770499.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/what-were-they-thinking-football-fashion-disasters-1770499.html ]]> <p> Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung has come in for a bit of flack for the 'Wookie'-fur coat which he wore at last night's match against Liverpool. </p> News & Comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:00:51 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/big-think-richard-dawkins-on-morality-in-a-world-without-faith-1818008.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/big-think-richard-dawkins-on-morality-in-a-world-without-faith-1818008.html <p> What would the world be like without faith? Many religious figures argue that it would become morally bankrupt. Richard Dawkins, world-famous evolutionary biologist and noted public champion of atheism, disagrees. </p> Profiles Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:58:52 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/properties-seized-from-alleged-ira-killer-sean-hughes-1818007.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/properties-seized-from-alleged-ira-killer-sean-hughes-1818007.html <p> A man accused in the House of Commons of being one of the IRA's most ruthless killers has had his properties seized for suspected money laundering. </p> Crime Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:49:08 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nokia-and-samsung-step-up-smartphone-battle-1818005.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nokia-and-samsung-step-up-smartphone-battle-1818005.html <p> The world's two largest cell phone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, have unveiled their latest attempts to keep pace in the battle with smartphone rivals like iPhone and Blackberry. </p> News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:42:34 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/econoblog-its-painful-but-the-banking-sector-has-to-slim-down-1818004.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/econoblog-its-painful-but-the-banking-sector-has-to-slim-down-1818004.html <p> Harsh as it is on the staff who are losing their jobs at Lloyds, the move is inevitable. </p> Business Comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:40:37 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/linkedin-and-twitter-link-up-1818003.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/linkedin-and-twitter-link-up-1818003.html <p> LinkedIn and Twitter have linked up. Starting immediately, users of LinkedIn and Twitter can cross-file to each other's services, by checking a box on either Twitter or LinkedIn. </p> News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:37:38 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/gatland-rings-wales-changes-for-samoa-clash-1817998.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/gatland-rings-wales-changes-for-samoa-clash-1817998.html <p> Wales' head coach Warren Gatland has made five changes from the team beaten by New Zealand for Friday night's Millennium Stadium clash against Samoa. </p> International Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:17:41 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/davenport-denies-assaulting-sister-1817997.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/davenport-denies-assaulting-sister-1817997.html ]]> <p> West Ham defender Calum Davenport appeared in court today charged with assaulting his sister in an incident which saw him later stabbed in both legs. </p> News & Comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:15:23 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/poyet-named-as-brighton-manager-1817996.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/poyet-named-as-brighton-manager-1817996.html ]]> <p> Brighton have confirmed former Chelsea and Tottenham midfielder Gus Poyet as their new manager. </p> Football League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:13:06 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/father-drops-objection-to-switching-off-babys-life-support-1817981.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/father-drops-objection-to-switching-off-babys-life-support-1817981.html <p> The father of tragic "right to life" baby RB today withdrew his opposition to a High Court plea by doctors and the little boy's mother for permission to switch off his life support. </p> Health News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:26 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pushchair-maker-defends-lack-of-eu-recall-1817890.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pushchair-maker-defends-lack-of-eu-recall-1817890.html <p> Maclaren today defended its decision not to organise a European recall of children's pushchairs at the centre of a safety scare despite doing so in the US. </p> Americas Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:39 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/watchdog-admits-error-in-baby-p-childcare-chiefs-case-1817982.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/watchdog-admits-error-in-baby-p-childcare-chiefs-case-1817982.html <p> Childcare regulator Ofsted has admitted making a "serious and deeply regrettable error" in failing to disclose potential evidence during the high-profile Sharon Shoesmith High Court case related to the death of Baby P. </p> Health News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:17 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/murdered-teachers-father-hails-japanese-arrest-1817952.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/murdered-teachers-father-hails-japanese-arrest-1817952.html ]]> <p> The father of a British teacher murdered in Japan welcomed the arrest of her suspected killer today, saying: "We wanted justice and we've finally got justice." </p> Asia Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:52:15 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/jerome-taylor-keith-vazs-familiar-outrage-cuts-no-ice-with-gamers-1817987.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/jerome-taylor-keith-vazs-familiar-outrage-cuts-no-ice-with-gamers-1817987.html <p> For those who play computer games the furore over the latest Call of Duty title is an all too predictable and depressingly familiar controversy. At least once every year a politician – normally one who has never picked up an Xbox controller in their life – howls with outrage and righteous indignation at the latest software release to have upset the moral brigade. </p> Commentators Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:46:24 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/15-years-for-drunk-who-strangled-lover-with-dog-lead-1817980.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/15-years-for-drunk-who-strangled-lover-with-dog-lead-1817980.html <p> A drunk who strangled his girlfriend with a dog lead before putting her body in bed and going to sleep next to it was told today he must serve at least 15 years in prison. </p> Crime Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:27:27 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/carter-handed-oneweek-ban-1817976.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/international/carter-handed-oneweek-ban-1817976.html ]]> <p> New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter has been handed a one-week suspension for his high tackle on Wales scrum-half Martin Roberts at a disciplinary hearing in London today. </p> International Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:13:19 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/modern-warfare2-politicians-v-gamers-1817973.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/modern-warfare2-politicians-v-gamers-1817973.html News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:08:54 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tottenham-spending-eclipses-big-four-1817972.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tottenham-spending-eclipses-big-four-1817972.html ]]> <p> Tottenham's latest financial results have revealed transfer spending of almost £150m in the last 16 months, surpassing the traditional Barclays Premier League top four and coming second only to Manchester City. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:08:22 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/watchdog-to-probe-x-factor-voting-complaints-1817971.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/watchdog-to-probe-x-factor-voting-complaints-1817971.html <p> Broadcasting regulator Ofcom was today investigating complaints following Simon Cowell's decision to let the public decide who was to be voted off the latest episode of The X Factor. </p> News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:52:57 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/free-podcast-the-bernstein-project-at-southbank-centre-1817969.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/free-podcast-the-bernstein-project-at-southbank-centre-1817969.html <p> Listen to the famed icon’s daughter Jamie Bernstein speak about her father, Leonard Bernstein in this podcast specially commissioned for Southbank Centre’s The Bernstein Project. </p> Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:46:32 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/news-comment/peter-bills-leicester-epitomise-the-meaning-of-a-rugby-club-1817965.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/news-comment/peter-bills-leicester-epitomise-the-meaning-of-a-rugby-club-1817965.html ]]> <p> England have still to play the All Blacks, France have tasty looking encounters lined up against South Africa in Toulouse this Friday and New Zealand, in Marseille, at the end of the month. </p> News & Comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:40:48 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/amol-rajan-jacqui-janes-the-sun-and-a-lesson-in-causality-to-intrigue-us-all-1817964.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/amol-rajan-jacqui-janes-the-sun-and-a-lesson-in-causality-to-intrigue-us-all-1817964.html <p> The above is my attempt at a Daily Mail headline. I hope you think it has a sense of accelerating doom as you read it. </p> Commentators Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:39:55 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/manchester-united-show-chamakh-interest-1817961.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/manchester-united-show-chamakh-interest-1817961.html ]]> <p> Manchester United have been tracking the performances of Marouane Chamakh and could make a move for the Moroccan in January according to reports. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:36:11 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/surgeon-to-rule-on-vettoris-season-1817958.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/surgeon-to-rule-on-vettoris-season-1817958.html <p> New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori will see a surgeon on his return from the United Arab Emirates as he battles a chronic shoulder injury. </p> Cricket Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:27:56 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/plain-english-campaigners-target-police-jargon-1817957.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/plain-english-campaigners-target-police-jargon-1817957.html <p> Campaigners for straight talking announced they have the nation's police officers in their sights today. </p> Home News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:21:48 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/the-ten-best-large-eco-cars-1817956.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/the-ten-best-large-eco-cars-1817956.html ]]> <p> Big cars will never be as green as the best small cars but some big cars are greener than others. </p> Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:18:02 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andrew-grice-sombre-brown-1817954.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/andrew-grice-sombre-brown-1817954.html <p> A very sombre Gordon Brown on display at his Downing Street press conference this morning, the first of these once-monthly events since July. Inevitably, it was dominated by Afghanistan. He wore a black tie and it felt a bit odd when he spoke slowly and deliberately about the NHS too. He brought the presser to an end so that it did not clash with the bodies of six other servicemen killed in the conflict arriving home. </p> UK Politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:14:06 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/peter-andre-accepts-libel-damages-1817950.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/peter-andre-accepts-libel-damages-1817950.html <p> Singer and TV personality Peter Andre accepted "substantial" damages in the High Court today over "offensive" allegations that he was lying in portraying himself as a loving father and husband. </p> Press Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:47:27 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/robinho-staying-at-manchester-city-insists-hughes-1817941.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/robinho-staying-at-manchester-city-insists-hughes-1817941.html ]]> <p> Mark Hughes insists Robinho's future still lies with Manchester City. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:41:28 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/lloyds-to-axe-another-5000-jobs-1817939.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/lloyds-to-axe-another-5000-jobs-1817939.html ]]> <p> Lloyds Banking Group is to axe thousands of jobs next year in a fresh wave of cuts under plans to reduce costs, sources said today. </p> Business News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:34:50 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/oliver-wright-oops-how-the-telegraph-got-it-wrong-1817937.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/oliver-wright-oops-how-the-telegraph-got-it-wrong-1817937.html <p> Interesting to see that The Telegraph has taken down what was the main story in their newspaper this morning from the home page of their website . </p> UK Politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:24:20 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/bendtner-to-undergo-operation-1817936.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/bendtner-to-undergo-operation-1817936.html ]]> <p> Nicklas Bendtner is to undergo surgery on his injured groin, according to the Arsenal striker. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:23:04 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pound45m-lotto-winner-toasts-with-roast-1817934.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pound45m-lotto-winner-toasts-with-roast-1817934.html <p> The couple who scooped £45.5 million in the Euromillions jackpot today told how they celebrated with a traditional Sunday lunch washed down with a couple of bottles of champagne at their local restaurant. </p> Home News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:11:41 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brown-pays-tribute-to-troops-killed-in-afghanistan-1817929.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brown-pays-tribute-to-troops-killed-in-afghanistan-1817929.html ]]> <p> Prime Minister Gordon Brown today paid tribute to British servicemen who have died in Afghanistan, as the remains of six fallen troops were repatriated to the UK. </p> UK Politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:03:39 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/googles-sesame-street-40th-celebrations-continue-1814661.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/googles-sesame-street-40th-celebrations-continue-1814661.html ]]> <p> Not only was it the year Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, Woodstock changed the concept of the music festival forever, and colour TV launched in the UK - 1969 was also the year that Sesame Street launched, 40 years ago today. </p> News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:55:56 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-haye-urged-to-fight-in-america-1817927.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/boxing-haye-urged-to-fight-in-america-1817927.html ]]> <p> David Haye could earn a share of $120m by fighting one of the Klitschko brothers in the United States, according to American promoter Richard Schaefer. </p> Others Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:51:59 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/brawn-set-to-lose-virgin-tag-1817926.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/brawn-set-to-lose-virgin-tag-1817926.html ]]> <p> Ross Brawn does not expect his team's cars to carry the sponsorship of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group next season. </p> Motor Racing Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:49:58 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/agassi-should-return-titles-says-safin-1817924.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/agassi-should-return-titles-says-safin-1817924.html ]]> <p> Former world No 1 Marat Safin believes that Andre Agassi should give his tennis titles back after confessing he tested positive for a banned substance during his career and lied about it to the ATP. </p> Tennis Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:47:52 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/review-the-new-imac-1817921.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/review-the-new-imac-1817921.html <p> It's a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM and a shiny 21.5-inch monitor. </p> Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:42:17 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/hughes-comes-to-defence-of-bridge-1817920.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/hughes-comes-to-defence-of-bridge-1817920.html ]]> <p> Mark Hughes has launched a passionate defence of Wayne Bridge after his vicious Match of the Day caning by Alan Hansen. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:41:56 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/benitez-hoping-luck-has-changed-1817919.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/benitez-hoping-luck-has-changed-1817919.html ]]> <p> Maybe Rafael Benitez will look back on Liverpool's fortunate 2-2 draw with Birmingham last night at Anfield as the moment his luck changed. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:39:23 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tottenham-register-record-profits-1817917.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tottenham-register-record-profits-1817917.html ]]> <p> Tottenham registered record pre-tax profits of £33.4m in the year ending June 30, 2009. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:37:55 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/redknapp-backs-old-firm-to-join-premier-league-1817914.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/redknapp-backs-old-firm-to-join-premier-league-1817914.html ]]> <p> Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has become the latest Barclays Premier League manager to back the Old Firm's bid to join the competition. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:36:27 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/ronaldo-injury-row-escalates-1817913.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/ronaldo-injury-row-escalates-1817913.html ]]> <p> Real Madrid have sent medical documents to the Portuguese federation to prove to them that Cristiano Ronaldo is injured. </p> European Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:32:37 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/guy-adams-the-dambusters-remake-has-gone-back-into-its-hangar-says-peter-jackson-1817911.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/guy-adams-the-dambusters-remake-has-gone-back-into-its-hangar-says-peter-jackson-1817911.html <p> Earlier this year, Sir David Frost announced to much fanfare that he was to executive-produce a remake of the classic WW2 movie Dambusters, in conjunction with the Director, Producer and all round film mogul Peter Jackson. </p> News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:58 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-david-milibands-threat-to-brown-1817910.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-david-milibands-threat-to-brown-1817910.html <p> Oops. The Times, unexpectedly, this morning asks Number 168 in my series of Questions to Which the Answer is No: Is David Miliband seeking the role of EU foreign minister? </p> John Rentoul Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:12:46 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-worst-divers-in-football-1778070.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-worst-divers-in-football-1778070.html ]]> <p> David Ngog has become the latest footballer to take a high profile dive as he won Liverpool a penalty in last night's 2-2 draw with Birmingham. </p> News & Comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:25 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/maureen-coleman-x-factor-judge-simon-cowell-pulls-off-a-pr-masterstroke-with-jedward-1817905.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/maureen-coleman-x-factor-judge-simon-cowell-pulls-off-a-pr-masterstroke-with-jedward-1817905.html <p> He’s been accused of hypocrisy, branded a coward and slated by viewers for saving the Terrible Grimes Twins. </p> <p></p> Commentators Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:33:22 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/female-footballer-falls-foul-of-web-video-1817894.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/female-footballer-falls-foul-of-web-video-1817894.html <p> A hard-tackling, hair-pulling female footballer has become an internet sensation after a series of violent fouls were caught on camera. </p> News & Comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:34:03 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/barclays-and-hsbc-report-strong-underlying-profits-1817893.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/barclays-and-hsbc-report-strong-underlying-profits-1817893.html <p> Banking giants HSBC and Barclays today reported stronger underlying profits so far this year as the gulf widens with their beleaguered taxpayer-supported counterparts. </p> Business News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:29:13 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/middleclasses-fuel-shoplifting-crimewave-1817892.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/middleclasses-fuel-shoplifting-crimewave-1817892.html <p> Affluent shoppers hit by the recession are fuelling a shoplifting crimewave, according to research published today. </p> Crime Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:26:41 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-raped-in-mcdonalds-toilet-court-told-1817891.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-raped-in-mcdonalds-toilet-court-told-1817891.html <p> A woman was allegedly raped at knifepoint by her former partner in the toilets of a fast food restaurant in Belfast city centre, the High Court has heard. </p> Americas Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:21:43 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dead-soldiers-mother-confronts-pm-over-lack-of-equipment-1817889.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dead-soldiers-mother-confronts-pm-over-lack-of-equipment-1817889.html <p> Gordon Brown was confronted over the lack of equipment for British troops by the mother of a dead soldier when he called to offer his condolences. </p> UK Politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:08:48 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/korean-navies-clash-ahead-of-obama-visit-1817867.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/korean-navies-clash-ahead-of-obama-visit-1817867.html ]]> <p> North and South Korea's navies clashed briefly in the Yellow Sea today, just ahead of a visit to Asia this week by US President Barack Obama, in an incident that left a northern vessel damaged. </p> Asia Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:01:47 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/in-their-own-words-east-berliners-on-the-wall-1817827.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/in-their-own-words-east-berliners-on-the-wall-1817827.html ]]> Europe Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:22:02 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/case-against-ohio-bodies-suspect-expands-overseas-1817798.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/case-against-ohio-bodies-suspect-expands-overseas-1817798.html <p> Authorities are investigating whether a suspected serial killer whose home and yard harboured the remains of at least 11 people is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan, California and the Carolinas. </p> Americas Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:42:09 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-saved-from-humiliation-by-gerrard-1817794.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-saved-from-humiliation-by-gerrard-1817794.html <p> In the good old days, when Rafael Benitez found himself in a tight spot, he would call upon Steven Gerrard and the skipper, with the figurative Superman cape fluttering behind him, would do the business and send Anfield into raptures. </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:27:39 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/cheat-ngog-saves-point-as-liverpool-falter-again-1817773.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/cheat-ngog-saves-point-as-liverpool-falter-again-1817773.html ]]> <p> A blatant dive from striker David Ngog spared Liverpool their sixth and most humiliating defeat of the Premier League season. The Birmingham midfielder, Lee Carsley, over whose feet the French striker hurled himself in the 70th minute, said the award of the penalty that Steven Gerrard converted to earn Liverpool a 2-2 draw was "an embarrassing case of cheating". </p> Premier League Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:05:06 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-ten-best-childrens-coats-1817662.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-ten-best-childrens-coats-1817662.html ]]> Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:09 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/the-mystery-of-rising-house-prices-1817811.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/the-mystery-of-rising-house-prices-1817811.html ]]> <p>What on earth is happening in the housing market? Of the many economic puzzles thrown up by the recession, this is the most mind-boggling – for homeowners, first-time buyers and the wider economy. </p> Business Analysis & Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/life-and-death-decisions-with-a-disabled-child-1817674.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/life-and-death-decisions-with-a-disabled-child-1817674.html ]]> <p>My eldest daughter, Emmy, was epileptic in the womb. This means that the abnormal foetal movements during the last two months of my pregnancy were actually epileptic seizures. She had her first seizure outside the womb at three months, followed by many months in hospital, before being discharged into my completely untrained hands. </p> Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/how-to-beat-depression-with-the-right-diet-1817675.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/how-to-beat-depression-with-the-right-diet-1817675.html ]]> <p>It will come as no surprise to hear that what we eat can have a big impact on how we feel, mentally as well as physically. After a hectic week, with too much fast food and hastily consumed coffee, or a couple of nights on the make-mine-a-double-and-a-doner diet, we may well feel what we've put into our bodies punishing our mind and mood. </p> Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/lou-reed-photographer-1817676.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/lou-reed-photographer-1817676.html ]]> <p>Lou Reed may be a rock legend, the founding member of the Velvet Underground, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a man so cool that fans keel over in the reflection of his mirrored shades. Yet he has an alter ego, a solitary figure, a man who retreats quietly into nature to observe the light and make elegant, romantic photographs, far removed from his life at the heart of New York City. The process could not be more different but there are parallels between his music and his photographs. Putting together a book of photographs is, says Reed, like sequencing a CD. It is intuitive, an indefinable way of working where things happen not through planning and preordained ideas, but because they feel right. He approaches photography with the qualities of a musician. "The response is emotional. That's all I want; they are taken with emotion and put together with emotion, equal emotion," he says.</p> Features Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/uncle-vanya-old-vic-bristol-1817677.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/uncle-vanya-old-vic-bristol-1817677.html <p>The best news is that the Bristol Old Vic is up and running. The artistic director, Tom Morris, will announce his plans on Friday and the stage of the great Georgian theatre has been extended beyond the proscenium, making more sense of the exquisite architecture.</p> Reviews Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-shirt-box-full-of-songs-by-barbara-dickson-1817682.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-shirt-box-full-of-songs-by-barbara-dickson-1817682.html <p>In an age when a few weeks' exposure on grim reality television leads inexorably to at least one memoir, how refreshing to discover that a singer whose career spans 40 years, a million-selling record, a handful of theatrical awards and an OBE had to be persuaded to put metaphorical pen to paper – and that money wasn't a deciding factor.</p> Reviews Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/brief-encounters-of-a-business-kind-1817691.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/brief-encounters-of-a-business-kind-1817691.html ]]> <p> As banks rein in lending and erstwhile technology investors struggle to find cash in the wake of the economic meltdown of the past two years, small companies are having to use increasingly desperate measures to get funding. The normally subdued halls of the Institute of Chartered Accountants were buzzing earlier this autumn, as a plethora of such companies resorted to speed-dating in a bid to get the funds or business development partners that would allow them to chase their dreams. </p> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/adventures-in-microbusiness-1817690.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/adventures-in-microbusiness-1817690.html ]]> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/john-cheney-clarity-is-key-for-small-and-mediumsized-enterprises-1817689.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/john-cheney-clarity-is-key-for-small-and-mediumsized-enterprises-1817689.html <p>To say that we are operating in challenging times is an understatement. This is especially true for small and mid-size businesses, many of which don't have the depth </p> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/six-of-the-best-corporate-gifts-1817688.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/six-of-the-best-corporate-gifts-1817688.html <p> <b>FORTNUM & MASON</b> </p> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/the-dangers-of-multisourcing-1817687.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/the-dangers-of-multisourcing-1817687.html <p>The last recession, in the early years of the last decade, fuelled considerable debate on the value of outsourcing. Many organisations saw it as an opportunity to secure cost reductions by awarding large and often complex outsourcing contracts to the world's leading service providers. Although outsourcing was not a new phenomenon, the scale of deals signed, the number of jobs moved to offshore locations, and the speed of the change, provoked concern as to whether this was sustainable and appropriate. </p> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/david-prosser-the-offer-of-unaffordable-credit-is-as-useless-as-the-offer-of-no-credit-at-all-1817686.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/david-prosser-the-offer-of-unaffordable-credit-is-as-useless-as-the-offer-of-no-credit-at-all-1817686.html <p>Who to believe? Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said on Friday that businesses were paying back loans as fast as the bank could make them – and that British companies have unused overdrafts with it worth a total of £27bn. Like the rest of the banks, RBS insists it is not restricting the supply of credit to business customers.</p> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/business-extra-news-in-brief-1817685.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/business-extra-news-in-brief-1817685.html ]]> <p> <b>Dell beefs up its SMB campaign</b> </p> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/managing-talent-let-your-stars-guide-you-to-the-summit-1817684.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/managing-talent-let-your-stars-guide-you-to-the-summit-1817684.html ]]> <p>No matter what it says in annual reports or other public statements, every business has some people who are more important to the organisation than others. In recent years, this group has come to be known as "the talent", as in the "war for talent" that organisations say they must wage in order to stay ahead of the opposition in an increasingly competitive "knowledge economy". Though well-meaning, this notion has become somewhat devalued as the term came to be used to cover any skill or set of skills that were required. Any sort of recruitment came to be regarded as talent spotting. </p> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/small-businesses-recessionbusters-1817683.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/small-businesses-recessionbusters-1817683.html ]]> <p>Anyone seeking some evidence of how small businesses seek to survive by being nimble and adaptable need look no further than Daniel Ox. By his own admission, he was in "the front line of the recession" because his service – supplying fresh fruit to businesses – was an easy cut to make for companies in a panic over the credit crunch. With hindsight, Ox realises that Fruit For The Office was dependent on about 10 large corporate customers, and he has sought to broaden the range of businesses he serves. But, conscious that rising prices for fresh produce were also having an effect, he has take two further steps. "First, we have modified the ads to let customers know the value of fruit as a staff benefit. Second, we are diversifying into the wholesale fruit and veg catering trade," he says.</p> SME Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-forces-secret-inquests-bill-through-the-commons-1817711.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-forces-secret-inquests-bill-through-the-commons-1817711.html <p>Secret inquests which will bar bereaved families and the public from attending hearings into controversial deaths were forced through Parliament last night.</p> UK Politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dictators-wife-defiant-over-forced-adoptions-1817710.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dictators-wife-defiant-over-forced-adoptions-1817710.html ]]> <p>More than 2,000 Germans are still searching for family members lost as a result of the forced adoption policies instigated by Margot Honecker. The widow of Erich Honecker, the East German dictator who ordered the building of the Berlin Wall, lives in exile in South America on a German state pension. And 20 years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain she remains unrepentant. In a rare interview recently the 82-year-old insisted that people "lived good lives" under the regime headed by her husband.</p> Europe Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sarkozy-challenged-over-claims-of-smashing-wall-1817709.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sarkozy-challenged-over-claims-of-smashing-wall-1817709.html ]]> <p>President Nicolas Sarkozy became embroiled in a bizarre verbal ping-pong match yesterday after he announced that he had personally helped to demolish the Berlin Wall on the first day of its fall 20 years ago. </p> Europe Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ministers-cancel-big-brother-database-1817708.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ministers-cancel-big-brother-database-1817708.html ]]> <p>Plans to store information about every phone call, email and internet visit in the United Kingdom have in effect been abandoned by the Government.</p> UK Politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-joy-of-freedom-20-years-on-1817707.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-joy-of-freedom-20-years-on-1817707.html ]]> <p> It was the same sort of miserable November weather, grey and drizzling; the mass of humanity was large, chaotic and giddy as then; and there in the midst of it, three figures as solidly "eastern" as any of those who teemed across the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. </p> Europe Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television--collision-itv1-the-execution-of-gary-glitter-channel-4-1817704.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television--collision-itv1-the-execution-of-gary-glitter-channel-4-1817704.html <p>The vehicular accident that kills or injures lots of people is fertile ground for dramatists. It offers the story-teller a way of bringing together a random cross-section of folk, and therefore an opportunity to create all kinds of juicily disparate characters, whose destinies collide in the blink of an eye, or the crash of a plane, train or automobile. On the silver screen this was done brilliantly by Paul Haggis, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning 2004 film, Crash. <b>Collision</b>, which runs every night this week in what is beginning to look like a new trend for primetime drama, rather prosaically replaces the Los Angeles freeway in Crash with the A12 in Essex, but offers similar fare: ordinary people with lives in varying states of complication, whose stories are told in flashback after those complicated lives are suddenly reduced to a simple “deceased” or “critical” on a policeman’s wall chart.</p> Reviews Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hit-and-run/hit--run-holding-out-for-a-hamster-1817701.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hit-and-run/hit--run-holding-out-for-a-hamster-1817701.html ]]> <p> I'm in the toy department of Boots on High Street Kensington and I'm holding a picture of a robotic hamster. "Do you have this?" I shout at a sales assistant. "I must have this. There are only 46 days left until Christmas," I explain desperately. </p> Hit & Run Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-walsh/john-walsh-if-a-politician-lays-a-wreath-at-the-cenotaph-its-a-mark-of-respect-1817700.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/john-walsh/john-walsh-if-a-politician-lays-a-wreath-at-the-cenotaph-its-a-mark-of-respect-1817700.html <p>The Prime Minister is so intensely disliked by certain elements of public and press right now, he cannot do anything right. He attends Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph looking solemn and dignified, black tie and poppy carefully in place, lays a wreath, steps back in thoughtful silence – and is abused in the papers next day for failing to bow his head. A "shocked" rent-a-crowd of easily offended protocol sticklers included a confused Dave-from-Lancashire who said, "It was an insult to the fallen." No, Dave. If a politician lays a wreath at the Cenotaph, it's not an insult; it's an expression of respect. And forgetting to adjust your head a certain way indicates you have personal feelings and aren't just going through the motions.</p> John Walsh Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/hugh-hefner-bunny-guy-1817699.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/hugh-hefner-bunny-guy-1817699.html ]]> <p>There wasn't a moment in my childhood when I dreamt of being a princess. Nor did I sit and daydream about the day I would walk down the aisle in a meringue with the man of my dreams. I didn't want to be a beauty queen or a ballerina. What I wanted to be when I grew up, more than anything, was a Bunny Girl.</p> Profiles Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/fertility-crisis-in-japan-let-the-state-find-you-a-mate-1817736.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/fertility-crisis-in-japan-let-the-state-find-you-a-mate-1817736.html ]]> <p>With fat black clouds hanging ominously overhead, a sludgy field of sweet potatoes in rural Japan might not seem the best place for a date with the woman of your dreams. Still, 33-year-old bachelor Naoki Nakai hopes to get lucky before the rain comes. "Yes, there could be someone for me here," he nods, glancing over at a long-haired beauty in knee-high boots. "There are some nice people here," he adds before his face darkens: "I think some of them are from the city."</p> Asia Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fort-hood-shootings-soldier-now-able-to-speak-say-doctors-1817735.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fort-hood-shootings-soldier-now-able-to-speak-say-doctors-1817735.html <p>The American soldier accused of shooting dead 13 people at an army base in Texas has regained consciousness and is able to speak to doctors, hospital officials revealed yesterday. </p> Americas Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000