A man has stripped naked at a US airport as a protest against airport security screeners, police said.

i Newspaper
 
TheIPaper
The Independent around the web
E-break Time
Independent Crossword

Korean jet diverted after threat

A Korean Airlines Boeing 777 travelling from Vancouver to Seoul diverted to a Canadian Forces base on Vancouver Island after the airline received a call about a threat on board.

Anti-capitalist activists clash with police at US ports

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators, confronted by police in riot gear, marched on several West Coast ports on Monday seeking to disrupt cargo traffic and re-energize their protest movement.

The hijacker shown in police sketches

Parachuting hijacker mystery 'finally solved'

Woman claims 'D B Cooper', who bailed out of plane with $200,000 ransom, was her uncle.

Tensions rise as police move to evict Occupy protesters

Police arrested nearly two dozen anti-Wall Street protesters in US cities over the weekend, while tensions mounted elsewhere as local officials stepped up pressure for demonstrators to abandon their encampments.

Rory Smith, a stonemason, puts the finishing touches to the refurbishment of the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner

Gunners' tribute is given a makeover

Rory Smith, a stonemason, puts the finishing touches to the refurbishment of the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London. The monument, designed by Charles Jagger and Lionel Pearson and first unveiled in 1925, has been repaired and cleaned in time for Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.

Philosophy of Sir Bobby still moulds game's great tacticians

Villas-Boas and Mourinho among many paying tribute to Robson at charity auction

Last Night's TV: All Roads Lead Home/BBC2<br />Fresh Meat/Channel 4

Some television programmes just make you shake your head violently, as if you've got a bee stuck in your ear. Take All Roads Lead Home, for example, a three-part series about natural navigation.

Cook makes apology call to Dr Onuoha

Manchester City's outgoing chief executive Garry Cook has telephoned Dr Anthonia Onuoha to apologise for the email mocking her fight against cancer.

Cook battling to keep job after offensive email row

The Manchester City chief executive, Garry Cook, was struggling to hold on to his job last night as the club's Abu Dhabi owners sought answers about an email sent from his account to the mother of defender Nedum Onuoha, mocking her fight against cancer.

Search launched for charity swimmers who went home

A major search and rescue operation was launched yesterday after a number of swimmers at a charity event in Dorset went home without notifying organisers.

New lead in America's only unsolved hijacking

After parachuting into folklore in 1971, the hijacker known only as D B Cooper may finally be identified

'Cuckoo's Nest' asylum hunts relatives of 3,500 forgotten souls

The mental hospital where One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was filmed is attempting to identify the cremated remains of 3,500 of its former patients, which were left on shelves in a secluded storage area for several decades.

Balotelli follows Rooney route to beat knee injury

Manchester City have sent Mario Balotelli, whose persistent knee injury is a source of concern to Roberto Mancini, for two weeks in the United States under the care of the specialist who helped Jonny Wilkinson through his career-threatening injury.

Album: M Ward

Transistor Radio, MATADOR
Career Services

Day In a Page

Grace Dent: If you were on your first foreign trip for 24 years, would you want Bono to be a part of the package?

Grace Dent

If you were on your first foreign trip for 24 years, would you want Bono to be a part of the package?
Ireland's austerity D-Day: How much pain can it take?

Ireland's austerity D-Day: How much pain can it take?

After years of savage cuts, the Irish now face a stark choice: do they hand over control of their economy to Europe โ€“ or go it alone without the safety net of future bailouts?
Is doctors' fixation on treatment making us ill?

Is doctors' fixation on treatment making us ill?

Advances in medicine have made the impossible, possible. But an over-reliance on healthcare threatens to bankrupt the world โ€“ and make all of us sick
The most complained-about advertisements of all time

The most complained-about advertisements of all time

The ASA has received 430,000 complaints during its existence, with a record 31,548 in 2011
Olympians: They're fit and don't we just know it

Olympians: They're fit and don't we just know it

From Tom Daley's six-pack to scantily clad volleyball players, Olympic athletes are being sold on their sex appeal. Why can't we appreciate talent, not totty?
Return of the unacceptable face of capitalism?

Return of the unacceptable face of capitalism?

Sir Richard Needham's resignation from the board of Lonrho brings back bad memories of the group's controversial past
Off the rails in Bermuda

Off the rails in Bermuda

Best known for beaches, it's also home to a stunning hiking trail that follows the route of an old railway line
Get ready for a royal good time

Get ready for a royal good time

There are plenty of events to help you fly the flag during the Diamond Jubilee long weekend and half term
Spain: World football's marathon men

Marathon men: Are Spain running out of puff?

They have every right to be exhausted after four taxing years of almost non-stop action but the chance to claim a unique treble is spurring them on
Usain Bolt: The Bolt show runs on

Usain Bolt: The Bolt show runs on

Friday's 'slow' 100m has done nothing to dent Jamaican's supreme confidence he will triumph in London
The weirdest and most wonderful Diamond Jubilee memorabilia

Weird and wonderful Jubilee memorabilia

Coronation Chicken ice cream and Jubilee jelly moulds
'I may be deaf, but you can still talk to me'

'I may be deaf, but you can still talk to me'

Being a teenager is hard enough โ€“ for those with hearing loss, it can be even more complicated
A right royal trip down the river

A right royal trip down the river

A new exhibition celebrates the glory days of London's mighty Thames
The 10 Best lawn mowers

The 10 Best lawn mowers

From petrol-fuelled to self-propelled
Every second counts

Why does life appear to speed up as we get older?

Matilda Battersby finds out how the clock plays tricks with our minds