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Thursday, 18 February 2010
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News
News RSS Feed - click to grab the feedUK
- 'Harassed' female soldier wins damages award
- Snow returns as winter keeps its icy grip
- Midwife wins appeal against being struck off
- Revealed: eerie UFO sightings recorded in MoD files
- Falkland Islands: First it was sovereignty, now it's oil
- There's a UFO over Michael Howard's house...
- Cameron aims at 'excessive commercialisation' of childhood
- Falklands are fully protected, insists Gordon Brown
- PM 'poised to reveal key themes to election campaign'
- UK had to borrow for first time in January
- MP Sir Nicholas Winterton vents fury at 1st class travel ban
- Cameron condemns 'inappropriate sexualisation' of children
- While the parties squabble, the elderly see their lives and savings ebb away
- Lack of action on Dizaei 'odd' admits Commissioner
- Ray Gosling released on bail in murder quiz
- Footballer Joe Mattock to face trial on four assault charges
- Heathrow hold-up accused on the run
- Man in court over car river plunge with children
- Man charged over 'airport bomb hoax' Tweet
- Corpse's missing head found in Bedfordshire lake
- Man in hospital after Hertfordshire shooting
- Police question Saudi 'prince' over hotel death
World
- Detective fails to overturn Madeleine McCann book ban
- Mobster's Sicily villa handed to the media
- No rest for Georgian leader as he's dug up for third time
- Sarkozy less popular than sworn enemy
- Baroness Thyssen and the family feud over her £700m art collection
- I threw baby from bridge, father tells police
- Judge in Haiti frees eight accused of kidnapping
- Israel must co-operate over fake passports, says David Miliband
- Interpol puts 11 on most-wanted list
- Death in Dubai: the plot thickens
- Obama courts Damascus in hope of ending Middle East deadlock
- Senior Shia cleric urges Iraqis to vote in elections
- Israel reels from backlash at killing of Hamas militant
- New Karachi literary festival hopes to turn page on bombs
- Afghan troops raise flag in key town but Marjah battle not over yet
- Figurines provide clues to lost African civilisation
Business
- In the Red? Driving school's parent firm enters administration
- Asda vows to open smaller stores as outlets left frozen out
- Companies interested in saving Corus steel plant, says Gordon Brown
- Car production rockets 64 per cent
- US contract loss torpedoes BAE profits
- Charity sells its shares in 'immoral' Vedanta
- Obama hails $787bn stimulus plan as an American success
- Business Diary: Honor Blackman seeks equitable settlement
- Unemployment starts to stabilise – at a cost
- Concerns raised about strength of Past Times
- Bank's united front halted quantitative easing, MPC report shows
- Econoblog: Positive signs for the car industry - but a long way to travel
- Econoblog: No need to panic on public finances yet
- David Prosser: The cost of staying true to your principles
- David Prosser: The pension fund dilemma
- Sean O'Grady: So where on earth have all the proper jobs gone?
- Investment Column: As a General rule – hold inexpensive L&G;
- Market Report: Man shares leap on BlackRock interest
People
- Vanessa Redgrave speaks of grief over death of daughter Natasha Richardson
- Alex Reid speaks to Alan Carr about his marriage to Katie Price
- Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Charley Boorman, actor, documentary-maker and motorcyclist
- Brede Hangeland: 'Shakhtar will be tough – but I enjoy physical games'
- Lord Borwick: In the green driving seat
- Pandora: Look away now! It's Brown, naked and angry
Science
- Desmond Tutu donates his genome to science
- The London stone 'just needs some love'
- Britain's oldest shipwreck discovered off Devonshire coast
Media
- Microsoft-Yahoo! deal gets green light from regulators
- Current Twitter trends:Shaun White, 'my top subjects'
- Don't let Pope present Thought for the Day, say secularists
- 'Mail' article on Stephen Gately cleared by PCC
- This read digested: biggest magazine in the world struggles for survival in Britain
Education
- Tories' Swedish schools plan 'will not work'
- Leading Article: We should target those most in need
- Book smart: Why every primary pupil needs a library
- Goodbye to lady of the lakes: Charlotte Mason's teacher training college on brink of closure
- Education Quandary: A pupil has behaved very violently towards me and my confidence has gone. What can I do?
- A bridge across the great divide: Winchester College joins the academy programme
- Alastair Stewart: 'I've had a degree of self-belief instilled in me'
- A sobering approach: Schools are getting real by teaching sensible drinking – and how to give up smoking
- Go for growth: The International Baccalaureate is still on an upward curve
- Michael Gove: 'My first priority is to improve state schools'
- State ambassadors: Brighton College's link with an east London school is making a difference
- Leading Article: Getting universities on the agenda
- Diary Of A Third Year: Not even fear can prepare you for life after university
- Rosie Waterhouse: Save us from the tyranny of student surveys
Obituaries
- Doctor Tony Hare: Conservationist, film-maker and co-founder of the charity Plantlife
- Sir Norman Payne: Head of BAA who led the British expansion in civil aviation
- Ian Scott: Political cartoonist of the 1950s
Corrections
Opinion
Opinion RSS Feed - click to grab the feedLeading Articles
- Leading article: Hard to digest
- Leading article: A misguided intervention
- Leading article: A murky affair that calls for a tougher British response
Commentators
- Kim Sengupta: From sheep-shearers to would-be sheikhs
- Stuart Wallace: We watch Argentina's behaviour with bemusement
- Andrew Tabler: The hand extended to Syria is also intended as a blow to Iran
- Jeremy Laurance: Do doctors ever assist suicide?
- Peter Tatchell: Ignore the refuseniks – Malcolm X was bisexual, out, and proud
- Lisa Markwell: Never too early to start on child development
- Sean O'Grady: Meet Motorway Man, the decisive voter in Election 2010
- Tony Paterson: On the game, and now in the can
- Katy Guest: No cyber-secret is ever safe
- Robert Fisk: Britain's explanation is riddled with inconsistencies. It's time to come clean
- Adrian Hamilton: Torture demeans the torturer as well as the victim
- Steve Richards: The false promise of romantic ideas
Columnists
Letters
Environment
Environment RSS Feed - click to grab the feedNature
Sport
Sport RSS Feed - click to grab the feedCricket
- India beat South Africa to level series
- Kieswetter excited by England future
- England humbled by Rashid
Football
- Chelsea dismiss Cole transfer rumours
- Portsmouth ask permission to sell players
- Vidic announces he wants to stay at Manchester United
- Wolves punished for fielding weakened team
- Pienaar wants to stay at Everton
- Taylor wants to remain at Birmingham
- Mikel happy to put disciplinary issues in the past
- Shawcross and Pulis rage at 'foul' that robbed Stoke
- Bent logs off and switches on for Bruce
- Moyes needs a fit Cahill to shore up midfield
- Coyle left to rue fruitless pitch battle
- Kicked into touch: Jowell deals a blow to West Ham's stadium plans
- Vieira faces ban as FA studies 'kick' at Whelan
- Caught napping: Memorable quick free-kicks
- Arsenal v Porto: Man-for-man marking
- The Big Question: Is Wayne Rooney now the best striker in world football?
- Newcastle hit top note after Carroll service
- Rooney will not burn out says Beckham
- Zamora's winner puts Fulham in driving seat
- Late Ngog strike gives Reds advantage
- Eto'o admits to missing life in Spain
- Wenger confident Arsenal will prevail
- Arbeloa orders Madrid to regain focus
- Spain's media rounds on Real after Lyons lesson
- Klose escapes red card and off-side flag to stun Fiorentina
- 'Schoolboy' defenders fail their Portuguese test
- Wenger fumes after Fabianski's blunders hand Porto advantage
- The night Rooney proved he can match Europe's greatest
- Domestic chores give Benitez Europa conundrum
- Ferdinand's form gives cause for concern
Golf
Olympics
- Women's Skeleton: Williams fast emerging as Hollingsworth's true rival
- James Lawton: The great red face-off
- Women's Downhill: Fearless Vonn sweeps all before to claim first gold
Racing
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Rugby
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Life & Style
Life & Style RSS Feed - click to grab the feedFashion
- Alexander McQueen's fashion label to continue despite designer's death
- Weekly fashion videos: New York Fashion Week
- Weekly beauty tutorials: nail art
- Sophie Theallet celebrates femininity, Vera Wang sees black
- First look: Chanel's transfer tattoos
- London Fashion Week plans tribute to McQueen
- Alexander McQueen's label will go on, luxury group says
- London Fashion Week: expected highlights
- Madonna wants to dress you, if fashion likes it or not
Food & Drink
- Champagne sales plummet in 2009: industry
- And, the Grand Gold Medal goes to ...
- First chance to taste American’s 2010 award-winning wines
- The ten best bread makers
- Passion of the crust: How to make the perfect pie
- The devil eats finger food: The caterers creating the last word in canap� chic
Health & Families
- Judge calls for regulation over 'cancer' pills
- Cooking with gas raises risk of lung cancer
- From sick sea lions to cash-cars, science meet has it covered
- Weekly top iPhone apps: sleep and relaxation
- What are your organs worth?
- Eight in 10 English men will be too fat by 2020: data
- From dolphins to lasers, major science meet to cover it all
- Chronic conditions including obesity up in US kids: study
- The endless causes of back pain
House & Home
Gadgets & Tech
- Mobile networks desperately seek data capacity
- Google CEO woos suspicious mobile industry
- BBC launches its first apps for iPhones
- Weekly Top 10 YouTube gaming videos
- New gameplay teaser released for Alan Wake: a voice calls out in the darkness
- Mobile apps and handsets shine during Mobile World Congress: the best of the best
- For Apple suppliers, loose lips can sink contracts
Motoring
- Japanese auto industry suffers new recall blow
- Bodywork tweaks and engine changes for the Lotus Elise
- Toyota to put the brake on US production after sales slump
Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment RSS Feed - click to grab the feedArchitecture
Music
- Most blogged artists: Yeasayer, The Morning Benders, Atkinson
- ‘Alice in Wonderland’ stages a free concert
- Cranberries cancel final leg of Latin America tour
- The annotated Lady Gaga: A field guide to the wildest wardrobe in pop
Films
- A rock version of ‘The Threepenny Opera’ in the works
- Film Trailer: new territory for M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Last Airbender’
- Greenberg, Film Festival, Berlin
TV & Radio
- The Week In Radio: The weird world of the wireless drama
- Watch and learn: BBC Four's success is a sign that Britain is regaining a hunger for intelligent broadcasting
- Last Night's Television: Shrink Rap, More4
Syrian School, BBC4
Theatre & Dance
- Lumley to appear in the West End
- Serenading Louie, Donmar Warehouse, London
- Heldenplatz, Arcola Theatre, London
Books
- JK Rowling brands Harry Potter plagiarism claims 'absurd'
- Best Translated Book Award announces international fiction shortlist
- Free titles and more during 2010 Read an E-Book Week
- The Janus Stone, By Elly Griffiths
Travel
Travel RSS Feed - click to grab the feedNews & Advice
- Strike threat to Easter rail services
- German tourists are top of the big spenders
- Learn Spanish with The Independent
- Tourists stay away as recession bites
- Accessibility improvements for travel booking websites
- Car sharing to boom, suggests report
- So how likely IS your plane to crash?
Money
Money RSS Feed - click to grab the feedMortgages
Student
Student RSS Feed - click to grab the feedCareer Planning
Most viewed
Read
3 Brown in appeal to voters as poll shows Labour is closing
4 Mossad: Inside the spying game
5 The athletes 'hotting-up' the Winter Olympics
6 Gordon Brown: The underdog bites back
7 Floods and mudslides in Madeira leave 32 dead
8 The worst transfer deals in Premier League history
9 'Fake identity' Brits warned that their lives are in danger
10 Passion of the crust: How to make the perfect pie
11 Women who travel for sex: Sun, sea and gigolos
14 Old Trafford Centenary: 10 games that define 'Theatre of Dreams'
Emailed
1 Sarah Sands: Pedestrians are safe, again. My husband's speed-aware
2 Music has the power to shape a child's mind
3 Barnstorming Razzaq blows England away
4 Robert Fisk: America's desire to be loved and feared has long misled CIA
5 RBS and Lloyds bosses urged to decline bonuses
6 Hamish McRae: Next year's fiscal options are limited whatever bickering economists say
7 The IoS Happy List 2009 - the 100
9 Leading article: A genuine election
10 Food retailers go mobile for consumers on the move
11 Salomon Kalou: Chelsea's family man makes himself at home
12 Sour grapes! Gallo victim of wine world's biggest con
13 Margareta Pagano: Big Bang: The unintended consequences
Commented
1Labour prepares 'Fair future' election campaign
2Scientists hit by climate doubt fallout
3More than 17,000 episodes of troops going Awol since 2003
4US Marines dropped behind Taliban lines to find snipers
5The Big Question: Has a key breakthrough been made in the search for a cure for cancer?
6Minaret falls during prayers in Morocco, killing 36
7Williams roars to gold for Britain in skeleton
8China protests over Dalai Lama visit
9Dutch government falls over Afghan troop mission
10Robert Fisk: Britain's explanation is riddled with inconsistencies. It's time to come clean
Columnist Comments
• John Rentoul: Purnell's flight shows his party's plight
The decision of one of its stars to quit politics suggests that Labour is facing a crisis of self-confidence
• Rupert Cornwell: Spending cuts and tax increases are a dangerous formula
Suicidal attack on tax office highlights growing anger of ordinary Americans