Blackburn Rovers last night offered Paul Robinson a lifeline after a tumultuous 12 months at Tottenham Hotspur, during which he has lost his place for club and country, by making a bid of around £3m for the England goalkeeper. The
The Real Madrid playmaker Guti insists the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo would not disrupt team spirit. The Manchester United winger has been linked with a move and would likely be one of the highest earners at the Bernabeu. The Real
Punters will have a new racecourse name to scrawl on betting slips next year, with eight fixtures having been awarded to the track at Ffos Las in South Wales, which is due to open in June. Sceptics who endured the
Durham Johnston, in the North-east, is one of the few state comprehensives that can give independent schools a run for their money when it comes to getting its pupils into the top universities.
Across the land, the bosses of small businesses and heads of major corporations may well be wincing this week - but many families should be very happy indeed. It's the Government that has caused such mixed emotions. Its latest vision
There comes a time in the career of every successful director when they decide to do a movie that is a marked departure from the winning template that has made their name. At first glance, Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging
Worcester is famous for being the site of Charles II's decisive battle. It boasts a medieval cathedral and is bisected by the River Severn, which floods occasionally to dramatic effect. But most people have no idea that it has had
Soon after I decided to leave mainstream politics - I was the deputy chair of the Liberal Democrat Party - and concentrate on becoming an eco-auditor and writer, I looked around my home and realised that, like many a politician's
For most people, the lifestyle of a footballer is a Utopia that could only be reached by the purchase of a winning Lottery ticket. But Paul Scholes cannot wait to see the back of it.
Never has being dry been more fashionable. Sobriety is in vogue - and in Celebrityland, everyone's at it. Perhaps it's a sign of the times: a psychosocial response to the credit crunch, a reaction against the millennial excesses of the
Scotland has been a popular student destination for hundreds of years. The country's oldest universities - St Andrews, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen - are truly ancient, dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries. Many more institutions have since been
Michael Suddes has a life that most of us can only dream of. A five-acre, four-bedroom historical property in a rural setting, within commuting distance of an expanding city yet within snapping distance of picture-postcard mountains. He has three donkeys,
Next time Sir Trevor McDonald welcomes you to News at Ten, have a look at the desk in front of him. You may, at first, see only a gleaming sheet of flat glass above a computer screen, but wait -
Barack Obama repeatedly promised Israel's leaders yesterday that its security would remain "paramount" while he promoted efforts to resolve their conflict with the Palestinians early in his first term if elected.
Salmon is an easy fish to love. Simple and tasty, its pink flesh is pulled from supermarket shelves and transformed into an array of increasingly exotic dishes.
Max Mosley, whose role in a sado-masochistic sex orgy was exposed in a Sunday newspaper, was the victim of a sting operation by his enemies in the world of motorsport, senior figures in the industry have told The Independent.
John and Anne Darwin were each sentenced to more than six years in jail yesterday for the £250,000 insurance scam they carried out by faking his death in a canoeing accident.
Phillips Idowu was last seen in public beaming at a trackside television camera, telling the world: "I feel like Superman right now. I'm bulletproof." That was at the trials for the British Olympic track and field team in Birmingham 11
