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Sex, money and bigotry: Meet Ireland's political 'Robinson' duo
Details that have been emerging on Northern Ireland's 'first couple of politics' have the country aghast.
Double--hyphen surname law gets both barrels
The double--hyphen,compulsory for double-barrelled surnames in France since 2005, has been ruled ungrammatical and un-French.
Ireland's top political couple goes public over affair and suicide bid
The wife of Northern Ireland's most senior politician, a politician herself, has sensationally revealed that she had attempted to take her life while depressed after having an affair.
Britain: Blank emails trigger day of political drama and intrigue
The final plot to oust Gordon Brown began yesterday not with a bang, but with a cock-up.
Britain: Jailed woman 'laced former lover's curry with poison'
A spurned woman poisoned her former lover and his new fiancee by lacing their curry with an ancient poison, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.
Mid-August Lunch
Small and unassuming, this Italian charmer is a case study in how to conjure something sublime from the most modest of materials.
'Extreme weather event' expected in Britain
Millions of people living in southern England and the Home Counties were told to prepare themselves for up to 40cm of snow last night as Britain remained in the grip of the longest prolonged spell of cold weather for 30 years.
Zuma marries fifth wife, pays sixth dowry
Following the marriage of President Jacob Zuma to his fifth wife, the Independent looks at the arguments for and against polygamy.
14-year-old given permission to sail around world
The New Zealand-born Dutch girl who wants to sail solo around the world is now being allowed to go, after all.
Grunt work
While you nurse your New Year hangover, the World's Strongest Man will be busy lifting cars.
Politics 2009: Key, Goff and the recession
A new PM defied the odds as the Govt struggled to deal with the worst recession in decades, and Labour played catch up politics.