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It's true, Palin is subject to sexism. But the self-serving gender politics she indulges in makes her impossible to defend She's ba-ack! Sarah Palin has been making the rounds promoting her new memoir, Going Rogue: An American...
US chart-topper Lady Gaga is to sing for the Queen at this year's Royal Variety performance. The Poker Face singer is the latest act confirmed for the show, producers saidtoday. Lady Gaga, 23, is known for her dramatic stage...
Rajinder Singh says he supports far-right party's anti-Islam stance A Sikh man who has campaigned for the BNP in support of its anti-Islam stance has been put forward to be the party's first non-white member. Rajinder Singh,...
• Missing police officer named as Bill Barker • Hundreds evacuated as riverbanks burst A policeman swept away during devastating flooding was trying to save lives by directing motorists off a bridge across a swollen river. PC...
By Mark Hughes, Michael McCarthy and Steve Connor Cumbria Constabulary via Getty Images Pc Bill Barker who was swept away and died during the Cumbrian floods. The extreme downpour, which swamped Cumbria with devastating floods,...
By Jane Kirby, Press Association More than one in 10 people (11 per cent) do not realise a woman can get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a poll out today. The Department of Health and the Department for...
The televising of the Commons, begun 20 years ago, was inevitable – but it has diminished the chamber Is it really 20 years since they fitted new, brighter lights above the chamber of the Commons , drove out those atmospheric,...
Elgar's comic struggles with the trombone give hope to all us fellow enthusiastic but incompetent musicians A heartwarming story in the Independent today: Elgar was a rubbish trombonist . Sue Addison, the Orchestra of the Age...
After a turbulent 500 years it is understandable – I sometimes feel like putting my feet up too – but it is a mistake It's not true that last night's appointments at the EU's Brussels conclave are without historic precedence....
By Rosa Silverman, Press Association The Government will provide anything needed to help during the flooding which has seen hundreds of people evacuated from their homes, Gordon Brown said today. Rescue operations have been...
