The Ozark Mountains drama “Winter’s Bone” and the war-on-terror documentary “Restrepo” won top honors Saturday among U.S. movies at the Sundance Film Festival. Director Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone,” the story of a 17-year-old trying to uncover the fate of her father among the criminal clans of the Ozarks, earned the grand jury prize for American [...]
By Andrew Porter, Political EditorPublished: 12:01AM GMT 30 Jan 2010 It comes days after Britain emerged from recession and is a boost for Gordon Brown ahead of the general election. That election will take place on 6 May, senior Labour sources have confirmed to the Daily Telegraph, and all the party’s planning now revolves around [...]
Tesco bosses have bid goodnight to the sight of slovenly shoppers strolling the aisles in their pyjamas. Tesco says dress code is needed to prevent offence or embarrassment to others The supermarket giant introduced a dress code at its St Mellons store in Cardiff, South Wales after customers complained of people turning up in nightwear [...]
In the year since President Obama smashed barriers to become the country’s first black president, his tenure at the top has been punctuated by racial taunts and innuendos that have slyly, or sometimes blatantly, been circulated on the Internet, in e-mails and cartoons. President Obama’s first year in office has been punctuated by a steady [...]
Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway is getting a good-natured ribbing from Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals student drama troupe. The group’s Woman of the Year is being honored Thursday with a parade down Massachusetts Avenue near the university followed by a roast where she will receive her pudding pot from Harvard men in drag. Hathaway was nominated [...]
Keir Starmer says he was satisfied there was enough evidence against Gilderdale to provide ‘a realistic prospect of conviction’ for attempted murder. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/Press Association Images Britain’s most senior prosecutor, who has been criticised for bringing charges against a mother cleared of trying to murder her seriously ill daughter, has defended his decision. [...]
(Looming budget cuts now prescribed by all parties spell more bad news for local government CIOs, who are doubtful about their ability to deliver the necessary services in the future, according to a report from local government association Socitm. Council IT departments are already under heavy pressure to reduce costs. The latest Socitm IT Trends [...]
By Patrick Hennessy and Patrick SawerPublished: 9:54PM GMT 30 Jan 2010 Michael Howards is one of many MPs who have appealed against Sir Thomas Legg’s demands for repayments Photo: PA Seven current members of the Government, two Conservative front benchers, 15 former ministers and one former party leader have appealed against Sir Thomas Legg’s demands [...]
By Patrick Hennessy and Laura DonnellyPublished: 9:00PM GMT 30 Jan 2010 Sir Ian Kennedy, Chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Photo: PA The vast majority of the cab rides claimed for by Sir Ian Kennedy, chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), were short trips between his office and his home in North [...]
The wife of actor Dennis Hopper has responded to her husband’s deathbed request for a divorce, claiming the ailing actor was being coerced to leave her by his adult children in an effort to receive a larger piece of his estate. Actor Dennis Hopper, left, and wife Victoria Duffy attend the 2008 Breeders’ Cup World [...]
