Новости за 13.03.2016

Last year, Rebecca's husband, Nick, was hit by a car and seriously injured. Here, in one of a series of columns, she writes about the aftermath of his accident

I believe teaching is the most criminally undervalued of all professions

Since Osborne took office as Chancellor in 2010 he has postponed or cancelled scheduled planned increases in fuel duty no less than 15 times

Teachers are monitored, scrutinised and graded as though working a 55-hour week for 32 hours' pay is a special privilege

The Royal Family and the media that follows it are involved in an existential struggle. It's an extraordinary state of affairs, given that less than four years ago the royal hack pack was cheerleader-in-chief at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and hectoring the BBC for its bungled bowing of the knee at the Thames Pageant.

Last week's complaint by the Palace over The Sun's "Queen backs Brexit" story will probably have been received by the Independent Press Standards Organisation with a degree of trepidation. It is precisely the kind of case which may end up in a ruling that satisfies nobody. After all, the Palace is unlikely to confirm whether the Queen made the comment attributed to her. It will rely, instead, on the more specific argument that The Sun's headline wasn't justified by its story.

These letters appear in the 14th March 2016 edition of The Independent

Christine Lagarde, Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Juppé and Jacques Chirac have all come under investigation yet remain in positions of power in France

In my hundreds of street interviews, EU opposition almost always sounded something like: "We're full"

This scrape may be Michael Gove's last as a Cabinet minister for a while

'What does he really stand for?' The answer is that he stands for London

Does the Queen back Brexit? Would tariffs be charged on our exports to the EU if we left? Would I need a visa to go on holiday in Spain? We put six questions to the test

He is a man of extreme rhetoric and no policies. That is more reassuring than having no rhetoric and extremist policies

Frequently bringing the office into your personal life can be stressful for both of you

My hunch is that any sense of truly modern dating would complicate a film that tracks along two simple lines

A budget of $3,000 per refugee in Jordan would provide food, water, education and opportunity. In Germany this will cost $30,000

Playwright Richard Bean has never shied away from incendiary issues. So what's drawn him to, er, snooker? Holly Williams finds out

The UK is slowly drying out but as a teetotaler, I can tell you our attitudes toward drink aren't changing anytime soon

Tabitha first turned up at 33f seven years ago, took over the lease two years later and swiftly set about recreating the place in her own image

Recipes, baby photos, coffee ... I should have slipped off quietly at 10

From the USA Patriot Act and Gross to Spectre and Start...

To put an end to the debate once and for all, I asked the work canteen for a dry, dusty specimen and ran an experiment

The strike showed what happens when people are forced to regard hospitals as a last resort, not the first port of call

Schemes which grow trees to keep down water levels are gaining support but other natural methods should not be forgotten

The event managed to pull in an impressive selection of top international authors… and me