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Sports Liverpool will move for Man City defender Kolo Toure
Toure is in the United States as part of City's post-season tour but the proposed move to Anfield is likely to progress quickly once he returns. The 32-year-old joined City from Arsenal in July 2009 for 14m. The expected signing of the Ivory Coast international goes against ...
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Sports David Moyes to tell Rooney his future lies at Man-U
David Moyes is minded to keep Wayne Rooney at Manchester United and the new manager is hopeful he can convince the striker that his long-term future remains at the ...
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Tim Cook gets a Senate grilling Apple tax-avoidance schemes deemed highly questionable
Investigators found that the tech-company routed all of its sales through a number of subsidiary bodies, grouped under the name Apple Operations International and incorporated in ...
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Labour is getting ready to implement strategic change within the civil service | Jon Trickett
Bob Kerslake, head of the civil service, and Jeremy Heywood, cabinet secretary. The civil service is being challenged as never before. Photograph: Graeme ...
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Phonics literacy test for young children a waste of time and money
The phonics literacy test concerned many teachers, with some finding the use of pseudo words confusing. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the ...
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Our emotions match music to colors Study
A new study finds that our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel. Mozart's jaunty "Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major" is most often associated with bright yellow and orange, whereas his somber "Requiem in D minor" is linked to bluish gray, the findings revealed.US researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, ...
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Dove Sketches most-watched online ad Unilever
Unilever claimed bragging rights Monday to the most-watched Internet commercial of all time - a three-minute study of women's self-perception that stars a forensic artist. The Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant said its "Dove Real Beauty Sketches" has been seen more than 114 million times on YouTube and other video platforms in more than 110 countries "to surpass all ...
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Lunch-hour dance parties gaining worldwide popularity
The concept of lunch hour dance parties is taking hold around the world, with office workers breaking free from the chains that bind them to their desks for sweaty, 60-minute dance-offs in the middle of the day. The idea behind Lunch Beat is simple: for one hour, 9 to 5ers can blow off steam, get some exercise and take in DJ-spun tunes at a midday dance party. The only requirement: "you ...
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Rooney Mara turns model for Calvin Klein
The 28-year-old star of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and the recent "Side Effects" has been snapped up by Calvin Klein as the face of the new Downtown fragrance. Rooney Mara has exploded on the international style scene ever since her radical restyle for a role as Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's hit 2011 film adaptation of "The Girl with the Dragon ...
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T Magazine In Store | Orlebar Brown Adds Swimwear for Women
Orlebar Brown , best known for its tailored men's trunks in preppy colors and funky photographic prints that look as good on land as at sea, introduces its debut collection for women. The founder, Adam Brown, created a 16-piece capsule collection of simple bikinis, one-pieces, sporty rash guards and shorts modeled after the signature men’s ...
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Flickr unveils new redesign as Marissa Mayer promises the site will be awesome again
Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, said the redesign includes a new interface based around high-resolution photographs and a terabyte of storage for each user, equating to 537,731 photos at 6.5 megapixels each.Mayer said "you can take all the pictures ever taken and upload them to Flickrand there would [still be room]."Yahoo purchased Flickr in 2005 as the site became increasingly ...
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Police investigate historic abuse claims at school linked to Cyril Smith
Sir Cyril Smith was chairman of governors at Knowl View school: the latest allegations are not thought to involve the former MP. Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association ...
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Gay marriage is a detox symbol for Cameron but is it worth the trouble
gay marriage bill from his own wreckers, as he did later in the day. Why? Because Labour supports the measure and to vote otherwise would be mere tactics. Impatient voters nowadays do not like mere party tactics."I believe the job of the opposition is to oppose. Any opportunity to humiliate Cameron's government and help bring it down should be taken," countered my strongly ...
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Iain Banks posts new update to fans on his cancer
announced his diagnosis with gall bladder cancer in April, has posted another update to fans, in which he ruminates on everything from his new car to the possibility of chemotherapy.The bestselling Scottish novelist has been the recipient of an outpouring of goodwill and support from his readers since he told them in early April that he was "officially very poorly". In ...
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Social work training reforms it takes five weeks to create a social worker
Frontline aims to attract more high flyers to social work. Recruits will go into on-the-job training after a five-week summer school. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the ...
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We must identify girls at risk from gangs | Carlene Firmin
A report indicates that 30% of young women involved with gangs could be self-harming or at risk of suicide. Photograph: David Levene for the ...
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RPT-UPDATE 1-Burberry profit rises 14 percent on Asia retail growth
Tue May 21, 2013 8:34am EDT LONDON May 21 (Reuters) - British luxury group Burberry said full-year pretax profit rose a better-than-expected 14 percent on strong retail growth in Asian markets, where it is increasing numbers of Burberry branded stores. Burberry, known for its camel, red and black check-lined raincoats posted adjusted pretax profit of 428 million pounds ($651 million) in the ...
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We promise not to screw it up Yahoo confirms $1.1bn deal to buy Tumblr
'We won't screw it up': Yahoo buys New York-based social network Tumblr for $1.1bn as chief executive Marissa Mayer rules out radical changes following negative ...
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Shocking example of incompetence over stockpiled flu drug Tamiflu
Health officials spent 424 million stockpiling a flu drug that has divided experts over how effective it is, a public spending watchdog ...
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Egypt tourist arrivals rise not back to pre-revolt levels
Egypt rose in the first four months of 2012, the cabinet said on Tuesday, but analysts say the sector is still suffering from the aftermath of the country's 2011 uprising. The revolt that ...
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Eminems music publishers sue Facebook for copyright infringement over song used in advert
Eminem's music publishing company Eight Mile Style has launched legal action for copyright infringement over claims that Facebook used music in an advert that closely resembled an Eminem song without seeking ...
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Critical Shopper Carson Street Clothiers — Critical Shopper
I tried to shop Carson Street Clothiers a few weeks ago, soon after its March opening. New-store smell can be distracting -- you can tell more about a place after time has softened it a bit -- but I was in the neighborhood and wanted to take a ...
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The Work Programme is failing the taxpayer | Richard Johnson
By failing to use the specialist services aimed at unemployed people who find it hardest to find a job, the Work Programme is putting the public purse at ...
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Britons show Victorian attitudes to epilepsy as children who suffer from the condition are accused of being possessed
One in five children who suffer with epilepsy has been accused of being "possessed" after having a seizure, according to shocking new ...
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Forum to focus on C. Ind. as sports hub
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Two athletic-oriented groups will hold a public forum next week to discuss ways to turn central Indiana into a hub for sports innovation. The American College of Sports Medicine and the Indiana University School of Physical Education and Tourism Management at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will conduct the forum on May 28 at the NCAA headquarters in ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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