Новости за 16.07.2015

A number of Sky Broadband customers have received legal letters from a American firm, which accuse them of pirating an obscure Robert Redford film and asking them to pay a fine.

Labour is tearing itself apart with a fractious and divisive leadership campaign that risks consigning the party to electoral irrelevance for years to come, senior figures in the party have warned.

Our Liberal Democrat constitution is clear. Liberal Democrats exist “to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity”.

More than a year after a new law criminalising the practice, there has been just one prosecution for forced marriage, despite more than 1,200 potential cases being discovered every year. As part of The Independent's series of articles on the subject here is the story of one schoolgirl who fell victim to the tradition.

Four Chelsea fans have appeared in court after being accused of singing racist chants on the Paris Metro and allegedly pushing a black man off the train as he tried to board.

Unlike an arranged marriage, where both future spouses agree to a union which has been set up between their families, forced marriage happens when one or both people do not consent.

The police watchdog will not directly investigate how officers failed to notice that a notorious gangland figure found dead in his garden had been shot six times by a professional hitman.

For younger pop stars such as Taylor Swift, the problem with music-streaming services is that they don’t generate enough money for artists. For veteran rocker Neil Young the issue is sound quality.

Louis van Gaal has admitted that his job is not secure at Manchester United.

The main worry about Chris Bryant’s approach to the BBC is what he’ll have left to say if it really is dismembered. On Thursday his prose was not so much purple as a lush, glossy, pomegranate. The Corporation, the Shadow Culture Secretary told MPs, was not just “a beacon of accuracy and impartiality around the world”, or “part of the national furniture”. It was “a miracle of constitutional engineering… the cornerstone of our creative industries, earning respect and money for Britain and British... Читать дальше...

Louis van Gaal has warned his summer signings that they will have to 'fight' one another to prove who is worthy of a starting place for Manchester United.

The visiting British Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, exchanged a series of barbed remarks in a meeting that underscored the sharp differences between Israel and world powers over the nuclear agreement with Iran.

The BBC is on a collision course with ministers after the Government took the first step towards creating a smaller, cheaper national broadcaster.

Australia launched the revival on Thursday. It was merciless, stylish, commanding and laid to rest any suggestion – in reality probably a forlorn hope - that they were all washed up.

50 sharks have been spotted circling in a small pool of tidal waters at an RSPB reserve near Selsey, in West Sussex.

David Cameron has said the 10 per cent pay rise awarded to MPs offers them an "opportunity to do more in terms of charitable giving".

Brendan Rodgers has denied that Roberto Firmino is a direct replacement for Raheem Sterling as he prepares his Liverpool squad for a friendly against Brisbane Roar.

A Saudi prince has been ordered by the High Court in London to give evidence in a multi-million pound legal battle with a woman who says she was secretly married to his late father.

Petr Cech is expected to make his eagerly anticipated Arsenal debut this weekend when the Gunners take on Everton in Singapore.

Manchester United are in search of a new striker with the current options looking insufficient if Louis van Gaal is serious about challenging for the Premier League title.

For one Conservative minister, being paid £67,060 just wasn't enough.

One of the UK’s longest-serving poppy sellers fell to her death in the Avon Gorge in Bristol after a long battle with depression and insomnia, a coroner has said.

Andy Burnham has received more than £130,000 in donations or interest free loans to fund his campaign for the Labour leadership, according to his entry in the latest Register of Members’ Interests.

A facility to breed beagles for laboratory experiments has been given the go-ahead after Communities Secretary Greg Clark intervened in a local planning dispute.

Manchester United manger Louis van Gaal said yesterday that he was uncertain about Angel Di Maria's future, with Paris Saint-Germain interested.