During the next 20 years the number of people aged over 85 will double. As it is, the elderly are living far longer than in the Forties, when the present system of care for old age was set up... more
Mikhail Gorbachev celebrated his 80th birthday at a star-studded charity gala in London, where he honoured Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the internet as a 'man who changed the world'... more
Total of £1.7 million to help combat cancer was raised at a glittering fundraising event attended by leading figures from the worlds of politics, arts and culture... more
The Government has good news and bad news for commuters. The good news from transport minister, Theresa Villiers, is that "we are on track" to deliver Crossrail, the east-west rail link... more
Independent Print Limited, owned by the Lebedev family, has agreed to acquire The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers in a deal that will safeguard the future of the business... more
When fantasising about watching one's own funeral you never picture the lame reality of how it will actually be, so pity the royals for whom this has come true: Demoted to "Other Notables" by the BBC...... more
Thousands of Germans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as world leaders gathered to mark the event that triggered the end of the Cold War... more
The 20th century was bloody and terrible in many ways but 20 years ago today, one grim chapter in the history of that time was brought to a good conclusion... more
Mikhail Gorbachev used a visit to the Evening Standard to call for a new era of international co-operation - and urged America to stop acting as the world's policeman... more
Many people might be held accountable for the transformation of domestic football into a bamboozling madhouse, but Matthew Norman blames Mikhail Gorbachev... more
Russia is in mourning today following the death of Nobel prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who helped to free the Russian people from Soviet tyranny
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Leonardo DiCaprio gives us an insight into why he chose to make The 11th Hour and what the future holds for his acting career now that he has unleashed another talent.
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Penny Gold has taken no less a theme than the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union and managed to craft an astoundingly lifeless two-hour play from it with The President's Holiday.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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