News archive from 15 March 2011
Germany's new boom: making money by making stuff
Strolling the broad, prosperous streets of Munich, it is worth recalling the times over the past decade when Gordon Brown used to boast in his budgets about how the UK economy was leaving Germany for dead. Now – following the most successful year for...
Germany's future is Green | Cem Özdemir
'It's not that easy being green," Kermit the frog once sang. Conservatives have tradition, social democrats the welfare state and liberals boundless individualism. But the Greens have little to offer besides dialogue, strain and responsibility....
Andrea Büttner: the habit of art
Some years ago, the artist Andrea Büttner began to see a peculiar image in her mind: a group of nuns, dancing. So when she found herself sitting next to a real-life nun on a London bus, the opportunity to find out if this image could be true was too...
TUC: phoney war against government is over, says Brendan Barber
The head of Britain's trade union movement tomorrow declares the "phoney war over", promising a barrage of protest against the government's cuts, ranging from industrial strikes and "peaceful civil disobedience" to petitions by...
Lewis Hamilton won't tolerate year of failure says Red Bull boss
McLaren have been warned by Christian Horner, team boss of last season's double world championship winning team Red Bull, that Lewis Hamilton would not be happy with another year of failure. Hamilton, the 2008 champion, was a frustrated figure last...
Six Nations 2011: Martin Johnson says England must respect Ireland
England need only glance at the record books to appreciate the prize that will be on offer this weekend. In more than 100 years, just 12 English teams have achieved a grand slam. So if Martin Johnson's team beat Ireland on Saturday they will be...
Norwich City 3-1 Bristol City | nPower Championship match report
Norwich City move into the second automatic promotion place, three points clear of Swansea City, but this was nearly a chance missed. Ahead after barely a minute, the Canaries conceded a breakaway goal after an hour and took until almost stoppage time...
German plans for zero-emission car to win over petrolheads
Germany's world-class cadre of car designers are searching for the holy grail – a zero-emission car that wins over the world's petrolheads. "There are so many concepts," said one Audi executive. "We're not sure what the customer is...
Burberry takes a tumble as fears Japanese will slash spending spread
Enlarge Japan is the world's third-biggest luxury goods market after the US and China, but the Japanese still spend more on high-end brands when adding overseas purchases. Burberry (down 51p to 1122.5p) generates about 7 per cent of its sales in...
Emma Watson unveiled as new face of Lancôme after Twitter tease
The mysterious tweets began on Friday, with Watson telling fans: 'A new venture is starting - what can it be? Follow my clues and you will see...' Yesterday the actress, who was born in Paris, added: 'Are you keeping pace? No? Don't lose face, it's...
Japan earthquake: Briton tells worried family 'we r safe'
The 34-year-old teacher, his wife Sanae and baby daughter Erin were thought to be sheltering in the third floor of the school in which he teaches - along with dozens of other survivors. Mr Hickebottom, who lives just 11km (seven miles) from Sendai in...
Portrait of the artist: Hermione Norris, actor
What got you started? I'm one of those people who wanted to act from the age of four. I used to watch glamorous musicals from the 1940s and think, "I could do that." Then, when I was 11, I got a grant from Derbyshire county council to go to...
SXSW 2011: Andy Carvin - the man who tweeted the revolution
Andy Carvin is getting a little sick of talking about which verb best describes what he does. "It's somewhere between reporting and collaborative network journalism, and George Plimpton-like oral history, except that I'm doing it in real time in...
Microsoft to phase out unsuccessful Zune player
"We have nothing to announce about another Zune device," a Microsoft spokesman said in an emailed response to questions about the Zune. Bloomberg earlier reported that the company had decided to stop producing them. He said Zune devices...
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins AOL as adviser
The Huffington Post announced several other new hires, including former New York Times and Los Angeles Times journalist John Montorio. The move comes after AOL whacked nearly 20 percent of its global workforce last week, including 200 jobs in media...
Realtime News
- 02:39 Cruden results hit by lower private home sales
- 02:10 Former Newsnight editor: 'Stop obsessing about gender'
- 02:05 Matugga Distillers add ‘African soul’ to West Lothian site
- 02:05 Number of fast food outlets in Leeds is on the rise, figures reveal
- 02:01 'Watching our mates drop dead': New Zealand's synthetic cannabis...
- 01:55 Vegetarian meat substitutes 'exceeding salt limits'
- 01:47 Attending public or private school makes no difference in Naplan...
- 01:27 South Shields care home team win national award for going the extra...
- 01:22 Amy Schumer announces pregnancy on Instagram
- 01:16 Monsanto trial: judge rejects bid to overturn landmark cancer verdict
- 01:16 Guns and guards to be removed from Korean 'truce village' of Panmunjom
- 01:15 Demands for extra cash for ‘ignored’ children
- 01:12 Beaver reintroduction positive example of 'rewilding' says study
- 01:10 Liam Fox says Trump 'very keen' on trade deal
- 01:08 Britain's oldest football referee William "Harry" Hardy funeral
- 01:06 Andrew Vine: Politicians must get out of the gutter and heed the...
- 01:02 Tim Dewey: Budget must deliver three cheers for the great British...
- 01:02 Diana Johnson: Time to remove the stigma from our abortion laws and...
- 01:02 Pret sandwich death: Michael Gove to meet family
- 01:00 World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered in Black Sea
- 00:59 Stephen Hawking's personal items to be sold at auction
- 00:56 Spending plans must not ignore children, government told
- 00:46 Scheme to bring affordable housing to Knaresborough officially...
- 00:41 Man ‘stoned to death’ by monkeys
- 00:34 Highlands and Islands named among top world destinations for 2019
- 00:32 DVDs have had their day as shoppers go skimpy and sustainable
- 00:31 Sexual harassment inquiry finds it's not safe for women and girls...
- 00:29 Bodybuilding brothers face-off
- 00:29 Traffic lights failure caused long delays
- 00:28 Sudoku 4,198 medium
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