For a time in Portland yesterday, the statisticians were leafing through the annals to check Britain's worst showing at the World Indoor Athletis Championships. But on a night when the sprinter James Dasaolu once again crumbled under pressure, Lorraine Ugen and Tiffany Porter earned two late bronze medals for the British team.
Understanding the science of attraction can't guarantee you a date tonight, but it can point the way towards forming mutually benefiting relationships with other people
Rather than make Labour irrelevant, the Work and Pensions Secretary's resignation may offer the beginning of a new surge
The Work and Pensions Secretary has resigned for good but disloyal reasons – although David Cameron and George Osborne had already abandoned the cuts to disability benefits
A headline spoiler, a technical misfire and a qualified absolute in this week's Independent
IAAF president Sebastian Coe says he is saddened by the absence of Russia from the World Indoor Championships here in Portland but feels the governing body were left with no alternative.
Alison Taylor thinks asking somebody if they binge-watch box sets would be a good way of getting an insight into their character
It's easy to ignore someone who doesn't know how to use an apostrophe, says Marcus Berkmann
Grace Dent is looking for a friend for her labrador, Betty, and her partner is monitoring her access to the Battersea Dogs Home website vigilantly
The 61-year-old Blackadder star is returning to TV with the lead role in ITV's new adaptation of Maigret
How dull would our lives be if we, in effect, introduce a mandatory retirement age for wisecracks?
People still think of themselves as Christian but in Britain in particular, it's clear traditional church attendance is down
There is an opportunity to bind Turkey to European values while stopping well short of full EU membership
Letter from the editor: Several readers wrote in after last week's column, which sang the praises of our iPad app
A few individuals legally hunted each year is a small price to pay for the transformative benefits trophy hunting brings
The story would work if he were Jewish in a Muslim community, a New Yorker in a small Idaho town, or a Korean in China
The first known production was on 1 November 1604; it has hardly fallen out of favour since
For all the current crises, European funds are in demand. Rob Griffin looks at the opportunities and the risks
The service is to be scrapped and replaced by a new, slimmed-down money guidance body
Currys PC World is also launching its "Easter Mega Deals", and members have been posting bargains at HotUKDeals
Specialist funds can do quite well over a limited period but will never consistently outperform
Only two of Derek's recent portfolio additions have made headway: Patisserie and Distil
Offset deals are seen as complicated and only suitable for those with large savings balances. Both of these assumptions are wrong, says Andrew Hagger
Retirement experts fear that the Lifetime Isa is a stealthy way of replacing your pension
