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The Work Programme is failing single parents
As MPs publish a report on how well the Work Programme targets different users, Fiona Weir says single parents have been largely invisible within the system.
telegraph.co.uk (9 hours ago)
Goldman exits China's ICBC, seven years and billions later
By Fiona Lau and Elzio Barreto HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised $1.1 billion by selling its remaining shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, ending a seven-year old investment and handing the Wall Street firm a return of nearly four times its original stake. Goldman's relationship...
yahoo.com (11 hours ago)
Anne-Marie Duff: 'I wondered if I should lie about my background'
Anne-Marie Duff holds out her hand – a shy shake. She is wearing what looks like a child's white vest, jeans and no jewellery. There is nothing to give her away, apart from her face. Even her feet are bare – maroon nail varnish excepted. It is a sunny day – warm upstairs at the Jerwood rehearsal space in south...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
‘Woke Up Lonely,’ by Fiona Maazel
Fiona Maazel’s antic new novel examines the contradictory but concurrent urges for solitude and intimacy.
nytimes.com (3 days ago)
Fitness bootcamps: how to get bikini-ready in style
A new boot camp at a countryside hotel leaves Fiona Duncan utterly exhausted - yet well fed, invigorated and healthier.
telegraph.co.uk (4 days ago)
Australians pictured naked at famous London landmarks to promote nudity.. let's hope the Queen...
Sam Hatfield and Fiona Skelton bared all beneath Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. They also copied the iconic image of The Beatles strolling across the Abbey Road crossing.
dailymail.co.uk (4 days ago)
Bot's going on here? Two Australians strip off to promote nudity but let's hope the Queen wasn't...
Sam Hatfield and Fiona Skelton bared all beneath Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. They also copied the iconic image of The Beatles strolling across the Abbey Road crossing.
dailymail.co.uk (5 days ago)
TV grows up (slowly) to real women on screens
The BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce, 49, says she daren’t let her grey hairs show, and Kay Burley, 52, of Sky,...
thetimes.co.uk (5 days ago)
The Royal Ballet: not British enough?
Is the Royal Ballet failing young British talent? Over the weekend, former ballerina Bryony Brind expressed her shock that the company now has just one British woman and two British men among its 21 principals. With the company dominated by foreign talent, Brind believes that a whole generation of young British...
guardian.co.uk (5 days ago)
UK government to oppose 2025 European vehicle emissions target
The UK government is to oppose a proposal for a tough new EU-wide target on carbon emissions from vehicles, provoking protests from environmental campaigners. The proposal for a 2025 target, by which emissions per car should not exceed 70g of carbon dioxide per kilometre, was made by Fiona Hall, a Liberal Democrat...
guardian.co.uk (8 days ago)
Midsomer Murders' Fiona Dolman has split from husband is now pregnant with younger man's child
Midsomer Murders star Fiona Dolman has revealed she has secretly split from her husband - and is now pregnant after a short-lived fling with a younger lover.
independent.co.uk (8 days ago)
Midsomer murder actress pregnant after split from husband
Midsomer Murders star Fiona Dolman has revealed she has split with her husband of 13 years and is pregnant following a fling with a younger man.
telegraph.co.uk (8 days ago)
Fiona Dolman reveals she is pregnant following short fling with younger lover after secretly...
She is used to being involved in relatively dramatic plotlines playing a headmistress in Midsomer Murders.
dailymail.co.uk (8 days ago)
Jailed, 28st care worker who abused her elderly residents by sitting on them
Obese care worker Fiona Salmon also pinched, slapped and sprayed deodorant into the faces of pensioners she was supposed to be helping at a home in St Ives, Cornwall.
dailymail.co.uk (10 days ago)
Fiona Salmon: The care home worker weighing 28 stone jailed for SITTING on vulnerable elderly...
Obese care worker Fiona Salmon also pinched, slapped and sprayed deodorant into the faces of pensioners she was supposed to be helping at a home in St Ives, Cornwall.
dailymail.co.uk (10 days ago)
Mr Putin, Operative in the Kremlin by Fiona Hill and Clifford G Gaddy – review
The emergence of Vladimir Putin can only be understood as the second chapter of a story that began with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The problem is that there is still little agreement about what happened in chapter one. Most western analysts cling to the notion that Gorbachev and Yeltsin were brave, if...
guardian.co.uk (11 days ago)
'About A Boy' Is Coming To Your TV
NBC has ordered a TV remake of "About A Boy," Deadline reports. The network picked up the pilot, based on the 2002 movie and Nicholas Hornby's best-selling novel of the same name, from "Parenthood" creator Jason Katims and directed by Jon Favreau. In NBC's "About A Boy" series, Minnie Driver will play Fiona, the...
huffingtonpost.com (11 days ago)
The future of Russia: Closing doors
The future is already here Mr Putin: Operative in the Kremlin. By Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy. Brookings Institution Press; 400 pages; $29.95 and £19.99. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk Can Russia Modernise? Sistema, Power Networks and Informal Governance. By Alena Ledeneva. Cambridge University Press; 310...
economist.com (12 days ago)
Talib Kweli Delivers On 5th Solo Album
-- Talib Kweli, "Prisoner of Conscious" (Javotti Media/Caroline Distribution) Throughout his career, whether in his early collaborative work with fellow Brooklynite Mos Def in Black Star or with the Cincinnati producer-rapper Hi-Tek, Talib Kweli consistently combined his conscious approach to writing with a verbal...
huffingtonpost.com (12 days ago)
Fiona Bruce's Britain
In her new monthly column, Fiona Bruce, the television presenter, reveals her favourite unsung attractions around the country.
telegraph.co.uk (13 days ago)
See Laura Marling's 'Master Hunter,' a Harrowing Dance Duet
Last month, Laura Marling's "Master Hunter" came crashing out of the gate like an amped up combination of Bill Callahan's baritone blues and Fiona Apple's frenetic folk...
spin.com (13 days ago)
Broadway play is pulled for want of the right nomination
Sad to report that actress Fiona Shaw and director Deborah Warner have seen their latest venture, The Testament of Mary, Colm Tóibín’s one-woman play about the mother of Jesus, close on Broadway after just two weeks. Despite being nominated for three Tony awards, the show had lukewarm reviews and ticket sales were...
standard.co.uk (14 days ago)
Fiona Bruce’s global mission
From local antiques to international acquisitions. Antiques Roadshow presenter Fiona Bruce hosts the Global Investment Conference on Thursday and went to 10 Downing Street yesterday to prepare for the event, which brings together more than 300 global business leaders including IMF head Christine Lagarde.
standard.co.uk (14 days ago)
The 5:2 diet – feasts for fast days
With its flexible approach and simple rules, the 5:2 diet has become the calorie-control plan for people who like to eatFor the first time since university I am on a diet. Somehow, I've become a calorie-counter, someone who weighs out porridge oats and drinks herbal tea. In other words, the kind of person...
guardian.co.uk (15 days ago)
Fiona Fullerton: It was great being a Bond girl but being a best-selling author is better
ACTRESS Fiona Fullerton became one of Britain's best-loved flm, TV and theatre stars in a career spanning more than 20 years and is perhaps best known for her role as Pola Ivanova in the James Bond film A View To A Kill .
dailyexpress.co.uk (17 days ago)
Fiona Anderson's parents fight for daughter to be buried with her three children
Gripped by despair, the young mum took the lives of her three children and made preparations for her own death
mirror.co.uk (17 days ago)
Fiona Anderson: Parents of pregnant woman who 'killed her three children before she fell from...
The parents of Fiona Anderson, who is believed to have killed her children and fell to her death in Suffolk, appealed to the father of the children to grant Ms Anderson's last wish and let her be buried with their children.
dailymail.co.uk (18 days ago)
Lowestoft: Pregnant mum who 'killed her three babies' wrote on walls asking to be buried with them
Fiona Anderson, 23, is believed to have killed daughter Levina, three, and sons Addy, two, and Kyden, 11 months, before leaping 40ft from a multi-storey car park
mirror.co.uk (18 days ago)
Kristen Wiig's Next Comedy
Kristen Wiig is back in the indie comedy "Girl Most Likely." The film's first official trailer debuted on Thursday, accompanied by the "Girls"-approved Icona Pop song, "I Love It." Previously titled "Imogene," "Girl Most Likely" made its initial debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Roadside...
huffingtonpost.com (18 days ago)
Say Goodbye To 'The Testament Of Mary'
NEW YORK — "The Testament of Mary," which earned three Tony Award nominations, won't be around next month when they're handed out. Producers said the one-woman show by Colm Toibin that imagines the Virgin Mary's life after her son's death will close after 43 performances, a victim of poor reviews and ticket sales....
huffingtonpost.com (19 days ago)
