Cahal Milmo

Cahal Milmo is the chief reporter of The Independent and has been with the paper since 2000. He was born in London and previously worked at the Press Association news agency. He has reported on assignment at home and abroad, including Rwanda, Sudan and Burkina Faso, the phone hacking scandal and the London Olympics. In his spare time he is a keen runner and cyclist, and keeps an allotment.

If a child is left to cry for long enough, it simply gives up and withdraws from the world

How Ceausescu’s lost souls were given a new start in life

Corsica's rugged interior

A family escape to Corsica's quieter corners

UK-based banks, including HSBC, have insisted that they do not help their clients to avoid tax

British banks ordered to divulge details of dealings with Panama firm

London's financial districts are under the microscope

Punish firms helping corrupt hide money offshore, urge campaigners