In this issue

November 06, 2022

Immigration officials target places of worship to advise people to 'go back home'

Immigration enforcement officials are targeting places of worship to advise people with insecure statuses to go back to their countries of origin, The Independent has learnt.

4 mins

Sunak criticised over claim of climate-saving 'roadmap'

Rishi Sunak is under fire for claiming that the world has charted a course to avoid catastrophic global heating despite experts warning that a temperature rise above 1.5C is now almost \"inevitable\".

2 mins

US warns against further North Sea oil exploration

Joe Biden's climate envoy has questioned the UK's plans to expand North Sea oil and gas production dramatically, warning it will not solve the energy crisis.

2 mins

Britain could see flooding on similar scale to Germany

Devastating floods on a similar scale to those seen in Germany in 2021 are \"absolutely conceivable\" in the UK, experts have warned. Factors ranging from the summer's drought conditions to erratic weather patterns caused by the climate crisis rachet up the risk, they claim.

4 mins

Williamson faces probe over texts to chief whip

Sir Gavin Williamson told the former chief whip \"you fuck us all over\" in angry texts after being excluded from the Queen's funeral

2 mins

Nurses vote to launch strike in national dispute over pay

The biggest nursing strike in NHS history will take place before Christmas in a dispute about pay that is raging across the health service.

1 min

Firebomb attack classified as right-wing terrorism

The firebombing of an immigration processing centre in Dover was motivated by an extreme right-wing terrorist ideology, police have said.

2 mins

Homeowners will not trust Tories again, Ed Davey says

Homeowners will never trust the Tories again as their mortgage bills soar, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey will say, as he accuses Rishi Sunak of running scared of an election.

2 mins

Bank holiday announced for King's coronation next May

The government has announced an extra bank holiday to mark the coronation of King Charles III next year.

2 mins

Twitter launches blue tick subscription as founder apologises to sacked staff

Twitter has launched a subscription service allowing users to buy blue-tick verification for a monthly fee of $7.99 (£7).

2 mins

Tory MPs urge PM to calm fears over rising energy bills

Conservative MPs have joined demands for Rishi Sunak to act on the risk of soaring energy bills in the new year, piling pressure on him to end the uncertainty.

2 mins

Pensions 'stealth tax' plans would hit millions of savers

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are planning a stealth tax raid on pensions as part of a dash to balance the books and restore Britain's economic credibility, according to reports.

2 mins

New-found star system may be the oldest in our galaxy

Scientists may have discovered one of the oldest star systems with rocky planets in our galaxy, consisting of two white dwarf stars and the remains of rocky planets that are more than 10 billion years old.

2 mins

China warns Russia against nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Chinese president Xi Jinping on Friday warned against using nuclear weapons over Ukraine, in a first clear message to Russia.

1 min

Israel's serial leader returns

Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu, who first became prime minister in 1996, is set to begin a third stint in office. David Harding and Chris Stevenson look back at a long, controversial career

5 mins

Fears grow North Korea will return to nuclear tests after number of missiles are fired

North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the sea yesterday morning, the South Korean military said.

2 mins

Rihanna using Depp for her fashion show is staggering

I have always liked Rihanna. Well, as much as you can like someone you have never actually met. But as many of us know all too well, your greatest strength is often your greatest flaw - and the thing that initially attracted you to someone later becomes the thing that repels you.

4 mins

Using maths in real life will make so many things add up

\"When will we ever need to use this?\" It's the question asked perennially in maths classrooms up and down the country and indeed around the world.

3 mins

Haaland leaves it late to put 10-man City back on top

Manchester City 2 Alvarez (17), Haaland (90+5 pen) | Fulham Pereira (28 pen) 1

2 mins

England survive Sri Lanka scare to reach semi-finals

DAVID CHARLESWORTH

3 mins

Consorting with spirit

Considered at one point to be Britain's most hated woman, Camilla, the Queen Consort, has finally gained acceptance. Laura Hampson looks at how she charmed a sceptical public

4 mins

'Being an artist seems like such an untouchable thing'

Singer Etta Marcus has accrued an almost cult-like fanbase. She talks to Megan Graye about carving her identity and how it feels to be the subject of the strange hysteria she's inspired

4 mins

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