The Independent - March 29, 2023
The Independent - March 29, 2023
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In this issue
March 29, 2023
Tory MP backs our bid to stop war hero's deportation
Tobias Ellwood among senior figures supporting Afghan pilot threatened with removal to Rwanda by the Home Office
5 mins
Harry says Palace withheld phone hacking evidence
The Duke of Sussex has accused the royal family of withholding information from him about phone hacking because they did not want him to bring a claim as it would open a can of worms”.
3 mins
Day two is for the diehards in Harry's war on the press
Up on the third floor, in the strip-lit, pine-clad bowels of the Royal Courts of Justice there's a sign on the door of Court 76 that says \"Sussex and Others\". You could be forgiven for thinking you'd got lost in a very sterile beer festival or a Shakespearean costume store.
2 mins
Johnson allies set to hold conference in bid to 'take back control' of Tory party
Boris Johnson allies will hold a political conference this spring aimed at \"taking back control\" of the Conservative Party.
2 mins
Starmer 'acts like Putin' as Corbyn blocked by Labour
The founder of the left-wing pressure group Momentum has been condemned for comparing Keir Starmer to Russia leader Vladimir Putin for blocking Jeremy Corbyn from standing for Labour.
3 mins
Forbes to leave government after failed leadership bid
Kate Forbes is set to leave the Scottish government after finishing second in the SNP leadership race. Ms Forbes is believed to have been offered the rural affairs job by new first minister Humza Yousaf, but turned it down.
1 min
Will we ever see new laws to curb problem gambling?
Record fines of £19m imposed on William Hill for failing to protect customers, including one who was allowed to open an account and spend £23,000 in 20 minutes without any checks, raise the question of what has happened to the government's promise of new laws. A white paper on gambling has been promised since December 2020, but has been repeatedly postponed.
2 mins
Paltrow's version of ski crash obeys 'laws of physics'
Gwyneth Paltrow’s version of events in her 2016 ski crash is consistent with the laws of physics”, a US court heard yesterday as her lawyers showed jurors two animated reconstructions of the accident.
1 min
Sharp hiring 'shouldn't stand', says ex-BBC boss
Richard Sharp’s appointment as BBC chair shouldn’t stand”, the corporation’s former general director John Birt has said.
3 mins
Former Bridgerton boss died of insulin overdose
A disgraced aristocrat whose family runs the stately home featured in Bridgerton died days after being given excess insulin in hospital, an inquest has heard. Simon Howard, 66, died at York Hospital on 27 February last year, with an inquest in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, told he had unstable diabetes” and epilepsy. Hospital bosses have offered his family an apology.
2 mins
Israel's Identity Crisis Runs Deeper Than Judicial Reviews
The country is polarised, with opposition parties searching for a fundamentally liberal democratic state, writes Bel Trew
4 mins
Macron refuses to concede as mass protests continue
Protesters blocked train tracks and highways and clashed with police in some French cities yesterday as they marched across the country against President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular pension bill.
3 mins
Putin using Bakhmut to ruin Wagner, say experts
Russia’s months-long battle to capture the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is being used by the Kremlin to largely destroy” the private Wagner Group and put its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in his place”, according to experts monitoring the conflict.
2 mins
India's national carrier has big shoes to fill... its own
Oh, Air India, how I adored thee. In the 1990s, the Indian national carrier was a favourite. I flew on its big, comfortable jumbo jets many times. Either I was flying to and from India, which was always a thrill, or I was taking advantage of the fifth freedom\" routes from London Heathrow to New York JFK and Toronto.
2 mins
England recapture magic through two rising stars
Renewed hope after Bellingham and Saka cement their status
3 mins
'I must work harder to win - I've learnt about sacrifice'
British heavyweight Anthony Joshua tells Alex Pattle about that’ in-ring speech and money vs emotion for fighters
6 mins
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