In this issue

March 13, 2024

Abbott reports 'racist and wrong' Tory donor to police

Diane Abbott has reported the Conservative Party's biggest-ever donor to the police after he was alleged to have said the MP \"should be shot\", The Independent can reveal.

6 mins

Children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers in gender clinics, says NHS

Children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, NHS England has confirmed.

2 mins

Starmer pledges debate and a vote on assisted dying law

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged that parliament will debate and vote on changing assisted dying laws if Labour wins the next general election.

3 mins

Can Reform UK do harm to the Tories at the ballot box?

Opinion polls will soon give us some idea of the electoral impact of Lee Anderson's journey from deputy chairman of the Conservative Party to Reform UK's first MP.

3 mins

Influencer Tate to face sex abuse charges in Britain

Andrew Tate will be extradited to the UK to face allegations of sexual aggression after his Romanian trial proceedings have concluded, a court has ruled. Bedfordshire Police said the force has obtained a European arrest warrant and is working with authorities in Romania.

3 mins

Law to exonerate wronged subpostmasters introduced

A law aimed at quashing the wrongful convictions of subpostmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal is being introduced by the government today.

3 mins

Migrants will be offered £3,000 to move to Rwanda

Migrants who have been refused asylum will be offered thousands of pounds to move to Rwanda under a new \"voluntary\" scheme as the government faces an ongoing parliamentary battle over its stalled deportation plan.

3 mins

Bosses use short-term visas to exploit migrant workers

Some migrant care workers are being paid less than £5 an hour while domestic workers brought to the UK by rich employees are barely paid at all, new research looking at exploitation of visa routes has found.

3 mins

Ashes seized after police raid on funeral parlour

Police yesterday recovered another body and a quantity of what they believe are human ashes as part of an investigation into a Hull funeral director.

1 min

Eric Carmen, singer behind All By Myself, dies at 74

Eric Carmen, the former Raspberries frontman and the singer-songwriter behind hits including \"Hungry Eyes\" and \"All By Myself\", has died aged 74.

1 min

Lily Allen: Having children ruined my career in music

Lily Allen has shared her frank feelings on balancing her career with motherhood, claiming that having children \"ruined\" her popstar potential.

2 mins

Cyprus vows more aid ships as pilot Gaza mission sails

'This journey of hope has just begun,' Bel Trew is told in the port of Larnaca. However, the consensus is that any future voyages must come alongside land crossings being opened

4 mins

Russia's gliding 'destroyer' changing the face of the war

In a Ukrainian stronghold near the front line, less than 20 miles from the eastern city of Donetsk, a winged bomb is seen hurtling towards a multistorey building.

5 mins

Maxwell 'protected by Epstein deal', say lawyers

Attorneys for Ghislaine Maxwell yesterday argued that the disgraced British socialite should have been protected by a deal Jeffrey Epstein made years ago as they made a bid for her freedom in a New York courtroom.

4 mins

The Indy article that could lead to retrial for Maxwell

In the days following Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction for sex trafficking, the journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley interviewed one of the jurors who had put Maxwell behind bars.

2 mins

Haiti PM resigns as gangs plunge country into crisis

Haiti's prime minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign, bowing to international pressure to save the country which has been overwhelmed by spiralling gang violence.

1 min

Putin crashed our wedding, now my fiance is his PoW

The day Russia invaded Ukraine, Svitlana was due to marry Leonid: instead, he's one of 6,000 prisoners now being held in squalor. Arpan Rai hears from the women they left behind

6 mins

WALK OF LIFE

It became one of those health messages that's so lodged into our public health consciousness without question.

5 mins

The complicated unwritten rules of Cheltenham fashion

There's no official dress code but that doesn't make dressing for the racing festival any easier, discovers Katie Rosseinsky

4 mins

PARADISE LOSS

No airline is allowed to cap welfare costs when a flight gets cancelled and passengers are stranded, writes Simon Calder

3 mins

'New Order inquired about working with the girls'

In 2003, talent show winners Girls Aloud were tasked with recording a make-or-break second album. 'What Will the Neighbours Say?' ended up being one of the oddest records in UK pop history. Gary Grimes speaks to those involved

10+ mins

Are vets ripping off owners?

Watchdog to investigate costs of prescriptions and medicines

3 mins

Tough calls for Southgate as he finalises friendlies squad

It is decision time for Gareth Southgate. Tomorrow he will announce his squad for England's friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.

5 mins

Battling Blackmore kicks off Cheltenham with a bang

In spite of an onslaught of early rain threatening to dampen spirits as well as the course, Rachael Blackmore ensured the Cheltenham Festival began with a bang in a wonderful ride atop Slade Steel for the opening race of the week, the Supreme Novices Hurdle.

3 mins

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