The Independent - November 12, 2024
The Independent - November 12, 2024
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November 12, 2024
Welby should resign over abuse scandal, says bishop
Archbishop of Canterbury has lost confidence of his clergy’
4 mins
'We'll put Ukraine in the strongest possible position'
Starmer and Macron make vow ahead of Trump presidency
2 mins
UK air supremacy in future wars is gone, RAF chief says
The UK will not enjoy supremacy in the air in future warfare but will have to fight against an “ever-improving enemy” for control, the head of the Royal Air Force has warned, as he claimed that the UK faces the most difficult strategic environment in decades.
3 mins
Mic drop: Lineker to leave Match of the Day in May
Gary Lineker will leave Match of the Day at the end of the season, it is widely reported, with a full exit from the BBC set for after the 2026 World Cup around 20 months from now.
2 mins
Trump's tariffs 'doomsday scenario' for UK economy
Donald Trump’s plans to impose huge tariffs on imports are a “doomsday scenario” for the UK economy, a senior Labour figure has warned.
2 mins
Assisted dying bill is 'safe', says MP proposing new law
A bill to legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill adults is the “safest choice” and the “strictest” in the world, the MP behind the new law has claimed as it is set to be published.
2 mins
Is the latest assisted dying bill likely to be made law?
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will be brought before the Commons in its entirety in the coming days, with a debate in the chamber scheduled for the end of the month.
3 mins
Badenoch: Red tape delayed payment to subpostmasters
The government let bureaucracy get in the way of redress for wronged subpostmasters, Kemi Badenoch told the inquiry into the Post Office scandal yesterday.
2 mins
Ex-soldier Khalife admits to Wandsworth prison escape
The former soldier Daniel Khalife yesterday pleaded guilty to escaping from prison.
3 mins
Man jailed for two years 'has spent half life in prison*
A prisoner has spent more than half of his life in jail for starting a fire in the attic of an empty building aged 17 under an abolished indefinite jail term.
3 mins
Campaign to raise £90k to return rare Bible launched
A rare 13th-century Bible could return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral, more than 700 years after it was written.
2 mins
Gladiator II thrills - even if Mescal is no Russell Crowe
Ridley Scott’s belated sequel has it all: sharks, monkeys, and the joy of Denzel Washington’s Shakespearean enunciation. At times, this movie is pure camp, writes Clarisse Loughrey
3 mins
Met officer who fatally shot Kaba is set to be promoted
The firearms officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba is set to be promoted after he was cleared of murder, according to reports.
1 min
Black prisoner died alone following sickle cell crisis
The family of a Black sickle cell patient who died “naked and alone” in prison after a medical crisis have described their pain as an inquest found that neglect was a contributing factor.
3 mins
Urbi et Orban: Pope could derail support for Ukraine
Francis shows backing for Hungary’s peace deal’ between Kyiv and Moscow, while Trump’s election puts US aid at risk
3 mins
Ukraine forces face 50,000 troops in Russia's Kursk
Ukraine is battling 50,000 troops in Russia’s border Kursk region, according to the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, while also scrambling to reinforce two besieged fronts in the east and bracing to meet an infantry assault in the south.
3 mins
Trump chooses China hawk as national security adviser
President-elect Donald Trump has asked Michael Waltz, a retired army national guard officer and war veteran, to be his national security adviser.
2 mins
Alarm as Cop29 first day overshadowed by Trump
The United Nations’ Cop29 climate summit kickstarted yesterday amid stark warnings about the deteriorating state of the planet and an undercurrent of anxiety over Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
4 mins
Why India's trainee doctors are hoping for more bodies
Logistical hurdles and cultural sensitivities are affecting the donation of cadavers, so medical students are forced to train on anatomical models or simulations, reports Namita Singh
8 mins
'Some boys wet themselves, some wanted their mothers'
Reckless exposure to atomic weapons tests left young men and later, their children suffering from debilitating illness and disability. Zoé Beaty reports on the long fight for justice
6 mins
Cast iron catnip for Gen Z's aspirations of adulthood
Police had to be called after hundreds of frenzied shoppers descended on a cookware sale this weekend. Helen Coffey dons oven gloves to tackle the LeCreuSlay phenomenon
5 mins
Brothers grim: on the dark world of Nineties boybands
As anew documentary series reveals what it was really like to ride the pop train to stardom, Jessie Thompson remembers her own youthful obsession and looks behind the curtain
9 mins
How Gary Barlow became accidental king of memes
The singer is currently enjoying a load of nice days out’ on his new travel show. It’s the latest step in his reinvention as an inadvertent icon of hun culture’, says Katie Rosseinsky
4 mins
Barclays warns tax rise will hit workers' living standards
Business leaders accuse government of betraying the nation’
4 mins
Supermarket shoppers will soon find ‘every little hurts'
Is chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to hike employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) about to hit us all – and right in the supermarket baskets?
3 mins
United's ship steadied, now Amorim hits deeper waters
It may be the way all Manchester United managers imagine their reign ending.
4 mins
While rivals hit the buffers, Liverpool deserve their lead
Alexis Mac Allister can have a footballing eloquence. His job involves reading the game.
3 mins
It's the unmade Rocky film with a twist... roll up, folks
There is no hate, no love, the gloves are big and the rounds will be short when Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight on Friday night.
4 mins
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