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The Independent
Fly solo: why more women are going on holiday alone
A growing number of women are choosing solo holidays, leaving loved ones behind to \"explore on their own terms,\" group tour operators report.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
How conference season was turned into the Farage show
When Nigel Farage kicked off the party conference season for Reform in Birmingham, he joked to party members: “It’s not all about me.” He pointed to a line of 11 Reform UK football shirts with the names of leading party members on them, insisting “we are not a one-man band, we are a full team.”
2 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Two for joy as Magpies pile pressure on Postecoglou
Nick Woltemade scored for the fourth time in five starts as Newcastle ground out a 2-0 Premier League victory over Nottingham Forest to leave Ange Postecoglou still awaiting his first win.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
'My ex-partner hacked into my email, but I caught him'
Alex Ross talks to a 62-year-old victim of coercive behaviour
5 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Trump labels Netanyahu 'so negative' over peace talks
Donald Trump privately told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop being \"so negative\" as Israel and Hamas appeared to be on the brink of reaching a permanent peace agreement two years into the bloody siege of Gaza.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Another Spice Girls reunion is the very last thing we need
Only Victoria Beckham could look at the swansong of Oasis’s reunion tour and think, OK, this, but make it zig-a-zig-ah.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Police to get extra powers in crackdown on protests
Police are to be given greater powers to restrict repeated protests, the home secretary has announced, hours after hundreds were arrested at a Palestine Action demonstration in London, with the protest group Defend Our Juries (DOJ) promising civil disobedience in key cities and towns across Britain in response.
4 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Piastri loses cool at Norris as Russell wins in Singapore
Oscar Piastri blasted Lando Norris's driving and then accused McLaren of being \"unfair\" as the world championship rivals collided on the opening lap of the Singapore Grand Prix, which was won by George Russell.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Labour is making alarming noises about human rights
When I came to the UK, I discovered something different.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Mount revival exposes yet more flaws in recruitment
Man United's confused strategy has handed Ruben Amorim a selection headache in a pivotal area
4 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Badenoch vows 150,000 a year mass deportation plan
Kemi Badenoch has been warned that she has a death wish for the Conservative Party with her new hard-right policies of mass deportations and potential withdrawal from an international treaty on human rights.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Is the air-traffic controller strike in France now over?
Charles de Gaulle airport is a major hub and the dispute could have affected hundreds of flights
1 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Hectically of the moment
A new exhibition is confirmation that Gilbert & George's entire life and career together can now be seen as a single piece of performance art, 60 years long
4 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Unbeaten run of Oliver's army ended by Grealish
The Croydon Invincibles are no more. Crystal Palace's unbeaten run had spanned seasons, taken them to Norway and Poland, incorporated five competitions from the Community Shield to the Europa Conference League, but finally it is over.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Tories pledge to cut £47bn from public spending round
A future Conservative government would save £47bn of taxpayers' money by implementing significant cuts across welfare, foreign aid, and social housing, the shadow chancellor is expected to announce today.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Partners in comfy trousers (and crime) steal the show
Suranne Jones's heist caper 'Frauds' proves you don't always need a big screen to think big
4 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Badenoch told she has ‘death wish’ for Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch spoke at the opening of the four-day conference in Manchester and signalled a clear shift to the right
1 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Rayner under fire over use of taxpayer-funded security
Angela Rayner is facing questions after her taxpayer-funded bodyguards were seen helping her partner move belongings into her second home.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
How an Israeli director's film about a Palestinian boy drew the government's ire
Shai Carmelli-Pollak's 'The Sea' won five trophies at Israel's Oscars but, the director tells Maira Butt, the country's artists are operating in an increasingly intolerable environment
5 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Thatcher and tumbleweed dominate Tory conference
Attendees at the Conservative Party conference could be forgiven for forgetting who their leader is, as Kemi Badenoch's face is not the most prominent in the Manchester exhibition centre.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Relax, AI isn't coming for your job after all... probably
Anxiety about Al among working-age adults, especially zoomers, who are at the sharp end of this tech revolution, is quite high.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
‘Jane Goodall was a much more complex character than most people think’
The celebrated scientist's gentle public persona was only part of her story. Diana Maclean speaks to friends and colleagues about the many sides of Goodall the public rarely got to see
7 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Few answers in homework handed in by Badenoch
Mixing her metaphors with a brazen self-belief that few in her party possess these days, Kemi Badenoch - in her maiden speech to her first conference as Tory leader - was about as bullish as she could be: “We have a mountain to climb, but we have a song in our hearts, and we are up for the fight.”
5 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
Police treating East Sussex mosque fire as hate crime
Police are treating a fire that caused significant damage to a mosque in East Sussex as suspected arson attack and a hate crime.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
I beat cancer but postcode lottery almost ended my dreams of being a mother’
For Joanna Young, the news that doctors had found a rare form of ovarian cancer with just a five to 10 per cent chance of survival was devastating enough.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
The Independent
AN ITALIAN POP STAR
Italy's Franciacorta region produces premium sparkling wine to rival Champagne at a more affordable price, finds Kate Wickers, whose head and taste buds may have been turned
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Independent
Stride issues warning to Tory leadership plotters
Sir Mel Stride has issued a warning to any Conservative colleagues plotting leadership challenges, urging them not to risk derailing the party just as he says it is starting to get back on track.
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Independent
THE KING OF CHANGE
As the Prince of Wales signals a clear shift in direction for when he takes the throne
7 min |
October 05, 2025
The Independent
Women with chronic pain turn to medical cannabis
More British women suffering from chronic pain are opting for medical cannabis after over-the-counter treatments failed to provide any relief.
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Independent
Liffey and times of Picasso's relationship with women
A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland, in partnership with the Musée Picasso in Paris, promises a new perspective on the troubled artist
3 min |