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The Independent
Keir's ECHR showdown is last chance to see off Reform
David Lammy going to Strasbourg reminds me of David Cameron going to Brussels to try to get a deal that would allow Britain to stay in the EU.
3 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Littler prepares to throw everything at title defence
Opponents have been resorting to dark arts to get under Littler's skin, but the reigning world champion, whose bid for a second title begins at Alexandra Palace tonight, insists no one can knock him off his game
5 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Will layover passengers face US social media screening?
Q I read about the plan to make people going to the US provide their social media details to get an Esta. Would this affect passengers stopping off in the US? In May I am flying from Auckland to London via Los Angeles.
1 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
It's criminal! Sarkozy prison diary is 100% pure jambon
For many, Christmas is a time for ham, and arguably the most prime jambon of 2025 has been served up by Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president-turned-briefly-prisoner.
2 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Iceland boss and swimmer Davies among new peers
Olympic Swimming silver medallist Sharron Davies and the boss of the supermarket giant Iceland have been named among dozens of new people nominated for peerages by Sir Keir Starmer.
2 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
I'm hosting friends for dinner but worry that I'll mess it up
The Indy's agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help
2 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Why hasn't Labour bowed to pressure for 'Leveson 2'?
Gerry McCann, the father of Madeleine McCann, has written to the prime minister urging him to resume the Leveson Inquiry into the conduct and regulation of the media.
3 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
US to screen social media of tourists in latest crackdown
Football fans heading for the 2026 World Cup, as well as other British travellers planning visits to the US, will soon have to provide details of their social media activity going back five years.
2 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Reeves admits Budget leaks were 'extremely damaging'
Rachel Reeves has admitted that the briefings and leaks in the run-up to her tax-raising Budget were “extremely damaging” - but has insisted she did not authorise them.
3 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
Mangione listed ways to alter look and evade CCTV
US suspect in health boss killing planned to 'pluck brows'
4 min |
December 11, 2025
The Independent
The best albums of 2025
Roisin O'Connor, Hannah Ewens and Ellie Muir on the year's standout records, from Lily Allen to Little Simz
10+ min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Will dynamic pricing make train capacity issues worse?
Q Dynamic pricing on trains: does this mean pricing people out of peak-time travel instead of increasing capacity?
1 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Wounded England consider road to revive Ashes hopes
Needing to win all three remaining Tests, and robbed of the services of the injured Mark Wood, will under-pressure Ben Stokes roll the dice in Adelaide
4 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Slot triumphs in huge test as Reds' team spirit shines
A penalty to win it at San Siro. Perhaps Mohamed Salah, wherever he was watching it, reflected that he could have been taking it. Instead, with the Egyptian in exile, it was despatched brilliantly by Dominik Szoboszlai, who first took his spot on the right wing and now his role as the spot-kick specialist.
4 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Will Guardiola bow before the kings of Europe again?
Pep Guardiola might not bring up his half-century. Recent Champions League history suggests he will, given that Manchester City and Real Madrid contrive to face each other every year, at some stage or another.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Blair's Iraq war past 'cost him Gaza peace council job'
Sir Tony Blair will not hold a leading position on Gaza's peace council following objections from Arab states over his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, according to a report.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Forget the under-16s, can we ban TikTok for politicians?
Keir Starmer is on TikTok. But I assume that any serious politician ought to use the media that most people use - except that TikTok is banned on government devices because of security fears about its Chinese owner, ByteDance.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Autistic artist wins Turner Prize for ‘joyous’ sculptures
Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner Prize for her colourful cocoon-like sculptures made of VHS cassette tape and found fabric.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Climber 'left girlfriend to die' on Austrian Alps peak
A seasoned Alpine climber has been charged with manslaughter after he left his girlfriend on Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner, before she froze to death.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
NHS maternity probe head blasts 'unacceptable care'
Report highlights dirty wards, women bleeding in bathrooms and avoidable baby deaths amid a culture too slow to change
4 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Japan gives first megaquake warning after latest tremor
Authorities urge coast dwellers to stay vigilant as 'megathrust quake' could trigger tsunami that kills hundreds of thousands
2 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
'Can the US be friends with weak Europe? It depends,' says Trump in latest tirade
Donald Trump has accused European leaders of being “weak” and claimed their countries are “decaying” in an extraordinary attack on Washington’s traditionally closest allies.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Travel chaos as Storm Bram lashes Britain and Ireland
Strong winds and rain from Storm Bram caused disruption across Britain and Ireland yesterday, with flights and trains cancelled and hundreds of homes and businesses left without power.
2 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Russia must be subdued by every trick in Britain's book
Yet again this week, President Trump set Europe's strategic challenge. Despite reaffirming US commitment to Euro-Atlantic defence once allies pledged to invest more ourselves, his new national security strategy pivots to the Pacific while his Ukraine peace plan negotiates European security without European input.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
My missionary dad abused hundreds of boys - finally, I can see who he really was
Some of my earliest memories are of watching my father surrounded by the boys who attended the Christian camps he ran.
6 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
It's on the EU to get serious about a better deal with UK
No 10 may have slapped down deputy PM David Lammy after he cautiously suggested that the UK rejoin the EU's customs union, but the genie is out of the bottle.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Will Labour buckle and seek customs union talks?
In a rare case of the Liberal Democrats making the political weather, Ed Davey’s party has managed to put the question of Britain’s ties with Europe back on the political agenda, despite attempts by Downing Street to avoid the festering wound of Brexit.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
Shove Trump aside, Europe and turn the tables on Putin
The US president is a Russian ally trying to force surrender on Ukraine; Europe can and must stop him
3 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
For 20 years, I went off the rails – GBR won't save them
If all that was needed to sort out the country's trains was a nice paint job, then I think we would all be pretty content. The formal launch of the government's rail nationalisation bill has been accompanied by an image, possibly AI-generated, of the railway's new livery for the state-owned operations, and, actually, the paint job isn't that nice at all.
3 min |
December 10, 2025
The Independent
MI5 tolerated 'grotesque' crimes executed by IRA spy
Handlers took Stakeknife agent on holiday when they knew he was wanted by police for murder, damning report finds
4 min |