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Starmer told he will have to accept Trump free speech agenda to win US trade deal
Sir Keir Starmer must embrace Donald Trump’s agenda by repealing hate speech laws in order to get a trade deal over the line, sources close to JD Vance have told The Independent.
3 min |
April 16, 2025
The Independent
The blight of English clubs have Gunners in their sights
Three goals down, yet Real Madrid’s record against Premier League clubs gives them reason to hope, writes Richard Jolly
4 min |
April 16, 2025
The Independent
Asylum barge and hotel contract awarded despite election pledge to end use
The government has awarded a contract that allows hotels and barges to house asylum seekers up until September 2027, despite Labour vowing to end the practice.
3 min |
April 16, 2025
The Independent
'I needed heart surgery after swimming in polluted sea'
Sewage spill levels at record high leaving surfers critically ill
4 min |
April 16, 2025
The Independent
'Real Madrid will eat you alive but they can be beat'
Robert Pires, creative genius of Arsenal’s Invincibles’, chats to Dani Gill about his hopes for Arteta’s men and why he couldn’t talk to Arsene Wenger after that 2006 loss to Barca
4 min |
April 16, 2025
The Independent
How a new UK-US trade agreement could be shaped
If, as vice-president JD Vance says, there is a good chance’ a deal could be imminent, which nation will benefit the most?
4 min |
April 16, 2025
The Independent
Birmingham council: We're on track to clear bin backlog
Birmingham City Council says it is on track to clear a backlog of uncollected waste by the weekend.
2 min |
April 16, 2025
The Independent
Mixed signals for mortgage hunters, latest figures show
The number of low-deposit mortgages available has reached the highest level since 2008, new figures show.
2 min |
April 16, 2025
The Independent
Norris's biggest title rival is exuding an invincible aura
Without a victory since the season-opener in Australia, Lando Norris had some ground to make up at race four in Bahrain. After an under-par qualifying, he recovered from sixth on the grid and a false start to ultimately finish on the podium in third. Yet despite teammate Oscar Piastri claiming his second win of
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
No misguided optimism on the part of underdogs Villa
The way Unai Emery has tried to explain it, Nuno Mendes’s injury-time goal at the Parc des Princes didn’t alter much.
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
What will finally put an end to Birmingham's bin strike?
Days after the deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, called in the army to assist in the logistics side of the Birmingham bin strike (rather than collecting rubbish), after six weeks out, and even after an improved offer from the council, the Birmingham bin strike is to continue.
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
Sunak's ex-aide among 15 charged over election bets
A former Tory MP and aide to Rishi Sunak is among 15 people charged with offences relating to bets placed on the timing of the 2024 general election, the Gambling Commission has announced.
2 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
We shouldn't raise a glass to the growth of English wine
Hull is tipped to be the new Bordeaux’ but the reasons behind it are nothing to be celebrated, argues Helen Coffey
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
Demons banished, now to rack up the titles like Tiger
Glory came almost 3,900 days since Mcllroy’s last major title and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house, writes Jim White
6 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
Should the taxpayer have to cough up for British Steel?
What could still be the death of the British steel industry pains me. As a child in Stocksbridge, on the edge of Sheffield, I grew up around it. My father worked for British Steel. So did my grandparents.
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
Hungary passes law to ban LGBT+ Pride gatherings
Hungary has passed a constitutional amendment allowing authorities to ban LGBT+ public events such as Pride marches a move seen as another step toward authoritarianism by the country’s populist government.
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
First new antibiotic since 1990s found for gonorrhoea
Scientists have found the first new antibiotic treatment for gonorrhoea since the 1990s amid fears over the rise of untreatable” strains of the sexually transmitted infection.
2 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
How McIlroy finally won his greatest battle: with himself
An acceptance of his vulnerabilities became Rory Mcllroy’s superpower in winning at Augusta, writes Jamie Braidwood
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
With Belsen's liberation, our troops restored dignity after history's darkest chapter
\"Some argue that the Holocaust happened elsewhere, far from our shores. But Britain’s connection to the Holocaust and the role the country played in bringing it to an end – must never be forgotten.
2 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
Fingye's intent was clear - the UK should have seen it
\"It is a long way from Scunthorpe to the windswept plains of northeast China.
4 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
How the other half live...
A hundred years after The Great Gatsby’ was published, data shows that only one in 10 of those earning over 100k thinks they are rich. Zoé Beaty explores the way we perceive wealth
8 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
'Indie cred? I need to make things that people go see'
Steven Soderbergh speaks to Adam White about weathering the box-office disappointment of his new film Black Bag’, his love of genre movies, and his fears for Hollywood’s future
7 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
Trump lands himself in big trouble with patient China
\"A fair prediction is that in between watching golf at the US Masters, playing the game himself, touring the tables and glad-handing the diners at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump has found little time to study Bertrand Russell.
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
'Terrorist' accused of arson attack on governor's home
A suspected terrorist has been accused of setting alight a Pennsylvania governor’s mansion on Saturday evening, forcing his family and other guests to flee the residence.
2 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
All-female Blue Origin crew travel to the edge of space
Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to Earth yesterday, marking the first all-female space flight in more than 60 years.
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
Why has Trump excused Russia's latest massacre?
His mumbled explanation for Russia’s horrible’ bombing of Sumy on Sunday is no sign that the US president is getting tough on Vladimir Putin, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley
4 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
What critical infrastructure does China own in the UK?
As government officials and British Steel staff race to save its blast furnaces after what ministers believe was a plot to sabotage the Scunthorpe plant by its Chinese owners, there are more eyes than ever on Chinese investments in the UK.
2 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
Libraries face growing calls to remove LGBT+ books
Librarians are facing growing calls for LGBT+ books to be removed from shelves, industry leaders have warned, as the influence of US pressure groups is felt in the UK.
3 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
'Stop Brexit Man' cleared over Westminster noise ban
An activist known as Stop Brexit Man” has been cleared of flouting a police ban after playing anti-Conservative and antiBrexit edits of The Muppet Show and Darth Vader’s theme music outside parliament.
2 min |
April 15, 2025
The Independent
'Sabotage' row as ministers.race to keep steel plant alive
Chinese investment in UK infrastructure under fire as Jingye accused of planning to let British Steel’s Scunthorpe site fail
4 min |