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Chancellor starts bonfire of regulations in a fresh effort to ignite economic growth
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to axe a significant number of regulators, as the government continues its war on red tape.
2 min |
March 17, 2025
The Independent
JustGiving under fire over ‘astonishing profit margin'
Fundraising platform JustGiving has come under fire over the level of profit it makes from donations.
4 min |
March 17, 2025
The Independent
MOTLEY CRUISE
From death metal in a sauna to mosh pits that rock the boat – literally – Kinza Shenn sets sail on a hardcore music voyage
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
'Please make this 13-hour flight even longer, captain'
Simon Calder explains how air passengers’ rights rules have unintended consequences, including delaying more planes
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
RUNNING ON EMPTY
It’s now the norm to navigate the world in private bubbles – headphones in, strangers at bay. So Isobel Lewis decided to run with just her thoughts for a year and she was transformed
6 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
I was trying to save baby wombat, claims influencer
An American influencer who sparked outrage after filming herself taking a baby wombat away from its mother has defended her actions and said she was only trying to get it off the road.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
PM says peacekeeping force plans in ‘operational phase'
UK will host military chiefs from ‘coalition of the willing’ on Thursday to create robust strategy to back Ukraine ceasefire
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Can Newcastle overcome weight of history to win?
A Carabao Cup trophy may mean more to the Toon than Liverpool but often these games go to those who want it least
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
‘A sibling's suicide is like an explosion in slow motion'
Novelist Richard Mason still hasn’t fully recovered from his sister’s death but, he tells Megan Lloyd Davies, it led to him creating a foundation which has transformed so many lives
7 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
School inspector sacked for wiping rain off child's face.wins unfair dismissal case
A former Ofsted inspector sacked for brushing water off a child’s head was unfairly dismissed, the Court of Appeal has found.
1 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
'It's taken literally 25 years to get my head around it'
Boyband Five are reuniting to tour but – as J, Scott, Sean, Abz and Ritchie reveal to Hannah Ewens – they’re still dealing with the madness resulting from years at the top
10 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Trump expels 'race-baiting South African ambassador
The United States has expelled South Africa’s ambassador after accusing him of being a “race-baiting politician” who hates the US and president Donald Trump.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
TURKISH DELIGHTS
Aisling O’Leary heads to Turkey’s intriguing Urla on the Aegean coast to find out how one region’s farm-to-table dining and fresh produce philosophy has won Michelin stars
5 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
'I am so proud to be captain of this beautiful club that means so much to me'
Virgil van Dijk, whose Anfield future is unclear, opens up to Richard Jolly ahead of today’s Wembley final with Newcastle
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Favourites France ease past Scotland to win Six Nations
Late on a Saturday evening in the bowels of Twickenham, Fabien Galthie was fretting about the future. It was round two of the Six Nations and France had just been beaten by England – or rather had beaten themselves.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Reeves freebie row heats up over VIP Sabrina gig tickets
Rachel Reeves reportedly accepted free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert last week, in a move that threatens to reignite the freebies row that rocked the government last year.
1 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
'We're all a bit of a mess, blundering through stuff'
After the success of ‘Happy Valley’, Siobhan Finneran talks to Katie Rosseinsky about stepping up to a long-overdue leading role and juggling hard-hitting drama with comedy
7 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Nothing miserable about this stroll through history
Michael Hodges, ahead of a show opening at the Royal Academy, follows the path of celebrated writer Victor Hugo around Paris, from his first home to his final resting place
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
'You do not have to stop living to live in a green way'
Howard Mustoe speaks to a couple who bought an old house for £215k and are spending £300k to make it eco-friendly
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Beijing calls out 'malicious' G7 over Taiwan criticism
China lashed out at G7 countries for accusing it of endangering maritime safety, saying that they were filled with arrogance, prejudice and malicious intentions”.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Disabled people to receive benefits as they try new jobs
But fear as reports say No 10 considers U-turn on PIP freeze
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
US airstrikes hit Yemen capital killing 13 civilians
Trump says he wants to end Houthi rebel attacks on shipping
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Thousands with long Covid express fear of benefit cuts
A senior lecturer forced to end her career after long Covid left her housebound has criticised the government’s pledge to slash the UK’s welfare bill, which she and so many others like her rely on.
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Four charged with murder after south Wales shooting
Four people have been charged with murder after a 40-year-old woman was shot dead in what may be a case of mistaken identity.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Chelsea land trophy and first blow in saga with City
The reaction from Sonia Bompastor may have said it all, on the day and ahead of the next two weeks.
3 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
BEYOND BORDERS
Slovenia’s Nova Gorica and Gorizia in Italy are this year’s European Capital of Borderless Culture. Robin McKelvie visits towns with a shared heritage split by a line on a map
4 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Bin strike health hazard as rats ‘feast' on rotting trash
Rodents are being served up a \"banquet\" of rotting rubbish as Birmingham's bin collection strike drags on, creating a public health hazard, pest control experts are warning.
2 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Gull's 'unspeakably cruel' catapult death being probed
The RSPCA is investigating after “unspeakably cruel” teenagers shot a seagull out of the sky with a catapult.
1 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
More quangos likely to be abolished, warns Streeting
The health secretary has vowed to continue slashing bloated bureaucracy” as he says that scrapping NHS England is the beginning, not the end”.
1 min |
March 16, 2025
The Independent
Cool, calm and collected
George Szirtes remembers Martin Bell whom he met as a student and his poems that glitter with laughter and desire
2 min |