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Host of failings revealed in care of Nottingham attacker

Killer not made to take antipsychotics as didn’t like needles’

3 min  |

February 05, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Trump says US will take over and develop Gaza Strip

President stuns White House press event with declaration

3 min  |

February 05, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Five stars who could make British and Irish Lions roar

The opening Six Nations weekend has come and gone with plenty of British and Irish Lions hopefuls beginning to build a case for inclusion in the tour of Australia.

3 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

US to axe 50bn aid agency founded by JFK, says Musk

Elon Musk has threatened to shut down America’s 50bn-a-year 40bn) foreign aid agency USAID, calling it criminal” and beyond repair”.

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Shell boss says Reeves is wrong on green’ Heathrow expansion who is right?

Rachel Reeves, no stranger to political turbulence, has been rebuked by Wael Sawan, the chief executive of Shell, for asserting that “green” aviation fuel will reduce the emissions impact of an expanded Heathrow and other UK airports.

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Trump pauses trade tariffs on Canada and Mexico

Donald Trump suspended his threat of steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada yesterday, agreeing to a 30-day pause in return for concessions on border and crime enforcement with the two neighboring countries.

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
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The Independent

Welsh schoolgirl, 14, found cuilty of attempted murder

The teenager attacked two teachers and a Pupil with a knife

3 min  |

February 04, 2025
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The Independent

City sign Porto star for 49m in last-minute deal

Manchester City have taken their spending in the winter transfer window to 172m by bringing in Nico Gonzalez from Porto for 49m.

3 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

THICK AS THIEVES

The number of middle-class people who rob shops is on the rise. Helen Coffey asks how and when stealing became the new socially acceptable pastime for the upwardly mobile

5 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Myles ahead: Arsenal show City the virtues of youth

While Pep Guardiola’s academy products prosper elsewhere, the only way is up for young Gunner Myles Lewis-Skelly

3 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

‘Landmark’ AI trial seeks to detect breast cancer earlier

Health secretary Wes Streeting has announced a landmark trial that will harness artificial intelligence to help catch breast cancer cases earlier, potentially helping the tens of thousands of women diagnosed with the disease each year.

4 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Opening up the early Gates.

In an age of tech tycoons with obvious faults in their moral hard drives, a more human picture is painted in Bill Gates’s memoir Source Code: My Beginnings’, finds Martin Chilton

4 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Chelsea strike it lucky to jump back into top four

Chelsea have shelled 10 points from winning positions since Christmas, a problem so acute that the players sat down and shared some hard truths at the training ground this week.

4 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Rules tightened after those with eating disorders were prescribed weight-loss jabs

People will no longer be able to get weight-loss jabs after completing a simple online questionnaire, as the pharmacy regulator tightened prescription rules to prevent medicines from being supplied “inappropriately”.

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

NHS urged to publish full Nottingham killer’s report

Families of the victims of Nottingham knife killer Valdo Calocane have urged NHS England to rethink a decision not to publish a report into the care he received in full.

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

IT glitch exposes a major flaw in our cashless society

You know the old adage about it being better to stash your money under the bed than in the bank?

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
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The Independent

Former soldier sentenced to 14. years over spying for Iran

Daniel Khalife escaped from HMP Wandsworth in late 2023

4 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

The inconvenient truth about sustainable’ aviation

Technology really can lead to environmentally friendly flights in the midst of a climate crisis and the Heathrow expansion getting the green light, right? Wrong, explains Helen Coffey

8 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Starmer denies breach of lockdown with voice coach

Sir Keir Starmer has denied breaking strict Covid lockdown regulations by meeting his voice coach in late 2020.

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

America has a problem... saying sorry isn’t enough

From Beyoncé to Kendrick Lamar, the 2025 Grammys were one long apology to snubbed artists, writes Hannah Ewens

5 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Surgeon accused of abusing 299 victims over 25 years

A former surgeon who allegedly raped and abused hundreds of young patients, many of whom were under anaesthetic, will be the subject of France’s largest-ever child abuse trial later this month.

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

World Cup podium kiss was not consensual, trial hears

‘It was a moment that tainted one of the happiest days of my life', Spain footballer Jenni Hermoso says of 2023 incident

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Is the oddest friendship in politics going to save us?

Donald Trump says he’s got time for Keir Starmer we’d do well to believe him, writes Chris Blackhurst. It’s all we’ve got

3 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

‘Everybody that came to see me perform needed a place to let their freak flag fly’

Cyndi Lauper, the rebellious, joyful sprite of Girls Just Want to Have Fun’, talks to Adam White about the US president, masturbation anthems, and burning her training bra in 1968

7 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Censori stunt turns heads for all of the wrong reasons

As the Australian model goes completely nude on the red carpet, Olivia Petter asks just how much longer this can go on for until someone raises concerns for her wellbeing

4 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

PM insists UK won’t choose between Europe and the US

Sir Keir Starmer is walking a tightrope” between the US and EU on trade, experts have said after Donald Trump unleashed a global tariff war.

4 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Moscow apartment blast kills pro-Putin crime boss’

A pro-Putin paramilitary leader was killed in a bomb blast in the lobby of a luxury apartment building in Moscow, according to Russian authorities and news reports.

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Comings and goings of the UK’s transatlantic trading

The UK’s trading relationship with the US is fair and balanced”, Downing Street insisted after Donald Trump said that the UK was out of line”.

3 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

French film director guilty of sexually assaulting child

MeToo trial held before actor Depardieu’s case in March

2 min  |

February 04, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Borthwick a broken record in his defence of England

The good news is that England are taking the positives. Again. It may be seven defeats in nine games, but did you see the way they fought for a losing bonus point with the game gone? How about how the tweaked defensive system frustrated Ireland – until it didn’t.

4 min  |

February 03, 2025