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The Independent
Rayner's house move broke ministerial code, say Tories
The Conservatives have submitted an official complaint accusing Angela Rayner of allegedly asking civil servants to help her move into a grace-and-favour apartment once used by Winston Churchill.
2 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Reform neck and neck with Tories and Labour says poll
The onward march of Reform has seen the party come “within the margin of error” of topping the first of 2025’s weekly tracker polls for The Independent in a major blow to Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch.
2 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Netanyahu warns of further fighting ahead of ceasefire
Long-awaited deal to end 15-month Gaza war on knife edge
5 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Double diagnoses of cancer put Duchess in 'dark places'
Sarah Ferguson has opened up about the dark places” her mind went to when she was hit with the bombshell of different cancer diagnoses just months apart during a difficult year for the royal family.
2 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Arsenal implode again as their title dreams crumble
Mikel Arteta waited 84 minutes to make a substitution in this damaging draw with Aston Villa, and when he finally broke glass, his only tool was a blunt Raheem Sterling.
5 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Parents warn of dark web after son took his own life
A grieving family is warning of the hidden dangers of online gaming after their 15-year-old son took his own life following weeks of blackmail and psychological torment by an anonymous predator on a dark web forum.
3 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Dubai jailers ordered Briton to sign document saying human rights being upheld
A British businessman unjustly imprisoned in Dubai has urged the Foreign Office to protect him against “aggressive” prisonofficials after they tried to force him to sign a document claiming his human rights were being upheld.
3 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Oregon seaweed foraging
On the beaches of America’s Pacific northwest, Lauren Jarvis discovers a salty and sustainable mix of water-based wonders
7 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
The new renting trend? Not being allowed in your home
It only takes a glance through online adverts to realise that live-in landlords are setting unreasonable and ridiculous rules. Helen Coffey talks to experts on behalf of renters
7 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
UK peacekeeping troops in Ukraine 'risky', PM warned
The UK sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine is highly risky”, a former security adviser to Gordon Brown has warned, arguing the grotesquely underfunded” armed forces do not have the resources to take on the role.
3 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Farage hailed as future PM at Trump celebration party
David Maddox and Andrew Feinberg report from the soiree
3 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Clashes as police ‘kettle' Pro-Palestine protesters
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested in Trafalgar Square yesterday on suspicion of breaching protest conditions after demonstrators broke through a police line as they marched from a rally in Whitehall.
2 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Trump considers rejecting Mandelson's appointment
President-elect could rebuff nomination for US ambassador in unusual move, reports David Maddox in Washington DC
3 min |
January 19, 2025
The Independent
Whisper it, Premier League fans, but the drama's back
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was keenly watching Arsenal's win over Tottenham Hotspur in the north London derby on Wednesday night, which would normally have raised transfer intrigue.
5 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Scottish Police keep 'open mind' in search for sisters
Hungarian pair last seen on River Dee bridge in Aberdeen
4 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Draper to face Alcaraz after five-set victory over Vukic
Jack Draper admitted that he is surprising himself with his marathon run in the Australian Open having reached the fourth round after surviving another five-set battle to book a clash with Carlos Alcaraz in Melbourne.
3 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
'One-in-a-billion' round egg could fetch £200 at auction
A rare \"one-in-a-billion\" spherical egg found on a farm could fetch up to £200 at auction. Egg processer Ali Greene was working at a shift when she saw one egg \"moving differently\" on the conveyor belt.
1 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Pompeii baths unearthed in 'once-in-a-lifetime' find
Archaeologists have been given a new insight into what life in Pompeii was like after discovering a spa-like complex that has been described as a \"once-in-a-century\" find.
2 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Trump's taste for diplomatic triumph could silence Putin
When outgoing president Joe Biden was asked if he or Donald Trump deserved credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal struck in Qatar, he shot back: \"Is that a joke?\" It wasn't. Trump's claim of having secured the \"EPIC\" deal was comic, but his contribution was real.
4 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Can a stronger and faster economy rescue Reeves?
The UK's economy will grow faster than previously thought in 2025, experts have said, in a much-needed boost for chancellor Rachel Reeves.
2 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Trump blasts past Ding to reach Masters semi-finals
Ding Junhui slumped in his chair in the corner of the rink, hands clasped together on his lap and eyes transfixed on the floor, like a man who'd just been given bad news.
4 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
All Gunners blazing...how Arteta's men can seize glory
Arsenal need a long winning streak to snatch the title, argues Lawrence Ostlere, starting with the visit of Aston Villa today
3 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
If Davos can't tackle Trump on tariffs, what's it even for?
Soon after his inauguration, Donald Trump will address the Davos World Economic Forum. His appearance is being hailed by the Davos groupies as a feather in the gathering’s cap, a sign that it really matters.
4 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
'Where is never again when we see antisemitism rising?'
Starmers make emotional Auschwitz visit during Poland trip
3 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Starmer is in denial about the havoc Trump will wreak
\"We just don't know what Trump will do,\" one UK minister admitted to me ruefully. It reflected the trepidation inside the government that Keir Starmer's already difficult job is going to get even harder from Monday when Donald Trump is inaugurated as US president.
3 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Bismarcks go to war in feud over €1bn family fortune
The heirs of Otto von Bismarck, Germany's legendary \"Iron Chancellor\", are embroiled in a bitter courtroom battle over a fortune as grand as their family name.
3 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Award-winning actor Joan Plowright dies, aged 95
The widow of Laurence Olivier won two Golden Globes
4 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Trump set to save TikTok despite court ordering ban
More than 170 million US citizens could lose access to the widely popular social media platform TikTok beginning tomorrow after the Supreme Court upheld the law that forces the platform to divest from its parent company or be banned.
3 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Legendary Scotland and Man United goalscorer Denis Law dies, aged 84
The striker was part of Old Trafford's 'Holy Trinity' with fellow Ballon d'Or winners George Best and Bobby Charlton
6 min |
January 18, 2025
The Independent
Should politicians admit the pension triple lock is bust?
Kemi Badenoch is the latest politician to discover that the state pension \"triple lock\" has become an electrified fence. Any elected representative who touches it without affirming their party's absolute commitment to the policy, preferably for all time, is liable to receive a punishing shock.
3 min |