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The Independent
England selection decision looming large before Ashes
The team’s dramatic 2-2 draw with India was their last taste of Test cricket before the Ashes begins in Perth, and there’s little time left to win a squad place
4 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Suicidal teen urged mental health unit be ‘shut down’
A suicidal teenager revealed that staff “slept on shifts” and said the scandal-hit mental health hospital she was being held in should be “shut down” in a note she wrote before her death, an inquest has heard.
2 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Police chief rejects Reform ‘cover-up’ claim in rape case
Police have denied a “cover-up” after a Reform UK councillor accused the force of withholding information following the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl.
2 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Chief creator Wirtz is ready to do damage to Reds' rivals
German midfielder shrugs off his potential £116m price tag
3 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Online travel agents may be cleaning up their act at last
UK travellers could receive windfall benefits from EU action
2 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Children's hospital used doctors' assistants instead of surgeons to fill rota gaps
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has been criticised by the NHS watchdog for using doctors' assistants to fill its surgical rota.
2 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Government has ‘no time to waste’ to protect relatives of Afghans named in data leak
The government has been urged to let hero Afghans granted sanctuary in Britain bring their loved ones to the UK after a major data breach put the lives of up to 100,000 people at risk from the Taliban.
3 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
TOXIC WASTE
For good reasons, charities have stopped using the phrase ‘toxic masculinity’. Ben Bryant looks at why experts are encouraging the media and government to avoid the term
8 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
What are the pros and cons of digital identity cards?
The prime minister is said to be “seriously considering” a national system of digital identification, both to make it easier to access online services, including government ones, and to clamp down on illegal working by irregular migrants.
4 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
WEDNESDAY'S WEAK
Netflix hit’s formula wears thin in second season in spite of strong style and enjoyable cameos
3 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
The reporter who exposed hidden horror of Hiroshima
As the US government covered up the truth, an American journalist filed a story from ground zero that shook the world
5 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Governor vows to ‘fight fire with fire’ if plans for Texas redistricting voted through
California governor Gavin Newsom has vowed to “fight fire with fire” in response to moves in Texas to redraw the electoral map to favour Republicans.
2 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Reeves faces ‘impossible trilemma’ with fiscal rules
Chancellor must hike tax or borrow more to cover spending
3 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Taking backflips for Jesus
God is trending. A new generation of male pop stars are on their knees begging for redemption. How did the creeping dominance of faith-pop become a thing, asks Hannah Ewens
5 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Ferrand-Prevot shows way forward for women in Tour de France Femmes victory
Forty long years have passed since a French rider won the Tour de France. Forty years of hand-wringing in L'Equipe and feverish tension every July.
5 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Storm Floris causes travel chaos with 90mph winds
Disruption from Storm Floris will continue into today, travellers have been warned, after wind gusts of up to 82 mph brought down trees and power lines across Scotland and Ireland, triggering transport chaos for trains, flights and ferries.
2 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
'It's been transformative and I'm a far better player'
England back row Ben Earl learned some ‘eye-opening’ lessons on his first Lions tour, finds Harry Latham-Coyle
3 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Netanyahu hints at bigger offensive and Gaza takeover
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks cabinet backing to expand Israel’s offensive in Gaza and seize the entire enclave, according to Israeli media.
2 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Teenage council leader risks arrest over rape case remark
Reform's George Finch may have broken law with comment
2 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Will the Badenoch and Truss spat hurt the Tories?
Dearie me, they’re at it again. Former Tory leader Liz Truss and current Tory leader Kemi Badenoch are involved in another nasty spat, mainly about the infamous mini-Budget introduced by then Prime Minister Truss in September 2022. Badenoch has invoked that calamitous - and deeply Conservative - fiscal event in an otherwise routine attack on the government.
3 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
South Korea to remove loud speakers from North border
South Korean authorities have begun dismantling loudspeakers along its border with North Korea in an attempt to reduce tensions.
2 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
BOUGIE NIGHTS
Wilderness is without doubt Britain's most froufrou festival, but Adam White discovers that among the Nespresso stalls and VIP areas, there are many blissful pleasures to enjoy
3 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Britain can't afford to miss the cryptocurrency boom
George Osborne is right to be worried, says James Moore
4 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
It is life in the slow lane for 'useless' Hamilton at Ferrari
As Formula One reaches its summer break, Kieran Jackson gives out his mid-season awards, including the biggest shock
5 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
‘My daughter went to the shops and vanished. After seven years, I need answers’
Georgina Gharsallah's bank accounts and phone haven't been used since the morning she headed into Worthing town centre. The mystery haunts her mother, writes Holly Evans
4 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
HAPPY CAMPERS
A bubble-soaked Camp Bestival bonds generations like no other family festival, from the CBeebies tent to Sugababes' classics and Heartworms' gothtronica, says Mark Beaumont
6 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Teenagers who tortured and killed two kittens sentenced
A teenage girl and boy who tortured and killed two kittens have been sentenced after one animal was “completely ripped open” and found hanging from a tree.
3 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Why early dining is so fine
No longer the preserve of the silver-haired, eating at 6pm is increasingly popular, writes a 'hangxious' Helen Coffey – it's healthier, cheaper and helps to avoid late-night indigestion
4 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
'He let Ruth down. Rogue carer let everyone down'
Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, died unattended at Huntercombe Hospital, despite requiring constant one-to-one observation
5 min |
August 05, 2025
The Independent
Heroic Woakes can't avert drama-packed India victory
India won by six runs; series is drawn 2-2 India repelled England and the heroics of Chris Woakes to produce an exhilarating blitz to snatch a six-run victory in the fifth Test and a series draw at a raucous Oval.
5 min |