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The Independent

For us to see the shape of the light, we need shadows

Frieda Hughes tries to find joy again after being betrayed

1 min  |

June 07, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

At a time journalism is under attack, let's celebrate the best

It was the summer of 1997 a few months after a notable marathon libel case in which our crime correspondent, Duncan Campbell, had successfully defended his exposé of suspected corruption at Stoke Newington police station.

4 min  |

June 07, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Uncorking the reasons that restaurant wine is so pricey

Why does a 30 bottle suddenly cost three times more when you sit down at a table on a night out are we being ripped off? Hannah Twiggs uncovers what you’re actually paying for

7 min  |

June 07, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Cruel summer for Grealish?

With games played, goals and assists on the wane, it looks likely that winger Jack Grealish will leave Manchester City but his next step is far from obvious

4 min  |

June 07, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Trump's irrational travel ban is an exercise in extremism

To borrow a famous phrase from another American president, no one should ever misunderestimate the capacity for idiocy of Donald J Trump.

3 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

'I wanted to be a singersongwriter like Billy Joel'

Disney composer Alan Menken has won more Oscars than anyone alive. As 'Hercules' the musical hits the West End, he speaks with Lydia Spencer-Elliott about finding the 'whoa'

6 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Champion Swiatek toppled by late Sabalenka surge

The reign is over. It's a reality that will hit Iga Swiatek as brutally as a thumping forehand return from Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated the French Open champion 7-6, 4-6, 6-0 to reach her first Roland Garros final.

4 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Briton held in Sri Lanka jail could wait months for bail

Charlotte May Lee accused of smuggling synthetic cannabis

3 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Labour bans annual bonuses for six water company chiefs

Six water companies have been banned from paying bonuses to senior bosses, under new rules that come into force today.

2 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Labour beats SNP in shock Hamilton by-election win

Labour recorded a shock victory in the Holyrood by-election last night, seizing the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat from the SNP.

1 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Wiegman dismisses 'noise' around Lionesses squad

England head coach Sarina Wiegman 'really excited' by her Euro 2025 side despite much-publicised loss of senior trio

3 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Those who could benefit from winter fuel U-turn

In a latest U-turn after months of backlash, Sir Keir Starmer's government has announced that more pensioners will receive the winter fuel allowance.

2 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Boy and girl sentenced for killing of 80-year-old man

Bhim Kohli was found screaming out’ in pain near his home

2 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

James has talent to light up Euros... if her fitness allows

The past week hasn't exactly been an oasis of calm for the Lionesses. Mary Earps and Fran Kirby have retired from international football, Millie Bright withdrew from selection for Euro 2025.

4 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Twerking? I did something way worse while pregnant

The famously private Duchess of Sussex has posted a four-year-old video of herself twerking in a hospital delivery suite in the hope of inducing the birth of her daughter, Princess Lilibet.

3 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

I saw first hand what Tories did to kids of my generation

Like most people, my politics were shaped by my upbringing. I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s under Margaret Thatcher and John Major's governments. I saw first-hand the impact of underinvestment in our country's state schools.

2 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Atkinson out but England have pace options for India

England seamer Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of the first Test against India, with Jamie Overton, Chris Woakes and Brydon Carse all bolstering the pace ranks.

2 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Trump and Musk's fragile friendship finally implodes

Both men exchange brutal insults and threats, with the tech tycoon claiming that the US president is in the Epstein files

4 min  |

June 06, 2025
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The Independent

Lee calls office a 'graveyard' after shambolic handover

South Korea’s president is likely to move back to the Blue House, which was abandoned by predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol

2 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

'Not a good use of my time," says departing Reform chair

Reform UK have been hit by further chaos after the man brought in by Nigel Farage to professionalise the party quit following a row with their newest MP.

3 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Why Lords are defending creatives over new AI bill

Strange to say, but a government with a Commons majority of 156 is somehow in danger of losing one of its more important pieces of legislation.

3 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Reeves defends record amid row over spending review

Writing for The Independent, the chancellor tells critics within her party that my choices are Labour choices’

4 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

'We don't want them,' says Trump as 19 nationalities face US travel restrictions

The Trump administration will restrict travel to the United States from 19 countries, the White House has announced in a presidential proclamation, unveiling limits reminiscent of his controversial first-term “Muslim travel ban”.

2 min  |

June 06, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Accused tells triple murder trial she knew mushrooms may have ended up in meal

Erin Patterson, the Australian woman accused of killing her relatives with death cap mushrooms, admitted that she disposed of a food dehydrator after learning her lunch might have fatally poisoned her former in-laws.

3 min  |

June 05, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

War drums are beating - we need people marching along

The relentless beat of war drums within Nato gets louder by the day.

4 min  |

June 05, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

'I had a point to prove... as team leader, it's all on me'

It's been a long three weeks for Tom Pidcock at the Giro d'Italia but both he and his Q36.5 team broke new ground at one of cycling's most storied races, as he tells Flo Clifford

5 min  |

June 05, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

'Pandemic-ending' HIV jab at risk over Trump's aid cuts

The funding for 2 million people to receive the treatment is 'receding in the chaos' of the US president's decision, the doctor behind the trial of the drug tells Rachel Schraer

4 min  |

June 05, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Israel 'prepared' to block Thunberg's Gaza aid ship

Israel has suggested that it will block a ship carrying activists including Greta Thunberg from delivering aid to Gaza.

1 min  |

June 05, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

Extra school meals to ‘lift 100k pupils from poverty'

An extra half a million children will benefit from a free meal every school day after the government announced a major expansion of the policy, which they said would lift 100,000 pupils out of poverty and put an extra £500 in parents' pockets.

3 min  |

June 05, 2025
The Independent

The Independent

BBC defends Rafah report after White House censure

The BBC has defended its coverage of the war in Gaza following criticism from the White House regarding its reporting of a recent incident in the region that left several dead.

2 min  |

June 05, 2025