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The Independent
Starmer urges voters to choose ‘unity over division’
PM is in a desperate fight for his premiership as Reform and the Greens are set to make sweeping gains in local elections
4 min |
May 07, 2026
The Independent
At least wait until breakfast before sinking an airport pint
Michael O’Leary, the boss of Ryanair, is a man who seems to take an almost perverse pleasure in making the experience of flying with his airline as unpleasant as possible.
3 min |
May 07, 2026
The Independent
So, tell us, Mr Farage, how did you spend your £5m gift?
Maybe, over what is already a long and eventful career in public life, we’ve become inured to the excesses of Nigel Farage.
5 min |
May 07, 2026
The Independent
CNN founder and media mogul Turner dies aged 87
Ted Turner, the brash media mogul who made billions pioneering modern cable television, died yesterday - news that was broken by CNN, the channel he founded.
5 min |
May 07, 2026
The Independent
Kemi’s ratings are up – so why is her party struggling?
It may be a bit of an odd thing to say, given the general unpopularity of all our leading national politicians at the moment, but it is Kemi Badenoch who has now emerged as the least disliked among her peers – ahead of (in descending order of public approval) Ed Davey, Nigel Farage, Zack Polanski and Keir Starmer, with Polanski taking a notable tumble since his ill-advised comments on the Golders Green stabbings.
3 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Arsenal within a touch of Champions League glory
Saka’s goal sets up clash with Bayern Munich or PSG
4 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Fuel switches were cut off in deadly China plane crash
The fuel switches of a China Eastern flight that crashed into a hillside in 2022 were likely deliberately cut off, according to a report by the US federal agency charged with investigating civil aviation accidents.
2 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Dubois early, Wardley late? A heavyweight conundrum
Will the challenger produce another stoppage in the early or middle rounds, wonders Alex Pattle, will the champ manage another late comeback, or is there another likelier option?
3 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Met Police ‘seeking trial’ for Madeleine McCann suspect
Metropolitan Police bosses are pushing to bring the sex offender suspected of the abduction and murder of Madeleine McCann to the UK for trial, it has been reported.
2 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
The councillors who have quit Reform in the past year
Last May’s local elections saw healthy growth in the ranks of Reform councillors, but the party has a problem keeping them. Alex Ross hears defectors explain why this is the case
7 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Hantavirus may have spread between passengers on ship
British crew member is understood to be experiencing acute respiratory symptoms amid suspected outbreak during cruise
2 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
This week might be the one that defines Starmer’s legacy
How strange it must be to be Keir Starmer right now.
4 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Andy’s criminally boring boyfriend is the real villain
He’s Australian, he’s tedious, and Anne Hathaway’s chic editor is in love with him? Peter from ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ is the film’s most egregious plothole
3 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
PM: Attempts to destabilise UK will not be tolerated
Sir Keir Starmer has said attempts by Iran to destabilise British society “will not be tolerated” amid suspicion that Tehran could be stirring up antisemitism.
3 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
‘Mrs Bezos’ just proved how soulless tech money really is
She’s hired an ‘image architect’, appeared in a ‘Vogue’ shoot, and graced the front row at Paris Fashion Week, but Lauren Sanchéz Bezos is not winning hearts
5 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
A vote for Scottish Labour is no endorsement of the PM
Tomorrow, Scots will face a big choice.
3 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Latest threat shows how few options Trump has got left
The US president’s apocalyptic ultimatums, combined with his access to nuclear weapons, see him vying with Putin and Kim Jong Un for the role of global disruptor, says Sam Kiley
3 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Bad news for Brits trying to slow China’s baize takeover
Wu Yize’s remarkable Crucible triumph has given us back-to-back Chinese world snooker champions, but what has become of all the homegrown young talent
5 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Yes, office colleague, I know why you used that em dash
Noticed your inbox filling up with eerily inhuman-sounding reports? You’re not the only one. Katie Rosseinsky explores how AI-driven ‘workslop’ could be damaging our careers
6 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
Ceasefire on brink after Iran launches attacks on UAE
US insists truce ‘not over’ despite drone and missile strikes
4 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
New inquiry into nurse who hoarded dating app details
Police renew call for potential victims of John Chukwunonso Iwuh, who was convicted of rape last year, to come forward
2 min |
May 06, 2026
The Independent
US fights to open Strait of Hormuz as Iran retaliates
America claims to have sunk several small Iranian vessels as Tehran launches fresh airstrikes on neighbours and US Navy
4 min |
May 05, 2026
The Independent
‘My arrest shows repression has now reached its peak’
Azerbaijan’s jailed opposition leader tells James C Reynolds that his country’s future is with Europe, not Russia – but the West must step up and challenge its record on human rights
4 min |
May 05, 2026
The Independent
‘You’ve become a carer, a doctor and a nurse at home’
Two fathers who had to care for their terminally ill children are calling for more government support for other families
3 min |
May 05, 2026
The Independent
One-minute NHS jab gives cancer patients ‘time back’
Tens of thousands of patients could benefit from a one-minute jab being rolled out on the NHS for more than a dozen cancers.
3 min |
May 05, 2026
The Independent
A golden age of Jewish life is over... we are all poorer for it
Future historians will certainly look back at Jewish life in the late 20th century in English-speaking countries as a golden age of the diaspora – even surpassing the brilliance of medieval Spain or Enlightenment Germany.
4 min |
May 05, 2026
The Independent
The nightmare of trying to save our son Jack from Isis
For a dozen years, Sally Lane and John Letts have been fighting to bring their son – held in Isis prisons in Syria and Iraq – back home to Oxford. They tell the story to Bel Trew
8 min |
May 05, 2026
The Independent
Labour is working to defeat the scourge of mental illness
No one can deny we have a come a long way in this country towards banishing the myths, misunderstandings, and stigma surrounding mental illness.
3 min |
May 05, 2026
The Independent
More than 20 Britons stuck on cruise ship hit by virus
More than 20 Britons are stuck on a luxury cruise ship in South Africa which is not allowed to dock due to a suspected hantavirus outbreak onboard.
2 min |
May 05, 2026
The Independent
Blair issues green energy warning amid Iran conflict
Decarbonisation can’t be ‘pursued in isolation’, says ex-PM
3 min |