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The Independent
'Wagatha' bills row as Vardy and Rooney return to court
Coleen Rooney’s lawyers have been accused of serious misconduct” by Rebekah Vardy’s legal team in a dispute over spiralling legal bills in the Wagatha Christie” libel battle.
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Without Le Pen, her party is doomed to electoral oblivion
When Marine Le Pen took over the running of France’s Front National, she pledged a new dawn for a party firmly associated with pernicious racism.
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Myanmar earthquake could hasten the release of Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader of Myanmar, is reported to have survived last week’s devastating earthquake unharmed in the prison cell where she is kept in solitary confinement. But could the disaster prove the prelude for her return to power?
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Is Labour turning right in its approach to migration?
The prime minister has taken the opportunity of another international summit on migration to try to build international cooperation on the issue, talk tough on illegal” ie irregular) migration, and announce a new law that penalises companies for evading legal checks on people’s right to work in the UK which asylum seekers are not permitted to do).
4 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Major incident is declared over Birmingham bin strike
Birmingham City Council has declared a major incident as an estimated 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city due to an ongoing bin strike.
2 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
‘I can save track': Johnson shoots high with new league
Grand Slam Track to feature speed stars and cash prizes
4 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
The two United stars giving Amorim awkward dilemma
The good news, to use Ruben Amorim’s phrase, was that two of the forwards on Manchester United’s books have hit form. Not for United, admittedly.
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Anglo-American trade war looms as tariffs set to start
Britain will almost certainly be hit by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, Downing Street has said, as hopes of concluding a deal before tomorrow's deadline dwindle.
4 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Le Pen guilty of embezzling European parliament funds
National Rally leader barred from standing in 2027 election
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
More survivors pulled from rubble after Myanmar quake
Official death toll now 2,000 as thousands are still missing
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
RAF trooper sues for £100k claiming noise left him deaf
An elite RAF trooper left so deafened by incredibly noisy” aircraft and gunfire that his friends and family accuse him of ignoring them is suing for up to 100,000.
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Time to brace ourselves for the return of rip-off Britain
From utility bills to Netflix subscriptions and even stamps, households face a wave of price hikes, writes James Moore
4 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Time is one opponent that Djokovic can never conquer
“First of many,” Jakub Mensik wrote on the camera lens after his victory at the Miami Open on Sunday. The Czech had never won a tournament at ATP level before this week. Now he is a Masters 1000 champion.
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Primark boss quits over 'behaviour towards woman'
The boss of Primark has resigned after an allegation over his behaviour towards a woman.
1 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
'When Gordon Ramsay bought here it went crazy'
As Cornwall Council prepares to impose a tax raid on second home owners, Alex Ross visits the village of Rock, where the priced-out locals fear the measure doesn’t go far enough...
5 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
'Two-tier' sentencing guide delayed after political row
The Sentencing Council has agreed at the last minute to suspend plans to introduce guidelines for offenders from minorities which critics claimed would create a “two-tier” legal system.
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Landlords and Tories plot to scupper Labour's rental bill
Top Tories are in private talks with big landlords in a bid to thwart Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill, it has emerged.
2 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
TV drama Adolescence 'not easy viewing', says Starmer
Netflix series to be made free to stream for schools in the UK
3 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Anger over Frasier star's plan to demolish cottage
Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has angered neighbours after being given the green light to demolish a historic 200-year-old Somerset cottage.
4 min |
April 01, 2025
The Independent
Why contactless payments may be ruining your finances
“Tt’s just so easy to spend and it’s crippling me,” a client said to me earlier this month. It’s a conversation I’ve had plenty of times this year with people who are struggling to achieve their bigger financial goals because they’re relying on willpower to curb their spending.
3 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
Teaming solar panels and AI could change future of energy
What if solar panels didn’t just cut your energy bills but actually made you money? That’s the future I glimpsed this week at the New Energy Forum in Narrabri, a remote farming and coal mining town in Australia that brought together some of the most unexpected solar innovators I’ve met in years.
3 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
Man City comeback means cup could yet save season
Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush kept Manchester City in with a chance of salvaging a trophy from this season as they came from behind to beat Bournemouth 2-1 yesterday and reach the FA Cup semi-finals.
2 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
One determined country's fight to stop social media from harming its children
In Australia, parents’ anxiety over their children’s exposure to a world near impossible to supervise has galvanised into concrete government action, as Angus Thompson reports
6 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
Man arrested after Rushton fire released without charge
Three people including a girl, 4, died in the blaze on Friday
2 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
I finally found belonging at a skatepark, not in motherhood
Motherhood, I assumed, would be a time of emotional expansion. No doubt, I would bond effortlessly with other parents, brought together by the profound experience of raising children. I imagined swapping war stories, laughing and crying in equal measure. Instead, my experience of baby groups has been lonely.
3 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
'Inhumane' Myanmar junta launch airstrikes after quake
Myanmar’s military junta has continued bombing parts of the war-torn country even after the most powerful earthquake in over a century left hundreds dead and millions displaced.
2 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
Dr Kildare and Shogun star Richard Chamberlain dies
Actor suffered complications following a stroke in Hawaii c. E ty oe
2 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
Peerage for ex-Ofsted chief 'an insult' to dead teacher
The sister of a headteacher who took her own life after a school inspection has branded reports that Ofsted’s then chief inspector could receive a seat in the House of Lords an insult”.
1 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
Victims to face 'trauma' as abuser forgiven by Welby
Justin Welby has been condemned by survivors and campaigners for saying he would forgive serial Church of England abuser John Smyth if he were still alive.
4 min |
March 31, 2025
The Independent
Starmer and Trump have 'productive' talks on trade
Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have discussed productive negotiations” towards a UK-US economic prosperity deal in a phone call, Downing Street said, as fears grow the UK may be landed with damaging US tariffs.
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