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Style over substance in US Open mixed doubles stunt
Rebooted event revealed the limits of spectacle over sport
4 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Experienced skydiver took her own life, coroner finds
An experienced skydiver deliberately fell to her death from 15,500ft the day after her relationship ended, an inquest heard. Jade Damarell, 32, did not deploy her main parachute or the reserve and switched off an automatic activation device (AAD) before she crashed onto farmland near the airfield at Shotton Colliery, County Durham, on 27 April, the hearing was told.
2 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Man arrested in dawn raid after Palestine Action posts
Exclusive: Former director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti warns it demonstrates the dangers of proscribing the group
3 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Why a cow's tooth may help unlock Stonehenge mystery
An ancient cow's tooth has revealed fresh details about the mysteries of Stonehenge that have baffled scientists for centuries.
2 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Meet the Gen Z superfans of Thursday Murder Club
Think the bestselling mystery books – now adapted for Netflix — are exclusively for readers as old as their crime- busting OAP heroes? Think again. Helen Coffey speaks to the twentysomething BookTokkers who can’t get enough
6 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
US woman in niqab gets 30 years for failed murder plot
An American woman disguised in a niqab whose gun jammed in a failed assassination plot has been jailed for 30 years.
3 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
'HICKEY' IS TRICKY
Australian indie duo Royel Otis's new album is both poppy and problematic, writes Helen Brown, while Laufey delivers sublime glamour and Mac DeMarco goes back to basics
5 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Is the UK ready for Danish-style ‘zero refugee’ policy?
“They’ve got to know that if they come here, they won’t stay here.” Nigel Farage? Robert Jenrick? Suella Braverman? Not on this occasion. These hostile words about refugees coming by irregular means to Britain were uttered on the BBC by a King’s
4 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Hamas's attack marked the start of Netanyahu's demise
Israel's military operations against Gaza City have begun, accompanied by protests in Israeli cities and widespread international condemnation.
3 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
CROSS PURPOSES
Can the St George's flag ever be reclaimed, or is it forever tainted by its association with the far right? Helen Coffey investigates how it became such a dubious national symbol
6 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Russia airstrikes threaten peace talks, says Zelensky
A drone and missile attack on western Ukraine overnight that hit targets including a US-owned electronics plant proved that Vladimir Putin is trying to avoid peace talks, warned Kyiv.
2 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Israel has made lawlessness into an official policy
If the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, possessed anything like the qualities of statesmanship demanded at a moment such as this, he would by now have seized the offer of a peace deal from Hamas, agreed a ceasefire, begun the long and difficult process of winding down the pitiless war in Gaza and, of enormous immediate benefit, secured the return of about half the remaining 20 hostages thought to still be alive, as well as the bodies of others.
3 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Reeves warned not to cut tax-free pension lump sum
Rachel Reeves has been warned that cutting the tax-free amount people can withdraw from their pension pots would be self-defeating and “hit responsible savers who have diligently put money aside”.
4 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Record asylum claims test Labour's migration pledge despite progress on backlog
The number of asylum seekers housed in government hotels has risen in the first year under Labour, piling further pressure on
5 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
‘Die here or die elsewhere’: stark choice facing Gazans
Netanyahu signals restart of hostage talks with Hamas – but will press ahead with military assault followed by occupation
3 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
'Pathetic' Badenoch pushes for asylum hotels challenge
Kemi Badenoch has been branded a “hypocrite” for calling for Conservative councils to challenge the use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers in their local areas.
2 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
A TREACLY MESS
No one talks like a human in Mike Flanagan's ambitious but confused 'The Life of Chuck', and even a stellar ensemble cast cannot make 'The Thursday Murder Club' work. But 'Sorry, Baby' is a stunning debut
8 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Red scare: one in 10 Labour members left party last year
Labour is haemorrhaging members under Sir Keir Starmer, with one in 10 quitting last year alone, official figures show.
2 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
RAISE THE GAME
Daisy Lester on the top brow pencils for perfect arches
8 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
What next for social media 'martyr' Lucy Connolly?
Lucy Connolly is out of jail. She was one of about 1,800 people arrested during riots last summer in the wake of the Southport murders.
3 min |
August 22, 2025
The Independent
Power is shifting away from Isak in ugly transfer saga
It was only minutes after the PFA team of the year departed the stage at Manchester Opera House on Tuesday, with just 10 players rather than 11, that Alexander Isak decided to make his presence felt in a different way.
4 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
Increased betting tax could prove to be a hurdle too far
The contentious government proposal may well devastate this integral part of British culture
3 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
TIES THAT BIND
As theories on romance about fated meetings and invisible strings populate social media, Olivia Petter explores whether these mystical ideas are helpful or just leave you in a tangle
7 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
Red Roses primed to add bloom to their dominance
Unbeaten in their last 27 matches, England must handle the pressure of being red-hot favourites in a home World Cup, writes Harry Latham-Coyle, starting tomorrow on Wearside
6 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
Keeping up with the Jones
From a betrayed wife in 'Doctor Foster' to a 19th-century lesbian in 'Gentleman Jack', actor Suranne Jones inhabits beleaguered women like no one else
4 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
‘The Producers does not care about being cancelled’
Andy Nyman is leading a revival of the Mel Brooks classic anti-Nazi satire. He speaks to Louis Chilton about taboos, his work with Derren Brown, and why he avoids reading reviews
5 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
The trauma of giving birth left me clueless and scared
Despite all of Clara Doran’s training as a GP who’s delivered babies and counselled new mums, she wasn’t prepared for the birth of her child. More alarmingly, neither was the NHS
6 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
What are the rules around flying flags in the UK?
Flags. Troublesome, tribal things that can be used as an assertive statement of ideological, religious, national or ethnic supremacy.
3 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
Slick political thriller is let down by a wonky storyline
Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy thrive as formidable world leaders in 'Hostage' – it's just a shame the Netflix series resorts to jump-the-shark plot points
3 min |
August 21, 2025
The Independent
‘Horses taught me about listening, about humility, about overcoming fear’
Rhona Mitra found fame as the original Lara Croft, before ill health and Hollywood toxicity led her to carve out a new life. She speaks to Adam White about survival and her new film
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