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The Independent
Scotland are relegated after heavy home loss to Greece
Scotland were relegated from the Nations League top flight after a 3-0 home defeat by Greece.
2 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
New Canadian PM Carney calls snap election in April
Liberal leader has reversed party’s fortunes and leads polls
4 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Foreman went from boxing monster to cuddly veteran
The story of the former heavyweight champion who changed the sport came in two remarkable acts, writes Steve Bunce
3 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
‘T’ve always thought Covid may have leaked from a lab, and it could happen again’
Five years on from the first UK lockdown, the origin of the virus is still hotly contested. Dr Alina Chan was labelled a conspiracist when she disputed the official view it started in a wet market. Today, many scientists agree with her, she writes
8 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Andy Peebles, Radio 1 DJ and last person to interview John Lennon, has died at 76
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles, who conducted the last ever interview with John Lennon, has died shortly before he was due to start a new presenting gig. He was 76.
2 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Locals and DFLs’ share a fragile harmony in Frome
Two years ago, as many people moved in from London, the Somerset town declared a housing crisis. Today, Alex Ross speaks to a community determined to tackle the problem
7 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Trump envoy praises super smart’ Putin ahead of talks
Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has praised Russian president Vladimir Putin as super smart”, as talks over a ceasefire in Ukraine get underway in Saudi Arabia.
3 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Landlines to be phased out as elderly face digital switch
Vulnerable pensioners and disabled people fear they could be left at risk as the UK phases out the landlines they rely on.
3 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
‘There’s our version and this brilliant cover version’
Twenty years ago today, The Office’ debuted in the US asa remake of the British hit co-created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. The pair speak to Simon Bland about going out on a limb and taking their Slough series Stateside
6 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
(Gaza death toll over 50,000 as Israel kills Hamas leader
Palestinian officials have put the death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict at more than 50,000, as an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza killed a Hamas political leader.
3 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Flood warnings put in place as storms follow warm spell
Flooding is expected to wash away the warmest spring equinox in more than 50 years as thunderstorms traditionally associated with summer are brought forward by climate change, the Met Office has said.
1 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
WE CAN WORK IT OUT
The standard eight-hour day has been eroded. But with studies showing longer days don’t increase productivity, Helen Coffey asks, aren’t we moving in the wrong direction?
8 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
The demonisation of Zegler is not only cruel, it’s unfair
A series of contrived controversies have dogged Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White’, and it’s unjustly engulfed one of film’s brightest young stars, writes Louis Chilton
5 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Pope greets crowds before leaving hospital in Rome
Pope Francis made his first public appearance in five weeks yesterday before being discharged from the hospital, where he had survived a severe case of pneumonia that twice threatened his life.
2 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Chancellor says civil service cull isn’t return to austerity
Rachel Reeves is preparing to cut 10,000 civil service jobs as part of a sweeping 2bn Whitehall savings drive, as she gets ready to deliver a spring statement that will involve hard” choices.
4 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Huge crowds protest jailing of Erdogan rival in Turkey
Hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters gathered outside Istanbul city hall last night to protest the arrest of the city's mayor.
3 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Post-pandemic anxiety key driver in school absences
Anxiety and poor mental health exacerbated by the pandemic is a key driver behind the school absence crisis, a programme supporting students to return to the classroom has found.
4 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Sheeran asks Starmer for 250m for music education
Ed Sheeran has written an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the government calling for immediate, long-term funding of music education in the UK.
3 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
Reeves defends taking gig tickets after freebies row
The chancellor yesterday defended her decision to accept free tickets to see pop star Sabrina Carpenter perform live.
2 min |
March 24, 2025
The Independent
'Lodz is different': The hip Polish alternative to Krakow
Tamara Hinson says we need to pay more attention to a city with industrial chic neighbourhoods, street art and 2 pints
4 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
Tates pledge to 'clear their name' after Romania return
Andrew and Tristan Tate are back in Romania where they face charges of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
2 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year, figures reveal
Ministers have pledged to tear down” barriers to trade with the European Union after new figures showed Brexit has cost UK business 37bn a year.
2 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
In boxing and beyond, how Foreman captivated his fans
Ex-world champion George Foreman leaves a huge legacy in sport and popular culture a heavyweight in every sense
4 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
I didn't expect Paltrow to be the one who'd betray women
\"There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women,\" said Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as US secretary of state. It's a quote I think about far too often, simply because of how many people it applies to. I didn't expect Gwyneth Paltrow to be one of them.
2 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
'If retiring was the outcome I'd have banked the chips'
Back to her best as the Women's Six Nations begins, Red Roses centre Emily Scarratt reveals to Harry Latham-Coyle how close she came to having to step away from the game
5 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
'I need progression, I don't want to be a nostalgia act'
Nineties pop star Louise has returned with a sensational new album that she knows will take listeners by surprise. It's the modern, defiant sound of a survivor, she tells Adam White
8 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
Distressed and seething....we're a laughing stock again
The Heathrow shutdown was manic. Any more of this and I will start a line of travel chaos T-shirts, writes Simon Calder
2 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
Mea culpa: hanging on to some intriguing etymology
John Rentoul, our chief pedant, on last week’s Independent
2 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
Why it's time to reflect on how lockdown changed us
It’s no wonder we don’t like to think about the Covid era, writes Lauren O’Neill on the five-year anniversary of the first lockdown. In retrospect, it altered so much that we once took for granted about work, relationships and ourselves
6 min |
March 23, 2025
The Independent
"Treasury orthodoxy' makes a fiscal prisoner of Reeves
Loosen self-imposed rules, former ministers urge chancellor
3 min |