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The Independent
HS2 doesn't need a 'reset'...this line never made sense
Nobody knows how much it will cost or when it will be done. With our creaking transport system, the mounting billions would be better spent elsewhere, says Chris Blackhurst
5 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Hope for economic growth dampened by uncertainty
Fun fact: the OECD still predicts that Britain's economy will be one of the stars of the G7 during 2025 with growth of 1.7 per cent, lagging only behind the US at 2.4 per cent.
3 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Trump's war on the press is straight from Putin playbook
The pen may not be mightier than the sword, but it still has the power to wound. How else to explain the extraordinary remarks of the former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, this week in which he revealed how stung he'd been by an editorial in The Times?
4 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Musk calls far-right AfD party saviours of Germany
Elon Musk has described the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as the country's saviour, sparking calls from Berlin for the US billionaire to \"stay out\" of their politics.
2 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Macron swears in heated exchanges with crowds in cyclone-battered Mayotte
French president Emmanuel Macron swore during an exchange as he was heckled by angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood ravaged by cyclone Chido, telling them: “If it wasn’t for France, you’d be 10,000 times deeper in shit.”
3 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Store guard helped uncover abuse of Pelicot by husband
When Gisèle Pelicot was called to talk to police in November 2020, she believed it was to discuss upskirting allegations made against her husband of 50 years.
2 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Two dead after car ploughs into busy German market
Two people, including a toddler, have been killed after a car was driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germay, as local officials treating it as a deliberate attack said the suspect was a Saudi doctor.
2 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
US faces shutdown as Musk didn't 'keep his mouth shut'
Politicians enraged by billionaire's influence over Trump
2 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Two brothers charged over airport brawl with police
Two men have been charged over a fight with police at Manchester airport which happened before an officer was filmed kicking and stamping on a suspect's head.
1 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
NHS spent more than £2bn on private mental health hospitals last year
The NHS spent more than £2bn on sending patients to private psychiatric units last year, following decades of cuts to beds, new analysis reveals.
3 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Older, wiser Mandy will be an artful 'Trump whisperer'
Peter Mandelson warned last month that the UK's handling of Donald Trump 2.0 will be a \"transactional rollercoaster ride\".
4 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
What will the House of Lords look like in future?
Another batch of life peerages is released and the House of Lords remains an exceptional parliamentary chamber.
3 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Gray given peerage months after being sacked by PM
Sue Gray has been handed a peerage by Sir Keir Starmer, Downing Street confirmed yesterday.
2 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Calls grow for the release of jailed former leader Suu Kyi
Calls are growing in the UK for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released from prison where she has been held for the last four years by Myanmar's military regime.
2 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Trump team set to 'lock out' UK after Mandelson picked to be ambassador to the US
Peter Mandelson’s nomination as Britain’s new ambassador to the United States has provoked fury within Donald Trump’s team, with one insider describing it as a “horrible, arrogant” choice and his campaign coordinator publicly calling the Labour peer a \"moron.\"
4 min |
December 21, 2024
The Independent
Why Lawson got Red Bull seat over unlucky Tsunoda
Surely Yuki Tsunoda believed this would be his time for the highly coveted promotion.
3 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Sad tale of an entertainer turned middling curiosity
Jack Grealish has sacrificed flair for silverware at City but as he returns home to Villa Park, he'll wonder if it was worth it
5 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Spurs survive 'self-inflicted' collapse to reach cup semis
As Son Heung-min wheeled away and the Tottenham fans in the South Stand bounced their way into the Carabao Cup semifinals, it was fitting in this bonkers, breathless tie that the winning goal against Manchester United would come straight from a corner kick.
3 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
A rocky road ahead but we are not quite in stagflation
Should “stagflation” be our word of the day? It’s the term used by the parents of proto-central bankers to scare them into eating their broccoli. It applies when you have slow or no economic growth, high inflation and high interest rates.
3 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Australia's coal expansion a 'death sentence' for islands
Australia’s decision to expand four coal mines has been slammed by island nations as a death sentence” and a betrayal of global climate commitments.
2 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Healthcare killing suspect receives fan mail and cash
Luigi Mangione, the suspect at the centre of the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, has received more than 100 pieces of mail just over a week after he was taken into custody, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections confirmed to The Independent.
3 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Russia is 'ready to negotiate and compromise', Putin says
A rare 13th-century Bible will return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written, thanks to the help of The Independent.
3 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Mum relives horror of her teenage son's fatal stabbing
The grieving mother of a teenage boy has described the harrowing moment her son died in her arms after a brutal knife attack near their home in Bristol.
3 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Independent helps raise £90,000 to return medieval Bible to Salisbury Cathedral
A rare 13th-century Bible will return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written, thanks to the help of The Independent.
2 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Avanti managers turn down £250 offer for working day off as new year strike looms
Train managers at Avanti West Coast have turned down an offer worth £250 for working on a day off – or £300 at weekends.
2 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
How will water firms rinse the taxpayer even further?
It was probably not the best day for the water industry regulator to announce that average bills in England and Wales will increase by 36 per cent over the next five years.
3 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Starmer under fire after £100m hospices boost
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of giving with one hand and taking with the other” amid fears a 100m boost for hospices in England will be wiped out by Rachel Reeves’s national insurance hike.
3 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
PM hits out at 'dangers' of tariffs in warning to Trump
Sir Keir Starmer has hit out at the “dangers” of tariffs, putting the prime minister on a collision course with incoming US president Donald Trump.
1 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Mandelson set to be named UK ambassador to the US
Lord Peter Mandelson is expected to be announced as UK ambassador to the United States as Sir Keir Starmer prepares for a Donald Trump presidency.
2 min |
December 20, 2024
The Independent
Trump? No, Pelicot has to be the Person of the Year
The woman at the centre of France's mass rape trial should be celebrated for her sacrifice and courage, says Laura Bates
5 min |