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The Independent
Dare we go the full Danish with a 'zero refugee' zone?
In many international arenas, the UK likes to present itself as a model with something akin to a divine right to “lead”.
4 min |
November 14, 2025
The Independent
How prime minister became the top job no one wants
Westminster has had its fun, but the game's up.
3 min |
November 14, 2025
The Independent
Troubled Starmer hit with another coup plot rumour
Sir Keir Starmer could face a leadership challenge as early as the new year, as Labour MPs claim the prime minister is now unable to sack his chief of staff because it would hasten his own departure.
3 min |
November 14, 2025
The Independent
Mahmood to scrap police and crime commissioners
'Failed experiment': the home secretary plans to abolish the roles in 2028 (PA)
2 min |
November 14, 2025
The Independent
Aussie 'old blokes' seek one last demolition of England
Australia's Ashes squad contains only one player younger than 30 - but serial winners will still fancy their chances
4 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Let anger at gulls take flight
These avian thieves have long attracted humans' wrath. Now research has vindicated the impulse to shout at them when they try to make off with our chips
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
What caused the Turkish Hercules aircraft to crash?
Former pilots give verdict on incident that left 20 dead
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Hunger Games dazzles but ultimately misses the target
For all its bells, bangs and whistles, this latest expansion of the dystopian franchise feels slight
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
The four-word message the BBC should send Trump
There's one way the BBC could retrieve some dignity from the smoking rubble of the past week.
4 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Trump has taken his media war global – and the Beeb is making it too easy for him
On Donald Trump's first full day in office of his first term he went to the CIA headquarters at Langley.
4 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
‘State supplied victims’ to rapist in detention centre
Systemic failures allowed widespread physical and sexual abuse to continue unchecked at Medomsley Detention Centre in Durham, a report has found (Getty)
7 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Boris Johnson's ally at the heart of the BBC scandal
Staff and senior politicians are calling for Robbie Gibb to step down from the board of the corporation. So is the man at the centre of the crisis a 'Tory agent'
8 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Tycoon who backed Brexit considers move to Australia
One of Britain's richest men, who donated £1m to Brexit campaigns, says he's considering moving permanently to Australia after delivering a damning assessment of a UK “in chaos”.
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Why Ryanair ditched paper for digital boarding passes
The airline says it will lead to lower ticket prices, but not all travellers are comfortable using apps
2 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
My 14-year-old is going too far, too fast with her beau
The Indy's agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Homeless at 16 - I wish I'd known help was out there
Nearly 30 years after a family breakdown led to him leaving home and sleeping rough, the TV presenter Matty White recalls the lucky break that helped him to turn his life around
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Tourists paid Serb militias to ‘shoot Sarajevo civilians’
Prosecutors are examining allegations that Italians, Russians and Americans took part in a ‘sniper safari’ during city siege
2 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
A missing person becomes a question without an answer
The Rebus author Ian Rankin on why he supports our bid to launch SafeCall – a lifeline for young people who disappear
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
No 10's bungling plotters leave Streeting in box seat
Aides have succeeded only in making the health secretary look like a good bet for Labour leader
2 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
‘This kid is something else’
Lawrence Ostlere reports on the Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott's ascent from Guernsey FC to an England call-up
5 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
When is the best time to go on a cruise around Norway?
Q When would you suggest is the best time of year to go on a Hurtigruten cruise along the coast of Norway?
1 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Why does Reeves want to lift two-child benefit cap?
After the bizarre briefings from No 10 about a leadership challenge to the prime minister, and increased speculation about a hike in income tax, Rachel Reeves seems to be in search of something to give Labour MPs a reason to live (politically speaking).
2 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
‘This is not nice, this is not cordial, this is not friendly’
Ahead of his rematch with Conor Benn, Chris Eubank Jr tells that there is no reason to put bad blood aside
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Epstein emails claim Trump 'knew about girls' and spent hours with one at his house
Epstein, but the White House accused opponents of leaking material to smear the president.
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
Starmer aide McSweeney is ‘toast’ after botched briefing
PM declines to back his right-hand man after 'epic own goal'
4 min |
November 13, 2025
The Independent
How England plan to take on the mighty All Blacks
South Africa may be back-to-back world champions and ever more established as the best men's Test team on the planet but there's a certain aura that accompanies the arrival of the All Blacks. “When was the last time we beat them?” Ben Earl replied, curtly, when asked after England's win over Fiji if New
4 min |
November 12, 2025
The Independent
What a double-barrelled surname means in 2025
As the former Prince Andrew adjusts to life as Mountbatten Windsor, Lydia Spencer-Elliott looks at a hyphen hullabaloo
3 min |
November 12, 2025
The Independent
Stale I'm a Celebrity is fast losing its reality TV crown
After the flatulence and fanfare of 'Celebrity Traitors', the return of ITV's annual jungle series and its predictable lineup falls seriously flat
4 min |
November 12, 2025
The Independent
Don't deny refugees British citizenship – it saved my life
Recently, I met a refugee who, like me, is from Iran, but arrived more recently and via an irregular route.
4 min |
November 12, 2025
The Independent
£5bn Bitcoin scammer is jailed for money laundering
The mastermind behind a scam which led UK police to make their largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure of more than £5bn in Bitcoin has been jailed.
3 min |