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Sex offender mistakenly set free from prison rearrested
The sex offender mistakenly released from prison last week was arrested by police in London yesterday after being spotted by a member of the public.
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November 08, 2025
The Independent
Orban is back in DC, doing Putin's dirty work for him
The one point of friction between the Hungarian leader and Donald Trump would never be enough to derail their White House meeting. Moscow will be delighted
3 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
When you're at United, you need to play in Europe'
Now in his second season at Old Trafford after moving for a big fee, 19-year-old defender Leny Yoro tells Richard Jolly why he has never regretted his choice - despite a rocky start
3 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
'Fijians... lovely people but very nasty to play against'
Beaten for the first time by the Pacific Islanders on their last Twickenham visit, England's stand-in captain Ellis Genge underlines to Harry Latham-Coyle the threat they will pose
4 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
McCanns ‘take no pleasure’ in guilty harassment verdict
Six months for woman who claims she is missing daughter
3 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
ON THIS DAY
1602: The Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public.
1 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Kardashian legal drama is guilty of being pure evil
'All's Fair' has been dubbed the worst TV show to ever exist. But it's more numbing than enraging
4 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Bellingham and Foden earn recall for World Cup double
England head coach Thomas Tuchel has confirmed Jude Bellingham’s return to the national squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania, stating the midfielder “has to be in the squad” after his impressive reaction to being overlooked.
2 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
The BBC's impartiality problems are just beginning
Let's accept that someone at the BBC made a clumsy error in editing some clips of Donald Trump addressing the crowd on 6 January 2021.
5 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Labour peer attacks Powell over 'irritating' policy views
Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell’s views on party policy “really irritate me”, former shadow culture secretary Thangam Debbonaire has said.
2 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Just one in five voters back Reeves breaking tax pledge
Just one in five voters back Rachel Reeves’s reported plans to break Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise taxes on working people - even if they acknowledge it’s in the country’s interests, according to new polling.
4 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Brutal truth behind China's takeover of UK universities
As concern grows over how much influence Beijing has in academic teaching and research, Jonathan Margolis looks at the clash over what all that invested money should 'buy' you
8 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
National treasure ITV needs some sympathetic handling
How do you value an asset like ITV? There's the business, obviously. But the commercial broadcaster, the UK's first, is also a cultural institution that still matters. And now that it has a for sale sign outside its HQ, it is also a huge political headache.
3 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Hear me out, a trillionaire Musk benefits all mankind
Elon Musk, is he worth it – a trillion dollars, give or take?
3 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Rhythmic recollections
Mike Joyce has released a memoir of his time as a member of The Smiths. He tells Jude Rogers about 'The Drums', and his memories of the group's giddy, era-defining five-year lifespan
7 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Who really wants to fly for 19 hours direct to Australia?
Q I have read your latest article on nonstop flights from London to Sydney.
2 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Starmer follows Trump in cutting crucial foreign aid
The UK is expected to pledge £850m to the Global Fund – a cut of 15 per cent – despite previous assurances over funding
4 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Hats off: inside Hockney's most exuberant show yet
At 88, David Hockney is still reinventing the way we see. His new works burst with colour and wit
2 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
'You want to leave behind a world that's worth living in'
John C Reilly brings his big-hearted vaudeville stage show to the British Isles - shining a light on things he thinks are wonderful, the Oscar-nominated actor tells Kevin E G Perry
8 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Double-helix co-discoverer James Watson dies aged 97
Watson, along with Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA, one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs
1 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Is there anything that men's overconfidence can't ruin?
This might sound more like sexism than science, but it is, in fact, both – men think they’re good at everything.
4 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
Russian soldier jailed for life after killing Ukrainian POW
Ukraine has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war in a landmark first ruling for the country.
2 min |
November 08, 2025
The Independent
YOU'RE HISTORY!
Patrick Smith admires Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Shannon's acting but not the stodgy script in 'Death by Lightning', about an ill-fated post-civil war US president
2 min |
November 07, 2025
The Independent
Off-pitch drama mars Villa's win over Maccabi
Aston Villa coasted to a 2-0 Europa League win over Maccabi Tel Aviv where all the attention was on what happened off the pitch.
2 min |
November 07, 2025
The Independent
This ex-jail guard is amazed at the joke levels of security
For the second time in a fortnight, a police manhunt is underway - this time for Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, a 24-year-old Algerian sex offender previously convicted of indecent exposure who had been serving a sentence at HMP Wandsworth for trespass with intent to steal. Until, that is, he escaped.
4 min |
November 07, 2025
The Independent
McLaren risk 2007-style collapse by not naming No 1
More so than any of the three drivers battling for this year's unpredictable Formula 1 world championship, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella knows all too well the thrill and peril of a three-horse title race, as well as the seismic role Interlagos can play in deciding the eventual champion.
3 min |
November 07, 2025
The Independent
I've known Mamdani for years - here's why he won
In 2019, Zohran Mamdani told his friend Ruchira Gupta he wanted to go into electoral politics. Now he's the new mayor of New York City - after a victory built from the grassroots
5 min |
November 07, 2025
The Independent
Fresh pressure on Lammy over handling of jail fiasco
One of the prisoners mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth handed himself in amid mounting pressure on David Lammy over his handling of the fiasco, as the hunt continues for a registered sex offender who is still at large.
4 min |
November 07, 2025
The Independent
Immigration crackdown could cost the UK £4.4bn
Plans to make it harder for international students to stay in Britain will hit the economy, a Home Office assessment finds
4 min |
November 07, 2025
The Independent
Why Cop30 remains key to fighting the climate crisis
Experts tell Nick Ferris that the summit in Brazil can drive forward the Green agenda - even without the US present
8 min |