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Tube walkout could be the shape of stoppages to come
The RMT strike this week was super-efficient, but it brings risks for Eddy Dempsey's members writes Simon Calder
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September 14, 2025
The Independent
England and Wales to be blasted by 80mph winds
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind across most parts of England and Wales from this evening into tomorrow.
1 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
Rethinking the Iron Lady
Many have written about Margaret Thatcher, but only one biographer had access to her private letters. Tina Gaudoin discusses the former PM's style and suspected mild autism
7 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
No one expects us to win, and that's where we thrive'
Scotland will hope to cause a shock as they take on England in the last eight after a tournament defined by their togetherness amid adversity, writes Harry Latham-Coyle
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September 14, 2025
The Independent
Springboks inflict heaviest defeat ever on All Blacks
The All Blacks suffered their heaviest-ever defeat yesterday as South Africa ran rampant in a six-try 43-10 dismantling to reignite their Rugby Championship title hopes.
1 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
Go straight to the sauce and you'll discover the real dill
Pittsburgh, once known as a centre of industry, is now a city making its name on the food scene, with its beloved pickles, Lebanese shawarmas and Polish pierogies finds Yvette Cook
5 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
'I thought I had hurt my back, but it was cancer'
Doctors told Terry Harper that he had a slipped disc, when it was in fact myeloma, a blood cancer affecting 33,000 people
3 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
Far-right demonstration ‘biggest’ in British history
Twenty-six police officers hurt while 25 protesters arrested
4 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
Solid logic behind banning the Bank of Mum and Dad
The Bank of Mum & Dad LLC (BMD) is one of Britain's biggest and fastest-growing lenders, and the Newcastle Building Society has decided that it is time it had some competition.
3 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
Robodogs, laser beams and microwaves: weapons that could decide future wars
As conflicts are increasingly fought with unmanned drones, Taz Ali looks at what other arms will shape battles to come
5 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
‘Just a very shy, good kid’
Family describe Tyler Robinson, suspected of shooting dead Charlie Kirk, as becoming more political in recent years
6 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
Mandelson could get large payout after being sacked
Peter Mandelson could be in line for a substantial taxpayer-funded payout after he was sacked by Sir Keir Starmer over his relationship with the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
2 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
UK couple held by Taliban are 'literally dying' in prison
A woman who was arrested by the Taliban alongside an elderly British couple has warned that they are “literally dying” in prison.
2 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
If Europe was at war, who would be called up first?
How quickly could Britons be trained for combat in Europe? Guy Walters looks at the MoD scheme that turns Ukrainian civilians into soldiers, and asks if it could work for the UK
5 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
A reaction that shows all of this president's worst traits
Was it murder or was it an assassination? We still don't know the motive of the killer of the rightwing influencer Charlie Kirk. But let us assume that it was indeed politically motivated. In that context, the president was right to condemn in the most forthright terms this latest piece of political violence to roil the United States.
3 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
Who seriously thinks the government's issues would be solved by a change of PM?
What a paradox. Angela Rayner had long been poised to seize Keir Starmer's crown, and yet the
4 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
Branagh's Stratford-upon-Avon return is cheering news
As someone who was born and bred in Stratford-upon-Avon, I, for one, was thrilled to hear that Kenneth Branagh, one of the greatest
2 min |
September 14, 2025
The Independent
'Sneaky Pete' having to quit again should shock no one
Somebody should take the prime minister to one side and introduce him to a natty little tool called “Google”, because the evidence suggests he may be a stranger to the concept of search engines.
4 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Liverpool will have to wait for rusty Isak to be the best
Arne Slot has spent £125m on a striker who, right now, he admits is not the finest in the global game.
4 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Newborns kept on unsafe wards, NHS reports finds
Pregnant women are giving birth in maternity units plagued by water leaks, power outages, and faulty equipment, laying bare the crisis of the NHS's crumbling hospital buildings.
2 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Salt peppers boundary in dazzling 141 T20 victory
England 304-2 (20 overs); South Africa 158 (16.1 overs)
3 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Lawrence's mother warned by Harry of media hacking
Stephen Lawrence's mother has shared her “disbelief” after she was contacted by Prince Harry, who uncovered evidence she had been allegedly spied on by the Daily Mail.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
How to be an empty-nester without losing your mind
This weekend, thousands of teenagers will be shuttled to their new universities. Exciting for them, but devastating for those left behind, says parenting expert Lorraine Candy
4 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
SLEEPING BEAUTIES
Sabrina Sahota picks the best earplugs for a good night's kip
7 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
It will take more than a £6 ‘meal deal’ to shake up Pret
It’s about time Pret-a-Manger offered a sandwich lunch, plus drink and crisps for under a tenner, but office workers are still sore from all the years of ‘Pretflation’, says James Moore
3 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
'Lost African tribe' ordered to leave Scottish woodland
A warrant has been issued for the removal of a self-proclaimed tribe from private land in the Scottish Borders.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Which Labour faction will triumph in the deputy race?
In what may prove to be a remarkably consequential election for deputy leader of the Labour Party, there is a clear – and increasingly factional - choice between Bridget Phillipson, who was not sacked in the recent reshuffle, and Lucy Powell, who was.
3 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for coup plot
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after a panel of Supreme Court justices voted to convict him of attempting a coup to remain in office after his 2022 electoral defeat.
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September 13, 2025
The Independent
Zero change or growth – zero hope of Reeves being rescued
Nothing has changed – and that is exactly Rachel Reeves’s problem. Yesterday morning’s GDP figure suggested that the economy shrank imperceptibly in the month to July, by 0.044 per cent – which, to the nearest tenth of 1 per cent, is zero. And that was the official number published by the Office for National Statistics.
3 min |
September 13, 2025
The Independent
Shooting suspect 'thought Kirk was spreading hate'
The suspect in the assassination of Maga influencer and Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk was identified yesterday as Tyler Robinson, after he was taken into custody following a tip-off from his own father.
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