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The Independent
Britain at risk of being left behind over AI visa conflict
We are due shortly to receive the government’s immigration white paper. It was earmarked for publication early in the new year, then it was pushed back until after Easter. Now we’re told it will land after the local elections. Well, they are this week, so the deadline is getting closer. That is, if the cabinet can settle their reported differences over what it should contain.
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Foods stocks in Gaza have run out, says UN agency
The World Food Program says its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Mini heatwave on the way
Temperatures are set to climb across the UK in the coming days, with parts of the country on track to bask in some early summer warmth as a mini heatwave arrives.
2 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Aids-related deaths could more than double by 2030 to 10 million after US cuts
The World Health Organisation has raised serious concerns that HIV medication shortages sparked by cuts to USAID will increase resistance to crucial treatment, The Independent can reveal.
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
Farage is the 'F-word' who is tearing the parties apart
Ahead of next week’s by-elections, Badenoch and Starmer are bracing themselves for Reform gains
4 min |
April 26, 2025
The Independent
What we need from Bailey's Bank of the bleedin' obvious
The governor of the Bank of England saying we should \"take very seriously\" the global effects of Donald Trump's trade war might look like a statement of the bleedin' obvious - but make no mistake, it matters.
3 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
THE PLOT THICKENS
Self Esteem’s third album A Complicated Woman’ adds theatrical touches to literate lyrical snark, says Helen Brown
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Need for a sequel doesn't add up with Accountant 2
While the 2016 original appeared to respect the protagonist's neurodivergence, this belated follow-up teeters on the edge of making his autism a punchline, writes Clarisse Loughrey
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Lavish musical lacks respect for Fitzgerald's classic elegy
Jamie Muscato brings a jarring goofiness to the most elusive of literary creations in 'The Great Gatsby', says Alice Saville
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Revolut boss: Change is coming in UK boardrooms
Yana Shkrebenkova wants to help women shake up investing
4 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Eubank Ir and Benn seek to settle brutal family feud
Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn are writing a story built on pressure versus pain.
4 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Reeves proposes 'new trade system' to appease Trump
Rachel Reeves has made a dramatic bid to appease Donald Trump in an apparent effort to ensure a UK-US trade deal can be agreed.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Arsenal and Chelsea must show 'bravery' to make final of the Champions League
Chelsea and Arsenal can still reach the Women’s Champions League final, as long as they learn the lessons from their semifinal first-leg defeats, according to former England international Anita Asante.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Weinstein may not be freed after retrial but the stakes for #MeToo are still high
State prosecutors are once again trying Harvey Weinstein for sex crimes in New York.
4 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
More than 10,000 assaults on prison staff last year
Record high as Manchester bomb plotter involved in attack
4 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Kiplimo's marathon debut in London is pure box office
To many, it was the unthinkable. To Jacob Kiplimo, it was \"the perfect race\".
3 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Have we eaten digestives incorrectly for a century?
People have been eating chocolate digestives incorrectly since they were first created 100 years ago, a biscuit factory boss has suggested.
1 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Polluting water bosses now face up to two years in jail
Water company bosses who cover up illegal sewage spills could face up to two years in prison as pollution levels reach a decadehigh in the UK’s rivers and seas.
3 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Lorde of all she surveys
On the melancholic yet monumental song 'What Was That', the alt-pop queen plays to her strengths.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Here calms the bride: why the 'zen do' is taking over
As wedding season approaches, Olivia Petter reports on the rise of the chilled-out hen do, a soothing alternative to the age-old tradition of hedonism, vodka and phallic straws
5 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Birmingham bin strike leads.to fears of rat-borne disease
Rats the size of dachshunds” are terrifying residents in Birmingham as the seven-week-long bin strike continues.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Flintoff's path from lad to a shining light for young men
Downing pints and bowling, that was 'Freddie'. But, as a new documentary shows, he was suffering behind the bravado. Jim White reflects on what really saved the national treasure
6 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Premier League survival is a goal very few clubs achieve
Yo-yo effect is set to see the three promoted teams relegated
5 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Trump documentary fails to deal with scale of the chaos
With new outrages by the hour, the talking heads and Maga apologists in 'Trump Revolution: 100 Days That Changed the World' won't skewer the US president, writes Phil Harrison
3 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Jenrick letter adds to Tory leadership bid speculation
Robert Jenrick has fuelled speculation that he is preparing a leadership campaign to replace the beleaguered Kemi Badenoch with just a week to go before the local elections.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
How likely is it the justice system will be reformed?
Assaults on prison staff are more numerous than ever and - not unrelated - overcrowding of inmates is also showing a marked deterioration.
3 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Why Miliband will back down on energy price plans
Energy secretary Ed Miliband has been quick to try to persuade the mob to put away its pitchforks.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Miliband: Southerners may be charged more for energy
Ed Miliband has confirmed the government is looking at plans to charge homes in the South more for electricity after critics dubbed the plans a postcode lottery”.
2 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Why both Putin and Trump are so focused on Crimea
All the US president cares about is this war being over, no matter how terrible the cost to Ukraine’s history and future
3 min |
April 25, 2025
The Independent
Expectation grows of Indian military strike on Pakistan
India and Pakistan have announced tit-for-tat suspensions of visas for each other’s citizens with immediate effect in the aftermath of the deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir that killed at least 26 people.
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