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The Independent
Chelsea dismantle City to secure semi-final place
Can we play you every week? At the culmination of four meetings in 12 days between Chelsea and Manchester City, perhaps even the answer from Sonia Bompastor’s side is a “no”.
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
British and French military chiefs to visit Kyiv, says PM
Britain and France are preparing to send a joint military delegation to Ukraine in an effort to determine how any future ceasefire deal can be supported on the ground, Sir Keir Starmer said after a summit in Paris yesterday.
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Retaliating to Trump's tariff would lead us up a dead end
The government has only a few days to help prevent some serious damage to the British car industry. They will be well aware that the UK exports some 6bn worth of vehicles to the US, and the trade is vulnerable to the 25 per cent tariffs planned and indeed publicly signed into force – by Donald Trump, due to come into effect on 2 April.
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
How is Reeves really going to balance Labour's books?
One promise that the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has kept is that there would be no tax changes in her spring statement, with all the action centred on those cuts in public services.
4 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Five injured in knife attack in Amsterdam's city centre
An Amsterdam shop worker has described seeing people injured on the ground in the terrifying moments after a stabbing spree in the heart of the city’s tourist district.
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Just Stop Oil to cease direct action after changes in law
Environmental campaign group Just Stop Oil announced it will cease disruptive action, following a final protest in Parliament Square on 26 April.
2 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
At least six dead as tourist submarine sinks in Red Sea
At least six people are dead, including two children, after a tourist submarine sank in the Egyptian Red Sea.
2 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
AI prenatal scans are faster and as accurate, study finds
Artificial intelligence is being hailed as a potential game-changer in prenatal care, cutting down the time it takes to identify foetal abnormalities by almost half, according to a groundbreaking new study.
2 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Trump has realised he can't control how people see him
You can’t control how someone else sees you however much Donald Trump may wish it.
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
New Trump deal seeks even more minerals from Kyiv
Donald Trump is seeking US control over all of Ukraine’s rare minerals and energy assets including oil and gas in extraordinary new proposals to Kyiv. Mr Trump’s latest proposals go far beyond the minerals deal that collapsed last month during Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous White House visit.
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
'We don't give a crap about your opinion and reporting"
Maga politician verbally attacks Sky News’s Martha Kelner
2 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Baby Reindeer leads charge at TV Baftas with 8 nods
Mr Bates series and Slow Horses’ each got six nominations
6 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Rushdie to publish his first fiction book since stabbing
Salman Rushdie is releasing a new story collection, titled The Eleventh Hour, which will explore themes that have been much” on his mind, including mortality, anger and peace.
2 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
BBC journalist covering clashes in Turkey deported
BBC journalist Mark Lowen has been deported from Turkey after being arrested and detained for about 17 hours, the organisation has confirmed.
1 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
'National shame': three in 10 children live in poverty
Three in 10 children in the UK are living in poverty, according to record high government figures branded a source of national shame”.
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Reeves may target pensions and wealth next, warns IFS
Chancellor won't rule out more tax rises in autumn Budget
4 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Nine-tenths of the flaw: the new dangers of possession.
The most successful Premier League teams traditionally kept the ball, writes Lawrence Ostlere. But Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth are showing there is a different way to win
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Paris proves that Europe and the US are an ocean apart
However hard Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer tried to disguise the fact, it was transatlantic divisions, rather than agreements, that emerged from yesterday’s Paris summit.
4 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
War on the poor will backfire badly among Labour MPs
The proportion of children in poverty rose in the last full year of the Conservative government, according to the latest figures published yesterday morning.
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
At a time like this, Britain must look to its real friends
The latest US tariffs to hit British exports will not be easy to swallow but, as James Moore writes, there is another special relationship’ of a more reliable kind just across the Channel
3 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Record level of raw sewage spills branded ‘disgraceful'
Raw sewage was released into England’s rivers and seas for a high of 3.61 million hours last year, in new figures that Labour called disgraceful”.
2 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Charles cancels visit after cancer therapy side effects
The King has cancelled his royal engagements today after he required a short period of observation in hospital”, Buckingham Palace has said. Charles visited the London Clinic where he was treated for an enlarged prostate in January 2024 yesterday morning after experiencing side effects from his cancer treatment.
2 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
Lack of progress leaves PM facing questions at home
It looked like the moment Sir Keir Starmer had reached a turning point after spending his first six months as prime minister tumbling in the polls.
2 min |
March 28, 2025
The Independent
The chancellor can dress it up... but this is austerity 2.0
In her spring statement, Rachel Reeves played a bad hand as well as anyone could have. She pinned the blame for a rethink only four months after her Budget on \"increased global uncertainty\" and \"a world that is changing before our eyes\". That is code for Donald Trump's tariffs and his forcing of Europe to spend more on defence.
3 min |
March 27, 2025
The Independent
Black Sea ceasefire is a con job with Zelensky the 'mark'
Many observers are dismissing the Black Sea ceasefire mediated by the Americans as an insignificant step that shows how far from peace Russia and Ukraine still are. But from the Kremlin's point of view, what seems technical actually has strategic advantages.
2 min |
March 27, 2025
The Independent
Kelly sparks spectacular second-half for Gunners
Arsenal win 3-2 on aggregate
4 min |
March 27, 2025
The Independent
Oscar-winning Palestinian director feared for his life during West Bank attack
An Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked in the occupied West Bank says he was held overnight in jail by Israeli soldiers who mocked his award between beatings.
2 min |
March 27, 2025
The Independent
Kane and co energised by Tuchel's tactical insights
On Tuesday morning, Thomas Tuchel and his staff went through the debrief of his first England camp. They are already thinking about the June squad, but the feeling has so far been \"very positive\".
4 min |
March 27, 2025
The Independent
Harry accused of 'playing the victim' in charity row
The chair of a charity in Africa set up by Prince Harry has appeared to criticise the royal for \"playing the victim card\" after he quit as patron amid a boardroom battle.
4 min |
March 27, 2025
The Independent
University fined more than £580k in free speech probe
The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 after an investigation found it had failed to uphold freedom of speech.
2 min |