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The Independent
Suspect pleads not guilty in Liverpool parade crash case
A former Royal Marine accused of ploughing his car into football fans at Liverpool's Premier League victory parade, injuring 134 people, has denied all 31 charges.
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September 05, 2025
The Independent
Thousands of Lloyds group staff at risk of losing jobs
Lloyds Banking Group is set to put thousands of its “lowest-performing” staff at risk of losing their jobs as it tries to embed a “high-performance culture”.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Sycamore Gap was at least 100 years old, experts say
The Sycamore Gap tree was at least 100 years old when it was felled in a “devastating” act of vandalism, say a team of researchers.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
PLAYING IT SAPPHIC
Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s Honey Don’t!’ is full of famous faces but it lacks focus
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Moore's on the rebound to see Wales past Kazakhstan
Wales went top of their World Cup qualifying group last night with a hard-fought 1-0 win in Kazakhstan.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Xi's 'new world order' has one key ingredient – Taiwan
Flanked by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, the leader of an unstoppable’ China threw down the gauntlet. This wasn’t a display of pride, but of intention
5 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Armani, legendary Italian fashion designer, dies at 91
Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who redefined modern fashion and built a global empire in his own name, has died aged 91.
5 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Asylum seeker at protest hotel guilty of sexual assault
An asylum seeker hotel resident has been convicted of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl just days after arriving in the United Kingdom on a small boat.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
'No one helped me ... no one believed I'd been raped'
Donald Trump has slashed more than 600m in aid funding for contraceptives. The impact could be deadly for thousands of women, reports Bel Trew from Uganda and Zimbabwe
7 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Leaders in the West must demand Suu Kyi's release
The military junta that rules Myanmar has done all it can to bury this political prisoner alive
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Is this why your winter sun break is costing so much?
Not much sign of winter sun giving the travel industry a healthy glow.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Lawyers deny giving Rayner tax advice on flat purchase
Angela Rayner’s lawyers insist they did not give her tax advice on her flat at the centre of a scandal and claim they have been made scapegoats.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Fifty shades of Brontë
As the new 'Wuthering Heights' film trailer arrives to much outrage among passionate fans, Katie Rosseinsky explains why so many are uniquely protective of the source material
4 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
What can we expect from the Reform UK conference?
Reform UK, on 30 per cent plus in the opinion polls and with talk of them forming the next government, are gathering for their short but no doubt dramatic two-day conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Extend Martha's rule across maternity care, says mother
Martha's rule, an NHS safety initiative that allows families and patients to seek a rapid second opinion on their hospital care, should also be rolled out across maternity care in the UK, the founder of the scheme has said.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Former Conservative MP Dorries defects to Reform
Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorris has declared “the Tory party is dead” as she announced that she has defected to Reform UK.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Djokovic now faces grand slam problem he created
Novak Djokovic has some plans to disrupt. If everyone at the US Open is looking ahead to a third consecutive grand slam final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, Djokovic believes he could yet have his say.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Suu Kyi's health worsens in jail as son pleads for release
The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has issued a stark warning about her deteriorating health, urging the ruling military junta to grant her access to urgent medical care and calling on the international community to intervene.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Big Thief's Double Infinity is yet another instant classic
Despite their bassist leaving, the band still find positive answers to their intelligent questions
2 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Starmer refuses to say if he will sack Rayner over tax
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to back Angela Rayner staying in post until the next election, in the first sign he could be distancing himself from the under-fire deputy prime minister, as the crisis over her tax affairs deepens.
4 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Tributes paid to victims of Lisbon streetcar derailment
Tributes have been paid to a “kind and dedicated” worker on the funicular that derailed and crashed into a building in Lisbon, killing at least 16 people.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
How Rayner got mired in complex stamp duty web
Angela Rayner has disclosed she underpaid stamp duty on a seaside flat, claiming she received incorrect legal advice about a complex tax rule.
5 min |
September 05, 2025
The Independent
Chasing history and a prime spot in the future pro ranks
The World Boxing Championships begin today in Liverpool, where amateurs can start to be formed into legends and a new governing body faces a mighty test
3 min |
September 04, 2025
The Independent
Spence defies his doubters again with England call-up
Tottenham full-back tells how Conte shook his confidence as he hopes to be first practising Muslim in men's national team
4 min |
September 04, 2025
The Independent
Period drama titan hangs up its hat in stately fashion
‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ manages surprising moments of self-reflection
2 min |
September 04, 2025
The Independent
Lush closes UK stores for a day in protest over Gaza
Toiletries chain Lush yesterday closed all its UK shops for a day “in solidarity with Gaza” and called on the UK government to act to help end “the death and destruction”.
2 min |
September 04, 2025
The Independent
‘I didn’t know where to go. I was on the sidelines all year’
Winning an F2 championship no longer guarantees a seat in F1, as Kieran Jackson finds when he meets two young drivers
4 min |
September 04, 2025
The Independent
SHAKESPEARE IN LUST
Ncuti Gatwa's Christopher Marlowe flirts wildly with Edward Bluemel's bard in ‘Born With Teeth’, but it’s a shame this Tudor fan fiction didn’t dig deeper
2 min |
September 04, 2025
The Independent
Media ban is a glimpse of a future with Reform in No 10
As Nigel Farage lambasts the state of free speech in the UK in front of a congressional committee in Washington DC, David Maddox discusses his party's attitude to a free press
4 min |
September 04, 2025
The Independent
Polanski sorry for claim he could increase breast sizes
New Green Party leader apologises over 2013 hypnotherapy enhancement he said was ‘a lot cheaper than a boob job’
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