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The Independent
Police rearrest driver over Wimbledon school crash
The driver of the four-by-four that crashed into a primary school in southwest London and killed schoolgirls Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau has been arrested again after the Met Police reopened their investigation.
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January 29, 2025
The Independent
MPs aghast’ at NHS bosses as overspending hits 1.4bn
Senior NHS leaders have been accused of remarkable” complacency and being out of ideas” to fix the UK’s broken health service as overspending doubled to 1.4bn last year.
3 min |
January 29, 2025
The Independent
How much should we really be spending on defence?
Pressure, domestic and external, is growing on the government to increase defence spending markedly.
3 min |
January 29, 2025
The Independent
Britain’s population set to rise by 5 million in decade
ONS figures pile pressure on government to curb migration E ree
3 min |
January 29, 2025
The Independent
Le brush-off: Britons must pay more to visit Louvre
British tourists will have to pay more to enter the Louvre in Paris under new plans announced by French president Emmanuel Macron during a visit to the museum yesterday.
2 min |
January 29, 2025
The Independent
Cooper rejects calls fora new approach to extremism
Yvette Cooper has rejected calls for misogynists, conspiracy theorists, the far left and potentially violent environmental activists to be treated as extremists.
3 min |
January 29, 2025
The Independent
Don’t rush through assisted dying service, urges Whitty
Nursing leaders have admitted patients could choose a proposed new assisted dying service because of inadequate palliative care.
3 min |
January 29, 2025
The Independent
‘Crunch time’ for Reeves as she reboots growth agenda
Rachel Reeves has been warned by business leaders that it is crunch time” for her promises to deliver growth as she attempts to win back her credibility on the economy.
4 min |
January 29, 2025
The Independent
Hero's return: can Dupont win Six Nations for France?
Harry Latham-Coyle and Luke Baker consider this and other key questions in making their tournament predictions
5 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Sinner’s biggest opponent now lies outside the court
Jannik Sinner was proud.
3 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Why Trump’s quick fix for Ukraine war won’t work
Concessions of territory and new power alliances among the issues keeping Putin and Zelensky from entering peace talks
4 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Reeves to loosen rules on how pension funds invest
Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are turning to Britain’s pension funds in a desperate bid to unlock cash for investment and get the economy growing.
3 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Our high-street stalwarts don’t deserve to survive
With the news that another veteran retailer may be shutting its doors, Helen Coffey wonders whether any of the UK’s heritage chains can cling on amid the digital shopping storm
5 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Heseltine calls Brexit pack of lies’ and urges new vote
Michael Heseltine said Brexiteers sold Britain a pack of lies” as he called for the UK to rejoin the European Union.
3 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Home at last... the 200,000 returning to northern Gaza for first time in 15 months
Masses of Palestinians walk north along the coastal route as those travelling in cars face days-long waits at checkpoints
4 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Premier League’s costliest flop exits United valueless
Antony’s Manchester United career dwindled to the point the club let the 85m signing go out on loan without a fee
4 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Lukashenko wins new term in sham’ Belarus election
Belarus’ authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades in power after an orchestrated election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a sham.
2 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Police end river search for missing Aberdeen sisters
Detectives looking for two missing sisters have ended the search of a river and harbour in Aberdeen three weeks after the pair mysteriously vanished.
1 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Tech stocks are knocked by rise in Chinese AI chatbot
Tech stocks tumbled in the US as markets opened yesterday after a new Chinese competitor emerged in the artificial intelligence field, potentially upending the sector.
2 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
‘Tl play songs and wait for something to not feel right’
Will Oldham talks to Laura Barton about writing for his alter ego Bonnie Prince’ Billy, working with his heroes, and how a song on new album The Purple Bird’ turned his legs to jelly
7 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Bedtime stories and a kiss goodnight from father, as he oversaw the Holocaust
Author Thomas Harding visits the Auschwitz commandant’s home and recalls exactly what the daughter of Rudolf Hoess told him about life next door to a horrific killing machine
6 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Charles sheds tears at vital’ Auschwitz commemoration
King first British head of state to visit symbol of Holocaust
3 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
The problem is all the men who want to sleep with her
As the discourse surrounding OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue’s extreme sex challenge’ becomes deafening, Olivia Petter asks if we’re focusing on the wrong thing in this sorry tale
5 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Thousands flee as rebels seize’ Congo’s largest city
Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have taken over Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest city, following weeks of violent clashes with Congolese security forces that have forced thousands to flee their homes.
2 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Trump and Starmer avoided touchy topics in warm’ call
Leaders bypass talking about the Ukraine war, the Chagos Islands, Mandelson and tariffs in their phone conversation
2 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Streeting’s spat with Farage a glimpse of things to come
What used to be called a Twitter spat has broken out between the health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the self-styled disrupter Nigel Farage.
3 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
Miliband grilled over third runway and net zero targets
Ed Miliband has said any expansion of Heathrow airport or other aviation projects must fall within the UK’s carbon budget as he leads the push for net zero.
2 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
‘The depths of depravity’: child sex abuse gang jailed
Four tried to kill girl by pushing her into microwave
2 min |
January 28, 2025
The Independent
United boosted by lucky victory but remain flawed
“They were lucky to win tonight,” Marco Silva said after Fulham’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester United.
4 min |
January 27, 2025
The Independent
Second Australian Open title in a row for Sinner
Zverev says rival in 'different universe' after straight sets loss
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