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The Independent
Life sentence for boy who shot woman at front door
A teenager who shot a mother in the head while she stood in the doorway of her home trying to shield her two children was jailed for life yesterday.
3 min |
December 03, 2024
The Independent
Did Starmer get his plan for change from New Labour?
The prime minister, after a “choppy” first few months in office, is promising to implement a “plan for change” and to introduce “measurable milestones” by which the performance of the government may be judged.
2 min |
December 03, 2024
The Independent
PM appoints a ‘safe pair of hands' to run civil service
Sir Keir Starmer has appointed a candidate described as a “safe pair of hands” to run the civil service as he prepares to reset his government this week following a turbulent first five months in power.
3 min |
December 03, 2024
The Independent
Starmer refuses to choose between the US and EU
PM believes he can pursue closer relations with both allies
2 min |
December 03, 2024
The Independent
Wallace forced to apologise for 'misogynistic' remarks
Gregg Wallace has been forced to apologise for saying that allegations that he had made inappropriate sexual comments had come from middle-class women of a certain age”, after Downing Street called his explanation inappropriate and misogynistic”.
3 min |
December 03, 2024
The Independent
Carse justifies England faith as the archetypal bold pick
If you won a boxing match after your opponent continually punched themselves in the face, how much credit can you take?
3 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Tenacious Diallo the key to Amorim pressing machine
Old Trafford has not seen anything like this before.
3 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Gold King Cole packs the Bridge with merry old souls
In the 83rd minute, the ball rolled to the feet of Cole Palmer in a bubble of space outside Aston Villa's box, and the crowd snapped to attention.
4 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Vibrant Anfield marks the changing of the Guardiola
There was a lull in the noise, a break in the Anfield atmosphere, when a defiant chant emerged from a corner near Stefan Ortega’s goal.
3 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
What is so daunting about Spain's new data checks?
Q You have written about the new “red tape” for visitors to Spain. So, as well as your usual passport details you will give a contact number, address and email. Not exactly the Spanish Inquisition, is it?
1 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Sectarian clashes claim at least 130 lives in Pakistan
At least 130 people were killed in deadly sectarian clashes in Pakistan's northwestern Kurram district in spite of a tentative ceasefire, days after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying Shia Muslims, local officials said.
3 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Coalition government likely in Ireland as count proceeds
Fianna Fail say decisions on power-sharing for another day’
4 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
How Syria's forgotten war is back on the world's agenda
Many believed the country was lost in an unsolvable conflict, until everything changed in a matter of days, writes Bel Trew
4 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Assad regime scrambles to halt Syrian rebels’ advance
Civilians reportedly killed by Russian and Syrian airstrikes
4 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Mother of poisoning victim says she knew she would die
Lawyer Simone White succumbed to the effects of methanol while backpacking in Laos with two of her childhood friends
2 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Pensioner, 95, left on cold.pavement with broken hip
A 95-year-old woman was left on a cold pavement for more than five hours waiting for an ambulance after the emergency services told a bystander trying to help her that she wasn’t a priority.
1 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Snow and frost forecast as parts of the UK face 7C
The Met Office has warned Britons to expect more snow this week as temperatures plunge to below-freezing in some regions.
2 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Man arrested in relation to rape claim at Groucho Club
A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an alleged incident at one of Soho’s most famous private members’ clubs, Metropolitan Police have said.
1 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Eight injured after car hits crowd at Christmas market
Two children are among six people taken to hospital after a car crashed into a group of pedestrians at a Christmas market.
2 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Will this 'plan for change' reverse Labour's fortunes?
Sir Keir Starmer's time in government was summed up yesterday by Sky's Trevor Phillips as \"the Taylor Swift tickets, the suits, the dresses, the glasses, the No 10 passes, the chief of staff sacked inside six months\".
2 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
PM warned on 'destructive' food trade deal with the US
Sir Keir Starmer has been warned a comprehensive trade deal with the US under Donald Trump would \"destroy our family farms and healthy food standards\".
3 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Patients may have to pay for assisted death, says minister
Patients opting for assisted dying may have to pay to die, a government minister has suggested after MPs backed legislation that would support terminally ill people to end their own lives.
2 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Britain sets aside £10bn for payments to EU more than eight years after Brexit vote
Britain has set aside more than £10bn for post-Brexit payments to the EU as the UK continues sending billions to Brussels despite having left the bloc years ago.
3 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Wallace hit by backlash over remarks about his accusers
Former MasterChef presenter took to Instagram to defend himself as BBC faced criticism over response to allegations
3 min |
December 02, 2024
The Independent
Stop buying clothes now!
As fashion campaigners demand 'degrowth' for an industry responsible for 10 per cent of global pollution, Helen Coffey talks to designers and activists about how, with 100 billion garments made every year, we risk shopping till we drop
9 min |
December 01, 2024
The Independent
The inspiration at heart of Slot and Guardiola's rivalry
Liverpool and Man City bosses set to meet for the first time
3 min |
December 01, 2024
The Independent
Has Bethell's Test cricket baptism come too soon?
Jacob Bethell, 21, has been thrust into England side based on potential. Could the risk backfire, asks Cameron Ponsonby
4 min |
December 01, 2024
The Independent
Resurgent Arsenal thrash Hammers in giddy goal fest
Arsenal plundered another hatful of goals at West Ham as they climbed up to second in the Premier League with a frenetic 5-2 victory.
2 min |
December 01, 2024
The Independent
Defensive Lionesses cancel USA in tactical stalemate
Another night of learning for England and Sarina Wiegman, even if the only fireworks produced from the visit of Emma Hayes and the United States were those in the pre-match light show at Wembley.
3 min |
December 01, 2024
The Independent
Grandmother lost savings and her business after being wrongly charged with fraud
Krista Brown receives 'unreserved' apology after seven-year ordeal at hands of Crown Prosecution Service and HMRC
4 min |