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The grind and the glory
From Hollywood owners to fallen giants, the return of the Championship tomorrow promises another season of high drama for the £200m dreamers, writes Richard Jolly
5 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Edinburgh hotel prices soar as Oasis clashes with Fringe
Some rooms are costing visitors and performers thousands as city swamped with comedy and music fans, writes Maira Butt
5 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Why don't all airlines allow name changes on a ticket?
Can you explain why some airlines do not allow name change on ticketed flights but budget carriers do?
1 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Mental health ward was missing ‘half its staff’ when teenager fatally self-harmed
A mental health hospital was “severely short-staffed” and missing “at least half” their workers on the day a vulnerable teenager fatally self-harmed, an inquest has heard.
2 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Minister warns over online obsession of young people
As PM unveils £88m package for youth clubs and schools
2 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Can Foden be City's saviour in a post-De Bruyne era?
New season, new Manchester City.And, if it all goes well, old Phil Foden. The best season of his career was followed by his worst. And yet, in the curiosity of a tournament that belonged fully to neither one season nor the other, there were hints he was returning towards the kind of form that saw him named Footballer of the Year. The Club World Cup may offer a longterm benefit to City if it provides a shift in momentum for Foden.
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Netanyahu faces backlash over Gaza occupation plan
Israeli army chief warns that seizing the territory could prolong the war and endanger the remaining hostages
4 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
BLESSED RELEASE
Dancing and death might not seem the most natural pairing to buttoned-up Brits, but honouring those we've lost through music and movement is a beautiful thing, finds Helen Coffey
6 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Eighty years on, Hiroshima's lessons are lost on Starmer
Three-year-old Shinichi Tetsutani was riding his beloved yellow tricycle when the atom bomb exploded over Hiroshima. He died that night from his injuries. His heartbroken father, Nobuo, buried Shinichi's body in the backyard, along with the tricycle, so that he could ride it even after his death.
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Should former party leaders mind their own business?
The political phenomenon of the “backseat driver” is hardly new, but it’s a bit of a thing at the moment. Neil Kinnock, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and Jeremy Corbyn have all been giving Keir Starmer private and public advice about taxation, welfare reform, the general conduct of government, and, in Corbyn’s case, even about local authorities selling off allotments.
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Yes! My beloved Lidl is top of the (budget) shops again
For the first time in two years, Aldi has been knocked off the top spot as the UK's cheapest supermarket – its main rival, Lidl, stealing the crown. And I, for one, am cheering it on – with a ratchet rattle found in the middle aisle in between a basket of knockoff Crocs and a stack of whiskey-flavoured BBQ sauce, of course.
2 min |
August 07, 2025
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Fifth of doctors tempted to move abroad, warns GMC
Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to cut hospital waiting lists is at risk unless more is done to retain doctors, as one in five consider leaving the UK to work abroad, the medical regulator has warned.
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Inside the depraved world of Britain's migrant hunters
Far-right activists are livestreaming abuse and sharing maps in a growing campaign of harassment, Holly Evans reports
5 min |
August 07, 2025
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Prisoner on indefinite term is cleared of rooftop protest
A prisoner trapped on an indefinite jail term has been cleared of multiple counts of criminal damage to a maximum-security prison after using the toll of his sentence as a defence in what is believed to be a legal first.
3 min |
August 07, 2025
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Labour history teaches us that wealth taxes don't work
Taxing unearned income is no way for the chancellor to plug her £41bn spending black hole – the better-off are the best placed to find a way around paying it, says Chris Blackhurst
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
How American Eagle let the ‘jean genie’ out of the bottle
After the ad campaign that launched a thousand thinkpieces, the internet is again full of Sydney Sweeney’s jeans - and her political credentials. Zoë Beaty on the right’s new poster girl
4 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
PM signals tax rethink amid £50bn black hole in Budget
Sir Keir Starmer has opened the door to increasing income tax this autumn as he faces growing pressure to fill a £50bn shortfall in the public finances.
4 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
‘I loved Will & Grace, but I was looking for a way out’
Sean Hayes has traded sitcom for a Tony-winning turn in ‘Good Night, Oscar’. He tells Annabel Nugent about playing a troubled pianist and the pitfalls of being in a hit TV show
6 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Lords of the ring: meet the man in Jake Paul's corner
Nakisa Bidarian, one of the most enigmatic figures in combat sports, talks Alex Pattle through his journey to the top
6 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
IN POOR TASTE
With Gregg Wallace and John Torode fronting the new series of ‘MasterChef’ – condemned yet oblivious – the show now makes for uncomfortable viewing
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Trump's Russia envoy will bring back only humiliation
Arriving in Moscow ahead of Donald Trump's “ceasefire or suffer” deadline for the Kremlin, Steve Witkoff might have wondered what he's there for. To threaten? Reassure? Or repeat the cooing, craven performances he's shown Vladimir Putin in the past?
4 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Covid-era echoes in China’s fight against mosquito virus
Country hit by 8,000 cases of chikungunya in single month
3 min |
August 07, 2025
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US envoy meets with Putin as ceasefire 'deadline' looms
Trump to meet president of Russia and Zelensky next week
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
My partner wants to open up our relationship – but I don’t
The Indy’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help out
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Labour needs to silence the ugly myths about migrants
First, a rare slice of good news for Keir Starmer. Voters are less worried about the NHS than they were. The number of people citing it as one of the most important issues facing the country has dropped to 35 per cent, its lowest figure for three years, according to More in Common.
3 min |
August 07, 2025
The Independent
Why having half a holiday is bad for you (and your boss)
Emails in the morning, Aperol in the afternoon? Taking semi-working breaks defeats the purpose
4 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
President clumsily shows he has no strategy for Putin
Donald Trump's blundering nuclear rhetoric reveals a lack of policy when it comes to handling Moscow, says Keir Giles
3 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
‘Children like me had to carry bodies on straw mats’
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima being bombed, survivors are urging the world not to forget or ignore the danger posed by nuclear arms today, says Maroosha Muzaffar
7 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Trump ‘wants all or nothing deal’ to end the war in Gaza
But Netanyahu said to be looking at fully occupying the strip
4 min |
August 06, 2025
The Independent
Nationwide leads calls to protect survivors of abuse
Nationwide Building Society has partnered with Refuge, the UK’s largest domestic abuse charity, in a bid to both bring about change and help protect survivors of abuse.
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