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The Independent
Sent to ‘torture prison’ by Trump – now they are free
Alex Woodward reports on the chaotic deportation scheme that sent Venezuelans to the CECOT mega jail in El Salvador
5 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
I keep waking up at 4am – is it stress or the spirit world?
The culprit for early morning waking is usually insomnia, age, anxiety, menopause or diet, but Charlotte Cripps finds more unconventional reasons, including guardian angels
5 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Surgeon charged with fraud after amputation of his legs
A “brave” vascular surgeon who told insurers he had his legs amputated due to sepsis has been charged with fraud.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Pike rocks as a judge staring down her own hypocrisy
A searing exploration of legal injustice, ‘Inter Alia’ lands Rosamund Pike’s Jessica in the dock
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Britain and India to sign £5bn landmark trade deal
Sir Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi are set to sign off on a trade deal worth £4.8bn in investment for the British economy. The prime minister and his Indian counterpart also agreed ahead of their meeting today to ramp up joint efforts to tackle illegal migration and organised crime.
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Spectacular Bonmati goal sends Spain into Euro finals
Bonmati (113) If it was anyone else in the world, you might wonder whether she really meant it.
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Fenrick longs to be the leader but is cleverly biding his time
Robert Jenrick insists that he is happy where he is.
4 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Trump's Scottish golf trip looks set to tee off everyone
Donald Trump’s golfing trip to Scotland this weekend has started to look like a few days of welcome relief for the US president.
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
The year pop stars got into the groove with Madonna
As Madge releases her remix album ‘Veronica Electronica’, Adam White explores 2025’s return to electro-sadness – highlighted by the likes of FKA Twigs, Addison Rae and Jade
6 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Traders have guilty verdicts for rate-rigging overturned
Former financial market traders Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, who were found guilty of benchmark interest rate rigging, have had their convictions quashed at the Supreme Court.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Foreign aid cuts to increase risk of deaths, admits UK
World’s poor to suffer as education and pandemic security hit
4 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Who benefits from more riots this summer? Only Farage...
“We must not let Reform dominate the summer,” Kemi Badenoch told Conservative MPs in an end-of-term pep talk.
3 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Children face two-hour cap on social media in overhaul of ‘compulsive’ screen time
Children could face two-hour limits on social media like TikTok and Snapchat as part of a government plan to crack down on “compulsive” phone use, the science and technology secretary has said.
2 min |
July 24, 2025
The Independent
Lynch estate owes £700m to HP over failed tech deal
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is set to recoup more than £700m ($944m) from the estate of the late Mike Lynch and his former business partner, Sushovan Hussain, a London High Court judge ruled yesterday.
1 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
The Trump-inspired party shaking up Japanese politics
Populist Sanseito's sharp rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's dominance and reshaping a traditionally staid and steady political landscape, says Maroosha Muzaffar
6 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
The ‘godfather of metal’, Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76
Ozzy Osbourne, the “prince of darkness” who shocked and awed with his heavy metal band Black Sabbath, has died aged 76.
6 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Machine gun Kelly fires England into another final
England, somehow, do it again. The defending European champions are in a third consecutive major final after a second consecutive game where they needed a miracle late rescue. Michelle Agyemang and Chloe Kelly were, once more, the heroes. Whether they can do it one more time is a big question but one that can wait - for tonight. There is an awful lot to fault about this team right now, but not their resolve. They keep going no matter what, which is why they keep getting through round after round of this tournament.
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Return to Cool Britannia
The UK seems to be experiencing a cultural renaissance. Helen Coffey looks at how Oasis, 'Adolescence' and 'Too Much' coalesced to thrust Blighty back into the zeitgeist
5 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Will the rain or India ruin Stokes' era-defining Test?
Victory at Old Trafford will mean a Ben Stokes-captained side has finally earned a series win over cricket superpowers
4 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Cleverly back as Badenoch reshuffles shadow cabinet
Kemi Badenoch has carried out a reshuffle of her shadow cabinet, with Sir James Cleverly returning to the Conservative Party front bench.
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Soaring borrowing means we'll all feel the pinch... and here is where it could hurt
For Rachel Reeves, the hits keep on coming. The latest? Higher-than-expected government borrowing last month.
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
SOUND ADVICE
Our tester Steve May takes record players out for a spin
7 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
It’s time to call out Farage on his vague, uncosted pledges
Apparently, there’s a debate going on in the upper echelons of the Labour government about what to do about Nigel Farage. Not a moment too soon, you might say.
4 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
No hosepipe ban fines have been issued in the past five years, water firms admit
Major water companies in England have not issued a single fine to residents for breaking hosepipe bans over the past five years, The Independent can reveal.
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Badenoch had to hug an old rival – and she chose wisely
Kemi Badenoch faced a fork in the road. She needed to embrace one of her previous rivals and use either James Cleverly or Robert Jenrick to prop up her leadership of the Conservative Party. Luckily, she chose correctly, welcoming back Cleverly, the sensible centrist, while keeping Jenrick, the Reform-lite offering, at arm’s length.
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
How sectarian violence has engulfed the rebirth of Syria
Optimism after the fall of Bashar al-Assad has faded as Israel lays waste to a fragile peace in the name of protecting the nation's Druze ethnic-religious minority, reports Bel Trew
6 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Monthly rents rise by more than £220 over three years
The cost of renting in the UK has seen a sharp rise, increasing by an average of £221 a month in just three years, new data shows.
2 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Marvel First Family's tricky relationship with the screen
Flops and a B-movie that got the Human Torch treatment... Tom Fordy looks at the Fantastic Fours that backfired – and why a camp 1994 version might actually be the best of the lot
8 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Lions hopefuls fluff their lines against spirited hosts
First Nations & Pasifika XV 19 British & Irish Lions 24
3 min |
July 23, 2025
The Independent
Rashford saga ends with United paying heavy price
Attacker leaves Old Trafford for Barcelona loan move
4 min |