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The spies who love me
More parents than ever are using apps and electronic tags to keep track of their children. But is it actually doing more harm than good, asks mother-of-two Victoria Richards
6 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Under-fire Marvel is still clueless about glaring flaws
The problems with the world-conquering franchise run much deeper than simple over-saturation, writes Louis Chilton
3 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Scene and not heard: why AI could kill off the extra
As the BBC comedy ‘Extras’ turns 20, Nick Hilton looks at the quirks of a job that has been integral to the TV and film industry, and the threat it faces from tech innovations
7 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
ON THIS DAY
1478: Philip the Handsome of Spain was born. After his death his wife kept his corpse and continued to sleep with it beside her bed for three years. Her name was Joanna the Mad.
1 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Cunliffe’s report on the water industry will make a splash
We live in a deeply polarised, politicised world, where anything from changing rooms to the Motability scheme can be subject to the most extreme invective and propagandised argument. One exception to this is the state of the water industry. This is something that can unite the nation.
4 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Patients could be at risk during strikes, warns BMA
Changes to the way hospitals will work during resident doctor strikes could “risk patient safety”, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.
2 min |
July 22, 2025
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Coldplay ‘kiss cam’ scandal is proof that privacy is dead
A married tech CEO has resigned after a video showing him embracing a colleague at a gig went viral. Olivia Petter asks what the aftermath tells us about the tangled age we live in
4 min |
July 22, 2025
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Is Farage’s promise to halve crime remotely plausible?
Nigel Farage claims that he has a plan to “cut crime in half, take back control of our streets, [and] take back control of our courts and prisons”.
3 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Ryanair may up staff bonus for spotting oversized bags
Ryanair is considering boosting the incentive for its staff to identify oversized passenger luggage, its chief executive has revealed – as quarterly profits more than doubled thanks to strong Easter demand and higher fares.
2 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Water watchdog to be axed in ‘broken’ sector shake-up
Water regulator Ofwat will be abolished as part of an overhaul of the regulatory system, the environment secretary has confirmed.
3 min |
July 22, 2025
The Independent
Pension reform could mean Britons work even longer
Kendall warns of 'tsunami of poverty' without key changes
4 min |
July 22, 2025
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EU biometric entry-exit system to start in October
As visa-waiver travel permit almost trebles in price to £17
2 min |
July 22, 2025
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Bush was on a ‘mission’ to ‘rid the world of evil-doers’
Released files also reveal Mandelson’s desperation to return to government and Geldof’s outrage over Africa commission
6 min |
July 22, 2025
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‘They see us as the enemy’
Tom Watling hears from fearful residents battling to save an award-winning social housing estate now crumbling from neglect overseen by the Labour-run Westminster Council
4 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Scheffler eases to victory at The Open by four strokes
You could be mistaken for believing none of this truly matters to Scottie Scheffler, the new Champion Golfer of the Year.
4 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
At least 85 people shot dead while seeking food in Gaza
Palestinian eyewitnesses say tanks opened fire on a crowd without warning as the Pope calls for the 'barbarity' to end
3 min |
July 21, 2025
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New water watchdog given power to protect consumers
Customers will be given stronger protections against water firms under government plans to restore trust in the beleaguered industry.
2 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
How one of screen's best actors lost the will to go on
As the three-time Oscar winner's breakthrough film, 'My Beautiful Laundrette', is re-released in cinemas, Xan Brooks looks at Daniel Day-Lewis's career and apparent retirement
5 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Top vine value? Believe it or not, the only way is Essex
French producers are investing in Essex vineyards – the old jokes need to be laid to rest, or you risk missing out on some of the most delicious wines going
4 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Four still in hospital after Somerset school bus crash
Four people are still in hospital after a school bus crashed in Somerset on Thursday, police said in an update.
1 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Drone strikes intensify as Zelensky pushes for peace
Russian president Vladimir Putin is open to peace after his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky suggested fresh ceasefire talks, Moscow said.
2 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Family say trusting Salt Path author was a huge mistake
The family of Martin Hemmings, who accused The Salt Path author Raynor Winn of stealing £64,000 from his business in 2008, have said that trusting her was their “greatest mistake”.
3 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Inquiry launched into 1984 police clashes with miners
A public inquiry to uncover the truth of what happened during violent clashes between police and striking miners in Orgreave is set to begin in the autumn, the government has announced.
3 min |
July 21, 2025
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Why are Sainsbury’s and Tesco calling on Reeves to make a fresh U-turn on tax?
Rachel Reeves is facing a fresh rebellion, but this time, the opposition is coming from Britain’s biggest supermarkets, not the Labour back benches.
2 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
A font farewell to taste
Katie Rosseinsky explores the rise and rise of the inescapable ‘live, laugh, love’ font that’s cropping up everywhere from cheesy homeware designs to hen party and wedding invites
6 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Cool-headed half-backs key to Lions' first Test success
There was a perhaps telling line uttered by Andy Farrell about eight minutes into his post-match press conference after the British and Irish Lions' first Test win in Brisbane.
4 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Second safe house built is a ‘lifeline’ for abused women
The Independent’s campaign provides safe places for families
4 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Inquiry launched into leak of identities of SAS soldiers
Army leaders have launched an inquiry after the identities of soldiers in the SAS were revealed in a fresh data breach.
2 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
England to stop taking knee after racist abuse of Carter
Police called in as player subjected to ‘vile’ online messages
5 min |
July 21, 2025
The Independent
Cancer survivor Berger's heroics rescue Germany
The header from Janina Minge looped horribly for Germany, taking on a sort of vicious arc that could only come from a bad accident, or a cruel twist of fate.
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