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The Independent
Here's what Scheffler really told us in his 'crisis' speech
On the eve of The Open, the world's best golfer revealed a startlingly honest insight into the emptiness of winning.
4 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
'I'd broken out of the cult': How Robbie left Take That
Three decades ago, the pop star caused chaos by leaving the UK’s biggest boyband. Mark Beaumont looks at the reasons for the split - from antics with Oasis to hard-drug addiction
7 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Finger-clicking good: how England stay in harmony
Wiegman's substitutes have found a unique way to spread good vibes ahead of tonight's quarter-final against Sweden
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Israel attacks Damascus ‘to stop more sectarian killings’
Loud explosions have been heard in Syria’s capital, Damascus, as Israel attacked the city following days of sectarian conflict in the south of the country.
1 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
We all deserve an apology for the ruinous MoD data leak
Maybe the most insidious aspect of the Afghan data leak scandal, in terms of our constitutional safeguards, was that the government went to the speakers of both Houses of Parliament to brief them as to why they should not permit any questions about the issue to be raised by MPs or peers.
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Starmer: Serious questions to answer over data breach
Sir Keir Starmer has vented his fury over the cover-up of the catastrophic data breach that risked the lives of up to 100,000 Afghans, as it emerged no one had faced action over the huge blunder.
4 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Eight babies with DNA from three people born free of severe hereditary disease
A groundbreaking three-person IVF technique to prevent devastating disease has led to the birth of eight babies in the UK.
4 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Revenge over Usyk may be a matter of time for Dubois
Daniel Dubois was a long way from finished at the end of his world title fight against Oleksandr Usyk in Poland two years ago.
4 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Huge fee for Isak could be hard to resist for Magpies
For Newcastle United, no news was good news. There was gossip, much of it tedious and tiresome, but no concrete developments when it came to Alexander Isak. They could reflect on Arsenal’s choice between Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko with some satisfaction: it is no secret that Isak has admirers at the Emirates Stadium but the Gunners accepted they could not get a forward who often scores against them.
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Inflation has turned nasty but it's not yet time to panic
The Bank can (and should) still cut interest rates next month
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Delayed gratification
As Emmy-nominated TV and highly anticipated films show in the US months ahead of the UK, we'd better get used to it, says Al Horner. Those in the biz reveal why there's a holdup
6 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
PM suspends rebel Labour MPs after backbench revolt
Sir Keir Starmer has suspended four Labour MPs as he seeks to reassert his authority after a series of damaging backbench rebellions.
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
It’s time for Reeves to follow her own advice and be ‘bold’
It never rains but it pours for Rachel Reeves. Yesterday’s rise in inflation to 3.6 per cent was higher than expected, and there was a ghost at the feast as the chancellor delivered her Mansion House speech on Tuesday night... her Budget in the autumn.
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Edgeless Badenoch helps PM breeze into summer
Beware the phrase “everyone knows”. When a consensus takes hold, it is worth checking that it is soundly based. Everyone knows, for example, that the Labour government has made a terrible mess of its first year.
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
MoD could have let gagging order be lifted last year
Judge says decision might have been made 'much sooner'
2 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Afghan special forces’ data leaked in double betrayal
‘Triples’ abandoned despite fighting alongside British troops
4 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Hampstead Heath's pond is in a fight for trans inclusion
A legal bid could ban trans women from the beloved ladies' pond, citing the recent Supreme Court ruling. Olivia Petter speaks to lawyers to see if it can stay open to all who enjoy it
7 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Trump attacks Republicans for demanding Epstein files
US president Donald Trump yesterday continued to lash out at some of his most fervent supporters amid continuing calls for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release case files on multimillionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, telling reporters in the Oval Office that those in his party who are refusing to drop the matter are “stupid” and “foolish”.
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Britain has a long history of abandoning people who risk their lives to help us abroad
Britain likes to think of itself as a nation that honours loyalty. It salutes its soldiers, cherishes its veterans, and builds grand narratives around comradeship and duty. Yet, behind that national self-image lies a harsher truth: when it comes to those who have risked everything to help us in our wars abroad, we are alarmingly quick to forget them.
5 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
It could be you... £100m of Premium Bond prizes of up to £100k each not claimed
Millions of Premium Bond holders are sitting on cash prizes worth up to £100,000, which they have yet to claim, new data has revealed.
2 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
Ripples spread at the pond
Longtime ladies' pond swimmer Olivia Petter argues that trans women should be as welcome at her special place as she is - and any claim otherwise endangers its inherent peace
3 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
What rising inflation means for mortgages and Budget
Inflation is up again - prices are 3.6 per cent higher than a year ago, worse than the forecast 3.4 per cent - while the economy shrank by 0.1 per cent in May.
2 min |
July 17, 2025
The Independent
How the non-dom exodus hit London's shopkeepers
Since Rachel Reeves's crackdown, Helen Kirwan-Taylor has seen her wealthy friends ditch Belgravia and Knightsbridge for overseas - with harsh consequences for local businesses
7 min |
July 16, 2025
The Independent
Lions tour must put bounce back in Wallabies’ step
A British and Irish Lions tour is sold, principally, on history and mystery.
4 min |
July 16, 2025
The Independent
RINSE AND REPEAT
Zoe Griffen on top dishwasher tablets for sparkling crockery
6 min |
July 16, 2025
The Independent
Vietnam to ban motorbikes in heavily polluted capital
Vietnam will ban fossil-fuel motorbikes and mopeds from central Hanoi from next year in an attempt to curb worsening air pollution.
2 min |
July 16, 2025
The Independent
Our allies risked their lives — and we abandoned them
The British think their word is their bond. But that’s not the prevailing view, least of all in Afghanistan
4 min |
July 16, 2025
The Independent
Gagging orders (ab)used to keep dirty laundry hidden
Holly Bancroft looks at the murky world of superinjunctions
4 min |
July 16, 2025
The Independent
Malnutrition on rise among Gaza's children, says UN
Palestinian refugee agency warns supplies are running out
2 min |
July 16, 2025
The Independent
Is the chancellor’s mortgage plan a help or a hindrance?
Did somebody say “populism”? As part of her “Leeds reforms” to financial services, the chancellor wants to make it easier for first-time buyers on relatively modest incomes to own their own homes.
2 min |