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Child dies and 19 hurt after coach on school trip crashes
A child has died after a school coach carrying children and staff home from an end of term trip flipped onto its roof and slid down a 20ft bank in Somerset.
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July 18, 2025
The Independent
‘It’s a very big and beautiful cave – they were happy’
Indian police were making routine patrols in dense jungle when they encountered a Russian woman and her daughters
5 min |
July 18, 2025
The Independent
THE NOT-SO FAB FOUR
Backed by The Beatles and friends with Twiggy, Grapefruit were expected to be the next big thing in the late Sixties.Neve Dawson investigates why it never happened for them
6 min |
July 18, 2025
The Independent
McIlroy regains ground after poor start at Portrush
Rory McIlroy looked like delivering the show the thousands who had flocked to Royal Portrush to cheer their returning hero expected, only for his bid for the first-round Open lead to collapse in the space of four holes on the back nine.
3 min |
July 18, 2025
The Independent
UK and Germany hail most notable treaty since WWII
German chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he “deplores” Brexit as he signed a major cooperation deal between his country and Britain.
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July 18, 2025
The Independent
Skydiver Baumgartner dies in paragliding crash aged 56
Felix Baumgartner, known for his record-breaking skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident aged 56.
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July 18, 2025
The Independent
Seventies Laurel Canyon sounds beautifully captured
Billie Marten's 'Dog Eared' finds a nostalgic Helen Brown slipping into the warm embrace of the Yorkshire-born singer
2 min |
July 18, 2025
The Independent
Afghan data leak exposed UK spies and special forces
More than 100 names of British government personnel were also put at risk by the catastrophic breach in February 2022
4 min |
July 18, 2025
The Independent
Starmer is cracking the whip on the rebels – about time too
Keir Starmer has acted against the most self-indulgent of his rebel MPs, suspending four of them and sacking a further three from their non-jobs as trade envoys.
3 min |
July 18, 2025
The Independent
Will lowering the voting age help keep Labour in power?
In a slightly surprising move on one of the last few days before parliament’s long summer recess, the government has announced it wants to give 16- and 17-year-olds the vote.
3 min |
July 18, 2025
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.
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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.
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