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Priest abused a staggering number of women, jury told
A priest once hailed for his “groundbreaking” services became the leader of a cult in the Church of England and sexually abused a “staggering” number of women, a court heard.
3 min |
July 02, 2025
The Independent
Krejcikova survives tough opener as she defends title
Number two seed Coco Gauff is knocked out in first round
6 min |
July 02, 2025
The Independent
Backbencher steals show as Kendall left high and dry
Poor Liz Kendall. No doubt Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves had irresistible reasons of state for not being on the front bench to support her during the second reading of her Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.
3 min |
July 02, 2025
The Independent
Labour heads off welfare revolt with big concessions
Sir Keir Starmer has suffered the biggest blow to his leadership since coming into power a year ago after he was forced to abandon a key plank of his controversial benefit cuts in order to get them through parliament.
3 min |
July 02, 2025
The Independent
Do train delays ever get you more than a mere refund?
QDoes the rail network have a compensation scheme for late arrivals like airlines?
1 min |
July 02, 2025
The Independent
Bumrah fitness leaves India with Edgbaston quandry
And so the balance of the bowlers begins.
4 min |
July 02, 2025
The Independent
Record 20,000 make small- boat Channel crossings in first six months of the year
A record number of people have crossed the Channel in small boats in the first six months of this year, figures reveal, despite Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to “smash” the smuggling gangs.
3 min |
July 02, 2025
The Independent
Nothing is as damaging to Labour as its own rebel MPs
Divided parties do not win elections, and yet Labour cannot help itself.
3 min |
July 02, 2025
The Independent
This viral advert taps into our worst fears about AI
A campaign urging employers to ‘stop hiring humans’ left Helen Coffey raging - because it hit too close to home
5 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Playing the Vylan: the BBC and Glastonbury show must go on, despite the controversy
When the country is divided, the BBC is on the rack.” So said a BBC executive at the time of the Suez crisis in 1956, which led to the resignation of the then-prime minister, Anthony Eden. That crisis was over the Middle East.
3 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
From CND to Stormzy, political anger has always stalked the stage at Glasto
PM: No Excuse For BBC Hate\" reads one tabloid headline.
3 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
SHARKS BITE BACK
As Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’ celebrates its 50th anniversary, Olivia Petter examines the impact the film had on the fish and misconceptions around these so-called beasts of the sea
7 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Have more children? If only it were that simple, minister
Bridget Phillipson has come up with a canny idea to get Britain’s “worrying” birth rate back up - have more kids.
4 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Charles bids farewell to ‘expensive’ royal train
King Charles has approved decommissioning the royal train following decades of service.
2 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Man, 92, guilty of murder in UK’s ‘oldest cold case’
A 92-year-old man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of an elderly widow in what is thought to be the UK’s longest-running cold case ever to be solved.
3 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
GRAPES OF WRATH
Critics of Meghan's new rosé will say she's attention-seeking. But as Hannah Twiggs writes, the launch is part of a bigger, pinker, celebrity-dominated picture that's likely here to stay
5 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Born again: new lease of life for a dying dino franchise
'Jurassic World Rebirth' rescues a long-in-the-tooth series that had spun wildly out of control, says Clarisse Loughrey
3 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
‘I have survivor’s guilt’
A new documentary examines the 7/7 suicide bombings in London in 2005, which killed 52 and injured almost 800. Four of those caught up in the atrocity talk to Gabriel Tate
7 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Leading Hong Kong pro-democracy party disbands
One of Hong Kong’s last major pro-democracy political parties has shut down, in a significant blow to the movement fighting for greater autonomy in the face of Beijing’s unprecedented crackdown on dissent.
2 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
COSTUME PARTY
Daisy Lester on stylish swimsuits that will make a splash
6 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Starmer is no longer leading his party, he is following it
If I were advising the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, on how to make the most of the prime minister's present discomfiture - and heaven knows she needs to take advice - I'd refer her to one of Tony Blair's most memorable exchanges when he was doing her job 30 years ago. Yes, it really is that long.
3 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Raducanu too powerful for Grand Slam debutant Xu
While defending champion Carlos Alcaraz became ensnared in a five-set epic against the maverick Fabio Fognini, over on Wimbledon’s second show court, another former US Open champion was showing him how first-round matches at grand slams are supposed to go.
4 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Don’t look back in anger
Younger Oasis fans are discovering the much-maligned later albums and loving them. Maybe it’s time the older, more cynical observers follow their lead, says Hamish MacBain
4 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Plug-in solar panels could reduce energy bills by 30%
Balkonkraftwerk, or balcony power plants, are already common in Germany where 1.5 million homes use the technology (Triplec85/CC BY-SA 4.0) Britons could soon buy cheap solar panels that can be put on balconies, sheds and terraces to cut their energy bills.
2 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Tens of thousands flee fires in Turkey as Spain is set for its hottest June on record
European countries issue health alerts during heatwave
2 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Will James be England's heartbeat in Euros opener?
As England's players packed up their belongings and said their goodbyes to friends and family at Leicester's King Power Stadium, Sarina Wiegman and her coaching staff started to consider the biggest question that remains ahead of England's opening game at Euro 2025.
3 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Savers can lose money with Lifetime ISAs, warns report
MPs have warned that those who invest in a Lifetime ISA may get back less money than they put into the scheme.
2 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Is Restore Britain anything new – or more of the same?
Just when you thought politics couldn’t fragment any further, along come two new political movements on the far right, both spawned from Reform UK like replicating amoebae.
4 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Farmer performs C-section on dead hare to deliver baby
A farmer in Dumfries and Galloway has been hailed for his quick thinking after performing an emergency roadside caesarean on a dead hare, which saved the life of one of its unborn babies.
2 min |
July 01, 2025
The Independent
Guiding light carries Norris to front of Silverstone pack
For Lando Norris, so despondent this season at so many junctures, this is exactly what the doctor ordered.
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