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The Independent
‘We tried to help my son. Then he killed three people’
Three years on from the devastating attacks in Nottingham, Valdo Calocane’s mother and brother tell Rebecca Thomas of the need to look at ‘systemic failings’ in mental health care
9 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Trump needs an Iran deal to assuage fears over midterms
Donald Trump's war in Iran began with a bang literally, in the case of an all-out assault in February in tandem with Israeli intelligence, which hit its first target by killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
JUICE ON THE LOOSE
Imported from Broadway to London’s West End, ‘Beetlejuice the Musical’ is lively if unmemorable fun, writes Alice Saville
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
A new BBC drama about a gang of mates on holiday together perfectly captures what happens when it all goes very wrong. But there are ways to avoid conflict, writes Katie Rosseinsky
6 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
My 32 years on the road as Indy travel correspondent
Simon Calder signs off with a journey through the past three decades spent ‘working’ in the industry of human happiness. Buckle up, dear readers, we’re in for a long and bumpy ride...
10+ min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Plan to blunt PSG and land Champions League glory
The Budapest stage is set and Arsenal, as Miguel Delaney explains, have a wildcard that could be the undoing of a magnificent PSG aiming for back-to-back European crowns
6 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Nato must push back when the Kremlin goes too far
That a Russian drone, probably fired from Crimea, crashed into a Romanian residential block and injured two people, is a gratuitous, unprovoked and serious act of aggression against an independent Nato state.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
CHERY ON THE CAKE
The Chinese manufacturer has tried to make something that could hold its own in an overcrowded sector of the market. With the Jaecoo 7, it has succeeded, writes Sean O’Grady
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Djokovic’s French Open hopes ended by teenager
It was the opportunity Novak Djokovic had been waiting for.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Stop complaining and start creating jobs for the youth
The Alan Milburn report makes for shocking reading.
4 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Why is Sturgeon still under scrutiny over SNP finances?
Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister of Scotland who was in office through the worst of the Covid pandemic, says she has just endured “probably the worst” week of her life.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Test spares chemotherapy for breast cancer patients
Millions of breast cancer patients could be spared chemotherapy with a revolutionary new genomic test, a clinical trial has shown.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
India heats up amid perfect storm for energy shortages
Soaring temperatures across Asia are driving up electricity demand just as the US-Israeli war against Iran squeezes supplies. Stuti Mishra reports on the challenge to stay cool
6 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Cause of death for sisters found off Brighton beach uncertain, inquest hears
An inquest into the deaths of three sisters from London whose bodies were found in the sea off Brighton beach has heard the cause of their deaths remains “unascertained”.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Trump: Strait of Hormuz naval blockade to be lifted
President Donald Trump met with top aides in the White House Situation Room last night “to make a final determination” on whether to accept a proposed agreement to end the war he started with Iran three months ago and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to global maritime traffic.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Labour is hiding its lack of vision behind an essay crisis
It has been dubbed “the battle of the essays”.
4 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Blue Origin blast could see China beat US to the moon
Massive fireball during a routine test means Nasa’s Artemis programme could entirely depend on Musk’s Starship rocket
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Move over, margarita – a new icy cocktail’s in town
After the success of the paloma, negroni sbagliato and the Hugo spritz, Lydia Spencer-Elliott places a bet on sgroppino becoming this year’s (performative) cocktail hour favourite
2 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Freud painting of ‘Big Sue’ may fetch £35m at auction
Lucian Freud’s final painting in his series depicting benefits supervisor Sue Tilley is estimated to fetch up to £35m at auction – although the subject admits that she has “never got any money” herself.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Method actor: Gunners rise on Arteta’s learning curve
The Basque’s methodical, ruthless approach to recruitment has steadily built a side capable of challenging holders PSG
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
‘I do occasionally think I’m glad I was born when I was’
It would be difficult to like Bill Nighy more, but now he has pivoted to podcasting - and it’s a match made in heaven. He tells Ellie Harrison how this sublime side-hustle came about
9 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
How Question Time could be brought back from the dead
The best bit of Thursday night’s BBC Question Time episode – featuring AI-generated versions of historical figures – was when Mohandas Gandhi brought up that time in 1931 when Winston Churchill called him “a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir”.
3 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Russia prods at the West with Romania drone attack
The contagion from Russia’s war against Ukraine spread into Nato territory the moment a concrete-shattering payload of at least 50kg of high explosive detonated in the top floors of a block of flats in Romania.
4 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
Half a million Russians dead in Ukraine war, says GCHQ
Russia has lost 500,000 soldiers since it began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the UK’s intelligence chief said in London.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
The Independent
How Keith Richards created ‘Satisfaction’ riff in his sleep
A new book on The Rolling Stones traces their extraordinary history from the notorious Altamont concert to the Rock and Roll Circus. Roisin O’Connor picks some standout moments
6 min |
May 29, 2026
The Independent
Should I arrange my trip to India before I’ve got a visa?
My understanding is you can only apply for the eVisa between 120 days and four days prior to travel.
1 min |
May 29, 2026
The Independent
‘I would love to break the world record on home soil’
Despite it not being an outdoor World Championships or Olympic year, Keely Hodgkinson tells Jack Rathborn that she has set herself some big targets after an injury-free year
3 min |
May 29, 2026
The Independent
Will Taliban send fighters to Ukraine after signing pact?
Experts say neither side has shared details of what the new Russia-Taliban military cooperation looks like — but it is unlikely to follow the North Korea model
3 min |
May 29, 2026
The Independent
Expert predicts ‘euro-visa’ will be rolled out this year
‘It doesn’t matter if you don’t get your biometrics done on one or other occasion,’ Dr Nick Brown tells Simon Calder
4 min |
May 29, 2026
The Independent
Sinner’s unthinkable defeat delivers a huge wake-up call
The Italian world No 1 was the biggest favourite at Roland Garros since Rafael Nadal in 2009
4 min |