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The Independent
Son calls on Myanmar junta to free last flame of hope’
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son has made a direct plea to the military junta in Myanmar holding her in solitary confinement to release his mother on the fourth anniversary of her arrest.
3 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Washington aircraft crash black boxes recovered
The black box from the helicopter that collided with a commercial airliner was recovered in Washington DC yesterday.
2 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
BOOMAND BUST
Sales of chest-enhancing bras have plummeted, with current trends favouring less cleavage. But history tells us women’s breasts have always been a battleground, writes Ellie Muir
6 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
What is the row between Patel and Badenoch about?
Two of the most rebarbative personalities to emerge from the Conservative Party in recent decades have been involved in an unseemly spat about immigration.
3 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
How Britain can repair its broken ties with Europe
As the saying goes, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
3 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
PM must throw caution to the wind to get reset’ done
In opposition, Keir Starmer's natural caution served him well and he won a landslide election victory.
3 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
“They were sisters, friends, companions and possibly the loves of their lives’
As new BBC drama Miss Austen’ explores the decision by Jane’s sister Cassandra to burn nearly all the writer’s letters, Keeley Hawes and cast talk to Katie Rosseinsky about one of literature’s most notorious and vexing acts of vandalism
8 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Hamas set to release three more Israeli hostages today
Exchange includes father of baby Kfir Bibas, whose fate is unclear after being taken on 7 October, and 90 Palestinians
3 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
IN BETWEEN DAYS
Harriet Lane on the Keatsian coming-of-age story that stuck with her forever Dusty Answer’ by Rosamond Lehmann
2 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Trump imposes tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada
President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will impose tariffs on imported goods from Mexico, Canada and China starting from today.
4 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Arsenal and City to resume league’s most bitter rivalry
Amid ownership tensions off the pitch and fading trophy ambitions on it the clubs clash at the Emirates tomorrow
5 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
AstraZeneca scraps 450m investment in vaccine plant
Rachel Reeves has suffered a blow to her hopes of winning back business confidence after AstraZeneca cancelled a 450m investment in a vaccine manufacturing plant in Merseyside.
2 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Action to make social media safe is taking much too long
In an era of misinformation and damaging content, cleaning up the internet must be a priority for the government, says Chris Blackhurst. So why is the regulator dragging its feet?
4 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
SO LONG. MARIANNE i/o
Sylvia Patterson recalls the conversation she shared with Marianne Faithfull, who told of her life with Mick Jagger, her time on the streets, and her fear of not being interesting
5 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Starmer told he has head in the sand’ over cost of Brexit
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of having his head in the sand” over Brexit as figures show conclusively that the UK is worse off five years after leaving the EU.
4 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Ukraine hit oil refineries in another major drone attack
Ukraine has launched its second major drone attack in a week against Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles from its borders.
3 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Ending violence against women in wake of Everard has failed, says watchdog
A government strategy to stop violence against women set up in the wake of the killings of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa has failed, a watchdog has ruled.
4 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
False promises: what exit from Europe really got us
Five years after Britain officially left the European Union, Brexit is less popular than ever.
4 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Dozens missing as young Rohingya press-ganged into both sides of Myanmar war
Men are being abducted by the junta and rebels to fight. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh
6 min |
February 01, 2025
The Independent
Cut second-class Saturday deliveries, Royal Mail told
Royal Mail is set to shake up its delivery service after Ofcom put forward new plans.
2 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
United into Europa League last-16 with tidy display
A calming victory in Europe, that steers Manchester United through to the Europa League last 16 in third place. Crisis? What crisis?
2 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
Roar power: why all eyes are on Brit super-lightweights
Adam Azim, Dalton Smith, Jack Catterall and Josh Taylor all make appearances at super-lightweight in the world rankings of one or more of the sanctioning bodies. That is an impressive statistic.
3 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
SOUTHERN COMFORT
Bonnie Prince’ Billy is joined by seasoned Nashville players on a lovely, lullsome country-pop album, writes Helen Brown
2 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
Grammys 2025 predictions: from Beyoncé to Kendrick
With pop’s brightest stars in contention for the top prizes, Roisin O’Connor assesses who will win the big four’
5 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
A new second-class service that has whiff of third class
Do you use second-class stamps? You’re going to have to put up with a distinctly second-class service in future really, more like third.
3 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
The relatives showing bad blood is thicker than water
As Caroline Kennedy dishes the dirt on predator’ RFK Jr, we must remember that even the president hasn’t been safe from family speaking out against him, Rowan Pelling reports
5 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
Marianne Faithfull, sixties icon and actor, dies aged 78
Marianne Faithfull, the English rock singer who became one of the leading female artists of the British Invasion during the Swinging Sixties, has died aged 78.
4 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
‘I need to keep moving’
Author Zadie Smith speaks to Nick Duerden about her groundbreaking debut novel 'White Teeth' 25 years on
6 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
International UNRWA staff leave as Israel’s ban begins
Aid agency says work in West Bank and Gaza will continue
3 min |
January 31, 2025
The Independent
BBC apologises over Brand
Probe finds multiple people felt unable to raise’ concerns
4 min |