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The Independent
Nurse wins case over room sharing with trans doctor
A nurse who objected to sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor has won a claim for harassment in her employment tribunal against a health board.
2 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Are Farage's tribulations weakening Reform UK?
He has been around British politics far longer than any of the other main party leaders, but Nigel Farage has never before endured such sustained scrutiny as he has faced in recent weeks.
4 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Tsunami off Japan's coast after magnitude 7.6 quake
A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan yesterday, triggering a tsunami of up to 70cm in Pacific coast communities and warnings of potentially higher surges, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
1 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Nice guys are the new alpha males – just look at Lando
Somewhere between the new Formula One world champion Lando Norris taking the chequered flag and realising what he'd just done, something quietly unprecedented happened: rather than leaping around and raving about his own brilliance, the 26-year-old – the supposed apex predator of a sport built on noise, danger, and an almost visceral appetite for risk - simply stayed in his car, helmet on, shoulders quivering, as if peeling off the visor would let the entire world see him cry.
3 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Inner battle that unlocked the new champion's destiny
In becoming Britain's 11th F1 world champion, Lando Norris discovered a critical edge while remaining true to his values and he did it 'my way', writes Kieran Jackson in Abu Dhabi -
4 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
United turn the screw on Wolves as protests mount
Bruno Fernandes’s brace helped Manchester United get back to winning ways as rock-bottom Wolves’ wretched campaign continued with a 4-1 loss on a night of protest at Molineux.
2 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Schools close as ‘tidal wave’ of flu sweeps across the UK
Schools have been forced to close or take measures to reduce the spread of illness in recent weeks as a severe strain of flu sweeps through classrooms across the UK.
3 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Carved out with huge heart
Forget pantos, the Globe's thoughtfully staged production of 'Pinocchio' is a wonderful festive treat
2 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
It's in all our interests for this new Syria to flourish
December 8 2024 was a day of profound change for Syria and the region. This was, of course, the day which marked the end of the Assad regime's brutal 54-year rule over Syria.
3 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
£98 FOR A TURKEY?
Bird flu is ripping through flocks, harvests have collapsed and supply chains are fragile. Hannah Twiggs explains why your festive grocery bill is likely to be through the roof this year
5 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Could dark money be the key to Farage's undoing?
Hardly a day goes by without Nigel Farage appearing in the news.
4 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Trump is cashing in on his allies while he still has time
We’ve heard a lot over the past few weeks and, indeed, for about a decade on and off about how so much of the coverage of Donald Trump in the mainstream media (that’s me) is biased, unbalanced, and suffering from “Trump derangement syndrome”.
3 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
One year after Assad's fall, Syria sits on a knife edge
After decades of brutal rule the country is free, but sectarian conflict, reconstruction costs and sanctions make the future unclear
4 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Tory minister would back ICE-style crackdown in UK
Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration into the US on the Mexican border has been praised by shadow home secretary Chris Philp, who has said that such measures could work in the UK.
2 min |
December 09, 2025
The Independent
Salah has lost superpower and his rant signals the end
\"If I speak, there will be fire,\" said Mohamed Salah after what had been a rarity, a Premier League game when he had been benched.
4 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
Clash over ‘green belt’ film studios looks set for sequel
An MP has vowed she “will continue to fight” the government’s decision to approve the construction of a sprawling £750m film studio complex after it was rejected by her local council.
3 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
EXTREME CLOSE-UP
Hollywood is poison - and few films understand its horrors like Billy Wilder's 'Sunset Boulevard'
4 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
China accused of locking radar of Japanese fighter jets
Tokyo says Chinese fighter jets repeatedly locked onto Japanese military aircraft with fire-control radar in an incident that represents one of the most serious military escalations between the two countries in years.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
Lib Dems want probe into Reform's crypto donations
The Electoral Commission has been asked to investigate cryptocurrency donations to Reform UK amid claims Nigel Farage may have “abused his public position as an MP”.
4 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
Ex-equalities watchdog head 'confused' by Farage response to racism claims
The former head of the equalities watchdog has questioned Nigel Farage’s response to allegations of racism during his teenage years, asking why he has not offered “an unreserved apology for any distress caused”.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
IT'S TIME TO STOP
Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw are miscast in the BBC and Disney's last joint Whoniverse offering, the bland spin-off 'The War Between the Land and the Sea'
3 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
PM says 'talented' Rayner will make cabinet comeback
Sir Keir Starmer has said “hugely talented” Angela Rayner will make a comeback to his cabinet as he slammed “misogynistic” criticism of her.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
Risk of the ailing Probation Service being 'set up to fail'
Warning over biggest justice system reforms in a generation
6 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
Global measles surge 'being fuelled by misinformation
Crumbling health systems and 'decline in living standards' could also be behind waning vaccination rates, say scientists
3 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
England just don't get it and reaction to latest Ashes thrashing leaves bitter taste
Well, don't say it out loud.
4 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
How Norris won the F1 title and repelled Verstappen
This time on Yas Island, there was no incomprehensible twist of Formula 1 fate.
5 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
Royals more dramatic than Downton Abbey, says Harry
Prince Harry has joked that life with the royal family was “like Downton Abbey” — but with more “drama” than the hit show.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
Police 'apologise to Jewish community' over fan ban
A West Midlands Police chief did not mean to imply to MPs that there were members of the Jewish community who had explicitly expressed support for the exclusion of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a football match, the force has said.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
Starmer to host Zelensky as Ukraine at ‘pivotal moment’
Sir Keir Starmer will meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in London today alongside other EU leaders as Ukraine considers next steps after US peace talks.
2 min |
December 08, 2025
The Independent
UK to deploy AI against Russian submarine threat
The UK will use AI to “track and deter” Russian submarines as part of a new multi-million-pound hi-tech force to protect Britain’s undersea cables and pipelines.
3 min |