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The importance of genuine nastiness inside the ring
More than two years after their first fight, Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington will meet again on Saturday. Steve Bunce explains why this is one of Britain's most underrated rivalries
2 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
The pocket symphony that is still giving us excitations
Sixty years since its inception, The Beach Boys' Mike Love and biographer Peter Doggett tell Mark Beaumont about the making of 'Good Vibrations', Brian Wilson's masterpiece
7 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Punk's not dead, but one hell of a hangover's coming
As losses mount and pubs struggle to cope with the UK's failing hospitality economy, the last thing BrewDog needs is a takeover bid from an embattled ex-boss says James Moore
5 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Wright's hat-trick bolsters Coventry's promotion bid
Frank Lampard barely smiled at the final whistle before embracing Middlesbrough's beaten manager, Kim Hellberg.
3 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Social media is too dark to put in the hands of children
I was raised by the internet.
3 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Pelicot: Everyone needs to see the faces of the rapists
Gisèle Pelicot waived her anonymity to shame her offenders in France's most shocking mass rape case and describes her ordeal in her memoir 'A Hymn to Life', reports Tara Cobham
5 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
UNCUT GEM
Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights' has received a critical drubbing. But the style may be the point, says Adam White, who's come to love the British director's propensity for posh sex, pop-video silliness, and the marvellously asinine
6 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
‘Ultimately, it hits more when it's for your country’
After keeping Ireland's World Cup 2026 dreams alive, Troy Parrott tells Miguel Delaney about his newfound stardom, how he improved his game, and aspirations for the future
8 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Somerset needs migrants, insists Danish politician
The UK should make places like Somerset take their fair share of migrants, a Danish minister who oversaw radical immigration reforms has suggested.
2 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
UK foreign aid cuts will be deeper than those of Trump
Britain is on course to slash its overseas aid budget further and faster than the Trump administration in the US, according to new analysis.
2 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
First court appearance for Bondi Beach attack suspect
A man accused of carrying out Australia's deadliest mass shooting in three decades at Bondi Beach last year has appeared in court for the first time.
2 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Secrets behind Team GB's skeleton success revealed
In sports that are decided by the tiniest of margins, fractions of a second separating first from 10th, how do you eke out an advantage?
5 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
'Grating' cabinet secretary frontrunner backed by PM
Sir Keir Starmer has defended Dame Antonia Romeo as an “outstanding leader” amid growing expectations she will be picked to succeed Sir Chris Wormald as cabinet secretary.
2 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Duvall's machismo held hidden depths of talent
The actor was a master at portraying men whose authority masked layers of doubt and vulnerability.
4 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
'My brother left an indelible mark on people's hearts'
Six years after his untimely death, a play by 'Black Panther' actor Chadwick Boseman is being staged at the Globe. His siblings, Kevin and Derrick, tell Annabel Nugent about a 'consumate artist' who thought deeply about Blackness
5 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Wash your hair at lunar new year? Are you mad, woman?
While embracing her inner Chinese auntie like never before, Karen Gray marks our card on the dos and don'ts to ensure good fortune as the Year of the Fire Horse thunders in today
6 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Van driver left with sinking feeling after satnav mix-up
A delivery van got trapped on Essex mudflats at an area locals refer to as the “deadliest footpath in Britain”.
2 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Local elections U-turn will not undo another own goal
A good day for democracy, then. The government's decision to go ahead after all with elections in some 30 local authorities is the right one, even if it does seem motivated by an imminent ruling that their previous postponement was actually illegal.
3 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Cabinet Office investigates report smearing journalists
The Cabinet Office is looking into a Labour think tank's investigation into journalists, a minister has said. The prime minister yesterday said the Cabinet Office will establish the facts about the probe carried out by PR firm Apco.
3 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
Starmer abandons plans to cancel local May elections
Another Labour U-turn as Reform UK wins legal challenge
4 min |
February 17, 2026
The Independent
This week in history
Tizane Navea-Rogers peers into The Independent's archive to see which world events were dominating the front page
8 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
European Union hits back at Rubio's belittling tone
The European Union's foreign policy chief has rejected the suggestion that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” after Marco Rubio said America has no interest in being the “caretakers of the West's managed decline”.
2 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
Flying start for Gunners secures win over Wigan
Arsenal scored four times in 17 first-half minutes to cruise through to the fifth round of the FA Cup with an emphatic 4-0 drubbing of League One Wigan.
2 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
'Blair has more influence now than when in No 10'
As the director of a new documentary exploring the success of Tony Blair, Michael Waldman spent hours talking to his critics and former colleagues – including Peter Mandelson
5 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
Britain must build its future in Europe, warns Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he will lead Labour into the next general election as he argued for closer links with the EU, saying Britain is “turning its back” on the Brexit years.
2 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
How famous women are still treated like animals in cages
The video made me feel sick.
3 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
'We know what to do in a war': the vast bunkers ready to protect Finns from Putin
Annabel Grossman explores a network of underground shelters deep below Helsinki and learns how Finland plans to shield citizens in the face of a hostile neighbour to the east
3 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
Chief prosecutor warns the royals are not above the law
The UK’s top prosecutor has warned “nobody is above the law” as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor faces a police probe over alleged leaks to Jeffrey Epstein.
1 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
Why England's golden run ended at house of horrors
Scotland's dismantling of Borthwick's 12-game unbeaten side raises key questions about its away form and team selection
4 min |
February 16, 2026
The Independent
'Putin's goal is to break our defiance, but it won't work'
In Kyiv, Sam Kiley meets a politician whose daughter was born just before the Russian invasion and - alongside her family - is battling to survive as Putin targets power supplies
4 min |