United Kingdom
Troubleshooters sent into wildlife charity linked to Carrie...
The Aspinall Foundation, which hired Boris Johnson’s wife in 2021, is facing allegations...
Rival groups clash outside London asylum hotel as police...
Several people have been detained at the scene by police
Top cabinet ministers at risk of losing seats even after...
Historic decision came after pressure from senior cabinet members and Labour MPs...
Lidl issues urgent ‘do not eat’ warning over popular product...
Lidl has warned the food may pose a risk to people allergic to milk
Man remanded in custody after ‘sweets laced with sedatives’...
Jon Ruben has been charged with child cruelty offences
Talks held over making Trump first US president to be given...
Exclusive: There was a hope that awarding the president the ancient honour would...
Starmer needs to listen to us, says Labour MP who quit...
Vicky Foxcroft dramatically quit as a government whip in June amid concerns over...
UK house prices rebound in July after stamp duty changes...
The UK’s average house price increased from £271,619 in June to £272,664 in July
Britain hopes a crackdown on people-smugglers' social media...
Britain has announced that people advertising fake passports or people-smuggling...
Labour minister Chris Bryant says he was sexually abused...
Sir Chris Bryant describes the abuse as being ‘absolutely appalling’
Labour does not deserve to win next election if it does...
Speaking at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, the chancellor says she is ‘impatient...
Earthquake strikes one of UK’s most popular hiking spots
A 3.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Scottish Highlands on Friday
Family of murdered mother make emotional appeal for ‘justice...
Lucy Hargreaves was killed in her home in ‘the most brutal of circumstances’
Yvette Cooper’s fast-track asylum plan revealed after protests...
Tensions over asylum hotels have flared up in recent weeks, with a protest and counter-protest...
Crackdown on social media ads promoting small boat crossings...
Individuals caught by the offence could receive a prison sentence of up to five...
‘I have never been an activist’: Meet the pensioners risking...
Exclusive: The Independent spoke with half a dozen protesters arrested for supporting...
Men charged in connection with alleged rape of 12-year-old
Ahmad Mulakhil and Mohammad Kabir have appeared at Coventry Magistrates’ Court
Storm Floris map shows where heavy rain and winds are set...
Yellow or amber weather warnings for wind have been issued across most of the country
Prince Andrew called staff member a ‘f***ing imbecile’,...
The incident is claimed to have happened at Hillborough Castle, Northern Ireland,...
Prince Harry denies claim ‘punches thrown’ in heated argument...
New book claims the incident happened at a family gathering in 2013
More children from Gaza to be brought to UK for urgent...
Efforts to bring Gazan children to the UK for urgent medical treatment are set to...
Clampdown on social media ads for Channel crossings unveiled
Anyone who advertises Channel crossings or fake passports on social media could...
Child vaccination rates are the lowest in more than a decade...
Child vaccination uptake is the lowest it has been in more than a decade, with a...
90% of young carers could be under the radar - and missing...
Hundreds of thousands of young carers could be missing out on vital support because...
BBC responds as two Strictly Come Dancing stars accused...
The BBC has responded after it was reported that two Strictly Come Dancing stars...
NHS figures reveal impact of five-day resident doctors'...
The NHS has said 93% of planned operations, tests and procedures went ahead during...
Most wanted murder suspect, who shot dead young mum, being...
Britain's most-wanted fugitive is still on the run - exactly 20 years after the...
Three teenagers arrested over murder of 19-year-old who...
Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old...
'Danger to life' amber weather warning issued for Storm...
An amber warning for wind has been issued for Scotland as Storm Floris is set to...
ICG takes off with £200m deal for Exeter and Bournemouth...
The London-listed investment group ICG is closing in on a £200m deal to buy three...
All eyes on Donald Trump as Nato faces an existential test
Sir Keir Starmer is desperate to demonstrate that Britain is a leader in Nato, but...
The new current account that offers cashback and 7 per...
Online lender aims to disrupt traditional banking
Bat found with rare rabies-like virus in UK back garden
The virus has only been recorded in 59 out of 19,000 bats tested since 1986 and...
Off duty police officer attacked by machete-wielding thieves...
An off-duty police officer was stabbed several times as he confronted a pair of...
Could Starmer lose the welfare vote — and what happens...
Enough Labour MPs have signalled their opposition to potentially defeat the government’s...
Family hubs offering support to those in crisis reduced...
Child poverty levels have risen by more than 15 per cent to include over a third...
UK calls China a major challenge but an essential economic...
The U.K. government says China’s attempts to spy, destabilize and disrupt Britain’s...
Ex-Tory councillor banned after saying white men should...
Andrew Edwards had initially claimed the voice recording was a ‘deep fake’
British man charged after ‘mock wedding’ with girl, 9,...
Police were called by a ‘guest’ who later claimed he was hired to play the father...
UK braced for second heatwave this month as temperatures...
UK to be hotter than Ibiza amid warnings another heatwave could be on the way
Millionaires to flee UK in record numbers
An estimated 16,500 millionaires are set to leave the country in the coming 12 months
Starmer leaves door open for tax rises to fund rise in...
IFS director Paul Johnson warned that the £30bn increase in defence spending would...
Weight loss jabs ‘could be hitting supermarket food sales’...
Overall grocery volumes fell by 0.4 per cent over the past four weeks
Bomb squad called after ‘mystery liquid’ found in English...
Police were called to the property on Hyde Road on Monday evening
Air India flight from UK diverted to Saudi Arabia due to...
Diversion is latest in a string of crises for Indian airline since deadly Ahmedabad...
Manchester’s oldest mill destroyed after major fire
Local emergency services said flames engulfed three floors of the derelict building...
Trans women banned from using women’s toilets in parliament
The Commons has been accused of a ‘knee-jerk response’ after changing its guidance...
Fire crews battle blaze at Jaguar Land Rover factory
A huge plume of smoke could be seen rising above the factory in Birmingham
‘Idyllic’ Scottish island with ruined castle up for sale
The island of Shuna, within the Scottish Inner Hebrides, is available to buy for...
Starmer pledges to spend 5% of GDP on national security...
But Downing Street will not say how the new Nato commitment will be paid for
Lidl issues urgent recall on popular kitchen item due to...
Customers told to stop using product ‘immediately’
Bullying claims in parliament soared by 40% last year,...
Parliament’s bullying and harassment watchdog said it will work hard to speed up...
Why defeat on unpopular welfare reforms could prove to...
After less than a year as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion...
Labour MPs ready to rebel against welfare reforms despite...
Labour has vowed to press on with a vote next week despite more than 100 Labour...
DWP shares what will happen to PIP claimants who lose their...
The DWP says it will provide those hit by the cuts with ‘generous’ protection
July 2025 benefits and pension payments dates plus cost...
All the essential cost of living information you need
UK to buy new fighter jets for RAF’s first nuclear role...
Ministers hail the announcement as the ‘biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear...
The home features that could ‘add thousands’ to a property’s...
Sunny gardens can help boost your home’s value according to a new study
Government branded ‘dangerously flat-footed’ in recovering...
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) – comprised of cross-party MPs – criticised...
Investigations into sexual harassment in prison soars four-fold...
Exclusive: A woman who faced unwanted advances from a male prison officer has called...
The home buyers who could benefit from possible mortgage...
The UK’s financial watchdog has initiated a "public conversation" into the future...
UK must ‘actively prepare’ for a war on home soil, major...
The new National Security Strategy has been published with a grim warning as international...
Kemi Badenoch offers to rescue Starmer’s welfare reforms...
The prime minister has been warned that using Tory votes to pass his welfare reforms...
Man who branded himself ‘Kardashian of Cheshire’ admits...
Jack Watkin, 26, was accused of defrauding thousands of pounds from people who believed...
Police ‘very concerned’ for 14-year-old missing for almost...
Aaliyah Ekedi-Morrow was reported missing from the W10 area on Wednesday afternoon
Met chief apologises to broadcaster Selina Scott over police...
The 74-year-old former news anchor said she felt ‘humiliated and angry’ after the...
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‘HS2 won’t sell me my rental house – despite it being more...
HS2 has a rental property empire of nearly 1,500 homes, but route cancellations...
UK must 'actively prepare' for potential of war in the...
The UK must "actively prepare" for a potential "wartime scenario" in its homeland,...
Another heatwave could be on the way
Another heatwave could be on the way this weekend, forecasters say.
Hermes handbag scam likely to land 'Kardashian of Cheshire'...
A man who pretended to live a "glamorous and luxurious" lifestyle while he conned...
See images of planned Queen Elizabeth II memorial - with...
An architect who once criticised the King has won the bid to design a memorial in...
NHS bosses demand GPs and hospitals stop using unapproved...
Doctors are using AI software that does not meet minimum standards to record and...
UK to buy F-35 stealth jets that can carry US nuclear warheads...
The UK will buy at least 12 F-35 stealth jets that can carry nuclear warheads in...
Post-Brexit border control post to sit empty
A £51m border control post built to handle post-Brexit checks on imports will sit...
British man charged after 'mock wedding' with nine-year-old...
A British convicted sexual offender who organised a "mock wedding" in Disneyland...
Badenoch offers to help PM defeat Labour welfare rebellion...
Kemi Badenoch has offered Conservative support, in order to help the government...
Duo used encrypted system to run drugs empire and plot...
Two men have been found guilty of plotting a murder and running a drugs empire on...
Molly Russell’s father urges PM to act over online harms...
Ian Russell told Sir Keir Starmer to ‘act decisively’ in toughening legislation...
Kemi Badenoch says employers should be able to ban burqas...
The Tory leader also claimed she wouldn’t let people into her constituency surgeries...
Minister says AI ‘does lie’ but defends Government amid...
Peter Kyle acknowledged the technology was ‘not flawless’ as he insisted the Government...
Why the UK loves Dippy the Dinosaur so much
Dippy is currently on tour around the UK, with Coventry as its latest stop
The Independent Pride List 2025: the LGBT+ people making...
The Independent’s Pride List is back again, celebrating the LGBT+ community’s biggest...
Peter Kyle says England fans calling Keir Starmer a c***...
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle brushed off a new football chant where England fans...
Why a bat in the attic could see home improvement costs...
As Labour plans an overhaul of planning rules on the preservation of bats, Alex...
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son aims for world record 80,000 messages...
The pro-democracy Nobel Peace Prize winner has been in prison since a military coup...
Revealed: Home Office pays migrants £53m to leave UK
Exclusive: Home Office said assisted voluntary returns are more cost-effective than...
Two men charged with murder after boy, 16, killed in ‘hit-and-run’...
Zulkernain Ahmed and Amaan Ahmed also charged with three counts of attempted murder...
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Prince William calls for urgent action to save world’s...
‘This challenge is like none we have faced before,’ Prince of Wales says in Monaco...
Labour splits over assisted dying debate heat up ahead...
Rows over ‘conscience issues’ of assisted dying and decriminalising abortion appear...
AI skills drive in schools to ‘put power in hands of next...
Some one million students will be given access to AI learning resources as part...
Russia is already at war with Britain and we can no longer...
‘Russia is at war with us’, one of the authors of Sir Keir Starmer’s flagship strategic...
TV doctor Hilary Jones says he would help terminally ill...
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will return to the House of Commons...
Starmer’s welfare cuts will see 340,000 more people in...
340,000 more people in disabled households could face hunger and hardship by the...
Cambridge professor accused of faking poor IQ test to boost...
Dr Hakmi is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and an affiliated assistant...
Rachel Reeves strikes 11th hour deal with Angela Rayner...
Exclusive: The Treasury agrees a late deal with housing and local government department...
Wake-up call for Labour: Football fans aren’t the only...
Politicians becoming the subject of expletive-laden chants by fans of football –...
More than 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote down ‘deeply flawed’...
The doctors warned that the bill is ‘deeply flawed’
UK weather: Thunderstorms to accompany rise in temperatures...
A plume of humidity from Iberia and France could cause thunderstorms across the...
One million students to receive AI training in new skills...
It comes after government data showed that by 2035 AI will play a part in the roles...
Boy, 14, ran down the road screaming ‘I don’t want to die’...
Greater Manchester Police were called to the Nevin Road area of New Moston at about...
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