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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...
Can I donate blood and how do I do it? Urgent call for...
There is also a ‘critical’ need for more donors who have the so-called universal...
When is Rachel Reeves’ spending review and what might the...
The Independent looks at what the spending review is, why the government has launched...
Foreign Office reveals warnings about loss of influence...
Exclusive: A government consultation found concerns about the UK’s credibility abroad...
Man chased on tarmac at Heathrow Airport near moving aircraft
A man has been filmed being chased on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport before being...
Raducanu says she's not 'playing for money' - as women...
Tennis star Emma Raducanu has told Sky News she doesn't feel like she's "playing...
Family of teenager who went missing vow to 'fight for truth'
The "devastated" family of a teenager who disappeared more than a month ago have...
Three teenagers arrested after boy, 14, stabbed to death
Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 14-year-old boy...
Father and nine-year-old daughter die in house fire
A nine-year-old girl and a man have died after a house fire in West Yorkshire.
NHS warns one million blood donors needed to avoid 'red...
The NHS has warned the UK needs one million regular blood donors to maintain supply...
Can we trust ChatGPT despite it 'hallucinating' answers?
I don't really want you to read this copy. Well I do - but first I want you to search...
'Ordering a woman to be sexually exploited is as easy as...
*Sarah thought she was going to a job interview to become a waitress.
More than 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote against assisted...
More than 1,000 doctors have written to MPs urging them to vote against the assisted...
First black Premier League referee dies
Uriah Rennie, the first black Premier League referee, has died at the age of 65.
UK ‘not prepared’ for major animal disease outbreak like...
Watchdog calls for urgent action after government admits there is a “very high”...
Britain’s ‘most hazardous building’ could leak radioactive...
The former nuclear power plant still poses ‘intolerable risks’
Meghan Markle shares rare photo of Lilibet to mark daughter’s...
The birthday wish comes after Meghan revealed her dream of potentially running a...
UK’s steel industry spared Trump’s new 50 per cent tariffs...
US president decides to ‘provide different treatment’ to UK after deal struck last...
BBC drawn into spat with White House over Gaza coverage
Trump’s press secretary said: ‘Unlike some in the media, we don’t take the word...
Starmer chooses RAF chief Sir Richard Knighton to lead...
Prime minister is understood to have made chief of the defence staff appointment...
What is new Covid variant NB.1.8.1? Symptoms as cases confirmed...
Cases have been confirmed in both Northern Ireland and Wales
British woman found dead on full moon party island in Thailand
Thai police in Koh Phangan believe the woman died from drowning
Badger cull expansion given go-ahead by officials – against...
Exclusive: Supplementary culls set to begin in nine areas from Sunday and 10 areas...
Government exploring making farms and supermarkets pay...
Exclusive: It would cost employers £850-£1,500 to bring each worker to the UK, study...
Couple who forced ‘extreme’ vegan diet on three year-old...
Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah believed they had created their own ‘kingdom’ and...
Labour refuses to back controlled drug use rooms despite...
Ministers were accused of ‘condemning thousands of people to death’ over their stance
Truck driver who murdered wife and buried her underneath...
Tina’s family said they will ‘never be able to forgive’ him
The WhatsApp messages that could get you sacked
Thousands of cases brought to UK employment tribunals since 2019 have mentioned...
Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs after Reeves...
Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs on Wednesday (4 June),...
Starmer issues warning after record number of small boat...
Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated that‘‘nobody should be crossing the channel”, a...
Londoners warned to keep doors and windows closed after...
The cause of the blaze is under investigation by the London Fire Brigade
