Rishi Sunak has unveiled his resignation honours list, with former cabinet minister Michael Gove, ex-chief whip Simon Hart and former Scottish secretary Sir Alister Jack all receiving gongs from the […]
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First safe house for women fleeing domestic abuse is built in Independent’s campaign
The keys to the first of two safe havens built by The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign for women fleeing domestic abuse have been handed over. Construction of the first […]
Mother arrested for theft after confiscating children’s iPads
A history teacher has said she was arrested and barred from seeing her own daughters after she confiscated their iPads. Vanessa Brown, 50, told LBC that she spent over seven […]
Parliament to be recalled to debate nationalising beleaguered British Steel
Sir Keir Starmer has warned that the future of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant “hangs in the balance” as he unveiled emergency plans on Friday to take control of the company. […]
Tariffs live: Global markets unstable as Trump says US policy ‘doing really well’
Trump declares war on showers to ‘take care of my beautiful hair’ Global share markets have jumped around after China increased its tariffs on US imports to 125 per cent, […]
How your face could soon be your ticket to ride in airport revolution
“New airport rules will get rid of boarding passes and check in” – that’s the headline of an article in The Times about how digitisation will smooth journeys. No need […]
NASA’s autopsy of planet swallowed by a star gives astronomers a surprise
When many stars reach billions of years in age and run out of fuel, they become dying stars known as red giants. The stars expand and can engulf nearby planets, […]
Easter holiday travel disruption expected on trains, flights and roads
Many schools across the UK finished for the Easter holidays on Friday 4 April, with most planning holidays right through to Easter Monday, 21 April. Over the holidays, there will […]
Vietnam’s battlefields become unlikely tourist spots 50 years on from the war
More than half a century after the Vietnam war dominated headlines, some remember the battles of Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, and Khe Sanh from news reports, movies, […]
Heathrow shutdown: What we learnt from travel chaos and how could it be prevented?
More than 1,400 flights were diverted or cancelled by the near-total shutdown of Heathrow on Friday 21 March. A fire broke out in a transformer within the North Hyde electrical […]