Experts said they were ‘devastated’ by the findings, which also show 2024 was one of the worst years on record for ...

The Independent’s front page on 2 April 2025 warns of a looming trade war as Trump imposes new tariffs, threatening 25,000 UK car industry jobs and a £1.1 trillion global impact. A volcanic eruption ...

Around 100 people gathered outside the University of London’s Senate House Library in central London on Tuesday evening.

Black smoke was seen pouring from an industrial unit in Broomlee Road, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, on Tuesday. A total of ...

Democratic senator Cory Booker broke the record for the longest speech on the US Senate floor with a marathon critique of president Donald Trump. The New Jersey official took to the floor on Monday ...

Three prisoners held alongside the boy have claimed he was suffering from dysentery, which is widespread amongst the young ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she would have struggled to sleep if she were running Heathrow airport during last week’s power outage. She made the comment following a report that the ...

The number of contactless card transactions made in 2024 increased by 3.4% annually, according to UK Finance data. Some 18.9 billion contactless transactions were made in 2024 – a 3.4% increase ...

The Chancellor’s spring statement announced last week risks “serious social and economic damage”, Scotland’s Finance Secretary has said. Last week, Rachel Reeves announced nearly £5 billion in benefit ...

An assessment of “regenerative agriculture” – which focuses on improving soils, producing food and increasing farmland wildlife – found good evidence that minimising bare ...

Teaching materials will also help secondary school pupils to identify and scrutinise data and claims made by online influencers.