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<p>Robert Jenrick dramatically defected to Reform on Thursday after his plans were leaked to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch</p>
UK Politics

Eleven Tory MPs on defection watch list over fears more could join Farage’s Reform

<p>Craig Guildford, the West Midlands Police chief constable, had been under severe pressure to resign</p>
UK Politics

West Midlands police chief to retire after resisting calls to quit

<p>Russia Ukraine war live updates as Zelensky hits back at Trump for blaming him for peace talks stalemate </p>
Livewar in ukraine

Zelensky says Trump’s peace agreement could be signed at Davos next week if terms agreed

<p>Elon Musk said X was hit by a 'massive' cyberattack on 10 March 2025, as outages plagued users of the platform</p>
LiveTech

X not working in another major outage

<p>This change means around 2,000 men diagnosed in the last quarter could receive the drug if clinically appropriate</p>
Health

Life-extending prostate cancer drug to be made available to thousands more patients

<p>President Donald Trump said he’s considering tariffs against countries that ‘don’t go along’ with his push to acquire Greenland</p>
US politics

Trump threatens to put tariffs on countries that ‘don’t go along’ with his plans for Greenland

<p>Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran</p>
Middle East

Iran’s exiled crown prince says that the ‘slaughter of protesters has not stopped’

Robert Rhodes, 52, from Devon, has been sentenced at Inner London Crown Court (Surrey Police/PA)
Crime

Man who killed wife and manipulated child to lie jailed

<p>The bunker could fall from the cliff in a matter of days, according to a local historian</p>
Home News

Cold War nuclear bunker could be ‘days away’ from falling into sea

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<p>Eddie Dempsey travelled to the Donbas region of Ukraine in 2015, one year after it had been invaded by Russia</p>
UK Politics

Union boss ‘pictured with people singing pro-Russia chants in Ukraine’

<p>Canadian prime minister Mark Carney with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Gyeongju, South Korea, last year</p>
China

Canada’s Carney hails new partnership with China at historic talks

<p>Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation attend a ceremony before departure for military bases, in Sevastopol, Crimea</p>
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How British 60-year-olds could be the UK’s best hope to prepare for war

<p>Aung San Suu Kyi reaches a grim milestone - 20 years in detention</p>
in focusSoutheast Asia

Renewed calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released after 20 years ‘buried alive’ in Myanmar

<p>Eric Trump is headed to Ireland next week, where the first son is planning to erect a new ballroom at his family's golf resort in the coastal village of Doonbeg</p>
Americas

Secret Service spending thousands on Eric Trump trip to Ireland as he plans new ballroom

<p>Jimmy Kimmel tore into Trump for accepting a Nobel Peace Prize and offered up some of his own accolades to the president, although accepting them came with an important precondition</p>
US politics

Kimmel trolls Trump for taking Nobel Peace Prize medal from winner

<p>Michael Carrick has returned to Manchester United and will be their interim manager until the end of the season</p>
Football

Man Utd boss Carrick reacts to Keane’s criticism of his wife

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Health & Families

Matt Damon has just found out the brutal truth about being a Girl Dad

<p>Harrison Sullivan, known as HSTikkyTokky avoided police custody for almost a year following a car crash in Virginia Water, Surrey, in March 2024</p>
Home News

Surrey police defend extraditing influencer HStikkytokky on £16,000 private jet

<p>Horses can smell fear in humans and then startle more easily themselves, scientists have found</p>
Science

Fear of horses? They can smell it on you, say researchers

<p>John Roberts and his wife Phyllis with George Best at the Belfast Town Hall in 1968</p>
sport

Former Independent tennis correspondent John Roberts dies aged 84

<p>Flowers and tributes near the scene in Hart Street, Southport, where the attack happened in July 2024 </p>
Crime

Teenager who plotted Southport copycat attack with plans to target Oasis gig and dance school jailed

<p>Horses can smell fear in humans and then startle more easily themselves, scientists have found</p>
Science

Fear of horses? They can smell it on you, say researchers

<p>John Roberts and his wife Phyllis with George Best at the Belfast Town Hall in 1968</p>
sport

Former Independent tennis correspondent John Roberts dies aged 84

<p>Flowers and tributes near the scene in Hart Street, Southport, where the attack happened in July 2024 </p>
Crime

Teenager who plotted Southport copycat attack with plans to target Oasis gig and dance school jailed

<p>Ellie's a goner</p>
Livetraitors

Rachel and Stephen target three new Faithfuls as Sam reveals biggest show regret

<p>Jade Franks in ‘Eat the Rich’ at Soho Theatre</p>
Reviews

Netflix is betting on Jade Franks as the new Fleabag – but her voice is all her own

<p>Good was inside her car when an ICE agent fatally shot her in Minneapolis on January 7</p>
US politics

Renee Good emergency response records reveal chaos after shooting

<p>The ‘We Will Rock You’ star said Queen will never perform at Glastonbury unless ‘things changed radically’</p>
News

Brian May doubles down on anti-Glastonbury stance

Features

<p>Hang up: has the voice note replaced the phone call?</p>
in focus

Generation Monologue: How the voice note killed conversation

in focus

Generation Monologue: How the voice note killed conversation

<p>Hang up: has the voice note replaced the phone call?</p>
<p>Ryan Riley has helped thousands of cancer patients rediscover their love of food</p>
Health & Families

‘I help cancer patients enjoy food again, but I have never properly grieved for my own mum’

<p>Play dumb: ‘The Traitors’ is officially the game where intelligence is a weakness</p>
TV

The latest Traitors drama exposes the show’s central flaw

<p>Williams’s voice is on top form here, rich and sonorous with the grit that added some much-needed danger to Take That’s otherwise squeaky-clean sound</p>
Reviews

Robbie Williams’ new album is an unabashed joyride from one of our most charismatic stars

<p>Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in ‘The Rip’</p>
Reviews

What were Ben Affleck and Matt Damon thinking with charmless The Rip?

<p>Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in ‘The Rip’</p>
Reviews

What were Ben Affleck and Matt Damon thinking with charmless The Rip?

<p>Madison Beer</p>
Reviews

Madison Beer offers some real depth beneath the pop sheen of Locket

<p>Aroma-flavoured water is being marketed to Gen Z</p>
Lifestyle

Why our obsession with water bottles has reached a strange new level

Premium

<p>Amol Rajan is setting up his own content company</p>
In Focus

Why Amol Rajan had to say goodbye to the Today programme

In Focus

Why Amol Rajan had to say goodbye to the Today programme

<p>Amol Rajan is setting up his own content company</p>
<p>Two ordinary lads with a big goal in sight</p>
Reviews

Football musical Gerry & Sewell is hilarious from start to finish

Paddy McGuinness shows off incredible weight loss transformation
Fitness and wellbeing

Paddy McGuinness’s ‘75 hard’ body transformation is impressive – but not for the reason he thinks

<p>The fact the 70m embroidered cloth, which depicts the 1066 Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings, has survived this long is a miracle, writes David Hockney</p>
David Hockney

Why it’s madness to move the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain

<p>Artificial intelligence apps have been rated by AI safety researchers in a study published in December 2025</p>
Tech

Is there such a thing as ethical AI?

<p>Artificial intelligence apps have been rated by AI safety researchers in a study published in December 2025</p>
Tech

Is there such a thing as ethical AI?

<p>Jessie Buckley in Chloé Zhao’s tearjerker, ‘Hamnet’</p>
film

The real reason Hamnet is making you cry, according to psychologists

<p>You need to generate enough mechanical tension to build muscle – which means you cannot take it easy during your workouts</p>
Fitness & wellbeing

The uncomfortable truth about building muscle – and eight golden rules for strength training in midlife

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<p>At least one other Native American, a member of the Red Lake Nation, was arrested and briefly detained last week. </p>
News

Native Americans reportedly detained in ICE raids

News

Native Americans reportedly detained in ICE raids

<p>At least one other Native American, a member of the Red Lake Nation, was arrested and briefly detained last week. </p>
<p>The Traitors dagger!</p>
Culture

When is The Traitors finale?

<p>Claudia Winkleman in 'The Traitors'</p>
Culture

Latest contestant eliminated on Traitors makes shocking confession

<p>The Food Standards Agency has warned over some products from the Jolly Rancher brand </p>
Lifestyle

Much-loved American sweets sold in UK recalled over cancer risk

<p>A protester waves the Iranian flag outside UN headquarters </p>
News

Airlines issued ‘high risk’ warning amid Trump Iran strike threats

<p>A protester waves the Iranian flag outside UN headquarters </p>
News

Airlines issued ‘high risk’ warning amid Trump Iran strike threats

Culture

‘Absolutely gutting’ Traitors murder sees top Faithful eliminated

The win is the third time a UK ticketholder has won the top prize this year (Victoria Jones/PA)
News

EuroMillions and Thunderball results for Friday 16 January

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<p>Aung San Suu Kyi herself has not escaped accusations and blame for the fate of the massacre of the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, many fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh for their lives and giving first-hand accounts of the mass killings</p>
The Independent View

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – she must be freed

The Independent View

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – she must be freed

<p>Aung San Suu Kyi herself has not escaped accusations and blame for the fate of the massacre of the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, many fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh for their lives and giving first-hand accounts of the mass killings</p>
<p>Something of the night?: Robert Jenrick may suffer the same ignominious fate as another aspiring right-wing prime minister, Michael Howard</p>
Voices

Robert Jenrick has a fatal ‘something of the night’ image problem

<p>‘You can give me the cutthroat Rachel, or cheeky chappy Stephen any day over a Faithful’</p>
Comment

I’m raising my kids to be little Traitors – lying is a vital skill!

<p>A standard British adult passport costs £94.50, but ordering one overseas may cost more</p>
News & Advice

‘Money-spinner:’ Readers slam new UK passport rules for dual citizens

<p>Past defectors have spoken about the loneliness of losing a network of friends and the difficulty of gaining acceptance in their new party</p>
Voices

Robert Jenrick’s great betrayal: ‘Treachery with a scowl on its face’

<p>Past defectors have spoken about the loneliness of losing a network of friends and the difficulty of gaining acceptance in their new party</p>
Voices

Robert Jenrick’s great betrayal: ‘Treachery with a scowl on its face’

<p>Robert Jenrick was depicted as a Traitors character by the Liberal Democrats</p>
Voices

Party ‘Faithfuls’? Kemi’s ‘TraiTories’ must face a tricky round table

<p>Why readers say electric won’t replace fuel any time soon</p>
Electric Vehicles

Why readers say electric won’t replace fuel any time soon

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Venezuela opposition leader presented Trump with Nobel Peace Prize

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Ukraine war latest: Zelensky says Trump’s peace agreement could be signed at Davos

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West Midlands police chief to retire after resisting calls to quit

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Sport

<p>Oliver Glasner won the FA Cup with Crystal Palace </p>
Football

Glasner to leave Crystal Palace at end of season

Football

The unthinkable consequence and vital questions over Man City’s Premier League case

LiveFootball

Transfer news live: Guehi deal breakthrough amid Liverpool and Arsenal interest, Man Utd update

<p>Max Verstappen (centre) poses next to Red Bull's 2026 F1 livery in Detroit on Thursday</p>
F1

Why Ford are ‘climbing a mountain’ to power Max Verstappen to F1 glory

<p>Jack Draper, the British No 1 and Indian Wells champion, has criticised the expansion of the tennis season </p>
Tennis

Lawsuits, burnout and rising tension: Can tennis get out of this mess?

Football

How United’s reset puts the spotlight on their next permanent manager

<p>Sadio Mane is looking for the perfect farewell in Sunday’s Afcon final</p>
Football

Senegal and ex-Liverpool star Mane eyes fairytale Afcon farewell in Morocco final

<p>First minister of Wales Eluned Morgan (centre), Tour de France 2018 winner Geraint Thomas (right), and director of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme during the Tour de France 2027 Grand Depart route reveal at the Senedd in Cardiff</p>
Cycling

Tour de France 2027 routes revealed as famous race returns to Britain

Travel

<p>Delta's basic business would be a first for a US airline, but there are plenty of international carriers that offer pared-down premium seats. Pictured is business class aboard a Delta A330-900neo </p>
News & Advice

Delta reveals that ‘basic’ business-class seats will arrive in 2026

News & Advice

Delta reveals that ‘basic’ business-class seats will arrive in 2026

<p>Delta's basic business would be a first for a US airline, but there are plenty of international carriers that offer pared-down premium seats. Pictured is business class aboard a Delta A330-900neo </p>
<p>Pete Tong will perform a DJ set aboard P&O Cruises Arvia ship while in-port in Ibiza</p>
Cruise

Here is how P&O Cruises passengers can party with DJ Pete Tong

<p>Norwegian Aura is set to launch in 2027</p>
Cruise

First look at Norwegian Aura, NCL’s largest cruise ship

<p>Aurora Expedition guides will show guests how to use thermal imaging cameras to monitor polar ice caps</p>
Cruise

This cruise line is teaching guests how to track climate change

<p>Departing Dublin: Aer Lingus Airbus A330 prepares for departure to the US</p>
News & Advice

Aer Lingus refuses to rebook disrupted passengers on Virgin Atlantic

<p>Departing Dublin: Aer Lingus Airbus A330 prepares for departure to the US</p>
News & Advice

Aer Lingus refuses to rebook disrupted passengers on Virgin Atlantic

<p>Donald Trump’s second administration has overseen a crackdown on visas admitting entry to the United States</p>
News & Advice

The reasons why your visa or ESTA to visit the US could be canceled

<p>‘Aisle lice’ shoot out of their seats once the seatbelt sign goes off</p>
News & Advice

Frequent fliers weigh in on the most annoying passenger habits

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<p>Donald Trump leaves the White House</p>
News

Trump claims ‘very rich’ friend who took Ozempic is ‘fatter than ever’

News

Trump claims ‘very rich’ friend who took Ozempic is ‘fatter than ever’

<p>Donald Trump leaves the White House</p>
News

Huge avalanche ploughs through ski resort on Europe’s highest mountain

Lifestyle

Emotional Gordon Ramsay gives daughter Holly away in wedding footage

<p>Spotify founder Daniel Ek is to switch from chief executive to executive chairman (Alamy/PA)</p>
News

AI-generated song banned from Swedish charts: ‘It’s deceiving’

News

Iran closes airspace as US escalates attack threats

News

Iran closes airspace as US escalates attack threats

News

Nun convicted of abuse denies wrongdoing in police interview

News

Moment gunman who shot eight-year-old girl and father arrested

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<p>Air fryers have become a kitchen staple as energy prices have soared</p>
Kitchen Appliances

How much does it cost to run an air fryer? Experts reveal all

Kitchen Appliances

How much does it cost to run an air fryer? Experts reveal all

<p>Air fryers have become a kitchen staple as energy prices have soared</p>
<p>Are the £50 tanning pads worth their premium price tag?</p>
Sun Care & Tanning

I tried Claudia Winkleman’s go-to facial tanner – here’s what happened

<p>I put the new black honey quickliners to the test</p>
Make-up

If you liked black honey, you’ll love Clinique’s latest lip product

<p>Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson during their routine at the Ice Skating European Championships</p>
Winter Sports

Briton Gibson advocates for same-sex ice dance partnerships

<p>Look out for these bottles in your local</p>
Wine

Sommeliers reveal the best supermarket wines from Aldi, Tesco and more

<p>Look out for these bottles in your local</p>
Wine

Sommeliers reveal the best supermarket wines from Aldi, Tesco and more

<p>Good SAD lamps should deliver 10,000 lux of light at a set distance </p>
Tech

Do SAD lamps really help beat the winter blues? Experts explain

<p>The Kindle Scribe (left) and reMarkable 2 (right) offer distraction-free zones for handwriting, sketching, and PDF editing </p>
Tech

ReMarkable 2 vs Kindle scribe: Our tech expert compares the devices

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Trump gets petty with reporter over Greenland: 'You don't know what I'm going to do'

Trump gets petty with reporter over Greenland: 'You don't know what I'm going to do'

politics

Donald Trump accused of 'snoozing on the job again' in the Oval Office

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Trump has milk explained to him by a first grader: 'I didn't know that'

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Zendaya quietly reunites with on-screen dad from 10 years ago in Euphoria

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