20 h. ago British sailor arrested in Portugal on suspicion of attempted murder 'after throwing girlfriend who couldn't swim into river'

The 60-year-old sailor was accused of abandoning the scene as his girlfriend, saved by the crew of another boat who saw her in distress, started to drown.

Events

4 d. ago Richard Satchwell given life sentence for murder of wife Tina

The British truck driver had denied the murder of Tina Satchwell at their home in 2017.

Events

6 d. ago Woman vanishes from £1m family home to attend court case in secret

Hemalatha Jayaprakash, 44, told her husband she was going to view offices

Society

7 d. ago The fraudster next door: How woman posed as ordinary housewife living in boring suburban cul

On the outside it seems like any ordinary home, but behind these walls a middle-aged couple conducted an elaborate benefits scam to the worth of £270k.

Politics

8 d. ago Jack Draper reveals key to dominant Joao Fonseca win and French Open run

Draper used the conditions to his advantage as he thrashed Joao Fonseca 6-4 6-2 6-4 to reach the fourth round

Events

8 d. ago Cafe that may hold key to French murder of British woman who worked there 'with secret lover' reopens exactly one month after the killing

Karen Carter, 65 and a married mother of four, was found dead outside her home in Trémolat, east of Bordeaux, following a night out with friends on April 29th.

Events

1 week ago 'Gang member' arrested in Spain over the murder of a British 21

Spanish police said after detaining the fugitive at the request of UK authorities that he belonged to the dangerous Latin gang Trinitarios.

Events

1 week ago Man charged with murder of missing British businessman found in sack of pineapples

Police are still on the hunt for more suspects after Mr Campbell was killed while on a trip to Nairobi

Events

1 week ago Israel claims it has killed Hamas leader 'the Shadow ' Mohammed Sinwar in deadly air strike

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed to the government that Israel had killed Mohammed Sinwar earlier this month - the militant group's top military leader and younger brother of slain Yahya Sinwar

Events

1 week ago Man charged over murder of British businessman 'found in sack of pineapples' in Kenya

Alex Mutua, a Kenyan national, pleaded not guilty to killing Campbell Scott earlier this

Events

1 week ago Man is charged over murder of British businessman, 58, whose body was found dumped in a forest in a sack of pineapples

Alex Mutua denied killing Campbell Scott, 58, who was found dead in a forest in February after he went missing in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

Events

1 week ago Woman shares 'secret' use for banana peels that will make your plants grow faster

A gardening enthusiast has shared a 'secret' use for banana peels that she says will make your plants grow faster

Politics

2 w. ago Frenzied mob kills and mutilates Royal Bengal tiger suspected of being ‘man

Villagers claimed without proof that the tiger had killed a man in a nearby village around a month ago

Events

3 w. ago Voices: I’m a ‘woman of a certain age’ with an embarrassing body secret

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

Politics

3 w. ago Woman, 62, SHOCKS with what she eats in a day and swears that's how she stays ageless

A 62-year-old woman has completely shocked the internet after revealing that she owes her youthful looks not to an extensive skincare routine, but instead, to what she eats. 

Events

3 w. ago Peter Sullivan has murder conviction quashed in UK's longest miscarriage of justice

Peter Sullivan has now had his murder conviction quashed in the longest miscarriage of justice in British history.

Events

3 w. ago Indian reserve tigress kills forest ranger in second attack on humans in as many months

Big cat killed seven-year-old child in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve last month

Events

3 w. ago The Marching Band review – tender French concert bromance gets out the trombones

Two strong leads in Pierre Lottin and Benjamin Lavernhe make this heart-on-sleeve but unsentimental class drama a triumph in a minor key French film-maker Emmanuel Courcol serves up a good-natured heartwarmer with some syrup, but also two watchable and robust lead performances. For British audiences, The Marching Band might call to mind Brassed Off, The Full Monty or Billy Elliot, movies from the heartland which dared to dream that showbusiness or cultural community adventures can somehow survive the wreckage of industrial capitalism.Benjamin Lavernhe plays Thibaut, a distinguished and sensitive orchestra conductor who collapses mid-rehearsal in Paris and is told he has leukaemia and needs a bone marrow transplant donor. Thibaut is adopted and this means tracking down his biological brother out in the boondocks: factory worker Jimmy, played by the formidable Pierre Lottin (recently seen in François Ozon’s When Autumn Falls), whose gift for deadpan comedy really only gets free rein a...

Culture

3 w. ago Gerry Adams fights for peacemaker reputation in trial over BBC murdered spy claim

Former Sinn Féin leader denies claim made in 2016 documentary he sanctioned 2006 killing of MI5 informant Denis DonaldsonIt is a small, compact courtroom with a digital clock that glows beneath the judge’s bench, but the evidence unfurled in the case of Gerry Adams versus the BBC is expansive and spans decades of Irish and British history.The former Sinn Féin leader’s childhood and political awakening, the evolution of the Troubles, the IRA’s deadly campaign, the peace process, the murder of a British spy, all have been outlined – and contested – in the libel hearing at Dublin’s high court. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Woman discovers horrific secret about her husband after taking ancestry test

A woman who was conceived through a donor received life-changing results after taking an ancestry test that revealed the devastating truth about her marriage.

Politics