2 h. ago 'My friend is choosing unusual baby name and I'm horrified by reason behind it'

A woman was left gobsmacked after her friend detailed her cousin's baby name plans. At first, she thought it would be fairly straightforward, but she was so wrong...

Politics

37 h. ago The key change behind Europe’s Ryder Cup quest at Bethpage Black

Donald named Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Aberg, Matt Fitzpatrick and Sepp Straka as his captain’s picks for Bethpage and then detailed a meticulous plan to overcome the raucous environment that awaits against Team USA on away soil

Politics

4 d. ago BBC Destination X 'underdog' winner details plans for £100,000 prize

EXCLUSIVE: Judith was crowned the winner of the BBC gameshow on Thursday night, but she's yet to receive her £100,000 prize - and she's already got big plans for it

Economics

5 d. ago Councillors approve latest strategic housing investment plan for North Lanarkshire

Plan provides details of the local authority's intentions towards achieving its ambitions for the development of social housing.

Politics

6 d. ago Foreign Office warns that not declaring one thing when travelling could cost £150k

The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office has issued a warning to Brits who are planning to travel abroad, urging them to declare one detail or risk paying thousands

Events

7 d. ago Coronation Street fans spot huge Lisa Swain and Carla Connor 'proposal' that may not be as it seems

It comes after new details about the next proposal plan for the couple were revealed by the ITV soap

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7 d. ago Coronation Street fans spot huge Lisa Swain and Carla Connor 'proposal' spoiler that may not be as it seems

It comes after new details about the next proposal plan for the couple were revealed by the ITV soap

Politics

7 d. ago Just like Brexit, Farage is simply telling voters what they want to hear on migration

Nigel Farage laid out details of his plans for mass deportation of migrants as the small boats crisis continues to grow, but The Independent’s political editor David Maddox has heard all the same rhetoric before

Politics

7 d. ago Reform details plans to deport hundreds of thousands of UK migrants

Nigel Farage vows to strip away barriers, including European Convention on Human Rights

Events

7 d. ago Reform details plans to deport tens of thousands of irregular UK migrants

Nigel Farage vows to strip away barriers, including European Convention on Human Rights

Events

8 d. ago Courts would block Farage’s ‘mass deportation’ plan using common law, says former attorney general

Exclusive: Dominic Grieve has issued a scathing critique of Reform’s immigration plans ahead of a speech by Nigel Farage setting out the details on Tuesday

Society

8 d. ago Details of planned Edinburgh tram expansion costing up to £2.9bn published

A 12-week consultation has been launched into new routes to Granton and Royal Infirmary

Economics

1 week ago Indonesia working on details of plan to treat 2,000 people from Gaza amid concerns about right to return

Security ministry and the ministries of health and foreign affairs have met to discuss how the controversial proposal to treat Palestinians would workThe Indonesian government is working on plans to treat 2,000 people from war-ravaged Gaza, holding a series of inter-ministerial discussions to discuss logistics, legality and foreign policy implications relating to the highly sensitive proposal, according to a senior government official.Indonesia announced earlier this month that it would provide temporary medical assistance to 2,000 Palestinians from Gaza, with the uninhabited island of Galang identified as one possible site. Located just south of Singapore, the island was once home to a former camp for Vietnamese refugees and most recently the site of a pandemic hospital. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago RFL under pressure to produce rugby league action plan to avoid funding cuts

Sport England threatens to withhold part of £16m fundingRFL asked to produce timeline on exits of board membersThe Rugby Football League has been asked to produce an action plan detailing how it will comply with Sport England’s Code for Sports Governance, with critical funding for the sport due to be released next month remaining in the balance.Sport England has threatened to withhold the next instalment of a £16m funding package as a result of concerns over the RFL’s governance. Continue reading...

Sport

2 w. ago WRU to announce plan for cut to two teams as seismic full details emerge

Welsh rugby is set for a radical change not seen since 2003 as details of the WRU's proposal become clear

Politics

2 w. ago Deranged chef 'obsessed with Hannibal Lecter planned to kidnap, torture and eat victims'

A court has heard police discovered a 'kill list' outlining detailed plans to capture, drug and torture victims written by a deranged pub chef obsessed with cannibal serial killers

Events

2 w. ago ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ spent months planning Arkansas prison escape – report

Corrections department review shows how Grant Hardin made fake guard uniform and details lax security at facilityA former police chief known and convicted murderer known as “the devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and he said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed him to gather the supplies he needed, according to an internal review by prison officials released on Friday.The state corrections department’s critical incident review of Grant Hardin’s 25 May escape from the Calico Rock prison provides the most detailed description so far of his planning – and the issues that allowed him to walk out of the facility. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Several Palestinian people reported injured in overnight attack by Israeli settlers in West Bank – Middle East crisis live

Settlers attacked Palestinian people in village of Susya, south of Hebron, while separately settlers reportedly attacked village of Atara and set fire to vehiclesHere is some more detail on the controversial plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem.The decision from the Supreme Planning Council, which meets next week, is expected to support the plan after rejecting objections by Israeli NGOs.The expected decision in favour will come after Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich – who backs both the plan and the imposition of Israeli sovereignty through the occupied West Bank – gloated that he believed construction on E1 would “bury the idea of a Palestinian state”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New guidance for UK police on releasing suspects’ ethnicity and migration status

Disclosure of migration status, and ethnicity, could help keep peace ‘where there are high levels of disinformation’Police forces should consider disclosing the ethnicity and migration status of suspects when they are charged in high-profile and sensitive investigations, according to new official guidance.After a row over claims that police “covered up” the backgrounds of two men charged in connection with the alleged rape of a child, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing have backed plans to release details of nationality when there is a “policing purpose” for doing so. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK police should consider revealing ethnicity of suspects, says new guidance

Disclosure of migration status, and ethnicity, could help keep peace ‘where there are high levels of disinformation’Police forces should consider disclosing the ethnicity and migration status of suspects when they are charged in high-profile and sensitive investigations, according to new official guidance.After a row over claims that police “covered up” the backgrounds of two men charged in connection with the alleged rape of a child, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing have backed plans to release details of nationality when there is a “policing purpose” for doing so. Continue reading...

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