69 m. ago Police stopped a suspicious van but the game was up when they looked at pictures on man's phone

Elian Thana, 29, was caught after a van he was travelling in was stopped by police on the M4, and was found to contain equipment for growing cannabis

Events

74 m. ago Trump in fresh Greenland outburst as ministers’ talks with Vance last less than an hour – Europe live

President claims only US can protect territory and says ‘two dogsleds won’t do it’ as Danish and Greenlandic ministers hold talks with vice-presidentPeople in Greenland: share your views on Trump’s recent commentsUS president Donald Trump has doubled down on his rhetoric on getting control of Greenland, insisting that the US “needs Greenland for the purpose of national security.”In a social media post, Trump claimed that “Nato should be leading the way for us to get it,” and “if we don’t, Russia or China will, and that is not going to happen!”“Militarily, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term, and am now bringing to a new and even higher level, Nato would not be an effective force or deterrent - not even close! They know that, and so do I.” Continue reading...

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79 m. ago Ukrainians endure freezing temperatures at home as emergency crews rush to restore power

Officials say emergency repair crews are working tirelessly to restore power in the Kyiv region of Ukraine

Politics

82 m. ago Arsenal stance on Ethan Nwaneri loan as West Ham eye Lucas Paqueta replacement

Attacking midfielder has struggled for game time this term

Politics

89 m. ago Beast Games stars left 'fighting back tears' after brutal deception

One player's actions in the game had some devastating consequences

Sport

89 m. ago Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors

AI tool faces growing global scrutiny over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on XElon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any “naked underage images” generated by xAI’s Grok, as scrutiny of the AI tool intensifies worldwide.“I not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok. Literally zero,” Musk said in an X post. Musk’s comment comes as xAI and X face growing global scrutiny, including calls by lawmakers and advocacy groups for Apple and Google to drop Grok from app stores, an investigation by UK regulators, and bans or legal action in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. Continue reading...

Events

97 m. ago Vote in our Independent Women poll: Is the new ‘autistic Barbie’ good for representation?

Each week, Victoria Richards asks Independent Women readers to weigh in on the stories and debates shaping the headlines

Politics

1 hour ago Liz Kendall’s response to X ‘nudification’ is good – but not enough to solve the problem | Nana Nwachukwu

Big tech companies cannot be trusted. It is not enough that they remove harm when they find it – the law must make their systems prevent harmOn X, a woman posts a photo in a sari, and within minutes, various users are underneath the post tagging Grok to strip her down to a bikini. It is a shocking violation of privacy, but now a familiar and commonplace practice. Between June 2025 and January 2026, I documented 565 instances of users requesting Grok to create nonconsensual intimate imagery. Of these, 389 were requested in just one day.Last Friday, after a backlash against the platform’s ability to create such nonconsensual sexual images, X announced that Grok’s AI image generation feature would only be available to subscribers. Reports suggest that the bot now no longer responds to prompts to generate images of women in bikinis (although apparently will still do so for requests about men).Nana Nwachukwu is an AI governance expert and a PhD researcher at Trinity College Dublin Contin...

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2 h. ago Trump in fresh Greenland outburst as ministers arrive for talks with Vance – Europe live

President claims only US can protect territory and says ‘two dogsleds won’t do it’ as Danish and Greenlandic ministers hold talks with vice-presidentPeople in Greenland: share your views on Trump’s recent commentsUS president Donald Trump has doubled down on his rhetoric on getting control of Greenland, insisting that the US “needs Greenland for the purpose of national security.”In a social media post, Trump claimed that “Nato should be leading the way for us to get it,” and “if we don’t, Russia or China will, and that is not going to happen!”“Militarily, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term, and am now bringing to a new and even higher level, Nato would not be an effective force or deterrent - not even close! They know that, and so do I.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago College football fans stunned as prices for two tickets to championship game climb over $20K – with parking costing $747

The Indiana Hoosiers, seeking their first national title, are in the CFP championship for the first time

Sport

3 h. ago Ariana Grande delights fans as she looks happy and healthy with the return of her 'power ponytail' after finally finishing gruelling Wicked promo trail with Cynthia Erivo

Ariana Grande's fans are convinced the star has officially left the Wicked era behind and is ready to to embrace being a popstar again after her appearance at the Golden Globes on Sunday.  

Sport

3 h. ago Trump cheats at golf, Lindsey Graham’s secret testimony suggests

The newly obtained grand jury transcript indicates Graham did not deny that Trump gets some help with his golf game

Politics

3 h. ago Ministers holding emergency meetings as 17,000 properties remain without water

South East Water has blamed the latest supply failure on Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts.

Politics

3 h. ago Power, money, kink: How Industry exposes the way London now works

Industry season 4 is another step forward for the ‘successor to Succession’ which has developed into a series examining how power, money and sex flow in London

Economics

4 h. ago Frustrated residents hit out at lack of response after Storm Goretti cuts off towns with fallen trees and power outages

More than 30,000 properties were left without power for days in and around Cornwall after the storm brought heavy snowfall, torrential rain and up to 99mph winds to the UK starting last week.

Events

4 h. ago Mix and mismatch: if it doesn’t go with anything, it goes with everything

Bring your ostracised wardrobe items in from the cold by forgetting about whether they go with each other. Instead, let them shine in all their gloryFashion is a dance between rules and rebellion. Great style requires a bit of both. The rules are essential, because one of the key emotional benefits that a great wardrobe can deliver is a sense of control in a chaotic world. The rules are there to simplify and clarify, lighting our route to a well put-together outfit. That well put-together outfit has the power to help you feel calmer, simply because you look in the mirror and see a competent person and therefore feel like a competent person. Style rules also come in useful for making sense of the world around us. Dress codes, style tribes, the signals we send – whether as blatant as the slogan on a T-shirt, or as subtle as the brand of your rucksack – hold an important social function, making other people legible to us.But style also needs friction. Fashion dies if it stops movi...

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4 h. ago A Day with David Bowie: how a visit to a psychiatric clinic changed him – and his music

In 1994, Bowie and Brian Eno spent a day with ‘outsider’ artists. Intimate photographs, showing in Australia for the first time, reveal the effect it hadFrom the Thin White Duke to Ziggy Stardust, the Berlin recluse to the late-career elegist, David Bowie’s oeuvre is defined by reinvention. As an artist, he was relentlessly attuned to the conditions that might provoke the next creative rupture. One defining moment, however, has largely slipped from the popular imagination: a day spent inside a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Vienna – one that would prove unexpectedly formative.In September 1994, Bowie and Brian Eno – who had recently reunited to develop new music – accepted an invitation from the Austrian artist André Heller to visit the Maria Gugging Psychiatric Clinic. The site’s Haus der Künstler, established in 1981 as a communal home and studio, is known internationally as a centre for Art Brut – or “Outsider Art” – produced by residents, many living with schizophrenia...

Science

4 h. ago Former Lionesses captain Millie Bright skips training for Prince of Wales honour

Bright said she believes William ‘genuinely is a fan of the women’s game’.

Politics

5 h. ago The Traitors’ Fiona reveals reasons she chose murder shortlist

The 62-year-old has opened up about her strategy in the game.

Events

5 h. ago Woman, 24, who swindled infirm grandparents out of £30k spared jail after magistrates accept her thefts were a 'stupid immature mistake'

Charlotte Booth, 24, used a bank card in the names of Robert and Christine Booth to splurge on shopping and pay off rent and direct debits after her own mother was given power of attorney.

Economics