1 hour ago How players of the People’s Postcode Lottery helped missing children

Players helped make the plan to launch SafeCall possible – The Independent’s campaign with charity Missing People to set up a lifeline specifically for young people in crisis

Sport

13 h. ago How a mother is using the skiing World Cup to help find her missing son

Kathleen Toman’s son Liam vanished shortly after leaving a bar, with the family now beginning to suspect criminal involvement in his disappearance

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3 d. ago The dementia injustice that's killing 76,000 every year: Find out how many undiagnosed cases there are in your area as Mail launches campaign

The Daily Mail launches a drive to defeat dementia after shocking statistics showed the disease is still the UK's biggest killer, accounting for one in nine deaths and claiming 76,000 lives each year

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3 d. ago Labour announces plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty – UK politics live

Starmer hails child poverty strategy as a ‘moral mission’ which will include measures to help with childcare and getting families out of temporary housingThere’s a lot of reaction coming in on the plan – some believe the new elements aren’t ambitious enough and it’s just a consolidation of previously announced measures. But here is the full strategy from Keir Starmer’s government, 16 months in, to tackle and reduce the rate of child poverty in the UK.There are around 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK currently – a historic high. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Reading your emotions and studying the way you walk and talk in the street: Draconian cameras police want to use to ID criminals and prevent suicides

Ministers launched a consultation yesterday on emerging technology that analyses 'motions and emotions' and could help catch criminals, prevent suicides and find missing people.

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4 d. ago Police plan to use draconian cameras that read emotions to help identify criminals and prevent suicides

Ministers launched a consultation yesterday on emerging technology that analyses 'motions and emotions' and could help catch criminals, prevent suicides and find missing people.

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4 d. ago See how every judge voted in the 100 best female footballers for 2025

We publish the full breakdown of the 104,140 votes cast this year plus a chance to search for any player who has ever received a pointAitana Bonmatí has been voted the best female footballer in the world 2025 by the Guardian’s panel of experts. We asked 127 people in total, including players, coaches and journalists from all over the globe to create our definitive list for the year.We asked the judges to choose 40 names each and rank their selection in order from 1-40, No 1 being their choice of the best player. The No 1 choice of each judge was awarded 40 points, No 2 given 39pts, down to 1pt for their No 40 choice. All the votes were added together to give a raw score. To minimise the influence of outliers in the list, the highest score awarded to a player was then deducted to give a final score. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Postcode lottery leads to ‘uneven’ care for children with brain cancer – report

A new review has been published by the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission.

Politics

6 d. ago Police pleading with the public to help trace missing Motherwell woman

Officers are appealing for help from the public to trace Katherine Smith, 45, who has been reported missing.

Events

6 d. ago Dad, 23, crushed under own truck while helping stranded driver 'forever missed'

Adam was a "deeply loved son, brother, dad, partner and friend by everyone he came across"

Transport

7 d. ago ‘Going missing is a sign that something is very wrong’: Lorraine Kelly backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign

Lorraine Kelly is lending her support to The Independent’s SafeCall campaign as she urges people to donate to help fund a lifeline for missing children in crisis

Events

7 d. ago YouTuber helps reunite man with family after followers recognise him from missing person alert

Streamer contacts police while attempting to keep man engaged

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7 d. ago BREAKING: Brit teen George Smyth missing in mountains after desperate call for help

George Smyth, 18, has disappeared in the Romanian mountains after making a desperate call for help - this is a breaking story

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7 d. ago Race against time to find British teenage hiker missing in Romanian mountains after he made desperate call for help

His mother, Jo Smyth, has now flown to Romania after the alert was issued for her son George, saying he was exhausted and suffering from hypothermia.

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7 d. ago Runaway reindeer sparks huge emergency operation to 'save Christmas'

The Royal Marines, armed police officers and lifeboat crews were among those who helped catch the missing animal

Politics

1 week ago Festive fun for whole family at East Kilbride's National Museum of Rural Life

The East Kilbride attraction will host Festive Weekend on December 6 and 7 with support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Politics

1 week ago ‘My undiagnosed ADHD was biggest catalyst in going missing – why aren’t we talking about it?’

As The Independent launches SafeCall – a new service to help bring missing young people to safety – Tara Cobham speaks to support worker J Grange, who is calling for tailored support for neurodivergent children at risk of disappearing, just as he once was

Events

2 w. ago Ryanair charges £100 to doctor who missed flight after helping woman with 'worrying head injury'

The doctor was due to jet off from London Stansted to Pescara, Italy, when the incident happened. And Ryanair have refused to budge...

Society

2 w. ago Sir Trevor McDonald backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign

Sir Trevor McDonald has announced his support to help reunite missing children with their families as the veteran newsreader backed The Independent's SafeCall campaign.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘We have to stay calm in high emotion’: What it’s really like to answer a call from a missing child

Every day, helpline workers from Missing People speak to children who have gone missing, their heartbroken loved ones, or those who feel like they want to disappear. The Independent heard from those picking up the phone and helping bring young people back to safety

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