34 m. ago Bridget Phillipson’s fury that a vulnerable child was placed in a caravan at cost of £75,000

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has told The Independent that she wants to end the practice of putting vulnerable children in care into illegal squalid homes

Economics

36 m. ago Keir Starmer accused of surrendering British veterans of the Troubles to face legal persecution from group of 'politically motivated lawyers'

Sir David Davis urged the Prime Minister to think again about the decision to repeal the Northern Ireland Legacy Act, which was designed to end the witch-hunt against British veterans.

Politics

95 m. ago Minister vows to speed up redress payments for LGBT veterans

Al Carns, the veterans minister, promised to increase the number of staff processing applications by five, effectively doubling the size of the team.

Politics

1 hour ago Roofer, 33, may have just 2 months left to live after noticing back pain

Stephen Lea, 33, from Bootle, Merseyside, started to experience back pain last year and was given a devastating diagnosis after he went in for an MRI scan to find out the cause

Politics

2 h. ago PSG cruise to Club World Cup final after Ruiz and Dembélé stun Real Madrid

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid: Ruiz 6 24, Dembélé 9, Ramos 87Chelsea to play European champions in Sunday’s finalThere was a moment towards the end of Kylian Mbappé’s final season in France when Luis Enrique called him into his office and explained that if they did things his way, then Paris Saint-Germain could become an “absolute machine”.A little over a year later, on the day his first season at Real Madrid came to an end against his former club, the striker saw for himself, up close and painful, just how right his coach had been. The team that went to Munich and put five past Inter, the biggest winning margin a European Cup final has ever seen, came to New York and scored four against the game’s greatest aristocrats to take them to the final of the Club World Cup. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Fury as Thames Water bosses 'refuse to claw back' £2.5m of bonuses paid to execs

Thames Water, Britain's biggest supplier, paid the money to 21 senior managers. Critics called it a "shambles" while MPs have called the water firm's bosses back to appear before them after it emerged regulator Ofwat cannot recover the sum

Economics

3 h. ago Sir David's dig about lawyers drew a prim response from the PM. The House didn't warm to Starmer's tone... QUENTIN LETTS on SAS veterans

Tim Collins was in the gallery for PMQs with some old Army colleagues, one of them a beret-topped old lad quite possibly carved from mesquite wood.

Society

3 h. ago BMW secretly followed, filmed and then sacked worker over injury claim

Mohamed Kerita, who worked in the firm’s manufacturing factory, suffered with back pain from 2017, the tribunal in Reading heard.

Events

3 h. ago Lionesses legends' private message inspired England's Dutch demolition in Euros statement

England rebounded from their painful defeat against France to beat the Netherlands and move themselves one step closer to the quarter-finals of the European Championships

Politics

4 h. ago Government urges Fujitsu to pay compensation to victims of Post Office scandal

Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined, others were shunned by their communities, and some took their own lives.

Politics

4 h. ago Trump unveils makeover of iconic White House room with very telling details about his personal style

President Donald Trump's redecorated White House Cabinet Room includes a painting of James K. Polk, who led the U.S. during war with Mexico. Trump told officials he picked some art for the frames.

Politics

5 h. ago Russia fines woman over satirical photos of men in wedding dresses in LGBTQ crackdown

The woman posted a series of photos to her social media accounts mocking gender norms in straight marriages, but a court found her to breach "LGBT propaganda" laws and fined her

Culture

6 h. ago 'NHS dental crisis means I've been pulling out my own teeth for 8 years'

Patients tell how they 'don't smile out of embarrassment' and live in constant pain because they can't get an NHS dentist

Events

7 h. ago LGBT veterans compensation to be sped up after fury at 'painfully slow' process

Around 20,000 armed forces personnel were jailed, dismissed or outed against their will before the rule on service was lifted in 2000, described by Veterans Minister Al Carns as a 'truly dark era'

Politics

8 h. ago Celebrities who picked up painting as Ed Sheeran turns to art

Here’s a round-up of celebrities who have ventured into painting

Politics

8 h. ago Fury over 'sickening and racist' bonfire in Northern Ireland which has effigy of migrants in life jackets and a 'Stop the boats' sign at the top

A sign saying 'Veterans before refugees' was also put on the pyre in Moygashel, on the outskirts of Dungannon in Co Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

Events

8 h. ago Man accused of murdering Iraq War veteran ‘just wanted to give him a black eye’

Gregory Twigg, 32, has denied intending to cause serious harm to Lee Woodward, 39, who died in hospital 10 months after he was punched three times.

Events

8 h. ago Royal tour paintings from Charles’s personal collection go on display

Tom Hallifax described being a royal tour artist as ‘a lovely thing’ that is ‘very challenging as an artist, fascinating as a person’.

Politics

8 h. ago Heartburn or something more serious? When to get chest pains checked out

While heartburn is usually a harmless reaction linked to digestion, it can sometimes point to underlying health issues

Events

8 h. ago Bombardier Progresses London Biggin Hill Aircraft Paint Facility

Bombardier Progresses London Biggin Hill Aircraft Paint Facility  Aviation International News

Events