11 h. ago Aldgate fire: Blaze rips through two homes in block of flats in east London

A fire at an east London flat quickly spread into the property above

Events

12 h. ago Aldgate fire: Huge blaze rips through block of London flats as 100 firefighters rush to scene

Fifteen teams of firefighters are battling a large blaze in a fifth floor flat in Aldgate, central London, which has also spread to the seventh floor

Events

12 h. ago Donald Trump posts VERY unorthodox Easter message...complete with a scathing dig at 'moron' Joe Biden

While many world leaders take the holy Easter holiday as an opportunity to spread messages of peace and unity, President Donald Trump fired off a scathing tirade against Joe Biden .

Politics

17 h. ago RFK's claims about people with autism offer a sinister insight into how Trumpism sees us all | John Harris

The war on science being waged by the US health secretary and the White House is bound to spread. We must be on our guardIn the recent past, Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that Donald Trump is “a terrible human being” and “probably a sociopath”. But in the US’s new age of irrationalism and chaos, these two men are now of one voice, pursuing a strand of Trumpist politics that sometimes feels strangely overlooked. With Trump once again in the White House and Kennedy ensconced as his health and human services secretary, what they are jointly leading is becoming clearer by the day: a war on science and knowledge that aims to replace them with the modern superstitions of conspiracy theory.Nearly 2,000 members of the US’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have warned of “slashing funding for scientific agencies, terminating grants to scientists, defunding their laboratories, and hampering international scientific collaboration”. Even work on cancer is now under threa...

Politics

21 h. ago Melting glaciers will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved | Robin McKie

The degradation of the Arctic tundra has triggered a terrible chain reaction that can only lead to greater mayhemThe problems that now afflict attempts to establish a military presence in the far north of Canada and Greenland provide timely warnings about the miseries that lie ahead for the rest of the planet as global warming continues its remorseless spread.The Arctic has suffered especially early impacts because temperatures here are rising faster than in any other part of our planet. Crucially, this process threatens to trigger even greater climatic mayhem. Continue reading...

Politics

21 h. ago Mum with disabled children placed in mouldy Glasgow home covered in sewage

The mum, who has two severely autistic daughters as well as two teen sons, began to notice that other parts of the house, including the floors, were damp to the point that mushrooms had started growing.

Society

24 h. ago ‘When medieval times return, I’ll be ready’: Bella Ramsey on friendship, fashion and The Last of Us

The young actor’s life has been transformed since they landed the lead role in what turned out to be a TV phenomenon. As the much-anticipated second season begins, they discuss growing up in the glare of fameBella Ramsey self-recorded their audition tape for The Last of Us at their parents’ home in Leicestershire and sent it off more in hope than expectation. Ramsey, who was 17 at the time, had never played the post-apocalyptic zombie video game on which the new TV series was based, but knew it was a big deal: released in 2013, it had sold more than 20m copies. It would later emerge that Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the show’s creators, looked seriously at more than 100 actors for the role of Ellie, the sassy and quirky but also complicated and vicious American protagonist of The Last of Us. “Yeah, I’ve been told,” says Ramsey with a wry smile.When Ramsey got the first callback from Mazin and Druckmann, they joined the Zoom from their childhood bedroom. “I’ve gotten very used to ...

Events

32 h. ago Miliband accuses Farage of spreading ‘nonsense and lies’ over net zero and steel crisis

Energy secretary says Reform UK and Tories are prepared to concoct falsehoods to further their ‘ideological agenda’

Events

36 h. ago Dubai chocolate is being blamed for a global shortage of PISTACHIOS after TikTokers went nuts for the viral bars

The popular milk chocolate bar is filled with crispy knafeh, pistachio cream and tahini spread and was initially launched in 2021 by British-Egyptian entrepreneur Sarah Hamouda.

Technology

36 h. ago Warning over fears 'aggressive' and potentially fatal ants could invade UK

The red fire ants, which are highly invasive, have spread from their native South America into Mexico, the US, Australia, New Zealand, China and Taiwan in less than a century

Events

45 h. ago Fears for Britain's rabbits over deadly virus sweeping through Europe that kills almost every bunny it touches in a matter of hours

An aggressive strain of the disease is now thought to be spreading across the UK countryside - sparking fears for Britain's bunnies.

Events

59 h. ago Ocado apologises to Mumsnet founder after online shop claimed website spread 'hateful political views' as it stood up for women's rights to single

Ocado has apologised to the founder of Mumsnet after pulling out from a partnership citing the website's 'hateful political views' as it stood up for women's rights to single-sex spaces.

Politics

66 h. ago Symptoms of yellow fever as Foreign Office warns of increased risk in one country

Yellow fever is a severe illness spread through the bite of an infected mosquito - in severe cases, it can be fatal

Events

66 h. ago Denied, detained, deported: the people at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda – here are some of the most high-profile casesDonald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. The administration has set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting asylum seekers and refugees while conducting raids in undocumented communities and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multi-pronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

Politics

66 h. ago Denied, detained, deported: the people ensnared in Trump’s immigration crackdown

The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda – here are some of the most high-profile casesDonald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. The administration has set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting asylum seekers and refugees while conducting raids in undocumented communities and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multi-pronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

Politics

66 h. ago Cops fight back in gang war as gun seized and three people arrested

Two men and a teenage girl have been arrested as police try and tackle the growing gangland turf war which started in Edinburgh and spread to Glasgow.

Events

66 h. ago Hospital urgently tracks patients after 'they could have been exposed' to disease

Person visited A&E with infection and concerns are that it could have spread

Science

67 h. ago TikTok removes videos promoting birth control misinformation after The Independent investigation

Exclusive: Myths suggesting that birth control is more dangerous than beneficial were spreading to millions, an investigation by Hebe Campbell reveals

Events

69 h. ago Microsoft faces growing unrest over role in Israel’s war on Gaza: ‘Close to a tipping point’

Turmoil spreads at company over Israel’s extensive use of its AI and cloud computing services in Gaza warFor the second time in the last month, Microsoft employees disrupted high-level executives speaking at an event celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary on 4 April, in protest against the company’s role in Israel’s ongoing siege on Gaza.AI executive Mustafa Suleyman was interrupted by employees Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal. The two were fired within days. The Microsoft president Brad Smith and the former CEO Steve Ballmer were shouted down at Seattle’s Great Hall on 20 March by a current and former employee. Continue reading...

Politics

2 d. ago Inside nuclear UK 'war room' up for sale with apocalypse equipment frozen in time

Jaw-dropping pictures show what one of the UK's last remaining war rooms looks like - with certain items still intact. The property is on sale for a whopping £50,000 in Bristol

Events