26 m. ago I tried 27 M&S, ASOS and F&F wedding guest dresses under £50 with one surprising winner

From F&F and M&S to Asos and Debenhams, our head of fashion tried 27 wedding guest dresses from the high street – and was left surprised by her supermarket pick of the bunch

Economics

34 m. ago Man left for dead after being beaten with 'glass bottles and bricks' in 'racist Glasgow attack'

Naveed Akhtar, 27, was with four friends when they were attacked by a gang of around 10 to 15 people in Castlemilk on Friday night.

Events

60 m. ago Road rage driver assaulted dad in Wishaw after striking windscreen of car with child onboard

Kristopher Lorimer punched and kicked the victim at Tesco in Belhaven Road

Events

61 m. ago Alice Cooper says he thrives on proving people wrong: ‘I am defiant about this’

Shock rocker is still going strong at 77 and just announced a new album with his band’s original lineup

Politics

80 m. ago Voices: Mischievous, kind, extraordinarily empathetic: The Pope I knew supported me even at my lowest hour

Writing exclusively for The Independent, former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby recalls his meetings with Pope Francis – and reveals how he received a surprise call moments after he was forced to resign in November

Politics

83 m. ago How Kashmir’s deadliest attack on civilians in years unfolded: ‘It was like a storm’

Attack on tourists in Pahalgam leaves at least 26 people dead

Events

85 m. ago Huge crowds gather to file past the body of Pope Francis as his laying in state begins at the Vatican

For the next three days St Peter's Basilica will open at 7am each morning and close at midnight on Wednesday and Thursday to allow as many people as possible to file past.

Politics

92 m. ago The telltale signs YOU might be sexually repressed: TRACEY COX speaks to people who struggle with shame in the bedroom who reveal how religion has ruined sex

Tracey Cox chats to women from the UK - and a man from the US - who feel shame around sex following their religious upbringings.

Politics

93 m. ago India troops beef up security in Kashmir following attack on tourists

Security has been beefed up across Indian-controlled Kashmir a day after an attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists, as Indian forces launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks in the restive Himalayan region

Events

1 hour ago Attendance Allowance simplified to help older people make a new claim for up to £441 each month

Nearly 1.7 million people over State Pension age are receiving either £73.90 or £110.40 each week in Attendance Allowance.

Economics

2 h. ago Disputed Kashmir has witnessed worst attack on civilians in years, sparking fear of rising tensions

At least 26 people have been killed and 17 others wounded after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades

Events

2 h. ago Trump hits thousands with surprise deportation notice email – including US citizens

The Trump administration is quietly revoking a temporary legal status that applies to around 900,000 people

Politics

2 h. ago BBC war film so 'realistic and horrifying' it was banned from screens for 20 years

Threads first aired on BBC2 in 1984 and was watched by more than 6m people but was subsequently withdrawn from public view and not broadcast again for 20 years

Events

2 h. ago Inside 'mini Switzerland' terror attack as survivor claims only men who couldn't say one phrase were killed

At least 26 people were killed in the attack on tourists in the Indian down of Pahalgam, Kashmir last night, and now a survivor has told exactly what happened during the horrific incident

Events

3 h. ago I stormed out of my birthday party after my fiancé humiliated me with his 'surprise'

A heartwarming birthday surprise has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.

Events

3 h. ago ‘His time as pope was a gift we needed’ – world pays tribute to Francis

Pontiff’s compassion, dedication and humility earned him followers from beyond the Catholic churchLatest updates after death of Pope Francis After making his last public appearance on Easter Sunday in St Peter’s Square, Pope Francis died the next day at the age of 88. As head of the Catholic church, his appeal went far beyond those within his congregation. Many appreciated his views on the environment, his calls for ending poverty and inequality and for his compassionate approach to the papacy.Here, people from around the world recall their memories of the pontiff and pay tribute ahead of the conclave to choose his successor. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Lorde’s surprise New York park appearance shut down by police before it even starts

Her new single ‘What Was That’ will be released on Friday

Events

4 h. ago Survivors of 2022 July Fourth parade mass shooting to address gunman before his sentencing

Survivors and relatives of people killed in a 2022 mass shooting at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago are set to address the gunman at his sentencing hearing

Events

4 h. ago ‘They cannot be jammed’: fibre optic drones pose new threat in Ukraine

Experimental kamikaze FPV drones have been developed that can penetrate spaces previously thought safeOn the battlefields of Ukraine, new sights emerge. Thread-like filaments of wire, extended across open fields. Netting rigged up between trees along key supply roads. Both are responses to a hard-to-detect weapon able to sneak into spaces previously thought safe, hi tech and low tech all at once.At a secret workshop in Ukraine’s north-east, where about 20 people assemble hundreds of FPV (first person view) drones, there is a new design. Under the frame of the familiar quadcopter is a cylinder, the size of a forearm. Coiled up inside is fibre optic cable, 10km (6 miles) or even 20km long, to create a wired kamikaze drone. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago China reveals new team of astronauts for space station launch

China announced the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space

Technology