52 m. ago What I told MPs about the government’s catastrophic Afghan data leak

For nearly two years, media organisations - including The Independent - knew about an MoD data breach that had exposed the details of 18,700 Afghan applicants to UK resettlement schemes but were prevented from reporting what had happened due to an unprecedented superinjunction. Home affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft was called to give evidence at an MP-led inquiry into the catastrophic error

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53 m. ago New images of Paul McCartney at his remote Scots sheep farm in 1968 released

The Beatles legend has told how buying a farmhouse in Kintyre helped him recover from the fall-out of the collapse of the band.

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62 m. ago De Niro to JLaw: should celebrities be expected to speak out against Trump?

Trump’s second term has stars calling out the president – but others choose to remain silent, questioning whether it makes any differenceIf you were hoping Jennifer Lawrence might be able to tell you who to vote for and why, you’re in for some disappointment. “I don’t really know if I should,” the actor told the New York Times recently when asked about speaking up about the second Trump administration – and she’s not the only one. “I’ve always believed that I’m not here to tell people what to think,” Sydney Sweeney recently told GQ, after a year in which she was the subject of controversy over a jeans ad and a possible Republican voter registration. This marks a shift from Donald Trump’s first term, when more celebrities seemed not just comfortable speaking out against the administration, but obligated to do so. Now voters will no longer be able to so easily consult with Notes-app-made posts on Instagram to decide who and what they care about before they head to the polls. The era o...

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69 m. ago Alleged Islamic State supporter accused of plotting terror attack on Manchester's Jewish community previously worked as holiday camp entertainer, trial hears

Walid Saadaoui also used to run an Italian restaurant, jurors were told

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87 m. ago Elon Musk told to ‘mind his own business’ by minister after UK comments

Lord Hanson of Flint said he would ‘welcome much silence’ from the tech billionaire.

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93 m. ago Moroccan migrant, 22, who snatched £38k Rolex from tourist's wrist just months after arriving in Britain with a fake birth certificate faces deportation

Moroccan Aylan Snouci, 22, claimed he was just 16 when he arrived in the country in February.

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95 m. ago Nurse who used a dirty needle on a teenage cancer patient and told them not to 'tell anyone' jailed for 15 months

A nurse who used a dirty needle on a teenage cancer patient and told them not to 'tell anyone' has been jailed for 15 months.

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96 m. ago Southport killer's brother thought he'd kill their father and compared him to 'sociopath' killer from film No Country For Old Men

Dion Rudakubana, 21, told the inquiry his younger brother's behaviour deteriorated and became more and more violent after he was expelled from mainstream education aged 13.

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1 hour ago The ultimate Christmas gifts for travellers and frequent fliers

From the most comfortable travel pillow we’ve told all our friends about to waterless beauty perfect for stocking fillers

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1 hour ago Britain's richest man dies aged 85: Tycoon Gopichand Hinduja, who topped Rich List after creating £35bn business empire with his three brothers passes away after long illness

The tycoon headed the Hinduja family, whose ownership of Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group gave them an estimated fortune of £37.2billion in 2024.

Economics

1 hour ago Scrutiny of social media post is matter for NI Civil Service head, Assembly told

Finance Minister John O’Dowd was speaking after Paul Givan said he had been given him a ‘clean bill of health’.

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2 h. ago None of 260 new West Lothian Council vehicles purchased are electric

The council’s Operational Services department is testing some light commercial EVs, a meeting was told, but none have entered full time service with the council.

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2 h. ago Britain's richest man worth more than £35.3billion dies aged 85

The businessman largely kept out of the public eye but was caught up in controversy in 2001, and has now died with an estimated net worth upwards of £35 billion

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2 h. ago Britain's richest man worth more than £35.3billion dies as tributes pour in

Gopichand Hinduja, who is known as 'GP', co-chaired the business with his brother, Srichand, who died in 2023. The pair moved from India to London in the 1970s where they continued to build the Hinduja Group

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2 h. ago Susanna Reid and Lorraine Kelly mock Rachel Reeves for 'bonkers' Downing Street Budget speech

Rachel Reeves put Britain on notice for higher taxes saying ‘we will all have to contribute’ to the country’s economic future in a speech on Tuesday

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2 h. ago Britain's richest man dies aged 85: Tycoon Gopichand Hinduja, who topped Rich List after creating £35bn business empire with his brother passes away after long illness

The tycoon headed the Hinduja family, whose ownership of Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group gave them an estimated fortune of £37.2billion in 2024.

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2 h. ago Palantir shares drop as much as 10% after Michael Burry shorts stock

Hedge fund manager discloses $912mn short against tech group’s shares using derivatives

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2 h. ago Pennsylvania artist sorry for including Nazi camp arch on school parade float

‘I made a mistake’ says artist who included cloned archway on Halloween float for a Catholic school A Pennsylvania artist’s efforts to create a Halloween float for a local Catholic school went awry when he inadvertently included a replica of the gateway arch from a Nazi concentration camp, prompting a hasty apology from the diocese of Harrisburg.In apologizing for the fiasco, Galen Shelly told PennLive that a lighted archway and lanterns he ordered to decorate a parade float he was building for Hanover’s St Joseph’s school did not arrive in time – so he searched the internet for images of cemetery gates to represent the idea that “none of us get out of this life alive”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Former Met officer held hand over mouth of girl, 12, to ‘prevent her screaming’ as he molested her, jury told

David Carrick was previously convicted of 71 instances of sexual violence against 12 women, a court heard

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3 h. ago Gopichand Hinduja, head of Britain’s richest family, dies aged 85

Billionaire businessman’s family owns Hinduja Group, which has interests across oil, banking and real estateBusiness live – latest updatesGopichand Hinduja, the billionaire head of Britain’s richest family, has died aged 85.Hinduja died on Tuesday in London after a long illness, a spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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