73 m. ago British seaside town launches £30m bid to save beach that could be lost forever

Blackpool council plans to place five new rock groynes on Anchorsholme Beach to protect against the threat of coastal erosion.

Economics

74 m. ago Gardeners urged to buy 24p supermarket vegetable and watch it multiply in soil

If you're planning to get out into your garden this spring, then try this incredibly easy TikTok hack which involves planting just one vegetable to grow an entire crop

Economics

98 m. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: If Labour's 'banter ban' goes ahead, JD Vance will be right about free speech in Britain

The British pub was once a place where people could speak frankly about any subject under the sun, from the idiocies of the government of the day to the defects of...

Politics

2 h. ago Golfer left with broken jaw after vicious brawl on Canadian course

Golf is known as a serene game while Canadians are famously polite and friendly, but neither generalization is entirely true, as two groups of players proved in British Columbia on Monday.

Politics

2 h. ago Locals 'are too scared to walk their dogs' after travellers set up caravans on football pitch near iconic shopping hotspot

Just a mile away from the luxurious Bicester Village, which attracts 7.3million shoppers from far and wide each year, a large group of travellers have taken over a football pitch.

Economics

3 h. ago 'Israel’s soul is being ripped out:' Members of UK's largest Jewish advocacy group condemn Netanyahu's Gaza offensive

More than 30 signatories from the Board of Deputies sign letter condemning the Israeli government for the ‘renewed loss of life and livelihoods’

Politics

3 h. ago Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system

Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be ‘tipping point’ in search for extraterrestrial lifeA giant planet 124 light years from Earth has yielded the strongest evidence yet that extraterrestrial life may be thriving beyond our solar system, astronomers claim.Observations by the James Webb space telescope of a planet called K2-18 b appear to reveal the chemical fingerprints of two compounds that, on Earth, are only known to be produced by life. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Good Housekeeping's decluttering expert warns against the mistake not to make while spring cleaning

Cleaning and de-cluttering expert Katie Mortram has shared her top tips to help those on a spring cleaning mission manage the clutter in their homes and reveals the methods to avoid.

Events

3 h. ago British troops use new futuristic 'drone killer' to zap enemy kamikaze craft

British forces conduct secretive exercise in which they successfully brought down a swarm of 'enemy unmanned kamikaze planes' using a life-saving new weapon dubbed the 'drone killer'

Events

3 h. ago Items that reflect ‘elegance and artistry’ of Barbara Taylor Bradford go on sale

The British-American author found fame with her debut novel, A Woman Of Substance, and went on to write 40 novels.

Politics

3 h. ago Invisible radio wave weapon downs ‘drone swarms’ in trial success

It is a type of Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon.

Events

3 h. ago Woman, 29, barred from Greggs toilet ‘until she showed catheter bag’

The 29-year-old lives with a rare condition that affects as few as two in a million women per year

Politics

3 h. ago Farmers warn all cocoa trees could be ‘destroyed’ by 2030. Here’s why

While UK shoppers pay 50 per cent more for some chocolate this Easter, farmers living in poverty at the other end of the supply chain are calling for help

Events

3 h. ago British holidaymakers issued new ban on what they can bring back from Europe

The government has warned people travelling to the EU over the Easter weekend that they are no longer allowed to bring certain items back

Politics

4 h. ago Revealed: From French brie to German sausages, full list of foods British tourists are banned from taking home from Europe

British tourists will not be allowed to bring meat and cheese back from the European Union to prevent spread of foot-and-mouth disease

Society

5 h. ago Scott McTominay is Napoli's 'BEST midfielder in the last 20 years' as Scot ranked above hero who outscored Maradona

McTominay has taken to life in Italy like a house on fire and has played a pivotal part in Napoli's title charge

Politics

6 h. ago Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird evaluating takeover of UK’s Telegraph newspaper

Plan would reduce stake of Abu Dhabi-based IMI to overcome objections of British government on grounds of foreign control

Politics

7 h. ago Watch poet and musician Joshua Idehen’s brilliant Music Box performance

British-born Nigerian poet and musician Joshua Idehen is the latest star of The Independent’s Music Box series.

Sport

7 h. ago In Sweden, I got paid time off to settle my child at school. Here’s why I want US families to have the same right

Parents can do inskolning as part of their 480 days of paid leave per child – as an American abroad, this was a foreign concept. But here’s what the US could learnAbout a month ago, I sat on a tiny wooden chair, hand-embroidering a thick cotton pillowcase in dim candlelight. Eight Swedish children softly sang a good morning song over tiny cups of peach-colored herbal tea.This is not a tale of a tradwife textile artist living off the grid in the Swedish countryside or the opening of some eerie Midsommar-style folk horror scene. It was the first day of my three-year-old’s inskolning, the introductory period to her new daycare/preschool. Continue reading...

Society

7 h. ago Striking bin workers pals accused of making Birmingham rat crisis worse with tips plot

Council bosses have declared a major incident and warned it will take weeks to clear the streets of Birmingham after rubbish has mounted up amid five weeks of strike action

Events