Experts warn rising global gas prices could inspire dramatic increase in household bills in 2022

Jack Sepple, 23, due in court after Ashley Wadsworth, 19, found dead at block of flats in Essex

The social media giant released its latest financial results on Wednesday.

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak confirmed the 2.5 per cent levy on worker and companies will go ahead

Backbench and senior Tory MPs rallying together in agreement PM’s time is up

Serial liar duped multiple people into believing he was an undercover operative pursuing the IRA

Squeeze on wholesale gas prices around the world set to drive up household bills

The status of Brexit checks at ports was unclear after Edwin Poots ordered them to halt.

‘My experience of sexual harassment was, to say the least, shocking,’ says Nina Jane Patel

UK government under fire after attempting to distance itself from the DUP’s decision

Socialite and aristocrat dated Duke of York briefly in 1999

Households could get money back from government as bills expected to rise by 50%

EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness said the decision to halt Brexit checks on goods entering Northern Ireland is a breach of international law.

Plans drawn up for rebates for lower-value properties, on top of £200 discounts to all homes

‘Mrs Truss, your knowledge of history is nothing compared to your knowledge of geography,’ says Moscow

The business said profits have risen dramatically in the last few months.

The approach led to the PM’s advisor and his wife falling out, Mr Cummings claims

Artic air floods are spreading southward across most of the UK, the Met Office has said

The announcement came as the group revealed a dip in profits but said the full-fibre broadband rollout has now reached 6.5m homes.

ScotRail will be nationalised on April 1.

The national papers are dominated by the energy crisis ‘D-Day’.

The ship was located just 500 metres off the US coastline ‘buried in nearly 250 years’ worth of sediment and silt’.

The BBC said the issue of why some have refused the vaccine is an ‘interesting part of the debate which is worthy of discussion’.

The Conservative MP was attacked at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex on October 15.

It comes as the platform continues to face criticism for its handling of coronavirus misinformation.

Experts fear that without daily updates, the virus could catch the country off guard

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen said the flagship proposals do ‘not go far enough’

Comes after mass protests demanded Greater Manchester’s new clean air zone be scrapped before launch amid fears it puts thousands of businesses and livlihoods at risk

Chris Packham brands devices ‘an anachronism’ as MP Caroline Lucas also backs ban

Workers filmed in a daze after reportedly mistaking cannabis-laced brownies for more conventional snacks

Three Conservative MPs called for a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister on Wednesday alone.

DUP minister Edwin Poots said he had ordered his permanent secretary to halt checks at midnight on Wednesday, a move branded a “stunt” by Sinn Fein.

The Chancellor is expected to make an announcement after Ofgem details the hike to the price cap.

‘I still don’t feel safe,’ victim says, describing how his abusive messages ‘made me feel smaller and smaller every single day’

Innocent people have been wrongly criminalised as allegations of law-breaking engulf Downing Street, campaigners say

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks has restored power to more than 120,000 properties.

Side having shirts printed without club’s crest following striker’s signing

DUP minister Edwin Poots, whose officials are responsible for carrying out Northern Ireland Protocol checks, has ordered them to stop at midnight.

Luca Benincasa, 19, from Whitchurch, was arrested on Tuesday and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Locals said the rare thatched roof ‘went up like a match had been put to it’

The Labour leader said the Government ‘threaten the future’ of the BBC and Channel 4.

The leader of Canada’s Conservative party has been ousted after a vote by the party’s lawmakers

Exclusive: The Independent finds Covid branded a ‘con’ in podcast unearthed in the wake of Joe Rogan Spotify controversy

The pair held their delayed phone call on Wednesday.

Aircraft escorted out of UK area of interest hours after Boris Johnson returns from Kyiv

Delayed call came hours after Royal Air Force jets were scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft

Ex-minister Gary Streeter is third Tory MP to submit letter of no confidence in single day

The London Mayor spoke to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner for more than 90 minutes, his office said.

Engineer, 26, left unable to work since attempting to stop fatal stabbing because police have his car and tools

Here is a look at the details of the Government’s flagship ambition.

Envoy to Ireland Yuriy Filatov has told the Oireachtas Commitee on Foreign Affairs ‘if there is a war, it is not because of Russia’.

The Irish Foreign Affairs Minister said the protocol was part of an international agreement.

Stormont’s Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has ordered a halt to Brexit agri-food checks at Northern Ireland ports.

Analysis: Economics Editor Anna Isaac looks at what is – and isn’t – in the flagship white paper unveiled by Michael Gove

A force spokesperson also told The Independent that the Met is determined to improve trust and confidence among Black communities.

Opponents attack ‘stunt’ that will breach the Northern Ireland protocol

Two patients were completely cancer free and still carrying cancer-fighting cells after experimental therapy 10 years on, a new study has shown.

The robots could be used for environmental monitoring and search and rescue operations.

Police are keen to hear from anyone with dashcam footage or CCTV from the area.

A handful of MPs have formally called for a vote on the Prime Minister’s leadership but more have publicly called for him to quit.

‘Missions’ are not ‘mechanism for holding government to account’ and ‘distinct from delivery targets’, white paper says

Camilla’s Jack Russell Beth outperformed the TV star’s dog Sausage in a test.

The Queen wrote the letter to the French ambassador while she was imprisoned in Carlisle Castle in 1568.

Onlookers praise staff for their help during the tragic incident at Crash Bang Wallop, in Walsall, West Midlands

A Tory frontbencher acknowledges ‘confusion’ with correspondence indicating the Prime Minister approved the operation

Exclusive: ‘There are predatory sex offenders who are police officers. But there are others who join and become opportunistic,’ Sue Fish says

DUP minister Edwin Poots claims the absence of wider approval of the Stormont Executive means he no longer has legal cover to continue the checks.

Edwin Poots claims he no longer has the legal authority to continue with agri-food checks on goods arriving at local ports from Great Britain.

PM battling to stave off vote on his leadership

The 34-year-old is due to appear in court on Thursday.

Former minister Tobias Ellwood was among those publicly calling for a vote that could topple the Prime Minister.

The ‘innovation accelerators’ would be centred on Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and the Glasgow City Region.

Just under a half of local areas have recorded a week-on-week rise in rates.

Calls were already growing for Kate Josephs to resign

More than 40 politicians and 15 human rights groups made the demand to Justice Secretary Dominic Raab.

More than £438m a year spent accommodating 37,000 individuals who have been evacuated from Afghanistan or are claiming asylum in the UK - which charities brand ‘failed strategy’

Guidelines issued last year said people could self-identify their gender in the 2022 census.

‘I can no longer support the PM’, says backbencher as more no-confidence letters submitted

Some 11 others have also received suspended prison sentences.

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have been reported to the UK Statistics Authority.

The company said it was ‘utterly thrilled to see the green shoots of recovery’.

Police say ages of those charged range from 15 to 44 years-old

Michael Gove said the measures would support ‘overlooked and undervalued’ parts of the country.

Submit your questions about Sue Gray’s report and the PM’s future. The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul will try to answer them

The actor was speaking ahead of the opening of a Game of Thrones visitor attraction at the Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge.

Scottish Woman’s Football chief executive Aileen Campbell said it was a ‘badly misjudged’ decision by the Kirkcaldy club.

Struggling families need help now, say campaigners.

The Oireachtas transport committee heard from the Irish Aviation Authority, following a row over Russian military exercises, on Wednesday.

The duchess is the new patron of the Rugby Football Union and the Rugby Football League – roles that used to belong to the Duke of Sussex.

The Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition (FICT) was originally set up in 2016 in a bid to find consensus on contentious issues.

Policy experts have broadly welcomed the Levelling Up White Paper, but questioned whether there would be enough money to achieve its aims.

School leaders called for pay rises in line with inflation and a ‘change in the narrative’ around the profession.

The trial runs until the end of May this year

Dr Gary Jenkins, 54, died from multiple head injuries after a prolonged assault in Bute Park last July.