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Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:59:08 GMTWhen are supermarkets open over Easter 2025? Opening times for Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury’s and more
Thousands of stores will be closed on Sunday – here’s what you need to know
Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:36:31 GMT
Moment wrong-way minibus driver smashes head-on into car
A wrong-way minibus driver smashed head-on into a driver near Sherborne, Dorset, in September 2023, newly-released footage shows.
Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:29:14 GMT
Fears for 14 year-old girl who disappeared while walking her cockapoo
Police are concerned for the safety of Isabella Hayward, 14, who went out for a dog walk but did not return home
Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:28:44 GMT
Woman dances in road before being carried on car bonnet for 30 yards in Wembley hit-and-run
Police are appealing to identify a woman who was seen dancing in the middle of a Wembley road before a hit-and-run collision on Thursday, 17 April.
Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:23:29 GMT
Barking at women, blocking doors: Teachers reveal Andrew Tate’s chilling influence on boys
Boys as young as 10 are idolising Andrew Tate and holding women in contempt, say educators
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:48:09 GMT
Pubs allowed to stay open later to mark VE Day 80th anniversary
Sir Keir Starmer has called for the nation to unite in honour as the UK marks 80 years since VE Day
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:22:44 GMT
Starmer urges free trade in first call with Trump after UK hit by sweeping US tariffs
It comes as Rachel Reeves is due to hold talks with the White House next week amid efforts to strike a trade deal
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:52:32 GMT
No obligation to exclude trans women under ‘misunderstood’ Supreme Court ruling, former top judge says
Lord Sumption has warned the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling this week is being misinterpreted
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:50:11 GMT
Two British tourists killed after cable car crashes to ground in Naples are named
A traction cable may have snapped as the cable car ascended Monte Faito, in the town of Castellammare di Stabia
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:54:16 GMT
Four-foot-long caiman seized in police search of Essex home as two arrested
Man and woman arrested on suspicion of drugs and weapons offences, while animal now with RSPCA
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:21:22 GMT
Starmer will not be able to have his cake and eat it with a Trump trade deal and a Brexit reset
As two hard deadlines come up in the next three months over a Trump trade deal and a Brexit reset, The Independent’s political editor David Maddox looks at why Keir Starmer may be forced to make a choice he does not want to acknowledge
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:16:11 GMT
Inside the unit hunting Manchester’s most dangerous fugitives – and the shocking crime that started it all
In 2012, Manchester’s most wanted fugitive laid a trap and murdered two police officers after weeks evading capture. Crime Correspondent Amy-Clare Martin visited the specialist unit which now works to capture the city’s most dangerous suspects by...
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:53:37 GMT
Single-sex spaces for women will be ‘more dangerous’ after Supreme Court ruling – and this is why
TV personality and trans advocate Jaxon Feeley told The Independent the Supreme Court’s judgment will be impossible to police
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:20:00 GMT
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
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:51:47 GMT
More problems for Farage as Andrea Jenkyns faces bid to disqualify her from mayoral election
A council in Lincolnshire will hold a hearing next week to decide if Andrea Jenkyns is eligble to stand as mayor for the county amid allegations that she does not live there
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:35:24 GMT
Two arrested on suspicion of murder after woman disappears in South Wales
A 41-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman, both known to Paria Veisi, have been arrested on suspicion of murder