UK Independent
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:49:51 GMTThis high street bank will give you £100 in supermarket vouchers for opening new account
Customers who open an Edge account with Santander can get a voucher to spend at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Asda or Waitrose – but there are some hoops to jump through first
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:40:32 GMTGirl fights for her life in hospital after three family members die in beach tragedy
A younger girl from the same family is in a critical condition in hospital after the emergency
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:35:07 GMTBBC’s Emma Barnett reveals she’s had hysterectomy ‘I never wanted to have’
The presenter had the procedure just two days before her documentary Fighting Endometriosis aired
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:10:31 GMTSoaring energy prices see inflation rise to highest level since March
The rise in energy bills has driven a sharp increase in inflation, moving further away from the Bank of England’s target
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:06:24 GMTAndy Burnham to lead UK growth from No 10 North in major power shift
The Prime Minister is expected to work at No 10 North once each week during his premiership
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:06:00 GMTMapped: Where thunderstorms and heavy rain will hit the UK this week
The Met Office has forecast an ‘intense downpour’ across parts of England and Wales after the driest July on record
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:01:53 GMTAndy Burnham urged to join EU pact to tackle small boats and fix Brexit ‘mess’
Lib Dems accused Nigel Farage’s Reform of preferring to claim they would ‘send in the Navy at taxpayers’ expense’ and than admit they’re responsible
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:57:44 GMTShaun the Storm? Sheep could lend his name to weather event as Met Office opens vote
The public is being asked to choose between Shaun and his cousin Timmy the lamb
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:48:43 GMTPolice launch investigation after dead body found at Charlton Athletic’s stadium
Charlton issued a club statement after the body was discovered earlier on Tuesday
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:47:08 GMTBurnham unveils £442m plan to end homelessness and get rough sleepers off streets by Christmas
This week, the government has committed to ‘offer everyone a route off the streets this Christmas’
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:19:18 GMT‘Prolier-than-thou!’ Burnham accused of ‘desperate’ attempt to play up working class roots by novelist
Robert Harris tells The Independent editor-in-chief Geordie Greig that the Labour prime minister’s ‘desire to be liked’ risks making him look ‘facile and glib’
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:41:04 GMTCamilla opens up on having to keep King Charles’ cancer diagnosis a secret: ‘I was longing to let it out’
Camilla has spoken about keeping her husband’s cancer diagnosis a secret prior to the official announcement
Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:15:32 GMTPremium dog food recalled as dozens of pets develop serious eye issues
A ‘potential link’ has been found between a key ingredient, buckwheat, and an eye condition
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:54:18 GMTDetectives face investigation over alleged failings which led to Simon Levy murders
Two BTP detectives are being investigated over ‘alleged failures to progress or supervise an investigation’ into sexual assaults by Levy on the London Underground in October 2024
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:26:12 GMTTravel chaos after fire blocks lines at London Bridge station
Major rail disruption is expected until the end of the day
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:01:11 GMTAnti-Muslim hate in London rising at ‘alarming rate’, charity says
A monitoring group has found that there were more incidents of anti-Muslim prejudice and hate in the first six months of this year than in the whole of 2023
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:01:00 GMTChildren’s helpline says number of calls about child domestic abuse cases has risen 80% in five years
The charity received 8,488 reports in the last year compared to 4,599 in 2021-2022
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:27:36 GMTBoy, 5, who fell to death from 15th-floor flat ‘could have been trying to reach biscuits’
Aalim Ahmed died after falling from a kitchen window at the residential block in Plaistow, east London in 2024
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:25:19 GMTMan used AI chatbot and flew to Somalia in bid to become ‘martyr’ for Islamic State
Mohamed Mohamoud was found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:24:27 GMTAround 100 firefighters tackle major blaze in southeast London
London Fire Brigade (LFB) said the blaze on Landmann Way, in Deptford, involves about 50 tonnes of household waste stored at a waste facility
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:16:42 GMTMoment knife-wielding gang members emerge from BMW before attacking four people and stealing watches
This is the moment two knife-wielding gang members pull up in a BMW before attacking four people, leaving one man stabbed and a woman assaulted.
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:22:46 GMTBomb squad carry out ‘controlled explosion’ of unattended car close to London Eurostar terminal
The police incident led to delays on several services on Tuesday afternoon
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:13:19 GMTMapped: Worst regions hit by deadly UK salmonella outbreak as cases rise
There have been more than 200 cases of salmonella in the past year
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:01:24 GMTBoris Johnson’s Covid U-turns were like a ‘slow-moving car crash’, former aide says
Lee Cain said the government was making the same mistake ‘over and over again’
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:57:38 GMTFormer Farage ally suspended from Reform after hitting out at Zia Yusuf
Tim Montgomerie suggested in a podcast that ‘Nigel has fallen out of love with Zia’
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:05:52 GMTGirl, 2, airlifted to hospital after being struck by e-bike
Police said the rider failed to stop at the scene
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:04:41 GMTFormer snooker champion Graeme Dott on trial over child sexual abuse allegations
The 49-year-old has pleaded not guilty to the charges
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:41:41 GMTSchoolboy fighting for his life after being hit by car outside Morrisons
He was struck by a car when crossing the road outside a Morrisons supermarket
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:39:05 GMTTranquil cluster of islands revealed as England’s friendliest place - but this London borough is the least friendly
Two areas of Devon and a London neighbourhood ranked in the top five
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:26:42 GMTThe drones that the UK supplies Ukraine following Russia’s threat
Ukrainian forces used unmanned aircraft manufactured by two UK companies
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:19:41 GMTArchitect struck off after threatening to kill client’s five-year-old daughter
‘I will kill them all. It’s what I will do,’ Joan Beltri told officials after being fired from a project
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:09:00 GMTTwo serving officers arrested in major Police Federation fraud investigation
Officers arrested Mukund Krishna, the former chief executive of the federation, and two other men, in March
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:05:46 GMTTemperatures set to tumble as heavy rains bring UK flood threat
The ‘first meaningful rain for a long time’ in parts of the UK could result in surface flooding
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:48:45 GMTBritish ice factory that makes six billion cubes a year struggling to meet heatwave demand
The Ice Co maintains around-the-clock production at its facility in West Yorkshire
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:44:54 GMTArtificial intelligence to stop nuisance 101 police calls about late pizza delivery
The non-emergency line receives ridiculous reports on issues from delayed pizza delivery to requests for a lift
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:42:15 GMTMapped: The places where your house will sell the fastest
While the average time to sell of 42 days has remained unchanged in the year to July, this masks a widening gap between faster local markets and weaker areas, Zoopla said
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:37:23 GMTWater reserves ‘critically low’ as thousands of Kent residents hit by outage
Supply had been restored to thousands of properties after a major outage
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:05:55 GMTNearly 100 migrants rescued after boat breaks down during attempted Channel crossing
The rescue operation was carried out after an inflatable dinghy broke down on Monday morning
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:59:00 GMTPerson dies and hundreds fall ill in UK salmonella outbreak linked to eggs
People affected include babies and people as old as 90, according to the UKHSA
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:52:19 GMTRenewables tycoon exposed for child pornography after asking shop to wipe hard drives
Alexander Hensher, 48, whose address was given as a £2m Chelsea townhouse, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates' Court
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:50:42 GMTRomanian killer guilty of ‘strikingly similar’ second murder in UK just years after release from prison
Eugeniu Neamtu has been found guilty of stabbing his flatmate Gheorghe Trica to death in Walthamstow in February
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:26:04 GMTMen argued about ‘right of way’ before fatal Wakefield dog attack, court told
The German Shepherd dog has been seized by police officers
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:12:21 GMTPoundland owner ‘looking to sell’ a year after takeover that shut 200 stores
Around 200 stores were shut a year ago, leaving 600 around the UK
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:01:13 GMTBug-eyed ‘fox head’ bought for £50 at market uncovered as priceless ‘holy grail’ antique
The ‘extremely rare’ Tasmanian tiger head was first bought for £50 at an antiques market
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:59:01 GMTVoices: The four key reasons why Andy Burnham has to rethink the UK’s aid cuts
While raiding the international development budget might seem an easy choice, writes Labour MP Sam Rushworth, we need to be honest about the hidden costs that could lead to long-term pain at home and abroad
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:20:57 GMTLessons from No 10: When government comms go badly wrong | Lee Cain
“It's a comms problem” is the diagnosis politicians, pundits and the public often reach for whenever a prime minister flounders. It was arguably Keir Starmer’s biggest undoing. From the beginning, he failed to articulate what kind of prime mini...
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:14:05 GMTTrump’s threat of 100% import tariff on UK ‘not a bluff’, US trade tsar warns
Donald Trump issued the threat in June over the UK’s digital tax on American companies - but has so far not followed it up
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:08:31 GMTWhich type of savings account is best for me?
Fixed-term, easy access, ISAs and regular savers - they can all have a place in your plan
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:08:13 GMTPaul Scholes banned from driving after being convicted twice for speeding in two days
The former Manchester United midfielder was caught exceeding the speed limit on two occasions over the past year
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:06:31 GMTPremium Bonds odds boost as NS&I ‘pulling out all the stops’
There are expected to be 12 additional £100,000 prizes
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:34:03 GMTMinisters plot rule change to stop early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers
The prime minister has asked the justice secretary to come up with a ‘solution’ to prevent their release
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:32:48 GMTCocaine and cannabis worth more than £160 million seized at British port
290 kilograms of cannabis were found stashed inside a hardwood flooring shipment
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:23:46 GMTMurder investigation launched after man shot dead in car in Newham
The victim's family have been notified of his death and are being supported by specialist officers
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:20:18 GMTLee Cain: We found 4,000 government comms staff we didn’t know existed
The former head of No 10 comms and Cummings ally on forgotten staff, the many ‘slow-moving car crashes’ of Covid, and Boris Johnson. Maja Anushka reports
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:01:06 GMTHalf of voters think Farage should face a second by-election if he’s found to have broken donation rules
There is a possibility Mr Farage will have to face a second by-election in just a few weeks
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:32:41 GMTWhat are the free bus passes I can get after Andy Burham’s latest announcement?
The project to enable unlimited free travel will cost about £60 million
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:02:55 GMT‘Picky bits’ and alcohol sales help grocery price inflation plunge to lowest level in two years
Of the major chains, Sainsbury’s was the strongest performer, with sales rising 3.5 per cent