Several schools have closed as a result of the incident

Home secretary threatened visa sanctions on Namibia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo if they did not take back migrants in the UK

PM under ever-increasing pressure from within Labour’s ranks as leadership speculation intensifies amid widespread anger over scandal

Over the past three years, property prices have risen by 5.7 per cent, Halifax said

The yellow warnings come as rain has been reported somewhere across the Met Office’s network every day of the year so far

Judge finds that Khelisyah Ashamu received ‘inadequate’ post-op care

Starmer hopes release of documents will prove he was ‘misled’ by Mandelson before he appointed him as US ambassador

Police swarmed on the school after reports a pupil was brandishing a weapon

Prime minister apologises to Epstein victims but seeks to pin blame on vetting process, amid growing calls from within Labour to sack his right-hand man

The late Annabelle Neilson described some of her ‘girls’ as being ‘unfortunately past their sell-by date’, emails suggest

It comes after NAHT repeatedly raised concerns about the impact of the report card system on headteachers’ mental health

The programme allows applicants with physical or mental health conditions or disabilities to apply for grants

The government has been urged to abandon its ‘performative approach’ after victims said they were being forced to ‘compress’ their experiences

US president backs down over Labour prime minister’s plans to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a deal the government says is necessary to secure the future of the crucial UK-US Diego Garcia military base

The Home Office has released new footage of deportees being flown out of the UK, as it revealed nearly 60,000 illegal migrants and foreign criminals have been deported since July 2024 - the largest figure in a decade.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she would “scale up” the number of deportations even further

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of wanton and furious driving

Councillor John Knott said he had ‘never seen’ a duck in 25 years of living in the area

Warren Rajah was left ‘distraught’ after staff at the supermarket mistook him for an offender

Many people in Labour want Morgan McSweeney sacked as Downing Street chief of staff, but there are questions over how Keir Starmer would survive as PM without him, Kate Devlin and David Maddox write

This marks the second time the brand has entered administration within a year

The Monetary Policy Committee vote turned out to be much closer than anticipated, with a 5-4 result paving the way for future cuts

In a report contributed to by The Independent, parliament’s international development select committee says the planned cuts are too deep and being pushed through too quickly

A man asked the monarch if he’d ‘pressurised’ the police to investigate his younger brother

Alastair Campbell has claimed disgraced former Labour peer Peter Mandelson was always drawn to “powerful men with money”.

Khaleed Oladipo, 20, died after being stabbed once in the chest in Leicester city centre

Thirty-six babies are thought to have been affected so far

Zack Polanski has criticised Sir Keir Starmer after the prime minister admitted he was aware of Lord Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein even after his conviction for child sex offences.

Spencer-Churchill, a relative of Sir Winston Churchill and Diana, faces fresh charges at Oxford Crown Court

Believing he would die in what went on to become the deadliest Channel boat disaster, Issa Mohamed Omar, took a leap of faith, let go of the stricken vessel he had been clinging to and swam for six hours, as Holly Bancroft reports

At least four banks are now offering at least £225 in cash and perks to switch to their services

‘Africa will need hundreds of billions of dollars annually by 2030 if it is to meet energy access and development goals,’ one financial expert tells The Independent. Nick Ferris reports

The campaign also received backing from actor and writer Sir Stephen Fry

Morgan McSweeney is considered the driving force behind Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador

Not long after Storm Chandra brought deluge to parts of the UK, the country is expecting even more wet weather

Brean Theme Park has been a popular spot for holidaymakers since the 1940s

Ivan Espinosa says partnering with other car makers creates more awareness of EVs and helps with economies of scale

‘Samurai’ explores over a thousand years of Japanese history related to the elite warrior class

Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, who was working on the bow of the Solong, died instantly in a fire after the crash - two months before his second child was born

Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley and Labour minister Steve Reed clashed during a heated grilling over the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.

The foreign secretary says the government wants to ‘dismantle the war machine’

Email also appears to contradict Andrew’s claim he had taken his daughter to Pizza Express in Woking, and returned home on the evening the picture was said to have been taken

The Bank of England has held the base rate to 3.75 per cent, the lowest level in three years

Our community has been discussing the growing pressure on Sir Keir Starmer, focusing on his handling of Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment, the release of sensitive vetting files, and Angela Rayner’s dramatic Commons intervention, with many quest...

Fixed term deals won’t be affected but the best rates for new mortgages are already fast disappearing

A Michelin-star restaurateur accused of spiking a woman’s drink with a date-rape drug at a London private members’ club told a jury that putting a substance in her drink was “wrong”.

Lives could have been saved if the French navy responded to a Mayday call and the UK coastguard continued its search, report into the November 2021 tragedy finds

Labour MPs have questioned the prime ministers judgement, with some declaring ‘it’s over’ for Starmer

Francis Hodibert claims the optician’s alleged negligence means he may ‘never make a sufficient recovery to work again’

Criminals are using artificial intelligence to clone people’s voices and set up unauthorised direct debits over the phone, National Trading Standards (NTS) has warned.

All the candidates for the major parties have been declared

The extraordinary revelations appear to lay bare the extent of the professional and personal relationship between the paedophile financier and the ex-Labour minister

A mouse scurried past Kemi Badenoch during a live television interview in her Westminster office on Wednesday, 4 January.