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Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:50:28 GMTSuspected rapist leaves country after being accidentally set free weeks before trial
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, left the country shortly after his release
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:27:03 GMTUK politics latest: Reform to announce plans for ICE-style UK border agency
Zia Yusuf, the party’s new home affairs spokesperson, will unveil plan for ‘Trump inspired’ agency in speech
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:53:52 GMTMy late brother’s struggles in school inspired Send overhaul, Starmer says
The reforms come as part of a major overhaul of the education system in England being set out by the government on Monday
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:42:56 GMTBattle of the bulge as millionaire Primrose Hill neighbours go to war over wonky wall
Neighbours are fighting tooth and nail, calling the case against them ‘absurd’
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:31:45 GMTReform plans ICE-style borders agency for UK under new migration plan
Amnesty International UK accused Reform UK of scapegoating migrants to ‘justify mass deportations and expanded police surveillance’
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:20:56 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor latest: Former duke ‘charged taxpayers for massage while he was trade envoy’
Fresh reports come as Prince William says he is not in a ‘calm state’ amid ongoing fallout from his uncle’s arrest
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:18:53 GMT‘Dread ekes out of the walls’: How it feels to work in No 10 during a crisis
In this clip from The Independent’s In The Room podcast, hosts Helen and Cleo reflect on their memories of how ominous No 10 can feel when the government is in crisis.
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:07:02 GMTUK weather: London to be hotter than Athens this week as temperatures rise after months of rain
Spring is on its way for many parts of the UK as temperatures reach their highest in months
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:07:25 GMT‘I just want a fresh start’: Vulnerable young people forced to the streets by ‘unfair’ rental market
Exclusive: Charity services warn that young people could suffer more after Renters’ Rights Act
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:05:52 GMTRevealed: How stalkers are weaponising Airtags and GPS trackers to harass their victims
Charities say cyber stalking has been on the rise since Covid, but a surge in crimes in the years since shows it’s a problem that’s only getting worse
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:47:45 GMTAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s taxpayer funded Met bodyguards told to provide security for Epstein party, emails reveal
Two bodyguards for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor were given instructions about a lavish dinner party during a 2010 visit to Epstein’s mansion, emails suggest
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:46:01 GMT‘My ex-partner put spyware on my phone to track my every move’
Nicola* could not understand how her ex-partner knew where she was going to be and when – until a sweep of her mobile phone finally revealed the truth, as Holly Evans reports
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:51:50 GMTShould I worry about how much water my AI chatbot conversations are using?
As AI advances at rapid rates, concerns are growing over the vast amount of water it is using. Harriette Boucher takes a look at how people’s AI usage is consuming water, and whether or not it is a problem
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:45:16 GMTPrince William pays tribute after army medic who found fame on TikTok found dead at barracks
William, the colonel of Welsh Guards, said Corporal Lucy Wilde ‘served with courage and distinction’
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:27:51 GMTEx-defence secretary accuses Nigel Farage of ‘performing Maga stunt’ with failed Chagos ‘aid mission’
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Nigel Farage’s actions, saying that no MP can visit the Chagos archipelago without pre-clearance and accusing him of performing Trump-style stunts
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:51:47 GMT‘I have given them 21 years of my life, now they want my soul’: IPP prisoner jailed for stealing £20 could be deported in days
Exclusive: Sheldon Coore, who has lived in Britain since he was a toddler, has been moved to an immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport ahead of his deportation to Jamaica
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:41:10 GMT‘There is no chance I’ll ever pay off my eye-watering student debt in full. Here’s why that doesn’t matter’
When Bryony Gooch braved reopening her student finance account and discovered the true total of her debt, she was flabbergasted. However, experts have told her not to panic, and say this is just more evidence for the need for a ‘wholesale rewiringâ...
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:35:37 GMTThree dead and four injured after three-vehicle crash in Northern Ireland
Two men, aged 31 and 48, and a 23-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:40:50 GMTThe health condition people now fear more than cancer
As progress continues in the treatment of cancer, another illness is causing family carers concern
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:33:32 GMTThe worst supermarket fruit and veg for pesticides
One sample of grapes contained at least 16 different pesticides
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:30:04 GMTMarch 2026 payment dates for benefits and pensions plus cost of living support
All the essential cost of living information whether claiming benefits or not
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:39:16 GMTMinister fails to rule out retaliation over Trump tariffs but insists it’s better to negotiate ‘behind the scenes’
The education secretary said the government would ‘hope and expect’ its preferential tariff deal with the US to continue
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:28:35 GMTGeordie Greig: Labour’s SEND reforms are ‘really about money’
Bridget Phillipson speaks passionately about her desire to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), but her proposed reforms are "really about money," Geordie Greig told Laura Kuennsberg on Sunday (22 Febru...