The Independent - July 05, 2024
The Independent - July 05, 2024
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July 05, 2024
Poll-axed: Tories are swept away by Labour's red tide
Sir Keir Starmer is poised to complete one of the most remarkable turnarounds in British political history as the exit poll indicates a huge Labour victory that will sweep him into Downing Street with a majority of 170.
4 mins
Sleaze, greed and broken vows catch up with Tories
The exit poll? It’s historic, unprecedented, asteroidal. But, as with any object hurtling through space to destroy a planet, we could all see this coming.
3 mins
Starmer's Biggest Issues As He Takes The Keys To No 10
The incoming PM’s in-tray will be more daunting than usual due to a rotten economic inheritance, writes Andrew Grice
5 mins
May receives peerage in dissolution honours list
The former prime minister Theresa May has been given a peerage while the former environment secretary Therese Coffey has been handed a damehood in the dissolution honours list.
2 mins
Twisted world of 30st loner in Willoughby murder plot
Essex neighbours rarely saw isolated’ Gavin Plumb, who was planning a horrifying attack on former ITV This Morning star
7 mins
Predator teacher jailed after sex with two teenage boys
A paedophile teacher who had sex with two teenage boys, having a baby with one, has been jailed for six and a half years.
3 mins
Ambulance called 38 times to 'prison-like' asylum site
Alarming rise in suicide attempts at Wethersfield centre
3 mins
They're off... but celebs call for return of radio race tips
Famous horse racing fans including Dame Jilly Cooper, Floella Benjamin, Michael Owen and Harry Redknapp have criticised the BBC for its decision to end the 50-year tradition of race tips on the Today programme.
2 mins
PM Must 'Honour Pledge Of Safe Route For Afghan Allies'
Coalition of lawyers and refugee workers write to new leader
3 mins
Tensions spike in North and South Korea's frozen war
Jan Camenzind Broomby talks to soldiers and civilians on the front line about rising hostility in Korea’s demilitarised zone
3 mins
Huge police presence in France as fears mount of violence following election
Some 30,000 police will be deployed across France late on Sunday following the high-stakes second round of a parliamentary election, a minister said, as three candidates reported having been attacked on the campaign trail.
2 mins
Biden In Post-Debate Health Check To Placate Democrats
Joe Biden was said to have undergone a medical check-up after last week’s debate as he revealed the prognosis to a group of 20 governors, sources Say.
2 mins
Plans to build in occupied West Bank cleared by Israel
The Israeli government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a monitoring group has said – a move that will only increase tensions over the war in Gaza.
3 mins
Anti-tourism protests won't keep me away from Mallorca
Like the holidaymaker laying down his beach towel at the crack of dawn, protests against overtourism in Mallorca have started even before the summer season has got going.
3 mins
CIRCUIT TRAINING
A Formula E driver’s fitness regime is not for the unhealthy, faint-hearted or hungover, as Olivia Petter discovered when she spent a day working out with McLaren racer Sam Bird
5 mins
Tesco shares big windfall with staff who can afford it
Many workers are ineligible or cannot buy in to the scheme
3 mins
Centre Court rises to start of Murray's long goodbye
The result quickly faded from memory, as a standing ovation for the losing team signalled the start of a long farewell.
6 mins
Dart's tie-break tears leave Boulter down and wiped out
It is the deciding tie-break, and Harriet Dart is losing 6-2 and on the edge of defeat when she walks to the back of Wimbledon’s No 1 Court and begins to cry.
5 mins
Germany could regret late goal as they brace for Spain
It is something that Julian Nagelsmann doesn’t even want to be mentioned around the German camp, but it’s now impossible not to consider.
5 mins
Misfiring Rivals In Search Of The Quality Of Compromise
Didier Deschamps needs a lone trophy to finish a unique grand slam. He has won the World Cup and the European Championships as a player, the World Cup as a manager.
4 mins
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