The Independent - October 08, 2024

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October 08, 2024

PM takes aim at 'malign' Iran - and vows never to stop selling arms to Israel

Sir Keir Starmer used the first anniversary of Hamas’s barbaric terrorist attack on Israel to urge the international community to turn its focus on the “malign” regime in Iran.

4 mins

Starmer has 'completely lost grip', warn Labour grandees

MILLIE COOKE

3 mins

The election guru who put Starmer in Downing Street

Morgan McSweeney is set to take over the role of Sue Gray

3 mins

Private schools and unions call for pause on VAT plan

An unlikely alliance of independent schools, trade unions and tax experts are heaping pressure on Rachel Reeves to delay a tax raid on private education.

2 mins

Farage U-turns on claim he was blocked from surgeries

Nigel Farage has U-turned on his claim that he was told not to hold face-to-face meetings with voters as a result of security concerns in his Essex constituency.

2 mins

Recess is over - so what's in store as MPs head back?

Good news. The House of Commons is back in session, and the coming weeks will provide ample opportunities for your parliamentarians to opine, shine, and, of course, whine for personal and party advantage, as well as for the betterment of the British people.

3 mins

Millions of train passengers face Christmas travel chaos

Millions of train passengers will face serious disruption on the UK’s main railway lines to and from London over the upcoming Christmas period, with warnings that they should start planning alternative routes now.

4 mins

Four treated in hospital after school bus crashes

Four people are in hospital after a bus carrying 43 schoolchildren crashed in Northern Ireland yesterday.

2 mins

Special envoy promise set to help Britons held abroad

Six Britons held for years without a fair trial in countries with close trading links to the UK have fresh hopes of release as a cross-party group of MPs launches a pressure group to fight for their freedom, The Independent can reveal.

4 mins

GP admits posing as a nurse to poison mother's partner

A GP has admitted plotting to kill his mother’s long-term partner by disguising himself as a community nurse and poisoning him with a fake Covid booster jab. His victim, Patrick O’Hara, 72, was left with a rare flesh-eating disease as a result of the injection in his arm.

3 mins

Former Met Police officer Carrick charged with rape

Former Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick is facing charges of sex offences against two women, including rape and sexual assault.

1 min

Gen Z mortgage payments double those of older buyers

High interest rates and rising house prices mean Generation Z are facing mortgage payments twice as high as the generations before them, new analysis has shown.

2 mins

Families of hostages protest outside Netanyahu's home

A year after the Hamas attacks, relatives of those held in Gaza continue their vigil, reports Bel Trew from Jerusalem ane

5 mins

'We don't even have gloves'

NHS medics in Gaza tell Bel Trew about the severe lack of supplies in a health system that has practically collapsed’

4 mins

I have been changed by the shocking number of bodies

A paramedic in Gaza reveals the terrible toll that trying to save lives in a warzone has taken on him and his colleagues

2 mins

Madrid mulls earlier dinner hours to cater for tourists

The populist politician Isabel Diaz Ayuso wants to draw more visitors to the city by opening restaurants earlier. But locals may not find the change so appetising, writes Graham Keeley

3 mins

One-nil to City? Club lands blow on league in legal fight

Tribunal finds some rules to be in breach of competition law but panel backs broad principles around financial fair play

3 mins

Ineos disruptors may decide to end Ten Hag's torment

United manager’s future is in the balance at today’s meeting

3 mins

English clubs must rise to challenge of tight schedules

Arsenal, Chelsea and City must battle on multiple fronts

4 mins

Eubank Jr may still land the fight that everybody wants

A career spent in one of boxing’s heaviest shadows could be defined by a blockbuster bout with rival Conor Benn in 2025

3 mins

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