The Independent - December 02, 2024

في هذه القضية

December 02, 2024

Wallace hit by backlash over remarks about his accusers

Former MasterChef presenter took to Instagram to defend himself as BBC faced criticism over response to allegations

3 mins

Britain sets aside £10bn for payments to EU more than eight years after Brexit vote

Britain has set aside more than £10bn for post-Brexit payments to the EU as the UK continues sending billions to Brussels despite having left the bloc years ago.

3 mins

Patients may have to pay for assisted death, says minister

Patients opting for assisted dying may have to pay to die, a government minister has suggested after MPs backed legislation that would support terminally ill people to end their own lives.

2 mins

PM warned on 'destructive' food trade deal with the US

Sir Keir Starmer has been warned a comprehensive trade deal with the US under Donald Trump would \"destroy our family farms and healthy food standards\".

3 mins

Will this 'plan for change' reverse Labour's fortunes?

Sir Keir Starmer's time in government was summed up yesterday by Sky's Trevor Phillips as \"the Taylor Swift tickets, the suits, the dresses, the glasses, the No 10 passes, the chief of staff sacked inside six months\".

2 mins

Eight injured after car hits crowd at Christmas market

Two children are among six people taken to hospital after a car crashed into a group of pedestrians at a Christmas market.

2 mins

Man arrested in relation to rape claim at Groucho Club

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an alleged incident at one of Soho’s most famous private members’ clubs, Metropolitan Police have said.

1 min

Snow and frost forecast as parts of the UK face 7C

The Met Office has warned Britons to expect more snow this week as temperatures plunge to below-freezing in some regions.

2 mins

Pensioner, 95, left on cold.pavement with broken hip

A 95-year-old woman was left on a cold pavement for more than five hours waiting for an ambulance after the emergency services told a bystander trying to help her that she wasn’t a priority.

1 min

Mother of poisoning victim says she knew she would die

Lawyer Simone White succumbed to the effects of methanol while backpacking in Laos with two of her childhood friends

2 mins

Assad regime scrambles to halt Syrian rebels’ advance

Civilians reportedly killed by Russian and Syrian airstrikes

4 mins

How Syria's forgotten war is back on the world's agenda

Many believed the country was lost in an unsolvable conflict, until everything changed in a matter of days, writes Bel Trew

4 mins

Coalition government likely in Ireland as count proceeds

Fianna Fail say decisions on power-sharing for another day’

4 mins

Sectarian clashes claim at least 130 lives in Pakistan

At least 130 people were killed in deadly sectarian clashes in Pakistan's northwestern Kurram district in spite of a tentative ceasefire, days after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying Shia Muslims, local officials said.

3 mins

What is so daunting about Spain's new data checks?

Q You have written about the new “red tape” for visitors to Spain. So, as well as your usual passport details you will give a contact number, address and email. Not exactly the Spanish Inquisition, is it?

1 min

Vibrant Anfield marks the changing of the Guardiola

There was a lull in the noise, a break in the Anfield atmosphere, when a defiant chant emerged from a corner near Stefan Ortega’s goal.

3 mins

Gold King Cole packs the Bridge with merry old souls

In the 83rd minute, the ball rolled to the feet of Cole Palmer in a bubble of space outside Aston Villa's box, and the crowd snapped to attention.

4 mins

Tenacious Diallo the key to Amorim pressing machine

Old Trafford has not seen anything like this before.

3 mins

قراءة كل الأخبار من The Independent

The Independent Newspaper Description:

The Independent has been at the frontline of journalism since 1986, with its mission to challenge and debate always ahead of its time. The Independent is free-thinking and free of bias in an increasingly fragmented world where communities locally, regionally and across continents are disenfranchised with traditional establishments. They want real facts and frank opinions delivered first-hand from a news source that is ready to stand for something, not everything.