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The Independent
Plans to use mandatory chemical castration on serious sexual offenders
Serious sex offenders could face mandatory chemical castration under plans set to be agreed by the justice secretary to help ease overcrowded prisons.
4 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Even Reform wants prison reform - be bold, Labour
So, the long-awaited recommendations of the independent review of sentencing, chaired by former justice secretary David Gauke, have landed. The recommendations heavily trailed over the last couple of weeks are largely welcome, if tempered by a pragmatism that comes from the dire straits His Majesty’s
4 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Charities demand that UK reverse 'shameful' aid cuts
More than 60 major UK and international charities have called for the government to reverse funding cuts that they warn will ensure the worst aid budget for women and girls on record”.
3 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
E coli levels rise more than 1,000% at Serpentine Lido
But the water quality is still rated sufficient’ for swimmers
2 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Man Utd should embrace mediocrity to enable rebirth
While Ruben Amorim was talking about staying but staring at the floor, Luke Shaw looked like he was going to let it all out. The left-back, who was inadvertently responsible for the Europa League final’s decisive own goal, seemed on the brink of tears.
4 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Embassy shooting victims identified as Israeli aides
A couple working at Israel’s embassy in Washington DC, who were killed by a gunman on Wednesday night, were about to become engaged.
3 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Netanyahu accuses Starmer over Washington shooting
Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Sir Keir Starmer and other world leaders of being on the wrong side” of justice, humanity and history after two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead in Washington DC.
3 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
McTominay is Napoli trump card on road to league glory
Conte’s side are favourites ahead of the Serie A’s final games
3 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
'He never wanted to be perceived as a victim'
Paul Reubens spent years as Pee-wee Herman hiding his true self from public view. Now the star, who died in 2023, opens up in anew documentary. Adam White meets its director
7 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
How Sunak handed Starmer his new immigration 'win'
It was Rishi Sunak, James Cleverly and Robert Jenrick who took the measures that led to this morning’s dramatic figures showing that net immigration halved last year. But it will be Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper and Angela Rayner who take the credit.
3 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Why there is still pressure to cut the migration figures
Net migration to the UK has practically halved, albeit from recent historic highs, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. The latest official estimates showed 431,000 more people arrived than left during 2024, compared to 860,000 the previous year.
3 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
England punish Zimbabwe with record first-day total
The hosts finished day one on 498-3 after a trio of centuries
3 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Net migration almost halves after tough visa rules kick in
About 430,000 more people arrived in UK last year than left
5 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Amorim's United future is bleak - unless he can adapt
Big Ange Postecoglou was not for turning. Or so we thought. High lines. Front-foot football. Almost all-out attack. It brought Tottenham Hotspur some thrilling victories in the early days of Angeball. Since teams worked out how to counter it, however, results have taken a dramatic downturn.
4 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Caldentey at the heart of Arsenal's European quest
After an impressive WSL debut season, Spain’s World Cup winner will come up against her former team when Arsenal meet Barcelona in Lisbon tomorrow
4 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Doctors threaten to strike over four per cent pay rise
Doctors are threatening strike action despite being given an above-inflation 4 per cent pay increase, claiming that it does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.
2 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Chemical castration is surely indefensible... and ineffective
Another day, another announcement of the results of the independent reviews that seem to have become the hallmark of the Starmer Labour government. This time, it is about prison reform and how to deal with the overcrowded and broken penal system in the UK.
3 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
Starmer signs deal to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Islanders fail to block agreement with last-minute challenge
4 min |
May 23, 2025
The Independent
An uneven but beguiling slice of summer escapism
Two very different sisters fall into the orbit of a billionaire’s wife in super-rich satire Sirens’
3 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
India bars British professor over her anti-national work’
A British writer and professor of Indian origin has vowed to fight back after Narendra Modi’s BJP government revoked her longterm visa on allegations of indulging in anti-India activities”.
4 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
PM's winter fuel U-turn may be too late for millions
Sir Keir Starmer has been forced into a dramatic U-turn over the government’s controversial winter fuel payment cuts after months of mounting anger from voters and Labour MPs.
3 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
‘Awful April’ brings surprise inflation rate rise to 3.5%
Inflation rose to 3.5 per cent last month the largest month-onmonth rise in two and a half years after a perfect storm” of price increases in awful April” sent the cost of living soaring.
4 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
Broadway hit is corn-ucopia of cringe puns and silliness
Grammy-winning writing duo Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark elevate a seemingly scriptless Shucked’, an absurd and very American tale, with tremendous tunes
2 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
‘Natasha really is the show, and it goes beyond acting skill, beyond charisma’
Rian Johnson, the filmmaker behind Knives Out’, speaks to Louis Chilton about the fate of his Star Wars trilogy and Natasha Lyonne channelling Columbo in TV’s Poker Face’
7 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
Landowners lose appeal to restrict Dartmoor camping
A wealthy landowning couple have lost a Supreme Court case to restrict wild camping on Dartmoor, in the latest twist in the dispute over public access to the commons.
3 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
Starmer under pressure to break youth visa deadlock
Sir Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure to break the deadlock with the European Union over post-Brexit youth visas, amid calls for a deal to be struck within weeks.
2 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
Former Ukrainian politician shot dead at Madrid school
A key aide to a former Ukrainian president was shot dead yesterday morning outside an American school in Madrid, a police source said.
2 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
A life problematic with Wes
As the US director unveils another ornate film in this week’s The Phoenician Scheme’, Adam White asks if he’s too big to fail and if the familiarity of his style is halting his evolution
5 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
Final proves Amorim must focus on one area attack
As emotion poured from Ange Postecoglou in a heartwarming sight on the San Mames turf, Manchester United’s dejected players, stood, to a man, as desolate figures.
3 min |
May 22, 2025
The Independent
Marten’s partner tells court baby died due to manhunt
Gordon admitted couple were deranged’ when living in tent
3 min |