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Don’t rush through assisted dying service, urges Whitty

Nursing leaders have admitted patients could choose a proposed new assisted dying service because of inadequate palliative care.

‘Crunch time’ for Reeves as she reboots growth agenda

Rachel Reeves has been warned by business leaders that it is crunch time” for her promises to deliver growth as she attempts to win back her credibility on the economy.

Hero's return: can Dupont win Six Nations for France?

Harry Latham-Coyle and Luke Baker consider this and other key questions in making their tournament predictions

Sinner’s biggest opponent now lies outside the court

Jannik Sinner was proud.

Why Trump’s quick fix for Ukraine war won’t work

Concessions of territory and new power alliances among the issues keeping Putin and Zelensky from entering peace talks

Reeves to loosen rules on how pension funds invest

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are turning to Britain’s pension funds in a desperate bid to unlock cash for investment and get the economy growing.

Our high-street stalwarts don’t deserve to survive

With the news that another veteran retailer may be shutting its doors, Helen Coffey wonders whether any of the UK’s heritage chains can cling on amid the digital shopping storm

Heseltine calls Brexit pack of lies’ and urges new vote

Michael Heseltine said Brexiteers sold Britain a pack of lies” as he called for the UK to rejoin the European Union.

Home at last... the 200,000 returning to northern Gaza for first time in 15 months

Masses of Palestinians walk north along the coastal route as those travelling in cars face days-long waits at checkpoints

Premier League’s costliest flop exits United valueless

Antony’s Manchester United career dwindled to the point the club let the 85m signing go out on loan without a fee

Lukashenko wins new term in sham’ Belarus election

Belarus’ authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades in power after an orchestrated election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a sham.

Police end river search for missing Aberdeen sisters

Detectives looking for two missing sisters have ended the search of a river and harbour in Aberdeen three weeks after the pair mysteriously vanished.

Tech stocks are knocked by rise in Chinese AI chatbot

Tech stocks tumbled in the US as markets opened yesterday after a new Chinese competitor emerged in the artificial intelligence field, potentially upending the sector.

‘Tl play songs and wait for something to not feel right’

Will Oldham talks to Laura Barton about writing for his alter ego Bonnie Prince’ Billy, working with his heroes, and how a song on new album The Purple Bird’ turned his legs to jelly

Bedtime stories and a kiss goodnight from father, as he oversaw the Holocaust

Author Thomas Harding visits the Auschwitz commandant’s home and recalls exactly what the daughter of Rudolf Hoess told him about life next door to a horrific killing machine

Charles sheds tears at vital’ Auschwitz commemoration

King first British head of state to visit symbol of Holocaust

The problem is all the men who want to sleep with her

As the discourse surrounding OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue’s extreme sex challenge’ becomes deafening, Olivia Petter asks if we’re focusing on the wrong thing in this sorry tale

Thousands flee as rebels seize’ Congo’s largest city

Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have taken over Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest city, following weeks of violent clashes with Congolese security forces that have forced thousands to flee their homes.

Trump and Starmer avoided touchy topics in warm’ call

Leaders bypass talking about the Ukraine war, the Chagos Islands, Mandelson and tariffs in their phone conversation

Streeting’s spat with Farage a glimpse of things to come

What used to be called a Twitter spat has broken out between the health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the self-styled disrupter Nigel Farage.

Miliband grilled over third runway and net zero targets

Ed Miliband has said any expansion of Heathrow airport or other aviation projects must fall within the UK’s carbon budget as he leads the push for net zero.

‘The depths of depravity’: child sex abuse gang jailed

Four tried to kill girl by pushing her into microwave

United boosted by lucky victory but remain flawed

“They were lucky to win tonight,” Marco Silva said after Fulham’s 1-0 defeat to Manchester United.

Second Australian Open title in a row for Sinner

Zverev says rival in 'different universe' after straight sets loss

GOING ORGANIC

The Independent's expert Rosamund Hall explores if grapes grown without pesticides are all they are cracked up to be

Peace deal only chance’ to free hostages, say families

Those waiting for relatives and friends to come home after being held in Gaza urge Israel and Hamas to honour ceasefire

Presence of Zelensky ally at inauguration shows Trump backs Ukraine, say insiders

Concerns that Donald Trump may be prepared to ditch America’s support for Ukraine and president Volodymyr Zelensky are wrong, insiders have claimed.

The rise, fall and rise of an actor too good to be ignored

As Adrien Brody mounts a comeback courtesy of ambitious drama ‘The Brutalist', Louis Chilton explores why the Oscar winner endured years of cinematic Siberia after 'The Pianist'

Leicester outsmart Spurs as Postecoglou under pressure

Two goals in four second-half minutes helped Leicester earn a first Premier League win since 3 December with a 2-1 victory at Tottenham to pile more pressure on Ange Postecoglou.

How Trump’s tech bros sucked the life out of Texas

A new broligarchy’ of the super-rich has emerged in the US but it is the ordinary citizens and the cities they live in who will suffer from unrestrained growth, warns Alex Hannaford