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Families of hostages protest outside Netanyahu's home
The Independent

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

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October 08, 2024
Gen Z mortgage payments double those of older buyers
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
Former Met Police officer Carrick charged with rape
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
GP admits posing as a nurse to poison mother's partner
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
Special envoy promise set to help Britons held abroad
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
Four treated in hospital after school bus crashes
The Independent

Four treated in hospital after school bus crashes

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

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October 08, 2024
Millions of train passengers face Christmas travel chaos
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
Recess is over - so what's in store as MPs head back?
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
Farage U-turns on claim he was blocked from surgeries
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
Private schools and unions call for pause on VAT plan
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
The election guru who put Starmer in Downing Street
The Independent

The election guru who put Starmer in Downing Street

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

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October 08, 2024
Starmer has 'completely lost grip', warn Labour grandees
The Independent

Starmer has 'completely lost grip', warn Labour grandees

MILLIE COOKE

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October 08, 2024
PM takes aim at 'malign' Iran - and vows never to stop selling arms to Israel
The Independent

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.

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October 08, 2024
Ten-man Forest earn draw in feisty battle at the Bridge
The Independent

Ten-man Forest earn draw in feisty battle at the Bridge

Chelsea’s winning run in the Premier League was brought to an end by 10-man Nottingham Forest who battled to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge to maintain their own strong start to the season.

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October 07, 2024
Brighton fight back to end Tottenham's winning run
The Independent

Brighton fight back to end Tottenham's winning run

Brighton scored three times in 18 second-half minutes to fight back from two goals down to stun Tottenham and claim a 3-2 win after an entertaining encounter at Amex Stadium.

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October 07, 2024
United's vanilla display at Villa may yet save Ten Hag
The Independent

United's vanilla display at Villa may yet save Ten Hag

Manchester United have rarely found relief in a five-game winless run but, for the second time in four days, there was some respite for the beleaguered Erik ten Hag.

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October 07, 2024
One day in October that we have to keep remembering
The Independent

One day in October that we have to keep remembering

Documentary maker Dan Reed's new film focuses on just one of the kibbutzim attacked on 7 October, as he explains to Guy Walters why the memory must never be allowed to fade

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October 07, 2024
Wreck of 'ghost ship' found off the coast of California
The Independent

Wreck of 'ghost ship' found off the coast of California

The USS Stewart was deliberately sunk on 24 May 1946

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October 07, 2024
'Impossible' for Beijing to rule Taiwan as motherland
The Independent

'Impossible' for Beijing to rule Taiwan as motherland

As China seeks to 'reunite' the self-governing island with the mainland, Lai Ching-te insists his country is 'independent'

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October 07, 2024
Heinz apologises as Black family advert sparks outrage
The Independent

Heinz apologises as Black family advert sparks outrage

Heinz has issued an apology after it came under fire for an advertisement currently on display in Tube stations across London.

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October 07, 2024
Landlord charges 'entitled' diners for wasting pub food
The Independent

Landlord charges 'entitled' diners for wasting pub food

A pub landlord has warned customers he will charge them extra for large amounts of food they do not finish from his all-you-caneat roast dinner buffet.

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October 07, 2024
Man endures cancer battle away from home as he waits for cladding work to begin
The Independent

Man endures cancer battle away from home as he waits for cladding work to begin

A homeowner who was evacuated from his flat a year ago due to dangerous cladding faces a battle with cancer from his temporary home as remediation work has not yet started.

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October 07, 2024
'No one should live with threat of domestic abuse'
The Independent

'No one should live with threat of domestic abuse'

Dermot O'Leary backs Independent campaign for a refuge

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October 07, 2024
Fuel payment cut sees these pensioners barely managing
The Independent

Fuel payment cut sees these pensioners barely managing

Retired electrical design engineer Paul Taylor is not a big spender.

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October 07, 2024
Who will go head-to-head for the Tory leadership?
The Independent

Who will go head-to-head for the Tory leadership?

With just days to go before the four candidates in the Conservative leadership race are whittled down to just two by MPs, it appears there is all to play for.

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October 07, 2024
How PM's reshuffle deals a big blow to the Tory plotters
The Independent

How PM's reshuffle deals a big blow to the Tory plotters

The plot by the right-wing press to destabilise the new government has been busted.

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October 07, 2024
Gray quits as PM's chief of staff to avoid ‘distraction'
The Independent

Gray quits as PM's chief of staff to avoid ‘distraction'

Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to accept the resignation of his chief of staff Sue Gray in the latest attempt by the prime minister to regain control of the political agenda and end the chaos in his government.

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October 07, 2024
Don't forget my daughter is still in Gaza 'hell' after year as a hostage, pleads mother
The Independent

Don't forget my daughter is still in Gaza 'hell' after year as a hostage, pleads mother

The mother of a 28-year-old British-Israeli woman being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip for almost a year has urged the UK government to “fight for her release”.

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October 07, 2024
Peace in the Middle East is possible... we must act now
The Independent

Peace in the Middle East is possible... we must act now

Aziz Abu Sarah is Palestinian, Maoz Inon Israeli. Both have lost family members to the conflict in terrible cirumstances but here they join forces with a message of action and hope

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October 07, 2024
'I don't have the words to express the pain we feel'
The Independent

'I don't have the words to express the pain we feel'

Bel Trew and Nedal Hamdouna recount the shocking stories of those who have lived, worked and died in the Gaza Strip

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October 07, 2024