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Royal Mail must offer a quid pro quo if it cuts deliveries

Here’s the truth – we send far fewer letters than we used to.

Olympic runner set on fire by former boyfriend dies

Tributes have been paid to the Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who has died days after she was set on fire following an argument with a former boyfriend in Kenya.

Woman 'raped by 72 men' says husband sacrificed her

A woman who is said to have been repeatedly drugged and raped by her now former husband and dozens of men he invited into their home yesterday said in court that her world collapsed after she was sacrificed on the altar of vice”.

Former Brexit negotiator Barnier is France's new PM

Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has been appointed as the new French prime minister following weeks of political deadlock.

'I could die at any moment'

Indians forced to serve with the Russian army in Ukraine, tell The Independent that they feel abandoned by Delhi

Indecent assault charges against Weinstein dropped

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has discontinued criminal proceedings against Harvey Weinstein following an alleged sexual assault in London in 1996.

Yacht couples 'suffocated in Bayesian cabin air bubble'

Four of the victims of last month’s Bayesian yacht disaster died after oxygen ran out in an air bubble on the sunken vessel, it has been reported.

Wife of former rugby player Hastings missing after swim

The wife of former Scotland rugby international Scott Hastings has been missing since Tuesday when she went swimming in the Firth of Forth, the Hastings family have confirmed.

Anger over Oasis gig sales sparks Ticketmaster probe

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over its handling of Oasis ticket sales.

Indie band win Mercury Prize with debut album

Rock band English Teacher’s debut album, This Could Be Texas, has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize.

Letby plans to launch fresh appeal with new legal team

Child serial killer Lucy Letby is planning to launch a third appeal with a new legal team, her barrister has revealed.

Kyle denies humiliating TV guest who died days later

Unaired clip shows host telling Steve Dymond, grow a pair’

Co-leader of Greens denies wind farm pylons hypocrisy

The co-leader of the Green Party has defended himself after the Labour government tried to portray him as a hypocrite on clean energy infrastructure.

Can Greens mature while staying true to their roots?

With four MPs and 7 per cent of the vote, the Green Party scored a record performance in July’s general election – and as the party begins its England and Wales conference in Manchester, there is much for it to look forward to.

Prisoners could serve their sentences in Estonian jails

Prisoners in the UK could serve their sentences in Estonia as the Labour government explores ways to offset chronic overcrowding.

Labour scraps plan to hold asylum seekers on RAF site

Labour has scrapped plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Scampton, weeks after it dumped the Conservative government’s Rwanda deportation scheme.

Grenfell families tell Met to bring charges without delay

Survivors fear they won’t live to see justice being served

Team GB's 'kings of clay' reach doubles final in Paris

Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid can empathise with that quote available in every tacky souvenir shop here - that Paris is always a good idea.

How Sancho wound up as United's fifth-choice winger

There was something sadly fitting about the way it ended.

Dynamite Draper reaches first grand slam semi-final

Jack Draper further announced himself as the new star of British tennis by reaching the US Open semi-finals.

SETTLING SCORES

Revival of Stoppard's 1982 play 'The Real Thing' finds the writer at his brilliant but infuriating best, says Alice Saville

Just as bleak and formally daring as its predecessor

The hugely anticipated 'Joker: Folie à Deux' rejects comic book conventions and stars a stirring Joaquin Phoenix and a cruel and highly feline Lady Gaga, says Geoffrey Macnab

DAFT AND DERIVATIVE

Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber lead an unhappy family in Nantucket-set 'The Perfect Couple'. What may been biting satire is paint-by-numbers Netflix pulp, writes Nick Hilton

A painstaking study that's both gripping and moving

Featuring revealing interviews with Ukraine's president and his wife Olena, 'The Zelensky Story' is a sensitive look at the leader's rise and his tireless optimism, writes Sean O'Grady

'The press infantilised me like I was this innocent girl'

With her album up for a Mercury Prize, Corinne Bailey Rae tells Annabel Nugent about the influence behind it, shaking off her easy listening era and remembering Amy Winehouse

When did Nicole Kidman become the sad wife of TV?

In recent years, the award-winning actor has forged a new career playing wealthy women who are weighed down by cashmere scarves and troubled pasts, says Katie Rosseinsky

Should we book our flights now or heed agents' advice?

Q My family and I are looking to go to the US in July 2026. We want to fly to New York City for three nights, then spend 10 nights in Orlando and three nights on the Florida coast in Clearwater before flying home.

EGO OVERLOAD

Elon Musk says 'aneuro-typical' people should be in charge of the world, but Eleanor Mills argues in an age of soft power and empathy, high-status males are the least capable leaders

Pope kicks off Indonesia visit in ordinary family car

Pope Francis began his extensive 12-day tour of four Asian countries on a humble note by opting to use a family car and ditching a luxury hotel stay as he arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia for the first leg.

Indian villages terrorised by pack of man-eating wolves

At least 10 children have been killed in attacks since March