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Drug supply crisis affects half a million patients with ADHD and mental illness

More than half a million patients face shortages of vital medications as Britain is hit by a crisis in the supply of drugs, The Independent has been told.

Euros and summer offers push July retail sales higher

British retailers saw sales tick slightly higher last month after a boost from the Euro 2024 football tournament and summer discounting, according to official figures.

Pep pupil Maresca must put his own stamp on Chelsea

Pep Guardiola’s closest challenger last season was his former assistant, Mikel Arteta. The Bundesliga was won by a team managed by one of his former players, Xabi Alonso, just as the previous season’s LaLiga had been, in Xavi. The Carabao Cup in 2023 and the FA Cup in 2024 were claimed by Erik ten Hag, who was nicknamed “mini Pep” when he was in charge of Bayern Munich’s second team while the Catalan looked after the senior squad.

Man City case casts a long shadow over the new season

There are only a handful of people who know exactly what is happening in the Manchester City case, and one of them had to promote the new Premier League season this week.

Zirkzee scores on debut as United pinch opening win

It is, apparently, not how you start but how you finish. Joshua Zirkzee started his Manchester United career with a telling finish that bodes well for the rest of it.

Thailand makes Shinawatra its youngest prime minister

Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been appointed as Thailand’s youngest ever prime minister in a remarkable moment for the political dynasty founded by her billionaire father who was ousted by a military coup in 2006.

Flustered Trump still has no answer to Harris campaign

Donald Trump summoned reporters to one of his properties for the second time in as many weeks to deliver a campaign message but they would be hard-pressed to find something new or interesting to write about.

Ukraine's incursion exposes 'disarray' in Putin command

Adviser to Zelensky says assault into the Kursk region shows the Russian president has 'very little control' over the border

'The time for a deal is now'

Lammy pushes for a ceasefire in Gaza, as visit to Israel comes just hours after attack on a village in the occupied West Bank

'Women often feel more abused by the court system than the actual perpetrator'

Athena Stavrou speaks to domestic abuse survivors who say they are being 'retraumatised' by a misogynistic legal system

Deadly mpox strain almost certainly in UK, says expert

A new, more deadly strain of mpox sweeping the world is highly likely to already be in the UK, a specialist in infectious diseases has warned. Professor Paul Hunter said mpox, which used to be called monkeypox, can spread very quickly between countries because it is a sexually transmitted infection. And he urged people at risk to get vaccinated against it or cut the number of sexual partners they have.

Girl, 13, died of allergy after 'failure to follow processes'

A 13-year-old girl died of a severe allergic reaction just hours after taking one sip of a Costa Coffee hot chocolate following a “failure to follow processes”, an inquest concluded yesterday.

Blood scandal victim's wife was told to have an abortion over fears of infecting child

A contaminated blood scandal victim was told by doctors his wife needed to have an abortion due to the risk of infection.

Should Harris fight fire with fire on economic policy?

Much as many would, understandably, like it to be otherwise, the presidential election is not yet over, it is not yet in the bag for Kamala Harris, and there remains a near even chance that Donald J Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on 25 January 2025.

Majority of Muslims feel less safe in UK after riots

Many Muslims feel less safe living in the UK after far-right rioters targetted mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers, a poll has revealed.

'Violent racist' jailed for attack on lone Black man

A “violent racist” who punched and kicked a Black man in the face during disorder in Manchester has been jailed, after claiming he thought he was joining a rally to “celebrate British culture”.

Farage paid £98,000 each month to present GB News

Clacton MP Nigel Farage is paid almost £98,000 a month to be a presenter on GB News, his register of interests has revealed. The Reform UK leader is paid £97,928.40 a month by the broadcaster, for 32 hours of work.

If Labour wants to succeed, it needs to learn to say 'No'

The ending of two major disputes should be applauded but the government must be prepared to stand firm in future to protect the economy and public services, says Andrew Grice

Train strikes to return just days after pay deal is agreed

Commuters face three more months of train strikes as the drivers’ union Aslef announced further walkouts yesterday less than 48 hours after the government offered a pay deal.

Nothing lasts forever and era of Man City is ending

Jurgen Klopp’s departure means Pep Guardiola stands alone. Only one manager who has won the Premier League still plies his trade in it: Manchester City’s serial champion.

De Ligt buy proves Ten Hag is all-in on Dutch gamble

“Manchester is red,” read the message on a football club’s social-media account; though not from the Manchester club who play in red. It was a cheeky point made by Ajax, surveying Manchester United’s recruitment drive and the addition of two of their alumni, Matthis de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, on the same day. It means that, in the former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag’s reign, United have now spent around a quarter of a billion pounds on his Ajax players.

Premier League prices may bring supporters together

As fans feel the squeeze it could force positive change

Good food, good beer and 160mph on a country lane

During F1’s quiet period, Kieran Jackson heads down to the unorthodox setting of rural Worcestershire for the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, a racing event with some old-school speed

UK economy is the fastest growing in G7, experts say

But economists warn first-half gains are unlikely to continue

THAT TASTES RICH

As a London neighbourhood fights gentrification in the shape of bougie bakery Gail's, Hannah Twiggs looks at the foodie signs that your postcode is on the way up - or down

The Jimmy Lai verdict is a grave and troubling injustice

Jimmy Lai, together with his friends in Hong Kong, ranks alongside the world’s greatest dissidents and champions of freedom. Lai along with Martin Lee, the father of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, lawyers Margaret Ng and Albert Ho, trade unionist Lee Cheuk-yan, social activist Leung Kwok-hung, and pro-democracy politician Cyd Ho and others have been key figures in Hong Kong’s fight for freedom.

Trump lawyers seek to delay hush-money sentencing

Attempt to push decision back to after election in November

Protests held in India over rape and murder of doctor

Tens of thousands of women took to the streets across India on Wednesday night in protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a prominent state-run hospital in West Bengal.

Gaza death toll over 40,000 as fresh ceasefire talks start

Fears of Iran attacking Israel give discussions extra urgency

Harry and Meghan begin four-day tour of Colombia

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were welcomed to Colombia yesterday as they began their four-day tour of the South American nation. Harry and Meghan were met in the capital Bogota by Colombia’s vice-president Francia Marquez and her husband Rafael Yerney Pinillo.