The Independent - October 14, 2024

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October 14, 2024

Tory contenders won’t save the party, warns top pollster

Britain’s top pollster has warned that the Conservatives will not win elections if Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch end up becoming the party’s next leader.

3 mins

Starmer pledges a bonfire of red tape to get UK building

PM to say he will get rid of? bureaucracy preventing new homes, roads and train lines, ahead of investment summit

3 mins

Salmond taught us political journalism is a contact sport

Alex Salmond has died having failed to achieve just two of his great ambitions – make Scotland an independent country, and judge the annual Tartan Bollocks contest for the worst Scottish political story of the year, held at the strictly private Christmas dinner for Holyrood hacks.

6 mins

Ukrainian mother pleads for children to join her in UK after Home Office refusal

A Ukrainian refugee says she is living in a \"surreal nightmare\" after she was refused permission to bring her two children to the UK.

3 mins

Hundreds of migrants cross Channel over the weekend

Nearly 500 migrants made the perilous journey across the Channel to the UK in small boats on Saturday a week after a two-year-old child was among four killed.

2 mins

How the Co-op Party has become a quietly radical driving force behind Labour

All eyes will be on Sir Keir Starmer’s summit in the City of London today, with the event promising to bring billions of pounds of investment into the UK.

3 mins

Campaigners demand ‘full disclosure of gifts to royals.

Campaigners have called for full disclosure” of gifts received by the royal family after it emerged King Charles has failed to publish an annual list for four years.

2 mins

Abuse victims say transcript scheme 'hidden' from them

Many unaware of pilot giving free access to judges’ remarks

3 mins

Rowling faces backlash over Butlin's treatment of trans women using ladies' toilets

JK Rowling has condemned Butlin's decision to suspend a security officer who has been accused of \"violently\" dragging five trans women from a single-sex toilet.

2 mins

Hospital admissions surge as Covid variant spreads

The number of people admitted to hospital because of Covid infections has have surged across Britain as a new variant of the virus emerged, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned.

1 min

Boy, 7, suffers life-changing injuries after bus hits him

A seven-year-old boy has been left with serious injuries after being hit by a bus in Manchester.

1 min

Israeli tanks forced entry into military base, says UN

The incident came as Benjamin Netanyahu insisted United Nations peacekeeping forces should abandon their positions

3 mins

Armed man held as police disrupt 'assassination plot'

Police at Donald Trump's rally on Saturday in Coachella Valley, California, stopped what a sheriff suggested might have been a third assassination attempt against the former president.

3 mins

Musk's SpaceX 'chopsticks' catch rocket's flight booster

SpaceX has successfully launched and landed Starship, the spacecraft that Elon Musk's company hopes will allow it to carry humanity through the solar system.

2 mins

Mumbai politician shot dead in suspected gang hit

A prominent Indian politician known for his strong connections to Bollywood was shot dead in Mumbai on Saturday by unknown assailants, just months before state elections.

2 mins

How Amazon is trying to make its robots 'lovable'

The retail giant’s new automatons are designed to avoid upsetting human colleagues, writes Andrew Griffin

5 mins

Robert who? Tory candidates are struggling to woo voters

There is reportedly much glee among Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs at the elimination of James Cleverly from the Tory leadership contest.

3 mins

These five steps can save you from being a victim of fraud

Authorised push payment (APP) fraud happens when you are tricked by a criminal into sending money by bank payment to an account that they control and which you do not. In 2023, the number of cases of this type of fraud rose by 12 per cent to 232,429, resulting in losses of £459.7m, according to UK Finance, which represents 300 firms across the financial services industry.

4 mins

Truck off! Monster vehicles don't belong on British roads

The Chelsea tractor brigade have nothing on the monster pick-up mob. Vehicles like the Dodge Ram 1500 and the Chevrolet Silverado are increasingly making their way to Europe - with export numbers up by 150 per cent since 2019. These absurd trucks weigh as much as a Second World War-era tank and are longer than a giant anaconda.

3 mins

England win overshadowed by head coach uncertainty

After a step in the right direction on the pitch, Lee Carsley somehow put his foot back in it.

5 mins

Beterbiev edges world title fight in high-class contest

Every single second, every single punch and every single detail mattered on Saturday night when Artur Beterbiev beat Dmitry Bivol to become the undisputed light-heavyweight champion of the world.

3 mins

England crush Scotland to boost T20 World Cup hopes

England laid down a marker yesterday with a 10-wicket win over Scotland, and now have their sights set on the Women’s T20 World Cup trophy.

3 mins

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