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Why fans will shrug at loss of Man Utd's brightest star

A couple of years ago, if the news had broken that Marcus Rashford wished to leave Manchester United and seek his future elsewhere, the effect on the club's fans would have been dramatic.

Will Usyk or Fury 'get old overnight' in their rematch?

In boxing we have an expression we use during a fight, if one of the boxers looks bad: \"He got old overnight.\"

O'Shea is loving the battles at the Republic of Ipswich

As a player who was clocked as the fourth fastest in the Premier League last season, Dara O'Shea relishes it \"when I'm up against a striker and it's me and him\".

Sliding doors moment that saw Spurs embrace chaos

Tottenham fans will wonder what could have been tomorrow as Arne Slot brings league leaders Liverpool to north London

HS2 doesn't need a 'reset'...this line never made sense

Nobody knows how much it will cost or when it will be done. With our creaking transport system, the mounting billions would be better spent elsewhere, says Chris Blackhurst

Hope for economic growth dampened by uncertainty

Fun fact: the OECD still predicts that Britain's economy will be one of the stars of the G7 during 2025 with growth of 1.7 per cent, lagging only behind the US at 2.4 per cent.

Trump's war on the press is straight from Putin playbook

The pen may not be mightier than the sword, but it still has the power to wound. How else to explain the extraordinary remarks of the former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, this week in which he revealed how stung he'd been by an editorial in The Times?

Musk calls far-right AfD party saviours of Germany

Elon Musk has described the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as the country's saviour, sparking calls from Berlin for the US billionaire to \"stay out\" of their politics.

Macron swears in heated exchanges with crowds in cyclone-battered Mayotte

French president Emmanuel Macron swore during an exchange as he was heckled by angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood ravaged by cyclone Chido, telling them: “If it wasn’t for France, you’d be 10,000 times deeper in shit.”

Store guard helped uncover abuse of Pelicot by husband

When Gisèle Pelicot was called to talk to police in November 2020, she believed it was to discuss upskirting allegations made against her husband of 50 years.

Two dead after car ploughs into busy German market

Two people, including a toddler, have been killed after a car was driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germay, as local officials treating it as a deliberate attack said the suspect was a Saudi doctor.

US faces shutdown as Musk didn't 'keep his mouth shut'

Politicians enraged by billionaire's influence over Trump

Two brothers charged over airport brawl with police

Two men have been charged over a fight with police at Manchester airport which happened before an officer was filmed kicking and stamping on a suspect's head.

NHS spent more than £2bn on private mental health hospitals last year

The NHS spent more than £2bn on sending patients to private psychiatric units last year, following decades of cuts to beds, new analysis reveals.

Older, wiser Mandy will be an artful 'Trump whisperer'

Peter Mandelson warned last month that the UK's handling of Donald Trump 2.0 will be a \"transactional rollercoaster ride\".

What will the House of Lords look like in future?

Another batch of life peerages is released and the House of Lords remains an exceptional parliamentary chamber.

Gray given peerage months after being sacked by PM

Sue Gray has been handed a peerage by Sir Keir Starmer, Downing Street confirmed yesterday.

Calls grow for the release of jailed former leader Suu Kyi

Calls are growing in the UK for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released from prison where she has been held for the last four years by Myanmar's military regime.

Trump team set to 'lock out' UK after Mandelson picked to be ambassador to the US

Peter Mandelson’s nomination as Britain’s new ambassador to the United States has provoked fury within Donald Trump’s team, with one insider describing it as a “horrible, arrogant” choice and his campaign coordinator publicly calling the Labour peer a \"moron.\"

Why Lawson got Red Bull seat over unlucky Tsunoda

Surely Yuki Tsunoda believed this would be his time for the highly coveted promotion.

Sad tale of an entertainer turned middling curiosity

Jack Grealish has sacrificed flair for silverware at City but as he returns home to Villa Park, he'll wonder if it was worth it

Spurs survive 'self-inflicted' collapse to reach cup semis

As Son Heung-min wheeled away and the Tottenham fans in the South Stand bounced their way into the Carabao Cup semifinals, it was fitting in this bonkers, breathless tie that the winning goal against Manchester United would come straight from a corner kick.

A rocky road ahead but we are not quite in stagflation

Should “stagflation” be our word of the day? It’s the term used by the parents of proto-central bankers to scare them into eating their broccoli. It applies when you have slow or no economic growth, high inflation and high interest rates.

Australia's coal expansion a 'death sentence' for islands

Australia’s decision to expand four coal mines has been slammed by island nations as a death sentence” and a betrayal of global climate commitments.

Healthcare killing suspect receives fan mail and cash

Luigi Mangione, the suspect at the centre of the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, has received more than 100 pieces of mail just over a week after he was taken into custody, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections confirmed to The Independent.

Russia is 'ready to negotiate and compromise', Putin says

A rare 13th-century Bible will return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written, thanks to the help of The Independent.

Mum relives horror of her teenage son's fatal stabbing

The grieving mother of a teenage boy has described the harrowing moment her son died in her arms after a brutal knife attack near their home in Bristol.

Independent helps raise £90,000 to return medieval Bible to Salisbury Cathedral

A rare 13th-century Bible will return to its ancestral home in Salisbury Cathedral more than 700 years after it was written, thanks to the help of The Independent.

Avanti managers turn down £250 offer for working day off as new year strike looms

Train managers at Avanti West Coast have turned down an offer worth £250 for working on a day off – or £300 at weekends.

How will water firms rinse the taxpayer even further?

It was probably not the best day for the water industry regulator to announce that average bills in England and Wales will increase by 36 per cent over the next five years.