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Bid to cut NHS waiting lists through cross-border deal

A groundbreaking cross-border deal has been struck to help ease the NHS waiting list crisis.

Reeves backs investigation into £670m Covid deals

Rachel Reeves is set to announce an investigation into more than £600m worth of Covid contracts and will pledge to chase down firms who have ripped off the taxpayer.

Rayner's optimism just the ticket to lift Labour's gloom

Angela Rayner may have floundered on the BBC yesterday morning while talking about gifts from wealthy donors, but her opening speech to the Labour conference injected some life into what was threatening to be a despondent affair.

Reeves to pledge there will be 'no return to austerity'

Rachel Reeves will attempt to lift the gloom that has settled over Labour’s conference in Liverpool with a pledge that there will be “no return to austerity”.

PM and Gray accepted hospitality at Spurs match from Johnson's former aide

Sir Keir Starmer has defended his gift-taking as he took part in two eve-of-conference interviews, insisting that it is transparency that matters.

I watched Dylan make his long-awaited 1974 return

After his motorcycle crash and an eight-year touring hiatus, Bob Dylan's comeback was the biggest event in music since Woodstock. And a 16-year-old Jim Farber had third-row seats

M&M's World - gaudy, soulless yet hugely popular

Tens of thousands flock each week to queue, buy overpriced sweets and take photos. But why, wonders Roisin Lanigan

Are universities too big to fail or could some go under?

As thousands of students head to campuses this weekend, there are warnings parts of the sector are close to collapse. Alastair Mc Call argues why fees can,t save the day this time

Prolific Diaz reaps rewards of Slot's quiet evolution

Liverpool are top of the league. But while that may only be for a day, more significantly, Liverpool are back on track.

Why it's solidity over style in Premier League title race

Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta no longer focus on attackfirst approaches when Manchester City and Arsenal meet

Dubois destroys Joshua in five devastating rounds.

Anthony Joshua tumbled onto the canvas in the fifth round, his world turned upside down by Daniel Dubois and his effortless power, compounding a nightmare evening to leave him with a critical decision.

Death prompts debate over 'toxic' work culture in India

Mother of woman who died within four months of joining a consulting firm says 'workload and long hours' are to blame

Bomb drones are deployed in India's forgotten civil war

As violence splitting the state of Manipur along ethnic lines escalates, families of its victims want the government to act

At least 22 dead after Israeli airstrike on school in Gaza

An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza yesterday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza health ministry.

Trump campaign fear 'Black Nazi' candidate could cost them key battleground state

Former president being 'weighed down' in North Carolina

Teenager given 18-month sentence still in prison 18 years later under IPP term

A desperate mother has spoken of her anguish after her teenage son was jailed for 18 months but is still trapped in prison 18 years later under a cruel indefinite jail term.

Nigel's making plans - and Tories should be worried

The first surprise at the Reform conference was the queue snaking from the doors of Birmingham’s NEC centre, all the way down the access road.

Madcap charm surpasses months of Strictly scandal

The first live episode of this season's 'Strictly Come Dancing' leans into the show's surreal side

Rayner will pledge 'decent, safe homes' for all in speech

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will pledge decent homes for all in a speech that puts the dismal state of housing front and centre of the Labour party conference.

Starmer promises to protect services from new austerity

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to protect public services from swingeing cuts, as he made a bid to move on from rows over donations and strife at No 10, after arriving at the Labour Party conference last night.

School election was Reeves sisters first step into politics

Pair have gone on to become the UK's most powerful siblings

Labour chair stands firm on pensioner fuel payment cuts.

Keir Starmer’s top team is unapologetic about the cut to the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners as the party chair warned “we have to get the money from somewhere” on the eve of Labour’s conference in Liverpool.

Ricciardo set for axe - and only has himself to blame

When handed a second chance in Formula One last summer, Daniel Ricciardo had his aspirations set higher than a paltry seat at Red Bull's sister team.

Sri Lankans vote today in shadow of political dynasty

Protesters who toppled the Rajapaksa government in 2022 are hoping for change, but two of the candidates are closely linked to the establishmen

Israeli strike in Beirut kills top Hezbollah commander

Israel says it has killed a top Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut yesterday, fuelling fears of an all-out war on the IsraeliLebanon border. Israeli military said that Ibrahim Aqi Aqil, who served on Hezbollah's top military body and was the acting commander of the group's elite Radwan force, was killed along with other senior commanders of the unit.

'The West needs a Russia strategy in place come Putin's inevitable downfall'

In the second part of his exclusive interview, freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza tells Tom Watling that the long-term security of Europe rests on a free and democratic Russia

Mother blames hospital for death of 'terrified' daughter

A young woman \"traumatised\" by a stay in a scandal-hit hospital as a teenager died after trying to take her own life years later, an inquest has heard. Melissa Parrish was admitted to Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead in 2009 for an eating disorder when she was 15 years old, but the experience left her terrified of being admitted to hospital.

Ninety-four-year-old dies after 'hugger mugger' attack

A 94-year-old man died after he was hugged by a mugger who snatched his bank cards in a bustling London town centre.

Work starts to build refuge after £25,000 donated by one person anonymously

The Independent is thrilled to reveal we can break ground and start building a refuge after an incredible response to the Brick by Brick campaign. Geordie Greig, the publication's editor-in-chief, thanked readers for their generous donations of £71,050 so far, including £25,000 from a mystery supporter.

'Trailblazing' film and soap.star Sylvestre dies aged 79

Actor Cleo Sylvestre has died aged 79, her agent has confirmed.