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Grey-Thompson 'still angry' she had to crawl off train

One of Britain’s most famous Paralympians says she is “angry” she had to “crawl off a train” at London King’s Cross station because there was no one to help her.

Thousands of Next staff win landmark fight for equal pay

Thousands of Next employees have won a landmark equal pay claim against the high street retailer after a six-year legal battle. An employment tribunal involving 3,540 claimants has ruled that Next failed to demonstrate that the lower basic wage paid to sales consultants compared with warehouse operatives was not the result of sex discrimination.

Stop passing the buck on risky cladding, adviser says

Urgent action is needed to replace dangerous cladding in the wake of a major fire at a tower block in east London, the author of a report into the Grenfell Tower disaster has warned.

Mum faced 'padlocked gate' trying to flee Dagenham fire

A young mother has revealed she faced a padlocked escape route gate and fire alarms failed to go off as she tried to flee a blaze at her block of flats.

Are Tories right when they accuse Labour of cronyism?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been reported to the independent adviser on ministerial conduct by the Conservatives.

Labour axe Sunak's £40m 'VIP helicopter service'

Labour has axed the private helicopter service favoured by Rishi Sunak, to save the taxpayer £40m.

Truss 'looked to end NHS cancer treatment' to repair damage from mini-Budget

New book says advisers wondered if she had lost the plot’

Scene of Tory party central now has that cemetery vibe

The good news, Keir Starmer told us with a perfectly straight face, is that the rose garden at 10 Downing Street is now “back in your service”. The bad news, to borrow the PM’s latest social media jargon, is that he’s going to make a lot of “big asks” in the weeks ahead.

Starmer warns of 'painful' Budget to repair Tory 'rot'

Sir Keir Starmer has admitted that the country is set to be hit with a painful Budget” in October as his new Labour government tries to fix the rot” left by the Tories.

Great Brexit reset launched with push for 2025 first deal

PM takes first step towards agreement with Germany today

Cockroft puts 100 per cent record on the line in Paris

Seven-time champion Hannah Cockroft insisted there is not a single thought” Paris 2024 will be her final Paralympics as she sent out an ominous warning to her rivals.

Hill's 'title fight' message as Norris cuts Verstappen lead

Ex-world champion urges McLaren to rethink team tactics

Gundogan's comeback story could have a next chapter

Ilkay Gundogan was the creator who became captain. Now he is the confidant who could become a coach. Pep Guardiola rarely re-signs players but he broke a personal rule to be reunited with the German. They are the neighbours who may be found side by side in a dugout in the future.

Diaz on target for Liverpool but same questions remain

For Arne Slot, the landmark came in a first, for a couple of his new charges, in centuries.

Career of two halves for the game's amiable globetrotter

Before drinking from the Three Lions’ poisoned chalice, Sven-Goran Eriksson enjoyed stunning success in Europe

Home help: family gifting to hit record £9.2bn this year

Handouts from mum and dad to help their children buy a home are nothing new but this year they are set to top a record 9.2bn across the UK, according to new research.

'There's a wave of women who want to be housewives'

Experimental pop star Karin Dreijer talks to Annabel Nugent about regressive attitudes towards families, coming out as non-binary, and the threat posed to artists from the far right

A walk on wine's Wilde side

Imitations of your favourite brands aren’t always a bad thing, writes Rosamund Hall. Here are just a few copycat wines that you should give a chance and for only a fraction of the price

Ten things I learnt from my 1,000 hours spent offline

Hannah Brencher, author of The Unplugged Hours’, put her money where her mouth is for an entire year; she shares the revolutionary power of doing a long-term digital detox

HOLD THE PHONE

The tech giants can no longer rely on booming sales of new devices, writes Andrew Griffin. Could a new era of AI be enough to make us fall back in love with our phones again?

At least 23 killed in militant attack on Pakistani highway

Balochi separatists shot passengers who identified as Punjabi

Macron refuses to name PM from left-wing coalition

French president Emmanuel Macron ruled out naming a prime minister from the leftist New Popular Front alliance yesterday and will instead start a new round of consultations today with parties to try to form a new government.

Israeli offensive forces UN to pause Gaza aid operation

The United Nations has been forced to halt its humanitarian aid operations in Gaza, a senior official has warned, after Israel issued new evacuation orders for the city of Deir al-Balah.

'Vile' barrage of drones and missiles carpets Ukraine

Attacks targeting energy infrastructure left four people dead and more than a dozen injured in biggest attack of the war’

University sued by diversity officer for discrimination

An equality and diversity officer who successfully sued her university employer for discrimination has criticised the sector's failures to tackle racism in an exclusive interview with The Independent.

Women left needing urgent care after botched bum lifts

Hundreds of women are being rushed to hospital after getting botched bum lifts and breast enlargements from unregulated practitioners as campaigners call for better regulation of the procedures.

Yacht captain 'investigated for manslaughter' in probe

The captain of the Bayesian is being investigated for manslaughter and shipwreck, a judicial source has said, as the probe into the sinking of the superyacht in a storm off Sicily continues.

Mother stabbed at Carnival was there with young child

Police say they are 'tired of seeing crime scenes' at parade

Sven-Goran Eriksson, coach of England's 'Golden Generation', dies aged 76

The Swede, one of the brightest minds in European football, saw his career derailed by the attention of the tabloid media

Labour will 'reverse decade of decline', Starmer pledges

PM will vow to do the hard work’ to root out 14 years of rot