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Labour backs law to ban junk food ads before 9pm
The Independent

Labour backs law to ban junk food ads before 9pm

A pre-watershed ban on ads for junk food will prevent an estimated 20,000 cases of childhood obesity, the government has said.

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December 03, 2024
Elton John can't watch own musical after losing sight
The Independent

Elton John can't watch own musical after losing sight

Sir Elton John has said he has been unable to watch his new musical The Devil Wears Prada because of poor vision.

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December 03, 2024
Pigs beaten with pitchforks at boar farm, footage shows
The Independent

Pigs beaten with pitchforks at boar farm, footage shows

Undercover footage has revealed “systemic” violence being inflicted on boars at a Norfolk farm linked to those supplying pork and ham to UK supermarkets – including some that boast high-welfare labels.

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December 03, 2024
Life sentence for boy who shot woman at front door
The Independent

Life sentence for boy who shot woman at front door

A teenager who shot a mother in the head while she stood in the doorway of her home trying to shield her two children was jailed for life yesterday.

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December 03, 2024
Did Starmer get his plan for change from New Labour?
The Independent

Did Starmer get his plan for change from New Labour?

The prime minister, after a “choppy” first few months in office, is promising to implement a “plan for change” and to introduce “measurable milestones” by which the performance of the government may be judged.

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December 03, 2024
PM appoints a ‘safe pair of hands' to run civil service
The Independent

PM appoints a ‘safe pair of hands' to run civil service

Sir Keir Starmer has appointed a candidate described as a “safe pair of hands” to run the civil service as he prepares to reset his government this week following a turbulent first five months in power.

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December 03, 2024
Starmer refuses to choose between the US and EU
The Independent

Starmer refuses to choose between the US and EU

PM believes he can pursue closer relations with both allies

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December 03, 2024
Wallace forced to apologise for 'misogynistic' remarks
The Independent

Wallace forced to apologise for 'misogynistic' remarks

Gregg Wallace has been forced to apologise for saying that allegations that he had made inappropriate sexual comments had come from middle-class women of a certain age”, after Downing Street called his explanation inappropriate and misogynistic”.

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December 03, 2024
Carse justifies England faith as the archetypal bold pick
The Independent

Carse justifies England faith as the archetypal bold pick

If you won a boxing match after your opponent continually punched themselves in the face, how much credit can you take?

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December 02, 2024
Tenacious Diallo the key to Amorim pressing machine
The Independent

Tenacious Diallo the key to Amorim pressing machine

Old Trafford has not seen anything like this before.

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December 02, 2024
Gold King Cole packs the Bridge with merry old souls
The Independent

Gold King Cole packs the Bridge with merry old souls

In the 83rd minute, the ball rolled to the feet of Cole Palmer in a bubble of space outside Aston Villa's box, and the crowd snapped to attention.

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December 02, 2024
Vibrant Anfield marks the changing of the Guardiola
The Independent

Vibrant Anfield marks the changing of the Guardiola

There was a lull in the noise, a break in the Anfield atmosphere, when a defiant chant emerged from a corner near Stefan Ortega’s goal.

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December 02, 2024
What is so daunting about Spain's new data checks?
The Independent

What is so daunting about Spain's new data checks?

Q You have written about the new “red tape” for visitors to Spain. So, as well as your usual passport details you will give a contact number, address and email. Not exactly the Spanish Inquisition, is it?

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December 02, 2024
Sectarian clashes claim at least 130 lives in Pakistan
The Independent

Sectarian clashes claim at least 130 lives in Pakistan

At least 130 people were killed in deadly sectarian clashes in Pakistan's northwestern Kurram district in spite of a tentative ceasefire, days after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying Shia Muslims, local officials said.

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December 02, 2024
Coalition government likely in Ireland as count proceeds
The Independent

Coalition government likely in Ireland as count proceeds

Fianna Fail say decisions on power-sharing for another day’

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December 02, 2024
How Syria's forgotten war is back on the world's agenda
The Independent

How Syria's forgotten war is back on the world's agenda

Many believed the country was lost in an unsolvable conflict, until everything changed in a matter of days, writes Bel Trew

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December 02, 2024
Assad regime scrambles to halt Syrian rebels’ advance
The Independent

Assad regime scrambles to halt Syrian rebels’ advance

Civilians reportedly killed by Russian and Syrian airstrikes

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December 02, 2024
Mother of poisoning victim says she knew she would die
The Independent

Mother of poisoning victim says she knew she would die

Lawyer Simone White succumbed to the effects of methanol while backpacking in Laos with two of her childhood friends

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December 02, 2024
Pensioner, 95, left on cold.pavement with broken hip
The Independent

Pensioner, 95, left on cold.pavement with broken hip

A 95-year-old woman was left on a cold pavement for more than five hours waiting for an ambulance after the emergency services told a bystander trying to help her that she wasn’t a priority.

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December 02, 2024
Snow and frost forecast as parts of the UK face 7C
The Independent

Snow and frost forecast as parts of the UK face 7C

The Met Office has warned Britons to expect more snow this week as temperatures plunge to below-freezing in some regions.

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December 02, 2024
Man arrested in relation to rape claim at Groucho Club
The Independent

Man arrested in relation to rape claim at Groucho Club

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of rape following an alleged incident at one of Soho’s most famous private members’ clubs, Metropolitan Police have said.

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December 02, 2024
Eight injured after car hits crowd at Christmas market
The Independent

Eight injured after car hits crowd at Christmas market

Two children are among six people taken to hospital after a car crashed into a group of pedestrians at a Christmas market.

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December 02, 2024
Will this 'plan for change' reverse Labour's fortunes?
The Independent

Will this 'plan for change' reverse Labour's fortunes?

Sir Keir Starmer's time in government was summed up yesterday by Sky's Trevor Phillips as \"the Taylor Swift tickets, the suits, the dresses, the glasses, the No 10 passes, the chief of staff sacked inside six months\".

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December 02, 2024
PM warned on 'destructive' food trade deal with the US
The Independent

PM warned on 'destructive' food trade deal with the US

Sir Keir Starmer has been warned a comprehensive trade deal with the US under Donald Trump would \"destroy our family farms and healthy food standards\".

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December 02, 2024
Patients may have to pay for assisted death, says minister
The Independent

Patients may have to pay for assisted death, says minister

Patients opting for assisted dying may have to pay to die, a government minister has suggested after MPs backed legislation that would support terminally ill people to end their own lives.

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December 02, 2024
Britain sets aside £10bn for payments to EU more than eight years after Brexit vote
The Independent

Britain sets aside £10bn for payments to EU more than eight years after Brexit vote

Britain has set aside more than £10bn for post-Brexit payments to the EU as the UK continues sending billions to Brussels despite having left the bloc years ago.

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December 02, 2024
Wallace hit by backlash over remarks about his accusers
The Independent

Wallace hit by backlash over remarks about his accusers

Former MasterChef presenter took to Instagram to defend himself as BBC faced criticism over response to allegations

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December 02, 2024
Stop buying clothes now!
The Independent

Stop buying clothes now!

As fashion campaigners demand 'degrowth' for an industry responsible for 10 per cent of global pollution, Helen Coffey talks to designers and activists about how, with 100 billion garments made every year, we risk shopping till we drop

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December 01, 2024
The inspiration at heart of Slot and Guardiola's rivalry
The Independent

The inspiration at heart of Slot and Guardiola's rivalry

Liverpool and Man City bosses set to meet for the first time

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December 01, 2024
Has Bethell's Test cricket baptism come too soon?
The Independent

Has Bethell's Test cricket baptism come too soon?

Jacob Bethell, 21, has been thrust into England side based on potential. Could the risk backfire, asks Cameron Ponsonby

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December 01, 2024