The Independent - March 17, 2025

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March 17, 2025

PM says peacekeeping force plans in ‘operational phase'

UK will host military chiefs from ‘coalition of the willing’ on Thursday to create robust strategy to back Ukraine ceasefire

4 mins

Disabled people to receive benefits as they try new jobs

But fear as reports say No 10 considers U-turn on PIP freeze

4 mins

More quangos likely to be abolished, warns Streeting

The health secretary has vowed to continue slashing bloated bureaucracy” as he says that scrapping NHS England is the beginning, not the end”.

1 min

Thousands with long Covid express fear of benefit cuts

A senior lecturer forced to end her career after long Covid left her housebound has criticised the government’s pledge to slash the UK’s welfare bill, which she and so many others like her rely on.

4 mins

Reeves freebie row heats up over VIP Sabrina gig tickets

Rachel Reeves reportedly accepted free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert last week, in a move that threatens to reignite the freebies row that rocked the government last year.

1 min

Bin strike health hazard as rats ‘feast' on rotting trash

Rodents are being served up a \"banquet\" of rotting rubbish as Birmingham's bin collection strike drags on, creating a public health hazard, pest control experts are warning.

2 mins

'You do not have to stop living to live in a green way'

Howard Mustoe speaks to a couple who bought an old house for £215k and are spending £300k to make it eco-friendly

3 mins

Four charged with murder after south Wales shooting

Four people have been charged with murder after a 40-year-old woman was shot dead in what may be a case of mistaken identity.

2 mins

School inspector sacked for wiping rain off child's face.wins unfair dismissal case

A former Ofsted inspector sacked for brushing water off a child’s head was unfairly dismissed, the Court of Appeal has found.

1 min

Gull's 'unspeakably cruel' catapult death being probed

The RSPCA is investigating after “unspeakably cruel” teenagers shot a seagull out of the sky with a catapult.

1 min

US airstrikes hit Yemen capital killing 13 civilians

Trump says he wants to end Houthi rebel attacks on shipping

2 mins

Trump expels 'race-baiting South African ambassador

The United States has expelled South Africa’s ambassador after accusing him of being a “race-baiting politician” who hates the US and president Donald Trump.

2 mins

Beijing calls out 'malicious' G7 over Taiwan criticism

China lashed out at G7 countries for accusing it of endangering maritime safety, saying that they were filled with arrogance, prejudice and malicious intentions”.

2 mins

I was trying to save baby wombat, claims influencer

An American influencer who sparked outrage after filming herself taking a baby wombat away from its mother has defended her actions and said she was only trying to get it off the road.

2 mins

Favourites France ease past Scotland to win Six Nations

Late on a Saturday evening in the bowels of Twickenham, Fabien Galthie was fretting about the future. It was round two of the Six Nations and France had just been beaten by England – or rather had beaten themselves.

4 mins

Chelsea land trophy and first blow in saga with City

The reaction from Sonia Bompastor may have said it all, on the day and ahead of the next two weeks.

3 mins

'I am so proud to be captain of this beautiful club that means so much to me'

Virgil van Dijk, whose Anfield future is unclear, opens up to Richard Jolly ahead of today’s Wembley final with Newcastle

4 mins

Can Newcastle overcome weight of history to win?

A Carabao Cup trophy may mean more to the Toon than Liverpool but often these games go to those who want it least

4 mins

‘A sibling's suicide is like an explosion in slow motion'

Novelist Richard Mason still hasn’t fully recovered from his sister’s death but, he tells Megan Lloyd Davies, it led to him creating a foundation which has transformed so many lives

7 mins

RUNNING ON EMPTY

It’s now the norm to navigate the world in private bubbles – headphones in, strangers at bay. So Isobel Lewis decided to run with just her thoughts for a year and she was transformed

6 mins

'It's taken literally 25 years to get my head around it'

Boyband Five are reuniting to tour but – as J, Scott, Sean, Abz and Ritchie reveal to Hannah Ewens – they’re still dealing with the madness resulting from years at the top

10 mins

'We're all a bit of a mess, blundering through stuff'

After the success of ‘Happy Valley’, Siobhan Finneran talks to Katie Rosseinsky about stepping up to a long-overdue leading role and juggling hard-hitting drama with comedy

7 mins

'Please make this 13-hour flight even longer, captain'

Simon Calder explains how air passengers’ rights rules have unintended consequences, including delaying more planes

3 mins

TURKISH DELIGHTS

Aisling O’Leary heads to Turkey’s intriguing Urla on the Aegean coast to find out how one region’s farm-to-table dining and fresh produce philosophy has won Michelin stars

5 mins

BEYOND BORDERS

Slovenia’s Nova Gorica and Gorizia in Italy are this year’s European Capital of Borderless Culture. Robin McKelvie visits towns with a shared heritage split by a line on a map

4 mins

Nothing miserable about this stroll through history

Michael Hodges, ahead of a show opening at the Royal Academy, follows the path of celebrated writer Victor Hugo around Paris, from his first home to his final resting place

4 mins

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