The Independent - June 10, 2024

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June 10, 2024

Tory party needs Dunkirk spirit to win, says Heseltine

Michael Heseltine has issued a rallying cry to the Conservative Party, warning that it is “fighting for its life” and needs to focus on attacking the enemy.

6 mins

TV doctor found dead after five-day Greek island search

Michael Mosley, presenter who revolutionised British diets, is hailed as a ‘national treasure’ who helped many thousands

4 mins

Inspiring Mosley's radical ideas on diet were devoured

In 2013, Dr Michael Mosley changed the way a nation ate. That was the year the broadcaster, who has died at the age of 67 after going missing on holiday in Greece, released his groundbreaking first book, The Fast Diet.

4 mins

Mosley's own health battles pushed him to seek answers

Maria Lally reflects on the life of a TV presenter and author who changed not only his own health but that of a generation

4 mins

Mapping out the threat of tactical voting for the Tories

More than a hundred seats across the UK could be ripe for tactical voting at the general election, according to a new analysis by The Independent.

3 mins

Tory candidate for Surrey Heath 'resident' in Airbnb

The Tory candidate to replace Michael Gove has boasted about moving into a home in the constituency, only for it emerge the property was seemingly an Airbnb.

2 mins

Next PM must improve EU trading, says business group

The next UK government should focus on a better trading relationship with the EU after Brexit costs made exports more difficult, one of the country’s most influential business groups has said.

2 mins

Labour plans free breakfast clubs in all primary schools

Labour has said its commitment to delivering free breakfast clubs in primary schools will save parents more than £400 a year and cut almost half a million days of school absence.

1 min

Sunak plans to put 8,000 more 'bobbies on the beat'

Rishi Sunak has promised to recruit 8,000 more neighbourhood police officers, paid for by hiking the cost of visas if the Conservatives win the general election.

2 mins

What is the PM promising with his welfare reforms?

Rishi Sunak has promised to halt the spiralling benefits bill by reforming the welfare system if he wins the election.

2 mins

Macron calls snap election after huge gains by far right

French president responds to surge of populist parties in France and across the bloc in European Union elections

3 mins

US admits civilian deaths in Gaza Israeli hostage rescue

Moderate politician Gantz quits Netanyahu's war cabinet

3 mins

Modi takes oath to become Indian PM for a third term

But power base weakened as he heads coalition after election

3 mins

What the latest iPhone will reveal about Apple and AI

Apple’s AI iPhone is finally about to arrive. Today, at 10am local Pacific time, the tech giant’s executives will take to a stage at its campus in California and finally give an answer to a question the world has been asking for the past 18 months.

4 mins

How Modi's hometown has been transformed to 'pump up the cult' of India's PM

Namita Singh meets the prime minister's family and former friends where he was raised and discovers how Vadnagar is being changed to rewrite its place in the country's history

8 mins

Alcaraz walks in footsteps of legends at French Open

He becomes youngest player in history to win three grand slams on all surfaces after defeating Zverev in five-set epic

5 mins

Verstappen bags victory as rain causes Montreal chaos

Max Verstappen overcame the weather and capitalised on a well timed safety car to thwart Lando Norris and George Russell and win an action-packed Canadian Grand Prix.

3 mins

India restrict Pakistan in low-scoring T20 match

Jasprit Bumrah finished with three for 14 as India successfully defended 119 to beat rivals Pakistan by six runs at the T20 World Cup in New York yesterday.

2 mins

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