Superyacht teenager had 'vowed to save her parents'

The daughter of tech tycoon Mike Lynch has been described as a \"diamond in a sea of stars\" by a survivor from the tragedy.

Manslaughter inquiry starts over superyacht's sinking

A manslaughter investigation has been opened into the deaths of seven people in the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily, an Italian prosecutor said yesterday.

'Things will get worse', PM to warn in keynote speech

Sir Keir Starmer will warn the British public that things will get worse before they get better in his first keynote speech since walking into Downing Street.

Hero Afghan pilot reunited with his wife and daughter

The air force lieutenant welcomed his young family to the UK earlier this month, after a long-running Independent campaign. Holly Bancroft met them as they try to rebuild their lives after fleeing the Taliban and years of separation

'I'm 31 but feel like I'm in the best shape of my life'

With a British & Irish Lions tour on the horizon, Bath and Scotland fly-half Finn Russell is refreshed and ready to star for club and country again, hears Harry Latham-Coyle

Fist pumps aren't my style, says Slot as Anfield awaits

Arne Slot was hired by Liverpool as a kind of continuity candidate, capable of managing Jurgen Klopp's squad, believing in a similar style of play. Yet should Anfield witness a home win over Brentford tomorrow, there will be a very different sight after the final whistle. The celebrations will be more subdued. Or his will be, anyway.

Gunners face early test in a title fight of tiny margins

Both of these managers have done very good jobs, both of these clubs have made sizeable strides. One of them is nonetheless likely about to get criticised and told they need to do more in the next week or risk missing out on their objectives. And it almost doesn't matter which coach it's aimed at.

Households cut food spend 7.5% as cost of living bites.

Households in the UK cut their real-terms spending on food and non-alcoholic drinks in the year to March 2023, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.

Court judges trans woman's exclusion from app unlawful

The exclusion of a transgender woman from a female-only social media app was unlawful, according to an Australian court’s landmark ruling that is likely to have far wider ramifications in the space of trans rights.

Type 2 polio virus paralyses 10-month-old baby in Gaza

WHO says it's the first such case in the territory in 25 years

Three killed after stabbing attack at German festival

Three people were killed and four others are fighting for their lives after a knife attack at a festival in Germany last night. Witnesses alerted police after a man stabbed several passers-by at random in the western German city of Solingen yesterday, the newspaper Bild reported.

Modi urges Zelensky to hold peace talks with Russia

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has urged Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky to sit down for talks with Russia to end Moscow's invasion, during a visit to Kyiv a month after hugging Vladimir Putin.

Harris goes on attack to brand Trump 'unserious'

Vice-president makes appeal to middle-class America

Abuse at 'humane' abbatoir supplying big supermarkets

Workers have been filmed hitting suffering pigs at an RSPCA-backed slaughterhouse supplying pork to Tesco and other supermarkets. The scenes of cruelty were captured in secret filming at C&K Meats in Eye, Suffolk, which kills up to 1,400 pigs a day in gas chambers – both intensively-reared and free-range.

Man who played leading role in Southport riot jailed

A man armed with a bicycle who was bitten by a police dog and a demonstrator who stole an officer's riot shield during the riots are among the latest offenders to be jailed.

Jenas 'deeply sorry' for 'inappropriate messages'

As more women complain about conduct of TV presenter

Storm Lilian causes chaos with rain and high winds

Storm Lilian swept across large parts of the UK yesterday causing power cuts, cancelled flights, train delays and disruption at music festivals.

Steelworks to shutter early putting 2,500 jobs at risk

Thousands of steelworkers are set to be laid off just before Christmas after British Steel brought forward plans to close its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe.

Met ends investigation into election gambling scandal

The Metropolitan Police has dropped its investigation into betting on the date of the general election, saying the bar for misconduct in public office had not been met.

Badenoch would defeat all leadership rivals, poll finds

Kemi Badenoch has been handed a boost in the race to take over from Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservatives, after a new poll of party members indicated she would beat all five of the other contenders if she reaches the final two.

Labour's muddled pecking order must be hastily solved

When Keir Starmer's team drew up its \"first 100 days\" in power plan when a July election was called, after an initial policy blitz, they planned to use the normally quiet political month of August to complete the transition to government by fine-tuning the new machine.

Body of tycoon's daughter recovered from superyacht

Tributes have been paid to the 18-year-old daughter of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch after her body was recovered from the sunken yacht Bayesian.

Why MPs might be denied a vote on fuel payment cuts

More than half of the members of the House of Commons are newly elected, and may be surprised to discover they may not be given the chance to vote on the controversial decision by chancellor Rachel Reeves to withdraw winter fuel payments from pensioners who are not on pension credit. This will provide them with an early crash course in some of the basics of how parliament passes legislation.

Energy bills to rise by £150 after Ofgem raises price cap

Households in Britain will face higher energy bills this winter after the regulator raised the price cap by 10 per cent.

Increased post-Brexit red tape could paralyse Dover

Port boss warns travel hub set to be at a standstill by Easter

Niewiadoma on the agony and ecstasy of her Tour win

Kasia Niewiadoma still can't believe she won the Tour de France.

'If a ref stopped me over a bit of blood. I'd be gutted'

After battling Fabio Wardley to a draw in an instant classic, British heavyweight Frazer Clarke talks to Alex Pattle about their October rematch and proving himself on the big stage

Invincible Leverkusen set to defend Bundesliga title

Xabi Alonso will have to fight off a vengeful Bayern Munich

Hull conquers the wind to lead Women's Open by one

St Andrews’ Old Course provided a supreme test of links golf skills in round one and England’s Charley Hull came out top

Starbucks boss under fire for 1,000-mile jet commute

Starbucks’ incoming chief executive is under fire over the company’s offer for him to commute around 1,000 miles (1,600km) by private jet.