The Independent - March 26, 2025

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March 26, 2025

Reeves cautioned over cuts before investment strategy

Rachel Reeves is gearing up for a major fight with trade unions who warn they will not stand by and allow a second age of austerity in the UK.

4 mins

Not appropriate to take free gig tickets, says Labour MP

A minister has heaped more pressure on Rachel Reeves over her decision to accept free tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter perform at the O2, saying he does not personally think it’s appropriate”.

4 mins

Ex-Reform MP harassed’ two women, inquiry finds

An independent investigation has found credible evidence of unlawful harassment of two women” by MP Rupert Lowe and his team, Reform UK has said.

2 mins

Should unemployed young people do national service?

Whether a man who’s never had to fight anything more lethal than a price war” with Lidl is adequately qualified to make such a suggestion is arguable.

3 mins

King postpones Vatican trip as Pope Francis recuperates

The King and Queen’s planned visit to the Vatican next month has been postponed due to medical advice issued to the Pope, Buckingham Palace said.

1 min

Harry resigns as patron of African charity he founded

The Duke of Sussex has quit as patron of a charity in Africa he set up in honour of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, after a boardroom battle within the organisation.

3 mins

Threat from teenage boys in sadistic’ web groups surges

The threat from teenage boys drawn into sadistic” online networks has surged with reports up sixfold in two years, the National Crime Agency has warned.

4 mins

Barton handed suspended sentence after wife assault

Former footballer Joey Barton has been given a 12-week suspended prison sentence for assaulting his wife at their family home in London.

2 mins

‘Antithesis of everything Paddington stands for’:judge scolds statue vandals

The actions of two Royal Air Force engineers who tore a newly installed Paddington Bear statue in half before stealing it were “the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for”, a judge has said.

2 mins

Ministers approve building of UK’s largest road tunnel

The UK’s largest-ever road tunnel is set to be built after the government gave an 8.3bn plan the go-ahead.

2 mins

First non-stop UK flights to Sydney to go via North Pole

When the first non-stop passenger flights between London and Sydney begin early in 2027, the aircraft could fly over the North Pole.

2 mins

Stephen Fry chuffed to the heavens’ to get knighthood

Actor and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry said he was chuffed” to receive his knighthood and joked that if it would help his charity work then they should make me a duke”.

3 mins

Black Sea ceasefire agreed after intense talks, US says

Deal is most significant step yet towards peace settlement

4 mins

Russia’s navy is cowering from a near-invisible enemy

Ukraine is cagey about the size of its navy.

4 mins

Trump backs Waltz over Signal chat security breach

President Donald Trump last night said Mike Waltz, his national security adviser, has no need to apologise for the security breach in which the latter inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, to a Signal group chat about upcoming military action in Yemen.

2 mins

Blatter and Platini cleared of Mila corruption charges

Ex-Fifa president Sepp Blatter and former French footballer Michel Platini were cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court yesterday.

1 min

Depardieu admits grabbing woman but denies groping

French actor Gerard Depardieu has told a trial he admits grabbing a woman by her hips, but denies sexual assault.

1 min

HUNTED BY PUTIN

As the investigative journalist who exposed Russia’s dark secrets, Christo Grozev won international plaudits. Then the Kremlin came for him, explains James Jones, whose new documentary exposes the full horror of what that feels like

6 mins

NO PANE, NO GAIN

Ralph Jones ventures into the strange and brilliant world of super-fast squeegee-ing at the Window Cleaning World Cup

5 mins

UK diversion airports must up their infrastructure game

‘Passengers don’t deserve to end up on random Atlantic islands, Simon Calder is told after Heathrow’s stressful week

2 mins

Baked beans and Elton John on stilts: Tommy’ at 50

Mark Beaumont delves into the behind-the-scenes drama that plagued the making of Ken Russell’s cult classic

8 mins

Putting the art in artifice

In Delusions of Grandeur’ Grayson Perry’s fictional heir to the Wallace Collection comes to claim her throne in a show that doesn’t pander to sophistication, writes Mark Hudson

4 mins

Rogen is strangely relatable in new comedy The Studio

A star-studded cast and laugh-out-loud moments make for a treat in this self-aware Hollywood parody, says Nick Hilton

3 mins

Can tumbling Tesla shrug off Musk’s shocking antics?

It wasn’t so long ago that Telsa was cruising along the fast lane of the global freeway. More recently, though, it seems like its controversial CEO Elon Musk is intent on driving his company into a brick wall.

4 mins

Brooks snatches last-gasp equaliser for lucky Wales

David Brooks salvaged Wales a precious 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw against North Macedonia with all but the last kick of the match in Skopje.

2 mins

Align calendar for good of players, Tuchel urges Fifa

England manager criticises awkward’ June schedule

2 mins

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