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If only I'd had TikTok when attempting to get pregnant
Trying to conceive (TTC) videos are a growing trend online, with pregnancy tests unfolding in real time. It’s exactly what some women need to not feel alone
'Emirates, if this is business class - I'll stick to economy'
Aboard the luxurious airline, Simon Calder finds out the hard way the glaring differences between planes in its fleet
End arbitrary indefinite jail terms, says UN torture tsar
A United Nations torture tsar has said British prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms are probably “being detained arbitrarily” after The Independent revealed six in 10 are being blocked from moving to open jails.
Female guide defying the Taliban with remote tours
Fatima Haidari is one of the few Afghan women tour guides still working. Tamara Davidson learns how she’s able to share the joys of her homeland virtually from Italy – where she fled
PARADISE LOST
Protests, near-fatal accidents and an irate Ewan McGregor. Tom Fordy looks back 25 years to ‘The Beach’, a film released on a wave of hype that nearly sank its director and young star
Trump backs Harry to stay despite immigration status
Donald Trump has ruled out deporting the Harry from the US. Mr Trump said: “I’ll leave him alone.
Top pollsters say Farage's Reform challenge is real
Reform’s popularity surge in the polls is legitimate and could be sustained until the general election, polling guru professor Sir John Curtice has told The Independent.
Ukrainian rapper who leads drone war against Russians
The $1.3bn campaign is pioneered by a man who develops new ways of bringing death, and then writes about his work
‘T’m telling you it’s the universe looking out for me’
Michelle Monaghan talks to Adam White about her awkward and confronting’ role in The White Lotus’, acting as a way to pay off her college loans, and being on Tom Cruise’s cake list
SWEET TURNED SOUR
‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ dramatises the story of Belle Gibson, an Australian wellness influencer who built her empire out of a non-existent brain tumour. Helen Coffey sorts reality from fantasy to dig into bizarre true events that inspired the show
Super Bowl LIX could add to Mr Taylor Swift’s legacy
Future Hall of Famer Travis Kelce now picks his moments and winning a fourth Super Bowl ring with the Kansas City Chiefs may well be yet another of them, writes Luke Baker
Scores of countries back ICC after Trump sanctions
France, Germany and Britain are among the 79 signatories to line up behind vital pillar ru the international ania system’
All aboard! Oh, you’re too late... King’s Cross to trial contentious plan for screens
Trains to vanish from info boards minutes before departures
Accusations that Starmer is an HR manager squatting in No 10 are bound to wound
A fascinating new book, published next week, telling the inside story of Keir Starmer’s leadership, paints an unflattering portrait of the prime minister.
Father has lost hope’ after hospital transfer denied during indefinite jail term
Man on now-abolished sentence has developed health issues
Children of the revolution
David Constantine looks back on what he considers to be both his and the citizen’s book for life, Rights of Man’ by Thomas Paine as much now as when published in 1791
City chiefs must speak out about maintaining diversity
It has been disclosed that the late Sir Evelyn de Rothschild left his family bank after an investigation into an allegation of sexual misconduct.
‘And the nomination for Best Actor doesn’t go to...’
For whatever reason, some stars get snubbed by the Academy voters time and time again. Greg Evans ranks those whose pristine body of work never got the Oscar love it deserved
British couple found dead at home in the south of France
A British couple in their sixties have been found dead in their home in southwest France with a murder inquiry launched.
Maguire’s late score saves Amorim from more misery
For swathes of the last six years, Leicester City could savour the thought of Harry Maguire and Manchester United.
Bank dismisses hopes of big interest rates cut this year
Rachel Reeves has suffered another blow in her bid to boost tepid economic growth after the Bank of England played down the idea of a big interest rate cut later this year.
A flick through the secret life of Barry Humphries
Geordie Greig recalls the obsessions of his friend and the comic behind Dame Edna Everage as his extraordinary collection of books and art goes on sale at Christie’s
House prices still high but rate cuts could help buyers
Sometime this year, Halifax’s House Price Index will put the average cost of a British home at more than 300,000. It might already be there.
Hamas names three more Israeli hostages to be freed
Hamas has named three more Israeli hostages it plans to free as part of the fragile ceasefire agreement with Israel, a sign the deal was moving forward even as US and Israeli officials continued calls to relocate Gaza’s population after the war.
ITV pulls D’Acampo shows after claims of misconduct
Two of Gino D’Acampo’s ITV shows have reportedly been pulled from schedules after the celebrity chef was accused of sexually inappropriate” behaviour towards women working with him on television.
Brain drain: why talented young Brits are leaving UK
Our best and brightest are heading overseas in their droves, as the cost of living, crime and poorly paid jobs take a toll. Helen Coffey speaks to those who have left to find out more
English Six Nations hopes rest on being heat-resistant
Out of the Irish frying pan; into the French fire. For a flawed, flailing England, this Six Nations start really could not have been any more unkind.
Mobile phone thefts double as police battle e-bike gangs
Data obtained by The Independent shows 84,000 devices stolen in 12 months to July with London at epicentre
It's time to come clean...
We’ve been washing clothes too much, even stinky gym gear at least that’s what ecological experts say. Katie Rosseinsky delves into nitty-gritty facts to find out if they have a point
The fixer, the YouTuber and the fight game’s biggest star
Complex saga sees Canelo Alvarez sign a four-bout deal with the Saudis, writes Alex Pattle, as Jake Paul just misses out