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The Independent Pride List 2025: LGBT+ people who are making change happen
Our list celebrates community's trailblazers and ambassadors
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June 08, 2025
The Independent
Schoolgirl died after breast cancer referral downgraded
A teenage girl died of breast cancer after her treatment was downgraded from urgent” to routine” due to her age.
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June 08, 2025
The Independent
From Brentford to big time: why Spurs are eyeing Frank
It is the kind of story that has got around the Premier League, and explains why so many wealthy clubs have considered Thomas Frank.
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June 08, 2025
The Independent
Alcaraz can stop Sinner as a great tennis rivalry unfolds
In the early days of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz's electric rivalry, as the two young men established themselves as the best players in the world, a prominent theme of their matches was the spectacular, highlight-reel points that would light up social media feeds in an instant.
4 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
Yentob's final interview with artist set to air on BBC
Alan Yentob's last interview will air on BBC Two tonight, the broadcaster confirmed.
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June 08, 2025
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'We are disappearing'
Britain’s first trans judge explains why she is challenging the Supreme Court ruling on the biological definition of women
3 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
NHS to get £30bn as other services squeezed in review
The NHS is set to be one of the big winners in next week's spending review, with a boost of up to £30bn at the expense of other public services.
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June 08, 2025
The Independent
Kane saves England for dismal win over Andorra
After a game that was so dismally lacking in spark, Thomas Tuchel had one message he clearly wanted to repeat, doing so in three different interviews: “We were playing with fire.”
4 min |
June 08, 2025
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Dawn French apologises after backlash to Gaza video
Comedian and actor Dawn French has apologised after a video she posted about the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestine was met with backlash.
2 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
Looking through the grass
Danny James King’s Miss Myrtle’s Garden’ is an emotionally resonant, intense play that blooms into life, says Alice Saville
2 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
The darker side of using AI
Ellie Muir has noticed her friends relying on ChatGPT for everything from deciding what’s for lunch to writing work emails. But when one query uses 10 times more energy than a Google search, does our dependency have consequences?
8 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
Peckham meets Sarajevo as Trotters' van gets new home
The streets of Sarajevo have been graced by a touch of Peckham charm as a replica of the iconic yellow three-wheeled van from the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses has been spotted cruising around Bosnia's capital.
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June 08, 2025
The Independent
Ukraine holds firm as Putin ramps up summer offensive
As Kyiv fights back with drones and resolve, Moscow shifts its focus to permanent destabilisation and military attrition
4 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
Russia is already at war with UK, defence adviser warns
Britain is already at war with Russia, one of the authors of the government's strategic defence review has warned, while arguing that the UK can no longer rely on the US as a dependable ally.
3 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
‘Serious consequences’ if Musk payrolls Democrats
The US president issues a stark warning to his former ally
3 min |
June 08, 2025
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Still no answers in McCann case as latest search ends
The mystery of the missing three-year-old Madeleine McCann has preoccupied the British public since she vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, in Portugal’s Algarve 18 years ago.
3 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
Yusuf back at Reform two days after quitting as chair
Zia Yusuf has announced he is returning to Reform UK - just 48 hours after quitting as the party's chair.
3 min |
June 08, 2025
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Social housing crisis looms amid spending cut fears
England is facing a social housing crisis if the government pushes ahead with cuts in the spending review, Rachel Reeves has been warned.
3 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
Reeves's £86bn boost for science in spending review
Rachel Reeves is set to unveil an £86bn package for science and technology in next week's spending review, ministers have announced, as several department brace for a swathe of spending cuts.
2 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
Jenrick's stunts spoil Tory plans to 'let Kemi be Kemi'
Robert Jenrick’s attention-grabbing videos have angered other senior Tories as the party desperately tries to raise the profile of their beleaguered leader, Kemi Badenoch.
3 min |
June 08, 2025
The Independent
Better stick to the day job
Tom Fordy ranks terrible movies directed by great actors, from Ryan Gosling’s Lost River’ to Nicolas Cage’s Sonny’
7 min |
June 07, 2025
The Independent
Learning to drive like a pro
Guided by an expert driver, Sean O’Grady rips round the Goodwood Motor Circuit in no fewer than four racing cars
4 min |
June 07, 2025
The Independent
Postecoglou departs with 'pride' but Spurs sacking their manager made sense
He will always have Bilbao. The manager who, in his forties, was in charge of Whittlesea Zebras in the Melbourne suburbs won a European trophy 16 years later. No other manager has had a journey quite like Ange Postecoglou’s. But then no one has had a season the same as Tottenham’s, the club that recorded the lowest ever league finish of any side to lift continental silverware.
3 min |
June 07, 2025
The Independent
'I don't want to make films about miserable people'
Bryce Dallas Howard speaks to Adam White about her new comedy Deep Cover’, dad Ron, and why her storytelling mantra is simple: more peril and more dismemberment
8 min |
June 07, 2025
The Independent
'People fear being killed trying to get a bag of lentils'
Aid workers explain how the politicised, militarised’ Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is failing to achieve its mission
3 min |
June 07, 2025
The Independent
Gauff has mental armour to combat Sabalenka in Paris
As Coco Gauff prepared for her first French Open final, at the age of 18, the American was overcome with nerves and had already written off her chances when she walked out onto Court Philippe-Chatrier. It was no surprise, then, that Gauff was beaten 6-1 6-3 by Iga Swiatek in a one-sided final three years ago.
3 min |
June 07, 2025
The Independent
Badenoch promises to 'get better' as Tory ratings slide
Kemi Badenoch has admitted she is still learning how to lead the Conservatives after seven months in the job, amid dire poll ratings for the party. The Tory leader said yesterday that it takes quite a while to learn how to do the job”.
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June 07, 2025
The Independent
'Send her home': fears for Irish activist held in Israel
The son of a 70-year-old Irish woman currently in Israeli detention has pleaded for her release amid concerns over his mother’s health.
4 min |
June 07, 2025
The Independent
Reform-led councils are in chaos as meetings cancelled
Councils taken over by Reform UK have been left in a state of paralysis” as dozens of key meetings are cancelled and newly elected councillors fail to show up.
3 min |
June 07, 2025
The Independent
Sinner defeats Djokovic for place in French Open final
As Novak Djokovic departed Court Philippe-Chatrier after his defeat to World No 1 Jannik Sinner in the French Open semifinals, the 38-year-old stooped to lower his bags before turning to all four sides of the stadium.
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