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Warning over £50,000 scam that can harm your health and bank balance
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/15/09/iStock-1497901160.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Christmas shoppers are being urged not to take “serious risks” as Brits report losing nearly…
Ex-footballer Joey Barton sentenced for posting grossly offensive social media messages
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/08/10/28/Joey-Barton-court-case-dgez23hx.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=177%2C167%2C1388%2C20 Former footballer Joey Barton has avoided jail after sending six grossly offensive social media posts.…
Three dead and several injured after being swept away by strong waves in Tenerife
https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/01/10/12/iStock-1249864410.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Three people were killed and several others injured after being swept away by a strong…
Lenders fire up mortgage wars as rates touch 3.5% in big boost to buyers and owners
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/08/11/10/GettyImages-2164119750-(1).jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Homeowners and prospective buyers are facing a mortgage boost as lenders collectively battle for business…
US official visits Greenland amid Trump’s takeover bid
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/08/27/14/Greenland_US_44780.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Kenneth Howery, the new U.S ambassador to Denmark, is visiting Nuuk this week for his…
Mother of student who killed himself after grade error to collect his degree
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/08/12/07190555-bdd7cc33-4bb8-474b-88e0-1d9c8def2ff1.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The mother of a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he…
One year after Assad’s fall, Syria is on a knife edge
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/08/07/Syria_Assad_Fall_Anniversary_40209.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 For more than half a century, the Assad family held such a vampire grip on…
Congo facing worst cholera outbreak in 25 years with almost 2,000 dead since January
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/08/11/13/SEI277287703.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C618%2C0%2C12 The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling its worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, with…
Chernobyl unable to stop radiation leak after Russian drone strike, UN watchdog warns
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/02/14/9/45/UKRAINE-RUSSIA-WAR-CHERNOBYL-x1a97pna.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=742%2C0%2C758%2C0 The protective shield at the Chernobyl power plant can no longer contain radioactive material due…
Millions of Americans to face freezing temperatures and snow as Polar Vortex brings Arctic cold
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/08/9/05/Weather-predicted-across-the-US-for-Wednesday.png?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=37%2C0%2C0%2C0 Millions of Americans are set to be hit by Arctic cold and heavy rain, with…
