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King and Queen roll out red carpet for the Macrons during French state visit

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/13/dc50ee0a8aff75a30dbed00708a6838cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDYxODY4-2.80933145.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The King and Queen rolled out the red carpet for the President of France Emmanuel…

Body found amid search for American tourist who vanished while on romantic getaway with his wife

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/11/40/Brian-Tarrance-missing-070725-bbcf4e3614b34417b94607289fdd1c20-copy.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 Police officials have discovered a body nearly an hour’s walk away from a hotel on…

Post Office scandal report ‘shows full scale of horror unleashed on victims’

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/12/a2e0d7f01300da2087829b2ab0d1059cY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDYwNjU1-2.80797975.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A report into the Post Office Horizon scandal “shows the full scale of the horror”…

School staff warned care home that resident posed danger to others, inquest told

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/13/c42daef67f2494ae77e8e852eb479260Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDYxMzk2-2.74730785.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Managers of a care home where a teenage girl was murdered by a fellow resident…

The key events leading up to Post Office inquiry report publication

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/11/03/First-Part-Of-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-Inquiry-Report-Released-uvl5fczu.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The Post Office Horizon scandal saw approximately 1,000 individuals wrongfully prosecuted and convicted. As the…

Excavation begins for remains of 800 infants at Ireland home

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/11/06/Tuam-mass-grave-1.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 A team of forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts from across the globe will next…

Residents cling to rope as Texas floodwater surges around them

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/10/18/Residents-cling-to-rope-as-Texas-floodwater-surrounds-them.png?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=26%2C0%2C26%2C0 Watch as residents in Texas are rescued while clinging to a rope as floodwaters surge…

The Post Office scandal in numbers: Inquiry report reveals devastating impact

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/12/22f2cb380c5f302852a51f41cb42d5abY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDU3NDcx-2.76279447.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The Post Office Horizon scandal saw approximately 1,000 subpostmasters wrongfully prosecuted in what has been…

Foreign Office set to shrink by up to 25%, says top mandarin

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/12/b3b3372a281d076b313a6d9be449e065Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDU5Mzc3-2.73049847.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 The Foreign Office is set to shrink by up to a quarter as ministers look…

Deprivation and ethnicity behind ‘considerable’ inequality in premature death

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/08/12/4966db8ce5d4a28a295781fa77418c61Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUyMDU4MDg2-2.49546558.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 There is a “clear association” between where you live and your risk of dying prematurely,…