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Minister shuts down David Lammy over joining EU customs union
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/07/9/57/Screenshot-2025-12-07-at-09-18-21.png?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C257%2C0%2C244 A cabinet minister has shut down deputy prime minister David Lammy after he suggested that…
Prince Harry jokes that life with the Royal Family was ‘like Downton Abbey’- but that the show had less drama
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/09/08/20/58/SEI265269452.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 Prince Harry has joked that life with the Royal Family was “like Downton Abbey” –…
Police respond to ‘serious incident’ at Heathrow as train lines disrupted
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/11/25/21/09/HeathrowChristmas.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=2%2C0%2C198%2C0 A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after people were allegedly attacked with…
Woman and young boy die in Co Offaly house fire
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/07/10/28f399f1af9c45ecd11d0d33a51af71fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzY1MTg4NjE4-2.54373193.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A woman and a young boy have died following a house fire in Co Offaly.…
Man arrested after multiple people ‘pepper sprayed’ in Heathrow Airport car park
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/07/10/07101537-f81d3e42-f22b-4a44-bc49-f07d26f7c684.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after number of people were attacked…
Ukraine at ‘pivotal moment’ as Zelensky prepares for London talks, says minister
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/07/10/ed2d6f0067e40d57d7d1943965190a79Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzY1MTg3NDEx-2.82132886.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Ukraine faces a “pivotal” moment as Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to visit London for talks on…
UK troops join Nato exercise as Finland prepares for potential Russian invasion
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/07/09/856965891c698e0a50a8d6a5ee80eb70Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzY1MTg1MjAw-2.82701688.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 British soldiers joined a major exercise on Nato’s snowy border with Russia as Finnish troops…
Another West African government overthrown by soldiers in apparent coup
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/30/22/Benin_Trial_51568.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A group of soldiers has announced the dissolution of Benin’s government in an apparent coup.…
Weather map: Where will it snow and rain in the UK this week after Met Office warnings?
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/11/19/14/23/BRITAIN-ENVIRONMENT-WEATHER-SNOW-th2wlxzw.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0 More than half a month’s rain could fall in parts of south-west England and Wales,…
Inside the battle against new film studios being built near picturesque countryside town
https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/12/05/12/56/03-Studio-Hub-View.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 An MP vowed she “will continue to fight” the government’s decision to approve the construction…
