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Met Police chief says policing football matches across country costs £70m

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/12/b5e47311430425e0249666dd2a4a2a4dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODg1NTMw-2.80594040.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Football clubs should contribute more to the £70 million cost of policing their matches, the…

Urgent police search for missing girl, 12, who vanished in popular seaside town

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/9/11/pixie.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&trim=0%2C0%2C250%2C0 Police are urgently searching for a missing 12-year-old girl who disappeared in Bournemouth on Saturday.…

Ex-England and Premier League star ‘arrested in Stansted Airport in front of stunned passengers’

https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/02/28/22/71daf115e705ad8ae94de8946788f249Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjc3NzA5MjE4-2.22812524.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A former Premier League and England footballer was arrested at an airport in front of…

Ministers ‘pushed ahead too fast’ on welfare reform, says Phillipson

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/11/98e12785156aacff30221540b5972047Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODgxNDM0-2.80908097.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Ministers “pushed ahead too fast” and “didn’t listen enough” on welfare reform, the Education Secretary…

Corbyn and Sultana’s new breakaway party will only boost Nigel Farage, Neil Kinnock warns

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/04/16/b28ecbb783ba8a59779a4202cf4c329eY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxNzI2MzIz-2.80884406.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are working on the creation of a “Farage assistance party”,…

Labour policies ‘obscured’ by rows over welfare and winter fuel – Lord Kinnock

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/11/33e52d0dc95f444d2f2aaf7506bbed77Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxODc5NDE2-2.80864935.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Labour policies are “barely being noticed” and have been “obscured” by rows over welfare and winter…

The Texas floods are not an isolated tragedy. A look at history’s deadliest storms

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/01/Extreme_Weather_Texas_92467.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Tragedy has struck in Texas. Latest reports suggest as many as 51 people have lost…

Labour council criticised after banning military equipment from Armed Forces Day celebrations

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/06/8/22/Armed-Forces-Day-Parade-Held-In-Edinburgh-t5j3cvru.jpeg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 A council has been criticised for banning military equipment from its annual Armed Forces Day…

TV has learned nothing from Liam Payne’s death

https://inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SEI_257646671-e1751791137707.jpg There’s a horrible irony at the heart of Netflix’s new talent search Building the Band…

Starmer’s approval ratings at lowest level since becoming PM after welfare chaos

https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/07/05/08/ff9ec5f661b86455b948de0c28cfcaf4Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzUxNzg2NTA0-2.80865142.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2 Sir Keir Starmer’s approval rating has hit an all time low, with voters blaming him…