Month: July 2025
Greater Manchester Police investigating 1,000 grooming gang suspects, watchdog says
Andy Burnham said ‘never again will any child here be labelled or dismissed’ after a report found significant improvements in the force’s response to grooming gangs
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Starmer admits to ‘tough’ few days as prime minister addresses Reeves crying
Sir Keir Starmer has admitted the past few days have been “tough” as he discusses Rachel Reeves crying during parliament on Wednesday (2 July).
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Trump bill latest: Breakthrough as ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ set for floor vote after president rants ‘MAGA is not happy’
President’s tax and spending plan advances after long night of haggling with Republican holdouts
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Plane bounces off runway while battling strong winds at popular holiday airport
This is the moment a plane bounces off the runway as the aircraft battles strong winds at a Madeira airport.
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Firefighters battle raging wildfire on Greek island of Crete
Watch as wildfires blaze across the Greek island of Crete, as thousands of people have been forced to evacuate.
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Who are Palestine Action and why has the UK government banned them?
The UK-based group has been targeting arms manufacturers in the UK since 2020
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Jan 6 defendant sentenced to life in prison for plotting to kill FBI special agents who investigated him
Edward Kelley, a former U.S. Marine who was pardoned by President Trump, created a ‘kill list’ including 36 federal agents, prosecutors say
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Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry finds British committed genocide of Indigenous people
Yoorrook Justice Commission says British colonisation of Victoria brought violence, dispossession and lasting harm to Aboriginal communities
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Rachel Reeves is resilient and will bounce back, says Wes Streeting
Health secretary Wes Streeting has publicly backed his cabinet colleague Rachel Reeves, asserting she is “resilient and will bounce back” amid swirling speculation about her future in government.
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Can Labour survive its identity crisis? Ask chief political commentator John Rentoul anything
The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a welfare reform crisis, mounting pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership, and growing doubts over Rachel Reeves’s position
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