Month: September 2025

Thousands of new school nursery places to be rolled out

Working parents of children between nine months and four years old are now eligible for the full 30 hours

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Why e-bikes and e-scooters are making streets a ‘nightmare’ for blind people

Only one in 10 (9 per cent) blind people confident walking in their own neighbourhood because of e-bikes and e-scooters

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Government launch £338m scheme to help sick and disabled people back into work

The government’s welfare reforms were formally passed into law on Wednesday

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Mike Johnson and Thomas Massie clash in behind-closed-doors meeting with Republicans over Epstein vote

Speaker reportedly urged members to back Republican committee’s Epstein investigation over bipartisan bill forcing release of more evidence

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Mike Johnson and Thomas Massie clash in behind-closed-doors meeting with Republicans over Epstein vote

Speaker reportedly urged members to back Republican committee’s Epstein investigation over bipartisan bill forcing release of more evidence

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Reform media ban in Nottinghamshire is a disturbing glimpse of a future with Farage in power

As Nigel Farage attacked the state of free speech in the UK in front of a congressional committee in Washington DC, The Independent’s political editor David Maddox discusses Reform’s attitude to a free press

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New details emerge as Army vet gets $1M bond in accused killing of boy, 11, as he ran away while playing ding-dong-ditch

“I think that a very high bond is warranted if the allegations involve someone intentionally killing an 11-year-old for knocking on their door,” a Harris County Assistant District Attorney said

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New details emerge as Army vet gets $1M bond in accused killing of boy, 11, as he ran away while playing ding-dong-ditch

“I think that a very high bond is warranted if the allegations involve someone intentionally killing an 11-year-old for knocking on their door,” a Harris County Assistant District Attorney said

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Was Trump’s Venezuelan boat attack a ‘war crime’? Experts say extrajudicial killings violate international law

Attack raises serious questions about president’s legal authority for lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers

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Was Trump’s Venezuelan boat attack a ‘war crime’? Experts say extrajudicial killings violate international law

Attack raises serious questions about president’s legal authority for lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers

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