Category: UK
Reform would win most seats if general election took place now, new poll reveals
No party would win an overall majority, but a YouGov poll suggests Nigel Farage would have the most seats by far
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Hainault sword attacker guilty of murdering schoolboy during violent rampage while high on cannabis
Daniel Anjorin had been walking to school with his headphones on when he was ambushed by Marcus Arduini Monzo
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BBC star John Hunt says ‘I still talk to them every day’ after crossbow murder of wife and daughters
Kyle Clifford was handed a whole-life order for the crossbow and knife murders of his Louise, Hannah and Carol Hunt on 9 July last year
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Cannabis, samurai swords and a skinned cat: Inside the disturbing life of the Hainault knifeman
Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, took psychedelic drugs and tried to eat his cat before carrying out a violent 20-minute rampage that left a schoolboy dead and five others injured
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Britain must ‘actively prepare’ for a war on home soil, major government review warns
The new National Security Strategy has been published with a grim warning as international turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine continues
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Reform council leader quits within weeks — leaving 18-year-old in charge
Reform’s 18-year-old George Finch, will take over as interim leader of Warwickshire County Council
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First-time buyers and retirees set to gain from possible mortgage rule changes
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a discussion paper
Read MoreVoices: ‘We haven’t learned anything’: Readers despair over UK’s Covid response in 2025
Many of the protections and behaviours that helped us during the pandemic — like staying home when sick, wearing masks, and improving ventilation – have quietly disappeared, say Independent readers
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Dive-bombing seagulls behind Royal Mail delays, postal workers say
Seagulls in Liskeard, Cornwall, have become so aggressive that some postal workes have had to abandon their routes
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Living standards ‘not likely to improve for at least five years’
The research suggests frozen tax thresholds and rising council tax are among the factors causing stagnation
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