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4 hours ago

What is Starmer and Macron's one-in, one out' migrant deal and will it work?

The one-in, one-out agreement will see some of those who arrive in the UK illegally via the Channel sent straight back for the first time since Brexit.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 hours ago

Why a bonfire in Northern Ireland has ignited fierce controversy

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) declared it a major incident as the force considers a request from the council to help contractors remove a towering pyre on Meridi Street off the Donegall Road.
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12 hours ago

Girl sues boarding school for 145,000 after drug binge left her with PTSD'

Irune Pedrayes, a 19-year-old suing her former school for 145,000, claims she suffered PTSD after being given mephedrone-laced vape liquid at a private boarding school.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 days ago

Excavation begins for remains of 800 infants at Ireland home

Excavation and identification of remains of 802 infants, buried from 1925 to 1961 in Tuam, began next week, initiated by a global team of forensic experts.
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3 days ago

Parents in court for 100k donations to dead son to be spent on daughter

Parents who lost their nine-year-old son to cancer are in a court battle with a charity over 100,000 of donations originally made for him. Lego-loving Kyle Morrison died in 2020 after being diagnosed with an incurable brain cancer, leaving parents, Craig Evison and Victoria Morrison, behind. The couple went on to have a daughter, Ruby-Rose, now two, but were devastated to learn that she too was seriously ill with a genetic metabolic disease and was unlikely to live beyond this summer.
Fundraising
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 days ago

British teenager jailed in Dubai for sex with 17-year-old freed after royal pardon

A British teenager jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl is back in the UK after being freed by a royal pardon.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Six great reads: gravity-defying boobs, an ayahuasca multinational, and Jesse Armstrong on tech bros

The Maga ruling class has a thirst for busty women in tight clothes, which fuses something new with nostalgia for 1950s America.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Ex-Labour MP Zara Sultana to set up new party with Jeremy Corbyn

The Independent is dedicated to providing accessible journalism on critical issues such as reproductive rights, climate change, and political reform.
UK politics
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Democracy Gave Us This. There Has To Be a Better Way.

In excluding reproductive rights from the Constitution, the question of women's bodily autonomy became a matter of public political discussion and controversy rather than an issue of democracy.
Social justice
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Warning issued to government over building 1.5 million homes pledge

"A staggering 76 percent of construction firms are struggling to recruit the skilled personnel they need, highlighting a critical shortage in the industry."
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Liverpool Pride back on after LGBTQ+ charity steps up

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1 week ago

Wisconsin's 1849 law is not an abortion ban, the state Supreme Court rules

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the 1849 abortion law does not ban abortions, allowing the procedure to continue in the state, following years of litigation.
US politics
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1 week ago

Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the 1849 abortion ban was superseded by a newer law criminalizing abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

UK accused of hypocrisy at landmark UN foreign aid conference

The UK has been accused of hypocrisy over its lack of high-level participation at a key global development finance summit, while also discussing its role in aiding lower-income nations.
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