6 winter-sun destinations warm in January with UK flights of 4 hours or less

January can be a tough month to get through. The post-Christmas crash is no fun, money is tight, and it can feel like there’s not much to look forward to in the gloomy months until spring. However, it can be the perfect time for a getaway....

Lily Allen’s West End Girl is funny, sexy, jawdropping – and forged in the fires of tabloid Britain

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. Though it probably wouldn’t have occurred to the 17th-century playwright who wrote those words, scorned women write absolute bangers, too. We have been reminded...

S$600 Off British Council 1:1 Private Lessons For Early Years Reading And Writing

Is your child ready for Primary 1? Watching your child struggle with English can be difficult. The challenges are real, whether it is keeping up with schoolwork, understanding complex vocabulary, speaking confidently, or even reading. Build...

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace ODDS BOOST: Get Mikel Arteta’s men at 30/1 to win Sunday’s game with talkSPORT BET

PREMIER LEAGUE leaders Arsenal welcome fellow Londoners Crystal Palace to the Emirates on Sunday for an intriguing Premier League duel. It’s a huge game, so talkSPORT BET are marking it with a monster of an odds boost – offering Arsenal at a...

Mixed Martial Arts-Aspinall aiming to stay on top after long road to UFC summit

(Reuters) -England's Tom Aspinall enters UFC 321 on Saturday as a big favourite to retain the heavyweight title, and if he beats French challenger Ciryl Gane, it will be the first time he exits the cage with the undisputed belt around his waist....

Fury over plans to turn UK village into new town with 20,000 new homes - 'not on my watch'

A quiet Cheshire village could soon be entirely transformed under Government-backed plans for a new town of between 14,000 and 20,000 homes, sparking outrage from local leaders and residents who have vowed to fight the proposal. The rural...

Labour hammered in Caerphilly by-election as Plaid Cymru sees off Reform UK threat

Plaid Cymru won the seat which Labour have held since devolution in 1999 in a major blow for Sir Keir Starmer Plaid Cymru have won the Caerphilly Senedd by-election in a major blow for Sir Keir Starmer in Wales. Listen to this article Plaid's...

Rhett Davis' UK debut is a strange, profound exploration of what makes us human

In Arborescence (Fleet), the Geelong, Australia-based author Rhett Davis leads the reader into the novel’s strange central premise, a world in which people not only can but increasingly choose to turn into trees, through its central, disaffected...

Drunken menace banned from UK seaside town after terrorising public

A woman who shouted, swore and intimidated members of the public before assaulting a police officer whilst drunk, has been banned from the seaside town of Scarborough. Sadie Lauren Metcalf was issued with a criminal behaviour order, after she was...

Top UK winter holiday spot little-known and 'unspoilt' village

The village is filled with charm The 'Jewel of the Cotswolds ', a village in Worcestershire, has been lauded for its "beautiful" and "unspoilt" charm. Broadway, particularly popular during the summer, is being promoted as an ideal spot to visit...

'Spookiest' attraction in Europe is below one major UK city - not London

These vaults are a series of chambers formed in the nineteen arches of the South Bridge in Edinburgh. They were first used as storage for businesses on South Bridge in 1788. This use only lasted a few years, however, and they were later used as...

Hong Kong slams UK over ‘despicable political manoeuvres’ in report calling for release of jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai

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The financial support available to single parents in Britain – and how to access it

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

HARIBO UK and The Together Project Partnership helps to tackle loneliness across Yorkshire

Following the announcement of HARIBO and The Together Project’s partnership this year, the first Songs & Smiles sessions are already helping to tackle loneliness across West Yorkshire, HARIBO’s home region. Songs & Smiles is a weekly...

Under-18s feel addicted to social media – they need a doom-scrolling cap

(Kathy deWitt / Alamy) 3 min read4 hr I was elected to Parliament last July wanting to make a real difference. Soon after, when I was selected as the Liberal Democrats’ Science, Innovation and Technology spokesperson, I knew just how important it...

INTERVIEW: Badenoch calls for visas of non-British university actvists targeting Israeli professor to be revoked

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for the expulsion of pro-Palestine students who disrupted a lecture at a London university due to the speaker’s links to Israel. In an interview with Jewish News, Badenoch also added that, if the...

Grabbing the payment culture bull by the horns

Rudi Klein is a barrister and director at KleinLegal Recent measures on improving payment practices have failed, yet again, to measure up to the extent of abuse in the industry. We all know about the devastating impact that such abuse has had on...

Mum banned from airline after being arrested at UK Airport for being 'too drunk'

Adam Cailler Senior reporter and MSN lead, Jake Meeus-Jones and Lee Grimsditch 09:53, 24 Oct 2025Updated 09:56, 24 Oct 2025 Leanne Burns was handcuffed at the airport.(Image: Leanne Burns / SWNS) A mother who found herself in handcuffs at...

Insider’s guide: 9 underrated villages in the UK that mainly locals know about

Bakewell is a paradise for dessert enthusiasts and sweet treat lovers—a severely underrated getaway. The town boasts the original Bakewell pudding shop. Born in the town itself, Bakewell tarts are a delicious traditional English sweet pastry, and...

Rethinking the Art World | Alvaro Barrington Is a True 21st-Century Artist

LONDON — When the artist Alvaro Barrington was coming up in New York’s 90s hip-hop scene, he and his friends obsessed over top five lists: “In the neighbourhood, all anybody talked about was, ‘Who’s the top five rappers? Who’s the top five in...