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Mystery of why big dogs age faster than small ones finally solved
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F1 star hands his team ‘last chance’ warning as reality sets in
They have had a rough time of it.Continue Reading
Celebrity Traitors 2026 live: Richard E Grant banished as Traitors prepare to ‘murder’
Is Myha’la next for the chop? Julie tells Sharon that she is convinced that Myha’la is a Traitor, after she saw her wink at Richard while voting at the Roundtable. Unusually for The Traitors, this is actually something that did occur! And not made up nonsense! Could this be theContinue Reading
Holborn and St Pancras by-election result live: Polls set to close as Polanski looks to win Starmer’s old seat
By-election falls on difficult week for Green Party leader The by-election has fallen on a difficult week for Zack Polanski, after the Green Party passed a controversial motion at its conference in Brighton asserting that “Zionism is racism”. Mr Polanski, who abstained on the vote, later said that he willContinue Reading
The platypus otter beaver hybrid that swam in lakes with dinosaurs
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Tesco stars but oil price gains keep stocks lower
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in The FTSE 100 outperformed European peers on Thursday as higher oil prices continued to weigh on blue chips. In London, the FTSE 100 index endedContinue Reading
Holborn and St Pancras by-election live: Polanski eyes upset in Starmer’s old seat as central London goes to the polls
Labour vs Greens Labour has held the Holborn and St Pancras seat continuously since it was created in 1983, but voters there have moved towards Green and independent candidates in recent years. In May’s local elections, the Greens also saw major success, with Zoe Garbett becoming the UK’s first directly-electedContinue Reading
Low growth and successive shocks erode public finances, Bank boss says
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Readers debate if Novak Djokovic will win a 25th Grand Slam title
Novak Djokovic finally returned to winning ways at the China Open.Continue Reading
Anne Carson: Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to poet and essayist
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in The Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson has been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogueContinue Reading