Johnny Depp is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement award from the Rome Film Festival next month. The festival, which was founded in 2006 and this year runs from October 16 to 27, will also bestow the same honor on Francis Ford Coppola and Viggo Mortensen. Depp, 61, will beContinue Reading
A young woman “traumatised” by a stay in a scandal-hit hospital as a teenager died after trying to take her own life years later, an inquest has heard. Melissa Parrish was admitted to Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead in 2009 for an eating disorder when she was 15 years old, butContinue Reading
A cheap and widely accessible antidepressant has been shown to be “unexpectedly effective” in treating aggressive brain tumours, scientists have found. The drug, named vortioxetine, costs around £40 and is usually prescribed for adults who have major depressive episodes. However, lab tests on cancer cells have shown it was effectiveContinue Reading
Keir Starmer has said he will not accept any more free clothes from donors after days of negative headlines over “wardrobe-gate”. Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves have also made the same pledge, in an abrupt change of policy just before Labour’s annual conference opens this weekend. But the move stillContinue Reading
Judd Trump is first up today as the defending champion faces Wu Yize for a place in the semi-finals. There will be updates to follow on their best-of-nine clash shortly. The full schedule for the day is as follows… 12pm: Judd Trump vs Wu Yize 2pm: Mark Allen vs ChrisContinue Reading
Nigel Farage has said Reform UK must “model itself on the Liberal Democrats” if it wants to succeed in upcoming elections. He outlined plans to “professionalise and democratise” the party, saying it was “amateurism” that let Reform down at this year’s general election. Mr Farage used his speech at hisContinue Reading
Nationalising water firms would cost the taxpayer more than £99 billion – but the Government has “no intention” to do it, a minister has claimed. Baroness Hayman of Ullock said the estimate was based on Ofwat’s regulatory capital value (RCV) figures, the value of the regulated part of England’s waterContinue Reading
The UK’s most senior A&E doctor has accused NHS leaders of normalising corridor care with major plans for winter this year, The Independent can reveal. Dr Adrian Boyle, president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, has warned NHS guidance published this week also blasted national leaders’ guidance, warning thatContinue Reading
Global stock markets tumbled on Friday, with the UK’s top index wiping out gains from the previous day after the dust settled on a week dominated by central bank activity. London’s FTSE 100 fell 98.73 points, or 1.19%, to end the week at 8,229.99. Almost every stock on the blue-chipContinue Reading
Watch live as Nigel Farage addresses the Reform UK party conference in Birmingham on Friday, 20 September. The party secured five seats at this year’s general election and is expected to say it plans to win the next time the country goes to the polls. Deputy leader Richard Tice, chairmanContinue Reading
