Mark Allen flooded with support after opening up on mystery absence from snooker
Mark Allen has admitted that he’s in a ‘bad place’ and is likely to retire from snooker.Continue Reading
2026-10-20
Government to announce long-awaited decision on Jackdaw gas field
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 Government will announce its long-awaited decision on the future of a new gas drilling operation off the coast of Aberdeen on Wednesday, it isContinue Reading
2026-10-20
How Rob Reiner and Larry David nearly made a movie together — and why it never happened
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 Rob Reiner and Larry David nearly worked on an unproduced screenplay together, but it never happened, according to a new book. Blake J. Harris’ newContinue Reading
2026-10-20
Tell us how you’re going to pay for defence spending, Badenoch urges chancellor ahead of Budget
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 delay in setting out how defence funding will increase is “unconscionable”, Kemi Badenoch said, as she called on John Healey to slash welfare spendingContinue Reading
2026-10-20
Blow for Nigel Farage as Reform UK stuck in third place in new YouGov poll
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 Reform UK have cemented their position as the third-most popular party in the UK, according to a new poll which will come as a hugeContinue Reading
2026-10-20
Scientists find Spanish ‘Women’s Cave’ used for 24,000 years in sacred rituals
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2026-10-20
Google Cloud outage hits Revolut, Lloyds and DPD
A power failure at a Google data centre in London disrupted Google Cloud services across the company’s London region this morning, causing problems for customers of businesses including the banks Revolut and Lloyds, the delivery company DPD and the property website Rightmove. Google said on its service health page thatContinue Reading
2026-10-20
‘I was grateful to get out of North Korea alive after naive Kim Jong-un meeting’
One sporing icon admitted he was relieved to get out of North Korea alive after meeting Kim Jong-un.Continue Reading
2026-10-20
We asked people taking GLP-1s what happened when their expectations met reality
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 Nearly 30 million Americans use GLP-1 diabetes and weight loss drugs to improve their health but not everyone sees the same results. While some usersContinue Reading
2026-10-20
The ‘activity trap’: fear of losing benefits is stopping some disabled people from exercising
Some disabled people avoid exercise because they fear that being physically active could put their disability benefits at risk, new research suggests. Marcos Castillo/Shutterstock For some people with disabilities, going swimming or attending an exercise class comes with a worry that many others would never consider: could being seen toContinue Reading
2026-10-20