Wuhan Open semi-finalist withdraws hours before match as draw thrown into chaos
The tennis star has pulled out of a big match at the WTA 1000 event.Continue Reading
2026-10-16
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage: We’re addicted to interruption – daydreaming should be a GCSE subject
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 If Disney are listening, give me a call,” says Simon Armitage, grinning. The Poet Laureate is pitching his latest volume of verse as a blockbuster.Continue Reading
2026-10-16
Can AI screen for heart disease using photos of your tongue and face?
Lee Charlie/Shutterstock.com An AI system trained on photographs of the face and tongue correctly identified every patient with coronary heart disease (CHD) in a small test, according to a new study from China. The researchers recruited 518 people: 200 with diagnosed CHD and 318 healthy volunteers. Each had their faceContinue Reading
2026-10-16
Reform tell its councillors to consider equalities – despite pledging to rip up the Equality Act
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 councillors have been advised by the party to use equality impact assessments despite the party’s pledge to scrap the Equality Act 2010. AnContinue Reading
2026-10-16
Telegraph takeover by UAE-backed group would have risked press freedom – Ofcom
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 failed takeover of the Telegraph by a UAE-backed consortium would have risked undermining “free expression” in the press, the media watchdog found. The findingsContinue Reading
2026-10-16
New praying mantis species discovered hiding in plain sight in Iran
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 Scientists discovered a new praying mantis species hiding in plain sight in the oak forests of western Iran, shedding light on the biodiversity of theContinue Reading
2026-10-16
Vaccines have been so successful that some people have forgotten why we need them
Measles causes a distinctive rash that usually begins on the face before spreading across the body. Falling vaccination rates have contributed to its resurgence. phichet chaiyabin/Shutterstock Three measles-related deaths have been reported in England in 2026. One child died from an acute infection, another from the long-term effects of measles,Continue Reading
2026-10-16
The way we keep time with the sun will be changing forever next year after landmark vote
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 On June 30 2015 at 23:59:59 UTC (19:59:59 EDT), artist Sara Morawetz was standing in the middle of New York’s Times Square with a pairContinue Reading
2026-10-16
The eye condition that may signal dementia years before memory begins to fail
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 An eye condition linked to diabetes may foreshadow dementia years before the first signs of memory loss appear, a comprehensive new review of research suggests.Continue Reading
2026-10-16
Man Utd stars ‘cancel team dinner’ as reason for Lisandro Martinez row emerges
Manchester United’s players had a clear response to the Atletico Madrid defeatContinue Reading
2026-10-16