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New wearable UV detector can monitor exposure and prevent sunburn
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Scientists have created a new wearable UV detection system that could help prevent sunburn. Almost nine in ten skin cancer casesContinue Reading
Electricity prices set to jump 20% within five years, energy firm warns
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Will Arnett tries jokes on The Independent at film premiere |
Will Arnett flexed his newly sharpened comic timing during the premiere for comedy Is This Thing On? at the BFI London Film Festival on Tuesday (14 October). The film, loosely inspired by the career of British comedian John Bishop, is directed by Bradley Cooper. Arnett plays Alex Novak, who discoversContinue Reading
Carlos Alcaraz makes Six Kings Slam point as world No 1 hits back at critics
Carlos Alcaraz has defended tennis players who participate in exhibition tournaments amid complaints over the calendar. Several stars in the game have voiced concern over the length of the tennis season. The ATP and WTA tours have tournaments across 11 months of the year alongside the ITF’s four grand slamContinue Reading
Donald Trump’s Scottish golf resorts still loss making despite rising revenues
Donald Trump’s two Scottish golf courses have posted another year of financial losses despite a strong rise in turnover, as the former US president’s business empire continues to invest heavily in luxury tourism and golf. Accounts filed for 2024 show that Trump Turnberry, in Ayrshire, increased its revenue by 15Continue Reading
Aliens may have stopped trying to contact humans because they simply got bored, Nasa scientist
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Is there a reason aliens are ghosting us? Maybe they are bored of trying? That’s the latest theory from scientists whoContinue Reading
Airline seeking 1,200 new pilots amid major expansion plan
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One part of the UK might escape Starmer’s smoking ban, minister admits
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email One part of the UK might escape Keir Starmer’s flagship smoking ban because of a key post-Brexit deal with the EuropeanContinue Reading
The viral flower that is teetering on the edge of extinction
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email They look like tiny monkeys peering out from the mist. Known to scientists as Dracula, the so-called “monkey-face orchids” have becomeContinue Reading
PMQs live: Starmer faces Badenoch as government under pressure over China spy scandal
Analysis: Starmer tries – and fails – to draw a line under China spy row The Independent’s Whitehall editor Kate Devlin reports: Keir Starmer started PMQs by making a statement on the China spy row – in which he said he had decided to publish the witness statement at theContinue Reading