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Celebrity Traitors final live: Fans braced for thrilling climax as Alan Carr and Joe Marler face-off tonight
Alan Carr claims he is ‘most hated man in UK’ and ‘flees to US’ ahead of Celebrity Traitors finale Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletterContinue Reading
Wealthy investors pour record sums into offshore bonds amid rising UK tax burden
Wealthy Britons are moving unprecedented sums into offshore bonds as they brace for higher taxes and seek more flexible ways to manage their wealth. According to data reviewed by the Financial Times, around £10.5 billion was invested in offshore bonds in the 12 months to June, more than double theContinue Reading
Blood from camels and llamas could hold key to Alzheimer’s cure, study finds
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 Tiny protein molecules derived from the blood of llamas and camels could be useful in treating brain disorders such as Alzheimer’sContinue Reading
UK tech scale-ups lag on gender diversity as over a third have no women on their boards
More than a third of the UK’s fastest-growing technology scale-ups have no women on their boards, according to new research that highlights a striking gap between rhetoric and reality on diversity in Britain’s tech sector. The report from global growth consultancy Think & Grow found that women occupy just 18%Continue Reading
Sabalenka eyes Djokovic after setting up divisive ‘Battle of the Sexes’ match
Sabalenka will face Kyrgios at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on December 28 for a new iteration of the ‘Battle of the Sexes’. The most famous battle took place in September 1973, when tennis icon Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs. There have been two other official ‘Battle of theContinue Reading
Kate Garraway hits out at Robert Jenrick for swearing on live TV | News
Kate Garraway told off Robert Jenrick for swearing live on Good Morning Britain as he criticised David Lammy. During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (5 November), the justice secretary failed to answer questions about the mistaken release of 24-year-old Algerian national Brahim Kaddour-Cherif from HMP Wandsworth, despite having been informedContinue Reading
Interest rates live: Bank of England to vote on potential cut today
Nine banks cut savings rates on a ‘hold’ vote – will more follow? While those people due to renew their mortgage soon will be hoping for rate cuts which in turn prompt lenders to reduce their own interest rates, for savers it’s a different matter. Kate Steere, money expert atContinue Reading
This ‘spider megacity’ may be the largest web ever found. But what’s inside is even more extraordinary
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 Researchers have discovered what could be the world’s largest known spider’s web, an arachnid “megacity” teeming with tens of thousands ofContinue Reading
Meghan Markle reportedly returning to acting after 8-year hiatus
Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent email Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free newsletter Meghan Markle is reportedly returning to acting after an eight-year hiatus. According to Variety, Markle is making a cameoContinue Reading
UK interest rates set to stay at 4%, but policymakers ‘deeply divided’
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails UK interest rates are widely expected to be kept at 4% but policymakers are “deeplyContinue Reading