The Home Office has advertised a £1.3 million contract for an algorithm that can ‘accurately predict someone’s age’. One former asylum seeker tells Holly Bancroft why he thinks this could go very wrong

Women open up about abuse that led to disappearance, after government VAWG strategy is silent on missing people, as The Independent hopes to launch national lifeline SafeCall

Daisy House, 16, died after an incident at an Underground station in Essex

‘Nothing prepares you for the pain, the fear, or the overwhelming responsibility of trying to rebuild a child's life after such violence,’ devastated grandmother says

The goat was seen eating oranges from a Christmas wreath, according to eye witnesses

Metropolitan Police said at the early stage of the investigation, no arrests have been made

Former prince poses with his head near woman’s lap in image taken at Sandringham and contained within latest release of files related to disgraced financier

28 per cent of people in the UK report living in homes with issues like damp, mould, or cold, according to new research

Met police believe it was a case of mistaken identity and want to speak to two people in connection with the incident

Shooter still at large as police cordon off major road in northwest London

‘Farage's refusal to take action against racism in his party shows what a dark place he's dragging politics to,’ says Labour Party chair as Reform’s Hampshire mayor candidate praises Enoch Powell

The chancellor increased taxes by £26bn in November’s Budget

Christmas dinner or Christmas thinner? Nicole Wootton-Cane went to a pop-up ‘Ozempic restaurant’ to find out what a GLP-1 festive meal looks like, and how the politics of the dinner table might react

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