In April, the UK’s highest court ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex. Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to five transgender Britons about how they feel the decision has affected their lives, and what comes next

Britain is accused of undermining a key aid pledge to support Sudan after failing to maintain the flow of aid as refugees flee to South Sudan, reports Nick Ferris. Stories from the border between the two countries reveal just how devastating the cuts...

Temperatures may be low in much of the country, but will we see snow?

If you were banking on Christmas Day for last-minute supplies, we have got some bad news for you

The visa sanctions have been branded an ‘authoritarian attack on free speech and an egregious act of government censorship’

Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence

For families of missing children, Christmas can be the hardest time of all. As The Independent’s SafeCall campaign reaches £165,000, parents and siblings open up about the ‘horrific’ pain of the festive season. Tara Cobham and Harriette Bouche...

An extraordinary public response means the free, round-the-clock service can now be launched, reaching the 72,000 young people who go missing every year

The woman’s car hit the central reservation and overturned

Madison Richardson died in hospital after emergency services were called to an address in Manchester

New homeowners could save nearly £1,800 a year on average

One officer was injured by the explosion as police in Tomar responded to a suspected domestic violence alert

Simon Geary has been described as a ‘much-loved son and brother’ by his family

Four Palestine Action-linked prisoners are still on hunger strike and four have paused their protest, Prisoners for Palestine group says

Kimberlee Singler is accused of killing her nine-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son

CCTV footage shows the moment a drink-driver crashed his car into a Nottingham city landmark.

Peter Nygard was jailed in November 2024 for sexually assaulting four women and faces further sex trafficking charges

Campaigners warn a quarter of people who are more likely to develop HIV need better access to preventative drugs

Those on hunger strikes have been denied bail and are due to go on trial next year at the earliest

From May, landlords will be banned from using Section 21 notices under Labour’s new Renter’s Rights Act. Until then, they can still administer these ‘no-fault’ notices to remove a tenant without reason at two months’ notice

Geoff and Pamela Poole were planning on spending Christmas on their canal boat when a huge sinkhole opened up in Llangollen Canal in Shropshire

Richard Gaisford signed off from Good Morning Britain one final time on Wednesday, 24 December, after 25 years working on the ITV programme.

The Species Recovery Trust aims to remove 50 species from the edge of extinction in the UK by 2050