Eight out of 10 of the most flood-prone constituencies are projected to vote in a Reform MP at the next general election, but the party remains sceptical about the climate crisis and net zero policies. Holly Evans takes a look at how this could come ...

Climate experts say it demonstrates the need to ‘take climate change seriously and learn from what is happening around the world’

Temperatures could hit 40C on Wednesday and Thursday in some parts of England and Wales

Scotland require at least a point against Brazil to qualify for the World Cup knockout stage

Nominations to replace Keir Starmer won’t even begin until 9 July – but just days after being sworn in, Burnham may already showing some red flags, warn Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson. Reported by Athena Stavrou and Maja Anushka

The film sparked controversy over claims the wartime leader used ‘wilful’ mass starvation as part of the Bengal famine

Nkoumou’s move is integral to a vital conservation breeding programme safeguarding western lowland gorillas

Sharon Underwood, whose business was featured on Married At First Sight and Don’t Tell the Bride, was left in ‘disrepair’

Exclusive: It is the second time that the deputy prime minister has turned to a former Tory cabinet minister to create a cross party consensus on complicated reform

With temperatures forecast to reach 38C and classrooms expected to become uncomfortably hot, we're asking readers whether schools should be allowed to close during extreme heatwaves or remain open with extra safeguards in place

The Government is believed to have spent £333 billion in 2025/26 on welfare

Andy Burnham is the favourite to succeed Keir Starmer as Labour leader – and his path to Number 10 has become slightly easier

One of the officers appears to hit out at a girl as she lunges at him

Sally Lindsay, Matt Brittin and rugby player will all receive honours at an investiture ceremony on Wednesday

The Met Office has issued a rare ‘red warning’ for temperatures which are expected to reach 39C

Our community says the EU's new entry-exit system is causing unnecessary delays, confusion and disruption at airports, with many blaming poor planning and flawed implementation rather than the border checks themselves

Ten years after the Brexit referendum, one of the campaign’s most memorable slogans remains under scrutiny: “We send the EU £350 million a week, let’s fund our NHS instead.”

Councils are changing waste collection times to help refuse workers avoid the hottest times of the day

Schools throughout the country are sending children home early to protect them from extreme heat

Teachers and unions say schools can become unbearably hot for students and staff

Extreme heat is forecast on Wednesday and Thursday with red warnings issued across parts of England and Wales

Rob Gazzard, who advises the Forestry Commission on wildfires, said ‘extreme scenarios are going to be very challenging’ to deal with for the organisation

The Mayor of London extended the Ulez across inner London in October 2021, and to cover the whole of the city in August 2023

Andy Burnham’s camp is caught between euphoria and fear. After his victory in the Makerfield by-election and Keir Starmer’s resignation, the path to No 10 appears to have opened up for the former Manchester mayor.

Everyone should be ‘mindful of their water use’ amid the heatwave, an Environment Agency chief has said

The road has remained closed as investigators carry out their inquiries

Aspiring social worker Eleisha Skinner died from anoxic brain injury due to asphyxia compression, a medical examination found

Robertson, 45, was convicted of a total of five offences against a number of women between 2004 and 2019

The body of teenager Lilly was discovered in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina on Monday evening

A decade on from Britain voting to leave the EU, Alex Ross and Albert Toth explore the impact of the result that divided the UK

The Reform UK leader is being investigated by the Commons sleaze watchdog for failing to declare the donation from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne

The Independent relives the EU referendum night 10 years ago – from the moment the polls closed to the dawning realisation that the Leave campaign had won

Newly elected MP Lara Bird appeared to cross her fingers as she swore allegiance to King Charles in the House of Commons on Monday (22 June).

Former husband of Nicola Sturgeon sentenced to more than five years behind bars after making extravagant purchases with party funds

Starmer and Burnham meet face-to-face for the first time since the PM resigned as Labour’s newest MP prepares to succeed him

‘One way or another, our interests will always remain closely tied up with our closest geographical neighbours’, Nick Clegg argued

The survey, conducted by Merlin Strategy for The Independent, found that 55 per cent of people want a return to freedom of movement, while just 16 per cent said they oppose it

Charities have also warned about caring for cats in the heatwave

Ten years on from the 2016 referendum, nearly half of Britons say they would vote ‘rejoin’ should they now be given another choice

Sir Keir Starmer took a deferential approach to dealing with Donald Trump, but political editor David Maddox explains why Andy Burnham might not follow suit

Retailers are reporting soaring sales for a raft of summer essentials

British Transport Police arrested him 11 days later when he was seen by plain-clothes officers

‘If anyone does ask, you took them yourself,’ Joshua Sharp told one of the recipients

HMRC says tax evasion accounted for 12 per cent of last year’s tax gap

The pilot scheme sees Channel migrants returned to France in exchange for other asylum seekers

Angus MacDonald said that he had no memory of the incident

The PM’s likely successor has not signed up to the Defence Investment Plan

Voters do not have to have a say on a change of prime minister. But could a bounce in the polls and the chance to catch Nigel Farage’s Reform UK on the hop convince the country’s next leader to risk it?

The barn owl and kestrel was found along with the hares outside a village shop with blood smeared on the window

Houses rose in value after Brexit - but economic growth stalled. How much of each was down to leaving the EU?

At a special preview screening for The Independent’s new documentary ‘Hunted: Kidnapped, blackmailed and tortured for being LGBTQ+’ the vital nature of funding to protect safe spaces for vulnerable communities was laid bare

Emergency services were called to Southbourne beach in Dorset on Monday afternoon to attend to the incident

Only a small minority of 18 to 28-year-olds – who were unable to vote in the referendum ten years ago – believe the UK should stay out of the bloc

Peter Murrell was silent and impassive as police grilled him on his “outrageous” spending on pens and other items that he bought with more than £400,000 embezzled from the Scottish National Party.

Exclusive: Refugee status in the UK is now temporary with the right to asylum under review every 30 months

Three names dominate discussions about who would be Burnham’s chancellor if he becomes prime minister – but there could still be a surprise candidate

Peter Murrell was led away from court in handcuffs after he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party.

Accountant James Dinsdale married his two wives five years apart in Las Vegas