Boots to offer walk-in weight loss jabs on the high street in UK pilot
February 14, 2026
Who was Alexei Navalny and why would Russia poison him?
February 14, 2026
Floral tributes outside the Russian embassy in London for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after his death (Jordan Pettitt /PA) PA Archive Alexei Navalny died in a Siberian penal colony after becoming the most prominent and persistent critic of Vladimir Putin. Mr Navalny, who campaigned against official corruption and organised major anti-government protests, had been […]
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The new leader of Catholics in England and Wales has told his installation ceremony that he is aware of the Church’s failures “especially when the vulnerable have been abused”. Archbishop Richard Moth was formally installed as the 12th Archbishop of Westminster in front of a 2,000-strong congregation on Saturday. Shortly after midday, the cleric knelt […]
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Dressed in a black puffa jacket and box fresh trainers, a teenager scurries towards a flat door and kicks it frantically, before changing position to give it a good boot from a different angle. The flurry of frenzied blows only last for a few seconds – but it’s all been caught on camera. Not to capture […]
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Three of The Independent’s journalists have been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Press Awards. The annual ceremony in London recognises the best of British national journalism, with The Independent nominated across four categories in total. Judged by academics, editors, journalists and other industry figures, the awards – now in their 64th year – remain one […]
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The Premier League could receive a £750m annual revenue boost by centralising perimeter advertising sales and increasing the number of top-level commercial partners associated with the world’s most lucrative domestic football competition, its clubs have been told. Sky News has learnt that the 20 top-flight sides were informed at a shareholder meeting this week that […]
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Stock prices in London closed mostly higher on Friday following the news that US consumer inflation slowed more than expected last month. The US annual CPI rate stood at 2.4% on-year in January, lower than 2.7% in December and below the FXStreet-cited consensus of a softer deceleration to 2.5%. Monthly, consumer prices rose 0.2% after […]
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Ministers have so far been unable to strip Wayne Couzens, the former police officer who raped and murdered Sarah Everard, of his public sector pension and are considering introducing legislation if required, Sky News can reveal. In March 2021, when he was a serving Metropolitan Police officer, Couzens used his police warrant to lure Sarah […]
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I’ve never enjoyed staying in one place for too long, preferring to move around and explore different areas, which is why during my 19 years of London living, I made a home in nine of the city’s 32 boroughs. Let me give you a whistle-stop tour of my various abodes in the big city. First […]
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Anas Sarwar “didn’t step back” from his calls for the Prime Minister to quit in a conversation between the two men on Thursday, the Scottish Labour leader has said. Speaking at a press conference in Edinburgh on Friday, Mr Sarwar joked he had taken the “nuclear option” by calling for Sir Keir Starmer to go, […]
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The Government’s decision to ban Palestine Action as a terror group was unlawful and “disproportionate”, the High Court has ruled. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she will fight to prevent the proscription being lifted and the case could have implications for thousands of people arrested for supporting the group at protests across the country. The […]
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