Labour’s candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoral election tells The Independent how she plans to be different to Andy ...

Supermarket giant Waitrose has reported a surprise increase in certain meals during the heatwaves scorching the UK. Somewhat ...

The UK is bracing for its fourth heatwave of the summer as temperatures are expected to soar to 34C in the hottest parts of ...

While tailoring school to the needs of the local workforce is sound in sentiment, the government needs to be careful not to ...

Around 300,000 people have been instructed to go to evacuation centres after strong tremors damaged highways and bridges ...

PM Sanae Takaichi says authorities face 'race against time' to reach people trapped by 6.8-magnitude earthquake ...

Exclusive: The Independent’s James C. Reynolds witnesses the scale of the devastation in Gironde first hand, and speaks to ...

Fifa’s latest money-spinning wheeze, to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investment, has been met with horror. Now ...

Leading economic think tank warns there is ‘no capacity’ to borrow more with inflation set to go higher than expected, growth ...

France has warned that the latest intense heatwave hitting the country will peak today, as more towns near Bordeaux were ...

Thousands of stranded vessels in the Persian Gulf following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could unintentionally trigger ...

Counterfeit shirts produced in unsafe and unregulated conditions can contain harmful materials, police warned.