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Health & Families

Eight game-changing cancer breakthroughs that could help millions

As Princess Beatrice reveals that Sarah Ferguson has been given the ‘all clear’ from cancer, Leah Hardy looks at how tantalisingly close science is to curing cancer and why miracle jabs and preventative treatments are already a reality for some…

<p>UK researchers are testing a world-first blood test for brain cancer and the hope is there will then be a vaccine to cure it </p>

<p>Vladimir Putin being inaugurated for a fifth term as Russian President </p>

Inside Story

Putin and the ‘Petersburg set’: The secret life of a Russian leader

The Longer Read

Buying a Chinese electric car? There is something you should know...

<p>Baby Reindeer has been Netflix’s No 1 show for weeks – but how reliable a narrator is Richard Gadd? </p>

Inside Story

Baby Reindeer’s ‘true’ story is getting more complicated by the day

Voices

<p>We were relegated to the steps because the Garrick closed its iron gates to women and refused us entry to deliver a letter. We had to ask a man to deliver it for us. Oh, the irony!</p>

Charlotte Proudman

I forced the Garrick Club to admit women – here’s where should be next

<p>Buyers are reluctant to pay through the nose for houses, and prices have been falling month on month </p>

House prices are falling – but what does it mean for the future?

<p>China has been implicated in the hack of an armed forces payroll system operated by a private contractor for the Ministry of Defence </p>

We know China targeted the MOD – the question is, what to do about it

The Longer Read

<p>Cosmic mystery: Astronomers are still undecided about whether the planet even exists</p>

In Focus

Why scientists think there is a hidden object in our solar system

Ten times as big as our own Earth, Planet 9 sits at the edge of our solar system. Now, a new telescope could be about to find it, writes Andrew Griffin

<p>All the rage: Frustration can lead to anger, which, if it isn’t channelled correctly, can lead to health and relationship problems</p>

Health and Wellbeing

Your anger could be ruining your life (and you don’t even realise it)

<p>Eat and run: punters across the UK are racking up hefty bills and disappearing before paying </p>

In Focus

‘Dine and dash’ is the new shoplifting – and we’re all paying for it

Politics Explained

<p>Labour leader Keir Starmer with former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office</p>

Politics Explained

What does Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour mean for the Tories?

<p>Rachel Reeves delivering her speech on the British economy</p>

Politics Explained

Reeves says Tories are ‘gaslighting’ voters – what would Labour do?

<p>The Conservatives’ Susan Hall gives her speech at City Hall after losing the London mayoral election </p>

Politics Explained

Did Rishi Sunak deliberately snub Susan Hall by not voting in London?

<p>The party has made significant progress without having Nigel Farage as its formal leader</p>

Politics Explained

How scared should the Tories be of Reform UK?

Most Commented

Stormy Daniels testifies she wants Trump ‘held accountable’: Live updates

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Blow to Sunak as Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour

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75% of child patients near Rafah ‘safe zone’ have blast injuries - Gaza war live

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US pauses bomb shipment to Israel as Palestinians trapped in Rafah - Gaza war live

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Editorials

<p>The time will soon come, if it has not already, where we realise that laws, regulators and codes can only ever do so much</p>

The Independent View

Ofcom – and parents – must do more to protect children online

<p>Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza</p>

The Independent View

If Rafah is attacked, Israel will have nothing to show for its war

<p>Palestinians flee Rafah on Monday fearing an invasion by the IDF</p>

The Independent View

If Israel mounts an assault on Rafah, we’ll see desperate consequences

Culture

<p>Our guide to what to read this May </p>

The best new books to read this May

<p>Is the back catalogue of The Beatles really as infinite as a recent series of releases and projects suggests? </p>

Is there any ‘lost’ classic rock still worth hearing?

<p>Gregory Peck and Brock Peters in the 1962 film of Harper lee’s classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ </p>

Book of a lifetime: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Travel

<p>A couple’s tour to Japan was paid for at a much higher exchange rate than experienced in the country on their trip </p>

Can we claim rate rebate after the yen dropped while we were in Japan?

<p>The ruins of a Roman apartment block go unnoticed in the shadow of Rome’s Il Vittoriano and Santa Maria Aracoeli</p>

Beyond the Trevi Fountain: an the ancient roman’s guide to secret Rome

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>Natalie Elphicke, the MP for Dover, has crossed the floor to join the Labour Party </p>

Natalie Elphicke’s defection was handled with brutal efficiency

<p>Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, in a speech in the City of London, accused the Conservatives of ‘gaslighting’ the public over the state of the economy</p>

Shrewd, partisan, ruthless… Rachel Reeves has learned from the best

<p>‘So, you still believe rack is a five-letter word, do you?’ </p>

Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: earlier and later American principles

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>The Tories’ traditional economic card might have worked against Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, but it won’t work against Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves</p>

The economy is getting better. Is it enough to save the Tories?

<p>The tactic worked at the 2015 election. It won’t work again </p>

Sunak spinning hopes of a hung parliament won’t work this time

<p>Rishi Sunak limited the scale of the rebellion against him with pre-election policy initiatives</p>

Whatever happened to the post-election Tory bloodbath?

Chris Blackhurst

<p>The event was interpreted as a personal advertisement from Sunak, that when he departs No 10, he will want to work in tech, possibly, who knows, for Elon Musk himself </p>

Why is Rishi shying away from a battle with Big Tech?

<p>Shalini Khemka was made a CBE for services to entrepreneurship (E2E/PA)</p>

A celebration of Britain’s fastest-growing women-led businesses

<p>The hospitality industry is struggling without a steady stream of young staff </p>

Business Comment

Blocking a Brexit free-movement scheme is spiteful and unforgiveable

News analysis

<p>David Cameron meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday</p>

Why the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

<p>Demonstrators wave Iran’s flag as they gather in front of the British embassy in Tehran</p>

Could conflict between Israel and Iran trigger a third world war?

<p>That sinking feeling: the City spoke of Britain paying a ‘moron premium’ for the craziness caused by Liz Truss, </p>

Going for broke: the tragicomedy of Trussonomics

Sport

<p>Nottingham Forest accused a Premier League official of bias in a controversial statement </p>

Shameless derby: How Forest made City clash a lose-lose for neutrals

<p>Taylor Swift has been supporting partner Travis Kelce throughout the playoffs </p>

As the NFL grows, could the Super Bowl soon touch down in London?

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>They say you want a revolution: Columbia university protests in 1968, and, inset, today </p>

Protesting students have much to learn from the 1960s ‘glory days’

<p>Wednesday’s meeting between Rishi Sunak and his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, was overshadowed by a diplomatic gaffe </p>

Why Sunak is now banking on a special relationship with Germany

<p>The Renters (Reform) Bill is on its third reading </p>

Politics Explained

How did a Tory promise to end no-fault evictions become stalled?

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is