The three-acre meadow seized for HS2 that cost UK taxpayers £10m
‘Eye-watering’ compensation for strip of land in Buckinghamshire reflects the HS2-related project impact on plans for retirement village at the site
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Voices: I wish I was the favourite sibling – but my parents clearly prefer my brother
The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships
We blind taste-tested supermarket mince pies – and there was a clear winner
We looked for quality pastry, a generous amount of spiced filling, and value for money
How El Nino and summer heatwaves have starved our Christmas trees and led to a shortage
The impact of the 2026 heatwave has far outlasted the summer – and could now affect one of our favourite festive traditions. Katie Rosseinsky takes a look at how a year of unsettled weather extremes has impacted the nation’s crop of…
Thousands of troops tasked to secure Jakarta trial as tensions remain high over wiretap scandal
Indonesian authorities have tasked thousands of police and military personnel to secure a court appearance of former President Joko Widodo, as tensions remain high in the capital over a wiretapping scandal involving senior police officers
Iranian college students face pressure as authorities crack down on dissent
Iranian university students are facing disciplinary hearings for participating in protests
Takeaways from AP's report on stranded workers after Cambodia's crackdown on illegal scam operations
Cambodia has carried out a nationwide campaign to shut down the scam centers that have flourished in the country
British man faces prison time over hidden camera in toilet on Japan-Singapore flight
Accused could be jailed for up to two years, fined, caned, or a combination of these punishments if found guilty
Bank of England set to hike interest rates to tackle higher inflation caused by Iran war
The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in over three years in order to tackle the inflation shock caused by the Iran war
A still-recovering pope will head home to Latin America and his beloved Peru for a 12-day trip
Pope Leo XIV is embarking on the longest and farthest trip of his pontificate three weeks after lung cancer surgery
The surprising reason coffee is widely loved despite strong bitter taste
Findings raise the possibility that people’s food preferences could one day be adjusted
Lured into an online scam network, an African man spent almost a year in Cambodia trying to go home
In Cambodia, workers carried out online scams against people worldwide from inside massive fortified buildings they weren't allowed to leave
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky condemns Moscow’s ‘insane’ attack on school that left at least 40 dead
Russian retail giant Ozon says it is forced to cancel some orders after fire erupts at warehouse in Adygea Republic
Red, White & Royal Blue author celebrates Texas midterm results with a very familiar ‘binder’
Casey McQuiston's 2019 novel imagined a fictional Texas victory helping America's first female president win a second term
Arab parties extend a hand to try and topple Netanyahu, but challenges remain
A veteran Arab lawmaker in Israel says his bloc is willing to break with decades of precedent and join forces with Jewish-led parties in a shared bid to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long rule
Former Chinese Politburo member Ma Xingrui charged with taking bribes
China's state media say a former member of one of China’s top decision-making bodies has been formally charged with accepting bribes a week after Communist Party leaders confirmed his expulsion from the party
Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong jailed for another 10 years
A Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison on a charge of collusion with foreign entities under the city's draconian national security law.
Once a teen activist, Hong Kong's Joshua Wong is spending years of his adult life in prison
Joshua Wong, once a rising political star in Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, has been sentenced again under Beijing's national security law
Hannity unloads on first show after midterms massacre — gives Iran war full-throated support and calls Abdul El-Sayed ‘crazy’
In what is being dubbed a ‘blue tsunami,’ Democrats gained control of the next Congress and made some historic wins in governors’ races
Asian shares mostly advance following US midterms, though Kospi falls on selling of chipmakers
Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks rallied following the midterm election, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping more than 3%
Bank of England set to hike interest rates to 4% to tackle rising inflation
Rate-setters are widely expected to tighten monetary policy in a bid to tackle rising inflation in the UK economy.
1 deputy dies and another not expected to survive after firefight with suspect at Washington home
Authorities say that one of two sheriff’s deputies wounded in a firefight with a suspect in Washington state has died, and the other is not expected to survive
Lone Texas Republican Ted Cruz unleashes over GOP 'blue tsunami' midterm loss
‘Tariffs have made everything too expensive, and the Iran war has dragged on too long,’ the Republican Senator said
Australia approves seabed site where a Japanese company will store carbon pollution
The Australian government has designated a seabed storage site off its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide using a technology that has divided climate scientists
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