The latest Techne UK weekly tracker poll suggests that Reform UK has hit a ceiling in support as Nigel Farage’s leadership is questioned by fellow Reform MP Rupert Lowe - the man Elon Musk endorsed to be leader

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The remarkable French grandmother and now global icon tops the 2025 Influence List of 50 exceptional women, from campaigners to politicians, businesswomen to television stars, sports champions to artists and influencers

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Watch live as UK defence secretary John Healey and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth hold talks in Washington on Thursday, 6 March, where they are expected to discuss the US decision to pause intelligence-sharing with Ukraine following Donald Trump's explosive meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Marking International Women’s Day for a third year running, The Independent has compiled a list of the 50 most influential women across the worlds of politics, sports, the arts, media, business, fashion and activism – all united by their extraordinary impact on UK women’s lives

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News analysis: In less than three weeks Rachel Reeves will deliver her spring statement to the country - an event which is already shaping up to being a second Budget

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Poppy Atkinson, from Kendal, was involved in a collision with a car on Wednesday

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The former soldier previously admitted to murdering a BBC commentator’s wife and their two daughters in a crossbow attack at their home in Bushey

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Visitors of Drusillas Park in Alfriston, East Sussex, slammed the move as a ‘huge loss’ and ‘shortsighted’

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Rachel Reeves is warned it will be tough to find extra money for defence spending without raising taxes

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Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho told the House of Lords’ International Women’s Day debate that there has been a ‘degradation’ in tech industry culture.

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Prosecutors said Kyle Clifford searched for Tate’s podcast less than 24 hours before the killings

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Four days of celebrations are planned, the government has confirmed

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UK to enjoy warmest weekend for some time, Met Office says

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Lord Hamilton said the Jewish community should pay for a Holocaust memorial because they have ‘an awful lot of money’

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Northumbria Police said it had received a report of ‘malicious communications’ on Thursday morning

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Baby Callum was found close to Gulliver’s World theme park in Warrington, Cheshire, on March 14 1998

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While some called for a no-fuss, low-key state visit, others were outraged at the idea of Trump meeting King Charles following his Oval Office showdown with Ukrainian leader Zelensky

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The government’s construction targets are under threat as building activity plunges

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Five women have told their stories on cameras for the first time, after being deceived into long-term relationships designed to spy on their activism

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The Met Office said the aurora borealis might be visible from some areas in the UK this weekend

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Captain Tom Foundation was renamed in January after a damning Charity Commission report and repeated controversy

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Cumbria Constabulary said there is no indication to suggest it was a deliberate act

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One man has been taken to hospital after being rescued from the building by firefighters

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Professor Sir Stephen Powis, who was a familiar face of the No 10 pandemic press conferences, to stand down a week after shock resignation of Amanda Pritchard

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Robert Jenrick’s interview with Emma Barnett descended into a row over sentencing guidelines

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Sports medicine specialist Dr Sonia Bains, 38, and her lawyer sister Sharn Bains, 29, are being sued by their mother

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There is a combined £142 million at stake as buyers rush to beat the deadline

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Prince William has said that NHS staff need “enforced career breaks” to prevent burnout after he visited a hospital to mark five years since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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There’s just a few weeks left to massively boost state pension

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A married man in his 30s said he was placed on the sex offenders register after his porn addiction escalated into viewing child sexual abuse images

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Smacking harms children’s mental, physical and emotional health, doctors say

Whitehall departments and the welfare budget are areas being targeted for spending cuts ahead of the Spring Statement

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The sunny spells in the UK are set to continue with temperatures expected to exceed those in the Spanish capital of Madrid on Saturday.

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Driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the incident at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club in Cumbria

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According to Yougov, almost a third of voters now have a favourable view of the Labour leader following a testing week of talks with world leaders over Ukraine

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Kyle Clifford deceived his ex-partner’s mother Carol Hunt into allowing him into their family home

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