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The United Kingdom and Norway join CAVS programme

The United Kingdom and Norway join CAVS programme

9 September 2025 – The United Kingdom and Norway have joined the multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) programme by signing the Technical Arrangement. They are now the sixth and seventh members, following Finland, Latvia, Sweden,...

UK jails ringleaders behind cocaine yacht and cannabis smuggling conspiracy

UK jails ringleaders behind cocaine yacht and cannabis smuggling conspiracy

The United Kingdom has dealt a decisive blow to an ambitious transnational drug trafficking operation, jailing two suspected ringleaders who spent years orchestrating schemes to flood the country with cocaine and cannabis. The convictions come at...

Scotland’s failing education system ‘is a tragedy for young people’

Scotland’s failing education system ‘is a tragedy for young people’

S​cotland’s education system is​ trapped by “romantic notions” ​and a refusal to admit its reforms have failed, according to a former UK education minister​. ​Sir Nick Gibb​ and his adviser Robert Peal said it was a “tragedy” for young people in...

British fisherman left devastated after being forced to abandon ancient tradition due to strict new rules

British fisherman left devastated after being forced to abandon ancient tradition due to strict new rules

A traditional way of life spanning generations has come to an end for a Cornwall fisherman who must cease his ancestral salmon netting practices. Colin Matthews, 61, has been compelled to halt his commercial fishing operations on the River Tamar...

Science Popular Mechanics A Creature of the Sea Found the Secret to Immortality—and Humans Might Know How to Steal It

Science Popular Mechanics A Creature of the Sea Found the Secret to Immortality—and Humans Might Know How to Steal It

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The animal kingdom contains a vast array of animals capability of remarkable regenerative abilities, but known are quite as adept at this healing task than sea-swelling Cnidarians, such as hydra,...

Scotland needs more Armani-style passion projects to succeed

Scotland needs more Armani-style passion projects to succeed

Recently, I’ve been evaluating my career and while clearing out a lifetime of yellowed newspaper cuttings, one fluttered to my attention. Thirty-four years ago last week, The Times flew me to Milan to interview the fashion designer Giorgio Armani,...

Brits urged to sprinkle 1 bathroom item around their homes immediately to deter mice

Brits urged to sprinkle 1 bathroom item around their homes immediately to deter mice

With mouse sightings on the rise as the colder weather approaches, homeowners are being encouraged to act quickly to protect their properties. Instead of relying on traps, poison or harsh chemicals, Brits are being advised to use one popular...

Northern Ireland weekly market report: 8 September 2025

Northern Ireland weekly market report: 8 September 2025

Northern Ireland weekly market report: 8 September 2025 UK feed wheat futures (Nov-25) Northern Ireland weekly market report: 8 September 2025UK feed wheat futures edged lower last week (Friday to Friday), but continued to trade near the level of...

Britain Jittery About Second Trump State Visit.

Britain Jittery About Second Trump State Visit.

- Advertisement - Donald Trump will soon make a second state visit to the UK, something no US president has done before. He will be joined by his wife, Melania. Trump was last hosted in 2019 by Queen Elizabeth II. A state visit is an official trip...

UK driving licence change could affect 42 million holders

UK driving licence change could affect 42 million holders

A big change to UK driving licences could impact more than 40 million road users and motorists later this year. Under the Labour Party government, the Department for Transport says road users will soon be able to store their driving licence...

Starmer to channel Churchill and sign huge tech trade deal with Trump to defeat China in new arms race

Starmer to channel Churchill and sign huge tech trade deal with Trump to defeat China in new arms race

THE Prime Minister will evoke the spirit of Winston Churchill as he signs a tech trade deal with US President Donald Trump. Sir Keir Starmer and the American leader will cement the Special Relationship by putting their names on the next phase of...

Elon Musk Urges UK to Protect Identity Amid Migration Crisis

Elon Musk Urges UK to Protect Identity Amid Migration Crisis

Elon Musk’s Rallying Cry for Britain In a virtual appearance at a major protest in London, Elon Musk delivered a passionate message to the British people, emphasizing the need to preserve the nation’s identity amid what he described as...

Elon Musk says Government is guilty of a 'rapidly increasing erosion of Britain' as he hits out at 'massive uncontrolled migration' via videolink at Tommy Robinson proteest

Elon Musk says Government is guilty of a 'rapidly increasing erosion of Britain' as he hits out at 'massive uncontrolled migration' via videolink at Tommy Robinson proteest

Elon Musk has criticised the UK Government for a 'rapidly increasing erosion of Britain' during Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' protest in London on Saturday. Speaking by videolink to protesters, the Tesla founder said: 'I think there's...

Meet the British woman preparing to spend a whole year on Mars without ever leaving terra firma - as she reveals which home comforts she'll really miss

Meet the British woman preparing to spend a whole year on Mars without ever leaving terra firma - as she reveals which home comforts she'll really miss

A British woman is preparing to spend the whole year on Mars - but without ever leaving terra firma. Laura Marie, from Devon, will pass 378 days in a simulated version of conditions on Earth's neighbouring planet, at Nasa's Johnson Space Centre in...

100,000 Brits Take to the Streets For a 'Unite the Kingdom' Rally Against Immigration, and to Honor Kirk

100,000 Brits Take to the Streets For a 'Unite the Kingdom' Rally Against Immigration, and to Honor Kirk

The media billed it as a "far-right anti-immigration rally," despite the fact that Reform UK, the political party identified with the anti-immigration movement in Great Britain, is leading in the polls. More than 100,000 people poured into the...

Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable

Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable

Military history is littered with the corpses of apex predators. The Gatling gun, the battleship, the tank. All once possessed unassailable power – then were undermined, in some cases wiped out, by the march of new technology. “Speed and stealth...

Elon Musk tells Tommy Robinson protest ‘violence is coming’ in call for change in UK government

Elon Musk tells Tommy Robinson protest ‘violence is coming’ in call for change in UK government

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Best Altcoins to Buy as Industry Groups Push UK-US Tech Bridge to Include Digital Assets

Best Altcoins to Buy as Industry Groups Push UK-US Tech Bridge to Include Digital Assets

A coalition of leading associations in the finance, tech, and digital sectors has written a letter to the UK government, urging it to include Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) as a core strand of the UK-US Tech Bridge. The US-UK Tech Bridge is a...

Merck and Astra may regret turning their back on Britain

Merck and Astra may regret turning their back on Britain

Two shock events rocked Britain’s life sciences sector last week. First, the US company Merck slammed the brakes on a £1 billion London research centre. Then AstraZeneca, the FTSE 100 giant, said it would pause a £200 million investment to expand...

Elon Musk appears at London’s far right rally with demands of his own: Dissolve UK Parliament, see Left as ‘party of murder’

Elon Musk appears at London’s far right rally with demands of his own: Dissolve UK Parliament, see Left as ‘party of murder’

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has called for a “dissolution of Parliament” and an immediate change of government in the UK, telling crowds at the far-right “Unite the Kingdom” rally that Britain “cannot wait another four years” for an...

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