Nicholas Thornton is a 28-year-old person with learning disabilities and autism, who for the last 10 years has been in-and-out of institutions unable to accommodate his needs. The Independent'sRebecca Thomas has spoken with Nicholas and...

Brit in Gaza describes desperate scene at Rafah crossingoriginal/ sent to Bel Trew

Bedbugs are six-legged insects that are the bane of any household and its residents. In the wake of a growing number of bedbug cases being documented across public transport systems in Paris, panic consumed the media and forced London’s...

New York City is struggling to deal with a sharp influx of asylum seekers. Currently, it is providing shelter to around 60,000 asylum seekers, and has been forced to use city-owned buildings in far-flung parts of the city to do it.Now,...

With Suella Braverman’s remarks about protests taking place on Remembrance Day and her widely condemned comments on homelessness in the UK, prime minister Rishi Sunak sacked his home secretary in a reshuffle to save the presumed fate of...

The flood clean-up has begun in Catcliffe, South Yorkshire, in the aftermath of Storm Babet as a fresh weather warning for rain is issued covering a vast swathe of England already hit by flooding.The Met Office issued the yellow warning...

Inside a home devastated by Storm Babet as mud destroys furniture.Source: PA

Irish soldiers about to be deployed to a peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon have said they are not afraid as they prepare to travel to a region of high tensions.Violence between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has flared...

Fire crews and the coastguard evacuate Scottish town as Storm Babet hits.Source: PA

Labour’s Alistair Strathern said his victory in the Mid Bedfordshire by-election had “made history” and sent a “resounding message”.The Tories had held Mid Bedfordshire since 1931, with a 24,664 Conservative majority in 2019.But Mr...

The heartbroken partner (Calvin Buckley) of a pregnant woman (Frankie Julia Hough) killed in M66 crash speaks on the due date of his killed baby.Source: PA

Fire chief, Andrew Hopkinson, says lessons must be learnt from the car park blaze at Luton airport.Source: original footage / Simon Calder

Luton airport has been de-escalated from a ‘major incident’ but travel disruption is to continue.Source: original footage/Simon Calder

Simon Calder provides update on Luton airport fire as travellers 'in limbo'.Source: original footage / Russell Taylor / Facebook

Rishi Sunak told Britain’s Jewish community “I will stop at nothing to keep you safe” amid concerns they could be targeted as Israel laid siege to the Gaza Strip following the Hamas atrocity.The Prime Minister addressed a synagogue in...

Simon Calder provides update on Luton airport fire as travellers are hospitalised.Source: original footage / Russell Taylor / Facebook

A football pitch-sized reef has been created to home 10,000 wild oysters in the North Sea.Source: PA

Roof blown off as Storm Agnes makes landfall in IrelandPA

Ricardo Dos Santos pleads 'what did I do?' as police handcuff him in front of his son.Source: PA/IOPC

A schoolgirl and driver were killed after a school bus flipped on the motorway, police say.Source: PA

The UK’s summit on artificial intelligence will look at protecting “humanity’s future” by countering the risk of “losing control of the machines”, the Deputy Prime Minister has told world leaders.SOURCE: PA

Pro-EU campaigners descend upon the streets of London for the National Rejoin March.Source: Barney Davis

A man who fled Venezuela with his pet squirrel is now facing having to say goodbye as it is unlikely the animal will be allowed across the US border. Yeison, 23, is among the millions of Venezuelans in recent years who have fled...

It’s been over three years since the UK officially left the European Union however France and Germany have recently drafted plans for an “four-tier Europe” with one tier that could include “even the UK”. News of these proposals came...