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The Government has been examining ways to deport Shabir Ahmed, 73, since his release last week

Farage formally quits but by-election turns to farce as Count Binface emerges as Reform UK leader’s main rival

Footage captures the momenta young neo-Nazi was caught by undercover police in a fake arms deal in a Morrisons car park.

More than 100 kilos of the drug were recovered from an address

Nigel Farage’s resignation has triggered a sudden by-election in Clacton, where he hopes to give voters a chance to ‘stick two fingers up to the establishment’. Harriette Boucher headed to the seaside town to find out what his constituents really think

The Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle ‘against the establishment’ in tatters as all other major parties boycott the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading rival

Police officers were alerted to a man in the water by the coastguard

The judge dismissed the appeals of two people challenging decisions to extradite them to Romania

The man was participating in a race which allows people from ‘all walks of life’ to take part

The government has approved 30 nationally significant clean energy projects since coming to power in July 2024

The Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle “against the establishment” in tatters as all other major parties boycott the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading rival

What do Nigel Farage’s Clacton constituents think about his resignation?

The defendants left and then came back for more boxes less than two hours later

The Reform UK leader says he’s sticking two fingers up to the establishment – but our readers aren’t buying it. Here’s their verdict on his resignation stunt and the £5m question hanging over him...

Queen Camilla made her customary visit to Wimbledon as Arthur Fery took to the court for his Wimbledon quarter-final

He is believed to have fled to Zimbabwe, which does not have an extradition treaty with the UK

Some hearings are being moved to video calls

A mixed-heritage woman brought a case at the employment tribunal over her colleague’s use of the word

Mr Tervit was working at a height of around four metres when he was thrown from the platform

BA flight from Bridgetown, Barbados, to Heathrow was axed on Sunday after crew allegedly got drunk

Count Binface has pledged to run against Nigel Farage, after the Reform UK leader resigned as an MP to trigger a by-election in Clacton.

He is believed to have fled to Zimbabwe, which does not have an extradition treaty with the UK

Detectives are said to be analysing around 60 transactions and investigating more than a million emails

Tony Bartlett was convicted of murder at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday afternoon

‘Our message is simple: Pip is not working,’ the review is expected to say

Paul Price abandoned his Year 9 students and was found ‘crouching’ in the cupboard with vape

Dozens of staff members reportedly accessed the medical records of a three-year-old boy injured in a crocodile pit

By-election turns to farce as Count Binface emerges as Reform UK leader’s main rival

At a screening for The Independent’s new documentary ‘Hunted: Kidnapped, blackmailed and tortured for being LGBTQ+,’ UNAIDS official Christine Stegling made clear the danger she sees coming

Alfie Coleman was caught by MI5 in an undercover sting

UK inflation projections have been tempered by the interim US-Iran peace deal – which helped to ease oil prices

The Duke of Sussex had accused Associated Newspapers Limited of voicemail interception and ‘blagging’ private information

Alfie Coleman was caught by MI5 in an undercover sting

The force has issued a CCTV image of Nothabo Tshuma, a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage,

Experts voiced ‘profound disappointment’ over a decision to increase water extraction from the River Spey

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, a British citizen of Zimbabwean heritage who goes by the name Mark, has been named as the suspect in the murders of his wife Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, and his daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, in Great Denham, Bedfordshire Police said.

Scientists found the sports supplement significantly slowed the growth of tumour cells in mice

The King has accepted the government’s advice to grant Ms Ellis a conditional pardon

Dozens of staff members reportedly accessed the medical records of a three-year-old boy injured in a crocodile pit

The chancellor has been urged to use her powers to block Farage’s resignation until official investigation into the Reform UK leader’s £5m gift from a crypto-billionaire is complete

A police cordon is expected to remain in place at the address as the investigation continues

A police cordon is expected to remain in place at the address as the investigation continues

The inquiry, at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, began with a minute’s silence for the victims of the attack

Political editor David Maddox says Nigel Farage has failed to learn lessons from history – and it could result in career-ending embarrassment for the Reform UK leader

Blackburn Rovers have been sued by Macron Sportswear UK

Kay Burley called Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor a “war hero” whilst sitting next to a Jeffrey Epstein survivor on a Newsnight panel.

The Green Party leadership is not lending its backing to the motion, which comes amid concern over the party’s defence policy, The Independent understands

The Greens and other parties have confirmed they will not stand in the by-election

Kyle Patrick was driving at ‘grossly excessive speeds’ before his car crashed – resulting in passenger Erin Slane’s death

Nigel Farage got Westminster watchers in a frenzy today. A cryptic tweet promising a statement on “the future of my public life” triggered two hours of fevered speculation. What followed was a scathing attack on the media and political class he routinely rails against - despite his own deep entanglement with both.