In The Room | The Reform weakness that Restore Britain will exploit

Reform UK’s claim to be the nation’s anti-establishment party is undermined by the number of former Conservative ministers in its ranks – a weakness Restore Britain looks set to exploit.

People found using glue traps in Scotland could face severe penalties, including up to a year in prison, as a nationwide ban on the pest control method comes into effect next month.

Andy Burnham is closer to becoming Britain’s next prime minister without a contest

Former children’s commissioner for England Baroness Anne Longfield is heading up the inquiry

Andy Burnham is the favourite to succeed Keir Starmer as Labour leader – and his path to Number 10 has become slightly easier

A man’s body was found at a Bronze Age stone circle in the Peak District on Monday afternoon

Temperatures could hit 40C on Wednesday and Thursday in some parts of England and Wales

Climate experts say it demonstrates the need to ‘take climate change seriously and learn from what is happening around the world’

Scotland require at least a point against Brazil to qualify for the World Cup knockout stage

The film sparked controversy over claims the wartime leader used ‘wilful’ mass starvation as part of the Bengal famine

Nkoumou’s move is integral to a vital conservation breeding programme safeguarding western lowland gorillas

Sharon Underwood, whose business was featured on Married At First Sight and Don’t Tell the Bride, was left in ‘disrepair’

Exclusive: It is the second time that the deputy prime minister has turned to a former Tory cabinet minister to create a cross party consensus on complicated reform

The Government is believed to have spent £333 billion in 2025/26 on welfare

One of the officers appears to hit out at a girl as she lunges at him

Sally Lindsay, Matt Brittin and rugby player will all receive honours at an investiture ceremony on Wednesday

Our community says the EU's new entry-exit system is causing unnecessary delays, confusion and disruption at airports, with many blaming poor planning and flawed implementation rather than the border checks themselves

Ten years after the Brexit referendum, one of the campaign’s most memorable slogans remains under scrutiny: “We send the EU £350 million a week, let’s fund our NHS instead.”

Rob Gazzard, who advises the Forestry Commission on wildfires, said ‘extreme scenarios are going to be very challenging’ to deal with for the organisation

The Mayor of London extended the Ulez across inner London in October 2021, and to cover the whole of the city in August 2023

Andy Burnham’s camp is caught between euphoria and fear. After his victory in the Makerfield by-election and Keir Starmer’s resignation, the path to No 10 appears to have opened up for the former Manchester mayor.

Councils are changing waste collection times to help refuse workers avoid the hottest times of the day

Everyone should be ‘mindful of their water use’ amid the heatwave, an Environment Agency chief has said

The road has remained closed as investigators carry out their inquiries

Aspiring social worker Eleisha Skinner died from anoxic brain injury due to asphyxia compression, a medical examination found

Robertson, 45, was convicted of a total of five offences against a number of women between 2004 and 2019

A roundabout in Kidwelly is currently closed with emergency services at the scene

The body of teenager Lilly was discovered in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina on Monday evening

Extreme heat is forecast on Wednesday and Thursday with red warnings issued across parts of England and Wales

The Independent relives the EU referendum night 10 years ago – from the moment the polls closed to the dawning realisation that the Leave campaign had won