Man jailed for causing girlfriend’s death and lying about hit and run

Matthew DuPlessis and Charlotte Dodd had been to Blackpool before neighbours heard them arguing

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Leroy Douglas, whose incarceration has been found to be unlawful and arbitrary by the United Nations, has finally been granted parole

Robert Guanco’s church has described his death as an ‘unimaginable tragedy’

Robert Guanco’s church has described his death as an ‘unimaginable tragedy’

Robert Guanco was killed at the Big Church Festival on Friday

A 31-year-old British woman has died after being stabbed at a German train station.

The Independent has long campaigned for thousands of IPP prisoners who are jailed without hope

A rescue was launched to try to help the vessel in trouble south west of Eddystone Lighthouse and off Plymouth

The prime minister said anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be excluded from the early release scheme

Nadia Perrier’s husband Michael was a fit and healthy professional footballer before he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest in 2021. Faced with losing the father of her unborn child at five months pregnant, one person’s actions changed everything

The Independent has long campaigned for thousands of IPP prisoners who are jailed without hope

The deal comes after rail union Asleft had announced plans to ballot members on whether to launch stikes in a dispute over pay

As Sir James Cleverly announces he is quitting the shadow cabinet to run for London mayor, political editor David Maddox considers the implications for the election in two years’ time, and why Kemi Badenoch will be happy

John Healey is looking to avoid increasing taxes on the public - but must find other ways to plug a gap in public finances

Matthew DuPlessis, 35, was given a sentence of nine years and three months following the death of Charlotte Dodd

As Sir James Cleverly announces he is quitting the shadow cabinet to run for London mayor, political editor David Maddox considers the implications for the election in two years’ time, and why Kemi Badenoch will be happy

Milo Yiannopoulos deported back to the UK after being detained by Trump’s ICE in the US

Train hit a van as a crossing in Burscough, Lancashire, on Saturday afternoon, killing the man inside

Piers Morgan joined those donating to the fundraiser to help Peter Mehuish captain his team at Lord’s next Saturday

Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly looking for ways to incentivise the UK to increase its defence investment

Jaden Wright, 23, appeared at court charged with grievous bodily harm and intentional strangulation in separate case

Police said man’s body was found in a house in Dungannon alongside an injured young girl

Most supermarkets will be operating on reduced hours for the summer bank holiday

Poll suggests younger workers are more likely to call in sick to cover a late night or hangover compared to those aged over 55

The former foreign secretary and Braintree MP said the capital needed ‘a champion, someone who understands its potential and is prepared to fight for its future’

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after another man was found dead next to a seriously injured child.

Two men who drove at excessive speeds on a busy Leeds dual carriageway caused the deaths of a mother and her four-year-old daughter as they walked to school.

Constables Matthew Blades, 37, and Pc Tom Clough, 38, lost their lives in the A66 horror crash

For almost 40 years, Stephen Retford enjoyed uninterrupted views of fields from his home – then hulking great warehouses were built just over his garden fence. He thought things couldn’t get worse, then the noise started, as Dan Haygarth reports

The prime minister’s first full term in power could spell the end of his political honeymoon