The Independent

Updated: 9 hours 8 min ago

Rat found in tin of baked beans

10 hours 27 min ago

A whole rat has been found inside a tin of baked beans, it was disclosed today.



Whole rat found in tin of baked beans

10 hours 27 min ago

A whole rat has been found inside a tin of baked beans, it was disclosed today.



Nigel Farage to stand for UKIP leadership

10 hours 36 min ago

UK Independence Party MEP Nigel Farage confirmed today he is standing for the party's leadership.



Nadir finally faces Old Bailey judge

10 hours 37 min ago

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir stood in an Old Bailey dock today - 17 years after he fled Britain.



Mother in court accused of toddler's murder

10 hours 38 min ago

A mother appeared in court today charged with murdering her two-year-old son.

UK vow on military ties with France

10 hours 40 min ago

Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French today as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel.

G20-death pathologist suspended

11 hours 12 min ago

The pathologist who carried out the first post-mortem examination on newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, who died at the G20 protest, was suspended from the medical register for three months today.



Misery as council slashes 1,500 jobs

11 hours 19 min ago

Union leaders warned today that plans by a county council to axe 1,500 jobs over the next three years because of cuts in Government funds will pile "misery" into a recession-hit region.

Police chief warns of job cuts crime rise

11 hours 59 min ago

Crime could rise if hundreds of police jobs are axed under controversial Government budget cuts, a chief constable warned today.



Top psychiatrist struck off for bedding 'vulnerable' patients

12 hours 20 min ago

A Harley Street psychiatrist who had improper sexual relationships with vulnerable female patients was today ordered to be struck off the medical register.



1,500 council jobs to go

12 hours 30 min ago

A council is to axe 1,500 jobs, it was announced today.



Mother charged with toddler's murder

12 hours 40 min ago

A mother who carried the lifeless body of her two-year-old son into a police station was charged with murder today.



HSBC to stock £5 notes in cash machines

12 hours 46 min ago

One of the UK's biggest banks today announced plans to stock £5 notes in nearly 400 of its cash machines.



White British school children 'worst hit' by poverty

13 hours 29 min ago

Poverty has a far greater influence on the performance of white British pupils at school than any other ethnic group, according to research published today.



'Big drop' in alcohol consumption

13 hours 34 min ago

Alcohol consumption dropped in the UK at the sharpest rate for 60 years, according to industry figures yesterday.

'Big drop' in alcohol consumption

13 hours 34 min ago

Alcohol consumption dropped in the UK at the sharpest rate for 60 years, according to industry figures yesterday.



Nadir finally arrives at Old Bailey to face judge

14 hours 8 min ago

Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir arrived at the Old Bailey today to face a judge for the first time since fleeing Britain 17 years ago.



Senior Tories pile pressure on Hague over 'foolishness'

14 hours 46 min ago

William Hague faced fresh questions about his judgement yesterday as he made his first public appearance since the resignation of his special adviser over "untrue and malicious" rumours of a gay relationship between the two men.



Sally Bercow attacks William Hague's 'duff PR advice'

14 hours 58 min ago

The wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow criticised William Hague today for detailing his wife's miscarriages in his statement denying a gay relationship with an aide.