This latest edition of the Standards applies to every new home registered with NHBC where the foundations are begun on or ...

The UK government has banned boiling lobsters alive as part of a significant animal cruelty crackdown, declaring the traditional practice an unacceptable way to kill sentient crustaceans. The policy, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The report, entitled The Building Safety Regulator: Building a Better Regulator, recommends that the BSR gives better training to its multidisciplinary teams, introduces a new streamlined process for ...

A car crashed into the nonprofit Carol House Quick Fix Pet Clinic early Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, tearing through the brick wall into the nonprofit's cat room and totaling two of the clinic's three ...

Skipton Building Society has launched a new Cash ISA, designed to encourage savers to make use of their current year tax-free allowance earlier in the financial year. The account, which is only ...

A Queensland Fire Department spokesman said crews were called to Barolin St address at about 4.25am, with six crews attending. He said they arrived to the house, where the fire was about 9 by 15m in ...

Most UK homes will now be well aware that Britain is steadily phasing out its ageing copper phone and broadband networks in favour of a fully digital future. This major change is aimed at making ...

The United States are looking for a different result the next time they play in best-on-best action at the Winter Olympics in Italy in February. Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime at ...

Britain's online shopping boom is creating havoc in a very different market - people's homes STARING out of her back kitchen window, mum-of-two Paula Boardman’s heart sinks. Instead of the lush green ...

Plans for a new nationwide UK digital ID are sparking widespread public concern, but some critics including far-right politicians are fuelling fears with unproven claims that it will be used to boost ...