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The Love Island presenter was found dead in February 2020

A disturbing incident in Devon revealed a suspected dead child was actually a child-like sex doll, raising urgent concerns about paedophilia and child-protection laws. Find out what happened.

Accused of obscenity and sued by police and Tory MPs, Libertine outraged the establishment as part of Crass. Now she’s back – and she hasn’t mellowed with age

Over 100 additional officers were deployed to tackle offences including shoplifting and phone theft as part of Operation Baselife

For nearly three months, journalists have neither been allowed to stand outside the Election Commission of India’s headquarters on Delhi’s Ashoka Road, nor film visuals from across the road. The area remains heavily barricaded with police restrictions.

Greg Piper says one of his staffers told him about the protest and his request to move it away from the building could not be facilitated

Senate appropriators Sunday unveiled a $7.3 billion fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, part of a deal to end the shutdown.

IN FOCUS: A new documentary led by the late TV presenter’s mother turns up harrowing revelations surrounding the events leading up to her death, writes Annabel Nugent

It was a warm summer morning in May in the quiet border village of Banda, nestled in Maharashtra’s Sawantwadi taluka of Sindhudurg district, near the Goa border. At a small flower stall in the bustling Bazaar Peth market, 38-year-old Aftab Shaikh and his mother, Fahmida, were arranging garlands and flowers…

Allegra Spender and Kellie Sloane, have reported threatening messages they received to the police after condemning Sydney's neo-Nazi rally.

More than 70,000 children were reported missing last year, and the majority went missing more than once. The Independent has partnered with the Missing People charity to provide a free service which will help bring young people to a place of safety