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ASK ME ANYTHING: Our football insider Miguel Delaney takes you behind the scenes of the Premier League, answering your questions on transfers, managerial shake-ups and the forces shaping top clubs in 2026

Exclusive: Expert Clive Stacey says news coverage given to the island could boost tourism

The robust design could fit several little passengers or camping equipment

Same-sex intimacy more common in species living in harsh environments or complex social systems

People who lose weight using injections can put the weight back on four times faster than traditional dieters

Explore how major events between 12 and 18 January were captured on The Independent’s front pages

CBS News has been under heavy scrutiny since conservative commentator Bari Weiss was installed as editor-in-chief, a move critics feared would mean the network softening its coverage of the Trump administration

Exclusive: Louis Misley Mandarin, the interim first minister of the Chagossian government in exile, spoke to The Independent ahead of the Lords voting on the deal with Mauritius and a high court verdict on a legal challenge on Monday

Lewis wrote about the pooch in the 2021 song ‘Puppy and a Truck’

Within hours of Donald Trump’s announcement that Venezuela’s president had been captured, social media was flooded with AI-generated media. Bryony Gooch reports

THE INDEPENDENT’S VIEW: Editorial: The discredited law of open-ended sentencing was abolished as ‘unjust’ 14 years ago, yet it continues to blight lives and overwhelm prisons. Ending IPP injustice for the 2,400 prisoners still denied a release date is not about being soft on crime – it is about upholding…