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Is the UK sleepwalking into a lethal US-style opioid drugs crisis?

Warning that drugs so potent a ‘grain of sand’ dosage can be fatal could spark a US-style drug deaths crisis

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Brittany Watts miscarried a nonviable pregnancy into her toilet. Now she’s facing a felony charge

Brittany Watts suffered a miscarriage at home after doctors deemed her foetus unviable. Days later, she was charged with felony abuse of a corpse in a striking example of Ohio’s dangerously confusing abortion laws, writes Andrea Blanco

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Chief prisons inspector: Overcrowding is a ticking time bomb

Exclusive: Last-ditch government plans to free up cells not enough to prevent overcrowding problem from ‘blowing up’, prisons watchdog warns

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Ukrainian refugees falling victim to ‘extremely sophisticated’ UK visa scam, charities warn

Exclusive: Ukrainians are landing at UK airports only to discover that their travel documents and host families are fake

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How YOU changed waking up on this special morning for this family

Karl, 11, and his six-year-old brother are among 850 families who have received new beds as part of this year’s Independent-backed Christmas charity appeal

The Independent UK

How The Nutcracker became the most popular ballet in the world – and a holiday colossus

At dance companies around the world, ‘Nutcracker’ season is in full swing. Clémence Michallon speaks to dancers and critics about the show that has become a staple across countries and generations

The Independent UK

Ukraine will suffer ‘insane’ losses if US stops aid, warn frontline troops

Commanders in the key battle for Avdiivka in Donetsk fear the town will be lost in a matter of days if more international aid cannot be secured – and that huge casualties will be suffered in the process. Arpan Rai reports

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Top doctors warn of crisis in availability of breast cancer services

‘Massive’ shortage of specialist doctors and nurses triggers dangerous delays in treatment for thousands of women – with some services close to collapse

The Independent UK

Scrapping HS2 ‘will bring higher fares and congestion for decades’

Plans to make up for the lost capacity due to the cancellation of the railway, first revealed by The Independent, are said to be years away

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Bethlehem prays for peace in Gaza: ‘I have never seen a Christmas like this’

Normally at this time of year, Bethlehem is full of thousands visiting one of Christianity’s most holy cities. But Bel Trew finds empty streets, shuttered shops and a central square without its famous Christmas tree. Church leaders say the situation in Gaza makes any form of celebration impossible – and…

The Independent UK

Labour MP charges taxpayers for equality course after suspension over racial slur

A LABOUR MP who was suspended after using “abusive language with racial overtones” towards a journalist went on to charge taxpayers for equality…

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Brianna Ghey’s mother remembers murdered daughter’s ‘fearlessness’ and praises ‘outstanding’ trans community

‘I’m trying to be a bit more like Brianna because she was happy being who she was,’ teen’s mother says

The Independent UK

California schools are battling a fentanyl crisis. Why are parents so oblivious?

Fentanyl is now responsible for one in five youth deaths in California. Schools – and parents – are finally catching up. Mike Bedigan and Josh Marcus report

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MP suspended for using racist slur claims anti-racism course on expenses

Exclusive: Neil Coyle, whom Sir Keir Starmer welcomed back into the party in May, put a £295 unconscious bias course on his expenses

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Harris vs. Trump: who will make history? Join our exclusive US election event

Join executive editor Holly Baxter as she sits down with a panel of experts from The Independent, including Bel Trew, Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia

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Ex-prisoner’s cry for help over indefinite jail term before his death

In a heartbreaking email to the justice secretary, Matthew Price told of the ‘psychological torture’ of living under an indeterminate sentence

The Independent UK

‘It was like Basil Fawlty running The Shining hotel’: Inside the collapse of Virgin Hotels Glasgow

Around 150 staff were told the hotel was closing and had their passes revoked

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JN.1: What to know about the new Covid variant surging in the US

Infectious disease experts say the best way to protect yourself from the JN.1 subvariant is to get the updated Covid 19 vaccine

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Jimmy Lai: Son of Briton jailed in China hits out at ‘textbook show trial’

Jimmy Lai, 76, a life-long critic of Beijing, faces a life sentence under charges described as politically motivated

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Headteacher recalls moment vulnerable pregnant pupil was given a bed — thanks to Independent-backed charity

The schoolgirl was able to finish her studies and leave school with English and maths qualifications once she reguarly got a good night’s sleep

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How a sniper’s bullets utterly shattered the last vestiges of sanctuary in Gaza’s only Catholic church

Hundreds of Palestinian Christians already faced dwindling food, dirty water and the constant fear of bombs as they sought shelter from Israel’s war on Hamas in northern Gaza, before a mother and daughter were shot trying to reach the toilet at the Holy Family Church. Bel Trew speaks to the…

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GOP senator co-signs Trump’s extreme immigration rhetoric

‘I’m mad he wasn’t tougher than that,’ Sen Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) tells The Independent

The Independent UK

Greg Abbott just raised the stakes in his anti-Biden immigration war

Members of Congress want Department of Justice to challenge Texas law

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What it means for us: Families at heart of bed poverty Christmas appeal respond to your donations

Thanks to the generosity of The Independent readers, we have helped raise £90,000 to fund 500 beds for impoverished children

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And so to bed: Your gift of a good night’s sleep for 500 children

Your generosity ensures that hundreds of disadvantaged youngsters will have their own bed to sleep in this Christmas for the first time – as you raise £90,000 in less than two weeks

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