Police have taken over a school car park to carry out a full-scale search operation for a vulnerable young man who has vanished mysteriously. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Milton Keynes ...

An earthquake swarm has broken out in Northern California and experts fear it's almost certain the region will suffer a major disaster by 2043. The US Geological Survey (USGS) recorded dozens of small ...

Elon Musk's X platform is under fire as UK regulators close in on mounting reports that the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, is generating sexual imagery without users' consent. Ofcom, the UK's ...

Clairvoyant Baba Vanga, long believed by devotees to have foreseen events such as 9/11 and the COVID-19 pandemic, predicted alien visitors and the outbreak of World War III for this year. The blind ...

19:49, Wed, Jan 7, 2026 Updated: 00:38, Thu, Jan 8, 2026 A food court in a UK city has been evacuated after a container filled with a "suspicious dark powder substance" was found. Police swarmed the ...

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 ...

Ravi Gulati is at the centre of a terrible incident next week (Picture: BBC/Jack Barns/Kieron McCarron) The drug dealer, who is working as an informant for Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), finds himself ...

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 ...

A hoard of armed police swarmed a farm near Macclesfield after a dog reportedly mauled sheep to death. At least eight officers were seen at the farm in Gawsworth responding to the rogue animal. Five ...

14:46, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Updated: 14:55, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Tensions flared in Venezuela’s capital overnight after reports of gunfire close to the presidential palace as unrest continued following the ...

With the impending fear of WW3 growing, it's almost as if we all want to be able look into the future and see what's in store for 2026. With Trump kidnapping the Venezualan president, and now ...