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“Our economic emergency has only just begun”. That was how the Chancellor Rishi Sunak kicked off his 2020 Spending Review.There were some sobering forecasts from the Treasury’s independent forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility - the
President-elect Joe Biden gave a widely praised victory speech in the US presidential race on Saturday night, while Donald Trump continued to deny the results. Looking back over President Trump's term though, has he achieved what he promised? H
The US election is just days away, but already millions of Americans have cast their vote.Mail-in voting has been a controversial topic during this campaign season and quickly became a key area for both candidates to focus on.Host Lucie McInern
This week The Independent's award winning health correspondent Shaun Lintern published multiple stories revealing claims that world famous surgeon Derek McMinn has spent the last 25 years storing more than 5,000 samples of body parts.According
As possible signs of life have been discovered on Venus, we are closer than ever in answering the age old question: are we alone in the universe?With our neighbouring planet being host to a rare gas in its atmosphere, could this mean alien life
Is it a great deal or an awful deal? We've heard both from the prime minister on the EU Withdrawal Agreement. The grand finale for Brexit is here as negotiations, or lack thereof, enter their final stages. So as threats of walking away with no
Christopher Nolan's latest movie 'Tenet' has been released in UK cinemas this week and will land in US cinemas this weekend. Those who are yet to see it, and most of those who have, are asking the same question. What is it about? The $200m bloc
After two weeks of speeches, protests and fireworks both the Democratic and Republican conventions are over. Donald Trump and Joe Biden have both accepted their party's nomination for president and the race between the two is now officially on.
Front pages have been filled with stories of the chaotic fallout of the government's handling of exam results for the past week.Gavin Williamson and the education department have been under intense scrutiny after they let an algorithm decide th
On Tuesday, Finding Freedom, a biography about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, was published. Written by royal journalists Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, the book documents the reporters’ experience of working in close proximity to the couple.
The UK plunged into its deepest recession on record in the first half of the year as the coronavirus lockdown saw the economy contract by more than a fifth between April and June. The economy shrank by 20.4 per cent in the second quarter of the
At 6pm local time on Tuesday 4th August a massive double-explosion rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Videos posted to social media showed a large fire burning at a warehouse in the port area of the city, before a blast sent a mushroom clou
With fewer than than 100 days to go to the US election, who will join Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket as vice presidential candidate?Biden has already committed to selecting a woman and Kamala Harris is currently the favourite.The Independen
This week, Ben Kelly is joined by US reporter Chris Riotta to discuss the story of Marie Garofalo, a once indignant Trump supporter who has since pledged her support for Joe Biden.As the coronavirus pandemic and anti-racism protests continue to
This week, Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by Health Correspondent Shaun Lintern to discuss a hospital trust at the centre of Britain’s biggest maternity scandal in history.With Shrewsbury Hospital Trust already facing a criminal investiga
This week’s news has been dominated by the latest coronavirus stories. But alongside that, another old news favourite has crept back into view - yes, you guessed it - Brexit. Or life after Brexit, to be more specific.This week, we’ve had the fi
On July 1 The Independent's Chief US Correspondent Andrew Buncombe was arrested while covering a police operation to clear Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle. In this first episode of a brand new podcast series Behind the Headlines he rec
On the show today TikTok star and impressionist Meggie Foster joins The Independent's Social Media Editor Ben Kelly to discuss her rise to internet stardom during the Covid-19 lockdown.For many people around the world ‘lockdown’ has been a majo
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by addiction expert Ian Hamilton to discuss our relationship with alcohol during coronavirus.As pubs prepare to open this weekend, are we drinking more or less booze than before the lockdow
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by author and pandemics expert Mark Honigsbaum to discuss how this virus, and others like it in the past, came to be.Where did this virus originate and how does the global response compare
On the show today Assistant Editor Lucie McInerney is joined by science writer David Quammen and The Independent's Senior Climate Correspondent Louise Boyle to discuss the role of wildlife in the pandemic.It's thought that Covid-19 originated i
On the show today Executive Editor Chloe Hubbard is joined by food writer Julia Platt Leonard and sub-editor Emily Clarke to discuss how grow your own fruit and veg while in lockdown.Even with limited space you can optimise on the good weather
On the show today The Independent’s Head of Multimedia Tom Richell is joined by actor and writer Kevin Childs to discuss a new podcast series.Passion And The Plague, which launches on Wednesday 20th May, will feature 10 stories from Giovanni Bo
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by Moscow Correspondent Oliver Carroll to discuss how Russia coping with the Covid-19 pandemic.How has Putin responded to the crisis, and how is he viewed by the nation?Oliver also discusse
On the show today Executive Editor Chloe Hubbard is joined by Music Correspondent Roisin O'Connor to discuss what you should be listening to while in lockdown and how social distancing measures are impacting the industry.Without the ability to
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