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One of Wales' best campsites is next to a stunning waterfall and near a sandy beach

One of Wales' best campsites is next to a stunning waterfall and near a sandy beach

With more sunshine on the cards for Wales, it's a brilliant time to plan a camping trip and enjoy a bit of the good weather. The Met Office is predicting another heatwave for August, so it’s time to rummage in the garage, grab the tent, and start...

Waves, whiskey and world-class weekends in Northern Ireland

Waves, whiskey and world-class weekends in Northern Ireland

Embrace a short trip you won’t want to skip! Northern Ireland’s summer of 2025 has been incredible, but it isn’t over yet. From the roar of the crowds at Belsonic as stars including Justin Timberlake and Charli XCX took to the stage, the roar of...

Italian chain to shut 6 UK restaurants

Italian chain to shut 6 UK restaurants

By JANE DENTON Updated: 14:47 EDT, 30 July 2025 Advertisement A popular UK restaurant chain known for its Italian food has revealed plans to shut some of its venues after a change of ownership. Gusto Italian announced on Wednesday it will close...

Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to Increased Parkinson's Disease Risk: Study

Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to Increased Parkinson's Disease Risk: Study

A large-scale prospective study has found a significant link between high consumption of ultraprocessed foods and an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. Researchers followed over 120,000 participants from the UK Biobank for 10.5 years and...

Are Britain's clean seas a thing of the past?

Are Britain's clean seas a thing of the past?

A few miles along the coast from Dover’s white chalk cliffs the English seaside town of Folkestone is holding an art festival, but with a difference. Every three years the “Folkestone Triennial” commissions art works in which the town is the...

The Latest: Trump offers no details about improving food distribution in...

The Latest: Trump offers no details about improving food distribution in...

Here's the latest: Sen. Ted Cruz isn’t waiting on the NTSB to determine the collision’s cause The Texas Republican introduced legislation Tuesday that would require all aircraft operators to use both forms of a technology known as ADS-B to...

UK air traffic control disruption: your rights as a passenger

UK air traffic control disruption: your rights as a passenger

Wednesday’s air traffic control technical fault came as many thousands of families prepared to head off on their summer holiday. Those whose flights have been disrupted have significant rights and entitlements in relation to everything from...

Police search for man accused of biting teen at New England Dragway

Police search for man accused of biting teen at New England Dragway

Police in New Hampshire are working to identify a man accused of physically assaulting a juvenile at the New England Dragway over the weekend.Sue Heiten, the mother of the alleged victim, said her son, 15-year-old Cole Heiten, was bitten by a man...

UK gin distillery experiences that are worth the journey

UK gin distillery experiences that are worth the journey

More than 800 distilleries operate across the UK, each offering signature botanicals and all manner of inventive tasting experiences. Photograph by Plymouth GinThis article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Britain has a...

Trump Slams “Cold Hearted” Israel for “Starving” Gaza Kids, Bibi Warns Of “Jihadist Threat" To UK

Trump Slams “Cold Hearted” Israel for “Starving” Gaza Kids, Bibi Warns Of “Jihadist Threat" To UK

The US president, for the second day in a row, has remarked on the images of starving people and kids in Gaza. Donald Trump said that everyone who saw the images of starving kids in Gaza would declare it terrible “unless they’re pretty...

England’s riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy

England’s riverbanks: landscapes that everyone should be able to enjoy

In a country often said to be racked by division, criticising the condition of rivers is one of England’s few unifying pastimes. Sewage dumping, which occurred for nearly 4m hours in English rivers and coastal waters last year, has become a potent...

Shoppers at M&S and Tesco ditch wine for a 'delicious' new 23-calorie celebrity-loved drink

Shoppers at M&S and Tesco ditch wine for a 'delicious' new 23-calorie celebrity-loved drink

This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more It's quite typical for many Brits to unwind with a glass of wine or a pint after a hard day's work. However, a new supermarket drink...

Each Neanderthal community had their own food culture and butchery traditions

Each Neanderthal community had their own food culture and butchery traditions

Two groups of Neanderthals who camped just 43 mi apart in northern Israel left behind piles of butchered bones that look nothing alike. Yet both groups hunted the same gazelles and fallow deer, shaped the same flint flakes, and cooked beside the...

Britain and France Talk Palestinian Statehood

Britain and France Talk Palestinian Statehood

Palestinian statehood? Yesterday, news broke that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer would recognize a Palestinian state if Israel and Hamas did not reach a lasting ceasefire agreement by September. The week prior, French politicians had made...

The chippy where the food is made from felt

The chippy where the food is made from felt

ShareSave Artist Lucy Sparrow has made a hand-stitched felt chip shop Everything is handmade, from fish and chip boxes, tubs of salt, bottles of vinegar and mayonnaise, ketchup sachets, signs and menus Artist and recovering anorexic Lucy Sparrow...

Another heatwave could hit the UK – here are the top tips for keeping cool

Another heatwave could hit the UK – here are the top tips for keeping cool

Your support helps us to tell the story 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 producing our...

France and Britain Thought the Jews Would Be Pushovers

France and Britain Thought the Jews Would Be Pushovers

The silver lining in European nations’ push to reward the Hamas attacks with Palestinian statehood is the degree of pushback coming from the Jewish world—and who, specifically, is pushing back. Both France and England have announced plans to...

‘Britain’s priciest fish & chips’ for £65 that ‘no-one can finish’ weighs up to 2.2kg & needs BREAD KNIFE to eat

‘Britain’s priciest fish & chips’ for £65 that ‘no-one can finish’ weighs up to 2.2kg & needs BREAD KNIFE to eat

BRITAIN'S priciest fish and chips for £65 that no-one can finish weighs a whopping 2.2kg and needs a bread knife to eat. A village chippy is making waves online with their monster cod drawing in food fans from as far afield as the United States. 3...

The United Kingdom puts pressure on Israel and aligns itself with Europe to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

The United Kingdom puts pressure on Israel and aligns itself with Europe to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump held a meeting in Scotland, where the British Prime Minister discussed the urgency of sending humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. The possibility of establishing a permanent...

Best places to retire in Scotland and a few are closer than you think

Best places to retire in Scotland and a few are closer than you think

The best places to retire in the whole of Britain have been revealed, and a few are closer than you think! Mid Dunbartonshire has taken the top spot in an index or best places to retire in Scotland. For Wales, it's Monmouthshire and Chesham and...

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