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Reeves accused by Tories of ‘crashing the economy’ as output shrinks - live updates

Most economists had been expecting GDP to rise during October but it shrunk 0.1% for the second month running

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury resigns - live: Welby’s Lords seat in doubt amid calls for Labour to refuse peerage

Mr Welby said it was ‘very clear’ he must take responsibility and regretted the Church’s historic failures

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Reeves dismisses Lammy’s Trump ‘Neo-Nazi’ jibe as Farage’s mediation offer snubbed by Labour

The US election result has brought past comments made by foreign secretary David Lammy about Donald Trump back into the limelight

The Independent UK

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Interest rates live updates: Bank of England base rate cut to help slash mortgage bills

Inflation fell below the Bank of England’s 2% target in September for the first time in three years

The Independent UK

Spain floods latest: Dogs being used in search for missing people as ‘stick-wielding’ vigilantes patrol streets

Flooding that killed at least 217 people, mostly near Valencia, dumped rain on Barcelona on Monday

The Independent UK

I nearly lost my bike to London’s angle grinder thieves

Some 80,000 bikes are stolen in London every year. Barney Davis speaks to Mark Vinall, who stopped his Specialized model from becoming 80,001.

The Independent UK

Mother and her two dogs killed in horror crash ‘hit and run’ as teenager arrested

Laura Sone-Demetrious was mourned by her family as she was killed walking her two dogs across the A10

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Shane MacGowan ‘left €10,000 behind bar for VIP wake’

The Pogues frontman’s final farewell was marked by a celebrity wake at a tiny pub – said to have been funded by the singer as part of his dying wish for mourners to have a drink on him

The Independent UK

Guinness, goodbyes and dancing in the aisles: Inside Shane MacGowan’s rock and roll funeral

The Pogues singer’s send-off in Co Tipperary was a lively affair, as was the unofficial wake in his favourite bar afterwards, Barney Davis writes

The Independent UK

What to do with Grindavík: Has Iceland’s #1 selfie spot just emerged out of the ground?

Iceland’s hottest tourist destination since Reykjavík’s Phallological Museum may have shown itself in Grindavík, writes Barney Davis

The Independent UK

What to do with Grindavík: Has Iceland’s #1 selfie spot just emerged out of the ground?

Has Iceland’s hottest tourist destination since Reykjavík’s Phallological Museum shown itself in Grindavík, Barney Davis asks

The Independent UK

Inside the abandoned Iceland town left in limbo by a volcano

The residents had just minutes to leave the little harbour town on Iceland’s west coast, as fissures rent the streets and houses collapsed. The question now is will they ever see their homes again

The Independent UK

Every resident of an Icelandic town was evacuated due to a volcano. Daring rescuers went back to save the pets

Cats, dogs, hamsters and even hens were at the centre of rescue efforts, reports Barney Davis from Iceland

The Independent UK

‘Lord of Chipping Norton? We haven’t had one of those for 400 years’

Despite the fanfare around David Cameron’s catapult back into the spotlight, Barney Davis found his Cotswolds neighbours somewhat bemused by his newfound peerage

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The Independent UK

Inside the abandoned Iceland town left in limbo by a volcano

The residents had just minutes to leave the little harbour town on Iceland’s west coast, as fissures rent the streets and houses collapsed. The question now is will they ever see their homes again

The Independent UK

Every resident of an Icelandic town was evacuated due to a volcano. Daring rescuers went back to save the pets

Cats, dogs, hamsters and even hens were at the centre of rescue efforts, reports Barney Davis from Iceland

The Independent UK

Inside the abandoned Iceland town left in limbo by a volcano

The residents had just minutes to leave the little harbour town on Iceland’s west coast, as fissures rent the streets and houses collapsed. The question now is will they ever see their homes again

The Independent UK

Collapsed homes, sinkholes and broken roads: Inside Iceland’s ghost town of Grindavik

The residents had just minutes to leave the little harbour town on Iceland’s west coast, as fissures rent the streets and houses collapsed. The question now is will they ever see their homes again

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The Independent UK

Dodging traffic, collisions and stingy tippers: The exhausting world of a Deliveroo rider

The Independent’s Barney Davis tried and failed to keep up with one of the longest-serving Deliveroo riders in London

The Independent UK

Father who survived housefire that killed whole family pays tribute to daughter who died in fire

Aroen Kishen posted a picture of his daughter smiling broadly to the camera

The Independent UK

Bedbug callouts spike nearly 200 per cent but is it all in our minds?

Rentokil saw a 196 per cent increase in callouts last month – but only a 65 per cent increase in confirmed bedbug activity

The Independent UK

Gas, guns and hazmat suits: On the front line in the fight against bedbugs

Barney Davis attempts to ‘earn his leathers’ on a day shadowing bedbug expert David Cain and a visit to the exterminators’ convention PestTech 2023

The Independent UK

Bedbug outbreak spreads to London library as parents and children forced to leave immediately

Library-goers evacuated from building after insects were spotted

The Independent UK

‘We always feel unsafe’: London’s Jewish community share fears as area hit by vandalism after Israel attacks

Residents and businesses in Golders Green show solidarity as area targeted in wake of Hamas’ deadly attacks in Israel

The Independent UK

Watch the eccentric Remainer dance troupe performance that even earned praise from Farage

Even Nigel Farage seemed swayed by Dance Europa’s showstopping routine

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