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A long-running investigation into the 1989 Hillsborough stadium soccer tragedy has found that 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for their failings during and after Britain’s worst sports disaster

I sometimes think that my teenage fascination with the Beatles is what drew me to becoming a professional historian. Piecing together what I could find out about them in the years before the internet was a sort of gateway to the history of Britain and the world in the decade…

Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money

Letters: Readers reflect on an interview with the outgoing chief executive of the Refugee Council

London and Washington have found a compromise that would avoid US tariffs on British medicines — but only after the UK agreed to pay more for cutting-edge drugs.

Across Britain, ponds are quietly vanishing. Pouring over historic maps from the 1900s to trace old pond sites, I was struck by how many once dotted the landscape. Today, more than half have disappeared, a loss that threatens wildlife and our ability to cope with a changing climate.

The Chancellor is facing calls to resign over misleading the public and Cabinet minister over the state of Britain’s finances

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his Treasury chief Rachel Reeves against claims she misled the public about government finances before last week's tax-hiking budget

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 1 and 7 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages