OAS unanimously backs Argentina’s claim for Malvinas again

The Organization of American States (OAS) backed Argentina’s claim over the Malvinas Islands in full on Friday, urging the country and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations on the sovereignty dispute as soon as possible. The OAS’s declaration...

The Warrington Angling club changing lives of veterans and emergency service workers

Blue Light Angling, based in Warrington, is helping veterans and emergency service workers through the therapeutic benefits of fishing, offering free monthly sessions in a calm and supportive environment. The club was founded by Steve Poole, a...

End of an era as Ballymena’s beloved newsagent to sell shop after 45 years [Exclusive]

Eugene Diamond retires after 45 years. Ballymena shop was a local landmark. Community reaction leaves him “humbled". Tributes are pouring in from the community of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, as one of its most cherished high street fixtures...

Garage manager's fishing club supports struggling veterans and emergency workers

Steve Poole's club, Blue Light Angling, hosts free monthly sessions to support people who’ve faced traumatic experiences in the line of duty. Steve, a manager at Protyre Autocare in Winsford, says the club promotes mindfulness and wellbeing...

Falkland Islands Government launches TV and radio consultation

A public consultation to better understand the use of television and radio services across the Islands has been launched this week. FIG is keen to understand what content Falklands residents access and how they access. The consultation will help...

Falkland Islands students receive the Duke of Edinburgh Awards

For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse

In a seminal collection of essays published in 1978, the Cambridge historian Eric Stokes heralded the “return of the peasant” in South Asian studies. He was particularly pleased to note that “among students of the colonial revolution in South Asia...

Anniversary of the first Falkland Islands stamp

You might not have been aware of this – but Thursday the 19 of June marked the one hundred and forty seventh anniversary of the first stamps being issued in the Falkland Islands. We decided to have a little look back at how they’ve developed over...

Falkland Islands Liberation Day 2025

Last Saturday marked the forty-third anniversary of Liberation Day. This date commemorates the liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine military occupation at the end of the Falklands War in 1982. The community got together to remember...

Your Middle East questions answered – from Trump’s fragile ceasefire to what Israelis think of Netanyahu

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...

Trump's strikes on Iran: a 'spectacular success'?

"He came, he bombed, he ended the war." That's how Donald Trump would sum up the events of the past week, said The Economist, but the reality was a little more complicated. Last Saturday, 48 hours after giving Iran a two-week deadline, the US...

Come friendly bombs and fall on Iran

It is heartening to see the lefties out marching in defence of mullahs and their enlightened rule of Iran. The Stop the War Coalition has been organising protests the length and breadth of the country, demanding ‘Hands off Iran’. It is harder for...

ROBERT HARDMAN: A night raid on a police station using the IRA's most deadly gun, an SAS team facing mortal danger - and 30 years on, a monstrous threat to haul them to court

For more than three hours, on a freezing February night, the 12 men from the Special Air Service had been lying behind a low, threadbare bit of hedge on the edge of a rural chapel car park near the Northern Irish village of Clonoe. According to...

Slough and Datchet both ease to victories in Home Counties Division 2

Slough’s Sahaan Sahaan. Photos: Slough Cricket Club -- Slough and Datchet remain well in the mix at the top of Home Counties Division 2 with both sides easing to victories on Saturday to stay on the coattails of leaders Wokingham. Both edged out...

Ancient forest discovered hidden on a treeless island in the South Atlantic

The Falkland Islands greet visitors with low grasses, rocky ridges, and relentless sea spray. Yet beneath that stern exterior, researchers have just uncovered a buried forest that flourished long before humans or sheep ever set foot on the...

18 nostalgic photos that prove the 1980s and '90s were Nottingham’s golden era

At the time, it’s fair to say that the 1980s and parts of the ‘90s were tough for many in the UK. WIth soaring unemployment, The Troubles in Northern Ireland and the Falklands War, the two decades had plenty of sobering moments. But as time...

Schoolchildren given taste of life at Parliament thanks to heritage project

Dozens of Ipswich schoolchildren were given a taste of what life is like in Parliament earlier this week. The day trip to Westminster on Monday, organised by the Thomas Wolsey 550 heritage project, gave 40 pupils insight into careers and...

The defining royal moments of the noughties – from the Golden Jubilee to William meeting Kate

The first decade of the 21st century was packed full of world-changing news and moments - from the 9/11 terror attacks and war in Iraq to the first ever iPod and social media's early days. For the Royal Family, who had seen through the tough...

Article 5: How NATO's collective defence clause works - and the one time it has been invoked

25 June 2025, 08:15 | Updated: 25 June 2025, 10:41 President Donald Trump's visit to the NATO summit on Wednesday is being closely watched for one big reason: will he commit America to Article 5? Your browser doesn't recognise available video...

Falkland Palace – Scottish Royal Retreat

Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, who took refuge there from the political and religious turmoil of her reign. James IV of Scotland...