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Exclusive: With the prospect of a brutal global trade war looming, critics of the UK’s current Brexit deal have said the country needs to rejoin the customs union, single market or the bloc itself to shield itself from the devastating fallout

MPs and farmers have attacked the government’s decision to extend inheritance tax to family farms

The production of fossil fuels is responsible for more extreme climate events that fuel vegetation growth — and wildfires

After her abuser was handed her new address, police visited to carry out escape route plans and check the doors had a deadlock

Fans are optimistic the actor will make an appearance at the event

Mother and brother of Sian O’Callaghan - who was killed by Christopher Halliwell after getting into his taxi - tell of their ‘devastating’ loss

Jennifer Sloan Rachmuth, 54, blamed her troubles on the Democratic Party.

Ammon Bundy went up against the US government twice and was never held accountable — and now he’s moved states to avoid an arrest warrant. Richard Hall meets him on the run in Cedar City, Utah

With the flooding having killed more than 200 people, the anger over the perceived lack of warning and slow response erupted into chants of ‘murderer’ and mud-slinging at the Spanish king and queen. But, writes Graham Keeley in Madrid, the real vitriol is actually reserved for the country’s politicians

British actor Himesh Patel speaks with The Independent on working with comedy legend Armando Iannucci and director Sam Mendes on new HBO comedy series The Franchise.

Under current laws, the victim and the perpetrator must be over 16 for it to be deemed a crime of domestic abuse