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A Home Depot Halloween and Christmas Facebook Group, with over 165,800 members, is alight with discussion about the giant decorations

COMMENT: The European Broadcasting Union will allow Israel to compete at next year’s contest, a decision that has prompted four countries to boycott the event. Roisin O’Connor asks whether Eurovision can ever get back to the joyful celebration it once was

Deferred interest and high annual percentage rates (APR) can make store credit cards costly

EXCLUSIVE: Three years after The Independent first published a damning investigation into Huntercombe Group hospitals, new court documents reveal fresh claims that children were subject to inhumane, degrading and abusive treatment in ‘prison-like’ units – as families take legal action against 35 doctors. Rebecca Thomas reports

Exclusive: Some 67 per cent of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows

Brown fat burns energy when we are cold, so turning down the thermostat could help burn calories

On the Shimanami Kaidō route that connects six islands via six bridges, Samantha Herbert discovers a blissful cycle that will enchant everyone from beginner cyclists to experienced riders

People praised Skipton’s range of shops, its high street and nearby green space

Canadian MP Jenny Kwan says she will be proposing revisions to a bill she sponsored, that would prevent such items from going to the United States

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: At the current pace, it will take at least a decade for the 2,400 prisoners on IPP sentences to be freed, despite some having already served up to 22 times their original minimum tariff. The government must do more to speed up their release – and…

People in the royal town had been left without water for six days because of a ‘bad’ batch of chemicals