The UK’s biggest water company, Thames Water, seems to have staved off collapse for now. It has secured an agreement from its shareholders to inject £750m of new equity into the business. Although the ...

Postcard allegedly written by Jack the Ripper detailing a crime predicted to sell for up to £1000 at auction From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground ...

There’s something about vintage photos from the early ’70s that feels instantly familiar and slightly strange at the same time. The style was shifting, the world was changing, and everyday life had ...

Ever-watchable historian Lucy Worsley is back on screens this January, with a new series about a lesser-known series of killings in Victorian London that played out at the same time Jack the Ripper ...

There is a lot of resentment surrounding this song, particularly amongst guitar players. Respectfully so, as folks overplay this song quite a bit, and as a result, Guitar Center has unofficially ...

Historians believe they have cracked a London murder mystery that has remained unsolved for nearly 140 years. The Thames Torso Murderer struck at least four times killing women at the same time as ...

Loretta Lynn sang about the American woman’s struggle on more than one occasion, especially when it came to having children. “The Pill” was quite a controversial song when it was first released in ...

A burst water pipe caused a partial collapse in Kidmore Road in January 2025 A year-long road closure caused by waterworks in a residential area has dragged residents through a "host of emotions", ...