Scotland Yard confirmed a ‘corrosive substance’ had been used during the incident on North Street, Barking, East London in what they are describing as a ‘road rage incident’. Via: Two men injured in East London road rage acid attack
Frankie Muniz, who has suffered a series of mini-strokes, spoke about suffering memory loss on Monday’s Dancing With The Stars in which he is competing. Via: Frankie Muniz can't remember 'Malcolm in the Middle'
Glamour model Parnia Porsche has penned an emotional tribute to her boyfriend Rossario Dom Barbaro after he killed himself in the wake of his brother Pasquale’s Sydney gangland murder. Via: Parnia Porsche pens tributes to Pasquale Barbaro's brother
Michel Barnier took issue with Theresa May's tennis metaphor Via: Brexit is not a game, EU chief negotiator warns Britain
Rolling coverage of the final day of the SNP conference in Glasgow, including Nicola Sturgeon’s speech 3.01pm BST At the SNP conference a video has been shown making a charity appeal on behalf of the Rohingya crisis appeal.V pleased we played @decappeal vid featuring @rizmc at #SNP17 – ScotGovt already Read more
Be it the tale of the Grenfell fire survivor being reunited with her cat, or the ‘refugee cat’ lost in Greece and found in Norway stories of pets draw us in like no otherWhat could be more heartening than the story of the Grenfell fire survivor who was reported this Read more
A new study by neuroeconomists suggesting that women’s biology could make them a soft touch covers overly familiar gendered groundRichard Thaler has just won the Nobel prize for economics for his work explaining how human choice can be influenced. The insight that people make decisions for all sorts of reasons, Read more
Trump suggests IQ battle with Tillerson: ‘I can tell you who is going to win’President also claims of unprecedented legislative success in first nine monthsDonald Trump has challenged his secretary of state to “compare IQ tests” – if Rex Tillerson did call the president a “moron”, as reported. Trump told Read more
Gaping hole in the negotiations explained by British unavailability as deadline looms Via: Brexit talks being held up by absent British negotiating team, EU says
Amelia Womack, the deputy Green party leader, also told The Independent about her own experiences in an abusive relationship Via: Green party calls for violence against women to be recorded by Home Office as hate crime