Tributes have been paid to one of the last surviving D-Day veterans, who died at his home last week aged 98. Alan Barnes, who served in Africa, Italy and France, died in Jersey surrounded by his family. Via: One of the last surviving D-Day veterans dies aged 98
Senior official speaks out after seeing images of police intervention but says Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and his government are to blame The Spanish government has apologised for the policing of Sunday’s independence referendum but said the region’s political leaders were to blame for going ahead with the vote.The comments Read more
Publisher to pay substantial damages to Ian Hurst after admitting ‘vicarious liability’ for hacking by detective agencyRupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the Sun and the now-closed News of the World, has apologised in court and agreed to pay damages to a former army intelligence officer whose computer Read more
EU opts for public awareness campaign on the impacts of plastics on the environment saying a tax would not be sustainableThe EU has ruled out penalties on single-use plastic products, in favour of raising public awareness of the damage consumer plastics are doing to the world’s oceans.Frans Timmermans, vice president Read more
Non-farm payrolls fell by 33,000 last month as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma triggered a record drop in employment in the hospitality and leisure sectorsHalifax report: UK houses prices grow at fastest rate in eight monthsPound hits four-week low against dollar as Tory infighting buildsUK productivity falls in the second quarter Read more
Scandal-hit supermarket supplier faces scrutiny at 11 further plants following Guardian/ITV News investigationThe Food Standards Agency is to widen its investigation into the 2 Sisters Food Group to a further 11 poultry processing plants operated by the company in the wake of a Guardian and ITV News investigation that revealed Read more
The Independent's focus group shed some light on how the public might have received the keynote speech Via: What the public really think about Theresa May's Conservative party conference speech
After a career teaching Arabic sign language to children in Aleppo, Ahmad is having to learn to sign in a different language from scratch Via: Refugee loneliness: The deaf Syrian father learning British Sign Language to combat isolation
Prime Minister sends out a 'business as usual' message after Tory MPs were urged to rise up and unseat her Via: Theresa May dismisses Tory MPs' plot to topple her saying she has 'full support of Cabinet'
Some women have been reduced to tears, while others have decided not to enter the clinic after being confronted by a barrage of abuse, campaigners say Via: Government urged to tackle anti-abortion protests in UK after women are confronted outside clinics