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Sam Hancock

@samhancock95

Sam Hancock is a news reporter who often runs The Independent’s various live blogs. He also writes features and opinion pieces.

Crime

What happened to Sarah Everard? Timeline as Couzens report published

LiveUK Politics

Neil Parish vows to stay on as MP after ‘porn-watching’ claims – live

<p>A boy stands next to a wrecked vehicle in front of an apartment building in the southern port city of Mariupol</p>
Europe

Ukraine war crimes probe widens as UK says 15,000 Russian troops dead

<p> The number of people abstaining from voting was expected to settle at the country’s highest rate since 1969 </p>
Europe

Protests erupt in France after Macron’s election win

<p>Johnson walks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during a trip to Kyiv earlier this month </p>
Europe

Ukrainian town names street after ‘hero’ Boris Johnson

Europe

Vladimir Putin congratulates Macron on French election win

LiveUK Politics

Boris Johnson live: Tory says PM unfit for office after Partygate fine

<p>Sturgeon was filmed without a face covering inside a barber shop on Saturday </p>
UK Politics

Police speak to Nicola Sturgeon over suspected breach of face mask law

<p>Netflix and Amazon Prime were found to be ‘the last to go when households are forced to prioritise spend’ </p>
Business

Households cancel streaming subscriptions amid cost of living crisis

<p>More than 92% of people aged 12 and above in the UK have received a first Covid jab to date</p>
Health

More than 11,000 Covid vaccine volunteers have decided to join NHS

<p>Slow moving traffic on the M5 near West Bromwich during the Easter getaway</p>
Home News

Travellers suffer delays and queues as busy Easter weekend kicks off

<p>Mr Lewis has received messages from people ‘tearing their hair out’ about rising bills (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)</p>
Money

Martin Lewis explains how you can get a free £175 from the bank

<p>Two mural fragments dating back to between 200 and 300 BC bear evidence for the earliest use of the Maya calendar</p>
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Earliest evidence of Maya calendar found inside Guatemalan pyramid

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Earliest evidence of Maya calendar found inside Guatemalan pyramid

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<p>Two mural fragments dating back to between 200 and 300 BC bear evidence for the earliest use of the Maya calendar</p>
<p>Chelsea FC owner Abramovich (far right) stands with director Tenenbaum (second from right) at Stamford Bridge in 2014</p>
UK Politics

Russian oligarchs ‘with close ties to Abramovich’ hit by UK sanctions

<p>Tardigrades measure, on average, around 0.5mm in length and are almost entirely translucent </p>
UK news

Scientists discover weakness of near-indestructible tardigrade

<p>Currie appeared on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ to defend Boris Johnson’s position</p>
UK Politics

Edwina Currie criticised for ‘callous’ tweet to man over Partygate

<p>MRI scans, not the one used above, showed babies with mothers facing social disadvantages tended to be born with smaller brains</p>
US

Poverty and crime ‘linked to differences in newborn brains’ – study

<p>MRI scans, not the one used above, showed babies with mothers facing social disadvantages tended to be born with smaller brains</p>
US

Poverty and crime ‘linked to differences in newborn brains’ – study

<p>Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy are set to do battle in court (PA)</p>
Home News

‘Key witness’ in Wagatha Christie case ‘not fit’ to give evidence

<p> While well-known species such as cod may well still be found in the Atlantic in 200 years, they will not be as numerous as they are today, scientists say</p>
World

Cod ‘will become less common and harder to catch’ due to ocean warming

UK Politics

Does Partygate fine mean Boris Johnson has a criminal record?

<p>Some 13.6 million car journeys are expected to take place on Good Friday alone</p>
Home News

Drivers warned to expect delays at Easter as 27.6m plan car journeys

<p>As people get older, their cells’ ability to function declines and the genome – or DNA blueprint – accumulates marks of ageing</p>
UK news

Researchers reverse ageing in human cells by 30 years in new study

UK Politics

Tories list candidate seen at lockdown drinks for council elections

Europe

EU hits Russia with new sanctions including embargo on coal imports

<p>Disruption for roads and railways is expected after a yellow weather warning was issued for snow across northern parts of Scotland</p>
Home News

Snow forecast in UK as Britain set for coldest April weekend in years

UK Politics

Tories list candidate seen at lockdown drinks for council elections

Europe

EU hits Russia with new sanctions including embargo on coal imports

<p>Disruption for roads and railways is expected after a yellow weather warning was issued for snow across northern parts of Scotland</p>
Home News

Snow forecast in UK as Britain set for coldest April weekend in years

<p>The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has activated a search and rescue mission </p>
Asia

British man and boy, 14, among divers missing off Malaysian island

Asia

British man and boy, 14, among divers missing off Malaysian island

<p>The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has activated a search and rescue mission </p>
<p>Smoke rises after shelling near a seaport in Berdyansk, Ukraine</p>
Europe

Ukraine lists ‘best Oscar moments’ from Russia war

<p>Zebra mbuna fish, pictured, were less able than stingrays when it came to mathematics</p>
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Stingrays and zebra mbuna fish can add and subtract, scientists say

<p>Giant Galapagos tortoises, like this one pictured on Santa Cruz Island, are famous for their long necks </p>
Science

Two giant Galapagos tortoises bred in British zoo for the first time

Crime

PCSO arrested for ‘outraging public decency’ after video shared online

Crime

PCSO arrested for ‘outraging public decency’ after video shared online

<p>A building burns in Irpin, Ukraine, as Russia continues to bombard its neighbour</p>
Europe

Russia using ‘banned landmines’ in Ukraine, campaign group says

China Plane Crash
Asia

China plane crash investigators find 49,000 pieces of flight wreckage

<p>Rescue workers stand below a huge cloud of black smoke in Stretton, Burton </p>
Home News

Huge blaze at Burton factory as black smoke clouds seen miles away

East Asia

Kim Jong-un stars in bizarre Hollywood style video for missile launch

Taoiseach Micheal Martin – Ireland was singled out by the Ukrainian president, as he suggested it was lacking in its support for his country (Brian Lawless/PA)
Europe

Ireland challenges reports Zelensky criticised Ukraine support

<p>Travis O’Brien, now 13, pleaded no contest to charges of burglary, criminal mischief and attempted murder of law enforcement officers </p>
Americas

Boy, 13, pleads no contest in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ gunfight with police

<p>Daniel Morgan, a private investigator who was killed with an axe in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, southeast London, in 1987 </p>
Home News

Met Police ‘not fit for purpose’ to tackle corruption within ranks

News

Aerial photos show homes lost to sea from decades of coastal erosion

<p>The area is regarded as one of the best places to snorkel on San Andres</p>
Americas

Tiger shark mauls tourist to death in Caribbean

<p>A firefighter walks outside a destroyed apartment building in Kyiv, following a Russian shelling attack on 15 March </p>
Europe

Russia fires ‘unstoppable’ hypersonic missiles at Ukraine

<p>Police were called to the scene, near the roundabout on Burns Road, at around 5.20am</p>
Crime

Two teenagers killed in Coventry car crash

Crime

Two teenagers killed in Coventry car crash

<p>Police were called to the scene, near the roundabout on Burns Road, at around 5.20am</p>
<p>A woman walks past a memorial wall, on 18 March, for all those who have lost their lives since the conflict began in Ukraine Eastern</p>
Europe

Ukrainian mother tweets war diary to keep record of invasion

<p>An eyewitness claimed there was police activity around Arbour House, a Unite student accommodation building, pictured above</p>
Crime

Murder probe as woman, 19, found dead in east London home

<p>A Ukrainian serviceman takes a photograph of a damaged church after shelling in a residential district in Mariupol, 10 March 2022</p>
Europe

Mariupol mayor warns ‘no city left’ after relentless Russian attacks

<p>This file photo from 2014 shows a US Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, similar to the one that crashed</p>
Americas

Four US soldiers killed in military plane crash during Nato exercise

<p>This file photo from 2014 shows a US Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, similar to the one that crashed</p>
Americas

Four US soldiers killed in military plane crash during Nato exercise

<p>This file photo from 2017 shows an M-346 jet, manufactured by Italian aerospace company Leonardo</p>
Home News

British test pilot dies as military jet hits mountain

<p>The Crescent had been docked in the port of Tarragona, Catalonia</p>
Europe

Yacht ‘owned by oligarch and Putin ally Igor Sechin’ seized by Spain

Europe

Image shows Russian word for ‘children’ outside blown-up theatre

<p>Officers keen to track man in image down to ask if he witnessed anything</p>
Crime

Reward offered to find rapist who attacked 13-year-old in cemetery

<p>Going up: the cost of living crisis will remove daily essentials from millions of households </p>
Home News

Half of UK children ‘to sacrifice food’ over cost of living crisis

<p>A Putin victory in Ukraine is no longer inevitable thanks to heroic Ukrainians, the head of Britain’s Armed Forces has said</p>
Europe

Third Russian general killed in Ukraine as Putin’s troops lose morale

<p>Harry, pictured with his late grandfather, was last in London in the summer of 2021</p>
Home News

Prince Harry to miss Duke of Edinburgh’s memorial service

<p>Firefighterswork after a missile hit a build at Vinnytsia Airport</p>
Europe

Fears over Russian chemical weapons as battle for Kyiv accelerates

<p>Estimates of children missing from education ranged from 0% to 4.1%, showing gaps in data </p>
Home News

No one knows how many children there are in England, report says

UK Politics

John Bercow refuses to apologise over ‘serial’ bullying findings

<p>Terminally ill children in Kazan, Russia, line up outside a cancer hospice in the shape of Z</p>
Europe

Russian children in hospice made to stand in Z shape to support war

Europe

Russian children in hospice made to stand in Z shape to support war

<p>Terminally ill children in Kazan, Russia, line up outside a cancer hospice in the shape of Z</p>
Greggs swung back to a profit last year (Ben Birchall/PA)
Home News

Greggs sausage roll and pasty prices set to soar

<p>Lavrov spoke to reporters from Moscow </p>
Europe

‘We didn’t invent collateral damage,’ Russia claims

<p>Pregnant women and newborn babies in the basement of a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter during air raid alerts in Kyiv</p>
Europe

Premature babies born in Ukrainian hospital basements amid Russian war

Business

Oil prices jump to 13-year high due to Russian invasion of Ukraine

Business

Oil prices jump to 13-year high due to Russian invasion of Ukraine

<p>Evacuations continued on Saturday in numerous cities and towns in Ukraine </p>
Home News

Ukraine aid appeal raises £85m in two days

<p>The pair claimed a blonde-haired mannequin placed in their neighbour’s window purposely overlooked their Richmond Park home</p>
Home News

Couple lose High Court privacy battle in row with next door neighbour

<p>Valerie Warrington and her ex-husband Clive Warrington</p>
Crime

Divorced couple found dead 15 miles apart as man arrested for murder

Home News

How do sanctions work?

<p>The trial, expected to last five days, continues at Bradford Crown Court</p>
Crime

Policeman accused of raping woman and getting her pregnant

ADDITION APTOPIX Ukraine Invasion
Europe

Ukraine war: ‘Dozens killed’ in rocket strikes on Kharkiv

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Home News

Compare the Market meerkat adverts pulled over Russia Ukraine war

<p>Russian forces’ movements since the invasion began</p>
Europe

Russia’s war on Ukraine explained in one map

<p>Police and security personnel inspect the remains of a shell landed in Kiev</p>
Europe

Ukraine death toll hits 137 with 316 wounded in Russian invasion

<p>NAACP Image Awards-President's Award</p>
Home News

Prince Harry and Meghan condemn war and ‘stand with people of Ukraine’

Europe

What is a false flag operation?

<p>The Vic Haddock boat house under water on the River Severn following high winds and wet weather in Ironbridge, Shropshire</p>
Home News

Flood water breaches River Severn defences with more rain on the way

<p>Sophie, of Dalton Crescent, Carlisle, was last seen on 12 December</p>
Crime

Body of ‘beautiful’ Sophie Burns, 28, found after vanishing last year

<p>The pterosaur would have flown above Skye more than 170 million years ago</p>
News

Fossil of world’s largest Jurassic flying reptile found in Scotland

<p>Between 30% and 75% of animal’s population lost in rural areas since 2000</p>
News

Hedgehog numbers plummeting in British countryside

Vaccinated people are less likel to get long Covid than the non vaccinated, the UK Health Security Agency has found
Health

Government to stop publishing weekend Covid case and death figures

<p>The pterosaur would have flown above Skye more than 170 million years ago</p>
News

Fossil of world’s largest Jurassic flying reptile found in Scotland

<p>Between 30% and 75% of animal’s population lost in rural areas since 2000</p>
News

Hedgehog numbers plummeting in British countryside

Vaccinated people are less likel to get long Covid than the non vaccinated, the UK Health Security Agency has found
Health

Government to stop publishing weekend Covid case and death figures

Ttesting solution dripping into a Covid-19 lateral flow testing strip. (Danny Lawson/PA)
Health

Lateral flow tests being rationed as government winds down free scheme

Anis Hemissi (Metropolitan Police/PA)
Crime

Hitman who shot dead Real Housewives star’s brother jailed for life

<p>Neil last year left GB News, which he helped set up, and is now set to host a weekly politics programme on Channel 4 </p>
Media

Andrew Neil files claim against Jennifer Arcuri over Epstein tweets

<p>The Duke of York and Ms Giuffre, then 17, in the infamous photo taken in Ghislaine Maxwell’s London townhouse </p>
Americas

Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre reach ‘£10m’ settlement

Home News

Queen ‘likely to pay’ disgraced son Andrew’s £10m sex abuse settlement

<p>Jacob died during 80mph winds on 29 January in Staffordshire </p>
Home News

First picture of schoolboy, 9, killed by falling tree in Storm Malik

<p>Russian army tanks stand ready to move back to their permanent base after drills in Russia</p>
Europe

How do Russia and Ukraine’s militaries compare?

Home News

Will Prince Andrew return to public life after Giuffre settlement?

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