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Will Kirby

Will Kirby is the Deputy Premium Editor at The Independent.

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Business

Wetherspoon set to reopen pubs and hotels ‘in or around June’

Home News

Londoners urged to avoid non-essential contact amid coronavirus crisis

A growing number of Londoners have started wearing face masks on their commutes after doctors warned the Tube could be a 'hotbed' for coronavirus
Home News

London Underground driver tests positive for coronavirus

20 Pledges

After using every excuse to not cycle, I've finally given it a go

20 Pledges

Why I’ve decided to start cycling to work

A man being detained by police after the incident, which took place on Saturday afternoon
Crime

Man arrested after running over police officer in patrol car

Officers investigate a damaged car that had apparently purposely crashed into the main gate of the US embassy in Seoul
Asia

Car filled with gas canisters crashes into US embassy in Seoul

Americas

Italian mafia boss escapes prison in Uruguay

Tarrant was the first person in the nation’s history to have a terror charge brought against them
Australasia

Alleged Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant pleads not guilty

Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison
US politics

US announces 17 new charges against Julian Assange

The launch comes despite an international effort to encourage the nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and the thawing of longstanding tensions with North Korea
Asia

North Korea launches short-range missiles

Police at a property on Vandome Close in east London where two women have been found dead
Crime

Two men arrested after women's bodies found in east London freezer

Armed police outside Masijd Ayesha Mosque in Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand, 15 March 2019.
Australasia

New Zealand reels after gunman kills 49 in live-streamed attack

Australasia

New Zealand reels after gunman kills 49 in live-streamed attack

Armed police outside Masijd Ayesha Mosque in Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand, 15 March 2019.
Chairman of Wetherspoons pub chain, Tim Martin is seen during an interview in London on June 14, 2016
Business News

Wetherspoon boss attacks Remainers after pub chain's profits plummet

A man rests on the ground after the attack on a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand
Australasia

Death toll from New Zealand mosque terror attack rises to 49

Editors' letters

When the votes come thick and fast, it pays to have experts on hand

Joan Ryan, who has represented Enfield North since 1997 with a break from 2010-15 and served as a minister in Tony Blair's government, said she hopes other will join her in quitting the party
UK Politics

Eighth Labour MP resigns from party to join Independent Group

Joan Ryan, who has represented Enfield North since 1997 with a break from 2010-15 and served as a minister in Tony Blair's government, said she hopes other will join her in quitting the party
UK Politics

Eighth Labour MP resigns from party to join Independent Group

A vehicle is set on fire by Venezuelan opposition demonstrators, during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, on the anniversary of 1958 uprising that overthrew military dictatorship in Caracas on 23 January 2019
Americas

Trump recognises Venezuela opposition leader as interim president

UK Politics

More than 200 MPs urge May to rule out no-deal Brexit

Plastic bottle recycling machines are common in several European countries and the government has been urged to roll them out nationwide
News

Iceland's plastic bottle recycling scheme trial earns shoppers £30k

The container ship is suspected to have lost the cargo during an overnight storm in waters off the coastal border between Germany and the Netherlands
Europe

Flat-screen TVs and IKEA furniture wash up on North Sea islands

Fireworks explode over Westminster Abbey and Elizabeth Tower near Parliament as Big Ben marks the start of 2019
Home News

London celebrates European ties with New Year fireworks display

More than 100 firefighters attended the scene after the blaze broke out shortly before 8pm on New Year's Eve
Home News

Around 120 firefighters tackling blaze at storage warehouse in London

Americas

Stormy Daniels ordered to pay Donald Trump $293,000 in legal fees

Europe

Gunman at large after two killed near Strasbourg Christmas market

More than 100 firefighters attended the scene after the blaze broke out shortly before 8pm on New Year's Eve
Home News

Around 120 firefighters tackling blaze at storage warehouse in London

Americas

Stormy Daniels ordered to pay Donald Trump $293,000 in legal fees

Europe

Gunman at large after two killed near Strasbourg Christmas market

The French president addresses the nation as he sought to reassert his authority after protests across the country turned violent
Europe

Macron to increase minimum wage in response to violent French protests

Europe

Macron to increase minimum wage in response to violent French protests

The French president addresses the nation as he sought to reassert his authority after protests across the country turned violent
Anne James, who was brutally murdered by her drug-addicted and indebted grandson Gregory Irvin
Crime

‘Evil’ drug user jailed for life after cutting grandmother’s throat

Editors' letters

Separating fact from fiction on the news desk

The president said he believed Justice Kavanaugh was 'innocent all the way', despite sexual assault accusations from several women
Americas

Trump compares missing Saudi journalist case to Kavanaugh accusations

Colin Kaepernick (right) and Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest during the national anthem prior to an NFL game in Santa Clara, California
Americas

Nike makes NFL rebel Colin Kaepernick face of 'Just Do It' campaign

Colin Kaepernick (right) and Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest during the national anthem prior to an NFL game in Santa Clara, California
Americas

Nike makes NFL rebel Colin Kaepernick face of 'Just Do It' campaign

People evacuate from Lombok International Airport after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the island
Asia

Lombok struck by 6.3 magnitude earthquake

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