A north London police station has been evacuated after it was hit by car.The offending vehicle remains outside the station, where a large police cordon is in place and London Ambulance Service and London Fire…

Fresh plans to allow students a one-week window to travel home for Christmas are “riddled with holes”, the government has been warned.Jo Grady, University and College Union (UCU) general secretary, highlighted the tight timescale for…

Greg Clarke resigned as chairman of the Football Association hours after a calamitous appearance before MPs in which he referred to “coloured footballers” and “Asians working in IT”.Clarke, who is also set to resign from…

Pharmaceutical firm Pfizer says initial trials of its Covid-19 vaccine show it is 90 per cent effective Rapid coronavirus tests of the kind trialled in Liverpool in recent days are to be rolled out in…

Emily Murphy, who Mr Trump appointed to lead the General Services Administration (GSA), has yet to begin the process and has given no guidance on when she will do so. The GSA must officially recognise…

Boris Johnson will proceed with his controversial Brexit bill despite president-elect Joe Biden’s previous warnings against the international law-breaking legislation. The Democrat has made clear he thinks the Internal Market Bill undermines the Good Friday…

Kim Sengupta is Defence and Security Editor for The Independent. He has reported from conflicts across the globe including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, the Balkans, Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo, Mali, Sudan, Somalia, Kashmir, Israel, Gaza and…

Clémence Michallon@Clemence_MclClémence Michallon is a US culture writer at The Independent, based in New York City. She writes a mix of news, features and reviews, with a focus on TV, film and books. She also writes a…