Porn and rape – Westminster’s underbelly is finally exposed

A £20m home for diplomats is taxpayers’ money well spent

True to form, Wayne Rooney may have just decided the game

More news

Live cost of living

Johnson ‘letting Britons financially drown’ as inflation soars to 40-year high

Fabricant condemned for ‘shameful’ joke on Tory MP accused of rape

Revealed: Why young people are leaving New Zealand in droves

theatre & dance Reviews

The House of Shades is a working-class drama full of proper politics

In Life & Beth, Amy Schumer finally plays herself

‘Blood rain’ to set UK skies red this week

Solar panels to be mandatory on new buildings under EU plan

NHS trust fined more than £1 million over patient deaths

Jamaican deportation flight takes off with just seven people aboard

Parents of teen who died after eating Pret baguette make history

German town bans cats from going outdoors to protect rare bird

‘My therapist will hear about this’: Britons baffled by ‘jubilee fish and chips’

Sport

Man arrested after touchline attack on Sheffield United captain

Champagne cork eye injury forces history-making Girmay to abandon Giro

Liverpool keep pressure on Man City with Southampton comeback

Rangers sense history in the most unexpected of European finals

Sign up to The Independent’s free Sports Brief newsletter

Mickelson’s absence looms large over the PGA Championship

Independent TV

Documentary: The true horror of Russia’s war in Ukraine | On The Ground

Starmer accuses Rees-Mogg of acting like ‘overgrown prefect’ with civil servants

Australia PM Scott Morrison flattens schoolboy during football match in Tasmania

Johnny Depp’s lawyer accuses Amber Heard of staging cocaine photo

Most commented

Charlotte Proudman The reason Johnny Depp’s dog keeps coming up in the Amber Heard trial

PM under pressure to publish legal advice in Brexit row

Vince Cable Why have Remainers gone silent as the costs of Brexit pile up?

How to get the most out of commenting on The Independent

Join the conversation here

Culture

Abi Morgan: ‘The Split is filled with a lot of my pain’

Welcome to Eden wants us to question what we consider paradise

Michelle Yeoh: ‘We want to see our faces on screen’

Lana Del Rey says her new music is inspired by anger

Chris Cornell’s wife honours Soundgarden singer on death anniversary

Gabriel Byrne says Richard Burton was ‘rather ashamed to be an actor’

TikTok mocking Amber Heard’s testimony condemned as ‘disgusting’

Lizzo fans applaud Rosie O’Donnell’s ‘About Damn Time’ lyric mistake

Doctor Who fans celebrate David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s return

Lifestyle

These are the best-dressed stars at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

The annual film festival will see star-studded premieres take place in the coming days

Pugs ‘no longer considered typical dog’ due to high health risks

Live Royal Family

Tube strike action announced over Jubilee weekend

Rebekah Vardy vs Coleen Rooney: A breakdown of their courthouse style

How gambling addiction has taken hold of women in the UK

What events are scheduled during the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday?

How to make the winning Platinum Pudding for the Queen’s Jubilee

Hilary Duff’s naked magazine cover is the last thing women need

Health & Families

The pain of parenting a child with mental illness

Sport

This is why Liverpool fans boo the anthem. This is what would stop it

Arsenal left with regrets as Arteta takes revolutionary streak too far

Haaland is not a Ferrari or a Fiat but City’s new hybrid engine

Forest beat Sheffield United on penalties to reach play-off final

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Sheffield United (3-3 agg.): Brice Samba’s shootout heroics mean Steve Cooper’s side will now face Huddersfield at Wembley

‘No animosity’: Anderson rejects suggestion of bad blood with Root

Girmay becomes first Black African to win a Grand Tour stage

Best of IndyBest: our readers’ top articles

Sponsored content

Beyond the beach: discover Antalya’s secret depths

Enjoy a sensory adventure in Türkiye’s spectacular Bodrum

9 must-have home and garden essentials to level-up your living space

How a rare flower inspired this mother and daughter’s skincare legacy

Voices

Welcome to this week’s session of Prime Minister’s Non Sequiturs

Porn, rape – Westminster’s dangerous underbelly is finally exposed

Yes, we need to ‘reclaim England’ – from the political right

indy100

Woman says she regrets her back tattoo because its become a 'd**k magnet'

McDonalds worker reveals why you should order 20 chicken nuggets not 4

Johnny Depp’s lawyer gains a cult following

Toy penguins used to care for chicks named in honour of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Woman turns 'boob job' fundraiser into crowdfund for man's life-changing op

Woman starts boob job campaign on TikTok to raise money for surgery

Army veterans say they were told to keep quiet after witnessing 'hypersonic UFO'