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<p>Noel and Liam Gallagher pose in reunion photos ahead of their 2025 tour</p>
Ryan Coogan

How the race for Oasis reunion tickets became 2024’s Thunderdome

People are pretty mad at Ticketmaster et al, but in the companies’ defence, how could they possibly have known that people would want to use their websites for the services they offer? What are they, psychic?

<p>Doctors believe that semaglutide could treat several illnesses linked to inflammation, including cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s</p>
The Independent View

Ozempic shows signs of being a great medical milestone

<p>How much you spend on gifts for someone isn’t an indication of how much you love them </p>
Talia Loderick

The perfect birthday gift we’ve all forgotten about

<p>In our house – and no doubt in many others – it’s the children’s mother who bears the brunt of the pre-term hassle</p>
Will Gore

Dads like me aren’t pulling our weight with back to school duties

<p>In the next two months before the Budget, everything depends on whether Reeves and Starmer decide – jointly – to bend before the storm of protest, or to tough it out</p>
John Rentoul

Starmer and Reeves face the first big test of their relationship

<p>Carpenter recently split from her boyfriend, Barry Keoghan </p>
Olivia Petter

Sabrina Carpenter is redefining female sexuality

<p>Is it inevitable that we all become sophisticated red wine drinkers wearing smoking jackets and sitting in wingback armchairs as we age? </p>
Rosamund Hall

As you get older, here’s how to embrace your changing tastes in wine

<p>Some Labour and Tory politicians were so alarmed by this year’s poll-driven election, they want to ban the publication of polls in the run-up to polling day</p>
Inside Westminster

The pollsters predicted a Labour landslide, but got the election wrong

<p>Kamala Harris high-fives a supporter at a rally in Savannah, Georgia on Thursday</p>
Jon Sopel

Kamala’s interview was a masterclass in dodging traps set by Trump

<p>Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested for allegedly failing to act against the use of his platform for illegal activities </p>
Alan Rusbridger

Our tech overlords are about to discover the limits of free speech

<p>‘Cruel’ Britannia? Liam Gallagher in a union flag parka</p>
Ashley Davies

The Oasis reunion is no excuse for women just to roll with it

<p>‘Men on their mobiles sitting mindlessly on equipment’ </p>
Frieda Hughes

The one thing men do at the gym that drives me mad

<p>Under current rules, workers have the right to request flexible working, but employers aren’t legally obliged to agree </p>
Katie Edwards

A four-day working week would help those who need it most – women

<p>Shock and awe: Residents leave an apartment building in Kursk that has been damaged in shelling by Ukrainian forces</p>
Mary Dejevsky

What is Ukraine really up to with its audacious Kursk land grab?

<p>I thought that Starmer made a great start with quelling the riots – but now, everything is beginning to feel familiarly depressing</p>
Letters

The winter fuel allowance cut was destined to be a disaster

<p>Transport infrastructure – roads, bridges, signs – all has to be paid for</p>
James Moore

Fuel duty is a road to nowhere – it’s time for a pay-as-you-drive tax

<p>The world has become so bland, online and sexless, it’s good to know that some people out there are making an effort</p>
Ryan Coogan

Why we need to start looking for love in the local supermarket

As a Spanish supermarket introduces a ‘fruity’ shopping-trolley code for Gen Z singletons keen to hook up in the aisles, Ryan Coogan asks: could it ever work in Britain?

<p>Under new laws being considered by Labour, employees will have the right to request a ‘compressed’ four-day working week</p>
James Moore

There’s nothing to fear from the four-day week… and employers know it

<p>Former minister Esther McVey’s analogy has been described as ‘repugnant’ by the British Board of Jewish Deputies </p>
Sean O’Grady

Esther McVey’s ‘repugnant’ tweets show how unmoored the Tories now are

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<p>In the next two months before the Budget, everything depends on whether Reeves and Starmer decide – jointly – to bend before the storm of protest, or to tough it out</p>
Voices

Starmer and Reeves face the first big test of their relationship

Voices

Starmer and Reeves face the first big test of their relationship

John Rentoul
<p>In the next two months before the Budget, everything depends on whether Reeves and Starmer decide – jointly – to bend before the storm of protest, or to tough it out</p>
<p>Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer have warned of tax rises and spending cuts on 30 October </p>
The Independent View

Labour must give reasons for optimism after its ‘painful’ Budget

<p>Keir Starmer is considering a smoking ban in pub gardens </p>
Letters

Don’t blame the outdoor smoking ban on the ‘nanny state’

<p>Wegovy is a prescription drug that is said to help with weight loss</p>
Voices

Wegovy helped me lose three stone in three months – and ruined my life

<p>Wes Streeting needs to set his civil servants on the task of reforming this part of the system in short order</p>
The Independent View

Wes Streeting is well placed to reform the NHS after its MeToo moment

<p>Wes Streeting needs to set his civil servants on the task of reforming this part of the system in short order</p>
The Independent View

Wes Streeting is well placed to reform the NHS after its MeToo moment

<p>The prime minister has had a portrait of his Tory predecessor moved to a less prominent spot in Downing Street </p>
Voices

Maggie’s vanishing portrait says so much about Keir Starmer

<p>Keir Starmer should be persuading us of the benefits of closer cooperation with the EU</p>
Letters

Keir Starmer has five years to sell us on having closer EU ties

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<p>Pavel Durov has been placed under official investigation and banned from leaving France since his arrest on Sunday </p>
Voices

There’s a reason Telegram is known as ‘Facebook for Nazis’

<p>Pollution has been cut by over 20 per cent in outer London, compared to if we had done nothing, and our city’s air quality is improving at a faster rate than the rest of England average</p>
Climate 100

Why I was right to introduce the Ulez charge

<p>A labourer works in an intense heatwave in Jammu this summer</p>
Climate 100

My life at 50C: India’s new reality of extreme heat

<p>Martin has criticised O’Leary for suggesting a two-drink limit on flights</p>
Voices

What the Ryanair and Wetherspoons bust-up tells us about boozy Britain

<p>The best part of going to the pub is abandoning your friends at some point, going into the beer garden and chatting up some random person </p>
Voices

Smoking outside pubs is the best thing about Britain

The Independent View

We should do away with smoking – but not like this

<p>Martin has criticised O’Leary for suggesting a two-drink limit on flights</p>
Voices

What the Ryanair and Wetherspoons bust-up tells us about boozy Britain

<p>The best part of going to the pub is abandoning your friends at some point, going into the beer garden and chatting up some random person </p>
Voices

Smoking outside pubs is the best thing about Britain

The Independent View

We should do away with smoking – but not like this

<p>We should outlaw referendums as the obvious populist, malevolent tools they are </p>
Letters

The public should never have been allowed to vote on Brexit

Letters

The public should never have been allowed to vote on Brexit

Letters
<p>We should outlaw referendums as the obvious populist, malevolent tools they are </p>
<p>No need for pink cowboy boots at the Oasis reunion gigs</p>
Voices

Oasis gigs will be Taylor Swift’s Eras for middle-aged straight men

The Independent View

Starmer’s treaty is a moment for pro-Europeans be optimistism

<p>The prime minister is hoping to renew relations with Germany </p>
Voices

Starmer’s big Brexit ‘reset’ is really nothing of the sort

<p>Trains on the new high-speed rail line will need to be redesigned to incorporate extra doors</p>
Letters

Why should motorists subsidise a redesign of HS2?

<p>Trains on the new high-speed rail line will need to be redesigned to incorporate extra doors</p>
Letters

Why should motorists subsidise a redesign of HS2?

<p>The tube is bad enough as it is – try not to make it even worse</p>
Voices

I’m new to London and can’t believe what you guys do on the Tube

<p>In the running to be our man in Washington, Lord Mandelson is also being considered for chancellor of Oxford University </p>
Voices

If anyone can secure an unlikely US trade deal, it is Peter Mandelson

<p>Will the Harris campaign prove them wrong? And more importantly, should it?</p>
Voices

Trump fans say ‘the left can’t meme’ – but do they really need to?

<p>Starmer and Reeves have a good relationship without the tension between the prime minister and chancellor that can destabilise governments</p>
Voices

The real story behind Starmer, Reeves and a very painful Budget...

<p>Lauren Rowles will pair up with Gregg Stevenson in the PR2 mixed double sculls in Paris</p>
Voices

Why this disabled Briton won’t be watching the Paralympics

<p>Sir Keir Starmer spoke from the Downing Street rose garden on Tuesday</p>
Voices

Does the PM realise he’s overdone it with ‘things can only get worse’?

<p>In a dark suit, grey tie and beneath an overcast sky, the prime minister’s address in the garden of No 10 could scarcely have been glummer</p>
The Independent View

Painful times lie ahead for Britain – and for Keir Starmer

<p>Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson had arranged to be met by station staff at King’s Cross on Monday night</p>
Voices

Tanni Grey-Thompson had to crawl off a train? That’s no surprise to me

<p>The Spectrum Building, a residential block in Dagenham, east London, had been converted from offices </p>
Voices

Seven years after Grenfell, we are still gambling on people’s lives

<p>Keir Starmer during his speech and press conference in the rose garden at 10 Downing Street</p>
Voices

Starmer made the Partygate garden at No 10 feel more like a cemetery

<p>How can you justify saying the carnival can’t be moved when you read the crime statistics?</p>
Letters

Here’s why Notting Hill Carnival must be moved

Letters

Here’s why Notting Hill Carnival must be moved

Letters
<p>How can you justify saying the carnival can’t be moved when you read the crime statistics?</p>
<p>In 1996, Oasis performed at Knebworth in front of 250,000 fans </p>
Voices

Mad for it? There’s a dozen Nineties bands I want to see before Oasis

<p>I cannot imagine how drained Chappell must feel having so many strangers constantly demanding her time and attention</p>
Voices

Like Chappell Roan, I’ve witnessed the dark side of fame

<p>Cyclists should accept that they also need to obey the rules of the road </p>
Letters

It’s time to crack down on irresponsible cyclists

<p>We send them off to university without the tools to manage their money – and then wonder why so many find it hard</p>
Voices

How cash-strapped students can thrive (not just survive) at university

<p>We send them off to university without the tools to manage their money – and then wonder why so many find it hard</p>
Voices

How cash-strapped students can thrive (not just survive) at university

<p>In what has been declared a ‘major incident’, 100 people were evacuated and two were taken to hospital</p>
The Independent View

The Dagenham blaze proves we have not learnt the lessons of Grenfell

<p>‘Time and time again, the young have had their futures marred by an electorate that does not have their interests at heart’ </p>
Voices

It’s about time the elderly were prevented from voting

<p>They give us the opportunity to enjoy the flavours of expensive wines without breaking the bank </p>
Voices

Why copycat wines are on the rise – and the ones you should try

<p>Invariably, we get men – always men – asking to try ‘the hottest thing you have’ </p>
Voices

Would you like a free sample? Well, only if you behave…

<p>A Hezbollah missile is intercepted over northern Israel </p>
The Independent View

We are running out of chances to avoid an all-out Middle East conflict

<p>The EU entry-exit system comes into force in less than three months</p>
Letters

Could Brexit be Labour’s eventual undoing?

<p>A Hezbollah drone intercepted by Israeli air forces over north Israel on 25 August </p>
Voices

A Gaza ceasefire – and wider peace – have never felt more distant

Voices

Customer service calls drive me crazy – but I’ve found a solution

<p>If the rerouting of the Welsh cycling race tells us anything, it’s surely not that the 20mph limit is inappropriate but that it ought to apply to pedal power as well as cars </p>
Voices

Why cyclists should not escape 20mph limits

<p>Allowing energy companies to charge exorbitant prices for gas and electricity is a big mistake</p>
Letters

Let’s tackle the real source of energy poverty

<p>After a persistent campaign by The Independent, supported by our readers, the family is at last reunited</p>
The Independent View

Let us finally look after all Afghan heroes who served with our troops

The Independent View

Let us finally look after all Afghan heroes who served with our troops

Editorial
<p>After a persistent campaign by The Independent, supported by our readers, the family is at last reunited</p>
<p>Reeves cannot keep pretending that the Tory legacy is worse than she thought </p>
Voices

Rachel Reeves’s impossible choice: a broken tax promise or ‘austerity’

<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (James Manning/PA)</p>
Voices

Who really has power in Labour’s muddled pecking order?

<p>Kamala Harris arrives before speaking on the final night of the Democratic National Convention</p>
Voices

The Democrats have a superpower when it comes to defeating Trump

<p>This will be Lopez’s fourth divorce </p>
Voices

We shouldn’t judge J-Lo – she’s a hopeless romantic like me

<p>This will be Lopez’s fourth divorce </p>
Voices

We shouldn’t judge J-Lo – she’s a hopeless romantic like me

<p>I’ve helped make room not only for myself, but for every great woman who steps into that ring</p>
Voices

How I helped women’s wrestling get the respect it deserves

<p> A fourth instalment,<em> Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy,</em> was recently announced</p>
Voices

We need Bridget Jones now more than ever

<p>Pupils at Brighton College after receiving nine 9s in their GCSE results</p>
Voices

I’m a maths teacher… which is why I say the GCSE has to be revamped

<p>David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse </p>
Business Comment

Why business leaders should read the Lady Macbeth guide to ambition

<p>Harris has promised lower prices and lower taxes for the majority of US citizens </p>
The Independent View

Kamala Harris has proved herself qualified to lead the free world

<p>We should be speeding up Alzheimer’s diagnosis, rather than delaying its progress</p>
Letters

I have Alzheimer’s – but we simply can’t afford the new ‘wonder drug’

<p>Singer Lily Allen admitted to giving away her rescue dog after it ate her children’s passports </p>
Voices

Lily Allen has committed the cardinal sin of pet ownership

<p>‘I went to dinner a with a gorgeous, charming, intelligent man… and felt deliciously female and tingly and alive’</p>
Voices

On dating apps, I know how hard it is to be a transwoman

<p>Kamala Harris’s 40-minute acceptance speech was half the length of that given recently by her presidential rival Donald Trump</p>
Voices

‘Joyless’ Kamala and ‘downhome’ Tim might just be a winning ticket

<p>Musk is, along with Rupert Murdoch, Trump’s greatest enabler</p>
Voices

At the risk of another X pile-on, we must fight the Musk army

<p>The Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab has been approved by the MHRA – but not by NICE </p>
The Independent View

Before dismissing the Alzheimer’s ‘wonder drug’, consider social care

The Independent View

Before dismissing the Alzheimer’s ‘wonder drug’, consider social care

Editorial
<p>The Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab has been approved by the MHRA – but not by NICE </p>
<p>A pensioner denied the winter fuel payment could see a real-term increase of 15 per cent in their energy bill</p>
Letters

Winter fuel payments are a lifeline for the elderly and need defending

<p>Throwing shade: Farrow & Ball have been asked to rename their popular beige paint, Dead Salmon, for fear of upsetting vegans </p>
Voices

Why Farrow & Ball’s ‘Dead Salmon’ sticks in my throat – and has to go

<p>A four-day work week is set to be trialed in the UK</p>
UK Politics

Independent readers divided over the four-day working week

<p>Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention</p>
Voices

Tim Walz’s hokey VP speech was Patriotism For Dummies

<p>Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention</p>
Voices

Tim Walz’s hokey VP speech was Patriotism For Dummies

<p>Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president, invited victims and perpetrators of the apartheid regime to testify in public</p>
Voices

There’s a smarter way to punish race rioters than with prison

<p>Second gentleman Doug Emhoff embraces his son, Cole Emhoff, on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago </p>
Voices

We need to talk about Doug Emhoff’s relationship with his son Cole

<p>Home secretary Yvette Cooper has set a target of removing 14,000 failed asylum seekers and foreign criminals in the second half of 2024 </p>
The Independent View

After ‘stop the boats’, a humane immigration system would be welcome

<p>BBC series ‘Race Across the World’ – most recently won by 20-year-old mates Owen and Alfie – has given a new generation of teenagers wanderlust</p>
Voices

Why Kirstie Allsopp had to let her teenage son go Interrailing

<p>Warmongers? PM Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his defence minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv </p>
Letters

Netanyahu is now the only obstacle to a ceasefire in Gaza

<p>Following actor Alain Delon’s death at the weekend, the fate of his lapdog Loubo is playing out like a French farce</p>
Voices

Was Delon so wrong to want his still-alive dog to be buried with him?

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves is sticking to her script that Labour’s inheritance is the worst since the Second World War</p>
Voices

Labour’s borrowing figures are bad… and disastrous for the Budget

<p>Barack and Michelle Obama on stage together at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago </p>
Voices

There was something missing from the Obama-Harris love-in

<p>Following actor Alain Delon’s death at the weekend, the fate of his lapdog Loubo is playing out like a French farce</p>
Voices

Was Delon so wrong to want his still-alive dog to be buried with him?

<p>Chancellor Rachel Reeves is sticking to her script that Labour’s inheritance is the worst since the Second World War</p>
Voices

Labour’s borrowing figures are bad… and disastrous for the Budget

<p>Barack and Michelle Obama on stage together at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago </p>
Voices

There was something missing from the Obama-Harris love-in

<p>According to a survey, Brits eat a ‘picky tea’ – bits and pieces from the fridge, nothing cooked from scratch – three times a week</p>
Voices

You can’t beat a ‘picky tea’… but it’s killing off dinner

<p>On a visit to a Welsh wind farm, Keir Starmer revealed his intention to make Britain an ‘energy superpower’</p>
The Independent View

Labour’s promise of cheaper energy failed to mention the small print

<p>Anti-discrimination provisions in the Equality Act remain widely misunderstood</p>
Letters

The Equality Act has only pushed true equality out of reach

<p>British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, capsized and was sunk by an unexpected violent storm off the coast of Sicily</p>
Voices

Why we don’t let compassion get in the way of a good conspiracy theory

<p>New laws to ensure our homes don’t become a 24/7 office aren’t the atom bomb businesses suggest </p>
Voices

Bosses will benefit if they leave ‘workshy’ Gen Z alone

<p>Joe Biden told the Democratic National Convention: ‘I gave you my best’ </p>
Voices

Joe Biden’s bitter handover speech leaves a stain on his reputation

<p>The government’s plans to introduce a right to switch off</p>
UK Politics

Would you support a four-day working week? Join The Independent Debate

<p>Certain non-violent offenders are to be released after 40 per cent of their tariffs, rather than the usual 50 per cent</p>
The Independent View

It will be a long stretch until our jails are fit for purpose

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