Taxpayers pick up £287,000 by-election bill as Reform councillors depart

May 16, 2026 · The Independent

Hantavirus ‘can pose sexual transmission risk years after infection’, experts say
Hantavirus ‘can pose sexual transmission risk years after infection’, experts say
Search resumes for missing Italian divers in Maldives cave after one body recovered
A second attempt at searching for four Italian divers deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives has begun
Emilia Clarke says she ‘cheated death’ as she opens up on brain aneurysms
Emilia Clarke has revealed that she “cheated death” as she opens up on her two brain haemorrhages.
Spring Hamptons traffic nightmare as Long Island Rail Road workers go on strike
Five unions representing about half the LIRR workforce walked off the job after months of talks, even involving Presiden
Panama Film Founders on Their Big Cannes, Cinema as a Place of Longing, and Why They Love to Work With Auteurs Who Make Us Go “WTF?!”
Lixi Frank and David Bohun discuss their past successes at Berlin, Venice and Locarno, their two Cannes films from Sandr