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China has shut down at least 13 cities encompassing 41 million people in an attempt to contain a deadly virus that has infected hundreds of people. Some 830 cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed and 26 people have died, the National Health Commiss…
On 24 January 1940, John Fords film adaption of John Steinbecks Pulitzer-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, set during Americas great depression, was released to universal acclaim. Eighty years on, the film still stands up as an enduring American classic, a …
Thousands of Canadians have signed a petition demanding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pay for their own security costs, amid mounting concern the country could be saddled with a bill costing millions of dollars. Since the couple announced they were giving u…
At about 2.30pm on 22 June 1922, my mother, Patricia Arbuthnot, then eight years old with long dark hair, was walking with her nanny in Eaton Place in London. This was just off Eaton Square, close to where her parents, Jack and Olive Arbuthnot, were living in…
They are two of the towering figures of 20th-century American cinema. They did exceptional work without each other and yet, if their paths had never crossed, their reputations would surely be much diminished. They made only three films together, A Streetcar N…
The hospital at the centre of a series of baby deaths is under criminal investigation after an unearthed report identified many of the safety issues in the maternity unit as early as 2015. The Independent has learned of dozens of deaths at east Kent hospital…
Every year, around 3,000 new cases of cervical cancer are reported in the UK. Despite approximately 99.8 per cent of cases being preventable, there are still many misconceptions surrounding cervical cancer. Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, an annual campaign…
Follow all the action live as Liverpool look to end their unbeaten run in a tricky fixture at Wolves. Jurgen Klopps side have dropped just two points in the Premier League all season and are riding the momentum of their recent victory over Manchester United.…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has cleared its first hurdle in the European Parliament after it was approved by a key committee of MEPs. The withdrawal agreement was overwhelmingly backed on the parliament’s Constitutional Affairs committee by 23 votes in favou…
Hardly a week has passed since Vladimir Putin used a state of the nation address to announce a radical constitutional shake-up. In just seven working days, government has not only acted upon the presidential suggestions, but scribbled them up, submitted the…
For now, Manchester Uniteds stance on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has not changed and they back him, but thats not the case with some of the players. There is a growing disquiet about the management of the side, and the general approach, even if many of the squad s…