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Olly Alexander isn’t even the most political thing about Eurovision

Yes, the ‘motherhood penalty’ really does exist… so deal with it

No room at the (Premier) Inn… if you’re disabled

<p>Brianna Ghey was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back</p>

dr jessica taylor

I’m a psychologist – this is why children kill

Kids copy so much from online media: fashion, make-up tutorials, TikTok dances, accents, phrases and beliefs. And, argues Dr Jessica Taylor in the wake of Brianna Ghey’s horrific stabbing – murder and violence, too...

<p>If Brexit made us a free country, why are we more locked in than ever? </p>

Femi Oluwole

Brexit will really start to bite us in 2024. How ready are you?

Yes, Brexit is harming Britain – but there’s much more damage to come

<p>The end of a one-mile section of the first completed HS2 tunnel under ancient woodland near Southam, Stratford-on-Avon (PA)</p>

ryan coogan

Sending HS2 funds to London is another slap in the face for the north

<p>The former deputy Commons leader was suspended for six weeks </p>

Andrew Grice

Bad to the Bone: is this the sleaziest parliament of all time?

<p>‘The decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that Trump is ineligible under the American constitution to hold office again, is a brave and a momentous one’ </p>

sean o’grady

Judges have just given Donald Trump exactly what he wanted

<p>Volodymr Zelensky meets EU leaders in Brussels </p>

Bill Browder

The tiny EU country that has become Putin’s trojan horse

<p>‘On 16 December, two women were shot inside the complex. One was killed as she tried to carry the other to safety’ </p>

Layla Moran

My fears for my family trapped by snipers in Gaza’s Catholic church

<p>I have friends whose work drink horror stories keep them up at night</p>

Ryan Coogan

Don’t do as I’ve done at the office Christmas party...

<p>Zarach was founded by a teacher, Bex Wilson, who witnessed at first hand the deleterious effects that lack of rest can inflict upon young, developing minds and bodies</p>

The Independent View

This Christmas, help The Independent give a bed to a child in need

<p>‘University Challenge’ is ‘a window into an academic and intellectual world to be admired, but not to be a part of’ </p>

matt payton

University Challenge is intrinsically elitist, that’s why I love it

<p>‘Staff in every part of the NHS are nothing short of awesome and deserve better’ </p>

Doctors deserves better than a health secretary who undermines them

<p>My teachers’ support gave me the time and space I needed to figure out who I was, and a few months later, I was able to have that conversation with my mum and dad </p>

carrie lyell

What it was like ‘coming out’ trans at school during Section 28

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