Commission to issue up to 40 legal measures to reduce uncertainty for business

Almost two-thirds of the British public believe Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party has a problem with racism or religious prejudice, a new poll has revealed. An exclusive survey for The Independent found 61 per cent of people thought Labour had an issue, with Ukip the only other party receiving a comparable score. A majority of people questioned by…

There were just 143 seconds between Harry Kane giving Spurs the lead and Pascal Gross’ equaliserBrighton edged closer to Premier League safety with a hard-earned point against a much-changed Tottenham side. Harry Kane’s 26th league goal of the season, following Gaetan Bong’s error, put Spurs in sight of an 11th away win. But Brighton were…

The surprise discovery was made when scientists began investigating the structure of a bacterium found in a waste dump in Japan. The bug produced an enzyme, which the team studied using the Diamond Light Source, an intense beam of X-rays 10 billion times brighter than the sun. At first, the enzyme looked similar to one…

A piece of shrapnel pierced this window of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 and partially sucked a woman through it. Officials have not yet confirmed whether she is the person who died. (Picture: Marty Martinez)Officials have confirmed that a person was killed after a woman was sucked through an airliner window when its engine exploded…

This is the mum-of-two tragically killed after being sucked out of a plane window during a mid-flight explosion. Jennifer Riordan, a banking executive with Wells Fargo, suffered fatal injuries as a result of the bizarre incident on Southwest flight 1380. The left engine exploded during the flight from New York to Dallas and it is…

A spokesperson at Intuit’s commercial tax preparer TurboTax said that the IRS’s technical difficulties affects all tax preparers and tax returns. « Taxpayers should go ahead and continue to prepare and file their taxes as normal with TurboTax, » the spokesperson said. « TurboTax has uninterrupted service and is available and accepting e-filed returns, » she said. « We will…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump takes credit for the success of the Winter Olympics in South KoreaUS officials have held direct talks with North Korea on setting up a historic summit with its leader, President Donald Trump has announced. « We have had direct talks at… extremely high levels, » he said, adding…

Updated April 18, 2018 09:29:36 Photo: Ahmed Merhi is one of two Islamic State fighters allegedly connected to Australian terrorism arrested in Iraq. (Supplied) An Islamic State (IS) commander suspected of hatching a plan to blow up a flight from Sydney last year and an Australian IS fighter allegedly connected to the country’s most notorious…