A pre-holiday pint at the airport for some is a staple ahead of a flight. But could this beloved tradition be coming to an end?

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/ryanair-alcohol-flights-simon-calder-video-b2972273.html

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The 2026 Giro d’Italia begins in Bulgaria for the first time before traversing 3,400km to the finish line in Rome

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/giro-ditalia-2026-route-stage-map-start-list-b2964573.html

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‘You guys are so soft & weird,’ the country singer wrote before deactivating his accounts

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/zach-bryan-fan-video-x-viral-b2972319.html

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American drivers are paying the price for Trump’s war

https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/americans-have-spent-a-whopping-24-billion-extra-in-gas-thanks-to-rising-prices-from-trump-s-iran-war-b2970755.html

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Hegseth, played by Colin Jost, and Ansari’s Patel took questions from an exasperated press corps in the White House briefing room

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/snl-kash-patel-aziz-ansari-hegseth-cold-open-b2969611.html

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Exclusive: Alone and disoriented, 75-year-old Marcos Humberto Vindel Osorio wandered out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and onto a busy highway, where he was fatally struck by ‘multiple vehicles,’ according to his family

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/spirit-airlines-death-dementia-passenger-lawsuit-b2972461.html

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President Donald Trump says Iran will “be blown off the face of the earth” if U.S. vessels guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz are attacked, escalating his threats to eliminate Iranian civilization as the countries test a tenuous ceasefire during the weeks-long war.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-threats-b2970212.html

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Khamzat Chimaev’s grudge match with Sean Strickland follows Joshua Van’s title defence versus Tatsuro Taira

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/ufc/chimaev-strickland-ufc-328-time-card-tv-b2969995.html

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Watch as King Charles concluded his visit to Bermuda, seen walking up the aircraft steps before boarding his flight. (2 May)

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/king-royal-trip-departs-bermuda-b2969511.html

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Singer’s reps said in a statement, ‘This is a private family matter, and it was resolved before the authorities arrived’

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/frankie-valli-son-francesco-restraining-order-b2971722.html

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Many airlines have cancelled flights due to rocketing jet fuel costs caused by conflict in the Middle East

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/jet-fuel-shortage-flight-cancellations-price-impact-tui-easyjet-ryanair-b2971180.html

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Exclusive: Laila Cunningham warns that the language used by Reform on immigration helped their opponents ‘label us as racial or divisive’ as the party won just one of six target councils in London

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/farage-election-reform-london-mass-deportation-b2973510.html

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A furore unfolded when the BBC failed to edit out the Tourettes campaigner’s tics from the Baftas broadcast

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/alan-cumming-bafta-john-davidson-b2972055.html

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A Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/solar-tennessee-america-nashville-agriculture-b2968215.html

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Millionaires are more common than you think. Some 23.8 million Americans are millionaires, according to Swiss bank UBS’s 2025 Global Wealth Report, accounting for just under 9 percent of the U.S. adult population.

https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/millionaire-savings-investment-finance-b2970782.html

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Virgil van Dijk feels Liverpool’s season has been ‘unacceptable’ after they were beaten 3-2 by Manchester United on Sunday

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/man-united-liverpool-van-dijk-holiday-b2970027.html

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Jeanine Pirro says she has new evidence against correspondents’ dinner suspect

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/jeanine-pirro-trump-attack-evidence-cole-tomas-allen-b2969798.html

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Solar panel grants are limited in 2026, but some households can still reduce installation costs through ECO4, local schemes, 0% VAT, group-buying programmes and green finance

https://www.independent.co.uk/home-improvement/solar-panels/solar-panel-grants-uk-funding-b2845081.html

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Starmer insists the move to bring back the Labour grandees is ‘future looking’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-election-labour-gordon-brown-harriet-harman-b2973519.html

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