This year’s contest is taking place in Vienna, Austria, with delegates including the UK’s Look Mum No Computer and Finland’s Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen performing at the semi-finals

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/eurovision/eurovision-2026-semi-final-running-order-b2974115.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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Jesy Nelson has shared that her daughters have hit a new milestone months on from being diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/lifestyle/jesy-nelson-twins-daughters-health-update-video-b2972278.html

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The scheme is said to have angered Saudi leadership who were not consulted in advance

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-project-freedom-saudi-arabia-iran-b2972036.html

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The launch in January came amid a battle in the market with Mounjaro manufacturer Eli Lilly

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/wegovy-weight-loss-pill-novo-nordisk-shares-b2971426.html

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The Ministry of Defence released dramatic footage of a specialist Army team and medical personnel parachuting onto British overseas territory with medical aid and equipment.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/hantavirus-army-medics-parachute-ministry-of-defence-video-b2973785.html

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Former junior minister Catherine West has warned she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest if a cabinet minister does not challenge Sir Keir

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-resign-live-leadership-challenge-labour-local-elections-b2973790.html

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Crucial smaller details are frequently overlooked, potentially leading to significant future complications

https://www.independent.co.uk/money/writing-wills-funeral-assets-beneficiaries-b2969662.html

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Home surveillance footage shows the moment a truck with two children inside crashes into the back of a school bus in New York.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/new-york-school-bus-crash-video-b2974338.html

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Vladimir Putin has said he will only meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky once a lasting peace deal is agreed as he claimed the conflict is “coming to an end”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/putin-conflict-end-zelensky-peace-deal-video-b2973845.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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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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Choose from mojito, pina colada, pink passion star martini and gin and tonic

https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/house-garden/home-fragrances/m-and-s-cocktail-can-candles-review-b2974246.html

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Record number of fires linked to e-bikes and scooters leave fire fighters 'extremely concerned', and calling for tighter regulation

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ebikes-lithium-ion-battery-fires-b2974228.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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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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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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