Independent on Sunday Front Page 27th of October 2024
Western leaders have urged Iran to refrain from retaliating against Israel following Israeli airstrikes on military targets, emphasising the need to prevent escalation in the Middle East.
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The Sunday Times reports that private schools have been accused of taking advantage of disruption to A-levels caused by the pandemic by lobbying top universities and medical schools to take pupils whose performance is too weak to qualify for a place. Barnaby Lenon, chairman of the Independent Schools Council, confirmed some schools had sent pleading letters on behalf of pupils who had dropped a grade, and urged others to do the same. Because A-level grades have been awarded this year by teachers, schools can see which pupils have missed out on places at Oxbridge and medical schools.
Independent on Sunday Front Page 29th of September 2024
James Lawrence has been imprisoned for nearly 18 years under an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence for threatening someone with a starting pistol, and his case highlights broader calls for the review of similar indefinite sentences for relatively minor crimes.
Independent on Sunday Front Page 1st of September 2024
A grieving family has revealed that police missed several chances to stop a man who murdered two women in 16 months, leading to accusations of inadequate disclosure under Clare’s Law.
Independent on Sunday Front Page 25th of August 2024
An Afghan pilot who fled the Taliban and was initially denied asylum in the UK has been reunited with his family after a successful campaign supported by the newspaper.