UK - The Independent

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1. The work-from-home setup that could lift your house value by £40,000

   Working from home remains a hot topic - and a divisive one - but it can really boost some properties’ value

2. The one trait that has stopped Liverpool’s season sliding into meltdown

   It has not always been pretty but Arne Slot’s side have been keeping their Champions League qualification hopes alive someway, somehow

3. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor latest: Former duke ‘charged taxpayers for massage while he was trade envoy’

   Fresh reports come as Prince William says he is not in a ‘calm state’ amid ongoing fallout from his uncle’s arrest

4. UK politics latest: Reform to announce plans for ICE-style UK border agency

   Zia Yusuf, the party’s new home affairs spokesperson last week, will unveil plan for ‘Trump inspired’ agency in speech

5. MoneySuperMarket boosted by surge in energy switching activity

   This reflected more energy providers deciding to join the platform to entice customers on the back of Ofgem’s price cap announcements.

6. ‘Dread ekes out of the walls’: How it feels to work in No 10 during a crisis

   In this clip from The Independent’s In The Room podcast, hosts Helen and Cleo reflect on their memories of how ominous No 10 can feel when the government is in crisis.

7. World’s tallest broadcasting tower shut after 20 people trapped in elevator for 5 hours

   Passengers, including children, became stranded when the elevator came to an abrupt stop approximately 30m above street level

8. Foo Fighters announce special show for fans - with a catch

9. Mexico latest: Killing of Cartel drug lord El Mencho leads to warnings for stranded US tourists to ‘seek shelter’

   Footage shows cars set ablaze in the city of Puerto Vallarta as tourists describe ‘war zone’

10. Kristi Noem’s DHS forced into embarrassing walkback over ‘Worst of the Worst’ migrant website

    Site designed to name and shame undocumented migrants charged with serious crimes had to be overhauled after errors pointed out by CNN blamed on ‘glitch’