Ellie Muir

2 days ago | independent.co.uk | Ellie Muir |Roisin O'Connor

Viewers from non-participating countries can vote online The Eurovision Song Contest is underway in Basel, Switzerland, as protests take place against Israel’s participation in the competition amid its war on Gaza. The 2025 grand semi-finals are taking place on 13 and 15 May, while the Grand Final will be held this Saturday (17 May). Eurovision is widely known for its fiendishly complex voting system, with the European Broadcasting Union making some tweaks last year.

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Ellie Muir

Lady Gaga drew 2.1 million attendees to Copacabana beach, breaking Madonna’s record of 1.6 millionEllie MuirFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Ellie Muir

RIP Skype – end of an era as the platform that allowed people to connect face-to-face is taken offline foreverSkype is being retired today. Photo: GettySkype has seen it all. High-pressure job interviews. Awkward transatlantic family gatherings. Long-distance love affairs. Many of our big life events have been bookended by Skype’s bouncy dial tone and its end-call notification that sounded a bit like a sneeze.

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Ellie Muir

Couple had spent £16,000 on converting a carpenter’s shed in their back garden into a luxury garden lodge Ellie MuirA disappointed couple have criticised a “barmy” council decision that’s forced them to close their small holiday let property in Swafield, Norfolk, after being told that their driveway is too small. Mark Short and husband Lawrence Wolfe had spent £16,000 on converting a carpenter’s shed in their back garden into a luxury garden lodge when they moved to the area in 2022.

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Ellie Muir

The conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor will begin on 7 MayEllie MuirRobert Harris, the author of the novel that inspired the 2024 film Conclave, has said that the process to elect a new pope is the closest thing to a real-life version of the deception game show The Traitors. The death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 has drawn renewed attention to the Oscar-nominated film Conclave, which was set within the cloistered world of the Vatican.