From 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 ...

A live German sea mine from World War Two washed up on the Sussex coast has been towed out to sea and blown up. The large metal device measuring about 6ft (1.8m) and thought to weigh about 1,000kg ...

Springtime on the Baltic and North Seas doesn't just mean it's time to dust off the iconic beach baskets that dot the northern German shores. It also signifies that bomb-clearing season is about ...

A LIVE German sea mine has washed up on a Sussex beach - sparking a full-scale evacuation. Bomb disposal experts were called in to inspect the deadly WW2 explosive which was spotted in shallow ...

Munitions experts brought in to defuse the mines said they were likely laid by German troops as they retreated from invading Red Army forces near the end of World War II. The military plans to ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy ... Rough seas and gale force winds pushed LST-422 into a German minefield where an exploding mine detonated the landing craft’s flammable ...

A live German sea mine from World War Two washed up on the Sussex coast has been towed out to sea and blown up. The large metal device measuring about 6ft (1.8m) and thought to weigh about 1,000kg ...