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Ryan Butcher

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Ryan John Butcher joined The Independent in November 2017 and currently works as the editor to its sister title, indy100.

Editors' letters

What transgender awareness means when you're a cisgender gay editor

The Pope allegedly told journalists that 'a lot can be done through psychiatry', suggesting that gay kids should be packed off to a doctor to have their head examined
Voices

The Pope's attitude towards us is why LGBT+ people need psychiatrists

Being gay is not a punchline. Being gay is not a weakness. Being gay is not something to be ashamed of
Voices

Depicting Trump and Putin in a relationship is deeply homophobic

Reviews

The Killers and Katy Perry triumph at Rock in Rio Lisboa

Death Cab For Cutie
Reviews

Death Cab for Cutie review, Royal Festival Hall, London

Reviews

Haim unleash their 'lady power' at London's Ally Pally

Good sport: Mel C was joined by some drag queens posing as her old bandmates
Reviews

The Mighty Hoopla review, Brockwell Park, London

News

Rock in Rio-Lisboa 2018: The Killers, Bruno Mars, Muse and Katy Perry

Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Reviews

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Stefflon Don and Bjork shine at All Points East

Reviews

Paloma Faith review, O2 Arena, London: Politically conscious pop

Dua Lipa first came to the attention of Lana Del Rey's managers in 2012
News

Who is nominated at the 2018 Brit Awards? The list in full

Home News

Grenfell Tower: Marchers take to streets of London in tribute

Africa

South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned

Africa

South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned

Moss Dookhran was found dead in an empty house in south west London in July last year
Crime

Builder found guilty of kidnapping, raping and cutting throat of niece

Ken Isaacs is the Trump administration's nominee to become director general of the United Nations' International Organisations for Migration
Americas

Trump nominee for UN migration post called Muslims violent

Picture of a lion taken from the official Facebook page of South Lakes Safari Zoo
Home News

Lion dies at zoo in 'suspicious circumstances' after mystery poisoning

Most of the UK is being warned to expect snow and ice in the coming days
Home News

'Coldest week of winter' to bring snow to most of country

Most of the UK is being warned to expect snow and ice in the coming days
Home News

'Coldest week of winter' to bring snow to most of country

Nigel the gannet and his partner, a concrete replica bird.
Australasia

'World's loneliest bird' dies surrounded by concrete replicas

No arrests have yet been made, Kent Police say
Crime

Police searching for gang who knocked officer unconscious in graveyard

Randall Margraves (L) lunges at Larry Nassar (wearing orange) a former team USA Gymnastics doctor on 2 February 2018. Nassar has been sentenced to more than 175 years in jail.
Americas

Cash raised for dad who charged at man jailed for abusing his daugters

The snow comes after parts of the country suffered a deluge during January
Home News

Icy blast to bring snow and sub-zero temperatures across Britain

Pictures:
Home News

Welsh Assembly named UK's most inclusive employer of LGBT+ people

Helen Dunmore, British poet, novelist and children's writer.
Books

Costa Book Awards: Inside the Wave named as 2017 Book of the Year

The 2012 gang-rape of Jyoti Singh on a Delhi bus raised worldwide awareness of India's culture of rape
Asia

Girls wearing short skirts are asking to be raped, says Indian teacher

WinstonChurchill smoking a cigar in 1939
UK Politics

Boris Johnson urges Jeremy Corbyn to condemn anti-Churchill protesters

Helen Dunmore, British poet, novelist and children's writer.
Books

Costa Book Awards: Inside the Wave named as 2017 Book of the Year

The 2012 gang-rape of Jyoti Singh on a Delhi bus raised worldwide awareness of India's culture of rape
Asia

Girls wearing short skirts are asking to be raped, says Indian teacher

WinstonChurchill smoking a cigar in 1939
UK Politics

Boris Johnson urges Jeremy Corbyn to condemn anti-Churchill protesters

Americas

Gay man and straight woman married to show 'dedication to God' divorce

Americas

Gay man and straight woman married to show 'dedication to God' divorce

Kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch says the Turpin children will need closure if they are to ever move forward
Americas

Kidnap survivor says Turpin children must be allowed to see parents

Former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell
UK Politics

Tory politicians deny selling Brexit advice to private firms is wrong

Home News

Jimmy Carr accused of harassment at Presidents Club event

This aerial photograph shows snow on rooftops in Shanghai. China's central and eastern regions have been hit by heavy snowfalls in recent days, causing disruptions to flight and train schedules
Asia

Heavy snow and ice causes chaos across China

This aerial photograph shows snow on rooftops in Shanghai. China's central and eastern regions have been hit by heavy snowfalls in recent days, causing disruptions to flight and train schedules
Asia

Heavy snow and ice causes chaos across China

President Yoweri Museveni said Donald Trump must be thanked for telling Africans "frankly"
Africa

Ugandan president declares his love for Trump

A third of parents say their children are anxious about Donald Trump and his presidency, a mental health charity says
Home News

British children more worried about Trump than nuclear war, says study

A stock image taken in July 2017, which shows the damage in the Libyan city of Benghazi after warfare raged from 2014 until late last year
Africa

At least 33 dead after double car bombing in Libya

The dog known as K9 Veda was punched, kicked and bitten on the head by the man resisting arrest, but was uninjured and cleared for duty
Americas

Man bites police dog while resisting arrest

A photo taken on 23 January shows flooded banks of the river Seine, which has overflown after torrential rain has battered Paris
Europe

Paris braced for floods after rain causes Seine River to overflow

John Worboys was found guilty in 2009 of raping 12 women – but police say he could have attacked at least 100
Crime

Met Police investigating new sexual assault claim against John Worboys

Daniel Hall and Vincent Franchino made history by becoming the first active-duty same-sex couple to marry at West Point
Americas

Pilots become first active-duty same-sex couple to marry at West Point

Action on Elder Abuse has described the results as "deeply troubling"
Home News

Investigation finds 30,000 instances of abuse in sheltered housing

The abandoned dog was reported to police at 10.07am on Sunday
Home News

Police shoot dead abandoned dog tied to telegraph pole in Hartlepool

Americas

Former home of Turpin family was 'waist-deep in filth'

Bob Champion, left, had a lifetime of memories in his car before it was destroyed in a fire in Liverpool on 31 December
Home News

Jockey Bob Champion makes appeal after photos destroyed in fire

Home News

Jockey Bob Champion makes appeal after photos destroyed in fire

Bob Champion, left, had a lifetime of memories in his car before it was destroyed in a fire in Liverpool on 31 December
The decision has been made by the school in a bid to stop smoking, bullying and truancy, with the new layout meaning pupils can no longer hide in between lessons
Education

Parents boycott school after it removes outer wall from girls' toilets

Crime

Commuter punched after asking fellow passenger not to stare at laptop

Around one-third of the antelope have died in the past few days
Asia

Mystery sudden death of 200,000 antelopes solved by scientists

Crime

More than a third of all trans people suffered hate crimes in 2017

Crime

More than a third of all trans people suffered hate crimes in 2017

Comparing microwaves to cars is like comparing ‘apples and oranges’, critics say
News

Microwaves in EU 'release same greenhouse gas as 7 million cars'

Anne Frank pictured in 1940
Middle East

Anne Frank inspires scheme to protect refugees from Israel deportation

Business News

Vegans warned about products linked to meat and dairy industries

News Videos

London bus driver caught on camera 'using his phone' at the wheel

Asia

Japanese city on high alert after supermarket sells deadly blowfish

Peter Avsenew gave the finger to the families of his victims after being sentenced to death
Americas

Murderer gives victims' families middle finger

Firefighters inspect a collapsed building, at the Paardenmarkt in Atnwerp after several properties were damaged in an explosion
Europe

Residential building collapses in Antwerp after 'huge blast'

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn attacks Conservatives' 'rip-off privatisation policies'

British-based Somaliland women protesting in London in 2012. The new law is in response to the rising number of violent sexual attacks against female Somalilanders
Africa

Somaliland rapists will not be allowed to marry victims under new law

Driver was admitted to hospital after his car became airborne and smashed into the top floor of a dental office
Americas

Speeding car flies into air and crashes into top floor of building

Crisis talks between the Government and the Wolverhampton-based firm were due to go down to the wire
Business

Crisis talks between Government and Carillion go to the wire

Business

Crisis talks between Government and Carillion go to the wire

Crisis talks between the Government and the Wolverhampton-based firm were due to go down to the wire
Health

More than three million high-risk patients yet to have flu jab

Anthony Lawrence is wanted by Humberside Police in connection with the murder of Shane Gilmer and attempted murder of Laura Sugden
Crime

Village on lockdown as police hunt 'crossbow killer' in Yorkshire

Pleasance was one of the three alpacas found beaten to death on a farm in Buckinhamshire
Crime

Pregnant alpaca among three of the animals beaten to death on farm

Rescue workers and firemen work at a bus after its collision with a car at Horomerice near Prague
Europe

Three dead and 48 injured in bus crash near Prague

Rescue workers and firemen work at a bus after its collision with a car at Horomerice near Prague
Europe

Three dead and 48 injured in bus crash near Prague

People gather at the United Nations General Assembly prior to the vote
Americas

UN condemnation of Trump's 'racist' comments, in full

Bramhall admitted to burning his initials on to the livers of two unconscious transplant patients
Crime

Surgeon who branded initials on patients' livers spared jail

Google aims to take on Apple and Samsung with new payment platform
Science

Google's various payment services streamlined into one platform

Africa

Ghanaian Campaigners demand decriminalisation of homosexuality

UK

Evangelical group condemned after claiming prayer can change sexuality

During his 22-year tenure as prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad earned a reputation of being a no-nonsense authoritarian with little time for dissenters promoting liberal values
Asia

Malaysian opposition announces 92-year-old will run for Prime Minister

Europe

Germany to make it easier to deport anti-Semitic migrants

Red the Welsh Border Collie was miraculously found after going missing in the snowy mountains for ten days
Home News

Dog found alive and well after 10 days lost in the snow

Science

Papua New Guinea volcano erupts for first time in history

US politics

Trump administration condemns EU for not supporting Iran protesters

The couple's love was 'beautifully precious', a relative said (File photo)
Americas

Couple die after wife ventures out in freezing cold to find husband

Fire Authority officers in Melbourne a fire rages amid an extreme heatwave
Australasia

Australia hit by 'catastrophic weather' so hot the roads are melting

Picture:
Europe

Outrage after trans woman told she must be known as child's father

Taylor Michael Wilson is believed to have attended the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville with members of a neo-Nazi group
Americas

Terror attack suspect interested in 'killing black people', say FBI

Murat Bakan is one of 30 MPs in Turkey calling for an investigation into child marriages
Europe

Turkish religious body suggests children as young as nine could marry

UK

Spacey accuser says he was inspired by women in Hollywood to speak out

Taylor Michael Wilson is believed to have attended the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville with members of a neo-Nazi group
Americas

Terror attack suspect interested in 'killing black people', say FBI

Murat Bakan is one of 30 MPs in Turkey calling for an investigation into child marriages
Europe

Turkish religious body suggests children as young as nine could marry

UK

Spacey accuser says he was inspired by women in Hollywood to speak out

UK

Piers Morgan branded 'worst kind of bully' after 'offensive' interview

Gender and sexuality issues to be taught in schools for the first time in major sex education shake up
Education News

LGBT+ issues could be taught in school sex education for first time

A mother and her baby had a narrow escape when rubble fell from the top of a tower block and into the road in Hackney, east London
UK

Mother and baby escape being crushed by falling cladding from tower

Lightning bolts in thunderstorms have been recorded creating nuclear reactions and radiation
Science

Thunderstorms create nuclear reactions and radiation, say scientists

Americas

Woman opens box of 'bargain' iPhone to find it contains potatoes

Aijalon Gomes pictured with former US President Jimmy Carter after the latter intervened to bring him home from detention in North Korea
Americas

Prisoner freed from North Korea by former president found dead

Light pollution is on the rise in countries like the UK, US and Germany
Science

Light pollution surges at an alarming rate worldwide

Jon Venables has been found with child abuse images on his computer for the second time
Crime

Bulger killer 'jailed again over indecent images of children'

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