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2013-06-03 14:26:09 (23 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

The Coalition’s spending limits will be the “starting point” for Labour if it wins the 2015 general election, Ed Balls announced today as he launched a drive to boost his party’s economic credibility

2013-05-28 09:28:26 (12 comments, 5 reshares, 31 +1s)

Internet users have named and shamed the Chinese teenager who scratched his name into Egyptian 3,500-year-old artwork

2013-05-24 16:07:57 (8 comments, 2 reshares, 21 +1s)

Stockholm saw a fifth night of rioting as two schools and 15 vehicles were torched across several suburban districts.

2013-05-22 11:57:13 (6 comments, 15 reshares, 63 +1s)

A rapid decline in British species means one in 10 is at risk of extinction. Read the full story at http://ind.pn/193PfBf

2013-05-21 09:34:29 (6 comments, 4 reshares, 31 +1s)

Our internet-raised children may be emotionally dysfunctional, but they will know the value of small pleasures, writes Ellen E Jones

2013-05-20 08:31:08 (45 comments, 3 reshares, 36 +1s)

In a letter to The Independent today, business leaders have accused Eurosceptic MPs of putting “politics before economics” in their calls for Britain to leave the European Union. Do you think it's right for Britain to leave the EU?

2013-05-17 13:25:53 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 19 +1s)

Australian politician accidentally 'likes' Facebook picture of teenager exposing himself

2013-05-17 07:51:27 (29 comments, 14 reshares, 42 +1s)

Revealed: The reality of how Ryanair treats its staff 

2013-05-16 10:09:47 (28 comments, 10 reshares, 37 +1s)

Amazon a super saver as it records sales of £4.2bn but pays just £2.4m in corporation tax - and then gets £2.5m back in government grants

2013-05-15 08:39:36 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 13 +1s)

Is this the best photo of the year - or a big fake?

2013-05-14 14:25:52 (19 comments, 4 reshares, 11 +1s)

A graphic video has emerged of a Syrian rebel commander cutting the heart out of a government soldier’s chest and biting into it.

2013-05-13 09:54:50 (1 comments, 7 reshares, 37 +1s)

27% of Spaniards are out of work. Yet in one town, run along the lines of a communist Utopia, everyone has a job.

2013-05-10 07:52:10 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

Here's Anthony Quinn's review of the new Star Trek film, below. Read reviews of the rest of the week's releases at http://ind.pn/filmreviews

2013-05-08 09:50:46 (16 comments, 8 reshares, 36 +1s)

‘I built a club, not just a team’: Ferguson retires as Manchester United manager

2013-05-08 08:15:47 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)

Speculation is rife that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is seriously considering drawing his 26-year reign as manager to a close.

2013-05-07 08:46:50 (9 comments, 6 reshares, 35 +1s)

Three Ohio women believed abducted separately about a decade ago have been found alive at a Cleveland house near where they were last seen

2013-05-03 09:12:24 (19 comments, 2 reshares, 18 +1s)

The UK Independence Party has emerged as a serious nationwide threat to Britain's three main parties today by making unexpectedly big gains in the local elections. See the latest results at the link below

2013-05-02 10:43:09 (9 comments, 8 reshares, 66 +1s)

An astronaut in cyberspace: How Chris Hadfield used social media to give us all (even Star Trek's William Shatner) a taste of life on the International Space Station. Read the full story and see more pictures at http://ind.pn/11Eh3GM

2013-05-02 08:44:17 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

Our top story this morning: Thousands with interest-only mortgages could lose their homes

2013-05-01 09:11:44 (30 comments, 5 reshares, 22 +1s)

Ministers are preparing to spin off “dozens” of state-owned services into independent companies in what could be one of the largest privatisation programmes since the 1980s.

2013-04-30 08:46:51 (9 comments, 14 reshares, 89 +1s)

Environmentalists hailed a "victory for bees" today after the European Union voted for a ban on the nerve-agent pesticides blamed for the dramatic decline global bee populations.

2013-04-29 10:58:35 (3 comments, 8 reshares, 22 +1s)

A large explosion has damaged an office building in the centre of the Czech capital Prague injuring up to 40 people.

2013-04-29 09:16:55 (50 comments, 14 reshares, 35 +1s)

An influential group of cancer experts has warned that the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for cancer drugs are effectively condemning patients to death.

2013-04-26 13:17:31 (12 comments, 8 reshares, 41 +1s)

Spend a Winston: Churchill will be on the next five pound note

2013-04-25 09:34:54 (16 comments, 4 reshares, 26 +1s)

Breaking: UK escapes triple-dip recession as GDP figures show slight growth

2013-04-24 13:58:37 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

George ‘Dubya’ Bush writes his version of history with launch of presidential library

2013-04-24 09:01:08 (11 comments, 16 reshares, 50 +1s)

George Osborne has a secret veto over large and potentially politically sensitive fraud investigations, The Independent has learnt.

2013-04-23 13:47:33 (10 comments, 7 reshares, 31 +1s)

Millionaire James McCormick has been found guilty of selling fake bomb detectors based on a £13 American novelty golf ball finder

2013-04-23 10:27:03 (15 comments, 4 reshares, 14 +1s)

Senior MPs called on David Cameron to consider stripping the boss of +Google  from his role as a government adviser last night after he suggested that his company’s contribution to the British economy was more important than paying its fair share of tax. Do you think Google should pay more UK tax?

2013-04-22 11:43:24 (6 comments, 23 reshares, 40 +1s)

Is this the worst first day at work in history?

2013-04-22 09:31:52 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev is conscious and responding to authorities in writing, according to reports.

2013-04-19 09:48:46 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 20 +1s)

Update from Boston: Police officer shot dead and 'bombing suspect detained' in armed drama outside Boston

2013-04-18 12:40:19 (20 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Today's Independent Voices debate asks: Should our legal system grant the right to die?

2013-04-18 08:46:56 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 17 +1s)

Dozens feared dead and hundreds believed injured in Texas fertiliser plant blast

2013-04-17 13:45:27 (53 comments, 4 reshares, 51 +1s)

Owen Jones on Margaret Thatcher's funeral: "This wasn't simply a funeral. It was a political stunt; a taxpayer funded political broadcast; a triumphalist victory parade."

2013-04-17 09:43:00 (9 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

Follow our live coverage of Margaret Thatcher's funeral today at the link below.

2013-04-16 14:54:57 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

"The Conservatives should back a Living Wage for workers. It would show they cared about ordinary people, while cutting some of the ground beneath Labour", says Ian Birrell 

2013-04-16 12:46:34 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Early reports link twin blasts in Boston to right-wing extremists or al-Qa'ida, reports John Hall 

2013-04-16 09:55:16 (28 comments, 3 reshares, 23 +1s)

"The horror delivered a cold shock to the entire country as evidence mounted that this was a terrorist attack even if it remained unclear if it might be traced to a domestic group or individual or to an international terror cell like al-Qa'ida"

2013-04-15 18:11:38 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Scientists hope ‘Pig 26’ success will win over anti-GM lobby http://ind.pn/10XUHQg

Steve Connor, The Independent's science editor, reports on another milestone in ambitious project to produce disease-resistant animals

2013-04-15 10:07:27 (29 comments, 32 reshares, 62 +1s)

The former Government drugs tsar, David Nutt, has said the financial crisis was caused by too many bankers taking cocaine that made them “overconfident” so they “took more risks”.

2013-04-15 08:24:54 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

More than 2,000 teachers have put their names to a petition condemning Michael Gove's proposed national curriculum reforms, with its return to rote learning

2013-04-12 13:34:51 (7 comments, 3 reshares, 12 +1s)

Former Apprentice winner Stella English has lost her claim of constructive dismissal against millionaire businessman Lord Sugar. Ms English, 34, had sued the Amstrad founder and Labour peer after resigning from the £100,000-a-year job that was her prize for winning series six of the BBC1 show in 2010.

2013-04-12 10:01:18 (149 comments, 20 reshares, 64 +1s)

To play or not to play? BBC bosses face decision over whether to broadcast 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' during Radio 1 countdown.

2013-04-11 14:08:53 (28 comments, 10 reshares, 70 +1s)

Public lashings. Religious extremists seizing power. A gay blogger with his throat slashed http://ind.pn/XEHjUv

Few of the million annual visitors to the Maldives will recognise the hellish side of these heavenly islands, reports Eric Randolph

2013-04-10 17:39:27 (39 comments, 3 reshares, 15 +1s)

"Clearly Lady Thatcher has a strong association with the armed forces": Margaret Thatcher’s funeral will have a Falklands War theme, Downing Street has revealed

2013-04-10 10:20:21 (2 comments, 16 reshares, 47 +1s)

'Pompeii of the North': Archaeologists uncover 8,000 artefacts in one of the most stunning finds in London history.

2013-04-10 08:43:40 (12 comments, 4 reshares, 21 +1s)

There are fears of civil disorder in the capital as plans are revealed for a partially state-funded ceremonial funeral for Margaret Thatcher, while lawyers warn against pre-emptive arrests as police scan social media to identify likely protesters

2013-04-09 12:52:04 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Madonna, her children and a large entourage were reportedly forced to queue to check in and go through security with ordinary passengers at a Malawi airport terminal after the pop star was apparently stripped of her VIP status in the country

2013-04-09 09:19:25 (26 comments, 14 reshares, 45 +1s)

"In the war led by Margaret Thatcher’s governments – against the left, the trade unions, the post-war consensus – her side was crushingly, devastatingly, humiliatingly victorious." Owen Jones for Independent Voices