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Paul Bignell

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Paul Bignell is an Assistant News Editor at The Independent. He has previously been the acting News Editor of the i Paper, a home news reporter for The Independent for one year and a reporter for the Independent on Sunday for six years.

Madeleine McCann
Home News

Private detective accused of misusing McCann donations found dead

Robert Peston first joined the BBC in 2006 as Business editor
TV & Radio

Robert Peston to leave the BBC for his own ITV chatshow

Harry Clarke, who was driving a bin lorry when it crashed killing six people, arrives at Glasgow Sheriff Court
Crime

Glasgow lorry driver who killed six arrested for breaking driving ban

The coastline near the town of Elliston
Americas

Newfoundland offers up rugged landscapes and startling wildlife

Tim Farron, centre, with his band in 1987, according to a reader of the Liberal England blog
UK Politics

Tim Farron: ex-rock star in a 'fourth-rate New Order'

Former South Yorkshire Police Chief David Duckenfield
New Articles

Hillsborough inquiry: David Duckenfield denies ‘conspiracy’

New Articles

Speakers for Schools Live

Kenji Goto (L) and Haruna Yukawa (R) are being held hostage by Isis
Middle East

Isis Japanese hostages: Video purports to show Haruna Yukawa executed

Prince Andrew denies allegations of impropriety with minors as being 'categorically untrue' (Getty)
Americas

Jeffrey Epstein 'sex slave case': Prince Andrew must defend himself

The Goldgenie golden bike
Home News

Happiness at any price: What Christmas gift would you buy for the

A social-media consultancy came up with the idea of a multicultural Christmas jumper to create publicity for the company
News

Oh come, all ye multi-faithful: The perfect right-on Christmas jumper

Crime

Fake Sheikh blames ‘Beast of Bodmin grudge’ for BBC claims

News

Fools' gold: Using the precious metal in food is 'pointless and

News

Fools' gold: Using the precious metal in food is 'pointless and

Shackleton with his expedition crew leaving Elephant Island in 1916
Home News

Explorer Ernest Shackleton 'put media before his men by refusing

There are around 68,000 children in care
UK Politics

Number of children in care in England up 12 per cent

Nick Drake won many fans after his death
News

Nick Drake's treasured secret tape up for sale

Croatia's players are now refusing to talk to reporters after photos were published of them bathing nude in the team’s swimming pool
International

World Cup 2014 Diary: How ‘warm’ 1966 Beckenbauer shirt paid off

Croatia's players are now refusing to talk to reporters after photos were published of them bathing nude in the team’s swimming pool
International

World Cup 2014 Diary: How ‘warm’ 1966 Beckenbauer shirt paid off

New research says the UK audience is more likely than any that in other country around the world to watch matches in the pub
International

World Cup 2014 Diary: South Korea urged to enjoy Brazilian journey

Daniella Semaan
News

World Cup 2014 diary: Romance relegated to supporting role on

Fuleco, the official mascot of the Brazil World Cup
International

World Cup 2014 diary: Not another dreadful mascot? It's time to roll

Meriam Ibrahim with her husband Daniel Wani. Miriam has been sentenced to death by a Sudanese court for apostasy
Africa

Meriam Ibrahim: Sudanese woman sentenced to hang will be freed ‘in a

Yawn...Founder James Ward at the fourth annual Boring Conference
This Britain

Boring Conference 2014: Yawning? Well, you’re supposed to be

Pro-government ‘red shirts’ in Bangkok yesterday
Asia

Turmoil in Thailand as supporters of ousted prime minister Yingluck

News

Ben-Hur remake: Seventh version of biblical blockbuster targets

Home News

Record Store Day 2014: The spin is still in

Pro-government ‘red shirts’ in Bangkok yesterday
Asia

Turmoil in Thailand as supporters of ousted prime minister Yingluck

News

Ben-Hur remake: Seventh version of biblical blockbuster targets

Home News

Record Store Day 2014: The spin is still in

Elise Christie was ruled to have failed to finish in the short track speed skating 1500m on Saturday morning
Olympics

Short track speed skater Christie reveals cyber abuse

Olympics

Short track speed skater Christie reveals cyber abuse

Elise Christie was ruled to have failed to finish in the short track speed skating 1500m on Saturday morning
Observing the birds: these Gentoo penguins are part of a scientific study to see if human interaction affects their breeding success
Australasia & Pacific

Antarctic cruise: The sound of silence on a voyage to the White

Birmingham's worthy winners, "Quiz it to me baby"
iQuiz

iQuiz students have all the answers: Brightest book place in final

Drought in Spain has slashed olive crop yields by 62 per cent
News

Darling, can we survive without olive oil? Squeezed middle classes now

Tough talking: Rosi Sexton will compete before a home crowd in Manchester next month
Profiles

Dr Rosi Sexton: 'Fighting is a normal part of human nature'

Tough talking: Rosi Sexton will compete before a home crowd in Manchester next month
Profiles

Dr Rosi Sexton: 'Fighting is a normal part of human nature'

David Cameron failing to win the argument on Thursday
UK Politics

Recriminations fly over Commons vote on Syria

Good neighbour: D B C Pierre lives a grounded life in Ballinamore, County Leitrim
Reviews

Interview: Why little is best for DBC Pierre

Justin Welby: The Archbishop voted against legalising gay marriage
Home News

Archbishop of Canterbury: My gay marriage view can be seen as 'akin to

Cecil Martin, former AFL star
UK Politics

Footballers must do more to help young, says ex-NFL star and new Boris

Britain's No 1 will battle to retain his US Open title next week
Home News

Oh I say! Andy Murray serves up a nationwide tennis bounce as children

Crime

Liverpool men admit staging ‘crash for cash’ insurance scam

Home News

‘I was desperate for my team to make it’: Adventurers caught in

Activists voice their opposition and set up camp, while more steadily arrive to swell numbers at the sites to around 1,000
Home News

Balcombe fracking protest widens: Second campsite opens as activists

Marin Alsop will be the first female conductor on the Royal Albert Hall podium
Profiles

Marin Alsop: First Lady of the Last Night of the Proms

An undated photo of Ajmol Alom, provided by his school. The 16-year-old student was killed in a knife attack last night at around 9.50pm in Poplar, east London
Crime

'Industrious and thoughtful' student Ajmol Alam stabbed to death in

The training mine could help save the lives, and livelihoods, of local people who currently lose limbs to the devices
World Politics

At last, a ray of hope over landmines: British designer's fake mine

World Politics

At last, a ray of hope over landmines: British designer's fake mine

The training mine could help save the lives, and livelihoods, of local people who currently lose limbs to the devices
Family handout photo of one of the two British teenagers attacked with acid on Zanzibar.
Crime

Efforts to aid British victim of Zanzibar acid attack made injuries

Crime

Acid attack victims Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup

Millions of people use photocopiers everyday
Tech

You couldn't make it up: Blogger identifies number-changing glitch in

Seven per cent of young men have recently stopped using deodorant
Home News

High unemployment cuts use of deodorant as jobs market affects male

Seven per cent of young men have recently stopped using deodorant
Home News

High unemployment cuts use of deodorant as jobs market affects male

The pink eggs will contain dolls, while the blue eggs will contain toy cars
Home News

Kinder Surprise in stereotyping row over pink and blue eggs

Doreen Lawrence is to be made a Labour peer
UK Politics

Baroness Lawrence: Stephen's mother Doreen set to join House of Lords

Home News

Brecon Beacons deaths: Army names third soldier who died after SAS

Home News

Brecon Beacons deaths: Army names third soldier who died after SAS

Alan Partridge, aka Steve Coogan, greets fans at the London premiere of Alpha Papa
News

Alan Partridge: Norwich's most famous son returns for Alpha Papa

The ‘Cottage Inn’ pub in Bucklebury marks the historic birth
Home News

The hunt for the only republican in Bucklebury village - where the

Ministry of Defence building in London
UK Politics

Government emails targeted by cyber-gangs

Delirium breaks out on Murray Mound
Tennis

Wimbledon 2013: On Murray Mound, the faithful gave a mighty roar

The Piper Alpha oil rig disaster
Home News

'You could only call the scene apocalyptic': The Piper Alpha disaster

Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, pictured in 2011, to open a football-themed hotel and a restaurant
News

Former Manchester United team-mates Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville to

Fans pack Murray Mound to cheer on the British number one
Tennis

Wimbledon 2013: More like Glastonbury than Murray Mound after Andy

Tennis

Wimbledon 2013: More like Glastonbury than Murray Mound after Andy

Fans pack Murray Mound to cheer on the British number one
Fans arrive at Wimbledon to support Andy Murray
Tennis

Wimbledon 2013: Anticipation builds on Murray Mound as Andy prepares

Health News

The NHS at 65: 'Health tourists' to be charged for care

Tennis

Mo Farah faults with camera-phone videos from Wimbledon's royal box

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga receives treatment
Tennis

Wimbledon 2013: Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova out, while seven

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga receives treatment
Tennis

Wimbledon 2013: Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova out, while seven

Tara Moore's rant provoked controversy
Tennis

Wimbledon 2013: Wildcard Tara Moore defends failing Brits in 'rant' on

Editor Graydon Carter cannot publish the story by Hemingway rejected by Vanity Fair in the Twenties
News

Ernest Hemingway's last word from beyond the grave

Diwali Celebrations in Leicester
News

Dundee, Hull, Leicester or Swansea Bay? Dylan Thomas takes on Philip

Middle East

Teenagers in Jordan support ‘honour killings,’ research finds

Stuart Hall arrives at Preston Crown Court for sentencing on 17 June 2013
Crime

Attorney General to investigate if sentence 'too lenient' after

Sidse Babett Knudsen of 'Borgen' fame
Features

Scandi-geeks descend on Nordicana fan-convention

Alan McGee now leads a secluded and sober lifestyle
Profiles

Alan McGee: What’s the story? Glory years of big record labels are

Even before it opens this week, ‘Man of Steel’ will have raked in $170m in deals
News

Superman is already a $170m brand superhero as Man of Steel tops the

Birmingham Airport is making a bid to become as big as London's Heathrow and potentially the busiest aviation hub in the world
Home News

Birmingham Airport unveils plan to take 70 million passengers in bold

A worker at a banana plantation in Santa Marta, Colombia
News

Banana-drama: Columbian strike against pay cuts threatens supply of

Extreme solar prominence
Science

Seeing the larger picture: Inspiring images of space

Extreme solar prominence
Science

Seeing the larger picture: Inspiring images of space

The number of new gonorrhoea diagnoses increased by 21 per cent
Health News

Gonorrhoea cases rise by over 20 per cent and chlamydia still most

The number of new gonorrhoea diagnoses increased by 21 per cent
Health News

Gonorrhoea cases rise by over 20 per cent and chlamydia still most

Home News

Middle-aged hit hardest by economic crunch

A bumblebee species that had become extinct in Britain will get a second chance when a new generation of queens is released in the south-east of England
News

Short-haired bumblebees to be released on nature reserve in project

The number of new gonorrhoea diagnoses increased by 21 per cent
Health News

Gonorrhoea cases rise by over 20 per cent and chlamydia still most

Home News

Middle-aged hit hardest by economic crunch

A bumblebee species that had become extinct in Britain will get a second chance when a new generation of queens is released in the south-east of England
News

Short-haired bumblebees to be released on nature reserve in project

Matt Smith, the current Dr. Who
News

Who will be No 12? Matt Smith saddens Dr Who fans with news he's set

Maps in the 1593 Speculum Orbis Terrarum by the Belgian cartographer Gerard De Jode
Home News

Mermaids seen due east as rare maps go on sale

Loans & Credit

Pensioners facing bitterness and bankruptcy in retirement as debt

Crime

Al-Qa’ida publishes guide for aspiring jihadists

The failed satellite, launched by Nasa in 2006, was designed to last 10 years
Americas

Hurricane season fears as warning satellite fails

Michael Adebolajo, fifth from left, was arrested by Kenyan police in 2010
Crime

Woolwich attack: Terror suspect Michael Adebolajo was arrested in

The mosque in Old Kent Road, south-east London
Crime

Woolwich murder: Muslims pray for soldier Lee Rigby's family – and

Plenty of Fish’s free-to-use membership has made it the most popular internet dating website in the UK
Tech

Plenty of Fish dating site founder pulls 'Intimate Encounters' option

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