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Club-by-club guide: Players available on a free transfer this summer

This summer we can expect plenty headline grabbing big money moves, but there will also be many star players moving for absolutely nothing.

Euro 2012 files: The hotheads and divers

Euro 2012 kicks-off in just a couple of weeks and in anticipation The Independent is running down the key factors and people to keep an eye on in Poland and Ukraine this summer.

'The Spear' by Brett Murray has now been defaced

Jacob Zuma's lawyer weeps in court case against artist

South Africans will have to wait to find out whether dignity outranks freedom of expression in their constitution after President Jacob Zuma's lawyer broke down in tears in a court hearing yesterday.

Freud's models: Nude sitters talk about being drawn

Inspired by the National Portrait Gallery’s Lucian Freud exhibition, an event called ‘Late Shift: Draw the line’ set out to explore the many facets of life drawing last week.

In pictures: Royal Stamps of approval

Royal Mail is celebrating The Queen's Diamond Jubilee with eight new stamps featuring a selection of memorable events throughout her historic 60 year reign.

Euro 2012 files: The top goalkeepers

Euro 2012 kicks-off in just a matter of weeks and in anticipation The Independent is running down the key factors and people to keep an eye on in Poland and Ukraine this summer.

Andre Villas-Boas, Roberto Martinez, Fabio Capello... The contenders to replace Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager

With Kenny Dalglish dismissed following a poor season in terms of their Premier League campaign, Liverpool are on the hunt for a new manager.

In pictures: 100 days to the Paralympics

Today marks 100 days until the start of the London Paralympic Games.

The greatest European Cup finals

Bayern Munich take on Chelsea this weekend in the Champions League final.

Bayern Munich v Chelsea: The route to the Champions League final in Munich

Bayern Munich will contest the Champions League final against Chelsea at their home ground in Munich, the Allianz Arena, this Saturday.

Ratko Mladic: Victims' families fear the former Bosnian Serb general may not live to see justice

Prosecution error sees Ratko Mladic trial delayed for months

Failure to release documents brings war crimes tribunal to halt after just two days

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain joins the youngest ever England players to be selected for a tournament

As Hodgson announced his squad for Euro 2012 yesterday, one of 18-year-old Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's greatest childhood fantasies must have come true.

Prosecutors lay out Srebrenica genocide case against Ratko Mladic

Prosecutors today were outlining their evidence of the alleged involvement of former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic in Europe's worst mass murder since World War II, the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

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Next in line – but public just can't warm to idea of Charles in charge

Next in line – but public just can't warm to idea of Charles in charge

'Independent' poll finds less that half want him to take throne as ministers moan of interference
Nothing's sacred: the illegal trade in India's holy cows

Nothing's sacred: the illegal trade in India's holy cows

Andrew Buncombe reports from Kaharpara on a bloody war between rustlers and border guards
Mogul grounded: Desmond gives up his jet deal

Mogul grounded: Desmond gives up his jet deal

Media tycoon's company pays £1m to cancel his order for a £36m private jet after drop in profits
How Ai Weiwei built a pavilion in London – by remote control

How Ai Weiwei built a pavilion in London – by remote control

The artist tells Clifford Coonan how he used Skype to escape confinement in Beijing
Nature, nurture... or neither? The new twist in an age-old argument

Nature, nurture... or neither?

The new twist in an age-old argument
Radio 4 to shed its cosy image with a 'sexy' Ulysses drama

Radio 4 to shed its cosy image with a 'sexy' Ulysses drama

New station controller wants to reflect the current period of 'turmoil and uncertainity'
Alcohol: I drink therefore I am

Alcohol: I drink therefore I am

New guidelines warn Britons to drastically reduce their boozing. But is a life without liquor worth living? Hell no, says John Walsh
The Cable News Nightmare: CNN (and Piers Morgan) in audience crisis

The Cable News Nightmare

CNN (and Piers Morgan) in audience crisis
Like a barbie, but better: The Big Green Egg can griddle, roast, and smoke food - and even make pizza

The Big Green Egg: Like a barbie, but better

It can griddle, roast, and smoke food - and even make pizza...
The 10 Best chopping boards

The 10 Best chopping boards

Whether you want to dice veg, chop meat, or just slice up a salad, there’s a surface here to suit every culinary need.
Flat and fabulous: From wraps to foccacias, our appetite for new and exotic breads knows no limits

Flat and fabulous: Exotic breads

Lucy McDonald visits the bakeries of Tel Aviv to to find out what we'll be eating next.
Brendan Rodgers: Just like Mourinho... only different

Brendan Rodgers: Just like Mourinho... only different

Obsessive, ambitious, eager to learn and with no playing career; can the Northern Irishman be Liverpool's Special One?
Gary Lewin: Players need winter break

Gary Lewin: Players need winter break

The England physio tells Patrick Barclay that this spate of injuries is due to the non-stop demands of the Premier League

Countdown's rudest ever moments

Yesterday a contestant spelt the word 'minge'.
Special report: Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported

Special report

Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported