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live.independent.co.uk — High Court hearings continue in the Leveson Inquiry today with evidence from Frederic Michel, former News Corporation head of public affairs in Europe, and Adam Smith, the former special adviser to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

independent.co.uk — A much-hyped listing swiftly followed by the share price plummeting - sound familiar? As the fall-out from the Facebook IPO continues to rumble on, today marks the one-year anniversary of another debut that has not exactly lived up to expectations. After a massive float worth £37bn, official trading of shares in Glencore International began exactly 12 months ago.

blogs.independent.co.uk — At the weekend we splashed on how 26 per cent of Tory voters would seriously consider voting for UKIP, after 10 per cent have already made the switch. I went back to ComRes to find out where the other parties vote has gone.

independent.co.uk — Unlike most of its rivals and fellow travellers across the British press, this column feels no shame whatsoever in plugging the work of charities that need all the help they can get - including those with which your humble correspondent is tangentially associated.

independent.co.uk — Mr Michel said he believed some of the "feedback" he was given by special adviser Adam Smith had been "discussed" with his boss Mr Hunt, the Culture Secretary. The comments came as Mr Michel gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry over News Corp's attempt to acquire the whole of BSkyB.

blogs.independent.co.uk — I am baffled again as to what the Prime Minister's position on the euro actually is. He said several times, in answer to questions on his statement on the G8 in the Commons this afternoon, that the euro needs political union in order to work, which is why he was always against Britain's adopting it.

blogs.independent.co.uk — A new occasional series. 1. Buskers who interrupt their music to say "Thank you". 2. Notices on children's clothes that say "Keep Away from

independent.co.uk — Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Bonita Norris's ascent of Mount Everest on Monday was not that she survived the deadly risks of extreme altitude and crippling cold, nor that, at the age of 22, she had become the youngest British woman to reach the roof of the world, but that, 18 months ago, the media-studies graduate had scaled nothing higher than the stairs at her Berkshire home.

independent.co.uk — Unlike most of its rivals and fellow travellers across the British press, this column feels no shame whatsoever in plugging the work of charities that need all the help they can get - including those with which your humble correspondent is tangentially associated.

independent.co.uk — "Many people tell me I look like my father," said Monika in Hitler's Children, "but I'm not Amon... I have nothing in common with him either." Well, nothing but a big chunk of DNA, without which, one assumes, Monika would have found Schindler's List a far less troubling experience than she did.