Independent 'viewspaper' front pages

The 'red issue' from May 2006, edited by Bono. Arguably the most famous of the Indy's recent splashes, it draws attention to what some see as the skewed news values of many media outlets by combining the headline 'No news today' with a much smaller subhead reading 'Just 6,500 Africans died today as a result of preventable, treatable disease' Photograph: Public domain

The Indy uses the poster-style splash for a more light-hearted story - the trials and tribulations of John Prescott - in a May 2006 layout that echoed a Daily Mirror splash criticising the Iraq war Photograph: Public domain

A striking image, a one-word headline, and a story from June 2006 highlighting the increase in the number of cyclists Photograph: Public domain

Another striking image combined with a powerful headline, this time from October 2006 Photograph: Public domain

The Indy front page staple, a picture of the world. Here it is used to illustrate the 'vicious circle' of global warming in January 2007 Photograph: Public domain

A campaigning front page, a Talking Heads quotation, and a few statistics, highlighted in red, thrown in for good measure in this February 2007 splash Photograph: Public domain

Back to the environment in March 2007, and the Indy is celebrating a victory of sorts in the shape of a global warming bill Photograph: Public domain

The Indy's notorious splash of October 2007. The familiar circle shape, seen previously in the globe, the bicycle wheel and the sun, is echoed in the flag of the European Union. The story '10 myths about the EU treaty' was criticised for being based on a government press release Photograph: Public domain

A more recent splash - from May 2008 - shows the combination of a globe and an attention-grabbing one word headline are very much still with us Photograph: Public domain