Ten front pages from the Independent over the last 30 years

The Independent newspaper is to cease publication and will be available online only from the end of March.

Here is a look back at some of the paper's front pages in its 30-year history.

October 7 1986

The Independent was launched by a group of journalists led by Andreas Whittam Smith in October 1986. It enjoyed initial success rising to a circulation passing 400,000 by 1988, and claimed it was free from proprietorial influence.

The Independent on Sunday launched in 1990, with Stephen Glover as editor.

January 29 2004

The front page following the Hutton Report's publication Credit: Independent

The paper included a large, mostly empty, white space above the fold on its front page containing just the word "whitewash?" in small red type following the Hutton Report.

The Hutton Inquiry was a 2003 judicial inquiry in the UK chaired by Lord Hutton, who was appointed by the Labour government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly, a biological warfare expert and former UN weapons inspector in Iraq.

May 16 2006

Bono guest edits the paper in 2006 Credit: The Independent

Rock star Bono used his guest editorship of the Independent to promote his "Red" campaign fighting Aids in Africa.

The front page declared "No news today" but below said "Just 6,500 Africans died today as a result of a preventable, treatable disease".

May 11 2007

The front page pays homage to Tony Blair Credit: The Independent

The newspaper cover on Tony Blair’s legacy after 10 years as prime minister.

April 9 2013

The day after the death of Margaret Thatcher. Credit: The Independent

The front page on the day after the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

October 5 2014

The front page following the killing of English aid worker Alan Henning by Islamic State. Credit: The Independent

The front page following the murder of British aid worker Alan Henning by Islamic State.

The paper did not show images of the killers, instead going for a simple textual approach on its front page.

January 8 2015

The paper's response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris Credit: The Independent

The Independent gave its front page over to a cartoonist in response to the attack on Charlie Hebdo which saw the death of several cartoonists in Paris.

July 18 2015

The paper's response to the Government’s decision to launch a review of the Freedom of Information Act. Credit: The Independent

The paper's response to the Government’s decision to launch a review of the Freedom of Information Act.

November 15 2015

The front page in the wake of the Paris terror attacks in November which killed 129 people. Credit: The Independent

The front page in the wake of the Paris terror attacks in November which killed 129 people.

12 February 2016

Today's front page of The Independent Credit: The Independent

On the day the owners of The Independent confirmed the newspaper will cease publication, the paper's front page was dominated by a striking computer-generated image of the two black holes in which gravitational waves were detected by scientists on Thursday.

The Independent on Sunday will go online only on March 20, with The Independent following on March 26.