If you want to check out the Spanish indie scene or just want to hear something different in London’s eclectic music underground, see Lafonoteca London’s line-up.

The Israeli blockade of Gaza’s coast was put under scrutiny this week after their armed forces killed nine people on an international flotilla trying to make it to Gaza. The First Pint’s Alexandra Zeevalkink went to hear what the first Briton back from Israel had to say.

The First Pint’s Heather Christie and Rijuta Dey travelled to Whitehaven in Cumbria in the wake of the brutal shooting that occured yesterday morning.

The sleepy town of Whitehaven is in shock after the brutal killings yesterday. First Pinters Heather Christie and Rijuta Dey were on the scene to hear how the locals felt.

Bitter Betty thinks that Karma is playing some mean tricks on her. This time, she gets hit on by a criminal! Check out her reaction.

As spending on universities is cut, it is the arts and humanities courses that are hit first. The First Pint sent Anna Brunetti to Middlesex University to find out about the fight to save its renowned Department of Philosophy.

Confused about the electoral reform in the UK? Hanna Hauck highlights the different proposed systems and tries to find pros and cons about them.

Calling all up and coming fashionistas! The First Pint’s Lilly Leclair has the low-down on a fantastic design opportunity on offer from the British Fashion Council and ELLE magazine.

A violent assault has taken place outside City University as a man, 20, was bludgeoned with a hammer. This is the latest in a series of attacks in recent months near the university’s Clerkenwell campus.

A generation of EU citizens have grown up through studying in different European states. How does this affect their identity and the perception of a European nationality? How does this affect the UK?

Hanna Hauck went to a ‘Take Back Parliament’ demonstration to find out what they object to and how the current parliamentary election system in the UK works.

As we inch closer to a hung parliament deal, George Pokorny gives us his American take on the UK election. Give our newest columnist a warm welcome.

Catherine has only been a citizen for less than a year, and this is the first time she gets to vote democratically. Follow her personal journey in this slideshow.

Polls are pointing toward a Conservative win for the UK 2010 General Elections, but what if the votes of non-British citizens were in the mix? Would that have changed tonight’s results? Read on to find out.