The Independent’s cut-price stablemate i is set to launch on Saturdays from 7 May.

Editor in chief Simon Kelner said in his editor’s letter today that he has “lost count” of the number of readers who have asked for a Saturday edition of the title.

Describing how it will be different from the Monday to Friday edition he said: “Well, all the things you like about our weekday edition – plus the letter from the editor – will be there. But, in addition, there will be plenty more in your complete, concise companion to the weekend.