LA is braced for Jackson's farewell

The stage is set for Michael Jackson's final act - as Los Angeles braces itself for what could be the biggest, most spectacular celebrity send-off of all time. Read

Fresh demo in riot-hit China region

Ethnic Uighurs have clashed with armed Chinese police in a fresh protest in Xinjiang, where at least 156 people have been killed and more than 1,400 arrested. Read

LA braced for Jackson's farewell

The stage is set for Michael Jackson's final act - as Los Angeles was braced for what could be the biggest, most spectacular celebrity send-off of all time. Read

China arrests 1,434 following riots

Police have arrested 1,434 suspects in connection with the worst ethnic violence in decades in China's western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people. Read

Report due on policing of G20 demo

A major report examining how the G20 protests were policed is due to be published. Read

PM faces new 10p tax rate rebellion

Gordon Brown is facing a major backbench revolt as MPs seek to secure compensation for everyone left worse off by the controversial abolition of the 10p income tax rate. Read

Secret service in torture bribe row

Britain's security services are facing allegations that they attempted to pervert the course of justice by bribing a terror group member to drop his claims that they colluded in his torture. Read

Unveiling of July 7 bombs memorial

A memorial commemorating the 52 victims of the July 7 bombings is due to be unveiled. Read

Jackson fans flood in for memorial

Hundreds of thousands of Michael Jackson's fans are expected to mourn and celebrate the singer as a star-studded memorial service gets under way in Los Angeles. Read

Talk of recovery 'premature'

The worst of the recession is over, but talk of recovery is premature and unemployment continues to head over three million, a leading business group has predicted. Read

Immigrants 'don't top housing list'

Claims that immigrants are given priority access to social housing have been dismissed as a myth by the equalities watchdog. Read

Probe into illness on cruise ship

Health experts are trying to establish whether dozens of people taken ill on board a cruise ship are suffering from the norovirus. Read

Swine flu: Dead man and child named

A teacher and a nine-year-old child who died after contracting swine flu have been named locally. Read

Miliband calls Labour Party reform

David Miliband has called for organisational reform of the Labour Party as he warned that voters were pressing the "fast forward button" on politics. Read

Protester invades Trafalgar plinth

An art project allowing thousands of people to take centre stage in Trafalgar Square overcame a wobbly start after a protester invaded the fourth plinth. Read

954 recalled offenders at large

Almost 1,000 criminals who should have been returned to prison are still at large, it has been revealed. Read

Tributes paid to five dead soldiers

Comrades, families and members of the public remembered five British soldiers killed in five bloody days of fighting in Afghanistan. Read

LA wants Jacksons to help with cost

The city of Los Angeles has asked Michael Jackson's family for financial help with the cost of coping with the singer's memorial, it has emerged. Read

Brown in £15m border control pledge

Britain has promised £15 million to tighten border controls in French ports where hundreds of would-be migrants gather in the hope of smuggling themselves into the UK. Read

Two more swine flu sufferers die

A man and a child have died after contracting swine flu, health officials said. Read

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