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Demonstrators at Peter Mandelson’s London home

Protestors target Lord Mandelson as he takes charge

Lord Mandelson flies back from his Corfu holiday to formally manage the day-to-day business of Government while Gordon Brown continues his own break Comments

MI6 boss says his spies have nothing to do with torture

Head of MI6 insists there has been 'no torture and no complicity in torture' by his secret service Comments

Kate Moss model agency joins Posh and Becks

Celebrity management firm behind David and Victoria Beckham has snapped up the Storm fashion model agency which boasts catwalk stars including Kate Moss Comments

Pc James Hedrick and Met officers fighting

Reveller to sue Met after being punched by riot officer

Police riot squad linked to the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests hit by fresh controversy after pictures emerged showing an officer apparently battering a party-goer Comments

Murder charge Briton could face death sentence in Iraq

British security contractor accused of shooting dead two of his colleagues and injuring a third person as he tried to escape could face the death penalty if convicted Comments

Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II

Michael Jackson's lawyer denies Mark Lester is Paris's father

Michael Jackson's family lawyer rejected claims from child star Mark Lester that he could be the biological father of the pop legend's daughter Paris Comments

Children, 13, being maimed as gun gangs fire warning shots

Gun gangs involved in 'turf wars' across London are inflicting 'war wounds' on schoolchildren as young as 13 Comments

Madeleine lead gives McCanns new hope - grandmother

New lead in the search for Madeleine McCann has given her family new hope, her grandmother said Comments

Sport Sport feed

Cricket: Flintoff was fit for Fourth Test, says his agent

The agent of Andrew Flintoff claims the all-rounder declared himself fit for England's ill-fated fourth Ashes Test at Headingley Comments

Football: We won't pay over odds for Cesc Fabregas, say Barcelona

Barcelona sporting director Txiki Begiristain admits the club want to bring Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas back to the Nou Camp but will not pay over the odds Comments

Football: Ancelotti quick to find his gritty side as Chelsea dig out victory

New Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti looks at home in England after proving that he can adapt tactically in the Community Shield Comments

Banks were thrown into fresh controversy over excess profits today after it emerged that the spread between their cost of borrowing and the interest rates they levy on businesses and homeowners has rocketed to new highs Comments

Price-fixing claims at Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto was again at the centre of confusion today over Chinese claims that it had fixed iron ore prices after spying on customers Comments

Rights issue move fails to impress Lloyds investors

Shares in Lloyds Banking Group slipped 31/2p to 981/2p as the market reacted cautiously to the growing likelihood that it will launch a multi- billion pound rights issue after Sir Win Bischoff takes over as its new chairman next month Comments

Entertainment Entertainment feed

Theatre: Denise Van Outen has a dig at Blondes

Edinburgh Theatre: Denise Van Outen's show turns out to be an astonishingly mean-spirited dig at nearly every blonde who isn’t Denise Van Outen Comments

Film: Mesrine is the Gallic Goodfella

Jean-François Richet’s two-part movie about Jacques Mesrine, France’s most notorious criminal, is substantially true. Comments

Film: Adam suffers from sugar-coated syndrome

Adam, a romantic comedy about a young man with Asperger's, tries hard to lay on the sweetness but in the end leaves just a bitter taste. Comments

Showbiz: Kirsty Gallacher expecting second child

Television presenter Kirsty Gallacher is expecting her second child with former rugby union international Paul Sampson. Comments

Music: CDs of the week

James Yorkston's Folk Songs gets stronger as it goes on and Joshua Radin's record needs a little more substance. Comments

Showbiz: Pixie Geldof is taking a pop at singing

Pixie Geldof has been in the recording studio recently, in a bid to convince record bosses she can cut the mustard in the pop world. Comments

Film: Action speaks louder in G.I.Joe

G.I.Joe is noisy, fast-paced and stuffed with special effects. The screenplay? You’ve got to be joking! Comments

Theatre: Pornography is explosion waiting to happen

It is a safe assumption that a play called Pornography is not going to flaunt explicit sexual content. Comments

Life & Style

Fashion: New beauties: fashion's freshest faces

Meet this year's models; you'll be seeing alot more of them Comments

Travel: Munich is a Bavarian rhapsody

Wench shirts, grand boulevards and metres of German sausage; Munich in summertime is a heaven Comments

Inside Paula Rego's madhouse

At her Kentish Town studio, the Portuguese-born painter, the subject of a searching new film by her friend Jake Auerbach, talks candidly about her troubled life, her extraordinary art — and her fear of insanity Comments

Introducing ... Sliimy, the French Mika

France’s new singer-songwriter Sliimy started posting songs on MySpace two years ago, but it was when Perez Hilton linked Sliimy’s cover of Britney’s ‘Womanizer’ on his infamous blog last December that things really took off Comments

Rupert Goold is the director with the golden touch

Move over Mendes, watch out Nunn, Rupert Goold's production of Enron is the critical hit of the summer, and his Kubrick-inspired take on Shakespeare thrills modern audiences Comments