POLITICS

Labour holds on to double-digit lead as voters turn out for mayoral and council elections.

Peter Tierney, NF candidate for Liverpool mayor, charged with three others over public order offence.

Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) suspends presidential campaign after Abbasiya clashes death toll rises to 15.

Flippant blog post by Cllr Ben Duncan in cannabis cafe debate sparks calls for him to quit.

A Harley-Davidson motorcycle that washed up on British Columbia islands to be returned to its Japanese owner.

Armed thugs swoop on camp of activists protesting against disqualification of Salafi presidential candidate.

News of the World holding company hits back at committee report declaring Murdoch unfit to run company.

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi backs down after UN chief Ban Ki Moon's visit.

Barack Obama makes surprise visit to Afghanistan on al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden's first death anniversary.

Phone hacking report by culture, media and sport committee attacks Rupert and James Murdoch for 'turning a blind eye' to hacking.

Police out in force across London's West End as activists try to enter shops to protest

Police ready to evict Occupy London's tents from Trafalgar Square during May Day rally.

France's extreme right figurehead Marine Le Pen says she will not vote in second round between Hollande and Sarkozy.

A surprise cut in interest rates from Australia's central bank reminds us that China's meteoric growth may be in for a "hard landing"

French President Nicolas Sarkozy reveals that Gaddaffi's aide lives in exile in France with government's permission.

Report by MPs accuses Murdochs of wilful blindness' on hacking at News of the World.

Nigeria's Joint Task Force (JTF) attacks hideout of Islamist sect and finds explosives and weapons.

On Monday 23 April 2012 a Guardian newspaper headline read: "Conservatives turn three-point opinion poll lead into eight-point deficit" in a story which illustrated the travails of being in government and not getting the PR quite right - on this occasion over Chancellor George Osborne's Budget. The poll covering Westminster voting intentions, was conducted for the newspaper by ICM and showed that the Conservatives had slumped to 33 per cent, a fall of six per cent which accounted for n...

Troops fighting to regain power for ousted leader arrested after clashes with junta soldiers.

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon holds talks with Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi for the first time.

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng issue expected to dominate Clinton's China visit.

Prime minister claims no evidence culture secretary Jeremy Hunt breached ministerial code.

A former Bosnian Muslim soldier, Rasema Handanovic, 39, has been convicted of war crimes after admitting the killings of six Bosnian Croats in the southern village of Trusina in April 1993.

Suicide bombers kill seven and injure 12 in normally peaceful town day after church shootouts claim 19 lives.

Jailed protester faces same trial with 20 activists over involvement in pro-democracy protests after appeal court ruling.

al-Qaida agrees to release Stephen Malcolm, in exchange for the release of radical cleric Abu Qatada.

Khalil Dale could not be saved despite talks with kidnappers, says Red Cross.

Omar al-Bashir cracks down in border states of South Kordofan, White Nile and Sennar.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets Myanmar President Thein Sein and addresses parliament.