White House hopeful Obama due in UK White House hopeful Barack Obama is due to arrive in Britain on the final leg of a high-profile world tour designed to boost his foreign policy credentials. 3:24pm today
Passengers tell of mid-air drama Shaken but relieved airline passengers were continuing their journeys after surviving a terrifying ordeal in which a gaping hole appeared in their jumbo jet 30,000ft up. 3:24pm today
PM price pledge after poll drubbing Gordon Brown has vowed to do "whatever is necessary" to help people struggling with rising food and fuel prices in the wake of Labour's catastrophic defeat in the Glasgow East by-election. 3:24pm today
Housing slump hits economic growth A housebuilding slump hit growth in the second quarter of the year as the UK's economic slowdown gathered pace. 3:24pm today
Child curfew plan begins summer run A voluntary curfew in which hundreds of parents have been asked to keep their children off the streets at night, is being launched. 3:24pm today
