The Guardian: Main section

PM moves to ensure courts will no longer be able to disclose evidence about British complicity in torture

Northumbria police remain convinced 37-year old bodybuilder is holed up in vicinity of village

Staff will be able to search children for mobile phones, music players, pornography, fireworks and cigarettes

Monarch opens memorial garden for British citizens who died in the attack on the World Trade Centre

Scientists say human activity could spell end for a quarter of all flowering plants, with huge impact on food chain

Legal highs sold on web as research plant food are 'meow meow' in disguise, says misuse of drugs advisory council

Trio comprising a judge, a journalist and a civil servant appointed to remove the 'stain' on Britain's reputation

Lady Dunn and Lords Foster, Bagri, McAlpine and Laidlaw cannot be stripped of titles but are barred from debates

The Royal College of Nursing reveals that 9,973 posts had been lost through recruitment freezes

Guilty verdicts for men who carried out Britain's biggest jewellery raid

Experts believe stones could have been laundered back into diamond market after being recut

George Osborne now seeking new economist after announcement that Alan Budd is to leave role

Why the two politicians have not enjoyed the rapport of their predecessors

Israeli prime minister taking risks for peace, says US president at first meeting since March

Republicans condemn White House move to reassert its authority on immigration policy

Construction Products Association estimates that capital spending on education will halve to £4.5bn over the next few years

Housebuilder's cautious approach to new projects reflects fears of double-dip recession and slump in demand for new homes

A US jury is considering its verdict on six-year legal battle over royalties for hit gameshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Larry Elliott: The shambles of Budd's departure has called into question the independence of Osborne's Office for Budget Responsibility

Sharon Shoesmith: Since this tragedy there have been even more child deaths. Why were politicians so naive?

Jonathan Freedland: Netanyahu went into his meeting with Obama believing he has time on his side. But he's wrong: the clock is ticking

Coalition cuts £1bn from the schools budget and scraps Labour's school buildings programme

Editorial: The new government's much-trumpeted new fiscal watchdog has no permanent home, staff or clear lines of accountability

Malaria | Northumbria police murder investigation | Adam Tomkins | The 10:10 campaign

Editorial: The pall cast by 9/11 went far and wide, sending British spines into a shiver well before a single jihadi terrorist had committed murder

Response: Terms and conditions have been eroded because of the leadership's reluctance to take action, says Jerry Hicks

LEB Building, London
You won't be sure what you've seen at You Me Bum Bum Train, and although it's a slickly managed stage spectacle, it's oddly devoid of emotion, writes Lyn Gardner

Silk Street theatre, London
Although it's spiritedly performed, the show lacks the class of vintage Kander and Ebb, says Michael Billington