Guardian.co.uk footage of Ian Tomlinson being violently knocked to the ground by a Metropolitan police officer in riot gear during the G20 protests in London. Photograph: Guardian The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, today supported the Crown Prosecution Service’s decision against charging... 

Thad Allen, highlighting seepage around the capped BP oil well, told a news conference the leaks were not a threat. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Concerns about oil and gas seepages around BP’s newly capped well in the Gulf of Mexico appear to have eased after the US government... 

Tighter home security may be one of the reasons for the continued fall in the crime rate. Photograph: Clare Dickson / Rex Features The unexpected fall in the crime rate in the past year despite the deepest recession in the postwar era may be because crime is what economists could call an “old... 

Tim Bresnan has been called up to join the England sqaud for the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. Photograph: Julian Herbert/Getty Images The England pace bowler Ajmal Shahzad has been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge tomorrow, due to an ankle injury. Tim... 

Uruguay has some of the toughest anti-smoking laws in the world. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian Uruguay has promised to water down anti-smoking laws after pressure from the tobacco giant Philip Morris, prompting accusations of corporate bullying. The government said it would amend...