The Republican candidate for vice-president, Sarah Palin, wows the faithful at the party conference in Minnesota. Suzanne Goldenberg assesses her performance.
Mike Fuller, the chief constable of Kent police, says there's a crisis of confidence in the UK's criminal justice system. He tells the Guardian's Vikram Dodd that the government is to blame.
The Marine Conservation Society today publishes an updated list of sustainable fish stocks and those fish that shoppers should avoid. Sam Wilding, the MCS's fisheries officer, has the details, while Peter Walker gauges opinion among consumers and fishmongers.
The IRA has effectively ceased to exist, say official monitors. Ireland correspondent Henry McDonald reports from Belfast.
Ben Green reports from America's biggest shopping mall on the effects of the economic downturn on US voters.
