Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Sheila Pulham

On the site today

Tributes have been flowing in for Richard Whiteley, Countdown's cosy quizmaster who died yesterday. We'll be rounding up tributes here on Newsblog, and users are sharing their thoughts on our talkboards.

Our arts blog, Culture Vulture, has been pecking through the mud at Glastonbury all weekend. There's still a chance to win an iPod by sending in your photographs, and our full coverage of the weekend's events is here.

Tony Blair gives his monthly press conference at midday - Matthew Tempest will be providing live coverage. The PM is likely to face questioning about next week's G8 summit and the ID cards bill, which gets its second reading in the Commons tomorrow. The London School of Economics says today that the cards could cost citizens £300 each.

In other news, Railtrack shareholders are at the high court seeking £157m compensation from the government over the rail firm's collapse; we've details of the Partygaming stock market flotation, and Georgina Turner

will be following the Davenport-Clijsters clash on Wimbledon's Centre Court. Hewitt and Federer are also in action - here's today's full line-up.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.