Tonight; a low-ceilinged, Lilliputian basement in a pub off Hackney Road. Tomorrow night; a high-ceilinged, velvet-clad hyper-venue in Mornington Crescent with a capacity nearing 2,500.

Playing on the third night of this year's Meltdown, curated by Ray Davies, the alternative rock trio from Hoboken, New Jersey, more than match the high standards set on the two previous evenings by cult acts The Legendary Pink Dots, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and The Fugs.

On 6 May 1937, the Hindenburg airship, one of the largest flying machines ever created, suddenly caught fire as it was coming in to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead in a house.

While families and friends mourn the loss of loved ones in a mid-air collision over the Hudson River, divers today return to the murky waters to resume their search for bodies and wreckage.

Nine people died when a sightseeing helicopter and a small aeroplane collided over New York's Hudson River yesterday, killing all on board.

A small plane carrying three people collided with a tour helicopter carrying about a half-dozen people over the Hudson River today, sending debris into the river and onto the New Jersey waterfront. New York City fire department officials on the scene said it appeared there were fatalities.

Agents from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies arrested more than 40 elected officials and Jewish community leaders in New Jersey and Brooklyn yesterday as part of a corruption investigation involving money laundering, bribes and human organs.

Five years short of his century, Budd Schulberg, the writer of On the Waterfront, took to the stage at the end of Steven Berkoff's sculptured, slow-motion homage and said that he'd never see a better version as long as he'd live. And he'd seen his own theatre script done in New Jersey, Chicago and on and off Broadway.

Tonight, the British film industry will pay its respects to Kate Winslet for immersing herself so deeply in her parts that finishing her roles was, according to the actress, like "escaping from a serious car accident". If she should hyperventilate a bit, it is only an excess of empathy for her character.