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Adele's album has spent 23 weeks at number one since its release

Adele's album 21 overtakes sales of Michael Jackson's Thriller

Adele has sent more records tumbling after her album 21 outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller, becoming the fifth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK.

Adele's 21 becomes UK's fifth biggest-selling album of all time

Adele has sent more records tumbling after her album 21 outsold Michael Jackson's Thriller, becoming the fifth biggest-selling album of all time in the UK.

Brussels clears Sony's bid for EMI music publishing

The music giant Sony's £1.4bn move to buy EMI's music publishing division has got the green light from regulators in Brussels. Insiders said the European Commission would give formal approval later today.

Brussels gives Sony go-ahead to buy EMI Publishing

Sony's £1.4bn move to buy EMI's music publishing division has ot the green light from regulators in Brussels. Insiders last night said the European Commission would give formal approval to the music giant today.

The trial of OJ Simpson was shown in the UK

Ian Burrell: Court coverage was a world apart from fireworks of OJ Simpson trial

It was hardly the OJ Simpson trial. Considering this nation has become known as the CCTV capital of the world, there has been a reluctance to allow television cameras to record the dramas of other areas of British life.

Jim Yong Kim, president elect

Bust up over World Bank as new head is named

Rapping Michael Jackson impersonator offers a break with tradition – but not everyone is happy

A Gieves & Hawkes suit label

Royal tailor must tighten its belt after top staff leave

Gieves & Hawkes, suppliers of uniforms to princes and pop stars, hits trouble

Album: Kylie Minogue, Aphrodite Les Folies [Live In London] (Parlophone) (4/5)

Now is the season, it seems, of live-album stocking-fillers, the most flamboyant of which – and, it must be noted, the most winsome filler of those stockings – is this 2-CD/DVD package of Kylie's Aphrodite Les Folies stage show, recorded at the O2 Arena.

Man charged with kidnap of boy aged 10

Police investigating the alleged kidnapping of a boy aged 10 in the West Midlands have charged a man in connection with the incident.

Christina Patterson: It wasn't just one man who killed the King of Pop

Perhaps fans thought it was a normal thing that he was crippled with arthritis and nearly blind

In the past, all Dr Conrad Murray would have faced was a lawsuit for prescribing drugs for Jackson

Murray case puts showbiz doctors in the dock

Michael Jackson's killer may have been part of a wider culture of malpractice

David Lister: A surreal ending to pop's most extraordinary life story

This was not a typical, domestic life of a rock star because nothing about Jackson was typical

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Countdown's rudest ever moments

Yesterday a contestant spelt the word 'minge'.
Special report: Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported

Special report

Tamil asylum-seekers to be forcibly deported
The problem with social mobility

The problem with social mobility

Politicians who say they want to break down Britain's social barriers have been told to unlock closed-shop professions – starting in their own backyard
France's sixth biggest city* goes to the polls (*that's London, by the way)

France's sixth biggest city* goes to the polls (*that's London, btw)

Next month expats in the stronghold of South Kensington will have a big say in who is returned as the first French overseas MP
Aftershock: How Haiti's quake hit the whole of Hispaniola

Aftershock: How Haiti's quake hit the whole of Hispaniola

Two years on from the disaster that shook the Caribbean state, its eastern neighbour, the Dominican Republic, fears a new wave of illegal immigrants could hurt its economy
Mean streets at the movies

Mean streets at the movies

Plan B's new film explores the urban tensions that led to last summer's riots – and he's not the only one finding cinematic inspiration in social unrest
Romney hits the magic number, but his smartphone app fails crucial spelling test

Romney hits the magic number...

... but his smartphone app fails crucial spelling test
Car-crash TV: Ferrari quits news after gaffes, rows and poor ratings

Car-crash TV: Ferrari quits news after gaffes, rows and poor ratings

Weeks after the demise of Sarkozy, the TF1 star he's said to have dated finds herself out of office too
Meet your doctor (please don't unplug it)

Meet your doctor (please don't unplug it)

Can a network of hi-tech terminals and online medics make the connection?
The 10 Best cycling gear

The 10 Best cycling gear

It’s summer, it's sunny... it’s the perfect time to get on your bike.
Song of the suicide bomber: How 'Babur in London' negotiated a cultural minefield

Song of the suicide bomber

Daring new opera 'Babur in London' features British terrorists planning an attack.
The school that brought the International Baccalaureate to the East End

Bringing the IB to the East End

The International Baccalaureate is not just for pupils in leafy suburbs.
England must beware brilliant Belgium

England must beware brilliant Belgium

They may have missed out on the Euros but the Belgians have a rash of young players who, thanks to the unifying skills of their coach, look to have a bright future
James Lawton: Liverpool must show new man the respect he needs to do the job

James Lawton

Liverpool must show new man the respect he needs to do the job
2012: the year when England's support decided to stay at home

2012: the year when England's support decided to stay at home

Three Lions will play their Euro 2012 games in front of only a few thousand of their fans