Man confesses to killing of six-year-old whose disappearance prompted long-running campaign

It's been a pretty big few days for world leaders. First the G8 grappled with the economic crisis, then we had the Nato summit on Afghanistan; these are talks of the utmost importance. Maybe, then, it's a little odd that the most memorable image to be produced from the talks was not of sober politicians in statesmanlike negotiation, but of the great and the good getting overexcited by a game of football.

A mother has been found guilty of having her 13-year-old daughter's boyfriend fatally attacked and then persuading her to take the blame.

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It's last orders at Guy Pelly's London nightclub, Public. Dubbed "court jester" to the party court of the young Princes William and Harry, Pelly had previously found success at Mahiki nightclub and was reported to have organised William's stag party.

Reach for the stars, the moon and the planets with this selection that offers something for all abilities and ages

Hollywood stars including Bruce Willis and Edward Norton will tomorrow hit the French Riviera, as their film Moonrise Kingdom opens the 65th Cannes Film Festival.

A modern-day fairy tale from the small Siberian town of Tiksi, told through the lens of Evgenia Arbugaeva, is one of the highlights of the upcoming London Festival of Photography.

A girl clutching a birdhouse on an evening lit by fireflies; another with a rhubarb leaf on her head; a woman clinging to a buoy in a flat blue sea: welcome to the weird, almost René Magritte-like inner world of the US-based photographer Cig Harvey.

A rare Leica camera was sold to an anonymous buyer for a world record £1.7m at auction in Vienna yesterday.

His protégés were responsible for some of the most memorable pictures from South-east Asia

Fêted photographer has died aged 79. Adrian Hamilton pays tribute

The controversial cover of the new issue of Time magazine, which shows a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son, has sparked a debate about different parenting philosophies.

In a year that marks a celebration of Britain, one photographer has taken to the skies to offer a different perspective on world-famous landmarks including Trafalgar Square, The Angel of the North and Stonehenge.