Kane & Lynch 2 … ups the intensity and gore quotient considerably A former mercenary and a self-medicating psychopath respectively, Kane and Lynch return for a second slice of grisly, gun-heavy entertainment. Buy it from PS3 PC XBox 360 Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days – Limited Edition Square Enix This time around, Lynch is [...]

Holidaymakers may have to use different companies to get home after the collapse of Kiss Travel. Photograph: Paul Brown/Rex Features Thousands of holidaymakers face the prospect of losing or having to rearrange their summer vacations after a third UK travel group in just over a month ceased trading. Aviation regulators were last night scrambling to [...]

Nick Clegg said: ‘The response from some sections of the international community has been lamentable’. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/Press Association Images Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, described the international response to the plight of flood-striken Pakistan as “lamentable”. Clegg, the public face of the government while David Cameron is on holiday for two weeks, [...]

Lord Myners says Labour ­leadership candidates should be debating ­single issues. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe for the Guardian The candidates to become Labour leader need to “bury the format” of their “ridiculous” hustings process as they head into the final six weeks of the campaign, says Labour’s former City minister, Paul Myners. He believes the dozens [...]