Snowmail: ministers rally to Brown's defence

Last Modified: 03 Aug 2008
By: Samira Ahmed

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Alistair Darling, Harriet Harman and John Denham have come to Gordon Brown's defence today. After David Miliband's out-of-the-blue rallying call to the Labour party in the Guardian last week, the three cabinet ministers have asserted that Brown is the right man for the job, and that it's time to end the "personal dog-fighting" and "restore some dignity" to the Labour party.

But their efforts have been rather undermined by a leaked memo criticising Mr Brown... apparently from his predecessor Tony Blair. Victoria Macdonald has the latest.

Indian temple stampede leaves more than 100 dead

At least 123 people have been crushed to death in a stampede at a hilltop temple in northern India. Panic broke out at the Nainadevi temple in the state of Himachal Pradesh when iron railings along the narrow path leading to the temple broke.

Thousands were trying to enter the temple during a nine-day Hindu festival. Witnesses said the victims were trampled as they fell to the ground.

Seven-year-old girl found safe in America

A seven-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her father has been found in America. Reigh Boss was discovered in a flat in Baltimore after the police and FBI lured her father, Clark Rockefeller, outside by telling him his yacht was flooding. Reigh, who was apparently unharmed, is due to be reunited with her mother later today.

Barry George's alibi

Barry George, cleared of the murder of Jill Dando on Friday after a retrial, has said he couldn't have shot her because he was stalking another woman at the time. In a series of interviews after his release, George claims prison has changed his character and that he wouldn't bother women again.

Climate protests

Hundreds of environmental activists have marched to the Kingsnorth power station in Kent to begin a week long 'Climate Action' camp. Kingsnorth will be the first new coal-fired power station in Britain for 30 years.

Campaigners say it will pump out eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. John Sparks will be reporting from the protest.

Vaughan resigns

And finally, sport, and England's cricket captain Michael Vaughan has resigned in the wake of yesterday's defeat by South Africa at Edgbaston, saying standing down was the hardest decision he's ever made.

And as team GB's athletes touch down in China, Alex Thomson is in Beijing checking out the air quality ahead of the Olympics.

Join us at 6.45pm for all this and more.

Samira