Freud picture in £17m record sale A life-size Lucian Freud painting of a naked Jobcentre supervisor sleeping broke the world auction record for a work by a living artist when it sold for more than £17 million, Christie's said. 9:35am today
Tax package 'may break debt rule' Economic experts are questioning the impact of Chancellor Alistair Darling's surprise announcement of £2.7 billion to compensate people who lost out from the abolition of the 10p income tax rate. 9:35am today
Two held over Oxford Street murder Police are questioning two men in connection with the murder of a man fatally stabbed in Oxford Street. 9:35am today
PM unveils draft Queen's Speech Prime Minister Gordon Brown will seek to regain the political initiative with a legislative programme for the coming year designed to show the Government is "on the side of the British people". 9:35am today
Smith calm ahead of career zenith Rangers play one of the biggest games in the club's history when they face Zenit St Petersburg in the UEFA Cup final on Wednesday - but manager Walter Smith insists he is taking the whole occasion in his stride. 9:11am today
Starry launch for Sex and The City Sex And The City's New York style icons came to London for the world premiere of a movie charting the characters' lives four years on. 5:21am today
