Greed and betrayal in one of China’s elite families went on display today when prosecutors in the corruption trial of disgraced politician Bo Xilai released testimony from his wife on a businessman’s gifts to the family, including a French villa and plane tickets to three continents.

The lawyer for the family of a British businessman murdered by the wife of a Chinese politician said some progress has been made in efforts to seek compensation.

Activists, academics and dissidents are questioning China’s purge of Bo Xilai, demanding the rule of law be followed allowing the disgraced leader to defend himself.

Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and will face corruption and other criminal charges.

A top Chinese government forensic scientist has questioned the official cause of death of murdered British businessman Neil Heywood.

The ex-police chief at the centre of China's worst political scandal in decades has gone on trial in a closed hearing involving state secrets.

A former police chief linked to a disgraced leader at the centre of China’s biggest political scandal in decades will stand trial on Tuesday on charges that include defection and bribery.

China sentenced the wife of fallen Politburo member Bo Xilai to death yesterday but suspended her execution — setting the stage for a possible final purge of Bo himself in a scandal that has shaken Beijing ahead of a leadership transition.

The wife of a fallen Chinese politician was given a suspended death sentence today after confessing to killing British businessman Neil Heywood in a case that rocked the country’s political leadership.

Chinese leaders may spare a politician’s wife the death penalty for killing British businessman Neil Heywood, fearing it might incite public sympathy, analysts said today.

A Chinese court will deliver a verdict on Monday in the trial of ousted politician Bo Xilai’s wife, accused of killing a British businessman.

The wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai lured a British businessman to a hotel in Chongqing, where she got him drunk and fed him poison, one of China’s highest-profile murder trials in years heard.

The wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai lured a British businessman to a hotel in the south-western mega-city of Chongqing, where she got him drunk and fed him poison, according to testimony today in one of China’s highest-profile murder trials in years.

The murder trial of the wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai will start next Thursday, lawyers have said.

Chinese prosecutors are charging the wife of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai and a family aide with the murder of a British businessman.

Police in Britain investigating the suspicious death of a child in a gas blast may be dealing with a murder inquiry.

The wife of a senior Communist Party official in China is being held over the murder of a British businessman, state media has reported.

A 15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy was killed in a knife attack, planned on Facebook, during rush hour at London’s Victoria station, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

TWO former IRA prisoners blackmailed businessmen in a bid to get a share of £6 million (€6.7m) said to have been raised using the name of the republican organisation, a court has heard.

DANDY Nicholls has a better record than most at Chester over recent years and Heywood can defy a penalty in the Kemira Growhow Handicap this evening.

Tad O’Shea, a 22-year-old from Cork, has made a flying start to his riding career in Britain and partnered his third winner since arriving from Ireland when steering Heywood to victory in the Hilary Gray Birthday Celebration Nursery at Lingfield.

UK windows and doors maker Heywood Williams today unveiled a £20m (€29m) deal to sell its plastics division to the owner of Everest and Weatherseal double glazing.

Swindon 0 Brighton 1