The report cited at least 26 components and systems on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that were in ‘bad’ or ‘poor’ condition. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP Many workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were concerned about safety in the weeks before the 20 April explosion... 

© Mark Douglas/WENN Brits will be competing at the 2012 Olympics in style – fashion designer Stella McCartney has been selected to outfit the athletes at the international event. Sir Paul McCartney’s daughter has been appointed to oversee the designs... 

Kanye West … ‘I try to compete against the past’. Photograph: Charles Sykes/Rex Features Kanye West’s comeback media blitz continues apace, with the rapper announcing an album that aspires to the standard of James Cameron’s Avatar. West staged an impromptu video... 

© /WENN Lindsay Lohan’s jail sentence keeps shrinking. After a Sheriff’s Department booking document mentioned that the 24-year-old actress could serve only 14 days of her 90-day jail sentence, a jail source now told The Sun that she could serve only... 

Family affair … Sly Stone in 2007. Photograph: Zak Hussein/PA Poor Sly Stone. Less than a year after reports that he was homeless and living on the dole, the funk legend seemed set for a comeback at the Coachella festival in April. But Stone played an abysmal, confused set that was marked...