Alistair Darling, the chancellor, set out the government's plans for reforming the banking system yesterday. Aditya Chakrabortty, the Guardian's economics leader writer, considers whether they will be enough to prevent another financial crisis, and compares them with the Conservatives' proposals.
Larry Elliott, our economics editor, reports from L'Aquila, the region of Italy devastated by an earthquake in April, where G8 leaders are meeting for three days of talks.
An extensive security crackdown in Urumqi has brough an uneasy calm to the Xinjiang regional capital after several days of ethnic violence. Tania Branigan reports.
Cricket fans talk to Steven Morris at the first Ashes Test in Cardiff.
And Cold Feet actor Fay Ripley is the subject of Hannah Pool's Question Time.
