Chief leader writer Julian Glover looks at today's Guardian/ICM poll, which gives the Conservatives a commanding 12-point lead over Labour - despite the praise heaped on Gordon Brown over his handling of the global financial crisis.
With public borrowing hitting a 60-year high, economics correspondent Ashley Seager explains why Britain's public finances are in such a dire state.
Kevin Anderson reports from southern California, where the sub-prime mortgage crisis has bitten particularly hard.
Some 86 people are on trial in Turkey, accused of plotting a series of violent acts that would trigger a military coup, which would overthrow the Islamist-leaning government. Robert Tait reports from Istanbul.
And Patrick Barkham lies down on a lavender-scented bed in what's being billed as the world's most relaxing room.
