Green technology correspondent Alok Jha looks at plans for the first four ecotowns to be built in the UK.
The Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova was kidnapped and shot dead on Wednesday. Her fellow campaigners say the Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov, was behind the killing, reports Moscow correspondent Luke Harding.
Home affairs editor, Alan Travis, examines the annual crime figures, which show the murder rate at a 20-year low.
John Hooper meets L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, a multi-ethnic ensemble based in one of Europe's most rightwing capitals, Rome. They're playing at London's Barbican tonight.
And Mike Selvey assesses England's performance against Australia on the first day of the second Test at Lords.
