As Britain experienes its longest spell of cold weather for almost 30 years, Martin Wainwright reports from Leeds, where he's exeriencing his own snow-related problems. Mervyn Cole from Age Concern/Help the Aged explains how the cold snap is affecting older people.
Hilary Benn, seccretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has unveiled the government's food strategy for the next 20 years. The Guardian's Felicity Lawrence, author of two books about the food business - Not on the Label and Eat Your Heart Out - gives her reaction.
Adam Gabbatt joins keepers at London Zoo, where staff are busy with the annual task of counting all the animals there.
The most senior US military intelligence officer in Afghanistan has criticised the work of his agents in the country. Major General Michael Flynn says he wants intelligence work to focus less on the Taliban and more on the Afghan people. Foreign affairs specialist Simon Tisdall and security editor Richard Norton-Taylor say the report paints a devastating picture of American intelligence.
