The G20 summit in Pittsburgh today focuses on the global financial crisis. Head of business Dan Roberts and political commentator Michael White discuss the possibility of reforms to the banking system, and ask where this week's diplomacy leaves Gordon Brown ahead of next week's Labour party conference in Brighton.
Alan Travis, our home affairs editor, looks at research by the National Association of Probation Officers that suggests 20,000 former service personnel now have a criminal record.
And Maev Kennedy describes the Anglo-Saxon treasure trove unearthed in a Staffordshire field by a metal-detector enthusiast.
