Government-appointed experts say there are bound to be mistakes if ID cards are introduced. The shadow home office minister, Damian Green, tells our chief political correspondent, Nicholas Watt, it is time for the government to scrap its plans for ID cards.
China's government now believes 50,000 people may have been killed in the Sichuan earthquake. It has appealed for diggers and lifting equipment to help reach survivors, as hopes fade of reaching people trapped under rubble. Jonathan Watts reports from the quake's epicentre.
Steven Morris reports from Crewe, scene of next week's byelection, and asks voters what they think of Brown's tax cuts.
One of many powerful Russian leaders, Catherine the Great, is now the subject of a new stage musical. Our Russia correspondent, Luke Harding, says her life story has all the ingredients of a hit.
Xan Brooks reports from the Cannes film festival, where two films about the IRA have been stirring controversy.
And at the Guardian Book Club, Lionel Shriver discusses her novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.
