Today's A-level results will unleash a desperate scramble for university places. Wes Streeting, president of the National Union of Students, advises students not to panic, while our educaiton editor Polly Curtis explains why Labour's restricted the number of university places on offer.
Martin Chulov reports from the scene of one of yesterday's blasts in Baghdad, which killed scores of people and left hundreds injured.
As Afghans go to the polls today, Jon Boone reports from Kabul, where there's evidence of considerable interest in the elections. But columnist Simon Jenkins says it's time the west admitted its campaign in Afghanistan has failed.
The Tory minister Jonathan Aitken was sent to prison after committing perjury during an unsuccessful libel action against the Guardian. Now his daughter Victoria Aitken has launched a pop music career.
She talks to Hannah Pool.
