As questions mount about the Lloyds TSB takeover of the beleaguered bank HBOS, our political editor, Patrick Wintour, explains how much of the mess is the government's fault.
The Pakistani government could be introducing Sharia law in the North-West Frontier province, Saeed Shah tells us why it won't go down well in America.
The guest for Monday's Another Thought for the Day is the creator of the atheist bus campaign, comedy writer Ariane Sherine.
Did life on Earth begin more than once? Ian Sample speaks to astrobiologist Paul Davies, who believes it did and intends to prove it.
Illegal metal detecting for antiquities is robbing Britain of its ancient history. The Guardian's Maeve Kennedy explains how.