Police are storing the personal details of thousands of political activists on a secret database, the Guardian reveals today. Rob Evans has the details.
George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, calls on the banks today to use profits to support lending rather than bonuses.
The Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan begins a visit to Iran today. He told the Guardian's Robert Tait that Iran has been treated unfairly by the west - highlighting divisions in the Nato alliance.
Riazat Butt, our religious affairs correspondent, looks at splits in the Anglican church, exacerbated by a decree last week from the Pope.
And Martin Wainwright, our northern editor, explains why it's not grim up north.
