Julian Glover explains what today's Guardian/ICM poll means for Gordon Brown, who hopes an improving economy will lift his party's fortunes.
The prime minister flew yesterday to Belfast, where power-sharing is in danger of collapse over differences between Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists. Ireland correspondent Henry McDonald explains why police and justice powers are at the centre of the dispute.
Charlotte Higgins describes artist Chris Ofili's latest work, included in a major retrospective at London's Tate Britain.
Iraq correspondent Martin Chulov tells how he was caught up in yesterday's suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad.
Head teacher Ian Fenn tells the Guardian's Martin Wainwright how he's fighting extremist ideology in his Manchester school, as part of a government initiative to stop hate groups recruiting young people.
And editor Alan Rusbridger discusses the internet's effects on journalism.
