Industrial editor Tim Webb explains why postal workers are on strike today, and why the Communication Workers Union claims the government has been working with Royal Mail to prevent a deal.
Another dispute is taking place in Leeds, where rubbish collection workers are on strike over pay.
Nelson Mandela has threatened legal action against the president of Congo-Brazzaville, who falsely claimed the anti-apartheid hero had endorsed - and written a foreword to - his new book. David Smith reports from Johannesburg.
MPs have debated last week's efforts by the oil company Trafigura to prevent the Guardian reporting on proceedings in parliament. Allegra Stratton gives the view from Westminster on super-injunctions.
And comedian Jack Dee talks to G2's Hannah Pool about depression, alcoholism, and what it's like to die on stage.
