Economics editor Larry Elliott explains why oil prices have fallen to below $50 a barrel.
As retailers feel the chill winds of recession, Martin Wainwright gauges the mood among shoppers in Sheffield city centre.
Farhad Hakimzadeh, a 60-year-old Iranian academic, is being sentenced today at Wood Green magistrates court in north London after admitting damaging priceless and rare books at the British and Bodleian libraries. The British Library's head of collections, Dr Kristian Jensen, assesses the damage to the books.
Immigration minister Phil Woolas talks tough on immigration. But what's the reality behind the rhetoric? Our home affairs editor Alan Travis explains.
Diplomatic editor Julian Borger looks at a report from the US National Intelligence Council on the long-term foreign policy challenges facing the new American president.
