Economics editor Larry Elliott looks at the government's child poverty drive. Ministers admit Labour's target for halving child poverty by 2010 will be difficult to meet in the current economic climate.
The prime minister says Gurkha veterans turned down for UK residency will be reconsidered under new rules. Chief leader writer Julian Glover assesses Gordon Brown's handling of the campaign.
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, whose discovery led to the creation of the UK's DNA database, tells the Guardian's James Sturcke he's disappointed in the government's decision to retain the records of innocent people in response to a ruling on privacy by the European court of human rights.
Xan Rice reports from Nairobi, where a Kenyan court judge has found old Etonian Thomas Cholmondeley guilty of shooting dead a black poacher on his parents' ranch.
Declan Walsh reports from the Swat valley, where refugees are fleeing violence between Pakistani government forces and Taliban militants.
And Nicky Wire tells the Guardian's Tim Jonze why the Manic Street Preachers have used lyrics by Richey Edwards – their guitarist who disappeared 14 years ago – on their new album.
