As swine flu sweeps the globe, the Mexican government urges its people to remain indoors for five days from today, reports Rory Carroll from Mexico City.
MPs have voted to reform their system of expenses. Senior political correspondent Andrew Sparrow explains where the vote leaves the authority of the prime minister, Gordon Brown.
As a major review of the primary school curriculum recommends putting computer skills at the centre of learning, Mick Brookes, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, gives his reaction.
The future of the Trident nuclear deterrent has been thrown into doubt after the Conservative leader, David Cameron, said an incoming Tory government would review defence spending commitments. Security editor Richard Norton-Taylor considers what would happen if Trident was scrapped.
Home affairs editor Alan Travis looks at new figures from the department of justice that show a sharp rise in police use of stop-and-search powers - with black people being targeted disproportionately.
Sir Michael Caine talks to Xan Brooks about his latest film Is Anybody There?, in which he plays a magician with Alzheimer's.
