In today's show, the former No 10 adviser Jonathan Powell reveals that Tony Blair offered to meet the IRA army council in person as the government fought to persuade republicans to lay down their arms in the early stages of the Northern Ireland peace process.
Our environment editor, John Vidal, has news of a National Audit Office report which says that Britain's carbon emissions may be greater than the government likes to admit - and may not even be falling.
China correspondent Tania Branigan has the latest on the crackdown on protests in Tibet; and Julian Borger, the Guardian's diplomatic editor, is in Tehran, where he says the results of the parliamentary elections mean that Iran's hardline stance towards the west is likely to continue.
There's news of a revival in Britain's coal mining industry - Rachel Williams reports from a mine in Nottinghamshire where the workers are optimistic about their future.
And we hear from the Wales rugby coach, Warren Gatland, after his side took the Six Nations title, completing the grand slam in the process.
