John Redwood MP, chair of the Conservatives' economic competitiveness policy group, defends David Cameron's decision to scrap the Tories' adherence to Labour's spending plans.
Surgeons have successfully carried out the world's first airway transplant on a young woman using an organ partly grown from her own stem cells. Health editor Sarah Boseley explains the significance of the operation.
Xan Rice describes the dangers facing shipping off the Somalian coast, where pirates rule the waves.
Commentator Martin Kettle looks at the pros and cons of Barack Obama appointing Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state.
Argentina take on Scotland tonight in a friendly, Diego Maradona's first match as national football team coach. Chief sports writer Richard Williams reports from Glasgow on the warm reception Maradona has received from the Scots.