Today's Guardian/ICM poll gives the Conservatives a 12-point lead over Labour. Chief leader writer Julian Glover says voters are losing confidence in Gordon Brown.
Science correspondent Ian Sample explains the implications for dental care of the discovery by US researchers of the gene that governs the production of tooth enamel.
As recession-hit motor manufacturer LDV struggles to survive, economics editor Larry Elliott takes the pulse of its mythical customer, white van man.
The French Foreign Legion faces allegations of the brutal mistreatment of its young recruits. Our Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis says the claims have tarnished its reputation as a modern fighting force.
India plans to put two people into space in 2015. But as Randeep Ramesh reports from Delhi, the £2bn cost of the project in a country where millions live in poverty has provoked a storm of controversy.
