Rising food prices could spark global unrest and trigger political instability. David Adam has more on that stark warning from a senior United Nations humanitarian official.
House prices take their biggest monthly tumble since the housing crash of the 1990s. Economics editor Ashley Seager tells us how worried we should be.
The most senior US general in Iraq, David Petraeus, briefed Congress yesterday. But all ears were tuned in to what the three main presidential candidates had to say to him, as Suzanne Goldenberg tells us.
Hear the innermost thoughts of a British soldier on his way to Afghanistan, as Corporal Lachlan MacNeill starts a unique digital diary for the Guardian.
A survey of the feelings of more than 150,000 NHS staff makes uncomfortable reading. John Carvel assesses what's good and what's bad as the Healthcare Commission publishes the views of nurses and doctors.
And Martin Wainwright samples the feelings of villagers who are losing their treasured local post office.
