With the Pope's health deteriorating – he suffered heart failure last night – our eyes will be on Rome today. The Vatican has confirmed that he has been given the last rites so it seems that the Pope's struggle for life may soon be over. To find out more about a remarkable life have a look at our special report.
We will also be reporting on the latest attempts by the parties as they try and win your votes ahead of next month's expected general election. Labour's Gordon Brown is promising to create a million new homeowners if returned to government, while the Tories (bruised after being accused of "misleading" people about crime by senior police chief yesterday) will be announcing further plans to cut red tape.
Elsewhere on the site, our prisons correspondent Eric Allison is looking back at the Strangeways riot of fifteen years ago and asking if it could happen again. SocietyGuardian will be debating the merits of the controversial rise in caesarean births. And Jane Perrone will be celebrating Gmail's first birthday on the Newsblog.
