Relatives of those killed in the Omagh atrocity have voiced strong criticisms of the police involved, particularly Sir Ronnie Flanagan who ran the police service in Northern Ireland and is now the UK's Chief Inspector of Constabulary. The Guardian's Esther Addley in Belfast tells us victims' relatives will now pursue a twin track strategy, of civil action and calls for a public inquiry.
Science correspondent Ian Sample says the problem was over-reliance on "low copy number DNA testing" - a controversial technique that is usually used to support other evidence.
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South Asia correspondent Randeep Ramesh tells us that terrorists who killed at least 35 people today were happy to attack a mosque to strike a blow to President Musharraf and his allies.
People in remote areas of Brazil rely on the Angels of the Amazon - medics who risk life and limb to provide the poor with health care. Tom Phillips meets the brave flying doctors.
Martin Wainwright is there as a Bradford schoolteacher wins a raffle and a Damien Hirst original sketch for just £1.
Peter Kingston enjoys the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a world event, said by devotees, to be the best carol concert in the world.
And Ros Taylor has tales from today's papers of Guantanamo, the Treasury as well as a love-struck pigeon.
