After examining Northern Rock's books for the Guardian, Ian Griffiths assesses the £53bn hole in the bank's assets. He says he's not as confident as Alistair Darling is that the £23bn of taxpayers' money lent by the Bank of England can be recovered.
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John Howard is seeking a fifth term as Australian prime minister. But as our Sydney correspondent Barbara McMahon tells me, his challenger Kevin Rudd is optimistic about tomorrow's election. Climate change is a big issue in the election, as Julian Glover reports on what's at stake.
Jonathan Watts reports from Dakar on Bangladesh's efforts to recover from last week's cyclone, in which 3,100 died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless and hungry and traumatised.
It's one year since the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died from radiation poisoning in London. Luke Harding in Moscow says that Andrei Lugovoi, the man accused of killing Litvinenko, is now standing for the Russian parliament.
What special qualities will Steve McClaren's replacement need? Dr George Sik is a sports psychologist who advises companies on recruitment. He looks at the ideal psychological profile of an England football manager.
Peter Kingston meets the Birmingham scientists using a classical concert to explain their work on biomolecular spectroscopy.
My papers review looks at the fall of a would-be panto star.
