As John Darwin, 57, is questioned by police over suspected fraud surrounding his disappearance in 2002, Matthew Taylor says his wife Anne has admitted that a photograph of her with her husband taken last year in Panama was genuine.
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David Hencke explains how Labour officials and lawyers helped construct a loophole that allowed businessman David Abrahams to donate to the party while concealing his identity.
As support for the Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee soars, Suzanne Goldenberg assesses whether his sudden surge in popularity can carry him to the White House.
Science correspondent Ian Sample reports from Florida, from where the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off later today carrying the European space laboratory Columbus.
Campaigner Chris Woodford of Save Stonehenge welcomes the government's decision today to scrap plans to build a 2.1km tunnel under the World Heritage Site because of spiraling costs.
Last night Dinaw Mengestu won the Guardian First Book Award for his novel Children of the Revolution. He reads an excerpt from his book and speaks to literary editor Claire Armitstead.
Xan Brooks reviews this week's cinema: The Golden Compass and Southland Tales.
Ros Taylor runs through today's papers.
