France's very own Nick Leeson has been losing its second biggest bank billions of pounds. A trader at Société Générale has lost the bank £3.7bn through secret dealings, explains the Observer's deputy business editor Richard Wachman.
Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, explains why she opposes the government's plans to extend the period terror suspects can be held without being charged. Labour faces a Commons rebellion over its pre-charge detention legislation.
Health editor Sarah Boseley assesses the effectiveness of paying people to shed the pounds, now being considered by the government as part of its anti-obesity strategy.
David Lammy MP joins Nick Watt on our new Politics Weekly podcast. We hear him discuss the various allegations facing London mayor Ken Livingstone.
Robert Booth reports from Crete following the acquittal of John Hogan, who jumped off a hotel balcony with his son and daughter.
Ed Pilkington visits beauty salons in Columbia, South Carolina, where the race to find the Democratic presidential candidate is fiercely debated.
Today's papers reviewer is Ros Taylor.
