With Labour and the Tories neck-and-neck in many of the key marginals according to the latest Guardian/ICM poll, Tony Blair and Michael Howard are trying to get their vote out in Gloucester and Tamworth. Neither will be pleased with the intrusion of Iraq into the campaign, following the death of Guardsman Anthony Wakefield yesterday. Charles Kennedy, meanwhile, has unveiled the Liberal Democrats' secret weapon: Claire Rayner.
We'll also be rounding up the newspapers' leader lines and looking at the big names fighting to keep their seats.
Also today: the Iraqi government is sworn in amid fresh violence; Iran strikes a defiant note at UN talks on nuclear proliferation; and the prosecution concludes its evidence in the Michael Jackson case.
Here on the Newsblog, Simon Jeffery explores the role of pandas in the thaw in relations between Taiwan and China; and Jane Perrone finds out why Bill Gates doesn't blog.
And at 7.45pm, join Barry Glendenning on Guardian Unlimited Football for minute-by-minute reporting on the second leg of the Liverpool-Chelsea Champions League semi-final clash.
