Election overdrive today. Tony Blair and fellow Labour big guns have just launched the party's "quintessentially New Labour" manifesto. Earlier today, the Tories rubbished Labour's spending plans. Our full coverage is here and we'll be comparing the parties' policies.
New laws come into effect today in the Yorkshire Dales, restricting the ownership of almost all new housing and barn conversions to local people. Coming up shortly, Martin Wainwright will be gauging reaction among residents.
We'll have extraordinary pictures of a volcano eruption in Sumatra, and we're reporting on the march to Downing Street by families of Rover employees and Donald Rumsfeld's visit to Afghanistan.
There's minute-by-minute commentary on the Champions League quarter finals tonight on Guardian Unlimited Football.
Election Blog has the results of our doctor-a-Tory-photo competition, and on Newsblog we'll be announcing the winner of our competition to suggest how George Bush might fill his iPod.
