Voting has begun in Zimbabwe's general election, with a victory for President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party pretty much a foregone conclusion. We'll keep you updated with the latest news and blog reaction throughout the day.
At home the cabinet meets for the last time before next week's expected election announcement, while on the phoney campaign trail the Liberal Democrats are fleshing out their plan to scrap council tax and Michael Howard is meeting Jamie Oliver.
Respected economists such as Joseph Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs have joined development organisations in criticising the appointment of Paul Wolfowitz as the next president of the World Bank. But Anandi Pandya will be arguing here today that in fact Wolfowitz's record as a champion of democrats in authoritarian countries, a friend of moderate Muslim leaders and a campaigner for open government may equip him well for his new role.
And James Sturcke is compiling Net notes on the 10 actors who will have played Dr Who when Christopher Eccleston is replaced by David Tennant.
