Sir Menzies Campbell faces the Commons during prime minister's questions at midday, urgently needing to put in a better performance than last time to boost his Lib Dem leadership hopes. You can follow the proceedings as they happen on Guardian Unlimited Politics, listen to an MP3 of the whole of PMQs and read political editor Michael White's verdict this afternoon in our weekly Backbencher email.
Two Thai fishermen who pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of British student Katherine Horton in the Thai resort of Koh Samui were sentenced to death today. Our reporter John Aglionby was in the court and is preparing an audio dispatch describing the scenes that greeted the announcement.
Nasa plans to make another attempt later today to launch an unmanned spacecraft destined for a nine-year, 3bn-mile voyage to Pluto, the solar system's last unexplored planet, after blast-off was delayed by high winds yesterday.
Glenys Kinnock MEP has written about the sexual violence against women and children in Darfur, and here on News blog Palestinian blogger and journalist Laila el-Haddad will be offering the second instalment of her diary in the run-up to next week's elections.
Over on Culture Vulture Charlotte Higgins will be pondering the perils of front-row theatre seats (the risk of getting spat at is high), and on Guardian Unlimited Film Kate Stables finds the pick of January's short films on the web.
