The home secretary, Charles Clarke, has signalled that he is prepared to water down controversial plans to allow terror suspects to be held without charge for three months.
We'll be blogging from Blackpool, where Charles Kennedy today wraps up his party's conference. Simon Hoggart discusses Kennedy's leadership problems in an audio report.
The proportion of state school students going to university has dipped and drop-out rates have risen, according to statistics published today. Check out the full performance indicator tables on our Education site.
In other news, Equitable Life has abandoned its multimillion-pound high court claim against its former auditor, Ernst & Young. There are reports of further friction between British forces and Iraqi officials in Basra.
Randeep Ramesh writes in our world dispatch section today about relations between India, Iran and the US.
Our sister blog, Culture Vulture, is blogging from the Mobo awards which is being held tonight. And here on News blog we'll have some shocking findings on toilet etiquette.
