The red-coat brigade are expected to come out in force today in a final show of defiance ahead of the hunt ban, which comes into force at midnight. Sandra Laville will be filing an audio report from one of today's meets and Simon Jeffery will be reporting on the day's events.
Probably of interest to a greater proportion of the population is the fact that from today, new EU regulations mean air passengers will be entitled to better compensation when their flights are overbooked or cancelled. The new rules are pretty complex; Sandra Haurant will be attempting to make sense of them on Guardian Unlimited Money. The budget airlines are unsurprisingly incensed and are warning darkly of price rises.
Sarah Left is getting to the bottom of a story in today's Times, which claimed Sellafield has "lost" 30kg of plutonium; the truth seems to be somewhat different. And we're intrigued by a report that classes on satanism, black magic and exorcism are being held at the Vatican amid alarm at the rise of satanic practices in Italy.
