With 14 days to polling day, the election continues to dominate our domestic news agenda, leavened by the fantastic exchange between a reporter and John Prescott yesterday ("get on the bus, you amateur"), which graces the front of the Guardian newspaper today. As if that isn't enough, our Election blog, is putting up the full transcript of another bruising encounter - Blair going head to head with Jeremy Paxman last night.
This morning the Tories have pledged to spend £1bn cutting stamp duty, while Labour promised a 15% cut in crime, on the back of today's new crime statistics (which we'll also have a separate story about).
Over at EducationGuardian.co.uk , the parties' education spokesmen will be online to debate student issues with each other and you. Post a question now or join the discussion live at 3pm.
On the world news scene, we'll be keeping a weather eye on the Michael Jackson trial, and reporting on the claims of human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide that the Burmese army was using chemical weapons agaibst rebel fighters from the Karen ethnic minority.
Here on Newsblog, Simon Jeffery will gauge partisan reaction to the new Pope in the US, and explain why Bridgnorth in Shropshire played an important role in Adolf Hitler's plans to invade Britain.
