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Following his series on care for the elderly, Today reporter Jon Manel follows a care assistant working undercover in a home for the elderly.

The Church of England will vote on the conditions under which women could be consecrated as bishops. The Bishop of Fulham, John Broadhurst says the issue is "not sexist, but theological".

We talked to two Nobel laureates,Professor Sir John Sulston and Professor Joseph Stiglitz about the impact of commercial pressures on scientists.

Is a task force targeting gang members the answer to knife crime?

Martin McGuinness and other politicians go to Iraq as part of efforts to use the Northern Ireland peace process as a model for reconciliation between Sunnis and Shias

The International Criminal Court has been hearing its first cast

Most of us probably think of the NHS as the place we go when we are sick but what other services can they provide

The government has decided against a cull of badgers in England to control TB in cattle, BBC News has learned. For decades farmers in this country have been telling the government that badgers spread a form of TB that infects their cattle. Lord Krebs, designer of the trials, and the government's former chief scientist Sir David King debate the issue.

MPs have voted to keep their £24,000 second home allowances, but have decided not to award themselves above-inflation pay rises. Labour MP and former minister Peter Kilfoyle and Liberal Democrat MP Nick Harvey discuss the issue.

High oil prices and the global credit crunch mean that the economic outlook looks increasingly precarious. The American treasury secretary Henry Paulson is meeting Chancellor Alistair Darling in London to talk about the global downturn.

New European rules on pesticides could ban 80% of those used in British farming, supposedly leading to reduced yields. Dr Ian Denholm of Rothamsted Research Institute and Elliott Cannell from Pesticide Action Network debate the issue.

The London Festival of Architecture is holding a competition to see which architect practice can come up with the best jelly. Event organiser Sam Bompas, of the jelly company Bompas and Parr, and one of the judges, Professor Stephen Gage, explains how the event is supposed to explore the relationship between food and architecture.

On the high street, Marks and Spencer has reported a slump in sales - 5% down year on year. From the construction industry, there is even more evidence of a sharp slowdown. Taylor Wimpey, a giant in the industry, had said it was going to raise £500m to shore up its finances but has now announced that it has failed. Marks and Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose looks at the M&S results, while Nick Edwards, of Construction News, and businessman Sir Martin Sorrell respond.

The Chancellor is trying to restore public confidence in the banking system by offering savers greater protection. A major re-design of banking oversight is going ahead. How can British savers be best protected? Angela Knight, the chief executive of the British Bankers' Association, and Gillian Tett, assistant editor of the Financial Times, discuss the issue.

A book made of up of a collection of old eleven-plus tests from the 1940s and 50s is being published. Dr Martin Stephen, high master of St Paul's School in London, and John Bangs, head of education at the National Union of Teachers discuss whether this book proves that exams are easier today.

As the NHS reaches its 60th anniversary, the government is setting out its plans to reform the service, with the publication of a year-long review by health minister Lord Darzi. Health Secretary Alan Johnson explains the changes.

As the price of oil rises, stocks and shares fall. And most observers expect even worse to come.

We hear the latest on the presidential elections from John Simpson who is reporting undercover from Zimbabwe, and a resident of Harare shares her diary of events over recent days.

Has Gordon Brown followed his school motto and tried his utmost in his first year as Prime Minister? Headmaster Dr Anthony Seldon gives his end-of-year report.

Robert Mugabe will be re-elected as president of Zimbabwe today following a second-round presidential election in which only he is standing. We hear the diary of an ordinary Zimbabwean and John Simpson reports from inside the county.

The government is to propose a new law to promote the equal treatment of all groups in society. The law will also try to close the gender pay gap. Prof Bhupinder Sandhu, who chairs the BMA's equal opportunities committee says the quality of the care for the elderly needs to be improved and Harriet Harman, the minister responsible for the law explains how the legislation would work for employers.

The law says that adults must be vetted if they want to work with children. There is a strict legal procedure in place designed to protect children from abuse. But have we gone too far and created a climate of suspicion where, not only is an adult is afraid to give a child a hug, but society is lulled by a false sense of security? Professor Frank Furedi of Kent University has written a report that says we have. He discusses the issue with Esther Rantzen, who set up Childline.

Could the Chagos islanders finally be allowed to go home 40 years after they were forced out of their remote Indian Ocean archipelago? On Monday, the House of Lords will begin hearing a final appeal. About 2,000 of the islanders live in Crawley, West Sussex. Our reporter Oliver Conway met some of them.

A review into last year's flooding is expected to say that Britain is not taking flood prevention seriously enough. Nicola Stanbridge reported extensively from Gloucestershire in the summer of 2007 - and to mark the anniversary she has returned to meet some of those who are still suffering. The author of the report, Sir Michael Pitt, says the public must be given better advice.

School exclusion figures for England are due to be published. Does excluding kids work? Evan Davis speaks to Sarah Shaw, a single mother whose son had been excluded. The former chief inspector of schools Chris Woodhead says final decisions must be made by schools and Mal Davis, a head teacher from Willows High School, a comprehensive in Cardiff, discusses meeting the needs of the individual facing difficulty.

The UN Security Council declaration on Zimbabwe represents a significant move in the diplomatic pressure on Robert Mugabe. Everyone agreed that the violence there makes it impossible to hold free and fair elections at the moment. But what are the diplomatic prospects? The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Lord Ashdown, considers what would work.

Local authorities in England have been told to review the way they use surveillance powers to investigate suspected crime. The head of Local Government Association Sir Simon Milton says councils must use their powers with care

Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the Zimbabwean election, saying that the party could not ask people to cast their vote, when that vote will cost their lives. It had been a dilemma to take part in the run-off Presidential vote, and a dilemma to withdraw, handing power to Robert Mugabe and the generals supporting him. Peter Biles reports from Johannesburg and Lord Malloch Brown discusses what can be done now to ensure fair elections in Zimbabwe.

Why do we get so excited about Wimbledon? Maybe it's because we never win but live in hope. But maybe we will win this year. It starts on Monday.

Law lords ruled that defendants in criminal trials must have a legal right to know the identity of witnesses who are given anonymity to testify against them.