BBC Ones Panorama investigates claims that unsuitable and dangerous convicts are being sent to open prisons to help solve the overcrowding crisis.
David Cameron is now more likely than Gordon Brown to be regarded as both competent and decisive and he is far more likely to be considered an asset for his party a poll suggests.
Facebook users are often unknowingly revealing their profile data and that of their friends by agreeing to download seemingly innocuous Facebook applications according to a BBC investigation.
Paul Mason has been appointed BBC Newsnights Economics Editor on a 12 month attachment.
Newsround presenter and reporter Lizo Mzimba has been appointed Entertainment Correspondent for BBC News.
BBC News will present comprehensive coverage of the May 2008 elections as councillors all over England and Wales battle it out in the local council elections and Londoners decide who will be their next Mayor.
BBC Ones Panorama reveals that there are 10 times more deaths across the UK from the superbug clostridium difficile among over 65yearolds than in any other country in the world.