BBC business editor Robert Peston ruminates on the banking system's dependency.

It's 10 years since the release of The Big Lebowski, a film that split cinema audiences down the middle but created a strange cult. Is The Dude a slacker prince for our times?

Details of the bluetongue virus, including where it comes from and how it is transmitted.

Cases of the livestock disease bluetongue are confirmed at a dairy farm in Devon.

Ahmed Rashid in Islamabad says that Pakistan faces a variety of complex problems following the resignation of Pervez Musharraf.

Scientists look at how bluetongue is spread by studying the movements and biting habits of midges that transmit the virus.

Barack Obama and David Cameron are both worried that they'll have no time to think if they get into power. The Magazine offers some tips for them - and the rest of us - to ruminate on.

Humans are using too much nitrogen, and leaving so much of it that the natural world is struggling to cope.

British number one Andy Murray comes through in straight sets against veteran Frenchman Fabrice Santoro on Centre Court.

Rafael Nadal wins in straight sets on Centre Court against qualifier Andreas Beck.

Barak Obama's historic election as Democratic presidential candidate is celebrated across the papers.

They're clunky, dirty and can't access the internet, yet every year thousands of people buy typewriters when they could probably afford a computer. Why?

Is Vienna ready for the imminent invasion of Euro 2008 football fans? A new guidebook for supporters suggests not, says Jonny Dymond.

Plans to make livestock bluetongue vaccinations compulsory if an outbreak in Jersey seems imminent.

The governor of the Bank of England says it's been a nice decade, but is niceness really something to strive for?

Does meat-eating pose a threat to the planet?

Several hundred French farmers block the Mont Blanc tunnel over bluetongue disease compensation.

Scottish ministers announce measures to protect Scotland against bluetongue.

Bluetongue zones have been extended after new cases were found in Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire.

Vaccines to protect Jersey's ruminant animals from bluetongue disease will be bought as soon as possible.