Westminster correspondent David Hencke assesses Gordon Brown's political prospects as he announces a new screening programme for the NHS.

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Environment editor John Vidal outlines the government's guarantees to the energy firms it wants to build a new generation of nuclear power stations.

Michael Tomasky, editor of Guardian America, assesses Hillary Clinton's chances of clawing back support from the resurgent Barack Obama in New Hampshire.

Opposition protests are unlikely to unseat Georgia's re-elected president, Mikhail Saahashvili, reports Tom Parfitt from Moscow.

Bill Gates wheeled out a dazzling array of famous names in his last address to the Consumer Electronics Show. Bobbie Johnson, the Guardian's technology correspondent, reports from Las Vegas.

Chief football writer Kevin McCarra looks at the FA Cup third round, which saw Everton and Birmingham knocked out by smaller clubs.

As fish suppliers look for a replacement to cod, haddock and salmon,Steven Morris reports from Devon, where farmers are breeding carp for the dinner table.

Today's papers reviewer is Haroon Siddique.