Snowmail: more economic gloom

Last Modified: 08 Jul 2008
By: Jon Snow

In tonight's show...

Oh dear, more economic gloom, the British chambers of commerce reckons we're headed down and down. This comes as Bradford & Bingley's share price plunges lower and lower.

The City has little sympathy for B&B. Many think they have brought it upon themselves. But how does the building society dig itself out of this hole? How bad is the situation at Bradford & Bingley? And what will make it worse?

G8: Zimbabwe and prices in focus

So to the G8 summit meeting in Hokkaido, Zimbabwe's at the top of the agenda. Food prices, oil prices and other multifarious prices are discussed too. It looks as if they will be wiser about what they are seen eating tonight.

Hope fades in Zimbabwe

So to Zimbabwe and we have a remarkable film, which illustrates the loss of hope between one election and another and the extraordinary collapse of the economy there.

Pressure rises in Beijing

Lindsey Hilsum is in China looking at the ferocious pressure on Chinese athletes to win medals at Beijing.

And when it comes to athletics you can't beat the appalling air quality in Beijing, which the authorities in Beijing have to clear within 30 days.

Tory awards Victoria crosses to museum

Finally from Nicholas Glass, the unexpected side to the curious man who used to be Belize's US ambassador but is better known to us as a Tory funder, John Ashcroft.

He collects Victoria Crosses. What Freud would have said we don't know. He's donating his collection to the Imperial War Museum.