News in Picture

And they're off!

As the starting gun is fired on the 2010 general election race we take a close look at the runners and riders.

Who is fancied to go the distance, who to fall at the first hurdle? Has anyone nosed out in front on this first official day of campaigning?

Michael Crick has been in Rochester and Gillingham in Kent where Gordon Brown was meeting voters, and David Grossman has been following David Cameron from London to Leeds where the Conservative leader will end his day with a rally.

Jeremy Paxman will be joined in the studio by senior politicians from the three main parties and the Newsnight political panel - Danny Finkelstein, Peter Hyman and Olly Grender.

Emily Maitlis will be giving us an exclusive first look at her election night graphics - explaining where the key battlegrounds are, and what each of the parties would need to achieve in order to win.

And there will be a rundown of all of the exciting events and features Newsnight has in store for you throughout this campaign - surely worth a look at 10.30pm on BBC Two.