It’s polling day in the general election and politics has become a very different state of affairs. In 1951, 97.5 per cent of votes were either Conservative or Labour. This time round, experts predict that more than 25 per cent of the electorate will vote for someone other than a Tory, Labour or Lib Dem candidate – that’s 13 per cent more than in 2010. Yes, it looks like we’re in for another coalition.

Surprising as it may seem, actor Richard O’Sullevan is 71 today - but who’ll be the Man About The House in Downing Street when the counting stops?

It's 42 years today since the Washington Post won the Public Service Pulitzer Prize for the work of its reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in exposing the Watergate scandal. It stands as an ever-lasting reminder about why those in power should always be doubted and challenged by a free press.

It's a day to celebrate music. Today is the birthday of great Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky in 1840 and of German composer Johannes Brahms seven years earlier. Legendary Argentinian Maria eva Peron, who inspired the musical Evita, was also born on this day in 1919.

It is music to our ears that the Teesside Air Show is making a welcome return after 25 years. Here are the details.

And back to the election...with the Conservatives majoring on their management of the economy, maybe Iron Chancellor is a topical tip in the 5.15pm at Newton Abbot - but don't risk too much.