With so much activity here in Edinburgh, it's hard to believe there's still two days to go before the G8 summit begins at Gleneagles. Lothian and Borders police say they are treating today's today's anti-capitalist protest in Edinburgh in exactly the same way as Saturday's Make Poverty History march. (Although the anarchists were less than cooperative with police when planning the event, named the Carnival for full Enjoyment.) Simon Jeffery will be blogging proceedings. Police are "expecting lots of horns" - we'll record some audio.
Matthew Tempest was up before dawn today - and day breaks early here in Edinburgh, once described as "the Reykjavik of the South". He's travelled with several hundred demonstrators the 60-mile journey from Edinburgh to blockade Scotland's biggest military base, the Faslane nuclear submarine facility on the Clyde.
We'll also be visiting ActionAid's Get on Board Bus, which has arrived in Edinburgh after travelling from Johannesburg. It has accumulated thousands of messages for G8 leaders (we'll have a selection on the site) and tomorrow heads down to Auchterarder ahead of the Gleneagles summit.
Polly Curtis from EducationGuardian is joining our team in Edinburgh. She's attending a ceilidh tonight with children from the J8 conference, where schoolchildren are debating the issues being grappled with at Gleneagles. The pupils aim to produce a communique at the end that will be presented to the G8 leaders tomorrow.
Dominic Nutt from Christian Aid will write for us today on corruption in Africa.
And one of our guest bloggers today will be the co-founder of Live Aid, former Ultravox star ... ladies and gentlemen, Midge Ure.
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