01-Aug-2012 09:01

Funding for Lending bank scheme launched - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19068444

House prices suffer biggest drop since 2009 - Nationwide - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/uk-house-prices-idUKBRE87008Z20120801

US author Gore Vidal dies aged 86 - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19074230

Rebels in Syria's Largest City Said to Seize 2 Police Stations - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/world/middleeast/rebels-in-syrias-aleppo-claim-to-seize-important-police-stations.html

Olympics badminton: Four pairs charged with not trying - BBC Sport :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677

SNP claim Con-Dem government are creating £50k Treasury role to spread anti ... - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-claim-new-scottish-treasury-1187521

London 2012 Olympics: Sir Steve Redgrave on why Michael Phelps's feats may ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/swimming/9442796/London-2012-Olympics-Sir-Steve-Redgrave-on-why-Michael-Phelpss-feats-may-have-been-even-greater-over-six-Games.html

Whitehall is still hiring Civil Servants despite austerity - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9441899/Whitehall-is-still-hiring-Civil-Servants-despite-austerity.html

Qatada stays in custody as High Court rejects judicial review - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/qatada-stays-in-custody-as-high-court-rejects-judicial-review-7995002.html