18-Aug-2013 07:09

Is there any such thing as 'road tax'? - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23694438

the wisdom of crowdfunders - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7679a7f6-0546-11e3-9ffd-00144feab7de.html

Carolina Herrera - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a55ffe5e-00e0-11e3-8918-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Flife-arts%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

Young people 'being failed' by national job schemes - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/young-people-being-failed-by-national-job-schemes-8772064.html

Andrew Marr returns with rallying call to Scotland's voters - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article3844877.ece

TV review: Big School - Please Sir, is it the Seventies all over again? - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/tv-review-big-school--please-sir-is-it-the-seventies-all-over-again-8772429.html

Efforts grow to use National Fund - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/efforts-grow-to-use-national-fund-29506664.html

Mortgage affordability peaks but experts warn rate rises loom - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/mortgages/10247265/Mortgage-affordability-peaks-but-experts-warn-rate-rises-loom.html

Shocking video of Sikh pensioner being punched and spat on by teenage girl - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/video-sikh-pensioner-punched-spat-2176686

Mexico captures leader of cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel-reports - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/17/us-mexico-drugs-idUSBRE97G0BC20130817

Experience the band's life on the road in 'One Direction: This is Us' - GMA News :: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/322547/cbb/experience-the-band-s-life-on-the-road-in-one-direction-this-is-us

Nic's back with band: Star snapped wearing ring - The Sun :: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/5078755/Nics-back-with-band-Star-snapped-wearing-ring.html

Judge approves man's sterilisation in legal first - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23721893

Activists set up fracking protest campsite in Balcombe - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23737365

Google servers go down for 5 minutes, web traffic falls 40 percent - Firstpost :: http://www.firstpost.com/tech/google-servers-go-down-for-5-minutes-web-traffic-falls-40-percent-1040313.html

40 pythons found in Canadian motel room - Stuff.co.nz :: http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/9057282/40-pythons-found-in-Canadian-motel-room

Ubuntu crowdfunding secures $10m+ pledges for Edge phone - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/16/smartphone-fundraising-ubuntu-10m-dollars

Disappointing: Ed Miliband made inspiring pledges when he was made leader ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2396382/Lord-Glasman-Ed-Miliband-REAL-Labour-leader.html

CCTV captures teenager attacking old Sikh man in Britain - Firstpost :: http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/cctv-captures-teenager-attacking-old-sikh-man-in-britain-1041587.html

Philippines ferry Thomas Aquinas sinks, many missing - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23729996

Downtown explodes as Bolt, Weir dominate 200m - Jamaica Gleaner :: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130818/lead/lead2.html

Diana death: New information assessed by Scotland Yard - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23741483

A brother in trouble - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/18/a-brother-in-trouble

The future of ice cream - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/18/ice-cream-future-of

Egypt Islamists vow new demonstrations after police end mosque stand-off - Times of India :: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Egypt-Islamists-vow-new-demonstrations-after-police-end-mosque-stand-off/articleshow/21891096.cms

Princess Diana's death: New claim involves British military unit - Zee News :: http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/princess-diana-s-death-claim-ends-british-soldier-s-marriage_869785.html

Franz Ferdinand: 'We'd become the opposite of what we wanted to be' - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2013/aug/18/franz-ferdinand-interview

Farah overcomes stitch in 'sweetest' victory - China Daily :: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2013-08/18/content_16902024.htm

Moyes delighted with clinical Man United - Zee News :: http://zeenews.india.com/sports/football/moyes-delighted-with-clinical-man-united_767203.html

Gibraltar dispute: Spanish fishermen to protest - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23744559

Arsenal fans make feelings clear after defeat to Villa - Irish Times :: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/arsenal-fans-make-feelings-clear-after-defeat-to-villa-1.1497721