04-Dec-2013 09:04

Banks lead fresh charge against government threat to profits - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4777d04-5b2f-11e3-848e-00144feabdc0.html

Bravo Tom Daley, but I'm afraid 'coming out' stories are here to stay - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100248661/bravo-tom-daley-but-im-afraid-coming-out-stories-are-here-to-stay/

Microplastics 'pose toxic threat to marine biodiversity' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25186871

Osborne must shift voters' focus back to the deficit - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62edccfc-592f-11e3-a7cb-00144feabdc0.html

Fantasising about someone is keeping me from meeting anyone else - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/01/fantasising-keeping-me-from-meeting-anyone

The December checklist - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/01/what-to-do-in-the-garden-in-december

Boris Johnson fails IQ test days after mocking those with low IQs - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayor-election/mayor-of-london/10490792/Boris-Johnson-fails-IQ-test-days-after-mocking-those-with-low-IQs.html

Letta needs to start governing - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09dd16ec-5b62-11e3-848e-00144feabdc0.html

SpaceX launches SES commercial TV satellite for Asia - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25210742

Good Housekeeping, Neanderthal style - Science a Gogo :: http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20131103220616.shtml

Hunger in Britain is becoming 'public health emergency' as number of people ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2517898/Hunger-Britain-public-health-emergency-number-people-turning-food-banks-feed-families-soars.html

Downton Abbey goes to Buckingham Palace while BBC viewers are served ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/downton-abbey/10492893/Downton-Abbey-goes-to-Buckingham-Palace-while-BBC-viewers-are-served-festive-repeats.html

Twitter and Facebook users given court warnings on high profile trials - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10493098/Twitter-and-Facebook-users-given-court-warnings-on-high-profile-trials.html

Huawei wireless deal with South Korea prompts US concerns - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25210890

Lee Rigby trial: police woman thought she was going to die as man ran at her ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10491566/Lee-Rigby-trial-police-woman-thought-she-was-going-to-die-as-man-ran-at-her-with-meat-cleaver-court-hears.html

British insurers commit £25bn to UK infrastructure - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/insurance/10492884/British-insurers-commit-25bn-to-UK-infrastructure.html

Middle-classes threatened by tax squeeze - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/10490535/Autumn-Statement-2013-Middle-classes-threatened-by-tax-squeeze.html

The heat is on as FIFA announces 'complicated' draw procedure - Firstpost :: http://www.firstpost.com/sports/the-heat-is-on-as-fifa-announces-complicated-draw-procedure-1265755.html

Dear Jilly Cooper: Life after Leo won't be easy, but you will carry on - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10491537/Dear-Jilly-Cooper-Life-after-Leo-wont-be-easy-but-you-will-carry-on.html

Kate Middleton wears priceless diamond tiara at glittering Buckingham Palace ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kate-middleton-pictured-diamond-tiara-2880949

HTC appeals British sales ban - Hindu Business Line :: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/htc-appeals-british-sales-ban/article5421056.ece

China daily criticises Cameron, says Britain not 'big power' anymore - Daily News & Analysis :: http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-china-daily-criticises-cameron-says-britain-not-big-power-anymore-1929375

Author Manil Suri wins Britain's 'Bad Sex in Fiction' award - IBNLive :: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/author-manil-suri-wins-britains-bad-sex-in-fiction-award/437611-40-103.html

UK Government will sign an agreement with Hitachi and Horizon to support the ... - WalesOnline :: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/uk-government-sign-agreement-hitachi-6367690

Bottom of the class: UK literacy and numeracy standards slip down international ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/going-backwards-uk-literacy-and-numeracy-standards-slip-down-international-rankings-8979588.html

Irish police colluded in IRA killing of Northern Irish officers - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/irish-police-colluded-in-ira-killing-of-ruc-officers-8981231.html

Britain isn't so bad after all - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harrymount/100072144/britain-isnt-so-bad-after-all/

RBS And Natwest Glitch: Branches To Open Early - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1177417

Cameron tackles 'hate preachers' - Independent Online :: http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/cameron-tackles-hate-preachers-1.1616427

Divers find man alive in sunken tugboat - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/03/divers-rescue-man-alive-tugboat-nigerian-coast/3859715/

2 Skydivers Dead After Colliding During Ariz. Jump - ABC News :: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/skydivers-killed-colliding-arizona-21089359