05-Dec-2013 05:24

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

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

Uncle of Kim Jong-un disappears after ousting - Irish Times :: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/uncle-of-kim-jong-un-disappears-after-ousting-1.1615875

Review: New consoles from Microsoft, Sony add features that make them ... - The Province :: http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Review%2Bconsoles%2Bfrom%2BMicrosoft%2BSony%2Bfeatures%2Bthat%2Bmake%2Bthem/9248044/story.html

Female police officer blasted with shotgun while answering routine call - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10495896/Female-police-officer-blasted-with-shotgun-while-answering-routine-call.html

Small onshore wind farms to be scrapped as subsidies cut - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article3939542.ece

Tidal surge 'may cause floods as high as 1953 disaster' - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/weather/article3940138.ece

NSA gathering 5bn cell phone records daily, Snowden documents show - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/nsa-storing-cell-phone-records-daily-snowden

US reaches out to Syria's Islamist rebels - The Daily Star :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-05/239977-us-reaches-out-to-syrias-islamist-rebels.ashx

Murder accused says Rigby was struck in neck - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/crime-courts/murder-accused-says-rigby-was-struck-in-neck.22862991

UK braced for winds and floods - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25226210

Lawson back for court grilling - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/lawson-back-for-court-grilling-29811901.html

Britain needs to face up to its household debts - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6227e27a-5b6f-11e3-848e-00144feabdc0.html

Luis Suarez hits Norwich for four Liverpool - Daily News & Analysis :: http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-luis-suarez-hits-norwich-for-four-liverpool-1929769

Autopsy blames impact and fire for actor Paul Walker's death - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/showbiz/paul-walker-autopsy/

Nigella Lawson admits to using cocaine, marijuana - New York Daily News :: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/nigella-lawson-testifies-assistants-trial-charles-saatchi-threatened-destroy-article-1.1536919

NSA tracks mobile phone locations worldwide: report - Bangkok Post :: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/383336/nsa-tracks-mobile-phone-locations-worldwide-report

United concedes late to lose 1-0 to Everton - Inquirer.net :: http://sports.inquirer.net/133755/united-concedes-late-to-lose-1-0-to-everton

2nd Ashes Test: England strike early on rain-hit day - Times of India :: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/2nd-Ashes-Test-England-strike-early-on-rain-hit-day/articleshow/26882302.cms

Stolen radioactive material found in Mexico - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/04/mexico-truck-radioactive-load/3872111/

Mass hack affects almost 2 million Internet accounts - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/04/internet-hack-web-cybersecurity/3875333/

Labour needs to reclaim ambition and aspiration from Tories, says Umunna - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/dec/03/labour-tories-umunna

How Putin miscalculated in the struggle for Ukraine - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d6e6dbe-592f-11e3-a7cb-00144feabdc0.html

Major changes for government renewable energy subsidies - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25210963

Record ivory seizures point to trafficking rise - New Scientist :: http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/3461e215/sc/24/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn246920Erecord0Eivory0Eseizures0Epoint0Eto0Etrafficking0Erise0Bhtml0Dcmpid0FRSS0QNSNS0Q20A120EGLOBAL0Qonline0Enews/story01.htm

North Korea: Kim Jong Un 'sacks powerful uncle and has his aides executed' - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/northkorean-leader-kim-jong-un-sacks-powerful-uncle-and-has-his-aides-executed-8980437.html

The SNP and its apparatchiks are behaving as if they owned Scotland - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomgallagher/100249019/the-snp-and-its-apparatchiks-are-behaving-as-if-they-owned-scotland/

RBS's Philip Hampton: Europe Rate-Fix Cartel Fine 'Sobering Reminder' of ... - IBTimes.co.uk :: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/527435/20131204/rbs-libor-euribor-fixing-fines-philip-hampton.htm

UK government's infrastructure spending plan unveiled - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25201064

Canada: Mountie fights for right to smoke cannabis in uniform - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25217387

Autumn Statement 2013: more austerity will test the Osborne Orthodoxy - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jameskirkup/100249081/autumn-statement-2013-more-austerity-will-test-the-osborne-orthodoxy/