28-Dec-2013 12:31

Tiny rural newsagent takes on Royal Mail - by offering its OWN hand-delivered ... - Yahoo News UK :: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/tiny-rural-newsagent-takes-on-the-royal-mail---by-offering-it-s-own-hand-delivered-next-day-postal-service-for-just-30p-114343030.html

Insurers may be at the centre of the next big crisis - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da020b3e-69c2-11e3-89ce-00144feabdc0.html

Kleptomaniac cats in Christmas stocking stash hunt - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25154820

Still Open All Hours is Boxing Day hit, attracting largest audience to BBC - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/27/still-open-all-hours-largest-audience-boxing-day

Lee Rigby murder sparks hate crimes against Muslims - expressandstar.com :: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/12/27/lee-rigby-murder-sparks-hate-crimes-against-muslims/

Judge rules NSA phone surveillance is legal, dismisses ACLU suit - CNET :: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57616313-83/judge-rules-nsa-phone-surveillance-is-legal-dismisses-aclu-suit/

Sailing the oceans on a container ship - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e62c3c8-666d-11e3-aa10-00144feabdc0.html

Greenpeace activists leave Russia after Putin's amnesty - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/27/us-russia-greenpeace-idUSBRE9BO05820131227

Rebuilding the World Trade Center: a progress report - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/101c8934-6805-11e3-a905-00144feabdc0.html

NatWest hit by cyber-attack leaving customers unable to access online accounts - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/natwest-online-banking-failure-cyber-attack-2965486

Britain: Reclaiming the hero it maligned - Boston Globe :: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2013/12/28/britain-reclaims-hero-maligned/muBLxsmWtu2MztcnkyweAM/story.html

Four new species found off Scottish coast - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/28/four-new-species-scottish-coast-atlantic

Nine arrested for drink-driving - Channel News Asia :: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nine-arrested-for-drink/936110.html

What we liked in 2013: TV box sets - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/28/what-we-liked-2013-tv-box-sets

Christmas storms: power company to boost compensation - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/28/christmas-storms-power-company-boost-compensation-weather

Smacking children should be illegal, says Children's tsar Maggie Atkinson - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/smacking-children-should-be-illegal-says-childrens-tsar-maggie-atkinson-9027588.html

Islamist students clash with police at Cairo's Al-Azhar University - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/28/uk-egypt-brotherhood-idUKBRE9BR03E20131228

Ashes 2013-14: Piers Morgan faces six balls from fired-up Brett Lee in MCG nets ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/10538906/Ashes-2013-14-Piers-Morgan-faces-six-balls-from-fired-up-Brett-Lee-in-MCG-nets-and-gets-dumped-on-his-backside.html

Power company boosts storm payouts - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/power-company-boosts-storm-payouts-29871681.html

Speckled Rolex: Police issue drug warning after Belfast death - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/28/speckled-rolex-police-issue-drug-warning-after-belfast-death-4243591/

NSA mass phone surveillance is 'lawful', US federal judge rules - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nsa-mass-phone-surveillance-is-lawful-us-federal-judge-rules-9028147.html

Ice foils rescue of Russian ship stranded in Antarctica - Irish Times :: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/ice-foils-rescue-of-russian-ship-stranded-in-antarctica-1.1639709

Woman abducted and gang raped after earlier being raped by different group of ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/india-christmas-eve-rape-woman-2965433

Facebook is 'dead and buried' for young people - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3959287.ece

Children's commissioner calls for total smacking ban - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/28/childrens-commissioner-ban-parents-smacking

Iraq troops arrest Sunni MP, kill five people: police - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/28/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE9BR03120131228

China Eases One-Child Policy - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty :: http://www.rferl.org/content/china-one-child-policy-eased/25214918.html

UK still spending beyond its means, economist warns - Daily Star :: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/357761/UK-still-spending-beyond-its-means-economist-warns

Welcome to Egerton Crescent, Britain's most expensive street - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/dec/28/egerton-terrace-britains-most-expensive-street

At least 26 dead in India train fire - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/india-train-fire/

Proud Malky Mackay leaves through the front door - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/proud-malky-mackay-leaves-through-the-front-door-29871333.html