31-Dec-2013 02:32

Your pictures of Scotland: 20 - 27 December - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25526106

New Year's Eve 2013/14: five things to do in London - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/10539569/New-Years-Eve-201314-five-things-to-do-in-London.html

The west's policy on Syria has worked to Assad's advantage - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a369a50a-680a-11e3-a905-00144feabdc0.html

Miliband in living standards pledge - expressandstar.com :: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2013/12/30/miliband-in-living-standards-pledge/

Antiques Roadshow portrait revealed to be by Anthony Van Dyck - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25535536

The awkward truth about funding the NHS - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/nhs/10542622/The-awkward-truth-about-funding-the-NHS.html

Body found in the search for missing teenager Adam Pickup - Manchester Evening News :: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/adam-pickup-body-found-search-6455610

Jimi Mistry marries Strictly Come Dancing star Flavia Cacace - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/strictly-come-dancing/10543443/Jimi-Mistry-marries-Strictly-Come-Dancing-star-Flavia-Cacace.html

Shrewsbury's flood barriers taken down - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-25534878

Just how bad was this year's Christmas Doctor Who? - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100252004/just-how-bad-was-this-years-christmas-doctor-who/

Fish and oil industries told to stay away after new species found - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/fish-and-oil-industries-told-to-stay-away-after-new-species-found.23048388

Nobel prize should only be for 'best of the best' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25468115

Apple, Google and Facebook are latter-day Scrooges - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/558894bc-68b0-11e3-bb3e-00144feabdc0.html

Exclusive: Private talks between Tony Blair and George Bush on Iraq war to be ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-private-talks-between-tony-blair-and-george-bush-on-iraq-war-to-be-published-9029531.html

Families still without power after storms and flooding bring down electricity ... - Kent Online :: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/thousands-without-power-in-kent-10616/

Did Brendan Rodgers have a point about referee Lee Mason? - Yahoo Eurosport UK (blog) :: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/pitchside-europe/did-brendan-rodgers-point-mason-211010176.html

Migration: politics of fear - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/30/migration-politics-fear-syria-refugees

Man charged over fire on ferry - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/man-charged-over-fire-on-ferry-29875767.html

Court OKs France's 75% tax - Investor's Business Daily :: http://news.investors.com/123013-684578-court-oks-frances-75-tax.htm

Fall of Geneva Accords will burst political-economic bubbles in Iran - Iranian :: http://iranian.com/posts/view/post/26089/jumpto/idcomment-41963

Man charged over UK ferry blaze - RTE.ie :: http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1230/495302-uk-ferry-blaze/

Pro-fat an unhealthy status quo - Boston Globe :: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/12/30/fat-acceptance-hazardous-health/1ojfoW46R2elWpHLarA19M/story.html

Prince William to study agriculture at Cambridge - USA TODAY :: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/12/30/prince-william-to-study-agriculture-at-cambridge/4255595/

BBC hacker plotted to auction network control - Nextgov :: http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/threatwatch/2013/12/breach/662/?oref%3DTW_hp_module

Missing teenager Adam Pickup's body found, say Manchester police - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/30/adam-pickup-manchester-missing-body-found-police-say

Queen guitarist Brian May has cancer tests - Ninemsn :: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/12/31/10/55/queen-guitarist-brian-may-has-cancer-tests

Michael Schumacher doctors fighting 'hour by hour' to save former F1 driver - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec/30/michael-schumacher-doctors-skiing-accident-head-injury

Clegg to make pro-EU pitch to electorate - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/91b9cfa0-717a-11e3-8f92-00144feabdc0.html

LinkedIn, Pinterest more popular than Twitter: study - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/30/us-twitter-study-idINBRE9BT0QO20131230

Queen reduced duties by a fifth in 2013 - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2531456/Queen-cuts-workload-just-little-Monarch-reduced-duties-fifth-2013.html

UN chief appalled by terrorist bombings - Xinhua :: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/31/c_125935681.htm