30-Apr-2014 18:27

British Gas suspends applications to free boiler scheme - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27163810

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers: Pressure is on Chelsea - BBC Sport :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27162437

India needs a jolt – and Modi is a risk worth taking - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d4decfe-cebe-11e3-8e62-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Fcomment%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

HS2: Europe minister in threat to quit - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/28/hs2-europe-minister-threat-quit

Ian hopes for a reunion with Jane - Digital Spy UK :: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a565460/ian-hopes-for-a-reunion-with-jane.html

Victorian strangeness: The 3000-mile drunken escapade - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27161833

MP Patrick Mercer resigns Commons seat in wake of lobbying allegations - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/29/patrick-mercer-suspended-house-of-commons

Is this 'UFO video' proof that aliens are flying over London? - Metro :: http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/29/is-this-ufo-video-proof-that-aliens-are-flying-over-london-4712387/

Barclays move to carve out bad bank is bold statement of intent - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c85fb22-d054-11e3-af2b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp%3Dpublished_links%252Frss%252Fcompanies%252Ffeed%252F%252Fproduct

Defend the City's vaults from raids by foreign courts - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd45e55e-cf90-11e3-bec6-00144feabdc0.html

Shocked supermarket workers discover live SCORPION in bananas - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2616703/Shocked-supermarket-workers-discover-live-SCORPION-bananas.html?ITO%3D1490%26ns_mchannel%3Drss%26ns_campaign%3D1490

Forget global warming and melting polar caps - groundwater extraction is ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2616714/Forget-global-warming-groundwater-extraction-causing-megacities-SINK-beneath-sea-level.html?ITO%3D1490%26ns_mchannel%3Drss%26ns_campaign%3D1490

Barclays move to carve out bad bank is bold statement of intent - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c85fb22-d054-11e3-af2b-00144feabdc0.html

Care home abuse: Staff sacked or suspended over poor care - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27217218

The Simpsons prepares to kill off a 'great character' in season 26 - Sydney Morning Herald :: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-simpsons-prepares-to-kill-off-a-great-character-in-season-26-20140430-37ie2.html

EU court dismisses Britain's challenge to financial services tax - Deutsche Welle :: http://www.dw.de/eu-court-dismisses-britains-challenge-to-financial-services-tax/a-17602606

Alex Salmond: Rupert Murdoch is a 'remarkable man' - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/10799027/Alex-Salmond-Rupert-Murdoch-is-a-remarkable-man.html

Robin Hood tax has roots in 17th century - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad56782e-d06d-11e3-af2b-00144feabdc0.html

Five things to know ahead of second leg of Chelsea-Atletico Champions League ... - Vancouver Sun :: http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/soccer/Five%2Bthings%2Bknow%2Bahead%2Bsecond%2BChelsea%2BAtletico%2BChampions/9787385/story.html

GSK hit by poor lung drug sales, CEO dislikes mega-mergers - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/30/uk-gsk-results-idUKKBN0DG11W20140430

Thirty years after the discovery of HIV, the 1980s scaremongering still causes harm - Telegraph.co.uk (blog) :: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/marthagilltech/100013418/thirty-years-after-the-discovery-of-hiv-the-1980s-scaremongering-still-causes-harm/

Boris Johnson says Cameron will act on union strike rules - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27225420

Nigel Farage accused of 'bottling it' for refusing to stand in Newark by-election - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2616537/Farage-says-NOT-stand-election-triggered-Tory-sleaze-MP-despite-saying-Ukip-win-force-Cameron-quit.html

Bob Hoskins dies of pneumonia aged 71 - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27224995

Police stop and search powers to be overhauled - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27224887

Oklahoma's botched lethal injection is a new front in battle over executions - CNN :: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/us/oklahoma-botched-execution/

Antibiotic resistance now 'global threat', WHO warns - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27204988

Ronaldo smashes Europe goal record - Taipei Times :: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2014/05/01/2003589298

Carrie Fisher 'excited about Star Wars return' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27221462

Ukraine's restive east slipping from government's grasp - Reuters Africa :: http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKBN0DG18U20140430

Nigel Farage taunted over decision not to run for Parliament - Irish Times :: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/nigel-farage-taunted-over-decision-not-to-run-for-parliament-1.1778995