07-May-2014 04:59

A futile war on drugs that wastes money and wrecks lives - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f40fe61c-d228-11e3-97a6-00144feabdc0.html

Coronation Street spoilers: Lloyd has a heart attack - MSN UK :: http://tv.uk.msn.com/soaps/coronation-street-spoilers-lloyd-has-a-heart-attack

Getting in a spin: Why washing machines are no longer built to last - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27253103

Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine, gas supply in telephone call-Kremlin - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/04/ukraine-crisis-germany-idUSL6N0NQ0V920140504

Video: Watch Jeremy Clarkson use n-word in unseen Top Gear footage - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/video-watch-jeremy-clarkson-use-3481201

Omagh bombing activist to advise Jean McConville's family over Gerry Adams - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/05/activist-civil-action-omagh-bombing-advise-jean-mcconville-family

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten stands down - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/06/bbc-trust-chairman-lord-patten-stands-down

Fish rain down on Sri Lanka village - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27298939

Symantec Executive Says Antivirus Is Dead - Slate Magazine (blog) :: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/06/symantec_s_vp_for_information_security_brian_dye_says_that_antivirus_is.html

The periodic table set to get a new highly radioactive addition ... say hello to the ... - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/the-periodic-table-set-to-get-a-new-highly-radioactive-addition-say-hello-to-the-superheavy-element-ununseptium-30248960.html

Wipe out rentiers with cheap money - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d442112e-d161-11e3-bdbb-00144feabdc0.html

Ice sheet melt threatens coastal chaos - New Zealand Herald :: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id%3D2%26objectid%3D11250652

Lauren meets the killer suspect - Digital Spy UK :: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a566622/lauren-meets-the-killer-suspect.html

£3.8bn NHS Better Care Fund policy delayed after damning Whitehall review - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/06/nhs-better-care-fund-policy-halted-whitehall-review

Madeleine McCann: police to use ground radar in resort - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4082196.ece

Subtext of the Oscar Pistorius trial: South Africans' fear of crime - Los Angeles Times :: http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-south-africa-pistorius-intruder-20140406-story.html

Economy will continue its slow growth, says OECD - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/economy-will-continue-its-slow-growth-says-oecd-30250230.html

Eight girls kidnapped - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/world-news/eight-girls-kidnapped-30250467.html

Miley Cyrus slams overdose rumours that flooded the web and says antibiotics ... - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/miley-cyrus-slams-overdose-rumours-3506092

US experts join hunt for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27304441

Inquest: No proof of cyber bullying - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/inquest-no-proof-of-cyber-bullying.24148390

Prime Minister is toxic to the No campaign, insist Labour - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/prime-minister-is-toxic-to-the-no-campaign-insist-labour.24158067

Helmer to fight Newark seat for UKIP - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27292214

PRESS DIGEST- British Business - May 7 - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/07/britain-press-business-idINL3N0NT02J20140507

Squeeze on Help to Buy mortgages - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2621851/Squeeze-help-buy-mortgages-Bank-England-ready-act-house-price-bubble.html

Using Weathercasters to Deliver a Climate Change Message - New York Times :: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/us/politics/using-weathercasters-to-deliver-a-climate-change-message.html

Pfizer Bid for AstraZeneca Has No Guarantees for Sweden - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-06/pfizer-bid-for-astrazeneca-has-no-guarantees-for-sweden

Sharapova rallies to advance - Gulf Daily News :: http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid%3D376489

Plasma leaps off sun - Brisbane Times :: http://media.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/selections/plasma-leaps-off-sun-5406450.html

Tesco Challenges Aldi by Taking Page from Amazon Playbook - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-05-06/tesco-challenges-aldi-by-taking-page-from-amazon-playbook

Chinese Giant Alibaba Will Go Public, Listing in US - New York Times :: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/alibaba-files-to-go-public-in-the-u-s/?hpw%26rref%3Dbusiness