World & UK News for 3 May 2012

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Coalition braced for rough ride May 03 2012

The coalition is braced for a rough ride as counting gets under way in key local elections.Read

Call for rendition 'briefing' probe May 03 2012

Foreign Secretary William Hague is facing calls to investigate whether MI6 officers briefed journalists on the rendition of a Libyan opposition activist in breach of the Official Secrets Act.Read

RBS 'to pay off emergency loans' May 03 2012

Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to take another step on the road to recovery on Friday when it announces plans to fully repay its £163 billion of emergency loans.Read

Low fare airline bmibaby to close May 03 2012

Low fare carrier bmibaby is set to close later this year, threatening the loss of hundreds of jobs and the ending of its flights.Read

Mirror chief Sly Bailey to quit May 03 2012

Sly Bailey, chief executive of Trinity Mirror, has announced she is stepping down and is expected to leave by the end of the year.Read

Miller vows to keep Rangers intact May 03 2012

The US businessman named as the preferred bidder for Rangers Football Club has vowed that his proposal offers a "fresh start" with "no loss of history".Read

MoD welcomes SAS shootings ruling May 03 2012

SAS soldiers at the centre of controversial "shoot-to-kill" allegations over the deaths of two IRA members in Northern Ireland have been found to have acted in a controlled and professional way, the Ministry of Defence said.Read

Supermarket reduces fuel prices May 03 2012

Supermarket chain Asda is to cut its fuel prices by up to 2p a litre.Read

Energy chief jailed for £2m fraud May 03 2012

A crooked head of energy procurement for around 120 local authorities has been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of a £2 million fraud.Read

Border Force missing queue targets May 03 2012

The extent to which the Border Force failed to meet some immigration-queue targets at Heathrow last month has been revealed.Read

Brooks to face Leveson next week May 03 2012

Rebekah Brooks will appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week.Read

Dead baby: Teenager comes forward May 03 2012

A teenager has contacted police to say she is the mother of a baby boy found dead in waste being sorted at a recycling plant.Read

Hackers hit serious crime website May 03 2012

The Serious Organised Crime Agency website has been taken temporarily offline after it was targeted by computer hackers.Read

Judges allow protest tent removal May 03 2012

The High Court has lifted an injunction preventing the removal of the last anti-war protest tent near the Houses of Parliament.Read

Ex-Met officer held over payments May 03 2012

A retired Scotland Yard officer has been arrested by detectives investigating inappropriate payments from journalists.Read

Voting gets under way amid drizzle May 03 2012

Voting is under way in polls to elect councils across England, Scotland and Wales, as well as mayors for London, Liverpool and Salford.Read

Aid worker's family criticises FCO May 03 2012

The sister-in-law of a British aid worker killed in Pakistan has said his relatives would have raised the ransom themselves if they had known it was not going to be paid.Read

Border Force misses non-EU targets May 03 2012

The Border Force failed to meet its targets for getting non-EU passport holders through immigration at all Heathrow Airport terminals last month, according to figures from airport operator BAA.Read

Peers warn against transactions tax May 03 2012

More than 70% of cash raised by a tax on financial transactions proposed by the European Commission (EC) would come from the UK, a House of Lords committee has warned.Read

'Textbook response' to recession May 03 2012

Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King has backed the Government's "textbook response" to the economic crisis despite the UK's slide back into recession.Read

Dead baby: teenager comes forward May 03 2012

A teenager has contacted police to say she is the mother of a baby boy found dead in waste being sorted at a recycling plant.Read

Our hope of finding Madeleine alive May 03 2012

Madeleine McCann's parents have said they have "no doubt" that the Portuguese authorities will eventually re-open their investigation into her disappearance.Read

Voters set for council elections May 03 2012

Voters across Britain are beginning to vote in this year's local government elections.Read

2,000 on 'tax-cutting' contracts May 03 2012

More than 2,000 senior public officials benefit from controversial pay deals that allow them to slash personal tax bills, an official review has revealed.Read

Police seeking dead baby's mother May 03 2012

Detectives investigating the death of a baby whose body was found amongst rubbish at a recycling plant have appealed for help in tracing its "vulnerable" mother.Read

New water quality high for beaches May 03 2012

A record number of beaches around the UK have been given the top award for water quality in the latest Good Beach Guide.Read

Coalition expects mid-term bruising May 03 2012

Voters across Britain are expected to dish out a mid-term bruising to the Westminster coalition parties as they head to the polls.Read

CBI forecasts 'pick up' in recovery May 03 2012

A leading business organisation has moved to lift some of the gloom hanging over the UK economy by forecasting a "pick up" in the recovery over the rest of the year.Read

Munch's Scream fetches record price May 03 2012

One of the art world's most recognisable images - Edvard Munch's The Scream - sold for a record 119,922,500 US dollars (£74 million) at auction in New York City.Read

Grammar schools 'must demand more' May 03 2012

Grammar schools may be failing to challenge their more able pupils and should raise expectations at GCSE level, a report has suggested.Read

Cuts fear at privatised NHS trust May 03 2012

Bosses at the UK's first privately-run NHS general hospital have insisted they will improve standards despite claims that they will need to make "eye-watering" savings.Read

Spy death inquiry 'to test spies' May 03 2012

Members of the secret services are expected to come under scrutiny as detectives redouble their efforts to solve the mystery of spy Gareth Williams's death.Read

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