| Mother defends gun siege lawyer The mother of Mark Saunders, the barrister killed by police marksmen in a five-hour stand-off, insists he posed no danger to the public. bbc.co.uk |
Jimmy Mubenga's wife on her husband who died during deportation flight Makenda Kambana on her husband's struggle to resist deportation from the UK to Angola and her last conversation with him before he diedMatthew Taylor guardian.co.uk |
Pickles backs council merger plan The communities secretary says three Conservative councils who have agreed in principle to merge services were "leading the way". bbc.co.uk |
House prices to fall amid lower mortgage approvals House prices are expected to fall further after Bank of England figures showed mortgage approvals dropped for the sixth month in a row. telegraph.co.uk |
Business briefing: old guard pin hopes on new media Traditional media, from television to newspapers, is pinning its hopes for a recovery in advertising on mobile devices such as the iPad and on the spread of high-speed broadband. timesonline.co.uk |