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| Royal Marines `murdered defenceless navy rating' Four Royal Marines murdered a navy rating by hitting him with a chair during a drunken bar brawl and repeatedly punching and kicking him while he lay defenceless on the ground, a court heard. telegraph.co.uk |
Iraq inquiry: Geoff Hoon feared Army could not cope with Iraq war Former defence secretary tells the Iraq inquiry he feared the Army would struggle to cope with sending full scale land force. telegraph.co.uk |
Children, 12, taking legal high drug meow meow on school bus Children as young as 12 are turning up at school under the influence of a "legal high" drug, teachers and health workers have warned. telegraph.co.uk |
Banks are vital to London, says Boris Johnson The mayor of London issues a fierce defence of financial servicesBoris Johnson, the mayor of London, has issued a fierce defence of financial services in today's Observer, insisting that the capital "needs a banking sector that is big, dynamic and willing to experiment with new products".In a debate with Observer columnist Will Hutton, he said banks would provide investment for crucial projects such as the lagging and insulation of homes to reduce carbon emissions."These bankers didn't just invest in catastrophic sub-prime mortgages," Johnson writes. "By lending money at risk, they made possible every betterment of the human race from the iPod to new treatments for Alzheimer's. Those weren't pseudo-breakthroughs. And the staggering sums they pay in taxes – that isn't pseudo-money. Those weren't pseudo-jobs they generated in everything from building to IT to piano lessons."London's financial services industry is big because London has a large share of one of the most complex, fast-growing and intellectually challenging industries in the world. That is a tribute to the inventiveness of Londoners and the attractions of the city, and I am proud to defend it."Johnson was responding to Hutton's call for more regulations in financial services to limit the speed at which the banking sector can grow over the next decade in order to prevent another financial crisis.Boris JohnsonBankingEconomicsWill HuttonAnushka Asthanaguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Yo-yo world record beaten The world record for the highest number of simultaneous spinning yo-yos was broken this week as retailers declared 2010 would see the traditional toy making a major comeback. telegraph.co.uk |