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  • Bank governor in Help to Buy warning
    Sat, 18 May 2013 20:04:05 GMT
    The outgoing Bank of England governor warns a government plan to boost the housing market with part-mortgage guarantees has no long-term place.
  • Contactless 'charging errors' at MS
    Sat, 18 May 2013 00:56:08 GMT
    Some Marks and Spencer customers say its contactless payment terminals have taken cash from cards other than the ones intended for payment.
  • Ofcom plans simplified phone numbers
    Sat, 18 May 2013 00:47:05 GMT
    Some people are "put off" making important calls because of confusion over the amount they will be charged, according to the telecoms regulator.

BBC News

  • PM 'losing control of party over EU'
    Sun, 19 May 2013 04:36:54 GMT
    The Conservative leadership is "running scared" of its backbenchers on the issue of Europe, former Tory cabinet minister Lord Howe says.
  • VIDEO: A call from the top of the world
    Sun, 19 May 2013 04:01:26 GMT
    British explorer Daniel Hughes has reached the summit of Mount Everest in an attempt to raise 1m for the charity Comic Relief.
  • Nigeria army says crackdown to go on
    Sun, 19 May 2013 03:57:21 GMT
    Nigeria's army vows to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes", as a 24-hour curfew is imposed in Maiduguri.

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