SITTING through a council meeting would be many people’s idea of hell, but if they were forced to attend one in the whole year, possibly the least painful would be the May one.
JOURNALISTS love a good statistic. Better still we love a league table. On a daily basis we are bombarded by “research” purporting to give a national picture of a particular situation or trend.
A CAMPAIGNER fighting a proposal to extend the use of a hazardous material at factory near a Northamptonshire village will tell planners that residents ‘have had enough’.
Refund concerns for scam victims - Refunds and discounts should be easier to claim by consumers who have suffered from aggressive sales techniques, Law Commissions say. [Business]
'Top up' in case of strike - PM - Motorists should top up their tanks in case a strike by fuel tanker drivers goes ahead but there is no need to queue, the PM says. [Business]
Luton airport planning expansion - Plans to increase annual passenger capacity to 18 million at London Luton Airport and create 6,000 new jobs are revealed. [Business]
Waste company 'bullying clients' - A waste company stands accused of bullying small businesses by using unfair contracts to ramp up charges, the BBC has learned. [BBC Business]
Greece unity talks hit stalemate - The latest attempts to form a Greek government are said to be deadlocked, raising the prospect of fresh elections and more eurozone uncertainty. [BBC Business]
Google brings instant answers to search results - Type in 'Mona Lisa', and a biography appears right on the page (on the right hand side), type in 'Leonardo DiCaprio' and you get a list of his films, and suggested related searches. [Daily Mail IT]
Sixth of cancers due to infection - One in six cancers - two million a year globally - are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest. [BBC Health]
New car sales rise 3.3% in April - New car sales in the UK rose to 142,322 in April, up 3.3% from a year earlier, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says. [BBC Business]