News Headlines - 24 April 2012

▽James Murdoch: I Discussed BSkyB Bid With PM - Sky News
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16214751
James Murdoch has said for the first time that he and David Cameron discussed a controversial takeover bid of BSkyB.

▽Groups for Olympic football announced - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17822430
The men's team will play against Uruguay, Senegal and United Arab Emirates.
The toughest match for the men looks like being Uruguay, who are third in Fifa's world rankings.

▽Plans for asteroid mining emerge - BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17827347
Details have been emerging of the plan by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources.

▽'Smart' water meters to be installed in UK homes - Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9219349/Smart-water-meters-to-be-installed-in-UK-homes.html
Millions of homes could have smart water meters, devices that tell water companies immediately if households are breaking the hosepipe ban, as part of plans to combat drought conditions.

▽UK hits ￡126bn borrowing target for 2011 - Management Today
http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1128483/uk-hits-126bn-borrowing-target-2011/
As markets react badly to political developments in Europe, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has announced that whilst spending in March 2012 was higher than expected, at ￡18.2bn, the country actually hit its spending target of ￡126bn for the full year.