News Headlines - 05 February 2013
▽Was Richard III really the most evil monarch we have ever had? By Tristram Hunt MP - Mirror Online
We came to know Richard through Shakespeare, the greatest propagandist for the Tudors, depicting him as a scheming, treacherous, self-pitying thug
After 10 years of deceit, two years of brazen denials, the disintegration of his family and a year of legal wrangling that cost ￡500,000, the former cabinet minister Chris Huhne pleads guilty to perverting the course of justice over a speeding offence – and now faces jail
▽UK prepares new law to break up errant banks | Reuters
British banks that fail to shield their day-to-day banking from risky investment activities could be broken up, Chancellor George Osborne said on Monday, bowing to political pressure to come down harder on reckless lenders.
▽BBC News - Prolonged TV viewing linked to lower sperm count
Men who do little exercise and spend much of their spare time watching TV have lower sperm counts than more active men, a study suggests.
BRITISH MPs have voted in favour of legislation allowing gay marriage despite a split in Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party.
