News Headlines - 05 April 2013

Jobless rate falls to 7.6%, just 88K new jobs

Employers added a disappointing 88,000 jobs in March after adding 268,000 jobs in February, confirming fears of a hiring slowdown that economists say could persist for several months. The number of new jobs is fewer than half what economists had forecast and the lowest since last June.

Putin critic who faces trial says he wants to be president | Reuters

A Russian opposition leader said he wanted to become president and would do everything in his power to put Vladimir Putin in jail, in a defiant message days before he goes on trial on theft charges he says are politically motivated.

Teenage scientist builds DNA machine to find out why his brother is ginger: Fred Turner wins UK Young Engineer of the Year award - Mirror Online

He was determined to find a scientific explanation for the fact that his locks are straight and brown while his brother has ginger curls

ITN News » CCTV of murderer carrying victim's body in a suitcase

Three men were given life sentences for the murder of a convicted child rapist, at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday 3 April. CCTV footage, shown in court, shows one of men, Stuart Wareham, 26, carrying the body of Geoffrey Reed, 57, in a suitcase.

Lee Halpin: Film-maker 'freezes to death' making documentary on living rough while two men arrested over drug supply - Mirror Online

Two men were quizzed by drug squad police tonight after a young film-maker apparently froze to death making a documentary about homelessness. Campaigning Lee Halpin, 26, was living rough in a “go it alone” experience to show what life on the streets was really like – and hopefully land a job in TV.