News Headlines - 05 August 2014

▽Scotland promised extra tax and legal powers for referendum no vote | The Guardian

David Cameron signed a three party pledge that Scotland will quickly be given new powers if there is a no vote in the referendum, in a bid to spike Alex Salmond's guns before his TV debate against Alistair Darling today.
The joint statement offering extra tax and legal powers for Scotland has also been signed by Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, in an orchestrated effort to shore up the no vote.

▽Baroness Warsi warns David Cameron another minister could quit over Gaza conflict - Telegraph

A second minister has threatened to resign over the Government’s failure to condemn Israel for the conflict in Gaza, Baroness Warsi claimed on Tuesday.
Lady Warsi quit the Cabinet, saying that David Cameron’s “morally indefensible” response to the crisis will have “consequences” for years and suggested that it could trigger terrorist attacks on British soil.

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More than 50 people were injured, one seriously, on Tuesday when clashes broke out among African migrants gathered at France’s northern port of Calais trying to reach Britain, authorities said.
Police intervened to separate hundreds of migrants who had renewed a fight that broke out on Monday between Eritreans and Sudanese during the distribution of an evening meal.

▽Citizens Advice Bureau calls time on broadband cancellation charges - V3.co.uk

The Citizens Advice Bureau has found that many broadband customers who resist paying arbitrary cancellation charges are having their fees passed onto debt collectors.
New evidence collected from 3,300 internet and broadband problems reported to the Bureau, revealed that some people are finding themselves locked into unsuitable broadband contracts or being hit by cancellation charges of up to ￡625.

▽Stem cell scientist found dead in wake of research paper scandal | theguardian.com

A senior Japanese scientist embroiled in a stem-cell research scandal has been found dead in an apparent suicide.
Yoshiki Sasai had supervised and co-authored stem cell research papers that had to be retracted due to falsified contents. Hyogo prefectural police said Sasai, 52, was found on Tuesday at the government-affiliated science institute Riken, in Kobe, western Japan. Sasai was deputy chief of Riken’s Centre for Developmental Biology.