News Headlines - 09 March 2015

▽BBC News - Margaret Thatcher 'told of Cyril Smith abuse claims'

Margaret Thatcher was made aware of child abuse allegations involving Cyril Smith before he was knighted in 1988, Cabinet Office documents have shown.

▽BBC News - Mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 one year on

An interim report into Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been published on the first anniversary of its disappearance.

▽Swiss pair launch effort to pilot solar-powered plane around globe - The Washington Post

An historic attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered aircraft the weight of a minivan began Monday as the plane took off from Abu Dhabi on the first leg of its record-breaking journey.

▽Writers' indignation: Kazuo Ishiguro rejects claims of genre snobbery | The Guardian

Author Kazuo Ishiguro has hit back at accusations of genre-based snobbery surrounding his new novel The Buried Giant, which is set in a semi-mythical Britain inhabited by ogres, pixies and dragons.

▽BBC News - Germany's Merkel addresses WWII reconciliation in Japan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has begun a two-day visit to Japan by discussing Germany's reconciliation efforts after World War Two.