News Headlines - 08 July 2015
In unprecedented move, 1,429 or 51 per cent of all stocks listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges voluntarily suspend trading of their stocks. Shanghai closes at 3-1/2 month low and Hong Kong falls over 2,100 points
▽'Significant' new evidence supplied by UK as British backpackers murder trial begins - Telegraph
The families of two British backpackers murdered in Thailand last year arrived for the start of the trial of the alleged killers, just as the defence revealed that new evidence supplied by the British authorities could prove their innocence.
▽Custody officer Lorraine Barwell died from head injury - BBC News
Lorraine Barwell, 54, was attacked as she escorted a prisoner from Blackfriars Crown Court to a van on 29 June. She died on Friday.
▽Unexploded bomb found on White City building site - BBC News
The Metropolitan Police said the large unexploded shell was discovered at a building site at Ariel Way, off Wood Lane in White City at 10:41 BST. Emergency services are at the scene.
▽Toyota executive freed in Japan after arrest on drug charges | The Guardian
American Toyota executive Julie Hamp has been released without charge in Japan following her arrest in June on suspicion of drug law violations.
