News Headlines - 30 August 2015

Bank of England stance on rates unchanged by China - Carney | Reuters

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Saturday that a slowdown in China's economy could push down further on inflation but it did not change, for now, the central bank's position on when and how it might increase interest rates.

Theresa May says jobless migrants should be banned from entering the UK - The Independent

Theresa May wants to ban European migrants from the UK unless they have a job lined up... Writing in the Sunday Times, Ms May argues that the Schengen Agreement allows jobless citizens to move to countries in search of work and benefits, putting pressure on public services and infrastructure.

Bangkok bomb: Thai police hunt more suspects after arrest | The Guardian

Police probing Thailand’s deadliest bombing widened their net in the search for more suspects on Sunday after a foreigner was arrested and stacks of fake passports and bomb-making materials were found during a raid on a Bangkok apartment block.

Pressure mounts on Malaysian PM as protests spill into second day - The Times of India

Thousands gathered for a second day of protests on Sunday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak over a multi-million-dollar financial scandal, their spirits lifted by unexpected support from Malaysia's longest-serving leader.

How book designer David Pearson made Penguin dance

For the book Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005, written by Phil Baines, the "frustrated historian" researched for weeks in the Penguin archive, a climate-controlled hangar in the Midlands with two copies of every book published since 1935... Among his most admired designers are Jan Tschichold​, Penguin's highest-paid employee in 1949, and Derek Birdsall, who reigned there in the 1960s.