News Headlines - 09 March 2016

EU referendum: Palace complains over Queen 'Brexit' story - BBC News

Buckingham Palace has complained to the press watchdog over the Sun newspaper's article claiming the Queen "backed Brexit" from the European Union.

Crisis' claims as record 801,000 workers on zero-hours contracts (From Newbury and Thatcham Chronicle)

Insecure work in the UK is said to have reached "crisis" levels after figures showed that the number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased by 104,000 to a record 801,000.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said 2.5% of the employed UK workforce were on zero-hours contracts in the quarter to last December, up from 2.3% in the same period of 2014.

Snowden: FBI's claim it can't unlock the San Bernardino iPhone is 'bullshit' | The Guardian

Edward Snowden, the whistleblower whose NSA revelations sparked a debate on mass surveillance, has waded into the arguments over the FBI’s attempt to force Apple to help it unlock the iPhone 5C of one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Sir George Martin, Beatles producer, dead at 90 - CNN.com

Sir George Martin, the music producer whose collaboration with the Beatles helped redraw the boundaries of popular music, died Tuesday, according to his management company. He was 90.

Leicester City NEWS: Claudio Ranieri ready for squad strengthening | Leicester Mercury

City announced a profit of £26 million for the 2014-15 season, the first time the club has recorded a profit in a decade, and with the new television deal coming into force next season and the possibility of Champions League football as well, City's coffers will further swell, but Ranieri said they would not change their transfer principles.