UK & USA Today Editoweb 17 May 2010

 VC hero tells of 100 mph suicide bid
Victoria Cross winner Johnson Beharry has revealed how he tried to kill himself by driving into a lamppost.

Airports re-open after ash cloud moves
Britain's two busiest airports have partially re-opened after the volcanic ash cloud moved south bringing further flight chaos.

£2bn set aside to fund NHS job cuts
A £2 billion pot is being set aside by the NHS to pay for one-off costs such as redundancies and redeploying staff, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Plane crashes in Afghanistan 'with 43 on board'
A commercial passenger plane crashed in northern Afghanistan on Monday with 43 people on board, including 38 passengers and five crew, the Afghan interior ministry told AFP.

Ex-minister tells successor 'there's no money left'
The scale of the economic challenge facing the new government was laid out in a one-sentence letter left by a minister which said.

China stands firm on currency ahead of talks with US
China defended again its exchange rate policy on Monday and said its trade surplus would likely slump this year, just days before key high-level talks with the United States in Beijing.

Ballack out of the World Cup with ankle injury
Germany captain Michal Ballack has been ruled out of the World Cup after injuring his ankle in Chelsea's FA Cup final win over Portsmouth on Saturday, the German Football Federation (DFB) said on Monday.

Cancer from mobile use 'uncertain'
A major international study into the link between mobile phone use and brain cancer has proved inconclusive.

Atlantis astronauts prepare for space walk
US astronauts were to venture into outer space Monday for the first time since the shuttle Atlantis linked up with the International Space Station in the final rendezvous of its 25-year career.

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