409-Police say a 21-year-old British man has been sentenced to a year in jail for hacking into the Facebook account of someone in the U.S. Scotland Yard said Wednesday that Gareth Crosskey had hacked into a private individual's Facebook account on Jan. 12, 2011. It said the breach was reported to the FBI, which traced the source of the hack to the U.K. and Scotland Yard's e-Crime unit tracked down the suspect.

353-RBS Citizens Financial Group Inc., which owns Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, said it is expanding its private student loans business to all 48 contiguous states from the 12 now served by Citizens and Charter One, another bank owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The move comes amid increased attention to the heavy debt loads of college students.

455-Decision to close 350 stores taken because retailer's 784 store estate is 'untenable', say administrators About 2800 shop workers are set to lose their jobs after the administrators of Clinton Cards announced plans to shut its Birthdays chain. The retailer's 784 store estate was "untenable", said administrators Zolfo Cooper, who will start the process of closing 350 outlets on Monday. The stores employ approximately 2800 full-time and part-time staff.

438-Agyness Deyn nu ook voltijds actricewoensdag 16 mei 2012 om 19u18 Agyness Deyn © Reuters Model Agyness Deyn heeft een filmrol te pakken gekregen in de filmadaptatie van de Schotse roman Sunset Song. De film wordt geregisseerd door de Brit Terence Davies. Met deze rol is dan ook meteen de filmcarrière van Deyn van start gegaan. Het Vogue cover model zal naast Peter Mullan acteren in  het verhaal geschreven door Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

291-By DAVID ROMAN And JONATHAN HOUSE MADRID-Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Wednesday urged the European Union to provide more support for the bloc's fiscally frail members as borrowing costs for Spain and Italy rise to worryingly new levels amid speculation of a Greek exit from the euro.

389-The jury for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or has spoken out over claims of sexism prompted by the lack of female filmmakers in the running. Critics have complained that all 22 films in the contest have been directed by men, many past winners of the award. But jury member British director Andrea Arnold said: "I would absolutely hate it if my film was selected because I was a woman.

488-Time to get out the cameras: Britain's most photogenic man will be bringing the Olympic flame back from Greece. David Beckham is joining officials at a handover ceremony Thursday in Athens, as the Olympic torch travels from the ruins of the ancient games in Olympia to a naval base in Cornwall, southern England. The former England national team captain who now plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy was among those who helped London snatch the 2012 Summer Games away from Paris, the favorite.

461-Chemicals group and asset manager benefit from inclusion in MSCI index The MSCI index may not be as immediately familiar as the FTSE, but investors in chemicals group Croda and Aberdeen Asset Management had cause to be grateful to it. On another volatile day on the markets, thanks of course to the continuing eurozone crisis, Croda climbed 63p to £21.82 and Aberdeen added 8.6p to 255.9p as their names were added to the MSCI UK index in its latest reshuffle.

356-European court of human rights hears case of Khaled el-Masri, detained in Skopje before alleged torture in Afghanistan by CIA Europe's human rights court began hearing the first case arising from the US's post-9/11 rendition programme on Wednesday, when the government of Macedonia went on trial accused of multiple human rights abuses of a German citizen.

476-'Superbug' then spreads to regional facilities, Scottish study suggests WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A dangerous antibiotic-resistant "superbug" appears to originate in hospitals in large cities and then spreads to smaller hospitals, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland analyzed the genetic makeup of more than 80 variants of a major clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria found in hospitals.

424-De Nederlandse rugbyer Tim Visser is voor het eerst opgeroepen voor de Schotse nationale ploeg. De 24-jarige winger mag voor Schotland uitkomen omdat hij al drie jaar in dat land woont. Hij speelt sinds 2009 voor Edinburgh en is op 12 juni, twee weken na zijn 25e verjaardag, speelgerechtigd. De Schotse ploeg speelt deze zomer drie interlands in Oceanië. Op 5 juni treffen zij Australië in de Australische stad Newcastle.

496-LONDON -  Organizers of the 2012 Olympics say soccer star David Beckham is bringing the Olympic flame back from Greece as the torch begins an 8,000 mile tour across Britain. Beckham, who plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy in the United States, will join officials at a handover ceremony in Athens on Thursday. Organizers said Wednesday that the former England national soccer team captain will then carry the torch back to the U.K. on a flight Friday, along with Princess Anne and other officials.

370-TweetShare on TumblrEmail The French energy giant Total announced today that it has finally stopped the natural gas leak at its Elgin platform in the North Sea, 150 miles off the coast of Scotland. The Elgin leak, which started March 25, released gas at a rate of 7 million cubic feet a day at its peak and led to an evacuation of its workers amid fears of an explosion.

470-wo 16/05/2012 - 15:36 Het Franse oliebedrijf Total is er na 20 dagen in geslaagd om een gaslek in de Noordzee te dichten. Tijdens de succesvolle operatie "Top Kill" werd zware modder gespoten in de opening waaruit het gas ontsnapte. In totaal heeft het lek 300 tot 400 miljoen euro gekost aan Total. Op 25 maart werd een groot gaslek vastgesteld onder het booreiland Elgin. Van op een diepte van 5.000 meter ontsnapte een grote hoeveelheid erg ontvlambaar en giftig gas.

322-National Grid, Shell, SSE and Centrica are among 16 companies who have signalled their intention to apply for the UK's £1bn carbon capture and storage (CCS) funding competition. The government today published the list of companies to encourage collaboration among suppliers and further stimulate interest in the industry.

240-16 May 2012, source edie newsroom Northumbrian Water has come first in the latest Water Company Performance survey run by British Water and based on the views of supply chain stakeholders, the third year running it has claimed the top spot.

497-More than 400 jobs will be created by the Rehab Group as it expands its operations over the next three years. The independent, not-for-profit organisation will fill another 350 posts at facilities across the UK, Poland and in the Netherlands. Rehab provides training, employment, health and social care and commercial services for 56,000 people each year, including the disabled and marginalised. The new posts will be in training, education, social care, IT, sales, management and administration.