Brown to play hard man in election

The Guardian reports: Labour’s election strategy: bring on hard man Brown: “In an audacious new election strategy, Labour is set to embrace Gordon Brown’s reputation for anger and physical aggression, presenting the prime minister as a hard man, unafraid of confrontation, who is willing to take on David Cameron in “a bare-knuckle fistfight for the future of Britain”, the Guardian has learned.”

In the Telegraph: Ferrets key to bridging the digital divide between cities and rural areas Specially trained ferrets are being used to deliver broadband to rural areas following groundbreaking techniques used by an Internet provider.