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Global economy crisis

Stock markets around the world have suffered further heavy falls as the debt crisis in the Eurozone and the threat of an American slow down seriously worry investors.

The lunchtime news from across Beds, Herts and Bucks.

Stock markets around the world have suffered further heavy falls as the debt crisis in the Eurozone and the threat of an American slow down seriously worry investors. Joe Nellis, a Professor of Economics at Cranfield School of Management in Bedfordshire, talks to Jessica Cooper.

Ministers are calling on all councils in England to reveal their assets, so council-tax payers can work out whether their money is being invested wisely. The director of finance and operations at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Bob Jewell, explains why they own a number of pubs.

Sally Bercow, the wife of House of Commons Speaker and Buckingham MP John Bercow, says she's "tempted" to be a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother. She's been responding to speculation she's been offered a place on the Channel Five programme which's based at Boreham Wood in Hertfordshire.

1 hour

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  • Fri 5 Aug 2011 12:00