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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Andy Duckworth

Guardian Daily: Brown's battle with the banks

The PM meets the bankers to discuss the world economic crisis today. The recent interest rate cuts are not being passed on to customers borrowing from banks. So, as Gordon Brown serves breakfast at Downing Street, our economics editor, Larry Elliott, and columnist Polly Toynbee discuss what the prime minister will be saying to them.

In 1974, Yiannos Vlachou disappeared during ethnic killing in Cyprus. Earlier this year, his remains were found in a mass grave. He was the great-uncle of the Guardian correspondent Angelique Chrisafis, who tells us what it was like to finally hold his funeral 34 years on.

Scientists claim testosterone is the secret to making money in the City. High levels appear to increase traders' confidence and appetite for risk. We speak to John Coates, from Cambridge University, who carried out the study.

Plus, after England didn't manage to qualify for Euro 2008, Martin Wainwright meets the only English football side taking part in international competition this year, Harrogate Veterans FC.

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