In sports news:

World soccer has been rocked by the arrest of several FIFA officials this week as part of an international investigation into corruption in the sport’s governing body. Despite the arrests outgoing president Sepp Blatter has said he intends to stand for a fifth term. The vote will be held later today in Zurich where FIFA delegates are meeting. UEFA  and British Prime Minister David Cameron have already called for Blatter to stand down.

And now some news in brief :

An operation aimed at a timeshare scam has resulted in the arrest of 56 people and the seizure of one million Euro from bank accounts in Gibraltar. Hundreds of Britons are believed to have been the victims of the scam and to have lost sums ranging from 300 to 50,000 Euro.