News time, newshounds. It's skills-heavy and General Election-lite, just the way we like it.

It’s crunch time for the UK’s skills shortage: Our politicians must wake up - City A.M.

The top 14 skills in the red hot market for marketing jobs - Venture Beat

How Emotional Intelligence Became a Key Leadership Skill - HBR Blogs

2 Perspectives From Harvard on Startup Leadership - Entrepreneur

Cooking and music 'are top skills UK adults want to learn' - BBC News

Doomed Messenger spacecraft to crash into Mercury TODAY - here are some of its best pictures - The Mirror