Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 14 Oct 2010

Our popular news catch-up service is posted Monday to Friday at 8.0 am, and on weekends at 11.0 am. You can rely on it to keep you up to date with the main news talking points... CHILE MINE RESCUE: THEY'RE ALL SAFEThe last of the 33 miners trapped underground since August 5 was winched to the surface at 2.0 am UK time today. Shift supervisor Luis Urzua was greeted by President Sebastian Pinera who told him: "I congratulate you because you did your duty, leaving last like a ship's captain. You are not the same, and the country is not the same after this. You were an inspiration." What they're saying about the mine rescue The mine rescue in pictures ED MILIBAND SURVIVES FIRST COMMONS TESTLabour's new leader Ed Miliband got through his first Commons bout against David Cameron, confiding "I'm glad that's over" after Prime Minister's Questions. Best line? Having described the Tories' withdrawal of child benefit as a shambles, he asked how many stay-at-home mothers would lose out. When Cameron didn't offer an answer, Miliband said: "I may be new to this game, but I thought I asked the questions and you answered them." US soldier faces discipline for norgrove death A US Navy Seal involved in the failed rescue attempt that led to the death of British hostage Linda Norgrove in Afghanistan last week is likely to face disciplinary action. According to the Guardian, he threw the fragmentation grenade that killed Norgrove, but failed to inform his superiors until long after the event. DAYBREAK FLOP: IS LAMPARD TO BLAME?Christine Bleakley, co-host with Adrian Chiles of the failing ITV breakfast show Daybreak, is reported to be upset and frustrated at the poor ratings. But is her love affair with Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard to blame? A source told the Daily Mail: "Now Christine is going out with Frank, all the flirtation with Adrian has stopped. The chemistry just isn't there." Is Frank Lampard to blame? AHAMADINEJAD IN LEBANON 'PROVOCATIVE'The White House has called Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's high-profile visit to Lebanon "provocative". The Iranian president was showered with rice and flowers by crowds lining the road when he arrived in Beirut yesterday. Today the provocation factor is expected to rise when he tours villages close to the Israeli border. The militant group Hezbollah - backed by Tehran - is popular in the area and is said to be spoiling for another conflict with Israel. Hezbollah stronger than ever LIVERPOOL FC SALE - ANOTHER TWISTThe sale of Liverpool FC is off again after being blocked at the eleventh hour by a court in Texas. The temporary injunction was issued in response to a suit filed by Liverpool's current owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett against RBS, the Liverpool board and New England Sports Ventures (NESV) group. Hicks claims the club is undervalued at £300m and the sale to NESV represents an "epic swindle". American injunction blocks Liverpool sale 'BRING BACK JONATHaN ROSS'Bloggers were calling for the return of Jonathan Ross after last night's appearance in his place of Claudia Winkleman as the new host of BBC TV's Film 2010. One viewer wrote on Twitter after her debut: "I've only been watching Film 2010 for 10 minutes and already I can tell that Winkleman has turned a once prestigious show into Newsround." Winkleman debut elicits Daily Mail U-turn COMMONWEALTH GAMES: ENGLAND PULL AHEADThe Commonwealth Games in Delhi draw to a close today as England inch clear of India in the medals tables thanks to more golds on the penultimate day of competition, including a second winner's medal for teenage diver Tom Daley in the individual event. Meanwhile Games chief Mike Fennell has refused to criticise the negative press coverage of the event saying that it helped expose flaws in the organisation which were then addressed. HIV SCARE CLOSES US PORN FILMSTwo of America's biggest porn production companies - Vivid Entertainment and Wicked Pictures - have closed their film sets temporarily after an unnamed actor's HIV test proved positive. The Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation must now contact all those the actor has had sex with on camera and quarantine them until they can be tested. 14 dead in attack on iran's Revolutionary guardsAn explosion at a base belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards has killed 18 people and injured 14. The blast hit an ammunition dump yesterday in Lorestan province in north-western Iran, a region which has suffered a number of attacks recently by Kurdish separatists. The Revolutionary Guards, an elite fighting force, are a powerful pillar in Iran's leadership heirarchy and control a huge business empire.

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