Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 10 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 MINERS: RESCUE STARTS ON WEDNESDAYThere was rejoicing in Chile yesterday as a wide drill finally broke through to the refuge where 33 miners have been trapped since August 5. Bells rang at the mine head and family members hugged each other. The miners themselves greeted the news with the words: "What the hell took you so long?" The rescue will begin on Wednesday after parts of the tunnel wall have been clad in metal. Picture: Chile prepares to rescue miners KIDNAPPED AID WORKER DIES DURING RESCUELinda Norgrove, the British aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan two weeks ago, has died after one of her captors detonated his explosive vest during a failed attempt to rescue her by US special forces. Norgrove, who was 36, was from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. She was desribed as having "oodles of kindness" by friends. Afghanistan: Who are the much-feared Haqqani? X FACTOR'S GAMU IN TEARFUL PLEAX Factor reject Gamu Nhengu broke down in tears yesterday as she told reporters that she fears she will be shot if she is forced to return to Zimbabwe. Immigration officials are considering deporting the 18-year-old's family who arrived in the UK five years ago. Last night's edition of the show went ahead without even a mention of Gamu. Visa problems halt Gamu's X Factor second chance MADONNA APPLIES FOR UK VISAFifty-two-year old singer Madonna, who left London after her divorce from director Guy Ritchie saying she didn't want to live there any more, has applied for a UK visa and hopes to make a home in the capital again. A source told the Mail on Sunday that the singer is "deliberately focussing on work that will keep her in Britain". SENIOR TORIES THROW £25K PETRUS PARTY...The Tories are facing exactly the sort of bad PR they had hoped to avoid during their conference after it emerged that David Cameron was one of 60 senior party members attending a £25k dinner party, quaffing Petrus and eating Michelin-starred food on Monday last week, the night before announcing their savage spending cuts. Why Tory hacks have got it in for George Osborne ...WHILE JUNIOR TORY SNORTS MIAOW MIAOWIn further embarrassment for the Conservatives, a short video has emerged which shows a young Tory, Will Hanley, snorting a white powder thought to be the party drug mephedrone at his hotel during the conference. In a rambling conversation, the 23-year-old Conservative Future member admits using ecstasy and mephedrone. NO SWEARING IN MY HOUSE, SAYS EMINEMHip hop star Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers, has revealed there is "no profanity" allowed in his home. Eminem is raising three girls – his biological daughter, his partner's daughter from a previous relationship and her niece. "How would I sound... walking around my house [saying] 'Bitch, pick this up'?" he asked. ALAN JOHNSON: CUTS 'WORSE THAN THATCHER'New shadow chancellor Alan Johnson has launched a fierce attack on government cuts, saying they are likely to cause a double-dip recession and will "fundamentally alter our community". He said the cuts would have far more of an impact than Margaret Thatcher's in the 1980s and the damage would take "years" to repair. Johnson beats Cooper and Balls to shadow chancellor KEITH RICHARDS CARRIED LUGER TO SCORE HEROINHell-raising Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards says he used to carry a gun for protection when scoring heroin on the streets of New York at the height of his addiction. Promoting a new autobiography, Richards says at various times he carried a Luger, rifles and a Smith and Wesson. Now clean, he still carries a ratchet knife. VETTEL WINS JAPANESE GRAND PRIXGerman driver Sebastian Vettel has won the Japanese Grand Prix for the Red Bull team in fine weather at Suzuka, bringing him fresh hope for a world championship. Meanwhile, the UK's fortunes are at a low ebb with McLaren team-mates Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton finishing in fourth and fifth. Hamilton lost a gear with 10 laps left. Vettel wins at Suzuka while McLaren disappoint

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