Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 4 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... TUBE STRIKE HITS LONDONSevere disruption is affecting the London Underground - with no service on the Central, Jubilee, Victoria, Piccadilly, Metropolitan and Circle lines – as a 24-hour strike continues, the second in four weeks. Mayor of London Boris Johnson today called for the Government to change the law to make strikes harder to organise. UK TOURISTS WARNED OF TERROR THREATBritain last night followed America's lead as the Government warned UK travellers to Europe of an increased risk of a 'commando-style' terror attack, particularly in France or Germany. Intelligence services are said to be monitoring a plot similar to the Mumbai attacks. Germany said it did not consider the source of the claims credible. Prince Harry is top target as US plans terror warning WAYNE AND COLEEN HEAD FOR PRAGUEWayne and Coleen Rooney left for Prague yesterday on a trip Wayne hopes will help patch up their relationship after allegations Rooney slept with prostitutes when his wife was five months pregnant. Wayne, who learnt at the weekend he is to be dropped by Coca Cola, is accompanying Coleen on a work trip as she shoots a commercial. Coca Cola drop 'disgusting' Wayne Rooney from ad Osborne caps benefits at £26,000 per familyThe Chancellor, George Osborne, has told the Conservative Party conference that benefits will be capped at £26,000 per family, saying he wanted to ensure nobody could earn more in state handouts than in a job earning the average wage. But Osborne faced criticism over his plans to remove child benefit from families with one parent earning over £44,000: only a year ago he promised to preserve the universal handout. The Mole: Can someone shine a light on Cable’s murky world? DALLAS RETURNS AFTER 20 YEARSAlmost two decades after it was last broadcast – and 30 years after we asked 'Who shot JR?' – Dallas is to return to TV screens. Warner Brothers has ordered a new pilot of the show, with Larry Hagman, now 79, to reprise his role as oil baron JR Ewing. Bobby and Sue Ellen are also to return, with Kiefer Sutherland tipped to join the show. RUN-OFF FOR BRAZIL PRESIDENTFormer Marxist guerrilla Dilma Rousseff faces a second round of voting in her campaign to replace Luiz Lula da Silva as Brazil's president. The economist, Lula’s favoured successor, won the greatest share of votes, but failed to gain the 50 per cent necessary for a smooth coronation after a strong result for the third-place Green candidate. Europe WIN THE RYDER CUPEurope regained the Ryder Cup in dramatic circumstances on the fourth day's play at Celtic Manor in Wales. The USA were three points down at the start of the day, but battled back to make it 13½-13½ with just one match left to finish. In the end US Open champion Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland won it for Europe by beating is American rival Hunter Mahan with one hole to spare. In pictures: Europe's Ryder Cup victory CHER MAKES X FACTOR FINAL 12Seventeen-year-old Cher Lloyd has made it through to the last 12 of X Factor contestants, despite a throat infection that forced her to cut short her last performance. Judge Cheryl Cole saw her through to the live shows round of the programme. Also through are 30-year-old care worker John Adeleye and Dubliner Mary Byrne, 50. Will Americans get The Cheryl Cole Factor? Chelsea clear after beating ArsenalChelsea went four points clear at the top of the Premier League this weekend after victory over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. The Blues rode out early pressure from the Gunners and went ahead through Didier Drogba. Brazilian defender Alex made the game safe with a thunderbolt free kick late in the second half. Chelsea show killer touch to crush toothless Arsenal THE NAME’S JONES, TOM JONESWelsh singer and national hero Tom Jones has revealed he was considered for the role of James Bond when he was a young man. The 70-year-old, whose hair is now a dignified grey, told Smooth Radio yesterday he was put forward for the role, but legendary producer Cubby Broccoli vetoed him, feeling he was too well known.

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