Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 2 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... AN END TO HEALTH AND SAFETY 'MADNESS'?Tory peer Lord Young, a 78-year-old who was Margaret Thatcher's trade and industry secretary, has completed a report on 'Health and Safety' culture calling for an end to advertising by personal injury lawyers and fines for over-zealous local councils. The TUC have said in the past that the Tories want to reduce workplace protections in the interest of employers. Motorists celebrate the end of the M4 bus lane RAOUL MOAT TASER BOSS 'SUICIDE'Peter Boatman, director of operations of Pro-Tect Systems, has died – and it is thought to be suicide. Boatman's firm had its license to import and sell Tasers revoked by the Home Office this week after it was found to have inappropriately supplied the device to police officers who used it on crazed gunman Raoul Moat. BECKHAM CITED IN DIVORCE PAPERS David Beckham, currently suing Bosnian-born prostitute Irma Nici for £16m after she claimed to have slept with him, has been forced to deny claims of an affair as "fantasy". He spoke out after jewellery designer Shery Shabani, whose kids attend the same school as the LA Galaxy star's, cited her husband's "delusional" claims as part of a divorce battle. Beckham’s hooker lawsuit: ‘cash will go to charity’ DOZENS DIE IN INDONESIAN TRAIN WRECKAt least 35 people are known to have died after two trains collided in an Indonesian station before dawn today. It is thought a signalling error led a high-speed train travelling from the capital Jakarta to hit a stationary train at Petarukan station head-on. Train crashes are common in Indonesia due to poor maintenance and low investment. SUICIDE WOMEN 'WERE SEX WORKERS'The two young women who appear to have taken their own lives in a south London flat on Thursday night had both been selling sex, a police source told the Sun. One was being investigated by police for allegedly stealing from a client while the other had made a complaint of harassment against a police officer. Coline Covington on the comfort of strangers LADY GAGA 'TO WED IN UK CASTLE'Singer and meat-based clothing innovator Lady Gaga plans to marry her boyfriend, Luc Carl, at a UK castle in December, according to members of her road crew. The singer also wants burlesque star Dita von Teese to perform. There's no official confirmation of the story, but Gaga is known to have a love of the British countryside. Straight from the butcher: Lady Gaga's meat dress TORIES TOLD TO LEAVE CHAMPAGNE AT HOMEThe Conservative Party is to maintain a muted, sombre tone at its annual conference, which begins tomorrow in Birmingham. Activists are being told this is not a time for celebration by their high command, who fear pictures of champagne-glugging Tories would not go down well with voters at a time of national economic hardship. BBC staff asked not to strike during Tory conference NIGERIA INDEPENDENCE BLASTS WERE CAR BOMBSNigerian police have confirmed that two massive blasts which marred Independence Day celebrations in the capital Abuja were caused by car bombs. At least eight people died near the centre of the city as president Goodluck Jonathan inspected a guard of honour. A militant group demanding fair distribution of oil revenues had earlier threatened violence. 700 on the run after 'Nigerian Taliban' jailbreak ROONEY: 'I WANT TO PLAY'Wayne Rooney, officially left out of Manchester United's last two games due to an ankle injury suffered at Bolton, has spoken of his desire to "play every match". It's thought to be a clear hint he is being kept off the pitch by Alex Ferguson because he is struggling to cope with media pressure over revelations he slept with prostitutes. Champions Chelsea set for Arsenal challenge NO SEX PLEASE, WE'RE X FACTOR CONTESTANTSThe X Factor finalists have been told they will be booted off the talent show if they engage in "intimate physical relationships" with each other during their 12 weeks in a luxury house in north London. They are also banned from leaving the mansion without a member of the crew with them – or even from opening the front door. Will Americans get The Cheryl Cole Factor?

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