Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 28 Jun 2010

Missed the papers over the sun-baked weekend? Too upset by England's calamity on the football pitch to take in any more bad news? The First Post's catch-up service, posted at 8.0 am every Monday, is designed to help... CAPELLO WILL NOT RESIGN - YET Fabio Capello will not decide on his future as national football coach until he has spoken to Sir Dave Richards, chairman of the FA. After England were knocked out of the World Cup yesterday, beaten 4-1 by Germany, Capello was asked whether he would resign. "Absolutely no," he said. "We have to wait until I get back to London." But the media pressure on him is already intense after England's dismal display. As Gavin Mortimer writes for The First Post today: "The 'three lions' were mauled by Germany, reduced to clawless, toothless, spineless pussy cats." More... G20: HUNDREDS ARRESTED IN TORONTO RIOTS More than 600 people have been arrested by Toronto police in two days of rioting in protest at the G20 summit. On Saturday anarchists dressed in black and wearing balaclavas attacked shopfronts and set light to police cars. Officers seized bricks, bats, sharpened sticks and bottles containing fluid - "items you don't need for a weekend in Toronto," Constable Rob McDonald told the Globe and Mail. Yesterday there were more arrests as protesters marched on a temporary detention centre. STEVIE WONDER CLOSES GLASTONBURYGlastonbury founder Michael Eavis joined Stevie Wonder on the main Pyramid stage yesterday to sing a special version of Happy Birthday, bringing the 40th festival to a close. Highlights of the long weekend included Gorillaz, Muse (joined by U2 guitarist The Edge), an unannounced set from Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood and Kylie Minogue singing with the Scissor Sisters. And not a drop of rain fell. Pictures... BUDGET HITS POOR HARDER THAN EXPECTED A new study of George Osborne's emergency budget proposals shows that less well-off families will be hit six times harder than the richest in the country. Tim Horton of the Fabian Society, who conducted the research in conjunction with Landman Economics, told the Observer that the big welfare cuts were "far from unavoidable" and were part of the coalition government's "ideological desire to roll back the welfare state". The outcome, he said, was "deeply unfair". WOMEN TO GET CHILDBIRTH DEADLINE A simple blood test could one day allow women in their 20s to know at what precise age they will no longer be able to have children. A study of 266 women at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran found it was possible to pinpoint the age of menopause by measuring levels of the antimullerian hormone (AMH) found in the ovaries. Larger studies will be needed before the test can be made available. But it might one day help women better plan their lives and careers. 'OH MY GOD! REFEREE SEES HIS MISTAKEThe Uruguayan referee who disallowed a goal by Frank Lampard that would have put England and Germany level on 2-2 in the first half of yesterday's disastrous match in Bloemfontein is reported to have gasped "Oh my God!" when he saw the replay on TV. Some fans believe Jorge Larrionda's crucial decision - he said there was no goal when the ball clearly hit the ground about a yard behind the line - marked the turning point in the game. But most commentators believe that while FIFA must now re-address the issue of goal-line cameras, Germany were going to beat England anyway. More... UNITE 'TO POSTPONE BA STRIKE BALLOT' The first real sign of a breakthrough in the long-running dispute between BA and the Unite union over cabin crew pay and conditions came this weekend after the airline proposed a new deal. It offers crew two years of guaranteed rises in basic salary from February 2011. As a result, Unite's joint leader, Tony Woodley, indicated that a strike ballot due for Tuesday may now be postponed while members consider the airline's offer. LIB DEMS 'COULD DESERT CLEGG'Nearly half of all Liberal Democrat supporters say they are now more likely to desert the party following leader Nick Clegg's U-turn on VAT, according to a YouGov poll. The backlash comes as no surprise to those commentators - including The First Post's Mole - who have detected real anger among Lib Dem MPs at Clegg agreeing to the 20 per cent VAT component of the coalition government's emergency budget. The Lib Dems had argued forcibly against such a VAT rise during the election campaign. VETTEL WINS EUROPEAN GRAND PRIXSebastian Vettel started in pole position and finished the winner of the European Grand Prix in Valencia yesterday, while his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber crashed out after only eight laps, his car flying through the air and landing upside down. The Australian escaped unhurt. Lewis Hamilton, who leads the drivers' championship, came second in his McLaren Mercedes. He had to serve a drive-through penalty at the end of the 27th lap for passing the safety car after the Webber crash. His teammate Jenson Button came third. RECORD HEAT BRINGS OUT BIKINISBritain recorded its hottest day of the year yesterday, with temperatures exceeding 86F. The Met Office has declared a heatwave, and expects a high of 91F for Thursday in the South East, though it is expected to cool down elsewhere. Among the statistics to emerge: the clothing line George at Asda has sold 165,000 bikinis in recent days, up 47 per cent on this time last year.

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