Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 6 Oct 2011

APPLE'S STEVE JOBS DIES AT 56Tributes have flooded in for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died yesterday at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. President Obama said he "exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity". Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev, Bill Gates of Microsoft and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg also paid tribute and Twitter struggled to cope with the weight of traffic. President Obama leads the tributes to Steve Jobs Apple without Steve Jobs: the risk of being ordinary SARAH PALIN FINALLY SAYS 'IM NOT RUNNING'Sarah Palin (above) announced yesterday that she will not seek the Republican nomination for president, ending months of speculation. "When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country," she said. "My decision maintains this order." She later added: "We'll see what the future holds, in terms of me and my political career." Sarah Palin is too smart to run for president BANK OF ENGLAND RESTARTS QE The Bank of England has restarted its quantitative easing programme in a bid to boost the economy, and will inject £75bn of cash into the banking system to boost lending. It is the first time the bank has taken such a measure since 2009. The move was welcomed by unions and business leaders, despite fears it could increase inflation. The BoE held interest rates at 0.5%. ROONEY'S FATHER ARRESTED OVER BETTING SCAMWayne Rooney's father has been arrested as part of a police investigation into betting irregularities surrounding a Scottish football match between Motherwell and Hearts last year in which Motherwell player Steve Jennings was sent off. Wayne Rooney Snr and seven other men from Merseyside, as well as the player, have been held. CLARKE ATTACKS MAY OVER HUMAN RIGHTSJustice Secretary Ken Clarke renewed his attack on Home Secretary Theresa May over her criticisms of the Human Rights Act, saying the Home Secretary had made "laughable child-like" claims about court rulings. Earlier this week May erroneously told the Tory conference that an illegal immigrant had been spared deportation because he had a pet cat. In pictures: delegates snooze at the Tory conference Cat fight brings human rights row into the open JUDGE: AMANDA KNOX 'COULD BE RESPONSIBLE'The appeal court judge who freed Amanda Fox told Italian TV yesterday that she "maybe knows" the "real truth" about who killed Meredith Kercher in the Perugia apartment they shared. As Knox returned home to Seattle, Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann said she and Raffaelle Sollecito "could also be responsible, but the proof isn't there". Amanda Knox ‘may be responsible’ says judge Amanda Knox outfoxes Britain's news hounds BBC TO CUT 2,000 JOBSThe BBC will today announce 2,000 job cuts and introduce plans to trim back management while "merging" on-air jobs to make presenters work harder for their fees. TV Centre, home to shows including Strictly Come Dancing, will close. The measures are made necessary by the freeze on the licence fee, reducing income by 20%. BBC axes 2,000 jobs as budget is cut by 20% MORE PLAYERS NAMED IN CRICKET TRIALThree more Pakistani cricketers have been accused of being involved in a betting scam at the trial of their team mates. Former captain Salman Butt, 26, and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, 28, are standing trial in London for conspiracy to accept corrupt payments and conspiracy to cheat. Today the court was told that players Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, and Wahab Riaz were also involved. MURDER VICTIM FAMILIES TAKE ON MURDOCHSara Payne and Shaun Russell, mother and father respectively of child murder victims Sarah Payne and Megan Russell whose phones were hacked by the News of the World, have joined a slew of lawsuits filed against Rupert Murdoch's News International in the last few days. At least 64 suits have been filed in total. 'WHITE' JESSE J WINS AT MOBOSSinger Jesse J, whose hits include the No 1 single Price Tag, won four of the five awards for which she was nominated at the 16th annual Music of Black Origin awards in Glasgow last night, including best album and best UK act. Critics had complained of her dominance because she is white, and that the Mobos were doing "a disservice to black artists". Critics cry foul as Jessie J sweeps Mobos

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