Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 19 Sep 2011

TORY MPS DEMAND EU REFERENDUMDavid Cameron faces new pressure on EU membership today with a demand for a referendum next year and a "clear plan" for withdrawal from Mark Pritchard, secretary of the Conservative backbench 1922 committee. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Pritchard warns that voters will "kick back" at paying up for eurozone debts. EMMYS FOR KATE WINSLET AND DOWNTON ABBEYKate Winslet (above) collected an Emmy award in Los Angeles last night for best actress in a mini-series, the Depression era Mildred Pierce. Maggie Smith won best supporting actress in a mini-series for Downton Abbey, which also won the best writing award for Jullian Fellowes. Mad Men won best TV drama for the fourth year in succession. Downton Abbey returns and triumphs at Emmys What did Baldwin say at Emmys to anger Fox? YEMENI DEATH TOLL RISES AFTER PROTESTS Up to 50 people have died in Yemen after a fresh wave of anti-government protests in the capital Sanaa. At least 23 demonstrators were killed by pro-regime forces, including snipers, on Monday. A day earlier at least 26 died in clashes after a march calling for the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. RED RUM TRAINER GINGER MCCAIN DIESGinger McCain, who trained Red Rum to three Grand National victories in the 1970s, has died at the age of 80. He became known as Mr Aintree after Red Rum won the race three times and was second twice in five years. McCain won the race for a fourth time in 2004 with Amberleigh House. Red Rum’s trainer Ginger McCain dies at 80 SEVEN ARRESTED IN ANTI-TERROR RAIDSSix men and one woman were arrested in Birmingham this morning in an anti-terrorism operation designed to "to ensure public safety". The men, aged between 25 and 32, were detained on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism in the UK. MI5 is said to have been involved in the investigation thought to relate to Islamist extremism. SAILOR ADMITS MURDER ABOARD NUCLEAR SUBA Royal Navy seaman who shot dead a senior officer on a nuclear submarine as visitors toured the vessel has admitted murder. Able Seaman Ryan Samuel Donovan shot Lt Cdr Ian Molyneux on board the HMS Astute when it was docked in Southampton in April. Donovan also admitted three counts of attempted murder. SUPPORT FOR GUARDIAN OVER 'SECRETS' PROSECUTIONDeputy PM Nick Clegg signaled to the Guardian last night that he is "sympathetic" to its journalists facing prosecution by Scotland Yard under the Official Secrets Act to force them to reveal police sources in the phone hacking scandal. Actor Hugh Grant joined the chorus demanding that attorney-general Dominic Grieve block the action. Legal battle looms over Met attack on Guardian DSK ADMITS 'MORAL ERROR' WITH HOTEL MAIDDominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, admitted yesterday that the encounter with a hotel maid in New York which led to his arrest on attempted rape charges was a "moral failing" and "an error". In his first interview since charges were dropped, he told French TV that similar claims by writer Tristane Banon were "imaginary". DSK interview on French TV was ‘image laundering’ BERLIN 'FOREST BOY' MAY BE MISSING BRITISH TEENInterpol was called in yesterday to help identify a teenager who walked into a Berlin government office saying that his name was Ray, that he had been camping in the wild for five years with his father following the death of his mother in a car crash, and that he had come in from the forest after his father died. The Foreign Office is looking into the case. ‘Ray’ the wild forest boy: the mystery continues DALE FARM ACTIVISTS BLOCK EVICTIONThe Dale Farm eviction reached a stalemate as activists blocked bailiffs by chaining themselves to barricades at the unauthorised travellers' site in Essex. The BBC reported that about 20 men in blue jackets marked "Enforcement Officer" arrived at the site today, but later withdrew. A spokesman for the bailiffs called for the campaigners to stop obstructing the eviction process and warned they could potentially "put people's lives in danger".

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