Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 15 Aug 2011

published 15 August 2011

Our popular news catch-up service is posted Monday to Friday at 8.0am. You can rely on it to keep you up to date through the working day with the main news talking points. MAN HELD IN JERSEY KNIFE MASSACRE, SIX DEADA 30-year-old-man was arrested in Jersey yesterday following the deaths of a man, two women and three children in a knife attack that began in a house before spilling out onto the street. The man arrested was under guard in hospital following emergency surgery. It is believed all involved were related. UK Riots: BROKEN SOCIETY TOP OF PM'S AGENDAPrime minister David Cameron is to tackle the "slow-motion moral collapse" of society by reviewing every government policy following last week's riots. In a speech today, Cameron said broken Britain was "back at the top of my political agenda" and said he planned "a concerted, all-out war on gangs and gang culture." Labour leader Ed Miliband warned against "knee-jerk gimmicks". Starkey accused of racism over ‘black culture’ claims uk riots: POLICE MAKE murder and arson ARRESTSA 16-year-old boy was arrested in west London yesterday on suspicion of the murder of Richard Bowes, 68, who died during rioting in Ealing. In Croydon a 33-year-old man was charged with arson in the fire which destroyed the Reeves Furniture Store and a 24-year-old man was arrested over the murder of Trevor Ellis. Two men and a 17-year-old boy have been remanded in custody charged with the murders of three men hit by a car in Birmingham. Cameron’s ban on social media just wouldn’t work Heroics and horror stories: the human cost of the riots MUBARAK TRIAL NO LONGER TELEVISEDThe trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been adjourned for three weeks and will no longer be televised. The 83-year-old, who appeared in court in Cairo on a hospital bed, will now be tried alongside former interior minister Habib al-Adly, who is also accused of ordering the killing of protesters. Will Hosni Mubarak’s ‘show trial’ backfire? 'SUBSTANTIAL' OIL LEAK IN THE NORTH SEAMore than 200 tonnes of oil is thought to have escaped into the North Sea after a leak in a pipeline leading to the Gannet Alpha oil platform 100 miles off Aberdeen was discovered. The Department of Energy and Climate Change described the spill as "substantial", but said it should disperse naturally. SCORES KILLED IN IRAQI BOMB ATTACKSScores of people have been killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq. The worst attack was in the southern city of Kut where twin blasts killed 40 people. It is unclear who is behind the attacks but they highlight the declining level of security in the country as talks continue over maintaining a US presence in Iraq next year. LIBYAN REBELS ENTER TWO KEY TOWNSLibyan rebels yesterday advanced into two key towns controlling road access to Tripoli: Zawiya to the west, and Gharyan to the south. If the rebels take these towns, Col Gaddafi would be cut off in Tripoli, with Nato denying sea access. Reuters reported a meeting between Gaddafi aides and rebels on the Tunisian island of Djerba. Don’t underestimate Libyan support for Gaddafi REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL RIVALS BATTLE AT WATERLOOThe Tea Party favourite for the Republican presidential nomination, Michele Bachmann, yesterday hurried to Waterloo, Iowa, where she was born, to confront her newly declared rival, Texas governor Rick Perry, at a gathering of Republican faithful. President Obama arrives in Iowa on a bus tour today to reclaim some attention, with job creation as his theme. Bachmann blots copybook as Perry charms Iowa first BOLLYWOOD STAR Shammi kapoor DiesShammi Kapoor, famed as the 'Elvis of India' for his dance moves and the first of the stars who created the Bollywood phenomenon, has died aged 79 of kidney failure in Mumbai. Kapoor was a member of Bollywood's first family which included his father and two brothers. He starred in more than 100 films. In pictures: India celebrates independence FABREGAS FINALLY JOINS BARCELONAFootballer Cesc Fabregas, at the centre of one of the sport's longest transfer sagas, has finally left Arsenal and joined Barcelona in a deal worth £35m. He was unveiled this afternoon in front of 30,000 fans, but paid tribute to his former manager Arsene Wenger who said he understood Fabregas's wish to go to "his home town club". Few tears shed as Fabregas finally joins Barcelona Cesc Fabregas: the Arsenal years - pictures