Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 24 Jun 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. BELLFIELD JURY DISCHARGED OVER MEDIA COVERAGEThe media reaction to the conviciton of Levi Bellfield for the murder of Millie Dowler has led to the discharge of the jury, which was still considering another attempted abduction charge against him. The judge, Mr Justice Wilkie, said the coverage could lead to contempt charges. Bellfield, who is already in jail for two other murders, was sentenced to life for killing Dowler in 2002. Milly Dowler’s family were treated shamefully LAURA ROBSON OUT OF WIMBLEDON Laura Robson is out of Wimbledon after a gutsy performance against the number five seed Maria Sharapova. The British teenager was a break up in the first set but ended up losing a tie-break and her Russian opponent took the second 6-3. Andy Murray was due to take on Ivan Ljubicic in the third round later on Friday. SITE CRASHES AS MORE OLYMPIC TICKETS GO ON SALE The London 2012 website crashed almost immediately this morning when the second round of ticket sales for next year's Olympics opened at 6am. The first-come first-served sale will be open for 10 days, but many of the 2.3m tickets available had been snapped up by the afternoon. The athletics was completely sold out but there were still tickets to volleyball and weightlifting. Site crashes as new batch of 2012 tickets go on sale PROTESTS AS U2 HEADLINE AT GLASTONBURY U2 were due to face protests from anti-capitalist demonstrators when they took to the stage at Glastonbury tonight. The Irish band are accused of being tax dodgers and direct action group Art Uncut had planned to disrupt their performance. The 170,000 mud-soaked festival goers were also braced for more rain as the event got underway. U2 face the wrath of Glastonbury, and Twitter VANCOUVER KISS – WAS IT SYMPATHY NOT PASSION?Fresh video footage uploaded to YouTube suggests that it was sympathy not passion that drove Scott Jones to kiss his girlfriend Alex Thomas in the middle of the recent Vancouver riot (above). The video shows the young Australian comforting her after she was knocked to the ground by Canadian riot police. It is likely to end speculation that the kiss was staged. Vancouver kiss video reveals the truth at last CAMERON WINS ON LIMITING UK CASH FOR GREECE Prime Minister David Cameron won his argument at the Brussels EU summit yesterday that Britain should not contribute to eurozone funds for the next bailout of Greece, expected to total €120bn. The meeting agreed to the fresh bailout if Greece implements a €28bn austerity package in a parliamentary vote due next week. Prof reminds Germany of its WWII debts to Greece oBAMA UNDER FIRE OVER AFGHAN TROOP WITHDRAWAL Admiral Mike Mullen, America’s senior military officer, warned that President Obama's Afghan withdrawal plan was "more aggressive" than he had advised, and that it would have been "safer" to leave the troops in place. Republican Senator John McCain said he was "very concerned" that the withdrawal was a risk "to our mission, and to our men and women in uniform". Crispin Black: there's no point in troops staying in Afghanistan HACKERS SEEK REVENGE ON MURDOCH PAPERSHackers believed to be from the LulzSec group yesterday targeted the website of the Sun and a production computer at the Times, both owned by Rupert Murdoch, to avenge their coverage of Ryan Cleary, charged with computer crimes. The 19-year-old was remanded in custody by Westminster magistrates for further questioning, and did not enter a plea. Teenage hacker Ryan Cleary ‘threatened to slit wrists’ WARHOL PORTRAIT OF FARRAH FAWCETT FOUNDA Warhol portrait of actress Farrah Fawcett, missing from her estate since her death in 2009, has been found hanging in the Malibu bedroom of her long-term lover Ryan O'Neal. She had bequeathed it to the University of Texas, but it was spotted above O'Neal's bed in a reality show broadcast on The Oprah Winfrey Network last weekend. Warhol’s Farrah portrait found on ex-lover’s wall BAGHDAD MARKET BOMBS KILL 40Four bombs killed at least 40 civilians and one policeman in Baghdad late yesterday. The first three, hidden in wooden carts, went off in succession inside and outside a market and near a neighbouring Shiite mosque, the fourth shortly after by a police patrol. Sunni extremists, including al-Qaeda, are suspected.

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