Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 23 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. LEVI BELLFIELD GUILTY OF MILLY DOWLER MURDERFormer doorman Levi Bellfield has been found guilty of the 2002 abduction and murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler. The jury is yet to return a verdict on the attempted abduction of another schoolgirl. Bellfield, 43, is already in jail for the attempted murder of 18-year-old Kate Sheedy and the murders of Amelie Delagrange, 22, and Marsha McDonnell, 19. US AND UK CONFIRM AFGHAN WITHDRAWALPresident Obama told Americans last night that "it is time to focus on nation-building here at home" as he confirmed plans to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year and end the US "combat role" by 2014. UK foreign secretary William Hague said Britain will be out by 2015 and France has said it will also pull its 4,000 troops out. Split widens between PM and armed forces chiefs CLEGG CALLS FOR 'PEOPLE'S BANK' PAYOUTDeputy PM Nick Clegg wants every adult in Britain to be given free shares in the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group in return for the taxpayer bailout. The deal, which he has proposed to chancellor George Osborne, could be worth £1,000 to every shareholder once the nationalised banks are sold off. three arrested after 'burglar' stabbed to death Police have arrested three people in Greater Manchester after a suspected burglar was stabbed to death. It is thought the victim was one of a gang of masked men who attempted to break into a home in Salford last night. Sky News reports the three arrested are the homeowner, his son and the son's girlfriend. TEENAGE HACKER remanded in police custodyRyan Cleary, the 19-year-old alleged LulzSec hacker charged with five offences under the Computer Misuse Act, has been remanded in custody at London's Charing Cross police station. His parents say he suffers from Emotional Behavioural Disorder. When his mother tried to confiscate his computer, he threatened to slit his wrists. LulzSec: public service or teenage dorks at work? Ryan Cleary faces 'death sentence' if he is extradited to the US BAD NEWS FOR KATE MOSS AT GLASTONBURY Glastonbury festival-goers found themselves in the traditional sea of mud as soon as the gates opened for the five-day festival yesterday. Supermodel Kate Moss, a regular since 2007, learned that the luxury PlayStation marquee where she holds an annual shindig has been banned because it was "too celebrified". In pictures: Glastonbury begins LIBYAN CAMPAIGN HAS COST £250 MILLION SO FARThe cost of British military operations in Libya has reached £250 million so far, the Ministry of Defence will tell MPs in a written statement today. When the intervention began in March, chancellor George Osborne estimated the cost in "tens of millions, not hundreds of millions". Winklevoss twins give up facebook lawsuit Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who claim Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea for a social network, have finally given up their long-running legal dispute. The pair had been planning to challenge a $65m settlement awarded in 2008 and upheld in April this year by an appeals court. ‘Social Network’ writer is latest to quit Facebook HOLLYWOOD'S SECRET POKER GAME EXPOSEDAn illegal high-stakes gambling ring for Hollywood stars which staged multi-million dollar poker games was exposed yesterday when lawyers sued Spider-man star Tobey Maguire for the return of $300,000 in winnings. Leo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were also in on the no-limit Texas Hold-'em game discovered by the FBI. BILLION-DOLLAR DIVORCEE DECLARES BANKRUPTCYBritish-born Patricia Kluge, a 62-year-old socialite who won $1 billion, the biggest recorded settlement, when she divorced TV mogul John Kluge, yesterday declared bankruptcy with $30 million in debt despite selling paintings, jewellery, and (to Donald Trump) a vineyard. A former soft-porn star, she said hers had been "a very long story".

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