Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 13 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. government told to water down NHS reformsThe government has been told to dilute plans to introduce competition to the NHS in an independent report. The NHS Future Forum said it wants to see more cooperation between health service providers. Overall, reforms should be brought in more gradually. The government will respond to the report tomorrow. NZ AFTERSHOCKs: CHRISTCHURCH HIT AGAINThe New Zealand city of Christchurch is reported to have been hit by two serious aftershocks earlier today, almost four months after 181 people died in the February 22 earthquake. One of the new shocks was magnitude 6.0 - just 0.3 short of the February quake. There are reports of people being trapped in a collapsed building. Christchurch earthquake - pictures MURRAY WINS AT QUEEN'SAndy Murray warmed up for Wimbledon by claiming his second Queen's Club title, coming from a set down to beat his French opponent Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4. The final, played in front of a capacity crowd, should have taken place on Sunday but was rained off. Murray last won the tournament in 2009. 'WAR HORSE' SCOOPS FIVE TONY AWARDSThe Broadway production of the National Theatre play War Horse scooped five Tony awards last night, including best play. The Book of Mormon from the South Park creators won nine, including best musical. English actor Mark Rylance won best actor for Jerusalem and the American Ellen Barkin took best actress for The Normal Heart. Actor Mark Rylance baffles New York's Tonys crowd DAVID MILIBAND DENIES PLOTTING AGAINST ED David Miliband last night denied that he was plotting to depose his brother Ed from the Labour leadership after a Sunday Times poll suggested that the wrong brother had won the leadership election, and associates of David claimed he was "waiting for his brother to fail". Miliband insisted: "I stand fully behind him." The Mole: Show of unity planned as sharks circle Ed Miliband Deadly shark 'spotted' off CornwallA deadly oceanic white tip shark has been reported in the sea off Cornwall by two fishermen. The species is thought to have been behind a spate of attacks on holidaymakers in Sharm el-Sheikh last year. However, experts say the oceanic white-tip has never before been sighted north of Portugal. GIGGS'S SISTER-IN-LAW SAYS HE MADE HER PREGNANTNatasha Giggs told the News of the World yesterday that she discovered she was pregnant by footballer Ryan Giggs just weeks before she was due to marry his brother Rhodri. He paid £500 towards the cost of a termination and she went ahead with the marriage. Ryan Giggs got me pregnant, says sister-in-law US FUNDS 'SHADOW INTERNET' TO AID REBELSAmerica is funding attempts to set up 'shadow' internet and mobile phone services anywhere in the world where repressive governments attempt to shut down communications within rebel democracy movements, secretary of state Hillary Clinton confirmed yesterday. Plans include a portable 'internet in a suitcase' transmitter. MASS GRAVE FOUND IN JISR AL-SHUGHOURA mass grave containing the bodies of at least 10 soldiers was reportedly discovered by Syrian troops yesterday as they completed a scorched-earth takeover of the rebel town of Jisr al-Shughour. Four of the bodies appeared to have been decapitated. Locals say that the deaths of 120 security officers resulted from a mutiny. America turns up the heat on 'outrageous' Syria 'GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS' HOAXER OWNS UPThe controversial blog 'A Gay Girl in Damascus', which raised concern over the fate of a presumed lesbian in Syria, was yesterday confirmed to be a hoax perpetrated by American Tom MacMaster, a 40-year-old MA student at Edinburgh University. He had wanted to "illuminate" events in Syria. Neil Clark: Not the first human rights abuse hoax

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