Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 28 Nov 2012

1. RICHARD O'DWYER BEATS EXTRADITION TO US

Richard O'Dwyer, the British student facing up to 10 years in a United States prison for setting up a website with links to television programmes and films stored online, will not be extradited to face trial. Home Secretary Theresa May had signed off on his extradition, but the BBC says the 24-year-old will pay a "small sum of compensation" instead of being sent to the US.

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