Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 31 May 2011

published 31 May 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. FA AND SFA DEMAND FIFA VOTE CALLED OFFThe English and Scottish Football Associations have called on Fifa to postpone its presidential election, scheduled for Wednesday, amid claims of corruption. Sponsors of football's governing body have also expressed concerns over the situation. Fifa has refused to delay the vote, in which Sepp Blatter is the only candidate, but FA chairman David Bernstein may table a motion at the Fifa congress tomorrow. Unhappy sponsors add to the pressure on Fifa RATKO MLADIC LOSES EXTRADITION APPEALFormer Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic is set to be extradited to the The Hague after his final appeal to stay in Serbia on grounds of ill health was rejected. He will now be deported "as soon as possible" to face genocide charges. His lawyer, accused of "delaying tactics", claims Mladic will "die before any trial" can be heard. TV CLAIMS 'WESTERN BOOTS ON GROUND' IN LIBYAThe Ministry of Defence has denied Britain has any 'boots on the ground' in Libya after Al Jazeera broadcast film (above) purporting to show a group of armed European-looking men in action outside the city of Misrata. British war correspondent Tony Birtley identified the men as "possibly British" special forces. They melted away when they realised they were being filmed. Video: Al Jazeera posts video of 'western soldiers' in Libya PEER JAILED OVER PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSESLord Taylor of Warwick has become the first peer to be jailed over the parliamentary expenses scandal. The 58-year-old was sentenced to 12-months in prison at Southwark Crown Court. He was found guilty earlier this year of fraud after claiming more than £11,000 by claiming on a residence in Oxford, when he only owned a home in Ealing. His actions were described as a "protracted course of dishonesty". PUTIN SUSPECTS CONSPIRACY IN STRAUSS-KAHN ARRESTRussian leader Vladimir Putin yesterday intervened in the case of attempted rape charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, posting on the government's official website that the charges are probably bogus and part of a conspiracy. "It doesn't sit right in my head," he wrote. Lawyers dig for dirt in bid to save Strauss-Kahn CELEBRITY HAIRDRESSER ADMITS RACE RANT Celebrity hairdresser James Brown admitted yesterday that he was the unnamed guest at the Bafta awards who repeatedly called black television presenter Ben Douglas a "nigger". Douglas wrote about the incident without naming Brown. He confessed to the police after receiving death threats and agreed his behaviour was "totally unacceptable." MURRAY COMPLETES FRENCH OPEN COMEBACKAndy Murray has booked his place in the quarter-finals of the French Open after completing a remarkable comeback from two sets down against Serbian Viktor Trioki. Play resumed with the game poised at two sets all after bad light stopped play on Monday. Murray went 5-2 down in the final set, but the Scottish world number four reeled off five games on the trot to take the decider 7-5. BANGLADESHI WOMAN DISMEMBERS RAPISTMonju Begum, a Bangladeshi mother of three in Jhalakathi, cut off a man's penis during an alleged rape attempt, placed it in a plastic bag, and took it to the police as evidence. Police said it was "quite an unusual incident" and that they would arrest the man "when he gets better". YOUNG DOOMED TO BE A 'GENERATION OF RENTERS'Two-thirds of young people believe they have no prospect of owning their own homes, a Halifax survey reveals. Higher deposits and tougher mortgage rules are blamed. The Council of Mortgage Lenders is talking with builders in hopes of providing some 95 per cent mortgages. Neil Clark: What UK's young jobless can learn from Barcelona CHERYL COLE 'DEFINITELY OUT OF X FACTOR'ITV, broadcasters of The X Factor, issued a statement early today making it clear Cheryl Cole will not be returning as a judge after losing her job on the US version. The ITV press office tweeted: 'Official: @TheXFactor (UK) judges will be: Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos, Kelly Rowland & Louis Walsh #itvpresscentre.' Will Cheryl Cole run home to Ashley?