Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 13 May 2013

1. CHRIS HUHNE, VICKY PRYCE LEAVE PRISON

Disgraced former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce, have been released from prison after serving half their eight-month sentences for perverting the course of justice. The pair will both have to wear electronic tags under the terms of their early release. Pryce is expected to write a 'tell-all' book about her trial and life with Huhne.

Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce leave prison after 62 days

2. TWO TV BAFTAS FOR OLIVIA COLMAN

Olivia Colman last night won two Bafta awards - best supporting actress for Jimmy McGovern’s drama, The Accused, and best female in a comedy for the Olympics-themed Twenty Twelve. Collecting the former, she said she ought to share it with co-star Anne Marie Duff: “We're Anne Malivia Colemuff, we did it together.”

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Five peeps into the life of Bafta winner Olivia Colman

3. CAMERON REBUKES GOVE AND HAMMOND

David Cameron has rebuked two of his senior Cabinet ministers, Michael Gove and Philip Hammond, for saying they would vote to quit Europe if there was a referendum now. Clearly irritated, the PM, en route to Washington for talks with President Obama, said: "There isn't going to be a referendum tomorrow so it is a hypothetical question."

Tory discipline breaks down as PPS vows to back EU rebels

4. HAZELL PLEADS GUILTY TO TIA MURDER

Stuart Hazell will be sentenced tomorrow morning for the murder of schoolgirl Tia Sharp. The 37-year-old had denied the murder and sexual assault of the 12-year-old, but changed his plea to guilty today on the fifth day of his trial at the Old Bailey. Sharp was last seen on 3 August at the house of Hazell's former partner who is also Tia's grandmother.

Stuart Hazell pleads guilty to murdering Tia Sharp

5. RIGHT TO DIE CASE BACK IN COURT

Two severely disabled men who have asked for the legal right to die are having their cases heard by the Court of Appeal. Paul Lamb, 58, who is paralysed from the neck down, and Martin, a 48-year-old locked-in syndrome sufferer, are seeking a ruling that would protect doctors against a murder charge if they help patients to die.

Tony Nicklinson's widow joins new legal push for right to die

6. SUNBATHING FUGITIVE NABBED BY POOL

British fugitive Andrew Moran has said he will not fight extradition to the UK after he was arrested by Spanish police while sunbathing beside a pool in Alicante. Moran was charged with armed robbery in 2005, but escaped during his trial. Extradition may be delayed because the 31-year-old has an "unspecified legal issue" pending in Spain.

Fugitive Andrew Moran caught beside pool in Spain - video

7. NAWAZ SHARIF SET FOR PAKISTAN MAJORITY

The votes are still being counted, but unofficial figures suggest Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League has taken an easy victory in Saturday’s general election. Sharif is reported to have opened talks with independents to guarantee an overall majority. It will be the 63-year-old's third term as Prime Minister.

Pakistan's general election - in pictures

8. WHO SAYS DEADLY NEW VIRUS A THREAT

The World Health Organisation says the ‘novel coronavirus’ (hCoV-EMC) seems to be communicable between humans, meaning it poses a global threat. The virus, which causes pneumonia and kidney failure, has caused 18 deaths in 33 confirmed cases across Europe and the Middle East since 2012, the WHO says.

Mers: how does the respiratory virus spread and who is at risk?

9. ASTRONAUT COVERS BOWIE SONG IN SPACE

Returning to Earth after five months on the International Space Station, Canadian Chris Hadfield, dubbed ‘the coolest guy in space’, has released a video of himself covering David Bowie’s Space Oddity, singing lines including ‘I’m floating in a most peculiar way’ in zero gravity. Bowie tweeted ‘Hello Spaceboy’ in response.

Ground control to Major Chris: your song's 'out of this world'

10. HOT TICKET: REVIVAL OF PASSION PLAY

A revival of Peter Nichol’s ‘Passion Play’, starring Zoe Wanamaker, has opened at the Duke of York’s Theatre, West End. The 25-year marriage of picture restorer James and amateur chorister Eleanor is disrupted by his affair with a predatory younger woman. “Brilliantly done,” says The Times. Until 3 August.

Zoe Wanamaker 'riveting' in Peter Nichols's Passion Play