Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 13 May 2011

Tilda Swinton at Cannes premiere of We Need to Talk About Kevin

published 13 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. INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DISPUTES CAMPBELL'S EVIDENCEA former British intelligence chief, General Michael Laurie, has contradicted Tony Blair spinmeister Alastair Campbell's claim to the Chilcot Inquiry that a September 2002 dossier had not been ordered to "make the case for war" in Iraq. In a letter declassified yesterday, Laurie told the inquiry that "this was exactly its purpose and these very words were used." Crispin Black: Who's telling the truth – Gen Laurie or Alastair Campbell? SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL 80 AT PAKISTAN BASEA double suicide bomb attack this morning on a paramilitary training centre in Shabqadar, northwest Pakistan, killed at least 80 and injured dozens more, most believed to be recruits. It is the bloodiest attack since US Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden on May 2. Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for the Pakistan Taliban, told AFP: "This was the first revenge for Osama's martyrdom. Wait for bigger attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan." TILDA SWINTON FILM WINS PRAISE AT CANNESProspects for Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk about Kevin - the only British film in competition for the Palme D'Or at Cannes – look good after critics lavished praise on the "psychological horror film". To Variety it was "exquisitely realised", and to Screen Dai "compulsively powerful", while the Hollywood Reporter called the performance of Tilda Swinton (above) a "tour de force". In pictures: Ten to watch for at Cannes In pictures: Cannes – the red carpet CONTROVERSY OVER BAIL FOR DEMJANJUKJohn Demjanjuk, convicted yesterday for his role in the murder of 28,000 Jews during his time as a guard at a World War Two Nazi death camp, was last night ordered to be freed on bail pending an appeal. Efraim Zuroff of the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre said freedom was inappropriate "given the heinous nature of his crime". John Demjanjuk: Nazi war criminal or victim? CAMERON ORDERS MET POLICE TO JOIN MADDIE HUNT The Metropolitan Police are to "bring their expertise" on the continuing search for Madeleine McCann, the Home Office said yesterday, after David Cameron answered an appeal by Kate McCann for his help. Madeleine went missing at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal in May 2007. SIENNA Miller TAKES 100K FOR PHONE HACKINGSienna Miller is set to accept £100,000 in damages from the News of the World after the paper admitted liability over hacking her phone. The settlement, which is expected to be formalised next week, includes a full disclosure - in private - by the NoW as to the extent of their activities against her. Miller is one of several high-profile figures pursuing legal action against Rupert Murdoch's publication. FA LAUNCHES 'REVIEW' OF FIFA BRIBERY CLAIMThe Football Association has appointed QC James Dingemans to 'independently review' allegations of demands for bribes by Fifa officials during England's failed 2018 World Cup bid, made by its former chairman Lord Triesman. He will also ask whether the FA was told at the time, and will report to the FA board by May 27. How do we stop the rot in world football? PIPPA ADMIRER'S GIRLFRIEND GETS HER REVENGEA Birmingham man, as yet unnamed, has been spotted driving his blue Peugeot with the words: 'IS PIPPA'S BUM STILL BETTER THAN MINE?' daubed across the side of the car in white paint. It is understood his girlfriend took revenge after comments made about the chief bridesmaid, Pippa Middleton, during the recent royal wedding. HOUSEHOLD INCOMES IN BIGGEST FALL IN 30 YEARSThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the leading economic think tank, said last night that latest statistiics show that median take-home pay fell by 3.8 per cent in the first 11 months of the 2010-11 fiscal year. That is the steepest fall since 1981, and puts the median income back to 2004-5 levels. MEN ARRESTED IN LENNON BOMB INVESTIGATIONTwo men, aged 41 and 43, were arrested late yesterday in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, during an investigation into the sending of parcel bombs to Celtic manager Neil Lennon. They were detained under the Explosive Substances Act. Another suspect package addressed to Lennon and believed to contain a bullet was found at Celtic's Glasgow stadium. Neil Lennon attacked by fan during match