Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 15 Nov 2013

1. HAIYAN: FEARS GROW FOR REMOTE AREAS

Rescuers have said there is an urgent need to get aid to more remote parts of the Philippines as, a week after the typhoon struck, emergency workers reached some hard-hit areas for the first time. Medecins Sans Frontieres said the situation in Guiuan, eastern Samar, was “bleak”. The UN said they needed to get aid to areas outside Tacloban “as soon as possible”.

2. PRINCESS ANNE: WE SHOULD EAT HORSE

The Princess Royal has said that the public should consider eating horsemeat, and that creating a “real market” would reduce the number of welfare cases of unwanted animals. In a speech to an equine welfare charity, the former Olympic eventing champion said those who trade in horse meat “value their horses and look after them”.

Horsemeat: eating horse could improve welfare, says Anne

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3. ELDERLY PATIENTS TO SEE ‘FAMILY DOCTORS’

Patients over the age of 75 will be given a ‘named GP’ who will be personally responsible for their care, while “old-fashioned, family doctors” will co-ordinate health and social care for the frailest 2% of patients when the new GP contract comes into force. Experts say better care in the community could cut A&E admissions, of which a third involve patients over 75.

New GP contracts: 'return of old-fashioned family doctor'

4. CHINA RELAXES ONE-CHILD POLICY

Chinese families will be allowed two children as long as at least one parent is an only child, ending restrictions introduced in the 1970s. State media also report that the labour camp system will be abolished and the number of crimes punishable by death will be reduced.

5. PROTESTS TARGET CAMERON IN SRI LANKA

David Cameron was confronted by Tamil protesters during a visit to northern Sri Lanka, the scene of a vicious civil war between the Tamil Tiger separatist movement and the Sinhalese majority. Demonstrators waved photographs of missing relatives as they pressed around his motorcade. The Prime Minister had earlier urged Sri Lanka's leaders to show magnanimity after their victory over the rebels.

6. EGYPT ISSUES ALERT FOR STOLEN TREASURE

Egypt has issued an Interpol alert for an exquisite statuette of Tutankhamun's sister amid fears that it could be sold on the black market. Experts believe the museum piece, A Daughter of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, could have been stolen to order during violent protests this summer. Looters took 1,000 items and caused catastrophic damage.

7. TORONTO MAYOR: NEW DAY, NEW GAFFE

Rob Ford, the embattled mayor of Toronto, has once again been forced to apologise, after using “graphic” language and referring to oral sex when responding to an allegation that he had propositioned a staff member. The outburst was said to have left reporters “gasping”. One councillor called him “pig-headed” with “no core of moral character”.

How did prosperous Toronto get a mayor like Rob Ford?

8. INDIAN CRICKETING LEGEND’S LAST GAME

Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian cricketer called the “master blaster”, was denied his 101st international century after he was dismissed for 74 in his last match. In what could have been the final innings of his career, he fell 26 runs short of a century. Tendulkar, the highest runscorer in international cricket, has received a rapturous goodbye from fans.

Tendulkar out for 74, but says farewell in style – video

9. EU APPROVES SPAIN'S GIBRALTAR CHECKS

Spain did not break EU law by imposing strict controls on cars crossing to and from Gibraltar, the European Commission has ruled. Britain complained in September after long queues built up at the border. Spain said the checks were necessary to counter tobacco smuggling and cross-border crime.

10. HOT TICKET: ROM-COM SATIRE DON JON

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's relationship comedy Don Jon opens in UK cinemas today. Gordon-Levitt wrote, directed and co-stars in the film about a womanising bar tender forced to reconsider his porn habit when he meets the woman of his dreams (Scarlett Johansson). "Bruisingly funny," says Rolling Stone.

Gordon-Levitt's 'salty' rom-com satire Don Jon - reviews