Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 5 May 2011

published 5 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. OBAMA SAYS 'NO' TO BIN LADEN DEATH PHOTOSPresident Obama has refused to release "very graphic" photographs of the dead Osama Bin Laden. They could be used to "incite violence", and America does "not trot out this stuff as trophies," he said. But Obama told CBS: "There is no doubt we have killed Osama bin Laden. The fact of the matter is you will not see bin Laden walking on this Earth again." Obama on Bin Laden: a volcano of American lies VINCENT TABAK ADMITS KILLING JO YEATESVincent Tabak, the man charged with the murder of Jo Yeates, has admitted killing her. The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a hearing at the Old Bailey on Thursday morning. The prosecution has not accepted his plea and a murder trial will begin in the autumn. Yeates, 25, disappeared on December 17 and her frozen body was found near her home in Bristol on Christmas Day. ‘I killed Jo Yeates’ admits neighbour Vincent Tabak Voters Expected to reject AV TODAYA loud 'No' to AV is predicted as voters go the polls today for the referendum on electoral reform. Elections for the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies and 279 English councils are billed as a test of the government's austerity programme. Labour's Ed Miliband labelled David Cameron the "Basil Fawlty of politics" for his "angry" attacks during the campaign. The Mole: Why PM has fought hard to keep electoral status quo Briefing: What is AV and how does it work? BOE VOTES TO KEEP INTEREST RATES AT 0.5 PER CENTThe Bank of England has kept interest rates at the record low of 0.5 per cent for a 27th consecutive month amid concerns that the economic recovery is faltering. Even though inflation is currently double the government's two per cent target the BoE monetary policy committee voted against an increase after gloomy figures from the manufacturing, construction and service sectors this week. CELEBRITY CHEF LATEST TO WIN GAGGING ORDERAn internationally renowned chef won a gagging order yesterday at London's Employment Tribunal. Chef "L" and his "K Ltd" business are accused of sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal. Conservative MP Louise Bagshawe said the case "embodies the concerns many MPs have about super-injunctions". WORKERS ENTER FUKUSHIMA FOR FIRST TIMEA team entered one of the damaged reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant today for the first time since the hydrogen explosions which followed the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The plant's operator, Tepco, said their task is to connect ventilation equipment, in a bid to get radiation levels down before new cooling systems can be installed. CHERYL COLE CONFIRMED FOR US X FACTOR Cheryl Cole has finally been confirmed as one of the judges on the US version of X Factor, despite concerns about her Geordie accent. Cole will be joined by record producer Antonio "LA" Reid and one other judge, expected to be the show's creator Simon Cowell, on the panel. According to the Times Rich List, Cowell is now sixth on the list of British and Irish music millionaires. TOMLINSON PATHOLOGIST INVESTIGATED BY GMCThe General Medical Council has launched an investigation into the pathologist who claimed newspaper-seller Ian Tomlinson died of natural causes, after an inquest ruled that he was "unlawfully killed". Dr Freddy Patel orignally said Tomlinson died of a heart attack after the 2009 G20 protest. But experts at the inquest blamed internal bleeding caused by a blow from policeman PC Simon Harwood. TURNER PRIZE KEEPS UP PROVOCATIVE TRADITIONThe shortlist for the annual Turner Prize for new art, announced last night, includes Scottish artist Karla Black who uses cellophane, soap and lip moisturiser in her sculptures. She is joined by Martin Boyce, Hillary Lloyd and George Shaw on the shortlist. The work is being shown at Gateshead's BALTIC centre instead of Tate Britain before the jury verdict in December. In pictures: Turner Prize 2011 LAST WWI VETERAN DIES IN AUSTRALIA AT 110The last combat veteran of World War I, Claude Stanley Choules, died yesterday in Perth, Australia, at 110. Known as Chuckles, British-born Choules joined the Royal Navy at 16, migrated to Australia in the 1920s, and served in the military for 40 years. His wife Enid died three years ago after 80 years of marriage.