Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 17 Aug 2015

1. Burnham: I’d involve Corbyn in rebuilding Labour

Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham is saying today that if he is successful he will involve his rival, Jeremy Corbyn, in “rebuilding” the party. The first paper ballots are expected to arrive in the post at Labour HQ today. Also today, online ballots will be sent out electronically. Corbyn is still the bookies’ and pollsters’ clear favourite.

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2. Indonesia plane: search teams head to Papua

Indonesian emergency teams are searching a remote part of the island of Papua for a missing plane feared to have crashed on Sunday, carrying 54 people including five children and infants. Officials say they have spotted debris near the town of Oksibil, the plane’s intended destination. The plane was carrying currency worth £300,000.

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3. Oliver and Amelia are most popular names

The most popular baby names in England and Wales last year were Oliver and Amelia for the second year running. In 2014 6,649 baby boys were named Oliver and 5,327 girls were called Amelia. Jack, Harry and Jacob were the next-most popular boys names with Olivia, Isla and Emily for girls. More than 7,000 boys were named Mohammed, with many different spellings.

4. Bank of England warned against low interest rates

A member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has warned that keeping interest rates low could damage the economy. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Kristin Forbes said waiting too long to raise rates would “undermine the economy”. Her comments have caused speculation the rate my rise sooner than thought.

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5. Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter stabbed to death

The granddaughter of Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been found stabbed to death on a Manhattan street. Edena Hines, a 33-year-old actor and educator, was found at 3am on Sunday morning with multiple wounds to her chest in front of her own apartment on West 162nd Street. A 30-year-old man was arrested at the scene.

6. Diabetes cases rise by 60% in ten years

Sixty per cent more people are living with some form of diabetes than were in 2005, Diabetes UK has warned. The reason for the increase in type 1 diabetes, developed in childhood, are unknown. Most cases (around 90%) are type 2, however, and that is linked to the obesity crisis. More than 3.3 million people now have type 1 or 2.

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7. Four killed in Spanish bull runs over the weekend

Four people were killed by bulls in Spain over the weekend, taking the death toll from bull-runs to seven since the start of July. The most recent victim was an 18-year-old man gored in the stomach in Navarra. Also this weekend a 36-year-old town councillor was killed near Valladolid. All the deaths have come in bull-runs on the streets of Spanish towns.

8. Bangkok bomb attack: dozens feared dead

Dozens of people including tourists are said to have been killed in a bomb attack at a Hindu shrine in the centre of Thailand's capital, Bangkok. The blast, believed to have been caused by a motorcycle bomb, took place at around 7pm local time. Eye-witnesses said there was chaos at the scene with body parts scattered everywhere. Another device was defused.

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9. Toxic gas fear as Tianjin clear-up continues

There are fears that thunderstorms could create clouds of deadly gas in the aftermath of massive explosions at a chemical storage warehouse in the city of Tianjin in northern China. Soldiers and firefighters are still clearing up the site as experts warn that if tons of unexploded sodium cyanide are exposed to the rain it will release the highly toxic gas hydrogen cyanide.

Tianjin: race to clear chemicals amid fears of toxic gas clouds

10. Briefing: UK trial for 'recharge-as-you-drive' roads

Highways England has announced that it will test out new technology letting electric cars recharge their batteries as they drive along the road. Wireless power-transfer would be built under the nation's motorways and A-roads.

The agency says it hopes to test the technology 'off-road' – meaning not on a public highway – by "2016 or 2017". But one UK electric car expert has questioned whether the concept is even worth considering.

Electric cars: UK trial for roads that recharge cars on the go