Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 2 Sep 2015

1. Eurostar suspended as migrants take to tracks

Eurostar services are slowly getting back to normal this morning after an overnight suspension with five trains halted on the tracks as police removed tresspassers outside the Channel tunnel. Travellers were eventually sent back to Paris for the night. Some said they had seen migrants trying to get through the tunnel on top of other trains.

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2. Shoreham air crash inquests open

The last of 11 people killed in the Shoreham air crash has been named as 72-year-old Graham Mallinson. A minute's silence was held as the inquests into the deaths were opened in Horsham. Pilot Andy Hill is still in a critical condition after the 1960 Hawker Hunter jet he was flying came out of a loop-the-loop and crashed into the A27 last month.

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3. Rules to change on EU referendum

The government is to change the rules which restrict the discussion of EU matters in the run-up to the in-out referendum, after bowing to pressure from euro-sceptic MPs, says the BBC. David Cameron had wanted to allow ministers to discuss EU matters freely before the vote but will now forbid them from doing so - with some exceptions.

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4. Thousands more migrants reach Greece

Thousands of migrants last night reached the Greek mainland as the government there prepares for talks on the migrant crisis. Two ships carrying more than 4,200 people arrived in Piraeus harbour. Meanwhile, hundreds of people slept outside a railway station in Hungary after being stopped from travelling on into Austria by police.

5. Fire in Paris leaves at least eight dead

At least eight people have died, including two children, in Paris’s worst fire for a decade. More than 100 firefighters battled the blaze in a residential building in the north of the centre of the city. A criminal investigation has been launched because there were at least two fires, one which started at 2am and another later at 4.30am.

6. Sue Perkins reveals benign brain tumour

Comedian Sue Perkins, host of the Great British Bake-Off, has revealed she has had a benign tumour in her brain for the past eight years, stopping her from having children. Perkins said she only found out about the growth during tests she underwent as part of another TV show. The 45-year-old said the growth was on her pituitary gland.

7. Chuka Umunna urges Labour to back new leader

Chuka Umunna, who pulled out of the Labour leadership race earlier in the summer, has called on the party to unite behind its new leader, even if veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn wins the election. Umunna, seen as a Blairite moderate, said the party should not dismiss critics of New Labour and urged supporters to focus on returning Labour to office.

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8. ITV apologises over Loose Women rape poll

ITV has apologised after a poll on talk show Loose Women asked viewers whether rape was ever a woman's fault. The poll, which generated uproar, came after comments made by singer Chrissy Hynde, who said she blamed herself for a sexual assault when she was 21. "The wording of the online poll was misjudged and we apologise for any offence caused," said ITV.

9. Clinic reveals identities of HIV patients

A clinic in Soho has leaked the details of 780 patients with HIV after sending out their names and email addresses in a newsletter. Patients at the 56 Dean Street clinic were supposed to be blind-copied into an email but instead an information sheet was posted as a group email. The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating.

10. What do Hillary Clinton's emails reveal? Miliband's heartache

Thousands more emails sent or received by Hillary Clinton when she was the US secretary of state have been made public by the State Department as it investigates her previous use of a private email address. As a by-product, the world is getting an insight into the private correspondence of a politician who was arguably the most powerful woman in the world at the time she was using the account hdr22@clintonemail.com. Her most interesting exchanges revealed the heartache of David Miliband after losing the Labour leadership to his brother Ed in 2010 and a warning from a close ally not to trust the 'superficial' David Cameron.

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