Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 8 Feb 2016

1. Turkey sets up camps in Syria for excluded refugees

Turkish aid workers are setting up camps on the Syrian side of the border to house migrants fleeing the long-running civil war after a change in policy saw the authorities stop letting them into Turkey. Some 35,000 fled the Aleppo area last week and Turkey closed the border, despite appeals from the European Union to let the asylum-seekers cross.

2. Imogen brings winds of 93mph to Britain

Southern England and the south of Wales are bearing the brunt of Storm Imogen, the latest winter storm to hit the UK. Winds of 93mph were measured at The Needles, off the Isle of Wight, this morning, while more than 3,300 homes are without power in the south-west of England and transport links have been disrupted.

UK weather: Storm to batter Britain this weekend

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3. Cameron to announce major overhaul of prisons

David Cameron has told the Commons that he wants to carry out a major overhaul of Britain's prisons, making reform a "great progressive cause". Among other changes, he wants to give prison governors greater autonomy to decide how their budgets should be spent. This idea is to be piloted at six prisons this year.

David Cameron to introduce prison 'league tables'

4. Beth Tweddle has surgery after The Jump accident

Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle has had surgery on a broken neck after she was injured while training for reality TV show The Jump. The 30-year-old had a piece of bone taken from her hip in the operation to fuse a fractured vertebrae in her neck. Swimmer Rebecca Adlington and actor Tina Hobley have also pulled out of the show after injuries.

5. Met Police to use eagles to take down drones

London's Metropolitan Police wants to use trained eagles to capture drones. There are concerns that the airborne devices are being used by criminals to spy on homes prior to a break-in and to carry drugs over prison walls. The scheme is already being tested in the Netherlands.

6. Cameron: Brexit would bring migrant camps to UK

David Cameron has denied "scaremongering" after claiming that if Britain left the EU migrant camps such as the "Jungle" in Calais would spring up in the UK. The PM said France could "tear up" the deal which lets UK border guards check passports at Calais, if Britain left.

7. Leopard mauls six at school in India

Six people have been mauled by a leopard at a school in India. The male leopard attacked its victims as they tried to corner it after it wandered into the school in Bangalore. CCTV caught the big cat attacking a man near a swimming pool at the school. The animal was eventually tranquillised and released. There are between 12,000 and 14,000 leopards in India.

8. Continuity IRA warns of more attacks

Irish republican group the Continuity IRA claims it carried out a shooting at a boxing weigh-in on Friday in which one man was killed and two others wounded. Gunmen armed with AK47s burst into the building in Dublin and opened fire. The organisation says it will carry out further attacks "on drug dealers and criminals".

9. Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers to win Super Bowl

The Denver Broncos last night won American Football's biggest tournament, the Super Bowl, beating the favourites, the Carolina Panthers, 24-10. The Panthers had only lost one game all season and have the league's official Most Valuable Player as a quarterback. Peyton Manning of the Broncos said it was an "emotional night".

10. Briefing: can Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton?

Seven months ago, nobody thought a self-professed social democrat would get this far in the US presidential elections, but Bernie Sanders has managed to give Hillary Clinton a run for her money. The two came out of this week's Iowa caucuses in a virtual tie, with Clinton slightly leading at 49.8 per cent, to Sanders's 49.6. - even though he only became a Democrat in 2015, having until then been the longest-serving independent in US congressional history.

Could Bernie Sanders become the next US president in 2020?