Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 28 Apr 2016

1. Cameron and ex-union boss warn against Brexit

Prime Minister David Cameron and the former general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Brendan Barber, have written a joint article for The Guardian warning that leaving the EU would pose a "triple threat" to jobs, wages and prices. Admitting they are unlikely allies, the two said it was "right" to temporarily set their difference aside.

Remain-voting City lobby group calls for 'dramatic Brexit U-turn'

2. Lloyds bank profits dip by 46 per cent

Lloyds has revealed a fall in profits of 46 per cent for the first quarter of the year, largely due to its controversial decision to buy back its high-income bonds at a cost of £790m. The bank, which is still partially state-owned, made a profit of £654m. With the bonds stripped out, it made £2.05bn, a fall of only six per cent.

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3. UN calls on Russia and Syria to save peace process

The UN envoy to Syria has called on the country and Russia to intervene "at the highest level" to help salvage struggling peace talks. Staffan de Mistura warned the partial truce agreed in February is now "barely alive". Violence has intensified in recent days, despite the ceasefire, and the UN says the situation in the city of Aleppo is "catastrophic".

4. Hillsborough campaigners begin police court action

Hillsborough campaigners have begun a High Court misconduct action against the South Yorkshire and West Midlands police forces after inquests ruled that the victims of the disaster were unlawfully killed. Meanwhile, there has been anger after retired police officers said they were "proud" of their force for cooperating with the Hillsborough inquest.

Hillsborough: Former police chiefs face charges

5. Girl of 14 dies after operation by torchlight

An inquest has heard a 14-year-old girl died at a Bristol hospital after doctors were forced to carry out an emergency operation on her ward at night because the only two operating theatres available were in use. A torch was used to provide enough light. The hospital said it was "incredibly rare" for more than two theatres to be needed at night.

Teenage girl dies in Bristol after being operated on by torchlight

6. Two-year-old shoots mother dead in US

A woman has been shot dead by her two-year-old son while she was driving a car in Milwaukee. Patrice Price's security guard boyfriend had left his gun in the vehicle and the toddler found it, Price's father said. Also in the car were Price's mother and her other child, aged one. Last month, a four-year-old shot his mother in a similar incident.

7. US drug investigators probe Prince death

The US Drug Enforcement Administration is to help with the investigation into the death of Prince after prescription painkillers were discovered following his sudden death in Minneapolis last week. A post-mortem ruled out suicide but there have been suggestions the star was addicted to the painkiller Percocet, which he had been taking for hip pain since 2009.

Universal buys rights to Prince's 'legendary' music vault

8. Ken Livingstone suspended over Hitler comments

Ken Livingstone has been suspended by the Labour Party after claiming Hitler supported Zionism in a row over alleged anti-Semitism. Yesterday, MP Naz Shah was suspended over a social media post suggesting Israel should be "relocated" to the US. Livingstone provoked an even bigger row today as he tried to point out that criticism of Israel was not anti-Semitic.

Ken Livingstone suspended by Labour over Hitler comments

9. Third of Britons say 'sexting' is not cheating

An online poll of 2,150 men and women has found that more than a third - 35 per cent - do not think sending sexually explicit photographs or messages via mobile phone, so-called "sexting", to somebody who is not their partner amounts to being unfaithful. The study was commissioned by a law firm which says clients are increasingly citing adultery in their divorce proceedings.

10. Briefing: Labour's problem with the European Union

Jeremy Corbyn's stance on the EU and immigration risks losing Labour a "swathe" of voters to Ukip, one of his own MPs has warned. Brexiter Frank Field said the party's support for staying in could irreparably damage its relationship with traditional Labour working-class voters, many of whom he claimed favour leaving. The referendum campaign could become "the second-longest suicide note in Labour's history", he added, in reference to the party's disastrous 1983 manifesto.

Remain-voting City lobby group calls for 'dramatic Brexit U-turn'