Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 9 Jan 2017

1. Kardashian West robbery: 15 arrested in France

French police have arrested at least 15 people in connection with the armed robbery of reality TV star Kim Kardashian West during Paris Fashion Week last October. The 36-year-old is said to have been tied up in her hotel room by masked men who stole £8m of jewellery. No further details about the arrests have been released.

2. Boris Johnson in Washington after talks with Trump's team

Boris Johnson yesterday became the first UK minister to hold talks with president-elect Donald Trump's team. The Foreign Secretary met the property developer's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his chief strategist, talk radio proprietor Steve Bannon, in New York, ahead of talks with US congressional leaders in Washington DC today.

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3. Theresa May's 'shared society' to fight mental health stigma

Theresa May will unveil a package of social reforms today aimed at developing her vision of a "shared society". The Prime Minister is to announce plans to "transform" the way mental health is dealt with "not in our hospitals but in our classrooms, at work and in our communities", targeting the stigma associated with the illness.

Theresa May promises mental health overhaul - but is it enough?

4. Northern Ireland: Martin McGuinness stands down

Martin McGuinness has quit as Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, ending the ten-year power-sharing between nationalists and unionists. The Sinn Fein politician is standing down in protest over a botched green energy scheme that could cost taxpayers £490m. He had previously called for DUP First Minister Arlene Foster to resign over the scandal.

5. Eight die in Italy as blizzards and cold weather hit Europe

Eight deaths in Italy have been blamed on the freeze affecting much of continental Europe with blizzards and dangerously cold conditions. One man died in a basement in Milan and another was found dead on a street in Florence. It is thought most of the UK will be colder and could see snow towards the end of this week.

6. Tube strike brings chaos to central London

Commuters in London face a day of chaos as a 24-hour strike on London Underground hits central zones. All Zone 1 stations are closed and there are limited services elsewhere on the system. The strike, over staffing levels and ticket office closures, kicks off a week of industrial action, with workers on BA and Southern rail also walking out this week.

Tube commuters face more delays as engineers begin industrial action

7. Royal School for the Blind head teacher 'abused children'

A group of blind and vulnerable adults say they were physically and emotionally abused by the head teacher at their primary school in the 1950s. Six former pupils of the Royal School for the Blind in Wavertree, Liverpool, say Margaret McLenan beat and shamed them. She has since died. There is no suggestion the abuse was sexual.

8. La La Land wins seven Golden Globes

Hollywood musical La La Land has broken the record for the most Golden Globes won by a single film, taking all seven categories in which it was nominated, including best comedy film, best director, best screenplay and best score, at last night's ceremony. Lead stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone won best actor and best actress for their performances.

La La Land sets Golden Globes record

9. Working in an office costs British employees £14,000

Workers in the UK spend an average £14,000 over the course of a 40-year working life on the daily costs of being in an office, according to a survey by Nationwide. Expenses include teas and coffees, cards and presents for colleagues leaving, sponsoring charity feats and secret Santa gifts. If nights out and work clothes are included, the tally rises to £40,000.

How office life costs UK workers up to £1,000 a year

10. Briefing: Gigantic iceberg poised to break away from Antarctica

An iceberg the size of Norfolk is poised to break away from a vast ice shelf in the north-west area of Antarctica. Only a threadlike sliver 12 miles wide is keeping the 1,900sq-mile chunk attached to the Larsen C ice shelf in the Weddell Sea. Professor Adrian Luckman of Swansea University told the BBC: "If it doesn't go in the next few months, I'll be amazed."

Gigantic iceberg poised to break away from Antarctica