Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 27 Feb 2017

1. Moonlight wins best picture Oscar after mix-up

Coming of age drama Moonlight won the best picture Oscar last night – after an awkward blunder. Warren Beatty was handed the wrong envelope and announced La La Land as winner. Two of the musical's producers had made their acceptance speeches when the mistake was uncovered. La La Land won best director for Damien Chazelle.

PwC accountants 'banned' from Oscars after best picture fiasco

2. Labour MP Gerald Kaufman dies at age of 86

Sir Gerald Kaufman, Labour MP for Manchester Gorton, has died at the age of 86 after months of illness. Kaufman was the oldest serving MP in the Commons and a lifelong member of the Jewish Labour movement who once called Israel's leaders "war criminals". Jeremy Corbyn said he would miss his "political commitment and constant friendship".

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Britain's oldest serving MP, Gerald Kaufman, dies at 86

3. Grandmother deported after 27 years of marriage

A woman who has been married to a Briton for 27 years has been deported to Singapore. Irene Clennell had been held in a Scottish detention centre after periods spent in Singapore caring for her dying parents invalidated her residency status. She has two British sons and a granddaughter living in the UK and was caring for her infirm husband.

4. John McDonnell warns of 'soft coup' against Corbyn

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has accused "elements" within the Labour Party of launching "a soft coup" against leader Jeremy Corbyn. He said the plotters and the "Murdoch media empire" were behind a "planned, co-ordinated and fully resourced" attempt to dislodge the leader. The article was written before the Copeland by-election.

5. NHS accused of covering up massive data loss

NHS England lost more than 500,000 pieces of patient data, including sensitive clinical information, between 2011 and 2016, harming thousands of patients, says The Guardian. Lib Dem leader Tim Farron accused the service of a "cover-up" – according to the paper, NHS England "quietly launched" an inquiry after the loss was found in 2016.

6. Child sex abuse inquiry finally gets underway

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is finally underway three years after it was set up. On the first day of evidence David Hill, a former child migrant to Australia, who waived his right to anonymity, broke down as he called for the "villains" responsible for the sexual abuse of British children sent overseas to be named.

Child sex abuse inquiry: First public hearings finally begin

7. Mo Farah's 'annoyance' at doping report

Olympic medallist Sir Mo Farah last night tweeted that he was "annoyed" to have to address claims in a leaked report that his coach Alberto Salazar has used prohibited drug infusions to improve runners' performance. Farah repeated his insistence that he is a "clean athlete" who has never broken the doping rules, in a statement yesterday.

8. Ulster Unionist to support marriage equality

A former soldier has promised to support marriage equality for same-sex couples if he is re-elected to the Northern Ireland assembly. Ulster Unionist Andy Allen lost both his legs and most of his sight in Afghanistan. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where same-sex marriage is illegal, largely because of the opposition of unionists.

9. British strawberry season to start in March

Improved greenhouses and a mild winter mean British strawberries will be in the shops this week – two months ahead of the soft fruit season's normal opening. M&S and Tesco plan to have strawberries on sale later this week. Industry body British Summer Fruits said the strawberry season used to be just six weeks long 25 years ago.

10. Briefing: Brexit progress report

Within a day of last year's EU referendum, David Cameron had resigned as prime minister and Scottish independence was back on the agenda. A week later, Jeremy Corbyn faced a leadership challenge and the Ukip's Nigel Farage had stepped down. But eight months on from the biggest political upheaval of a generation, where are we now?

Brexit: Where are we, eight months on from EU referendum?