Thursday, 2 September 2010

The First Post 

The First Post

Ten things you need to know today

The First Post's super-quick catch-up on the main news talking points, sponsored by Saab

William Hague denies relationship; aide quits

The Mole: Story has been bubbling ever since the Mail printed photos of Hague and Myers strolling in London

Another useless summit: why does Obama bother?

Alexander Cockburn: The Obama Plan will join all the other diplomatic ruins in the desert of dry bones

Natalie Portman's ballerina wows Venice film festival

'Enthralling' performance and steamy lesbian love scene make Black Swan a festival hit

Kevin Pietersen apolgises for Twitter outburst

But he won't have done anything to impress the selectors on his debut for Surrey

Andy Murray sizzles in the heat at the US Open

The Scot makes short work of Lukas Lacko and prepares to face Jamaican Dustin Brown

Fires rage in southern France

In pictures: Firefighters worked through the night to contain wildfires in the south of France

London dominates global currency trading

Business Digest: A three-year report shows London is still at the centre of the currency market