Wednesday, 27 October 2010

The First Post

The First Post

Ten things you need to know today

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

100 Year Starship: Nasa’s plan to colonise galaxy

Nasa man expects first prototype of a spaceship that will take us between worlds ‘within a few years’

Mount Merapi erupts

In pictures: Volcano's spiritual guardian among 28 dead after blast of hot ash

Has the English media undermined the 2018 bid?

Once again the press are at the centre of a row over England’s 2018 World Cup bid

Sheen heads home after raising hell in Manhattan

Actor found drunk and naked after trashing his suite at the Plaza Hotel

Kanye West makes avant garde directorial debut

Rapper Kanye West has released a free 35-minute video tribute to art, music and birds

Saddam henchman Tariq Aziz sentenced to death

A Christian and former journalist, he became the face of Saddam’s regime - and a lethal lieutenant

The death of a red deer stag

In pictures: Hunting deer in the UK and Europe