Tuesday, 26 July 2011

The First Post


Ten things you need to know today

Tuesday: The First Post's super-quick catch-up on the main news talking points

Economy slows to 0.2%: deadly stagflation is here

Richard Ehrman: Now the coalition must stop bickering about how to produce urgently needed growth


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Playing chicken: GOP risks deep crisis, warns Obama

First Reaction: Obama and Boehner’s speeches to the nation reveal raw politics behind the debt deadlock

MIA upsets Winehouse fans with ‘27’ tribute song

Was rapper too quick to post her tribute track following Amy Winehouse's death?

What made Anders Breivik quote from the Daily Mail

So hysterical is the immigration debate that Melanie Phillips and Jeremy Clarkson are cited in the killer's manifesto

At 93 years, Mandela goes back to his home village

Nelson Mandela will spend his last years in Qunu where he ‘enjoys seeing the cattle’ not far from his birthplace

Pressure mounts on James Murdoch as board convenes

Will he be gone by Friday? Even his cheerleaders say it’s time for a shake-up

Norway massacre

In pictures: Anders Behring Breivik has appeared in court, charged with mass murder

As hotel maid goes public, pressure mounts on DSK

Newsweek publishes ‘vivid and compelling’ interview with Nafissatou Diallo