Monday 8 August 2011

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Ten things you need to know today

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

Tottenham riots – a result of Tory spending cuts?

First reaction: London has seen two nights of rioting, but is there more to it than the shooting of a man by police?



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Riots in London

In pictures: Two nights of rioting in the capital follow protests over the shooting of a man in Tottenham

Julian Assange: experiment gave me white hair

New book brands blond WikiLeaks founder a predatory, narcissistic fantasist

Will investors ignore S&P’s US credit downgrade?

First reaction: ‘Outrage’ at credit downgrade, but it is possible that the markets will not care

Sarah Palin ‘would have breakdown as president’

Sister of Bristol's babyfather tells Playboy that 70 per cent of Sarah Palin's hometown dislike her

Economic crisis is inevitable and it will get worse

First reaction: What the commentators are saying about desperate attempts to calm the markets

Week in pictures: July 31 - August 6

In pictures: Egyptians fight over Mubarak, Putin tries to bend a pan, Miranda Kerr on the catwalk