Monday, 15 August 2011

The First Post

The First Post

Ten things you need to know today

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

Ricin bomb: al-Qaeda’s revenge for bin Laden?

Crispin Black: President Obama has reportedly been warned that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is planning a ricin attack


Famous killer bull ‘Mouse’ claims his third victim

Headline act at Spanish bullfighting event sees man gored to death

Indiana State Fair stage collapses - pictures

In pictures: Five people are killed as a stage collapses minutes before an act was due to start

Perseid meteor from space

Picture of the Day: The perseid meteor shower photographed by Nasa astronaut Ron Garan on the International Space Station

Starkey accused of racism over ‘black culture’ claims

Historian under fire for claiming that ‘the whites have become black’ during riot debate

Bachmann’s straw poll win spells the end for Palin

First reaction: Minnesota congresswoman wins the significant Iowa straw poll as Perry enters the race