Tuesday, 6 September 2011

The First Post

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

Three suggestions to solve the housing shortage

Richard Ehrman: The MoD is sitting on redundant military bases ripe for house building

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Venice raves about Gary Oldman in ‘Tinker, Tailor’

Gary Oldman shines as George Smiley, making this John Le Carre adaptation the film to beat in Venice

Gaddafi convoy enters Niger sparking talk of exile deal

Have the French negotiated a deal to allow Gaddafi to seek exile in Burkina Faso?

Steve Coogan: why I went after Andy Coulson

Comedian pursuing phone hacking case says he objected to seeing Coulson 'at the heart of power'

Opening for business: the new ‘free schools’

Briefing: 24 free schools are due to open this term: what are they and do we need them?

Scorsese reveals Beatle Harrison as ‘red-blooded’

New documentary set to correct misconceptions about the ‘quiet’ Beatle

England's Maori dance welcome

Picture of the day: Schoolchildren perform a Maori dance during a welcoming ceremony for the England rugby team in Dunedin