Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 5 Nov 2012

An eve-of-election national opinion poll by the Pew Research Center has given Barack Obama the edge over Mitt Romney by 48% to 45%. The same poll taken last week – before superstorm Sandy hit the States – had the candidates neck-and-neck at 47%. Analysis of local polls in swing states suggests Obama will hold on to the presidency tomorrow.

Hundreds of "stateless" children without nationality after being abandoned by immigrants are living rough in London and other cities, the BBC reported last night. Children's charities including Asylum Aid say the children cannot seek help from authorities or go to school because they have no papers and end up on the streets or in prison.

David Cameron has called for an investigation into how allegations of sexual abuse at north Wales children's homes in the 1970s and '80s were dealt with. He said he would appoint a "senior independent figure" to look at the Waterhouse Inquiry, which was published in 2000. There have been claims a Tory cabinet minister was part of a paedophile ring.

After the first ten matches of the season, Manchester United are leading the Premier League table after overpowering Arsenal in a 2-1 victory they should have won by far more, according to manager Alex Ferguson. Chelsea could only manage a 1-1 draw with Swansea and are second, a point behind. Last year's league champions Man City lie third.

Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi has claimed that Jimmy Savile invited him to a 'sex party' in his Top of the Pops dressing room before the band's first appearance on the show in 1968. Rossi, who was just 18 at the time, said Savile invited him to "come and see me tarts" as they waited to go on stage. He declined the offer.