Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 13 Dec 2012

Downing Street last night denied that the PM's spokesman Craig Oliver warned The Daily Telegraph against running a critical story on Culture Secretary Maria Miller's parliamentary expenses because of her role in enacting the Leveson proposals. The paper reported that he had contacted the editor to warn that she was "looking at Leveson at the moment".

Shaun Woodward, a former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under Labour, has called for a public inquiry into the 1989 death of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. His call comes after the Da Silva Report found that agents of the state had colluded with Loyalist terrorists to kill Finucane but that there was "no overarching state conspiracy".

Three quarters of a million British people have been struck down by Norovirus in the worst outbreak of the 'winter vomiting bug' since records began. Hundreds of hospital wards and some schools have been closed. Even holidaymakers have not escaped, around 400 passengers on a P&O cruise ship in the Baltic are reported to have been struck down.

New York police have arrested two men who planned to "castrate and murder" pop star Justin Bieber. According to the Daily Mirror, the suspects were hired by a convict called Dana Martin who is "obsessed with Bieber" and has a tattoo of the singer's face on his leg. Martin hired Mark Staake and Tanner Ruane to strangle Bieber and his bodyguard with a paisley tie and then castrate them.

Chelsea made their debut in the Club World Cup in Japan with an easy 3-1 win over Mexican side Monterrey to secure a place in Sunday's final. The goals came from Juan Mata, Fernando Torres and Monterrey's Darvin Chavez who put the ball into his own net. The Mexicans' consolation came in stoppage time. Chelsea face Corinthians in the final on Sunday.