Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 11 Jan 2013

Britain's most senior prosecutor has apologised to Jimmy Savile's victims after releasing a report revealing police had three opportunities to prosecute the entertainer for sex offences, but failed to do so. Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, said his apology would only have real meaning if the report became a "watershed" for the prosecution of sex offenders.

US regulators have ordered a review of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner after a series of incidents, including a fire, a brake problem, a fuel leak and a crack in the cockpit windshield in the last week. The review will be undertaken by the US Federal Aviation Administration who will look at the design and manufacture of Boeing's flagship plane.

Singer Emeli Sande tops the nominations for this year's Brit Awards released last night. She is up for best female, best album and has two songs in the best single category. Mumford and Sons and Alt-J scored three each. Adele was nominated for her Skyfall theme song, thus scoring a Brit and an Oscar nomination on the same day.

Two-thirds of MPs asked by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority what they should be paid asked for a £20,000-a-year rise, from the current £65,738 to £86,250. More than a third also said they should keep their final-salary pensions. But the Authority says they should abide by the 1% public sector pay cap.

European MP Corinne Lepage yesterday demanded that other countries "stop French bashing" and that her fellow countrymen stop treating France like "the scum of the earth" and a "planetary laughing stock". France, she wrote for an on-line magazine, was "blessed by the Gods" and one of the best places on earth to live.