Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 18 Feb 2013

David Cameron admitted today that there were “not nearly enough” women in his Cabinet, saying it was an issue his wife Samantha had repeatedly raised with him. The PM made the remark during a speech on his trade mission to India. He said British business still had “a long to to go” regarding women in the boardroom.

A British man is among seven international construction workers kidnapped yesterday when armed men attacked the fortified staff quarters of the Lebanese road building company Setraco in Bauchi province, northern Nigeria. Responsibility for the kidnapping has been claimed by an extreme Islamist group calling itself Ansaru.

Radio 4's flagship current affairs programmes 'Today' and ‘World at One’ were off-air today as the result of a 24-hour strike by BBC journalists. Members of the National Union of Journalists are taking action over compulsory redundancies. They say the BBC is not doing enough to redeploy staff to other vacant jobs in the organisation

Police and prosecutors are examining newly disclosed evidence about deaths brought on by lack at care at Mid Staffordshire hospitals which could now lead to criminal charges against individuals, the Daily Telegraph reports. Staffordshire's Police Commissioner said detectives were examining "information not in the public domain", including autopsy reports.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was described as “tetchy” and “sarcastic” at an awkward press conference today following Arsenal’s defeat in the FA Cup. The Frenchman, who many commentators feel should leave the club, suggested a story in The Sun about him being offered a contract extension was published only in order to harm him.