Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 13 Mar 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected the Catholic Church's new Pope, a choice that took many Catholics - including the Archbishop of Westminister - by surprise. Bergoglio, who was the runner-up and main challenger to Cardinal Ratzinger at the 2005 conclave, will be known as Pope Francis I. Bergoglio is said to be extremely popular in Argentina. The 76-year-old is renowned for taking the bus to work and refusing to use a chauffeur.

Chris Huhne was approached by so many inmates demanding money on his first day in Wandsworth, that he had to be moved to the segregation block, according to reports from prison visitors. "Someone found out he had loads of money,” said a woman visiting her boyfriend. A prison warder apparently called the former MP to breakfast by shouting “Order! Order!”

Snow was forecast to move north to cover most of England and Scotland last night and today, leaving most of the country covered in snow or ice, or both. The RAC said it was a "nightmare weather scenario" and travel conditions are expected to reach news levels of chaos. Some flights and all Eurostar trains were cancelled yesterday.

Greater Manchester Police Chief Sir Peter Fahy has said that only a national police force could prevent a Jimmy Savile-type sex abuse case from happening again. It was hard to achieve "consistent national standards" with 43 police forces. "While localism has many strengths," he said, "it does make it more difficult when cases cross boundaries."

There will no longer be separate Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers as the two are merged "into one unified operation, serving digital and print products on a 24/7 basis". Eighty editorial jobs will be cut. Chief executive Murdoch MacLennan said: "We must move now to complete our transition to a digital business".