Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 29 Jun 2018

EU leaders say they clinched a crucial deal on the migrant
crisis with all-night talks in Brussels and will set up joint
asylum processing sites and restrict the movement of migrants
between European countries. However, the statement says the
measures will be voluntary and gives few details, not saying which
nations will take migrants.

Five people were shot dead yesterday, and others injured, in a
targeted attack on a local newspaper office in Maryland. Jarrod
Ramos, in his 30s, is believed to have fired a shotgun through a
glass door into the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis
and was arrested. He is thought to have tried to sue the paper for
defamation in 2012.

From today, drivers who pass cyclists without leaving them
enough room will be targeted by police for fines. Some forces have
already introduced a £100 fine and three penalty points for the
offence. The Highway Code says drivers should leave a car’s width
when overtaking cyclists, as they would when passing a car, but
police specify 5ft.

Some 200 soldiers and firefighters are still struggling to put
out the huge fire on moorland near Manchester which began on
Sunday. They say it could take weeks to extinguish the blaze which
one local resident called “apocalyptic”. Chief fire officer Tony
Hunter said “significant improvements” have been made in fighting
the fire.

The Institute for Economic Affairs says legalising cannabis
would bring in £1bn a year in tax. The think tanks values the black
market for the herb at £2.6bn annually and says that legalisation
would also lead to savings for police and other public services.
Former Tory leader William Hague called earlier this month for
decriminalisation.

A 12-year-old from Brittany, Tom Goron, has become the youngest
person to have sailed a child’s boat across the English Channel.
Goron made the crossing from the Isle of Wight to Cherbourg in 14
hours and 21 minutes, beating the previous record of 14 hours and
56 minutes set by Violette Dorange in 2016 when she was 15 years
old.

Britain’s biggest crumpet maker, Warburton’s, has halted
production because of a shortage of industrial CO2, the latest
casualty of the shortage of the gas which has affected the makers
of beer, fizzy drinks and meat producers. Warburton’s uses the gas
to extend the shelf life of the 1.5 million crumpets it supplies to
consumers each week.

New analysis by a German team suggests that the chances of dying
each year lessen for those aged 105 or over. At age 68, there is a
2% chance of death. At 97, the chance is 30%. Yet by 105, it has
decreased to 50%, the study of 4,000 Italians found. Lead
researcher Prof Jim Vaupel observed: “Very few people die from
cancer over 100.”

A couple who live in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, have been told
they face prosecution if they are “perceived … to be looking into
any neighbour’s property” after they complained about noisy
builders, light pollution and verbal abuse. Nigel and Sheila
Jacklin, both 55, were unhappy when a workshop opposite their house
was converted.

UKIP bosses are celebrating a reversal in their struggling
party’s fortunes after gaining around 500 new members following
their decision to join forces with three activists linked to the
“alt-right”.

Having taken the reigns in April, new party leader Gerard Batten
has “opened its doors to three controversial YouTube
personalities”, The Independent reports.