10 things you need to know this Monday morning

Never read the Sunday papers? Slept through the Today programme? Forgot to tape Strictly Come Dancing? Not sure what month it is? The First Post's new Monday morning service, posted at 8am, is designed to help...

BONUS CRACKDOWN
Gordon Brown told Andrew Marr on Sunday morning that Labour will introduce a new business and financial services act in the next Parliament to curb bankers' bonuses. The PM angrily denied recent rumours that he was taking prescription drugs for depression. More...

POLANSKI ARREST
After 31 years living as a fugitive in France, the film director Roman Polanski has been held in Switzerland on an American arrest warrant. It dates back to his conviction in 1978 for having sex with an underage girl at Jack Nicholson's house in LA. More...

IRAN MISSILES
Iran test-fired short-range missiles during a military exercise on Sunday. The show of force came just three days after President Obama's revelation that the Iranians have built a secret underground nuclear plant near Qom for the enrichment of uranium. Alexander Cockburn...

MERKEL VICTORY
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats were swept back into onto power in yesterday's election. The German Chancellor can now drop the Social Democrats from her coalition and invite the pro-business Free Democrats to share power instead. Merkel believes this offers Germany the best way out of recession.

STRICTLY UNDER-DRESSEDViewers of BBC's Saturday night show Strictly Come Dancing have complained that the skirts worn by the female dancers are "embarrassingly revealing" for a family show. Actresses Laila Rouass and Zoe Lucker and professional dancer Katya Virshilas have been picked out for special mention. Meanwhile jockey Richard Dunwoody lost the latest dance-off.

ITV PREDATORS
The collapse of Tony Ball's appointment as CEO at ITV, combined with the upcoming departure of Michael Grade as chairman, has left the independent broadcaster prey to predators. Germany's RTL Group and Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset are both rumoured to be sniffing around the troubled TV company. More...

FRIENDS REUNITED
A bit-part actor in the long-running TV series Friends claims the cast is to get back together for a feature film. James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther, says Warner Bros are willing to pay "a multi-million" package in the wake of the success of the hugely successful big-screen version of Sex and the City. More...

BA TO JFK
British Airways will launch a new business-only service from London City Airport to JFK, New York on Tuesday. It comes less than 18 months after the collapse of a similar service offered by Silverjet. More...

MANDY'S FUTURE
Lord Mandelson told the Sunday Times that he would be willing to consider an appointment "for the good of the country" under a Conservative government, assuming Labour loses the next election (which he does). Positions mooted over the weekend include loo attendant at No 11 (Martin Ivens in the Sunday Times) and Ambassador to the Antarctic (Andrew Pierce of the Telegraph on the Marr Show).

PROFUMO MEMORY
The Sunday Times, continuing its serialisation of the memoirs of designer Nicky Haslam, recounts a dinner party given in the late 1980s by the society hostess Maureen Dufferin for the late Queen Mother. John Profumo, famous for his role in the Christine Keeler affair, but by then a born-again charity worker, was seated between the Queen Mum and Maureen's beautiful 17-year-old granddaughter, Ivana. Not far into the first course, Jack whispered to Ivana: "Ever been fucked by a 70-year-old? No? You should try it."