How to call featured images to homepage post listing

Hi There,

I’m fairly new to wordpress, so am still finding my way around things (bare with me if the following is a daft question!).

I’m in the process of developing a site that needs to call a few latest news items (or posts) along with it’s featured image, and associated category to my homepage template.

I’ve managed to get the category part right, but can’t for the life of me get the images calling through.

I’ve used the standard loop code that came with the twenty ten theme I’m using, but can’t seem to find a way of getting the images to work.

Is there anyone out there that can help me please? You’d be a life saver!

Thanks in advance for your help!