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A Premier League footballer is fighting for his life after | :00:06. | :00:11. | |
collapsing on the pitch during an FA Cup tie. Bolton midfielder | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
Fabrice Muamba is rushed into intensive care as the quarter-final | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
against Spurs is suspended - tonight he's described as | :00:15. | :00:25. | |
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critically ill. Get well soon, our thoughts are with you. Just gutted, | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
I just hope he pulls through. It is all about him. Unions condemn plans | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
to end national pay deals for thousands of civil servants. They | :00:38. | :00:47. | |
say it will drive down wages and damage the economy. If you drive | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
down that ability to spend money in the local economy, there will not | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
only be an effect on the public sector, but on the private sector | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
as well. The face of the US soldier accused of a massacre in | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
Afghanistan - Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is held in a high-security | :01:01. | :01:07. | |
military prison. And Wales are victorious in this year's Six | :01:07. | :01:17. | |
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Nations - they clinch the Grand Good evening. The Bolton midfielder | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
Fabrice Muamba is tonight critically ill in hospital after | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
collapsing in a televised FA Cup quarter-final match. The 23-year- | :01:37. | :01:44. | |
old is in intensive care at a London hospital. He fell to the | :01:44. | :01:46. | |
ground just before half-time during Bolton's match against Spurs and | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
was rushed to hospital. Our sports correspondent Tim Franks has the | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
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latest. In a sport known for its astonishing levels of athleticism, | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
Fabrice Muamba has had a reputation for being one of the fittest. | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
COMMENTATOR: Fabrice Muamba is struggling. The physio has come on. | :02:13. | :02:16. | |
Five minutes before the end of the half, with the ball nowhere near | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
him, he collapsed. Players signalled frantically for the | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
medical staff to come on. The TV cameras looked away, as the medical | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
staff started pumping his chest. The referee, Howard Webb, spoke to | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
both managers and called the players off. Shortly after, the | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
players off. Shortly after, the game was abandoned. Muamba's fellow | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
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Fabrice Muamba, here scoring for Bolton earlier in the season, came | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
from Congo when he was 11, and qualified to play for England. At | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
Bolton tonight, voices trembled. Get well soon, our thoughts are | :03:18. | :03:26. | |
with you. Get well soon, mate. just gutted, I hope he pulls | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
through. It is not about Bolton Wanderers, it is about him as a | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
person. Sport is supposed to provide an escape from everyday | :03:35. | :03:41. | |
travails. But the events of today have left the sport in trauma. Our | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
correspondent Ed Thomas is at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. A sombre | :03:45. | :03:55. | |
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mood there tonight? Yes, and there is disbelief. Within minutes of | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
Fabrice Muamba collapsing on television, mini fans left their | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
homes, left the pub they were watching the game in, and came here | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
to the stadium. Then we had this desperate search for information. | :04:08. | :04:14. | |
Phone lines here were jammed, fans wanting to know what was happening. | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
Then we had the official confirmation that Fabrice Muamba | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
was critically ill in intensive care. There were mixed emotions, | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
first of all, relief that he was still alive, then concern for the | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
future. Fans came down here because he is not your typical footballer. | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
He has enrolled to do a degree in accountancy. He is really popular | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
here, fans say he gives everything every time he goes on to the pitch. | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
The mood can be summed up by one fan who said, he is my favourite | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
player, I absolutely love him. I do not mind if he never palls on a | :04:48. | :04:58. | |
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Bolton Wanderers shirt again, I Trade unions have reacted with fury | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
to plans by the Government to end national pay settlements for | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
thousands of civil servants in England and Wales. The Chancellor, | :05:04. | :05:06. | |
George Osborne, wants the pay of Jobcentre staff, Border Agency | :05:06. | :05:09. | |
workers and other officials to reflect private sector wages in the | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
areas where they live. For some, this could mean their pay is frozen. | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
Our deputy political editor, James Landale, has the details. Should | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
the public sector worker in Southampton get the same pay as one | :05:23. | :05:28. | |
in Swansea? For years, the answer has been yes, but that is all about | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
to change. In the Budget, George Osborne will announce that he is | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
speeding up plans to make the salaries of some civil servants | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
reflect local private sector pay. In some places, the public sector | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
is relatively underpaid. But elsewhere, because the public | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
sector get paid more than the private sector, it is hard for | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
businesses to employ the best people. If we're going to get his | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
recovery going, especially in the poorer parts of the country, we | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
have got to get businesses taking have got to get businesses taking | :05:59. | :06:06. | |
people on. On average, public sector workers get paid 8% more | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
than comparable staff in the private sector, but the variation | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
across the country is large. From next month, 160,000 civil servants | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
next month, 160,000 civil servants in various government agencies | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
could start seeing their pay frozen, or at least rising more slowly. Not | :06:23. | :06:29. | |
surprisingly, public sector unions are not happy. If you drive down | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
that ability to spend money in the local economy, there will not only | :06:34. | :06:40. | |
be an effect on the public sector, but on the private sector as well. | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
Doctors, dentists and the Armed Forces are not affected, but | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
teachers, nurses and local government workers could face pay | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
changes next year if the Government decides to phase out national pay | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
bargaining more widely. Labour warned of anarchy in the public | :06:55. | :07:00. | |
sector, with the taxpayer having to pay more, not less. But the | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
Treasury says that changes will help boost the economy. James is in | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
Downing Street - is there any more news tonight about what else might | :07:07. | :07:14. | |
appear in next week's Budget? we have learned tonight is that in | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
the Budget, George Osborne will announce that during the Olympics | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
and Paralympics, he is going to suspend the Sunday trading laws. At | :07:22. | :07:28. | |
the moment, big shops can trade for only six hours on a Sunday. What he | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
will say is that for eight Sundays, from July 22nd, these shops can | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
trade all day if they want to. He will sell this as an attempt to | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
boost the economy. He is hoping that thousands of sports fans will | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
be able to shop and create some kind of retail consumer confidence. | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
But this measure I'm sure will prompt a lot of opposition from | :07:50. | :07:56. | |
trade unions, churches and small businesses. There may be some fear | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
that what has been billed as a temporary change could become | :07:59. | :08:08. | |
The Syrian authorities say terrorists are to blame for two | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
explosions in the capital, Damascus, which they claim have killed at | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
least 27 people. Almost 100 others were wounded in the attacks. Syrian | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
state television said intelligence Possibly by two car bombs. | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
Government officials in Libya have confirmed that Colonel Gaddafi's | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
former intelligence chief has been detained in the West African state | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
of Mauritania. Abdullah Senussi fled Libya when Gaddafi was ousted | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
and killed last year after an uprising and months of fighting. | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
He's wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against | :08:35. | :08:42. | |
humanity. A former Nazi death camp guard who was convicted last year | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
for his involvement in the murder of thousands of people has died in | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
Germany. John Demjanjuk was sentenced to five years in prison, | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
but released, pending an appeal. He died, aged 91, in a Bavarian | :08:53. | :09:01. | |
US officials have named the American soldier accused of killing | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
16 Afghan civilians nearly a week ago. He's 38-year-old Army Staff | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
Sergeant Robert Bales. He's being held at a maximum security military | :09:09. | :09:11. | |
prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. Our correspondent David | :09:12. | :09:21. | |
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Willis reports from his unit's military base in Seattle. This is | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a veteran of three tours of duty in | :09:28. | :09:33. | |
Iraq, for which he received numerous commendations. He has been | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
described by one former commander as a great soldier. But there was | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
no hint of any hero's welcome when he arrived back on US soil last | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
night. Fort Leavenworth in Kansas is home to the US military's only | :09:47. | :09:53. | |
maximum-security prison, and Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is being held | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
there amid allegations that he shot dead 16 unarmed Afghan civilians | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
and set fire to the bodies. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales joined the | :10:02. | :10:08. | |
Army in 2001, just a week after the September 11th terrorist attacks. | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
During those three deployments to Iraqi was injured twice, suffering | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
concussion in a roadside bomb attack, and losing part of his foot. | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
He was diagnosed with traumatic brain injury as a result of the | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
concussion, but was cleared for duty after treatment. US officials | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
have not denied that he was missing from his base around the time of | :10:29. | :10:35. | |
the massacre in Afghanistan. Was this terrible tragedy the work of a | :10:35. | :10:42. | |
man traumatised by his experiences on the battlefield? The US army | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
insists it is doing everything it can to screen soldiers for signs of | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
post-traumatic stress disorder. am confident there is sufficient | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
screening going on during deployments. We continue to learn | :10:56. | :11:04. | |
and get better at that every time. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales's | :11:04. | :11:07. | |
Seattle home is now deserted, his family have apparently been moved | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
for their own safety, and neighbours are struggling to | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
reconcile the allegations made against him. I cannot believe it | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
was him. There were no signs. It is really sad. I feel so sorry for him | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
and his family, he is just a victim of a terrible, terrible war. Here | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
at his home base, military officials are equally perplexed. | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
The key question they will have to confront is, having suffered that | :11:34. | :11:44. | |
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concussion, was he mentally fit to return to the battlefield? Now with | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
a round-up of the final day of the Six Nations and the rest of the | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
day's sport, here's Amanda Davies. Wales are celebrating Grand Slam | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
success in the Six Nations after victory over France at the | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
Millennium Stadium. They gained revenge for defeat in last year's | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
World Cup semi-final with a hard- fought 16-9 victory to complete | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
their clean sweep in this year's Championship. Andy Swiss was in | :12:04. | :12:14. | |
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Cardiff for us. It already felt like a victory parade. Wales | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
arrived at the Millennium Stadium to find the rest of Wales waiting | :12:17. | :12:22. | |
for them. This young team has captured the country's imagination, | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
but could they now capture the Grand Slam? Well, not if France | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
could help it. Dimitri Yachvili put them ahead, but Wales responded in | :12:33. | :12:42. | |
swashbuckling style, Alex Cuthbert sending Cardiff into euphoria. | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
Wales were leading at the break, but France came back. Remember, | :12:46. | :12:51. | |
they shattered Wales's Dream at the World Cup, and threatened to do so | :12:51. | :12:57. | |
again. Wales defended stoutly, but their lead had been cut. Some could | :12:57. | :13:04. | |
hardly watch. But a nervous penalty from Leigh Halfpenny meant they | :13:04. | :13:12. | |
could finally start celebrating. Moments later, Wales had done it, | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
and the Grand Slam party was in full swing. We have had to show a | :13:18. | :13:24. | |
bit of toughness and character, and hopefully it is a real turning | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
point for Welsh rugby, because these players have shown great | :13:27. | :13:31. | |
courage in this tournament, they have found ways to win, when under | :13:31. | :13:41. | |
pressure. This is what it means for these fans, a third Grand Slam in | :13:41. | :13:48. | |
eight seasons. What a day to remember for Welsh rugby. | :13:48. | :13:50. | |
England muted Ireland's St Patrick's Day party with a 30-9 win | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
at Twickenham. Six penalties from the boot of Owen Farrell and a | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
converted try from Ben Youngs ensured England finished second in | :13:57. | :13:59. | |
the Championship in Stuart Lancaster's first campaign in | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
charge. And Coach Andy Robinson insists he is the man to lead | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
Scotland despite his side finishing with the wooden spoon. They were | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
beaten 13-6 by Italy in Rome in their final game of the | :14:10. | :14:18. | |
Championship to complete five Everton and Sunderland will meet | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
again for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals after a 1-1 draw in | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
their fifth round tie at Goodison Park. After Phil Bardsley put | :14:26. | :14:28. | |
Sunderland ahead, Tim Cahill equalised for Everton before half- | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
time to take the tie back to the Stadium of Light. The replay will | :14:34. | :14:39. | |
be take place on 27th March. Away from the FA Cup, there's been | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
action in the Premier League as well. Match of the Day follows the | :14:43. | :14:47. | |
news here on BBC One, so now's the time to avert your eyes and ears | :14:47. | :14:51. | |
while I go through the results. Swansea are up to eighth in the | :14:51. | :14:54. | |
table after two goals from Gylfii Sigurdsson helped them to a 3-0 win | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
over Fulham. And Wigan stay bottom of the table after a 1-1 draw with | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
West Brom. Celtic could claim the SPL title next weekend after | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
Rangers were beaten by Dundee United. Rangers are now 21 points | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
behind their Glasgow rivals. Keith Watson's fantastic strike got | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
Dundee United on the way to their 2-1 win at Tannadice. Motherwell | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
have moved level on points with Rangers after their victory over | :15:19. | :15:28. | |
Aberdeen. And St Johnstone beat St The new Formula 1 season gets under | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
way this weekend with a new-look grid for the first race of the | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
campaign. Britain's Lewis Hamilton starts on pole for tomorrow's | :15:33. | :15:36. | |
Australian Grand Prix ahead of his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button on | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
the front row. The unfamiliar name of Roman Grosjean starts third in | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
his Lotus, with Michael Schumacher in fourth. And last year's World | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
Champion, Sebastien Vettel, could only post the sixth fastest time, | :15:47. | :15:57. | |
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behind his Red Bull team-mate, Mark Back to you, Julia. Now just a | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
reminder that tomorrow morning on the Andrew Marr Show at nine | :16:00. | :16:03. | |
o'clock on BBC One, you can see interviews with the Chancellor, | :16:03. | :16:06. | |
George Osborne, and the Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, ahead of next | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
week's Budget. But that's it from me and the rest of the team. From | :16:12. | :16:22. | |
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Hello. Turning pretty cold outside, a widespread frost forming across | :16:28. | :16:37. | |
northern Britain. Wherever you are, it will be chilly first thing | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
tomorrow morning. We have had showers today across the Midlands, | :16:42. | :16:49. | |
East Anglia and the south-east of England, and northern England. | :16:49. | :16:58. | |
Temperatures will be going down to freezing in rural areas. So, a | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
chilly start to Sunday. There will be this area of cloudy weather. | :17:03. | :17:08. | |
That will be drifting south during the day. There will still be some | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
pretty lively showers in the afternoon. Across much of Scotland | :17:12. | :17:22. | |
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and Northern Ireland, a fine day. A few showers further north. Brighter | :17:23. | :17:27. | |
skies across northern England in the afternoon. Some of these | :17:27. | :17:32. | |
showers will be heavy. But like today, they will be somewhat hit- | :17:32. | :17:39. |