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An apology from the company that's failed to recruit thousands of

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security staff for the Olympics. As more troops are drafted in tonight

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to fill the security gap, questions remain over why the problem wasn't

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identified earlier. UN observers in Syria say

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opposition activists and army defectors were targeted in a

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village where it's claimed a massacre took place.

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The London to Sheffield rail line is set for a half billion pound

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upgrade. And from Chelsea to China. Didier

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Drogba says its for the challenge Good evening. The chief executive

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of the security firm G4S has said he's sorry, disappointed and

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embarrassed that it's failed to recruit enough security guards for

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the Olympics. Nick Buckles said the company would meet the cost of

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deploying thousands of military personnel to replace them. He said

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that he only found out about the recruitment problems just eight or

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nine days ago. Tonight, more members of the armed forces have

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been drafted in to fill the security gap. Richard Lister

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reports. Arriving at London's excel Centre

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tonight, some of the thousands of troops brought in to fill the gap

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in Olympic security. Just days ago, G4S was apparently committed to

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delivering the civilian staff needed to guard the venues. Now the

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company is having to pay for military personnel to do the job

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and facing a loss of up to �50 million. Its chief executive says

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they underestimate the task. security of the Olympics has always

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been delivered by a large number of individual elements and we were

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part of that. Clearly, we can't deliver, and we are very

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disappointed about that, and embarrassed. And very sorry about

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it. This is a problem which has been years in the making. When work

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began under Labour on the Olympic Stadium, there were plans for just

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10,000 security staff but in 2010, the coalition government

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commissioned a review of that figure but it was not until last

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December that it decided to double the number of security staff and

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the military were asked to supply more than 13,000 personnel but the

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rest was provided by G4S. Now the company says it can't meet that

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target the MoD is making up the shortfall, increasing the number of

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servicemen and women to 17,000, more than are serving in

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Afghanistan. G4S is still time to provide as many security guards as

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it can. The Home Office said today the government had contingency

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plans in place and remains focused on delivering Olympic security. But

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one of those who signed off on the original Security Plan 8 years ago

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says there are important questions to be answered. Did G4S go into a

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kind of denial about their inability to deliver this? What was

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the oversight from the Home Office? Where did that fail? I hope the

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process will be subject to the most rigorous parliamentary scrutiny

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once the Olympic Games are over but now we have got to focus with less

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than two weeks to go, on making sure they are safe insecure.

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first of the Olympic athletes are due to ride within days but behind

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the scenes two parliamentary committees are now gearing up to

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find out what went wrong with the plan to deliver the biggest

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security operation in Britain since World War II.

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Our Political Correspondent Robin Brant is at the Home Office. Robin,

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there's less than two weeks to the start of the Games. How confindent

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is the government that these security issues will be resolved?

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Its top of the pile here because the woman in charge, Theresa May,

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is the person who has responsibility for delivering

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security of the Olympic Games but what is clear tonight is there are

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serious questions about the oversight of this now disastrous

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contract. She found out a few days ago, Wednesday, about how bad

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things have gone. The man in charge of G4S said he knew it nine days

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ago saw there is a gap there. That in spite of the fact the BBC was

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told meetings were going on every day for the last three weeks to

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discuss security plans with people from the Home Office, Crowe company

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and the organising committee at these meetings -- G4S. There is an

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issue for them to address their. G4S say the officials here have had

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total visibility about what they had tried to do about being in a

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transparent process but the Home Office was as surprised as anyone

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when it was revealed how bad things have gone, so tonight the Labour

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Party are urging Labour -- Theresa May to go to parliament on Monday

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to update MPs. A party insider said to me if the officials here had

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been relying solely on G4S for their assurances, they have been

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behaving just like patsies. Thank you.

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In Syria, UN observers today entered the village where

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opposition activists claim 200 people were massacred in a

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government assault on Thursday. They have said it appears that

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opposition activists' and army defectors' houses were targeted in

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the attack on Tremseh. The Syrian government maintains that it

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carried out a military operation against what it calls terrorists.

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Jim Muir reports from Beirut. You may find some of the images in his

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report distressing. It took them 48 hours to get there

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but the UN's observers finally made it to Tremseh to try to answer the

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question, was that a massacre? Clearly, there was a government

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attack using heavy weapons. That much the Observer saw from afar at

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the time. The villagers are angry. Look, Kofi Annan, is this your work,

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this man asks? The people here say the attack was indiscriminate. They

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came from all directions with tanks and helicopters, bombarded our

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homes and more than 200 Martyrs were killed, he says. But Syrian

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state TV gave a totally different picture. Its English-language

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broadcast said heavily armed rebels and terrorists set up hideouts in

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the village. The army attack, killing many of them and capturing

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others who, it said, confessed what they had been up to.

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TRANSLATION: I'm a resident in Tremseh and my job was to fire

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brigade video clips and then send them to the internet. But activists

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have produced a surprisingly little bit here footage to back their

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claims of a massacre of civilians. They showed the bodies of about 15

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young men of fighting age. Very different from the massacre two

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months ago when there were harrowing pictures of dozens of

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dead children and women. The mass burial of bodies in shrouds

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apparently mainly adults also seemed to involve far fewer than

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the 200 who activists said died but the West has seized on their

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version to press for stronger measures against Syria at the

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Security Council. The observers will be trying to reconcile all

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these claims and to determine how many people were killed, who they

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were, and who was responsible. Massacre or no massacre, in places

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like this, and many others, where violence rages on day after day,

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thus lighter towards civil war is moving well ahead of diplomatic

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efforts to halt the carnage. The main rail line from London to

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Sheffield is to be upgraded as part of a �9 billion programme of

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government investment. Business leaders have welcomed the plan to

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electrify the Midland Mainline route, which they say will protect

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hundreds of jobs. From Sheffield, Danny Savage reports.

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Monday's announcement on upgrading the railways is thought to be the

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biggest investment in train travel for generations. Overall, it could

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be worth �9 billion. Here in Sheffield, the faster service to

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the capital takes two hours, seven minutes at the moment. A lot longer

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than the links to some other northern towns and cities. But in a

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few years' time, these diesels will be replaced with electric trains,

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more environmentally friendly rolling stock, bring in faster

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services. The electrification of this, the Midlands Main Line, has

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been called for by businesses and politicians for years. What we are

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going to do is attract investors to come up north, see what we have got

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to offer, and make the necessary investments to make the economy

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grow. The cost is said to be about �500 million. Some of the money

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will come from the taxpayer and some of it will come from Network

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rail borrowing the cash. But there is also concern from some

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politicians and rail users that train fares will have to rise, too,

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which would be well above the rate of inflation. But Monday's

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announcement is not just about the Midland Main Line. It's about other

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routes, too. And could create jobs in places such as the bombarded a

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plant in Derby. Speed limits on many rural roads in

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England could be cut from 60 miles- per-hour to 40 under government

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proposals aimed at improving road safety. Figures from the Department

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of Transport show that in 2010 more than two thirds of road deaths in

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the UK were on rural roads. Under the proposals, local authorities in

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England would also have greater freedom to introduce 20 mile-per-

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hour limits in urban areas. The latest bad weather has caused

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more flooding and disruption across parts of England. In Shropshire,

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emergency workers had to rescue an 81-year-old who had became trapped

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in her home overnight by rising floodwaters. And in Caxton in

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Cambridgeshire, drivers abandoned their cars after roads there became

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impassable. Prolific Hollywood producer Richard

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Zanuck has died of a heart attack. The 77-year-old was best known for

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his work on films such as the blockbuster thriller Jaws, the

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Oscar-winning Driving Miss Daisy and a string of Tim Burton

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fantasies. Peter Bowes has his # The hills are alive with the

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He made some of the most memorable films. Richard Zanuck was not a

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household name but his reputation was second to none as a producer.

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He was the son of Hoyle would -- Hollywood royalty, his father who

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put it in charge of twentieth- century Fox. At 28 he was the end

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his studio chief in history. But for much of his career, Richard

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Zanuck was an independent film- maker. He made Jaws with Steven

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Spielberg. In a statement, Steven Spielberg said his long-time friend

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was a cornerstone of the film industry and taught him everything

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he knew about producing. You're going to need a bigger boat!

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Driving Miss Daisy one of Hollywood's ultimate accolade. Best

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picture at the Oscars. What are you doing? I'm driving you to the store.

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And his work with Tim Burton produced hit after hit. It's very

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exciting, I must say, I've made the last four pictures with Tim Burton

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and it probably the reason I'm still making pictures after all

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these years, because he hits such an invigorating experience working

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with Tim. He is such a individualist, and it's always

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exciting. His sudden death deprives Hollywood of one of its most

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revered film makers. Richard Zanuck who died aged 77.

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Sport now, and Amelia Harris- Lindsay is at the BBC Sport Centre

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with a round up of all the day's action. Amelia.

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Thanks. London 2012 is less than two weeks away, so atheletes are

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fine-tuning their preparations at the Diamond League meeting in

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Crystal Palace where there were mixed fortunes for our Olympic

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medal contenders. Here's Alex South. They came expecting to see

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Britain's brightest medal hopes. But one was no where to be seen.

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Whilst Americas Christian Taylor was easing to victory on a triple

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jumps, Phillips the dough was treating an apology for pulling out

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of the event citing muscle tightness. Fortunately, the

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reigning Olympic 400 metre champion put on a show. Gold in Beijing. She

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has struggled for form R but there's nothing like a home game to

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Earlier, Goldie Sayers, who is 30 on Monday, gave herself the perfect

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presents, a new British record and beating the current Olympic

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champion in the process. Roderick Abbott was unable to continue the

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form which has seen him rise to third in the world rankings. He

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finished second but at least avoiding injury unlike Tiffany

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porter who was inconsolable after pulling up in the hurdles, but says

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she will be OK for the Olympic Games. Fingers are crossed for her

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and for the weather to improve. The open top bus parade seemed ill-

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conceived but the sentiment rang true.

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Bradley Wiggins set a new record tomorrow. He'll be the first

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British man in the Tour de France to wear the overall leader's yellow

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jersey for seven consecutive days breaking the record set by Chris

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Boardman. In today's 13th stage, victory on Bastille Day was

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reserved for Germany's Andre Greipel. He clinched it in a

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dramatic sprint finish. Wiggins finished safely in the bunch,

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retaining his position as race leader.

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Leeds Rhinos will play either Warrington or Huddersfield in next

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month's Challenge Cup final after victory over favourites Wigan in a

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thrilling semi final at the Galpharm Stadium. Three tries in 11

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minutes, including this one from Ben Jones-Bishop, put Leeds 16-0

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ahead. But the Super League leaders kept fighting back. In a first half

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that produced a total of nine tries, Ben Flower helped Wigan reduce the

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deficit. A controversial try from Zak Hardaker put Leeds 16 points

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ahead. Although TV replays subsequently showed a knock on in

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the build up. Leeds went on to win 39-28 and book their place in the

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final. British boxing is taking centre

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stage both in London and in Las Vegas tonight. A heavyweight bout a

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Upton Park between David Haye and Derick Chisora. Later, Amir Khan

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steps into the ring in the early hours in America for the light

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welterweight unification bout with Danny Garcia. So fighting for both

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the WBC and WBA belts. A tough encounter for confident Khan

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against the undefeated Garcia, whose last victory earned him that

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WBC belt. Hundreds of football fans turned

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out at Shanghai airport to welcome Didier Drogba. The former Chelsea

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striker's deal with struggling Shanghai Shenhua makes him one of

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the highest paid footballers in the world. John Sudworth was there and

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a warning of some flash photography in his report.

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It's a long way from Chelsea to China, not least in terms of the

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standard of football. But Didier Drogba's arrival this morning

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proves one thing. Ambition and money are not in short supply here.

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For a strike at the very top of his game it may seem like an

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extraordinary move. His new club would struggle to beat a lower

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division side on-and-off day, let alone Chelsea, for whom he won this

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year's Champions' League Trophy with a final kick of the day. And

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yet, Shanghai have reportedly doubled his salary. Just between

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you, me and the BBC, are you really being paid at �200,000 a week?

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Between me and you and the BBC, really I did not come here with the

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idea of making a lot of money. I came here because it's a completely

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different challenge than what I've seen in Europe before. His old

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team-mate Nicolas Anelka is already playing for Shanghai and is not the

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only club that forking out on foreign talent to gain publicity

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for the businesses but there may be wider benefits, too. Chinese

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footballers notoriously corrupt but it's trying to clean up its act

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with dozens of officials, referees and players convicted of match-

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fixing in the past few months. The hope is that the arrival of big-

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name players marks a new era and will help to raise standards.

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Shanghai has high hopes for Didier Drogba. Its football team is

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languishing close to the bottom of the league but some fans will fear

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that all the money in China, and there is a lot of that at the

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moment, won't be enough to fix the rot at the heart of the game.

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That's the sport. Back to you, Kate. Thank you very much. The main news

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tonight: G4S, who has failed to recruit staff of four Olympics has

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