23/03/2014 BBC Weekend News


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Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. It's the third possible identification of

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wreckage, as the search for the plane enters its third week.

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A 15-year-old girl shot dead at a house in East London has been named

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as Shereka Marsh. More than 17,000 people have used

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the Government's Help to Buy scheme to purchase their own home.

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And a late goal clinches victory for Spurs against Southampton at White

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Hart Lane. Good evening. The authorities in

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Malaysia say they've received more satellite information which may

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indicate possible debris from a missing passenger plane in the

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southern Indian Ocean. The data comes from a French satellite. But

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so far no details of the exact location or size of the debris have

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been released. Our correspondent Jonathan Head is in Perth where the

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search is being co-ordinated. Everyday these aircraft, a design

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dating back 50 years, leave a small airbase to join the search. More

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keep arriving. These are from Japan. China too is sending substantial

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forces. These jets are already in Australia and more will follow. All

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of this to maximise the chance of locating possible debris that has

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already been seen in satellite images. We have had a number of very

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credible leads and there is increasing hope, no more than hope,

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but we might be on the road to discovering what happened to the

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ill-fated aircraft. Satellite information from bursts hours after

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the last radio contact makes experts think it ended up in this area, in

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the southern Indian Ocean, some 1500 miles from Perth. American and

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Chinese satellites have spotted what could be sections of the plane. We

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are still awaiting details of the new sighting. But the only way to

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confirm this is to find it. That is what this New Zealand air force was

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trying to do when I flew with it yesterday. The plane is bristling

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with high-tech surveillance equipment. But this kind of

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searching relies on something more basic, the human eye. It is very

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tough. You are travelling in an aircraft doing 200mph. You could be

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as low as 200 feet above the water. The world is whistling past and you

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are looking for an object among the white capped waves. We have been

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flying for over three hours and the plane will shortly descend to a few

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hundred feet above the sea. The crew will move to the windows and start

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looking out as the aircraft zigzags backwards and forwards across some

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of the most remote patches of ocean you can find anywhere on this

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planet. We dropped down to just above the sea. The crew concentrates

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at the windows, looking for anything out of the ordinary among the waves.

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The families of those on board the ill-fated flight have an urgent need

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to know what happened. But so do the rest of us. Somewhere out in the

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Indian Ocean is the answer to this extraordinary mystery. But in all of

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the vast see, it may never be found. Jon Donnison is also in Perth for

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us. This is a huge international operation. It seems the Chinese are

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much more involved now. I think that is right. The two Chinese military

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aircraft are just on the Air Force Base behind me. They will fly for

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the first time in this operation when they take off in a few hours

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time. Chinese ships are on the way. While there is a lot of talk about

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the International Corporation in this operation, I think it is fair

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to say that the Chinese have the most riding on this. More than two

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thirds of the passengers on board the jet would Chinese and we have

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seen a lot of anger from the families of those passengers in

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China. The slowness of resolving this mystery so far. There will be

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ten planes or more in the air on Monday when the search resumes at

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dawn in three and a half hours time from now. Many thanks.

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A 15-year-old girl has been shot dead in Hackney in East London.

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She's been named as Shereka Marsh. Three teenage boys have been

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arrested and remain in custody. Nick Beake is in East London for us.

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All-day Shereka Marsh's friends have been paying tribute to her. In terms

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of what has happened at this house yesterday, it is by no means clear.

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Lots of people living in this part of London believe it could have been

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some kind of accident. Shereka Marsh, a 15-year-old described as a

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beautiful bubbly girl. Shot at a friend's house after coming back

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from a shopping trip. Throughout the day in east London, her friends came

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to leave their tributes. One school friend spoke to Shereka Marsh an

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hour before she was killed. We were like sisters. We had our life

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planned together, to go to the same college, go to the same university.

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I love her and miss her. I can't believe she is gone. As the forensic

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teams continued their work, a gun was recovered from the house.

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Detectives were questioning two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old

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arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder. Her friends and family were

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looking for answers themselves, why such a bright young life had been

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taken away. In the past few hours, the police

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have said a postmortem examination showed Shereka Marsh was killed to a

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gunshot wound to the neck. As for the three boys arrested yesterday,

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they remain in police custody this evening.

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A spokesman for the South African government says a British man

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accused of arranging the murder of his wife during their honeymoon in

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Cape Town will be extradited from the UK to face trial next month.

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Shrien Dewani will arrive in South Africa at the beginning of April. He

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denies any involvement in the death of his wife Anni who was shot dead

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in November, 2010. Our correspondent Karen Allen is in Johannesburg. Do

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we know when a trial might begin? We do not. What I can tell you is that

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Shrien Dewani is expected in Cape Town on the 8th of April. He will

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have to be assessed and still formally charged in connection with

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the murder of Anni Dewani. He maintains that they were hijacked at

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their car was hijacked and she was shot. The prosecution maintained

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that he had hired a hit man to kill Anni Dewani. Three men already have

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been jailed for their part in the murder. What we understand is that

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it could be some time before there is a trial. They need to assess his

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fitness to stand trial will stop the South African authorities have

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maintained they are able to provide safe custody for Shrien Dewani. They

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have said they will oppose the bail hearing. Tonight I spoke to Anni

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Dewani's family. They have made it clear they have waited three and a

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half years for the extradition and they hope very much Shrien Dewani

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will be fit enough to stand trial and they would not have to wait

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another three and a half years to see him in the dock.

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NATO's top military commander in Europe says the alliance is very

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concerned about the size of the Russian force massed on Ukraine's

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eastern border. General Philip Breedlove says Moscow is now acting

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more like an adversary than a partner. His comments came as

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thousands of people demonstrated in the capital Kiev in support of a

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united Ukraine. Russia says its troop numbers on the border are

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within internationally-agreed limits.

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Turkey has shot down a Syrian military jet close to its border.

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The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says it violated

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Turkish airspace. Pictures showed smoke rising from the area where the

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plane hit the ground. Damascus has accused Turkey of blatant

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aggression, saying the plane had been flying over Syrian territory at

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the time. A new report says thousands of girls

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and young women in England and Wales are trapped in gangs and living

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desperate lives. It comes from the right-leaning think- tank the Centre

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for Social Justice. Today, a Home Office minister said girls in gangs

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were being subjected to what he called appalling sexual

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exploitation. Daniel Boettcher has more.

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No one knows just how many girls are involved in gangs but this research

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pane said picture of thousands trapped in a world where some are

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controlled by sexual violence. The Centre for Social Justice says even

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the very young are being drawn in. We have had examples of girls as

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young as eight being dressed in school uniform and being driven

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along to make it look as though they are being taken to school. In actual

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fact, they have drugs inside of them and they are being used as careers.

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I needed somewhere to release my anger. This woman grew up on this

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estate in South London. She became a gang leader as a teenager and spent

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time in prison. She now campaigns to stop others following the same

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path. I have a daughter and I would not like to think her being involved

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in anything like that. But the way society is now, everything that is

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wrong and criminal minded seems to be a trend. A vibe kids are

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following. Following the riots in some cities in England in 2011, the

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government set up a new strategy to tackle youth and gang violence. The

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research published today says too little progress has been made over

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the past three years. With the budget we have got which is a new

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budget following on from the 2011 report, we are doing quite a lot,

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targeting very carefully, collecting information from different sources,

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working with other bodies and I think we are making inroads. There

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is a major problem which is that it is under the surface. The full

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extent of the problem is not clear and while the focus has been on

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young men in gangs, the roles of girls and young women have not been

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so visible. More than 17,000 people have bought

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properties using the Government's Help to Buy scheme over the past

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nine months. Most have been first-time buyers. Labour says

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rising demand needs to be met by building new homes. Judith Moritz

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reports. This couple moved into their five

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bedroom house at Christmas having bought it through the Help to Buy

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scheme. Their deposit was 5% of the ?300,000 asking price. The

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government has lent them 20% which the couple say has made the move

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possible. We probably would have been looking at a three-bedroom

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house, maybe taking the first step on the ladder before moving on. With

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the scheme, we have been able to jump straight into a house that we

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may well living for the rest of our lives. More than 17,000 homes have

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been purchased through the scheme since last spring. 114 properties a

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day are being bought this way will stop 88% of overall sales have been

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to first-time buyers. What it did do was brought confidence right back

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into the market. It has driven the whole of the property market. On

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this development in Lancashire, new houses stand alongside those still

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being built. Nationally the Labour Party says not enough new homes are

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being constructed. Critics of the scheme warning could lead to a

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housing bubble with increasingly odd affordable prices -- unaffordable

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prices. We asked seeing figures showing how successful it has been

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to getting people to buy houses for ?150,000, a real success for many

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people on low and middle incomes. 80% helping first-time buyers. An

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awful lot of it leading to new homes being constructed. Shares in

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house-building companies rose this week when the part of the scheme

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which deals with new homes was extended until 2020. The government

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says help to buy is a key part of its long-term economic plan.

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With all the sport, here's Katherine Downes at the BBC Sport Centre.

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Tottenham beat Southampton at White Hart Lane. Tim Sherwood watched the

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first half-hour from the directors box claiming it gave him a better

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view. At full-time, he could not contain his delight on the sideline

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after a testing time. After a brief honeymoon period,

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there are whispers Tim Sherwood's relationship with Spurs could break

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down. Tottenham's midweek exit from Europe followed two straight league

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defeats. Their start here suggested all is not well. Especially in

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defence. First Jay Rodriguez exploited a gaping chasm in the back

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four. Then an inept touch let in Adam Lallana. Both goals would have

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been noted by watching England's manager Roy Hodgson. Tottenham

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Claude a goal back through Christian Eriksen. Spurs made its letter of

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new signings. The acquisition of the Dane is one that seems to have

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worked. After the equaliser, the force was with Spurs. Spurs might

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still not be here next season. If Tottenham want passion, they

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properly have the right man. Five goals at Villa Park where Stoke City

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beat Aston Villa. Their first away win since August. Aston Villa took

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an early lead but Peter Crouch set up the equaliser for Stoke City.

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Three minutes later, he was on the scoresheet himself. It was a 4-1

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victory. Thousands of Aberdeen fans have lined the streets of the city

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to watch the Scottish league cup trophy paraded on an open top bus.

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Aberdeen beat Inverness in a penalty shoot out last weekend to win their

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first major trophy in 19 years. Leicester produced one of their best

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performances of the season in Rugby Union's premiership to beat Exeter

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45-15. England centre opened the scoring for Leicester. The pick of

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the second half tries was touched down by Adam Tolson. Leicester, the

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reigning premiership champions, are unbeaten in the league so far this

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season. Andy Murray has won his third round

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match in the Masters series in Miami. He beat Feliciano Lopez.

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Murray is the defending champion and he won in straight sets. He will

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play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga next. England's Laura Massaro is the new

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world Squash Champion. She won the title this morning in a dramatic

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final in Malaysia. She is the first artist champion for 15 years. --

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first British champion. That is it for

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