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20,000 people in a town in northern Iraq face massacre by

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As the hunt continues for the extremists who murdered

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a US journalist, the United Nations says they're now closing in

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They are women, children, elderly, people with special needs

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and this is why whenever we talk to them there is

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A Briton contracts the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, as more countries

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Hospitals are told to cut the cost parking for some patients

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And, if at first you don't succeed - Leeds Rhinos win the Challenge Cup,

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The United Nations has warned that thousands of people in a town

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in northern Iraq are facing the threat of massacre,

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It comes as the hunt continues for one member of the group, believed

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to be a Briton, who murdered the American journalist James Foley.

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The UN says Islamic State have surrounded the town of Amerli,

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where 20,000 people are trapped with little food or water.

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Kirkuk, in flames, the capital of the oil-rich northern problems

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currently controlled by Kurdish forces, hit by three big car bombs

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in swift succession, causing heavy casualties. Acts of provocation for

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which Sunni militants are blamed. The Islamic state militants shocked

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the world, when they stormed in from Syria, and took over large parts of

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Iraq in June including the country 's second city, Mosul. The

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deliberate use of terror tactics included the videoed beheading of an

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American journalist, James Foley, earlier this week. Many Syrians and

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Iraqis have suffered a similar fate. Christians are among the regions

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many minorities singled out for persecution, these families driven

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from their ancestral homes close to Mosul. Now the focus is on another

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minority, the Shia, in Amerli, conditions are desperate with little

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food, water and electricity. The UN fears the worst, if the terrorists

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moving. You are worried there could be a massacre? We are worried and we

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have all of the reasons to be worried because we have seen this

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before. We have no reason to believe it would be any different this time.

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The onslaught from IS has created a massive humanitarian disaster with

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the UN launching its biggest push for aid in decades, to help those

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who have fled their homes. Iraq has been turned upside down by the

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radicals, they have taken large parts of Syria, too. They are on the

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march and there can be no compromise with their brand of Islam, this is

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the massive challenge facing the region and the world.

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Here, the government is considering new powers, to try to

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prevent British people going abroad to fight for Islamist groups.

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In a newspaper interview, the Home Secretary Theresa May said

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"I am looking again at the case for new banning orders,

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for extremist groups that fall short of the legal threshold

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Our Political Correspondent Ben Wright is in Westminster.

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In practical terms, what does this mean? At the moment only groups that

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the government believes are directly involved in terrorism can be

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prescribed, band, it is illegal to belong to them. The Home Secretary

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is suggesting the net could be widened to include other groups,

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haps those using hateful language -- perhaps. She's talking about further

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restrictions on those involved in radicalisation is. We're talking

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about a raft of new legislation. There is not much detail about who

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the measures would apply to and when they would come in, this is the

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criticism Labour have made. Everything the Home Secretary was

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talking about was recommended in an extremist and task force which was

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published last year, the government said it was thinking about the

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recommendations, it is still considering it today. As some Tory

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MPs, a little uncomfortable from this approach, couple saying there

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should be a revival of control orders which were replaced in 2011.

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I was speaking to former Defence Secretary Liam Fox, he said measures

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on interception and surveillance should be looked at again. This is a

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political can of worms and the coalition will not be keen to reopen

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it. Two men have been remanded in

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custody, following the death of an Afghan migrant who was found in a

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container at Tilbury docks in Essex. Stephen McLaughlin and

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Timothy Murphy appeared before magistrates in Chelmsford,

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accused of conspiring to facilitate The man who died was among 35 Afghan

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Sikhs found at the docks a week ago. There is flash photography

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in this report by Jane Peel. The group of Afghans had travelled

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thousands of miles to what they hoped would be a better life. They

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were found in a container, which had arrived at Tilbury on a ferry from

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Belgium. Dock workers heard the banging and screaming when they

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opened the container, they found one man, a 40-year-old, dead. The rest

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of the group including a number of children were severely dihydrate it

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-- dehydrated. Two men in their early 30s, both lorry drivers from

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Londonderry, were arrested this week. They were charged late last

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night and appeared at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court in Essex this

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morning. Timothy Murphy and Stephen McLaughlin are accused of conspiring

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together and with other people unknown, to clandestine convey 35

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Afghan 's by sea to an English port. In breach of immigration law. They

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were both denied bail and they were remanded in custody, ahead of a

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hearing at Basildon Crown Court in November. This photo, taken by a

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local Afghan temple a few days after the migrants were found shows

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members of the community who gave them support and some of those that

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they helped. The survivors are in the process of claiming asylum in

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Britain. Essex Police say they are investigating and it continues.

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Israel has launched scores of air strikes against Gaza, following

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the breakdown of a temporary truce, and Egyptian-brokered talks,

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The new round of bombing came after Israel promised it would

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escalate its campaign, following the death of an Israeli child

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A 12 storey apartment block in Gaza City was also brought down,

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Egypt has again called for a halt to the hostilities.

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Aviation authorities have banned all flights over Iceland's largest

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volcano, after a number of recent eruptions.

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Experts say the Bardarbunga volcano could emit significant amounts

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A British national living in Sierra Leone has tested positive

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It's the first case of a Briton contracting the disease,

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The Department of Health says the overall risk to those in the UK

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remains low. The outbreak in west Africa has

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claimed more than 1,400 lives. Our correspondent Will Ross is

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in Lagos in Nigeria, What can you tell us about the

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latest development? Well the authorities in Sierra Leone are not

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saying anything about this British national. Nothing from the British

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government either about whether it is even male or female, possibly a

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business person who has been their long-term. Another possibility is it

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one of the British health workers that have gone there to try to turn

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around this outbreak? Which is really causing a lot of havoc in

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Sierra Leone and Liberia. The question is whether the patient will

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be treated in Sierra Leone or whether they will be brought to

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Britain where that are already isolation unit set up to cope with

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incoming patients. The government says it is ready for them, should

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the need arise. We do not know whether this patient will be brought

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to Britain or be left to recover in Sierra Leone. Thank you for joining

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us. A boat carrying up to 200 African

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migrants bound for Europe has sunk It's feared that most of those

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on board have drowned. The small wooden boat sank

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last night, east of Tripoli. Hospitals in England have been told

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to cut the cost of parking for some patients and their relatives,

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as well as staff who work shifts. The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

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says he wants to protect patients and their families from the "added

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stress of unfair parking charges". High parking fees can make an

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already stressful hospital visit even more painful. Campaigners say

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that 79% of hospitals in England charge for parking with costs as

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much as ?72 per day. Three weeks ago baby Johnny was having a difficult

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time entering the world, his father had to pay for five days parking at

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the local hospital costing him ?60. At a time when you experience

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something quite traumatic, when you are vulnerable, I think it is

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excessive. It is an NHS hospital, it is something which is paid for by

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the taxpayer, I feel like, at a time of need we should not really be

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subjected to that kind of charge. Now the government has issued

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guidelines to all NHS organisations in England that free or reduced

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parking should be available to those with disabilities, with gravely ill

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relatives and staff where public transport is not available. It is an

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easy source of revenue, it is a stealth tax from hospital bosses,

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this announcement is important. But critics argue it is pressure on NHS

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resources which mean hospitals have had to rely on parking income.

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Charges have been abolished in all but a handful of hospitals in Wales

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and Scotland, and also some patients in Northern Ireland are exempt. In

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England and the rules are for guidance only, if a trust, for

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example this one in London, feels that charging ?3 an hour to park is

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appropriate, there's still nothing to stop them. Many trusts already

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provide discounted parking. Scrapping costs altogether has been

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calculated could cost the NHS ?250 million, money that could be

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difficult to find. Time to catch up with the sport now.

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News from the Premier League to come but we start with

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And it was a case of seventh time lucky for Leeds

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Rhinos today after six consecutive final defeats, they beat Castleford

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Rugby league's grandest occasion, the game 's most famous trophy. The

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question for Leeds, could they put to an end the run of six straight

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cup final defeats? There was first action from them, crossing into the

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corner for the perfect start. Castleford, a club starved of the

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success of their big city neighbours hit back almost instantly. Daryl

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Clark was quickest to react to narrow the margin. Leeds though,

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proved difficult to catch, Danny McGuire touching down. Was this

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finally to be their year? The message in the dressing room at

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half-time from Castleford was clear, Daryl Powell's words had an effect,

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Holmes, scoring under the posts. Their hopes were lifted but

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ultimately broken. For Leeds, and their much heralded golden

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generation, today, at last, they were unstoppable. Man of the match

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Ryan Hall scoring his second, challenge cup final winners at the

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seventh time of asking. Match of the Day follows the news

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so if you don't want to know the results of today's 6

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Premier League matches - Arsenal scored two goals

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in the last 7 minutes to rescue Aaron Ramsey and substitute

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Olivier Giroud with the goals Elsewhere, Aston Villa drew

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nil-nil with Newcastle. New boys Leicester put-up

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a good fight against Chelsea Managerless Crystal Palace

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were beaten 3-1 by West Ham. Southampton/West Brom was goalless

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and Swansea continued their impressive form,

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beating Burnley 1-nil. Inverness Caledonian Thistle are top

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of the Scottish Premiership after beating a weakened Celtic

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side 1-nil. Eoghan O'Connell scored

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an own goal in the Champions' first Elsewhere there were wins for

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Dundee United, Kilmarnock, Hamilton, There wasn't quite the fairytale

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ending for Andrew Flintoff in the final of cricket's T20 blast.

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Despite some big hitting from the ex-england captain, Stephen Parry

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was left needing 6 off the final ball for Lancashire Lightning.

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He couldn't manage it and Birmingham Bears won by 4 runs to

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clinch their first T20 title. Britain's Tom Daley had to settle

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for silver at the European The defending champion was leading

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the 10 metre platform after his opening dive,

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but was overtaken by Russia's Lewis Hamilton is back

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on the front row of the grid But the Briton couldn't get

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the better of his Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg who claimed his

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4th consecutive pole of the season. Hamilton starts in second,

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with World Champion Sebastian Vettel And a gold in the discus for

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Aled Davies today made sure Great Britain ended the IPC Athletics

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European Championships on a high. They finished 3rd

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in the medal table. And that's the sport.

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Thank you for joining us. The main news tonight. The United Nations has

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warned 20,000 civilians in a town in northern Iraq faced the threat of

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massacre by the Islamic state extremists.

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You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

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cold night, it could be a record-breaking night. The earlier

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showers, they have just about gone and there is nothing to stop the

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temperatures from falling. Skies will be clearing and not a breath of

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wind, in many towns and

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