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One of the UK's big six energy suppliers cuts 2,500 jobs

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The job losses represent a fifth of the workforce at NPower.

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The former US First Lady Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94.

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The Mayor of London reveals that British sovereignty was the issue

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that made him reject David Cameron's EU reform deal and support

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And Andy Murray has to battle for a win to begin

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The energy giant NPower has announced plans to cut 2,500 jobs,

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It's one of Britain's biggest gas and electricity suppliers,

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with nearly 5 million customers, but has been hit by losses

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at its parent company and fines over its customer service.

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Most of the jobs lost are expected to be in the north of England.

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Our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports.

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It's one of the biggest energy companies in the UK,

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providing energy to 5 million customers.

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But it is set to cut a fifth of its workforce after a torrid

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NPower, which supplies gas and electricity to consumers,

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It is set to shed 2500 of those, spread throughout its sales

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NPower has been losing UK customers to rivals.

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It used to be the second-biggest supplier in Britain,

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Last year, lost 200,000 customers and was fined a record ?26 million

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by the energy regulator, Ofgem, for not treating customers fairly.

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What it does show is a further significant change in the way

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that the energy market is working in the UK.

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Over the last year or two, we have seen a huge increase

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in the number of independent suppliers coming into the market

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and their market share of customers has now moved from 5% a year or two

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This could be an indication of how the big six are having to react

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to the emergence of the smaller players in the market.

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And NPower's German parent company, RWE, has been badly affected by oil

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prices, which have plunged by 70% over the past 18 months.

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These job cuts come as the Competition and Market

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Authority is set to announce a major shake-up of the entire energy sector

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that should make things far more transparent for consumers

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and enable them to switch much easier.

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We're standing up for customers at NPower.

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On Tuesday, NPower will reveal exactly where the job losses will be

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and the extent of the problems at the company.

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The former American First Lady Nancy Reagan has died.

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She was 94 and was married to Ronald Reagan for 52 years -

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remembered for being at his side through two terms in the White

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She died in California, from where our correspondent

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She's been my First Lady since long before the White House.

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It was a marriage made for the silver screen.

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The partnership portrayed here in a political campaign film

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from 1984, the President and his adoring, steely wife.

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The love affair was genuine and it lasted more than half a century.

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What are you going to do after the war?

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The romance had begun in Hollywood, where the pair met as minor actors.

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Even appearing together, in this film.

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But by the time her husband became President, he had served eight years

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as governor of California and Nancy Reagan was ready

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The adoring gaze, a symbol of her loyalty and devotion.

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Nancy Reagan's time as First Lady was controversial,

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as she redecorated the White House and splurged on gowns and banquets.

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She was accused of interfering in staff matters and was ridiculed

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for consulting an astrologer, apparently to decide

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But she was driven by something much more down-to-earth, a determination

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It could make her look overbearing, like this prompt when he lost his

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But when it turned out Ronald Reagan's memory

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loss was due to illness, sinking slowly into the darkness

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of Alzheimer's, the nation began to understand and to sympathise.

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Each day brings another reminder of this very long goodbye.

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At President Reagan's state funeral in 2004, it felt like

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the world was intruding on a poignant, private farewell.

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Nancy Reagan will be buried next to her husband,

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here at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in California.

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A short time ago, her stepson released this message.

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Nancy, he said, is once again with the man she loved.

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The Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson,

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who's campaigning to leave the EU, says reform on the key issue

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of sovereignty is not achievable if Britain stays in.

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He told the BBC he'd been happy with a reform deal that would have

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returned powers of sovereignty from Brussels to the UK.

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But he revealed Government lawyers considered that unworkable.

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Here's our political correspondent Alex Forsyth.

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Two weeks ago, he grabbed headlines by saying he wanted out of the EU.

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One of the few politicians with reach beyond Westminster, Boris

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Johnson's endorsement was a major boost to the campaign for leaving.

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Today, in his first full broadcast interview since, the London Mayor

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shed more light on why he is campaigning against friends and

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colleagues, including the Prime Minister. We were promised

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fundamental reform. We were told we were going to get wholesale changes.

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Anybody looking at the agreement we have before us now will be in no

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doubt that this is not fundamental reform. David Cameron spent months

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negotiating changes to the EU to try to address British concerns. Among

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other things, she won the right for countries to club together and block

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EU ideas, and the UK is not committed to further integration.

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But for Boris Johnson, this does not address his concern about the UK's

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sovereignty. He claims a deal which would have curbed the power of

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European courts was ditched. Finally, we had some language that

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seems to have some bite, and seemed to work. I was very pleased with it,

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we went back to the Government lawyers and the Government lawyers

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just blew up. Downing Street denies his claim. They are due to deliver

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new plans to boost sovereignty soon. They say leave campaigners like

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Boris Johnson are just trying to dodge tough questions on what out

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would look like and how it would affect things like the single

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market, designed to ease trade across borders. Do you accept if we

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leave the EU we must leave the single market? The single market

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people will say, what do you mean by the single market? Would we be able

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to trade freely with that territory? I think we would. Are going to be in

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it or not, and if not, are we going to negotiate a similar deal? We are

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going to have our own British arrangements that would give us

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access to the rest of the European Union. But some big EU players

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warned that the UK cannot have it all if it votes to leave.

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TRANSLATION: Of course there are countries in Europe that are part of

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the single market, but they still have to pay into the community and

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accept the free movement of people. They have all of the advantages of

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the common market and they are not involved in the decision process of

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the single market. So far, it seems the campaign is still dominated by

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claim and counterclaim on both sides. In Westminster, Boris

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Johnson's role in the campaign is closely watched, in part because of

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his relationship and rivalry with the Prime Minister. Also, because as

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far as politicians go, he's a fairly big public personality. Two weeks

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in, there is frustration at the lack of agreed facts and growing acrimony

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between both camps. It might take more than anyone big character to

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win over hearts and minds. At least 47 people have been killed

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in a suicide attack at a crowded checkpoint in the Iraqi

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city of Hilla. So-called Islamic State has

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claimed responsibility Iraqi police officers and civilians

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were among the dead - Police have charged a man

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with a knife attack on a pregnant 40-year-old woman in

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Sutton Coldfield on Friday. Babur Karamat Raja, who's 41,

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will appear before Birmingham magistrates tomorrow on charges

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including attempted murder The woman is in a stable condition

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in hospital and her baby girl, born after the attack,

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is doing well. Police in Northern Ireland have

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found explosives and bomb-making components hidden in a country park

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near Larne in County Antrim. They're describing the find

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as significant but say they don't know which terrorist

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group was responsible. On Friday, a prison officer

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was badly injured when a car bomb At least 18 people have died

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after a boat carrying migrants capsized while trying to sail

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from Turkey to Greece. Hundreds more have been rescued

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from other vessels trying to make The latest deaths come as EU leaders

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prepare for major summit in Brussels focusing on how to deal

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with the crisis. From the Greek island

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of Lesbos Danny Savage Midway between Turkey and the Greek

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islands, the Coast Guard is picking people up from small boats. Later,

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it arrives in port. All hands are on deck. 338 migrants, from many

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different nations. It's very cold, no water, no food. We did not eat

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food for two days, two nights. Where are you going to? I don't know. I

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don't know. Every country here is good. The fate of these people is

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once again going to be discussed in Brussels this week. One suggestion

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is to only let Syrians proceed from here. That could mean that in the

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near future these people will basically be sorted, Syrians will be

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allowed some sort of refuge, but everybody else will be set back

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across the water to Turkey on a journey they have just risked their

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lives on. The migrants at this hilltop camp nearby are non-Syrian.

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Desperate people making desperate threats. If they try to make you go

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back to Turkey, what will happen? I will not go back, I will jump in the

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sea or hang myself with a tree. I will suicide. I will not go back. If

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they forced me to go back to Turkey or Pakistan, I will suicide here,

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because it is a matter of my life. Back on the beach this afternoon, we

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found another raft arriving. Doctors and other aid workers were quickly

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on the scene to get them warm again. These were mainly Afghans. They are

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the fortunate ones. Further south, a similar boat sank just off the

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Turkish coast. Dozens died, including children. There were a few

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survivors, but the death toll in the sea has risen yet again. It is a

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very traumatic journey. This is extremely dangerous, it has been

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perilous, not just this year when over 400 people have lost their

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lives, but in the past year, 1700 drowned or went missing. It is an

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extremely taxing and shopping experience. For many of them it is

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the first time they are in the sea. -- shocking experience. For now,

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they are on the shore and save in Europe. But for how long? The

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overtures from Brussels are about sending them back to Turkey and

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closing down these routes. With all the sport, here's

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Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes at the BBC Great Britain have started

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their Davis Cup title defence with victory over Japan, putting

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them into the quarter-finals. But as our correspondent Andy Swiss

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reports, star player Andy Murray had Andy Murray! At the entrance felt

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more boxing than tennis, it was entirely apt. This was as bout as

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bruising as it gets. Two top ten heavyweights slugging it out. While

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Andy Murray edged the first set, come the second, how Kei Nishikori

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responded. He broke serve and Murray broke his racket. But he turned back

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frustration into a fight back, forcing a tie-break which heat up.

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Murray in control, Mother's Day going well. Then problems, as

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Nishikori's relentlessness earned a reward. With Murray tiring, he took

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the next two sets. The Japanese fans suddenly sensed a famous win. Cue a

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thrilling decider. Again, Nishikori failed, but he would not let go,

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driving Murray to destruction. Finally, after hours of spellbinding

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drama, it was over. Victory for Murray and Britain, on a day of

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exhaustion, but, ultimately, exhilaration.

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In the day's Premier League football, West Brom beat a 10 man

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Manchester United at home in the league for the first

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Elsewhere, Liverpool won 2-1 at strugglers Crystal Palace.

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Meanwhile Celtic can rekindle their old firm

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Either Hibs or Inverness will play Dundee United in the other semi.

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Great Britain's cyclists have topped the medal table

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at the Track World Championships in London.

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Golden girl Laura Trott claimed her 2nd title in the Omnium,

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comfortably winning the multi-race event at the same velodrome

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where she became Olympic Champion in 2012.

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If I get to 20 laps to go with a big enough gap, I could ride round and

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follow. That is what I try to do, get enough points early. I'm just so

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happy. It has only taken four years to get the gold back!

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And there was a very special victory for Sir Bradley Wiggins

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and Mark Cavendish who triumphed in the final event -

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