27/03/2016 BBC Weekend News


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More anti-terror raids in Belgium, as police investigating last weeks

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bomb attacks, detain four more people.

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But riot police use water cannon, to push back far right protestors

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Huge crowds line the streets of Dublin, to mark the centenary

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of the Easter rising against British rule.

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One of the main teaching unions says schools have become "exam factories"

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and SATs for 11-year-olds should be scrapped.

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And Cambridge make it look easy, comfortably beating Oxford in this

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Police in Belgium have carried out 13 separate raids in the hunt

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for more suspects, after last week's bomb attacks at Brussels Airport

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Also today water cannon was used to disperse far right demonstrators,

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who disrupted commemorative events taking place in Brussels,

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Some of whom were confronting Moslem women who were paying respects to

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the people who died. Belgians of all creeds and colours,

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they all came together today. They had been told not to march so they

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gathered quietly. Suddenly, the serenity was shattered. Far right

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thugs seizing the opportunity. A couple of hundred had come from

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outside Brussels to spread their anti-immigrant message will stop

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this man tried to stop them trampling the memorial. He was

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assaulted. Police reinforcements arrived. Officers here are

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overstretched already by the terror alerts. The riot squad moved in and

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there were cheers. The thugs beat a hasty retreat. Calm has returned

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here and people are actually restoring the tributes they had left

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ear which were damaged. The scenes here were a Jack Leach -- were

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exactly what the Belgian authorities had hoped to avoid. In the

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cathedral, they paused as well. The city's Archbishop said that the

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attacks were worse than criminal. TRANSLATION: In a society, the

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beauty is that we live together. In Italy, another arrest. An Algerian

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man accused of providing false identity papers for the Brussels and

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Paris attackers. The far right thugs gone, Belgians in Brussels formed a

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human chain to show that they stand together against terrorism and

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racism. There has been no letup in the police investigation. Raids

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continued today. Nine people were taken in today and four are still

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being held. At least 50 people

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have been killed this evening, and many others injured,

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in an explosion at a park Police have told the BBC it appeared

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to be a suicide bombing, detonated a short distance

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from a children's play area. Many of the injured are

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women and children. Hundreds of thousands of people have

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lined the streets of Dublin, for commemorative events marking

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the centenary of the Easter Rising. The failed rebellion against British

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rule in 1916 left almost 500 dead, for the creation of an independent

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republic. Here's our Ireland

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Correspondent Chris Buckler. A century after it was at the centre

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of conflict, O'Connell Street has become a place to remember The

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Rising. In 1916, the rebellion's leaders took over the General Post

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Office and made it that military headquarters. It was here they

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announced their revolt with the proclamation. We hear by reclaim the

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Irish Republic as a sovereign, independent state and we pledge our

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lives and the lives of our comrades in arms to the cause of its freedom.

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Lives were lost in the six days of battle that followed. Today's parade

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past sites where British soldiers, Irish volunteers and civilians were

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killed. By the time the rising was defeated, much of Dublin had been

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destroyed. But the principles at the heart of that for Irish independence

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are a source of pride for the relatives of those revolutionaries.

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What this day means for me? I couldn't explain that to you. It's

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total... I probably feel I've been living for it all my life. Many wore

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medals that have been given to recognise the actions of their

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relatives in 1916. We are Irish and we have fought against oppression

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for all those years. A final bid to get our freedom. It was the

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execution of the rising's leaders that caused anger and led the way

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for independence. They were honoured today. In the jail where many were

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shot dead. My uncle lost his life. Has all been forgiven and forgotten?

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Of course. It has to be. For some, that battle against British rule

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remains divisive history but, from it, emerged a nation. It is no

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surprise that there are sensitivities given the deaths on

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both sides but it is worth noting that senior Northern Ireland

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politicians said that they were not prepared to attend the

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commemorations in in Dublin. The British government has made a point

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of praising the Irish government for the inclusive nature of the

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centenary events. Syrian Government forces have vowed

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to continue their advance against so-called Islamic

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State after recapturing Gunfire has been reported in some

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areas, but the bulk of IS fighters The Islamists overran

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the city last May. The three-week battle for Palmyra

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appears to be all but over. Syrian state television

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and other local channels have shown soldiers patrolling the streets

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of the modern city today. As with other IS-held towns,

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progress is cautious, navigating the bombs and booby-traps

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the jihadists have left behind. It is not only a strategic

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victory for the government but a propaganda coup

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for President Bashar al-Assad Mr Assad was quoted on state TV

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as telling a visiting delegation that the recapture

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of Palmyra showed the success of the strategy pursued

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by the Syrian army and its allies in the war

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against terrorism. World attention was focused

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on Palmyra for one reason - the fabled ruins

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of a 2,000-year-old city The columns still stand,

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but no one yet knows how much damage IS has done since it seized control

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of the ancient city last May. The jihadists taunted world opinion

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by carrying out and filming a mass killing in the Roman theatre,

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and the destruction For IS, the loss of Palmyra follows

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that of Ramadi over the border It is another big blow

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to the jihadists' aura after the death

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of a seven-year-old girl, who died when the bouncy

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castle she was playing on Winds carried her across a park,

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at an Easter fair in Harlow. She was treated by paramedics

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but later died in hospital. A man and a woman have been arrested

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on suspicion of manslaughter Teachers have called for a ballot

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over testing in primary schools Delegates at the

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National Union of Teachers conference in Brighton,say schools

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have become "exam factories" and the NUT wants this year's SATs

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tests for 11-year-olds Ministers however say it's essential

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all children leave primary school with a good grasp

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of English and maths. Here's our Education

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Editor Branwen Jeffreys. End of term and a bit of dressing up

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for a project that these pupils in Brighton have spent weeks

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doing practice tests. The end of primary Sats tests

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are different this year. More arithmetic

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and much more English grammar. Changes that teachers

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have been trying There are three questions

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and you have to tick whether the conjunction

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is used as a subordinating And afterwards

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parents were saying to me that they weren't

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sure which was which. Actually, that went

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out for homework. The tests that year six children

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will be taken are meant to be harder, the idea is to drive up

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standards but the questions have left some parents baffled and some

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teachers worried that the tests For the first time this

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year, any child that doesn't meet the expected level

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will have to resit when they get Today at their conference,

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teachers said that it Passive voice, active voice,

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or, if you're a year This risks setting some children up

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to fail but ministers argue it's about making sure

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they are equipped to succeed. We're raising expectations,

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we don't apologise for that. We need to make sure

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that our children leave primary school as fluent readers,

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that they're fluent in arithmetic that they know their times

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tables and they are being taught grammar for the first

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time in generations. This year five class won't sit

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the tests until next year education officials say they are working

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with teachers to smooth Religious and political leaders have

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used their Easter messages to call for hope,

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in the face of terror and violence. In Rome, Pope Francis said people

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shouldn't let fear imprison them, a thought echoed in a sermon

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by the Archbishop of Canterbury, And David Cameron says

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the UK should stand together, Here's our

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Religious Affairs Correspondent, On a square bathed in sunshine,

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the pilgrims gathered to hear a message of hope after a week

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in the shadow of death. This, the Easter celebration

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of the risen Christ, Pope Francis reminded the faithful

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not to forget the migrants, the men, women and children

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fleeing from war. Then, from the balcony,

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he urged the faithful to use the weapon of love, as Christ did,

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and fight the evil of terrorism TRANSLATION: May he draw us closer

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on this Easter feast to the victims of terrorism,

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that blind, brutal form of violence which continues

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to shed blood on different parts It was a theme echoed

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by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said that,

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after Brussels, hope could seem far away with fear

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a natural human reaction. But, he told worshippers,

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Jesus Christ overcame death Easter proclaims to others in flesh

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and blood that fear and death God has spoken life

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hope and purpose. The Royal family attended

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their Easter service at Saint George's Chapel in Windsor

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with a spring bouquet for the Queen as she emerged

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into the unexpected sunshine. And at the 162nd Boat Race,

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Cambridge's men claimed their first win

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for four years in tricky In the women's race,

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Oxford made it four wins in a row after the Cambridge boat almost sank

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in the latter stages. It seemed anyone watching,

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never mind taking part in the boat race,

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would need oilskins and an anchor. By the time the women's

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race started in its second year on the famous course,

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the skies were clear but the wind In such conditions,

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it's about plotting a path, Oxford headed for the safe shallows,

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Cambridge almost succumbed By the time Oxford crossed the line

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for a fourth straight win, Cambridge were more concerned

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with staying afloat. That they managed it,

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was in itself a form of triumph. The men could use that

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as a cautionary tale for their race. Cambridge had lost the last three,

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so they made their move over At times, it became

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about hanging on and hoping. These are not waters

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to give chase in. Oxford fought their bodies

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and the current to stay in touch Coming out here and winning

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is a feeling like nothing I've ever experienced.

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I'm just really humbled. It's a lot of hard work.

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It's nine months. We wanted it more today.

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All the guys did a great job. These were the boat races

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when the river fought back. To all crews' credit,

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there were no sinkings but tradition has it that not everyone

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can stay out of the Thames. There's more throughout the evening

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on the BBC News Channel, and we'll be back with

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the late news at Ten.

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