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Israel calls up thousands more reserve troops as it presses on with

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It comes as the UN says a quarter of Gaza's population has been

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We'll be assessing the conflict from Gaza and Israel.

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British Gas reports a sharp drop in profits,

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The first team of international investigators are finally allowed to

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the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines plane.

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Concerns about the Ebola virus - Sierra Leone declares

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And on the second day of our journey to the battlefield, I'm live at the

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sight of a giant camp near Winchester to ask how British

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soldiers were equipped for the Western front.

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And England fightback with a conference of victory over India to

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square the series. Could ankle tags,

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monitoring how much you drink, And a Palestinian flag is removed

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from Tower Hamlets Town Hall Good afternoon

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and welcome to the BBC News at One. Israel has called up thousands more

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reserve troops to take part It's said it will investigate

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yesterday's strike on a UN-run school where

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at least 16 refugees were killed. The UN says it's sheltering 240

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thousand refugees who've fled the fighting,

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with a further 200,000 people Overall a quarter of Gaza's 1.8

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million inhabitants,according to In a moment we'll talk to

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our correspondent in Jerusalem, but first from Gaza here's

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Martin Patience. Even amid the darkness of war, the

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children of Gaza still play. These children have lived through three

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conflicts in their short lives. Crammed into a sweltering

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apartment, they've taken refuge from the fighting. But there is no

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electricity and no running water here. And no food, either.

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Look. Nothing. Israel forced everyone from my neighbourhood to

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leave, says this man. "They've destroyed my house". The UN now says

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that up to a quarter of the population in Gaza may have been

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displaced by the fighting. In recent days, the news came of more

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evacuations that were going to be ordered by the Israeli defence

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forces. Our message is, that is -- if that is the case, Israel will

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have to start taking into account the need to assist these people

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because we will reach a breaking point. That is the reality. Here in

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Gaza, Israel continues to carry out air strikes and has vowed to push on

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with its military operation. That's likely to mean yet more Palestinians

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are forced from their homes. The Israeli military has now called up

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thousands of reserve soldiers. They released this video of their troops

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fighting on the ground in Gaza. The soldiers searched one home and they

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found an entrance to a tunnel. Israel says that until it destroys

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all the tunnels used by Hamas militant to cross-border attacks,

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this operation will not end. In an effort to protect its own civilians,

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Israel has brought ruin too much of Gaza. And with no cease-fire in

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sight, that looks set to continue. Martin Patience, BBC News, Gaza

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City. Our Middle East correspondent

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Bethany Bell is in Jerusalem. Bethany, Martin Patience was making

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clear that Israel intends to press ahead and the Israeli Prime Minister

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has said as much again this morning. Yes, Benjamin Netanyahu said that

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Israel's priority is destroying these cross-border tunnels through

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which Palestinian militants have been trying to enter Israel from

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Gaza. Cease-fire or no cease-fire, he said, the Army won't stop until

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it has destroyed the tunnels. The Israeli army has been telling us

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that they have identified more than 30 of these tunnels so far and have

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destroyed about half of those but they say it is quite a complicated

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process. Some of these tunnels are booby-trapped. They're trying to use

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robots to explore some of those tunnels but they're saying that

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Israeli combat engineers are sometimes having to dig under the

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tunnels in order to face explosives to demolish them. Yesterday, three

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Israeli soldiers were killed when they were trying to uncover a tunnel

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in the southern Gaza Strip. But despite the casualties, most

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Israelis are firmly behind the Army's operation in Gaza. Thank you

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very much. British Gas has reported

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a sharp drop in profits for the first half of the year - because,

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they say, of the warmer weather. Centrica, its owner, insists average

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bills will be lower this year, despite claims by the regulator that

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profits at the big six energy firms are set to double. A tale of two

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winters. In January 2013, temperatures plummeted and

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households across Britain turned up their thermostats. But this year,

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while some were hit by flooding, overall, temperatures have been mild

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so we've all used less energy and that hit British Gas's profits. On

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the British Gas side, because of the very warm weather, average

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consumption for our gas customers was down 24%. That means that bills

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this year, when you combine it with our price reduction at the beginning

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of the year, means that bills this year will be down some ?90 or 7%

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this year. In the six months to the end of June, Centrica saw profit

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plummet by 35%, although it still made ?1 billion. At British Gas,

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profits also fell by 26%, its worst performance in years. But now it

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expected profit per household to be ?51 in 2014, well down on the year

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before. That is a lot lower than the profit margin is published by the

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industry regulator. Its estimate of profit per household of ?106 has led

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to a major industry row and has left many bear world at. Consumers will

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be confused about what is going on with profits being down, yet the

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forecast for profits being up. We need to see this investigation from

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the competition authority to get to the bottom of what's going on with

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energy prices. Centrica insists it needs a reasonable and will need for

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decades to come. This huge platform, under construction here in

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Hartlepool, is part of a ?1.4 billion overseas project. Within a

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year, all of this will be installed offshore, where it will produce

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enough gas for more than 1 million UK homes. A stone's throw away from

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the yard, I met Ronnie, a British Gas customer. He accepts the need to

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invest but is more worried about his bills. I either eat or heat. I've

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cut down on the light bulbs, I switched things off, try to save

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pennies here, pennies there. Every penny counts. Centrica is one of

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Britain's most important energy firms but with a competition

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investigation under way, ordering changes and investigating profits,

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it could faced challenging times. MPs are warning that NATO is poorly

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prepared for a possible attack by Russia on one of its member states.

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It said the situation in Ukraine demonstrated serious problems. It

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said radical reforms were needed. Nick Childs reports.

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Vladimir Putin savouring the moment in historic Sevastopol of Russia's

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annexation of Crimea. But according to this hard-hitting report, this

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and earlier crises in Georgia and Estonia have been a wake-up call for

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NATO. Having not considered Russia and an adversary for 20 years, MPs

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say the alliance is now poorly prepared to defend its vulnerable

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Baltic allies in particular, if Moscow turned its attention in their

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direction. What Moscow is doing is difficult to respond to because NATO

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is set up for an armed attack and assumed tanks would cross borders

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but when you are looking at separatist groups with intelligence

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officers, cyber attacks and intelligence warfare, it is a much

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harder thing to deal with than that is where the challenge lies. NATO

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has responded, including boosting air patrols of the Baltic to try to

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reassure its uneasy allies in the region. But is that realistic?

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They're talking about more exercises, and changes in the NATO

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command structure. This will come at a cost but the report also

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underlines the degree to which NATO is still a very powerful military

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alliance and, in some ways, rather more powerful than Russia. Britain

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has sent Typhoon fighters to the Baltic. The report says recent

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events are also a game change of a British defence policy but the

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Government insists it hasn't popped its guard. We are spending to debate

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of GDP and want other countries to commit to that. Many of them spend

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less. We have the largest defence budget in Europe, the largest in the

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whole of Europe. -- the whole of NATO. It is time other countries do

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more. With a NATO summit in Wales in September, the report calls on the

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British Government to take the lead in what it says is not just a

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challenge for the Alliance but a unique opportunity to re-establish

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its relevance. After days of being turned away,

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a team of international investigators in Ukraine has finally

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been able to access the crash site Our correspondent Tom Burridge is

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in the capital, Kiev. Tom, this appears to be a sign of

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real progress. It is, because for four days running, that team of

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international experts has been unable to get to the crash site of

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age 17 because of the fighting in that area. But there are still much

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larger teams - Australian, Dutch police and friends expect - based

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several hours' drive away waiting to get there. The Ukrainian parliament

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has approved a plan for a much larger deployment and it said that

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those police from Holland, the Netherlands and Australia can be

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armed for their own self defence but the real question is, when come out

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much larger deployment happen? That's really unclear because it's

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very unclear when the UN might take control of the site or when the

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fighting might come down sufficiently for that happen. Then,

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really, the investigation into flight damage 17 can begin. When

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they get access to that site and when they can first collect any

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human remains that might be left in that countryside where the plane

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went down two weeks ago. Tom, thank you very much.

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Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency to tackle

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the worst ever outbreak of the deadly virus Ebola.

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It follows similar measures announced by neighbouring Liberia.

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Ethiopia and Kenya have also announced that airline passengers

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arriving from West Africa will be screened for the virus.

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Our correspondent Thomas Fessy is in Dakar in Senegal.

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Thomas, the countries badly affected are announcing emergency plans but

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this is five months after the outbreak. Yes, some say it would be

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a bit late. At least what some of the experts or medical staff on the

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ground will say better late than never. The government have come

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under criticism for their poor handling of this outbreak. The

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little action that they had, the feeling was that it fuelled the

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context of suspicion and fear and didn't contain the outbreak. The

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long-standing defiance of people who had never received a great deal of

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health care from the state turned into hostility and health workers

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are still being accused, in some communities, of spreading the virus.

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So quarantine is a crucial step but it is hard to imagine exactly how

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you can quarantine entire communities. This is what the

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authorities in Sierra Leone and Liberia are looking to do and the

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response they will get from the people - either cooperation or

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understanding or more hostility - is the main question. What is certain

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is the fear that the main virus may spread further is growing. Ethiopian

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and Kenya have said today that they will start screening passengers

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coming from West Africa. Thank you very much indeed.

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Here, Customs and Immigration staff say

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they feel unprepared to deal with the possibility of people arriving

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Yesterday the Foreign Secretary talked about the risk here in the UK

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and how the UK was prepared. What is the scale of threat? Clearly,

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members of the union which represents order control staff are

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concerned. They are saying they've had no proper guidance or the

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facilities at airports. -- border control. That said, the agency which

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is involved in border security and controls has made it clear that they

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have issued guidance to staff, making it clear what steps should be

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taken. They say that if a person is identified at the border of being a

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potential carrier of Ebola that person is immediately referred to a

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specialist medical care provider via ambulance. I think what Philip

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Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, was trying to do was make it clear to

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all these agencies that they need to be very aware of the potential

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threat without overplaying the risk. It's worth pointing out that border

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control staff already have to deal with diseases. We are in an

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interconnected world with lots of flyers coming into the UK,

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potentially with fevers like to book your noses, means we are already

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faced with potential threats. It's worth saying that scientists are

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stressing again you can only catch a bowler by coming into contact with

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blood or bodily fluids of another patient and that is very different

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from the common cold spread by sneezing across a coded room. Thank

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you very much. Businessman David Hoare is

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the new chairman of England's He replaces Baroness Sally Morgan,

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whose contract was controversially Let's speak to our political

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correspondent Vicki Young. The appointment of the new chair of

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state has been controversial. Michael Gove caused controversy when

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he an expertly did not renew the contract of the Labour peer doing

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the job. Rumours circulated that a millionaire Tory party donor might

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be in the frame for the job. But infuriated the Liberal Democrats.

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Michael Gove was accused of trying to politicise the whole process. It

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seems Harmony has broken out over the appointment of David Hoare. He

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was praised for his leadership skills. He has been the chairman of

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several wide-ranging companies over the years. He will stand down as a

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trustee of the large Academy chain. It has been criticised by Ofsted for

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not improving standards quickly enough. One of the questions he will

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be asked when he first takes up his post in September is whether he does

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believe that Ofsted should inspect how these Academy chains work.

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Something they can't do at the moment. Our top story: Israel calls

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at thousands more reserve troops as it presses on with its military

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offensive in Gaza. And at the Commonwealth Games, I'm

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on the finishing line of the cycling time trial. The men's competition is

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under way. England's hopes for the

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Women's Rugby World Cup - we speak to the Richmond player who says this

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time, the trophy can be theirs. And he's a true legend

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of London sport - now could David Weir win

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his first Commonwealth Games medal? Next week, a series

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of ceremonies across Britain and Europe will look back 100 years to

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the start of the First World War. Our correspondent, Robert Hall,

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is spending three days travelling the route that British soldiers

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would have taken, and today in Winchester he looks

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at the final preparations for war. This is just outside Winchester.

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Peaceful today, very different a century ago. Let me show you some

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pictures which show a hint of the giant military camp sprawled across

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miles of countryside. Around 2 million soldiers passed across here

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during the First World War. Winchester is still a military city.

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We decided to compare the protection offered to today's Army with the

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protection offered back in 1914. at the final preparations for war.

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A call to the quartermaster at the Army Training Regiment.

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In the city where, a century ago, another generation prepared

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for war, today's recruits were drawing their uniforms.

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In the summer of 1914, more than 100,000 men assembled for

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the journey to France and Belgium. Their officers believed they were

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equipped and ready for the battles ahead.

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A belief, according to historian Andy Robertshaw,

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based on lessons learned elsewhere. We'd just fought a war in South

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Africa, the Boer War, ends in 1902. After that one,

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the Army looks at all the equipment, uniforms, weapons, training,

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and says no, not good enough. The outcome was clothing

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and equipment designed for the battlefield, but still a

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world away from modern combat gear. We've got a pair of ankle boots worn

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with puttees, trousers, and a tunic. Colour, of course, is khaki, that's

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an Indian word that means 'dusty'. The British Expeditionary Force

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faced the enemy clothed in wool and brass, with

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a single-shot rifle and no helmet. And yet our volunteers

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did find similarities. It's extremely hot, it really is.

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Compared to what we normally wear, which Sgt Starling's wearing now,

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this is definitely much more cumbersome.

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It's bigger, it's bulkier, and I feel quite restricted.

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When you look at the outside equipment,

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the pouches, the ammunition being the key thing, being

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a combat soldier, is available, it's on the left-hand side,

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in an easy-to-open pouch, similar to that fitted to the Osprey system.

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Next Christmas, today's Army will end

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its most significant role overseas as it returns from Afghanistan.

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The 1914 Army packed their dress uniforms away,

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hoping they, too, would be back for the festive season.

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They couldn't have been more wrong. Winchester has just about the

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memorial to the soldiers who pass through here. They did not does come

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from Britain, they came from dozens of countries around the world. They

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were ill-prepared for the harsh winter of 1914. They started life in

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tense. Over 500 died of illness and were buried just up the hill from

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where I was standing. This summer, they too, are being remembered.

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They couldn't have been more wrong. Health officials

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in England are urging people to monitor their waistlines,

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to help avoid type 2 diabetes. Men with a waist measurement of more

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than 40-inches - and women with more than 35 inches - run a much higher

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risk of developing the condition. Dominic Hughes reports.

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Not enough exercise and putting on weight are a recipe for ill health.

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It seems obvious but we are learning about weight gain and type 2

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diabetes. Walking clubs like this help those at risk, as well as some

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of those who have already been diagnosed. It has made me fitter and

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leaner. I could so easily sit back and think, I will not do that today.

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You get up and get on with it. I'd add a walking groups like this can

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be a great way to help people shed excess weight. Not enough of us are

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getting as much exercise as we need. Experts are saying, as we pile on

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the bounce, there is a real link between waist size and developing

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diabetes. -- pile on the pounds. Today we are being warned that a

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larger waist size increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. For men with

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waste a little more than 40 inches the risk is five times greater than

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a man with a waist just three inches smaller. Women a threefold increase

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in risk when there waist is over 31 inches. You can eat a healthy and

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balanced diet. The single, big tip is to lose weight. Not so long ago,

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Tommy Brown enjoyed a diet of fast food and fizzy drinks. Now it is

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fresh veg and chicken after he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. If I

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knew then what I knew now I would have adopted a more healthy

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lifestyle instead of eating kebabs and going to the GP. He takes

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medication every day to control his diabetes which can cause serious

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health problems, including blindness and amputation. It is a preventable

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disease but growing numbers of us can still fall victim.

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Dominic Hughes reports. It?s day eight of the Commonwealth

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Games in Glasgow and 25 gold medals are up for grabs across 12 sports.

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One of the first medal events was in cycling, the women's individual

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time trial, in which England's Emma Pooley claimed silver.

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The men's individual time trial is currently under way and Jane

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Hill is at Glasgow Green for us. Yes, we're here at

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the finishing line where every rider has been greeted by huge cheers.

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This is one of the Games' free events, and

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thousands of people are lining the route to watch, despite the rain.

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Natalie Pirks been watching all of today's action.

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Here is Emma Pooley. Tiny in stature but a giant on the road. England 's

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cycling star Emma Pooley set off from Glasgow Green on what would be

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her last major time trial race. Set to retire from cycling after the

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games, this was a chance to help England's continued aerosol on the

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top of the overall standings. British Cycling has been a toured a

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force over the last few years. Here, in Glasgow, on the track at least,

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England has been dominant. That rivalry is continuing at the top of

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the medal table. It was not an Australian causing her problems.

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This Australian has always seemed to be the bridesmaid. In tricky

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conditions, it was a straight fight for the fastest time between the

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two. Superb riding from start to finish. It was not enough. Emma

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Pooley settled for second. That silver means England are still top

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of the medal table. Greg Rutherford 's long jump last night helping to

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move England ahead in the number of golds won. We would have these big

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battles with Australia. If we can come out on top, we will be over the

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moon. People are killing it at that and getting multiple medals. That is

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what we need. That rivalry looks set to continue in a hockey. Australia

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look the most likely opponent in a daunting semifinal for England men

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after they beat Canada three to one this morning. Nothing says elite

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sport like the sight of grown men in inflatable hamster wheel. That is

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one of the wave bands are being kept amused in matches ahead of these

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Games. The police need to improve their technique if they are to win

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gold. The parables triples team did not fall flat during their moment.

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They beat Scotland to bronze. There have been many memorable moments.

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Not all of them sport related. Let's remind ourselves of one inside the

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velodrome. Chris Prichard has proposed and has just got engaged.

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How about that? Long plan or spur of the moment? It had been planned for

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six months. I am embracing the atmosphere. The atmosphere is

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unbelievable today. A fantastic turnout. Cycling is one of the

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sports that will really benefit from the legacy of these Games. They are

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benefiting from the legacy of London. From here, cycling will

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explode in Glasgow. Have you seen it grow and grow? Year on year, it is

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getting bigger and bigger. Enjoy your wedding. Thank you very much

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indeed. From Glasgow Green, back to you.

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England have won the third Test against India in Southampton by 266

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runs, to level the five-match series at 1-1.

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It is England 's first Test match victory in nearly a year. Our sports

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correspondent reports. A car ferry from Southampton to the Isle of

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Wight, one leaves every hour. Manoeuvring the cricket side in a

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positive direction has been a liberal rear is task, to test

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anyone's patience. On Thursday morning, the win was coming. The

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ninth ball of the day and a fifth wicket fell for India. Things were

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moving. Holiday time and ?1 for children to get in today. The

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challenge of Hampshire to generate a crowd and an atmosphere. It is an

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out of town ground and not the easiest to reach. India were

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unravelling. That was the captain gone. Not even half an hour played

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and another for Anderson. India running at a batsman. India could

:28:13.:28:20.

win the match, remember, if they got to 445 - hypothetical. Instant were

:28:21.:28:26.

not bothered about Andries. He could not quite understand it. He had been

:28:27.:28:32.

undone by the bowler, fast becoming England 's spearhead spinner. Eight

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down, I. Unplayable? A duck. He had been picked for his batting but his

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sixth wicket finished it off. The margin that really mattered was the

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long wait that had happened and the heavyweight removed. Now for the

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weather. July is in the top ten for its

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warmth and sunny weather. Not as warm as July three -- July 2013. It

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continues a successful months where we are seeing temperatures above

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average. In the south and east we will end with someone as well. The

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cloud is advancing elsewhere. More cloud elsewhere. Showers quite

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potent in parts of Wales and the and South West. That is a different

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compared with yesterday. There is more chance of catching a shower or

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downpour across parts of England and Wales. The Southeast is favoured.

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Some sunshine between the showers elsewhere. Slow-moving showers in

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Northern Ireland and Scotland could bring downpours. Some more

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persistent rain in the North of Scotland. You can see through the

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central lowlands there are some showers around. Touch and go with

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the showers in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games and the athletics

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this evening. The winds are not as strong as yesterday. The showers

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will continue for a time this evening. They will largely die away

:30:17.:30:20.

to the coasts. We could see some mist. It is warm again but the

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humidity not as high as it was earlier in the week. Reasonably

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comfortable. The humidity is rising towards the West. Tomorrow, sunshine

:30:31.:30:34.

and showers. Not all catching the showers. Some good spells of

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sunshine in between. Slow-moving showers in Northern Ireland and

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Scotland. Probably more so in the west and north. Again we are seeing

:30:44.:30:48.

temperatures wheezing towards the mid-20s. Temperatures average

:30:49.:30:55.

elsewhere. On Friday night and into Saturday, a warning from the Met

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Office. We could see a couple of inches of rain. The chance of

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thunder we rein in the year but less likely and still a risk. You can

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seem Wales, northern England and Scotland looking pretty miserable

:31:10.:31:13.

during Saturday. Gradually the low pressure will move northwards into

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Scotland. That means that for Scotland for Sunday with the closing

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ceremony of the Commonwealth Games it looks wet, windy with potential

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gales on the hills.

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