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50 people have been arrested after a night of rioting in North London.

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Petrol bombs were thrown. Vehicles and buildings set on fire and shops

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were looted. As local people survey the damage, community and political

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leaders have condemned the destruction.

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This is a disgrace. So many of my constituents have said to me - as I

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have walked up and talked to them. This must stop.

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Emergency discussions about the debt crisis in the eurozone, amid

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anxiety about how the morning's markets will react.

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And the comeback kings Oman Chester united beat Manchester City at

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Wembley. -- Manchester United beat

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Manchester City at Wembley. Hello. Good evening. Nearly 50

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people are in police custody this evening after rioters attacked

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police, set fire to buildings and looted shops in Tottenham, North

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London. 29 people were injured, most of them police officers. The

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trouble developed after a peaceful protest about the death of a local

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man, Mark Duggan, who was shot dead by police on Thursday. Downing

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Street has described the rioting as "utterly unacceptable." Our

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correspondent has been monitoring events.

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This was Tottenham high Road last night.

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At one end, officers in riot gear. At the other, the young men they

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are trying to police. This was the main shopping street,

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the commercial heart of the community, turned into a battle

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zone. Bricks, firecrackers and flames

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filled the Knight Air. Shops and homes were destroyed.

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More than two dozen police officers hurt.

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From a vantage point, high in a building, running battles could be

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seen on the street below. This followed a peaceful protest at

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the death of a man in a police shooting last week. There's no

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question, the police were targets Here, an empty squad car was

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attacked before being set ablaze. There was vandalism and looting too.

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Eyewitnesses said it was an far ki. -- anarchy. PC World, there is

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nothing left in that shop. Even several hours after the violence

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began, the first light, loots went on. Here, people made off with

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clothing. Today, police rejected claims they had been slow to catch

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up we vents and had not been prepared -- we vents and had not

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been prepared enough. We have a dignified response to that. We

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allowed that protest to take place. Once that extreme violence and it

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could not be anticipated on that scale, occurred, we moved the

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appropriate level of resources in.S A residents pick through the

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wreckage of their neighbourhood, the Government praised the police

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and said the rioters would feel the full force of the law. The looting

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and vandalism drew anger from the local MP, who described it as an

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assault on the community. We need restraint and calm. I say to those

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who wanted to come to Tottenham to cause violence and disturbance to

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stay away. We don't need you. We don't want 25 years of re-

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building community and trust destroyed because of mindless

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nonsense. Last night, Tottenham paid a heavy

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price. It is one of London's poorest areas and can il-afford the

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damage this has done to community and livelihood. Well, this evening,

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the family of the man who was shot by the police on Thursday, Mark

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Duggan, said they did not condone the rioting. His shooting is being

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investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

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Before the trouble flared they had taken part in a peaceful march to

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Tottenham police station from Broadwater Farm.

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Our home affairs correspondent sent this report from Broadwater Farm.

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The Broadwater Farm estate, the location which was the starting

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point for last night's events. It was from here that the protest

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march set off. Many here knew Mark Duggan, the man who was shot by

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police. They killed him, you know. You know, because they are a law to

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themselves they can put all this in the paper saying he was this, he

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was that. You know. I don't see my friend being in the car and

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surrounded by armed police and he's going to jump out and open fire on

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armed police. That doesn't make sense. 26 years ago, Broadwater

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Farm became the most infamous estate in the country. Then, as now,

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it was a death which become a trigger for the disturbances.

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Cynthia died as police, who had arrested her son searched her home.

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People who have lived here for a long time have said they are upset

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that it is back in the news for negative reasons. Most will not go

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on camera. Events of the last few days have sparked a debate about

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the wider issues here. There's a break down of

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communication. It has to be fixed. Among those who know the Tottenham

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area well is Sonia, who didn't want to give her full name.

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There's young people that's never worked. They've left school. They

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are this their late 20's and they've never had a job. It is not

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because they don't want to work. Others here are angry at outsiders,

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who they say came into the area because they wanted to join the mob

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violence. I have seen people here who I have never seen in my life. I

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have said to people I honestly believe there was one or two

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anarchists. Opportunists were bound to come down. They acknowledge that

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some young locals have little to do as the council cuts bite. One of

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the best youth facilities in our area, it is now shut down. They

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allowed people like myself to use their, and hold youth projects

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there. Now it is closed down. Where do we use? Then there are

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relationships with the police. police haven't really communicated

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directly with the youth here. It's caused the problem today. It feels

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like they have no word, no voice. The voice they think is good, but

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is wrong, is smashing up things. The family of Mark Duggan, the man

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who was shot by police say they do not condone the actions taken

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overnight in his name. They say they realise people are frustrated

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and angry. They have appealed for an end to the violence. M Well, our

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correspondent is there now. What is happening there this evening?

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Jane, a fairly subdued atmosphere in this part of North London this

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evening. People are coming to terms with the night of rioting which

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caused such devastation on their high street. Much of that street is

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in fact a crime scene, about half a mile of it, as police officers

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continue their investigations. They will be here all night. Crow can

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probably see the remains of the two burnt-out police cars. The question

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for police, community leaders and politician is; was this a peaceful

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protest hijacked by criminal elements? Was it about something

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more fundamental? It will take days, weeks and months of calm reflection

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until the answer to that is known. Thank you. Now, the rest of the

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day's news. And the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan say four of their

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soldiers have been killed in two separate attacks. Two French

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soldiers died. Five were wounded when they came under fire from

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insurger gents. Two others were killed in the -- insurgents. Two

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others were killed. Officials from the European Central Bank are

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holding talks to look at ways to stop the international debt crisis

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spreading and steady the markets before they open on Monday morning.

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Our business correspondent is with That crucial meeting really. We

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think it is underway now? understand it has started T reason

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they are there is because the cost of borrowing for Italian bonds has

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reached such a level it is in need of a bail out like Ireland and

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Greece, et cetera. They think by snapping up Italian bonds that will

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get the cost of borrowing down and remove the need. There is a split

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in the council. The Germans are nervous about giving money towards

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Italy before they have shown they can get their debt mountain down.

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Standard & Poor's downgraded the United States. There is a lot to

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talk about. And before the markets open. So much anxiety. You look at

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theest, some will open in only a few hours. �1.5 trillion was wiped

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off shares last week. We don't know what the markets will do. They may

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shrug off the US downgrade. They may be forced to sell off non-

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triple-A assets. They are not risk- free. They may dive into the gold

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or Swiss franc or UK Government bonds. We will know in a few hours.

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Opposition activists in Syria say more than 75 people have been

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killed in two towns, as tanks and troops moved against protestors. In

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Deir al-Zour in the north-east of the country, it is reported at

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least 50 people died when soldiers stormed the city just after dawn.

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Amateur video, which cannot be verified shows plumes of smoke and

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the sound of explosions. Foreign journalists are banned, but Jim

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Muir has been following development from neighbouring Lebanon. That is

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a grim toll. What more do we know? Well, as you say a grim toll. It

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looks like a repetition of what happened in what ma in central

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Syria a few -- in Hama in central Syria a few days earlier. One local

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account said what was happening in one of the suburbs of Deir al-Zour

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amounted to a real massacre, the whole place was completely

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surrounded and cut off with shelling and people going door-to-

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door storming houses and so on. Of course this is all unverified

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information. We cannot be there. At the same time, we've had reports of

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similar trouble in central Syria, with tanks and troops going in

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there. 20 people killed in that area too. A very high death tally

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for one day. All this coming as diplomatic pressures and outside

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pressures on Syria being ramped up, especially from Turkey, in the

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north, which is influential in northern Syria. The Turkish Prime

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Minister sending his Foreign Minister to damn mass ka, --

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Damascus. Not much of a meeting of minds

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there. Thank you. Two members of an

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expedition injured in a polar bear attack in Norway in which a 17-

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year-old boy were killed have returned to the UK.

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They were flown home. Two other members of the party, who were more

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severely hurt remain in hospital in Norway. An investigation is

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underway in Afghanistan into the crash of a Chinook helicopter which

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the Taliban claimed to have shot down. The crash site, south-west of

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the capital, Kabul, has been sealed off, as the wreckage is recovered.

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It was the biggest single loss for American forces in the ten-year

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conflict. 38 people died, more than half of them were members of an

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elite special force, the Navy SEALs. Now to sports news. Manchester

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United have beaten Manchester City at Wembley. The Community Shield is

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sometimes regarded as a meaningless match, but not today. United came

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from 2-0 down to win in injury time. The volume turned up.

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Like most concerts, finding personal space was tough, until

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Jolean Lescott located a spot, with devastating effect. It was a goal

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few had seen coming. The same could be said for their second. This, the

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best moment for City. Even the keeper seemed surprised. His team

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weren't stunned though. Another new recruit, Ashley Young, set up Chris

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Smalling for the come back. Nani completed City's bewilderment.

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Still, they were set to hold on for penalties, until the ultimate

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moment of confusion, with a minute left.

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Nani knew what he was doing. So much for just being pre-season.

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Proof that Manchester United never know when they are beaten. City

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still looking enviously over the fence.

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West Ham have started life in the championship with defeat at home to

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Cardiff City, after their relegation from the Premier League,

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the Hammers are favourite to go back up. They dominated the match,

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but could not score. Cardiff stole it in injury time. Kenny Miller

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with the winner. There were two games in the Scottish Premier

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League, Motherwell against Hearts was goalless. Celtic's defender,

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Emilio Izaguirre, broke his ankle in the first half at Pittodrie.

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Anthony Stokes got the game's only goal. It makes it 2-2 for Celtic.

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Today's challenge cup semi-final between Castleford tigers and leads

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Rhinos went to extra time. Kevin Sinfield had another kick to

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win it. Leeds winning 10-8. Into the

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Wembley final against Wigan in three weeks' time.

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It has been a great weekend for British triathletes. Helen Jenkins

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won yesterday. Alistair Brownlee won today. It is his third win

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after five events of the World Triathlon Series.

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After that 1500 metre swim and 40kms on the bike, Brownlee took

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complete control in the 10km run. He was able to enjoy the home

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