05/02/2012 BBC Weekend News


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Heavy snow brings severe disruption across the country. Roads and rail

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services are badly hit - at Heathrow, half the flights are

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cancelled. Fury over Russia and China's refusal to condemn the

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violence in Syria, which continues in the embattled city of Homs. The

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Queen attends church at Sandringham, as she prepares to mark her 60

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years as monarch. And in the Six Nations, Wales beat Ireland with

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Good evening. Freezing temperatures and heavy snow across most of

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Britain have brought severe disruption to the roads and

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railways. Many airports were also hit by the snow - Heathrow says it

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has had to cancel half of its flights today. Tonight, motorists

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are being warned of treacherous conditions as the snow turns to ice.

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Robert Hall is in West Malling, in Kent. We all watched the snow on

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the weather maps as it came across the country yesterday, reaching

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Kent last, but Kent appears to have borne the brunt of the cold snap.

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The roads here are clear, as are most main roads, but the more

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isolated you are, the more difficult your day has been. Not

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the start to a quiet Sunday that many might have wished for. The

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first serious snowfall in England this winter provide entertainment,

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but it also caused delays and frustration for those who needed to

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travel. Temperatures hovering around freezing, preserving the?

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snow, together with the accompanying hazards on the roads,

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provided the backdrop to the provided the backdrop to the

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conditions. It was clear that the gritting teams had successfully

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kept traffic flowing, but that there was much still to do. The

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further we travelled from major further we travelled from major

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routes, the more snow and / we encountered. In the East Midlands,

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even simple tasks, such as exiting a car park, were a struggle.

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actually saw a gritter getting stuck as well, we could not push

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that one out. Sharing a wedding breakfast in Uttoxeter, this couple

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had tried but failed to keep their reception going. We decided to pull

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the plug, to make saw that everybody did get home safely, that

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has to be the priority. So we had our first dance, and then recorded

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today. At a petrol station in Kent, murmurs of a rock band returning

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from a concert woke up bleary-eyed after treacherous road conditions

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forced them to spend the night in their van. We were halfway up this

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road, slipping on over the place, as soon as we saw the petrol

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station, we pulled in. We figured, as we had enough duvets and

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sleeping stuff, we figured it would be easy. But getting up this

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morning and having to DeGale way out... Visitors to Heathrow, who

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had first sight of the new snow clearing equipment, might have

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expected limited disruption on but in fact, half of all flights were

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cancelled. We will have to see how quickly alliance can get their

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aircraft back in the right place. Once the operation here is

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disturbed, getting the aircraft positioned, getting the de-icing

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done and so on, takes some time. Rail travel was also affected, and

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the disruption may well spillover into the start of the new working

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week. But, as ever, winter sports provided a welcome distraction,

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even a few centimetres of snow can provide mass entertainment. The

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partial thaw has helped the gritting teams get some of the

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roads open again, but we are not out of the woods yet. If you are

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heading for work or school in the morning, you will still need to

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As Robert mentioned, there have been delays at many airports today,

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but the worst-hit has been Heathrow, where half of today's flights were

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cancelled in advance to attempt to prevent delays. Our transport

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correspondent, Richard Westcott, joins me now - a sensible move or

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an admission of failure to cope? Well, I guess it depends if you're

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a customer who had to sit watching planes landing and taking off on an

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empty runway, or, if you are the airport, where you say, they were

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preventing disruption. They have come in for a lot of stick today.

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Effectively, they cancelled 100 -- hundreds of flights before a single

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flake of snow landed on the runway. They said that was much better than

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having customers arriving at the airport, then cancelling flights,

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and having customers having to spend the night there. If you cast

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your mind back to Christmas time last year, this place was crippled

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for four days by heavy snow. People were spending the night in here.

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This is their big plan to try to prevent that. But I'm sure there

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are plenty of customers in there, looking at those planes, wondering

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why their flight had to be rebooked. If you are flying tomorrow, it is a

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normal schedule, but check with The American Secretary of State,

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Hillary Clinton, has called on "friends of democratic Syria" to

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unite and rally against President Assad's regime. Here, the Foreign

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Secretary, William Hague, accused China and Russia of "turning their

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backs on the Arab world" after they blocked a UN resolution condemning

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the Syrian government. Syrian forces today continued their

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offensive on the embattled city of Homs, where dozens were killed in a

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major assault on Friday. Here's our diplomatic correspondent Emily

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The epicentre of Syria's uprising. These latest pictures from Homs

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appear to show government forces shelling districts held by army

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defectors. President Bashar al- Assad may have been feeling

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relieved as he celebrated the Prophet Mohammed's birthday. He may

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have seen the veto as a green light to crack down on his opponents,

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violence some Western opponents will want to blame on Russia and

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China. Increasingly, given what happened yesterday, Russia and

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China will be held responsible for this continuing, appalling

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situation. They did not cause the situation, but they are standing in

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the way of the United Nations Security Council. Western

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governments are furious that the Russians and Chinese vetoed the

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resolution, even after it had been watered down. The problem is,

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Russia and China value their friendship and you lucrative trade

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with Syria, and they did not want to be seen to take sides, or to be

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paving the way for any possible future foreign intervention. Russia

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also aims to do its own peace brokering in Damascus. So, what can

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the international community do now? Faced with a neutered Security

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Council, we have to redouble our efforts, outside of the United

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Nations, with those allies and partners who support the Syrian

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people's right to have a better future. These pictures show the

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mass funeral of dozens of victims in Homs. There may be many more

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scenes like these, if President Assad uses the diplomatic latest to

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try to crush the opposition. Members of the Free Syrian Army

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The Government is to vote against a new pay package being proposed by

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Network Rail, after it emerged that its chief executive could be in

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line for a bonus worth nearly �350,000. Transport Secretary

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Justine Greening said she would attend the company's annual meeting

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on Friday to cast her vote. Our political correspondent Gary

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O'Donoghue is with me now. Can the Government stop the bonuses, Gary?

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Well, they say they cannot. They say that while the Department for

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Transport does have a vote at this meeting, that's where Justine

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Greening is going next Friday, that she's only one vote out of 78, and

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that anyway, it is an Advisory vote to the remuneration committee.

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Labour say that they do have bigger powers than that, they say the

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Government could sit on the remuneration committee, if it chose,

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something which Labour chose not to do when it was in pole. Also there

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are other powers which could have stopped this process in its tracks.

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-- in power. The important thing is that both parties are fighting for

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the same piece of ground. They know there is a great deal of public

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anger, following things like the bonus for the chief executive of

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By The Queen and Prince Philip braved the cold this morning to

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attend church at Sandringham, on the eve of an important milestone

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in the Diamond Jubilee year. Tomorrow marks 60 years since her

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accession to the throne. Our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell,

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reports. It is an anniversary tinged with sadness, since it marks

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the death of her beloved father. On the eve of accession date, the day

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she succeeded to the throne in 1952, the Queen went to morning service

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at a church near the Sandringham estate. With her, the Duke of

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Edinburgh, fully recovered, it would seem, from the operation two

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days before Christmas, but feeling the cold on a day when Norfolk was

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not a place to linger outside. For the Queen, there were flowers and

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thanks for the 60 years of service She had last seen her father at

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London Airport on 31st January 1952. She was departing on an overseas

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tour. Unknown to her, her father had lung cancer.

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NEWSREEL: It was a farewell. It was also, as events turned out, goodbye.

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Elizabeth's was in can you when her father died. She was given the news

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by her husband. -- Elizabeth was in Kenya. She began her reign, which

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was to become the second longest in British history. And it is that

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which will be marked by the diamond jubilee. It is hard to imagine it

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in the depths of winter, but by the spring and summer, how long reign

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will be marked by events in this Now, with news of the Six Nations

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and the rest of the sport, here's Celina Hinchcliffe. Ireland versus

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Wales was an enthralling match in Dublin, a real classic. The

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momentum swung back and forth between the two teams and it

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finished in dramatic style. Wales snatched a 23-21 win with virtually

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the last kick of the game, as Tim the last kick of the game, as Tim

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Franks reports. This had promised to be the tastiest clash of the

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weekend, and so it proved. Wales were in Irish territory for much of

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the first half. Jonathan Davies gave them the lead. Irish got a try

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with pretty much their first concerted attack. The difference

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came down to Wales' huge 3/4. George north, a mere teenager,

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smashed the Irish defence before popping up an exquisite pass to

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Jonathan Davies. How different it might have been had Bradley Davies

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been given red, rather than yellow, for this. Ireland took advantage of

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the extra man, Tommy Bowe going over. But it would not be enough.

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George off got a try for Wales, then Ireland committed their own

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foul, and Leigh Halfpenny converted From a rugby classic to a football

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classic - an astonishing match at Stamford Bridge in the Premier

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League, with six goals to tell you about. Chelsea scored the first -

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well, to be precise, United's defender Jonny Evans did, with an

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own goal. 30 seconds into the second half, and Juan Mata's strike

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was unstoppable. Chelsea then went 3-0 up when David Luiz's header

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came off Rio Ferdinand's shoulder. Chelsea cruising, you might think.

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Well, United had other ideas - Wayne Rooney despatched a quick

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penalty after Patrice Evra was fouled, and when the second

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presented itself, you just knew the comeback was on. Chelsea had never

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given up a 3-0 lead in Premier league history, but Javier

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Hernandez powered his header past Peter Cech. Never write off Sir

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And on Match Of The Day 2 later, you can see a fantastic goal at St

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James's Park, from new boy Papiss Demba Cisse, who came off the bench

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to get a stunning goal, as Newcastle beat Aston Villa.

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Rangers' woes continue as they crashed out of the Scottish Cup at

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the fifth round stage. They lost 2- 0 at home to Dundee United. And

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Hearts face a replay after drawing 1-1 with St Johnstone. In the Third

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Test, England will have to produce one of their best ever batting

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performances to avoid a series whitewash against Pakistan. They

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need to score 324 in their second innings to win, and will resume on

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36 without loss. But at least there is a glimmer of light, after a day

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when Pakistan threatened to move out of sight. Joe Wilson reports

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from Dubai. Nearing 30 degrees, but still, at the stadium, England

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started to freeze. England needed a handful of wickets in the morning -

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they got one. Younus Khan was out, having made 127. This was an old-

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fashioned, painstaking six-hour hundred. But Monty Panesar claimed

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a couple of lbws after lunch. His delivery to get rid of Akmal was a

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cracker. But what about Graeme Swann? His turn - two quick wickets

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for him, and at tea, Pakistan were eight wickets down. Azhar Ali's

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442nd ball was his last. Graeme Swann finally got him, after the

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highest score of his career. He had given Pakistan a great chance for

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victory. Soon, England were batting again, 323 behind, and almost

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