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They will be hoping Mohammed Morsi really can build the unity he has

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promised and translate tonight's euphoria into a new beginning.

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Jeremy Bowen is here. A curious dynamic for now. But the military

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technically still has the power? People don't even know what powers

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he will have, because there's not a constitution at this time. One of

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the big challenge it is the relationship with the military. How

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much power are they prepared to give up? How much power might they

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be prepared to take from him? Will they be able to continue to control

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the economy? And the military budget, and all the things they

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want to keep their hands on? Will they be prepared to take their

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hands off the levers of power? many questions. What are the

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implications for the wider region? It is a historic moment, because

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Egypt is the most populous Arab country, and now they have this

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Muslim Brotherhood leader. The Muslim Brotherhood go back to 1928.

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They are the pioneers of political Islam. This tells us that the

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process of change continues apace at the Middle East. That process

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started at the beginning of last year. It is a revolutionary process,

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but it is slow. All these details are terribly important about who

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has which hand on which lever of power. The big thing to take away

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it is that that process of change continues tonight. Had the other

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guy won, it would have been a different story.

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Football, and England have been knocked out of Euro 2012. They lost

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4-2 to Italy on penalties in Ukraine, and after the match,

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captain Steven Gerrard said there was "heartbreak" among the players.

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Our Sports Editor, David Bond is in Kiev for us now.

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Few people thought England would get this far at Euro 2012. A

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quarter-final against Italy, and the prospect of a semi-final

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against Germany laid out in front of them. But in the end, it all

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came down to their old enemy, penalties.

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They had travelled here in hope rather than expectation. 6000

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England fans making the Trickey checked to Kiev to see if their

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team could make history tonight. Captain Steven Gerrard had called

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on his team to use past failures as an inspiration against Italy, a

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nation which had never lost to England in a big tournament. All

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the predictions were that this was to be a tight, cagey game. Far from

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it. Within three minutes, the post was shaken with this spectacular

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effort. England looked nervy, but they quickly found their feet,

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stringing together a neat move which Glen Johnson started and

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almost finished. Many people thought Roy Hodgson was wrong to

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bring John Terry to the Euros, but the England manager might have felt

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a bit vindicated when he produced this typical piece of heroism,

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denying Mario Balotelli as he was about to pull the trigger. But

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England were a threat of themselves, and were showing that they could

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play a bit, too. Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck combined well just

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after the half-hour. After half- time, Italy stepped up a gear and

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should have taken the lead. Joe Hart could not hold the shot, and

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although he did well to stop Balotelli's follow-up, Riccardo

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Montolivo should have done better. In fact, England might have sneaked

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in in stoppage time, but Rooney couldn't quite control his

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acrobatics. And so the inevitable extra time, the traditional

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accompaniment to any English drama. With another 30 minutes of this in

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store, even Balotelli could not watch. Once under way, it was the

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same story, Italy on top and creating the better chances.

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Alexandre de Monte -- Alexandra diamante holding on. Somehow,

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England held on and it went to the even more inevitable penalties.

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Riccardo Montolivo gave his side hope, but then sent his shot wide -

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- Wedd. By Ben Ashley Young went for power and left the bar rattling

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and England's hopes hanging by a thread. Italy were clinical after

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that, and when Ashley Cole's strike was said, it was left to Diamante

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to see another heartbreaking night for England. If just feel for the

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players, who from day one, had given everything. Today, we did the

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same. I thought this time on a penalty shoot-out, we might have

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had luck. It was not to be. justice perhaps for Italy, but

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having come so close, that will not make defeat any easier for England

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to take. Inevitably, all the headlines

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tomorrow will focus on the cruelty of England losing once again on

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penalties. But it would have been a terrible injustice if Italy had not

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gone through. They dominated for much of the match and had the

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better chances. While England were brave to take the game to extra-

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time and penalties, you have to wonder what the Germans would have

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made of them in the semi-final. But when the dust settles, England and

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the FA will reflect on a lot that has been achieved. Roy Hodgson has

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only been in the job as England manager for six matches. He came

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into the tournament with terrible injuries. By reaching the quarter-

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final, they have exceeded expectations. And they have done

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something more - put a bit of pride back into the national game. That

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is something they will take away from here as they start to prepare

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for the next World Cup in two years' time.

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Hundreds of thousands of young people could lose their housing

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benefit, as part of a new welfare crackdown. David Cameron is

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expected to suggest scrapping the benefit for anyone under the age of

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25 in a speech tomorrow. The move could cut �2 billion from the

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welfare bill, but any changes wouldn't become Conservative policy

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until after the next general election.

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Big changes to welfare are already under way, but David Cameron

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believes more needs to be done. He wants a wider debate about a

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benefits system which he says promotes a something for nothing

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culture and sends out damaging signals about work, housing and

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families. We always want a benefits system that will protect the most

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vulnerable, but but the problem with the current system is that the

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incentives are wrong. Too often, it is easier to claim benefit than to

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work. It can't be right that young people go straight from school or

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college into the world of benefit. Housing is one area Mr Cameron will

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focus on. People ask whether it is fair that some young people who

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work are forced to live with their parents because they can't afford

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to leave home, while thousands of others can move out because the

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state pays their housing benefit or gives them a council home. The

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annual bill for housing benefit has been on the rise, reaching �21

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billion last year. 380,000 young people under the age of 25 claim it.

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Mr Cameron says scrapping it for this age group would save �1.8

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billion a year. Let's take a step back. The Government should be

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focusing much harder on the core of this problem, youth unemployment of

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over 1 million people. If we had a serious back-to-work plan for those

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people, we would not see the benefits bill spiralling in this

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way. In his speech tomorrow, Mr Cameron will set out ideas on

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welfare which the Conservatives say they are unlikely to do before the

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election because of opposition from their coalition partners. The

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Liberal Democrats say they have already helped introduce changes

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which will transform the system. The right thing to do is to let

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those reforms bed in before further decisions. In respect of young

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people, the priority is how to get those young people without work at

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the moment into training, education and work so that we don't repeat

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the mistakes from the past and have young people blighted by long

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periods of unemployment. Conservatives say Mr Cameron is

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prepared to raise difficult questions about the future of the

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welfare state, and that he is laying out ideas for after the next

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general election. But his message on benefits will be welcomed by his

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backbenchers, many of whom have expressed frustration that Mr

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Cameron has not done enough to promote traditional Conservative

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values. The Archbishop of Canterbury has

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dismissed David Cameron's Big Society as "aspirational waffle".

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Dr Rowan Williams, who will step down in December, said it had been

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designed to conceal what he called the deeply damaging withdrawal of

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the state from its responsibilities Find turkey claimed the warplane,

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of the type seen here, had briefly entered Syrian territory but was

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shot down while international airspace. Damascus says the plane

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was well inside Syria. Branches of NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank will

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open for extended hours again tomorrow, because of the continuing

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problems caused by a computer fault. 1,200 branches were opened today

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for the first time on a Sunday to try to help customers, many of whom

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have been unable to access money in their account. Ben Thompson reports.

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The bank said it would work around the clock to get its systems back

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online. Today, that meant working on a Sunday. But with a massive

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backlog still to process there is concern about the longer term

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impact, despite assurances by the bank that services are now being

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restored. We have been clearing the backlog. Systems are coming back up

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and we are much more confident of a normal start a business tomorrow. I

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would say not everything will be perfect, so we may see some bumps

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in the road as we go through the week. We have had a very serious

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outage and there may be knock-on impact. But that will come as

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little comfort for customers who have been hit by the problems. For

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the 5th day they have been venting their frustrations online. Even on

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the bank's own website. One man said he had been trying since

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Friday to pay his staff their wages. They're young, he said, and rely on

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this money. One business owner wrote, I lost an ongoing contract

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yesterday because I could not use my business account. Do you think

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NatWest will compensate me for the ongoing loss? But working out the

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cost of late payments or lost business is difficult and for non-

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customers, those caught up in all of this because they are waiting

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for wages to be paid or they are buying or selling a house,

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calculating any payout to them is not easy. It is not good enough for

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a major United Kingdom back to haven't IT failure of this size and

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to basically say, here you are, �6 back for this direct debit, �12 for

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that cheque. No, they have failed and they need to take the

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consequences of this failure. for banking means knowing your

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account balance... The bank has said no balance -- no customers

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will be out of pocket but it has stopped short of offering

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compensation and the small print makes it clear it is not liable for

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losses as a result of technical problems.

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There was plenty of sporting action today, aside from the football.

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Let's get the latest from Katie Gornall at the BBC Sports Centre.

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Good evening. Fernando Alonso has become the first driver to win two

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Formula One races this season, after a thrilling victory in

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Valencia. Formula One has been anything but

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predictable this season, however it looked like Sebastian Vettel might

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start to dominate once again. The double world champion left everyone

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training at the start and soon opened up the 22nd lead. That

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disappeared when the safety car was called, so marshals could clean up

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after Vergne. The -- for fresh tyres that followed should have

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allowed Lewis Hamilton to catch up, but his team have had a problem

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with pit stops and this error cost him three places. Alonso had worked

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through the field from 11th. After the restart he jumped to second.

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Vettel had the upper hand but not for long. COMMENTATOR: Vettel in

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trouble, he has a puncture. Hamilton moved up to second. But as

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his tyres wore out, so did his hopes of victory. Raikkonen kissed

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him, then Maldonado -- then Maldonado saw an opportunity.

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Heartache for Hamilton was followed by it a claim for Alonso.

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COMMENTATOR: And Fernando Alonso is the first repeat winner of 2012.

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Not only did the home fans seized their hero returned to the top of

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the drivers' championship but Michael Schumacher back on the

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podiums for the first time since he returned to Formula One.

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Cricket, Alex Hales made the highest score by an England batsman

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in a Twenty20 international today. His superb 99 saw them to a seven

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wicket victory over the West Indies at Trent Bridge. 70 runs from

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Dwayne Smith helped the tourists to a total of 172 for four.

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Nottinghamshire batsman Hales led the charge but fell agonisingly

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short of a century as England went on to win with two balls to spare.

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Rangers' chief executive Charles Green has threatened legal action

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against any players who refused to transfer their contracts to his new

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company and against any clubs to try to sign them. The threat comes

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after Steven Naismith and Steven Whittaker announced they have

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rejected transferred to the new CoE Rangers. The pair held a press

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conference today. Their lawyers claim they are free agents.

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At the Olympic trials in Birmingham, Shara Proctor Bridcutt 29 year-old

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British record in the long jump to secure her place at London 2012.

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She jumped 6.95 metres, beating the previous record by five centimetres.

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Heptathlete Jessica Ennis admits she needs to make changes to her

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long jump after finishing a disappointing 6th in the event.

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That is all from us at the BBC Sports Centre.

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Just a reminder of the main story here tonight. The Islamist Muslim

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