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The mother of Keith Bennett, one of the children killed by the Moors

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Murderers, has died. Winnie Johnson passed away early this morning

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without ever learning where her son was buried. She'd campaigned for

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half a century for Keith's killers to reveal where his body was hidden.

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Today people paid their respects to her on Saddleworth Moor. She just

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wanted the best for her son, like any mother would. It was very

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difficult for her. She just carried on, didn't she, until the end.

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In South Africa families of miners involved in the police shooting

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wait to find out if their relatives The former boss of Barclays Bank

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hits back at claims he misled MPs over the bank rate rigging scandal

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England's hopes of saving their No. 1 ranking hang in the balance in

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the final Test against South Africa Good evening. Winnie Johnson, the

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mother of one of the victims of the Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra

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Hindley, has died. Keith Bennett was 12 when he was abducted in

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Manchester in 1964. His remains have never been found. Mrs Johnson

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fought tirelessly to get Brady to reveal the location of the grave.

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Her family say they will continue It is nearly 50 years since 12-

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year-old Keith Bennett was murdered, and through that time, his mother,

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Winnie Johnson it made it her life's work to find his body on

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Saddleworth Moor. Ian Brady and his accomplice Myra Hindley murdered

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five children in the mid- 1960s, but the bodies of just four were

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found. Keith Bennett was the only one missing. Winnie Johnson always

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said she wanted to find Keith before she died. But she became ill

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and pleaded with Ian Brady all the information. She spoke to me last

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December. I have had 40 years of it, over 40 years. And I want it to

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come to an end and I want Keith back. I lost him before and I found

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out I had cancer and I said I wanted to know where Keith is

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before the end. I did not know I was going to leave or if I would

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die, so I wanted the truth. This morning it was confirmed that

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Winnie Johnson had died peacefully overnight. Her son Alan Bennett

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She's a marvellous lady. Courageous, great fortitude, and she continued

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that battle. She had to lead a normal life with the rest of her

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family at the same time as never giving up the search. Saddleworth

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Moor tormented her for years and are concealing Keith Bennett's body.

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You could argue she was an extra victim of Hindley and Brady,

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because without their help to find Keith, she suffered for years.

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Winnie Johnson lived 30 miles from Saddleworth Moor, but it is here

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that she is remembered. Some of making the journey here this

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evening to pay tribute to her. was an amazing woman. She was not

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in the best of health going over the Morse, and it was a torment for

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her. She just did it. She found the strength to do it. Over the last

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six or seven years we have been touched. We just wish everything

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could be found now. I am sure she is with him now anyway. Just

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yesterday it was reported Ian Brady had written a letter to Winnie

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Johnson revealing the location of Keith's body. Police are now

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looking for that letter, but even if it exists, it will have come too

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late to give Mrs Johnson her last The former boss of Barclays Bank,

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Bob Diamond, has hit back at claims that he misled MPs over the bank

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rate-rigging scandal that cost him his job. A report by MPs ruled that

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the banker gave 'highly selective' evidence over revelations that his

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bank conspired to fix inter-bank lending rates. Mr Diamond said he

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was disappointed and strongly disagreed with several of the

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committee's statements. Ben Thompson reports.

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This was wrong and I'm not happy about it. For more Barclays boss

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Bob Diamond giving evidence to MPs last month about the Bank's role in

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the global rate rigging scandal. But today's report calls his

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evidence and question and says Mr Diamond's submissions were at times

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highly selective and fell short of what Parliament expects. It goes on

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to criticise the Bank itself saying the board presided over a deeply

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flawed culture with management turning a blind eye. It was such

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hard work getting the evidence out of Mr Diamond, quite frankly. And

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the committee has made clear their discontent about it. Not what

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Parliament expects. But Mr Diamond So why didn't authorities act

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sooner? Reports say the regulators including the Bank of England and

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that FSA were too obsessed with box-ticking and collecting data

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rather than focusing on the wrists. For its part, the Bank of England

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says it does not oversee LIBOR submissions and the responsibility

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for that lies elsewhere. Mr Diamond and his chairman did quit following

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scandal. But the report also makes recommendations for reform. It says

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there should be bigger fines to deter wrong doing, new criminal

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laws to prosecute those found guilty and better regulation to

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spot fraud as it happens. Today's damning report is the first but not

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the only enquiry into rate reading. It is likely the full extent of the

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scandal could take many more months to emerge -- rate reading.

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A soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards has been killed in

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Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence said the soldier was killed

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by "enemy action" in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province.

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A prominent South African politician has called for the

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resignation of the country's president, in response to the

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killing of 34 miners on Thursday. Julius Malema, a former ANC youth

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leader, was cheered as he denounced the police who killed and injured

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the protesting miners and as he called on Jacob Zuma to step down.

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Some relatives of the victims of the shooting are still waiting for

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information at nearby hospitals. After the shooting, the grieving

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begins. This is Primrose, and she is grieving for her missing

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relative. We met her outside the hospital. That is where she tried,

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in vain, to get some answers. here looking for my family who got

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lost on Thursday. When I phoned him, I did not get a response. The phone

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is on its voicemail. Reaction from Thursday's shooting is not confined

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to mourning the dead. Anger is still visible and stronger monks

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the miners. This is what Thursday's shooting has done. These miners are

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angry at the government and the police. The former leader of the

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ANC has told them that he is still on their side. But President Jacob

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Zuma has abandoned them. He also called for a leadership change.

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Through these killings, South Africa's long history of being one

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of the most unequal societies on the planet has come into sharp

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focus. As night falls, there is still a heavy police presence

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watching over a third largest platinum producer in the world. --

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The Russian Orthodox Church has urged the countries' authorities to

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show mercy towards the jailed members of punk band, Pussy Riot.

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Three of the group were sentenced to two years in jail for singing a

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protest song in Moscow's main cathedral. Their lawyer has said

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they will not appeal to President Vladimir Putin for a pardon.

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The Mars rover, Curiosity, is to test its laser by vaporising part

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of a rock. The million watt beam, fired for a fraction of a second,

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will allow NASA scientists to study what the rock is made from.

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Curiosity's main mission is to survey Mount Sharp but it'll take

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the rover several months to get there.

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The Duke of Edinburgh is spending a fourth night in hospital in

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Aberdeen, where he's being treated for a bladder infection. Prince

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Phillip, who's 91, was admitted on Wednesday, during his and the

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Queen's annual summer break at Balmoral. Lorna Gordon is outside

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the hospital for us. Lorna, what do we understand the doctors are

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It is thought that doctors are treating the infection itself with

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antibiotics, but they are also advising the 91-year-old to take it

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easy. So once again, today, no visitors from the Royal Family, but

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one assumes a chance for Prince Philip to focus all his energy on

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getting better. Although Buckingham Palace tends to not give a running

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commentary on situations like this, we are given to believe that Prince

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Philip is continuing to respond well to treatment. The Queen was

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out and about earlier today and was looking reassuringly relaxed. She

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was seen at leaving her private estate at Balmoral, driving herself

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in a Range Rover, and returning a few hours later. The Royal Family

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and the Queen are said to be in constant touch with Prince Philip

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in hospital in Aberdeen, and, one assumes, in constant touch with

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doctors as well. Those medical experts are probably likely to be

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looking to see why his bladder infection has recurred. Whether

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there is some kind of underlying problem they need to be treating.

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So, tonight, for a 4th night, Prince Philip remains in hospital

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It's been the hottest day of the year so far, at least for some. The

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BBC Weather Centre reported a peak temperature of 32.3 Celsius at

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Cavendish in Suffolk. London and the South East of England enjoyed

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the best of the sunshine, although western areas have been hit by rain.

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Forecasters say tomorrow could see even higher temperatures in the

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Sport now, and for a full round-up of all the day's action, here's

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Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes at the BBC No need for post-Olympic blues.

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Plenty of sport this weekend with the new Premier League season under

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way, and more on that in a minute. But things are getting very tight

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on day three of the decisive final Test between England and South

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Africa at Lord's. England must win to keep their world No. 1 status,

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so plenty of pressure on their new young batsmen going for his maiden

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Well, we will try and bring you the cricket video in a while, but in

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football, seven matches featured on the opening date of the opening --

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of the new season. If you don't want to know the scores, then this

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The new dawn for Liverpool was overshadowed by West Brom who won

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3-0. A disappointing start for Brendan Rogers who said afterwards

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he expected more days like this. And no dream start for the new

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Tottenham manager. Spurs losing 2-1 away to Newcastle. There were

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plenty of goals in West London as Fulham beat Norwich 5-0. And

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Michael Laudrup's new Swansea side thrashed QPR by the same margin.

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West Ham marked their return to the division by beating Aston Villa and

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a penalty salvaged a draw for Reading against Stoke. Newly-

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promoted Ross County nearly caused an upset in the Scottish Premier

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League. They were beating Celtic for most of the match after this

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free-kick early in the second half, their first goal in the SPL. But

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Chris Commons equalised deep into injury-time leaving Celtic unbeaten,

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but far from convincing ahead of their Champions' League qualifier

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on Tuesday. Elsewhere, Hearts drew with Inverness to go to the top,

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And in the Third Division Rangers manager Ally McCoist paid tribute

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to the near 50,000 and see what Stemp beat East Stirlingshire at

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Ibrox. -- you watched them beat East Stirlingshire. Now we can

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bring you the cricket BT. A battle of the bowlers on day three between

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England and South Africa. Replacing Kevin Pietersen's runs and taking

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his place in the headlines, so not a bad effort. They say when the sun

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is out at Lord's, batting is easy. But not today. No sooner had the

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new ball arrived, Prior succumbed. Fishing outside off stump to give

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South Africa just what they wanted. They call it the nervous 90s for a

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reason. And it was all too much, just five runs short of a maiden

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century, he could not make it over the line. A disappointing way to

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end a fabulous innings. Graeme Swann ended things on a high, and

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giving England the slightest of Leeds, but in truth the game was

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even, and that is good enough for the tourists to take a much prized

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world No. 1 spot away from England. Andrew Strauss needed wickets very

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badly and got his waist. -- got his wish. Graeme Smith was out, and

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then followed by Alvar Road Peterson. Jacques Kallis calm

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things down blending solidity with a fair amount of flair whereas

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Hashim am I was riding his luck. He had already been dropped when he

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nearly dragged on. With time running out, a vital breakthrough.

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