26/01/2013 BBC Weekend News


26/01/2013

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Good evening. 30 people are reported to have been

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killed in rioting in Egypt after 21 defendants were sentenced to death

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for the country's worst ever football violence. Their

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convictions came after fighting at a match last year between a Port

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Said club and a team from Cairo in which more than 70 people were

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killed. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool has sent this report from

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Whichever way this verdict went, it was going to reignite emotion. As

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the judge issued death sentences to each of the twenty-one people found

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guilty of murdering fans from a football club, there was joy and

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relief. But almost immediately, in Port Said, there was anger and

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violence. For families and supporters of the defendants, all

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from the city, attacked the police and fought back. Hundreds are now

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known to have been injured and a shocking number have been killed,

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including police officers. It was horrific violence in the City a

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year ago that started this. At the end of a football match, home

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supporters attacked visiting Al Ahly fans who said they were

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blocked from getting out of the ground. 70 were stabbed, clubbed

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and kicked it to death. In Cairo, outside the club now, people felt

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they had got justice. TRANSLATION: And we witnessed death with our own

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eyes. Imagine if your friends go to watch a match and they come back in

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a coffin. But thank God now we are pleased. I'm satisfied, but I think

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more people need to be sentenced to death, including the police

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officers involved. In the end, thousands gathered in their

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jubilation. There are sued celebrations outside the club now

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that fans have the judgment they wanted. These people have

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threatened violence across the country if things didn't go their

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way. These scenes of joy in the capital are in marked contrast to

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the bloodshed there has been in Port Said today. One of world

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football's darkest incidents continues to claim lives.

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An investigation is underway after a gunman who tried to rob a betting

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shop in Plymouth died at the scene. The man entered the shop wearing a

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gas mask and was restrained by customers and held until the police

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arrived. Robert Hall sent this Alongside a busy main road in the

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Plymouth suburbs, police have been piecing together the sequence of

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events which left a man dead, which brought emergency services to this

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betting-shop yesterday evening. One question is whether CCTV inside the

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shop may have captured in incident that began when the man, armed with

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what appeared to be a handgun, coerced into the bookies. According

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to the police his face was hidden by a gas mask. Investigators say

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the intruder was disarmed and pinned to the floor by four quick

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thinking customers. By the time the first response team arrived, the

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man was already unconscious. thought it was a fight over money.

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The odd blokes said he had come into rock the place. You could see

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that Ladbrokes was full of policemen at that time. Ever seen

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anything like it? And not around here. Officers tried to revive him,

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but their efforts and those of the paramedics were to no avail. At a

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briefing in the past hour, police named the dead man as Alan leavers,

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who lived locally. The firearm has been initially examined by a police

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firearms officer and it appears to be an imitation pistol, although

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this still needs to be verified. I would like to add, however, that

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there would have been no way of knowing this at the time of the

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incident. Senior officers say no one has been arrested or charged

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over the death. Legal experts say any action against those in the

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shop would be unlikely. It is extremely unlikely that the people

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that restrained this man will face prosecution. They could not judge

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precisely how their actions would affect things. They could not judge

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whether he would have difficulty breathing. They were in fear.

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the incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints

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Commission as detectives appealed for any further witnesses to come

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forward. There's been more bad weather

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across large parts of the country, with heavy rain and melting snow

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making many roads treacherous. Last night, hundreds of people were

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stranded in their cars because of heavy snow across parts of Scotland,

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northern England and the Midlands. On the hills above Bradford, an

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early start for Darren. He and his tractor were in big demand. How bad

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was it overnight? It came down within about an hour and a half. It

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started at about 9:30am and it was still snowing when I went to bed.

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You were up at 5:30am. I got up at 4:30am to see what it was like and

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then set off to work. I went home in my tractor. When the snow came,

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it was thick and fast. One Foot in less than two hours in parts of

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Lancashire and Yorkshire. The M6 could not cope. When it closed in

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both directions near Wigan, some drivers were stranded for hours.

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is approximately 2 o'clock in the morning, the middle of the M6

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motorway and as you can see, we have ground to a standstill. It is

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quite cold. It looks like we are in for the night. Horrible. By the

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time I got to Junction 25 on the M6, it was standstill. Of the lorries

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were just backed up everywhere. as the snow and ice began to melt,

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a new danger. The environment is agency is warning that serious

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floods are possible in many parts of England and Wales. There's wet

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weather all over the country, we've already got flooded fields and

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localised flooding. We've got spring tides. We've got a complete

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cocktail of issues and concerns. There have already been floods and

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parts of Carmarthenshire. There's not much chance of these cars going

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anywhere in the next 24 hours. The thaw may have started, but there's

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still plenty of snow on higher ground. The problem Enloe areas

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comes as this snow melts. -- in lower areas.

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Britain says the international response to the humanitarian crisis

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in Syria is unacceptable, with the vast majority of countries not

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doing enough to help people forced from their homes by the fighting.

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The government is to spend another �21 million on providing food,

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medicine and winter clothing for people caught up in the crisis.

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Thousands of people have taken part in a demonstration against plans to

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close a major Accident & Emergency unit at a hospital in south-east

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London. Under the proposals, Lewisham Hospital would see its A&E

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and maternity units downgraded. It's part of a re-organisation

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aimed at rescuing a neighbouring health trust which has been put

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into administration. It's FA Cup 4th round weekend and

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two shocks already - non-league Luton Town have beaten Premier

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League side Norwich City 1-0, while MK Dons beat Queens Park Rangers 4-

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2. Elsewhere Arsenal, Everton, Wigan and Reading all won.

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Premier League champions Manchester City have secured their place in

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the last 16 - a late Pablo Zabaleta goal gave them a 1-0 victory over

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Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium. To tennis, and Victoria Azarenka

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has successfully defended her Australian Open title and retained

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the number one world ranking after beating Li Na in three sets.

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Attention now turns to Britain's Andy Murray, who faces Novak

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Djokovic in tomorrow's final. Andy Finals don't get much crazier or

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more compelling. Crowd favourite Li Na power to the first set against

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Viktoria Azarenka before a dramatic twist. Her ankle went and so it

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seemed had her chances. Azarenka levelled. Then another injury. Li

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Na walloping her head this time. She was tested for concussion, but

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to the crowd's delight she battled on and pushed her opponent all the

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way. It wasn't quite enough. Li Na won a popularity contest, but

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Azarenka won the title. Tomorrow it will be the men's turn to take

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centre stage and that means Andy Murray. He has twice lost in the

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final here, but this time he is a very different player. The last

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eight or nine months, I feel like I have performed to the highest level

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I could. I think sometimes I had not played my best in the big

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matches and I felt like I had let myself down a bit. You feel like

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you let the people watching down as well. But now Murray has the

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momentum. After beating Roger Federer yesterday, victory against

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Novak Djokovic tomorrow would give British tennis for another night to

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