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MPs in line for an inflation beating 11% pay rise. The three main party

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leaders have condemned the increase but some MPs are supporting it.

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Millions of South Africans remember Nelson Mandela as the nation holds a

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day of prayer and reflection in his honour.

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Three people in custody after NEW allegations that incidents in

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football matches have been fixed. And tempers flare in Australia as

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England head for a second Test defeat.

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Good evening. MPs look set to get a pay increase of 11% - that's five

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times the rate of inflation. The move has been opposed by the three

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main party leaders. The proposal, by the independent body that sets MPs'

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salaries, would take effect after the next General election. Two

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Cabinet ministers have said they won't take it because it sends the

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wrong signal in a time of economic austerity but others have argued

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that will help attract a better range of candidates to politics.

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They do not normally agree on much but one thing that unites the

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leaders of the three main parties is their complete opposition to a

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?7,000 pay rise for MPs after the next election. The Liberal Democrats

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at the Treasury, who has been tightening the purse string for

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public sector workers, thinks it is a mistake. I think it would be

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wholly inappropriate for MPs to get such a large pay rise when every

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other public sector worker is seeing wages capped. Currently MPs earn

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just under ?66,500. That should rise to ?74,000 after the next election,

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a jump of 11%. While politicians might be embarrassed, there is not

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much they can do. Parliament gave away the right to set MPs paid

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before the last election. This pay rise will not actually cost the

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taxpayer extra. MPs will have to contribute more to their pensions.

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Some believe the pay rise is justified. We are trying to make

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sure that people who have been successful do not have to make to

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match the sacrifice if they are elected. Church services have been

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held across South Africa to remember and honour the life of Nelson

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Mandela. The former president died on Thursday at the age of 95. Clive

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Myrie is in Soweto. Here, thousands of people throughout the day have

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been on this -- the street celebrating the life of Nelson

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Mandela. Millions of people across the country have chosen quiet prayer

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and contemplation to reflect on the achievement and legacy on the man

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they call the father of the nation. It has been a day. And prayers all

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over South Africa. -- a day for songs and prayers. The long life of

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Nelson Mandela has been commemorated in churches and hilltops. It is very

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difficult to find someone like Nelson Mandela. He was loved by

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everyone. It is very difficult. Nelson Mandela himself was raised in

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the Methodist Church. Giving this service in Johannesburg a particular

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resonance today. Sitting a few miles away today, the ex-wife of Nelson

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Mandela, Winnie. She is still very much in the public eye. He believed

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in forgiving and he forgave Dash even those who kept him in jail for

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27 years. Today was about all sorts of things Dash not least political.

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An AMC events, Mandela backed the party till the end. It has been in

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power for 20 years and it has just lost its most iconic asset. We are

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teaching our grandchildren to be loyal to this party. With or without

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Nelson Mandela. On the street outside, and abrupt change of mood.

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The this may be a country in morning but only to a point. There is no

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shortage of exceed rents here. -- exuberance. No time to be sad. We

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must celebrate for what he did for us. And that is the mood here now.

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More gratitude than tears in a young democracy shaped by extraordinary

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life. -- shaped by one extraordinary life. Nelson Mandela is a global

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icon, admired and revered around the world. In London, the Archbishop of

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Canterbury, Justin Welby, has led a service of remembrance at St Martin

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in the Fields in London. He praised the humanity of Nelson Mandela. The

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service was described as a tribute, but also a lament and press the

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South Africa, deprived of Nelson Mandela. He was that rarest of

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leaders. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached about his

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extraordinary capacity to forgive. He said Mr Mandela had rescued a

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country on the brink of civil war. I remember clearly the forecasts of

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tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dead. When you see his

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capacity to turn that around, that says something about an inner force

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based in a vision of what humanity should be. He said Nelson Mandela

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had melted courage into the goodness -- into forgiveness. He had been

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motivated in part by Christian ideals. Saint Martin in the fields

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campaigned against apartheid. For some, today's service brought a

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sense of closure. Others wondered who would replace Mr Mandela. South

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Africa is of course in the middle of ten days of so many marking the

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death of Nelson Mandela. On Tuesday, there will be a memorial service and

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many heads of state have already indicated, including President Obama

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and the Queen, that they will be in attendance. One week from today, one

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of the world 's most revered statesman will be buried in his home

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village in the Eastern Cape. Three people are in custody in connection

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with new allegations that incidents in football matches have been fixed.

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The National Crime Agency confirmed it was examining claims passed to it

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by the Sun on Sunday. The newspaper reports allegations that former

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Portsmouth player Sam Sodje received large sums of money for getting

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himself sent off. Can you do it again this time this

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is the moment it is claimed money passed hands. The paper claims it

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was arranged with Sam Sodje, a former Portsmouth player, for an

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unknown footballer to receive a yellow card. Sam Sodje explains to

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the reporter he deliberately punched an opponent in the league one game

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between Portsmouth and Oldham in February of this year in order to be

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sent off. He claims he received ?70,000 in return. His manager

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remembers the moment. Sam came racing over will stop I did not see

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the incident. In the cold light of day, you cannot fathom out why he

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has done it. In a statement, his former club said, if these serious

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allegations are true, we are extremely shocked and saddened by

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them. This goes against our heart and integrity of the game. In a

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separate video, the paper also alleges that he fixes for another

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player to get a yellow card. The ball league says it treats these

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claims of criminal activity with utmost seriousness. The football

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Association says it is cooperating with the police over this enquiry.

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In a separate investigation, four men were charged in connection with

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match fixing, it is believed in non-league football. These claims

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will be of grave concern to the football Association and those

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authorities tasks with keeping the integrity of football intact. Three

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men, believed to be victims of slavery, have been rescued following

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a series of raids in south Gloucestershire and Bristol. Avon

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and Somerset Police said the raids followed an investigation into

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forced labour and human trafficking and a 'substantial quantity' of cash

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had been found at one address. Two people have been arrested. We are

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supporting three people at the moment that we found on the site we

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visited. We visited three traveller sites today. A commercial building

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and three residential properties. We now are looking after those victims

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and taking them to a place of safety and giving them the medical

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attention and support that they need. Six million people in the UK

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are classed as living in poverty even though they are in work,

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according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. A report by the social

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policy charity says more working households are in poverty than

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non-working ones, with low pay and part-time work contributing to an

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unprecedented fall in living standards.

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Working hard is meant to pay. Today's report suggests, just

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because you have a job does not protect you from poverty. An annual

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study has found of the 30 million people living below the poverty

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line, for the first time, more than half are actually employed. People

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on low incomes are working and want to work longer but they are unable

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to find the work. Of course, as a result of this week in labour

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markets, pay rates are low and employers are still not needing to

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compete for workers. These two things together mean people are

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stuck in low paid work, short hours. In the last year, reports suggest a

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surge in the number of people relying on food banks. People are

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counted as being in poverty if the household income is below 60% of the

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median. Today's report says average incomes have fallen by 8% in the

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last five years and working adults with no children are now the most

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likely group to be living in poverty. Ministers insist that

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employment remains the best route out of poverty and say their welfare

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reforms will encourage people to get a job. It has been a month since

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Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines killing around 6,000 people. Those

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who survived, many of them still without shelter, are trying to clear

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away the devastation that lines many streets before they can then turn to

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rebuilding their lives. The BBC's Jon Donnison is in one of the worst

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hit areas, the city of Tacloban, on the island of Leyte. One month has

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gone but the full force of Typhoon Diane is far from forgotten in

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Tacloban, tens of thousands of people are living without shelter.

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If you have anything that resembles a house, you are lucky. This woman

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lives here with her one-year-old son. Everything is destroyed. Our

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home. We lost everything. It is very hard. But the city is slowly

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cleaning up. Thousands have signed up for cash for work programmes, aid

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agencies trying to put money into people 's pockets paying them

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everyday to shift the debris. Today the main market is busy although

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prices are twice as high as before the Typhoon. We can survive this. We

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can fight for our businesses. One month on, Tacloban is slowly getting

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back on its feet. Hundreds of millions have now been pledged in

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foreign aid. The scale of what is needed means rebuilding is going to

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take years and not months. Tacloban is remembering the dead. But also

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offering prayers for the living. One months on, this city still has a

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long, long way to go. Sport now. And, in the cricket,

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England's last four batsmen must survive the entire final day of the

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second Ashes Test to snatch an improbable draw.

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Everyone knew the news on Sunday in Adelaide. The match was gone, the

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Ashes were gone. With the wind? Of all the ways to get out, hoisting

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the ball to the man on the boundary is one of the least distinguished.

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The fielder was still waiting in the deep when Michael Carberry whacked

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the ball to him. Then something new. Australia had to wait for a

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wicket. A 100 partnership between Joe Root and Kevin Peterson, who got

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close to his full swagger. It could not last, could it? And misjudgement

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and another wicket. He is far better than that and he knows it. Joe route

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fought on 287. 170 145. Route was mortified. Ben Stokes stuck it out

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for two hours and was engaged in plenty of chat. The umpire had to

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intervene. The day ended with Matt prior and Stuart Broad at the

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crease. Players were locked in aggravation. Is this really what

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makes Ashes cricket? It has certainly become part of this

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series. Australia will have the entire day to take formal English

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wickets unless we have some of the rain that has been forecast. It

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would take a mighty deluge to cool down these teams. There is more

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throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.

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