22/03/2014 BBC Weekend News


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show of force by the Kremlin. They come through as two different

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points as the so-called self-Defence Forces on the other side are

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amassing near the gate. The new satellite image of a large

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object in the southern Indian Ocean, could it be wreckage of the missing

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Malaysian plane? England's hopes of a winning start

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to the World Twenty20 are struck down by the weather.

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Hello. Good evening. Russian troops have stormed a military base in

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Crimea, seizing it from Ukrainian control. It's the most direct use of

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force by Russian troops since the start of the crisis in Ukraine and

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follows President Putin's formal declaration that Crimea is now part

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of Russia. Russian Special Forces smashed their way into the air base,

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using armoured vehicles and stun grenades, seizing it from Ukrainian

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servicemen, who were refusing to surrender. A second naval base was

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abandoned by Ukrainian forces after attacks by pro-Russian plishament

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the two -- militia. The two facilities were amongst the last

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under Ukrainian control. Limbering up for a fight, as the

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menacing force of the local militia arrives at the gate. They try to

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persuade the Ukrainian troops, holed up here, to leave. But the Ukrainian

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soldier says, they will stay till the end, to defend their commander's

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honour. The Colonel's a dejected man. He's

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been waiting for 23 days to be given orders to pull out his troops, but

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they never came. Can you really defend yourselves? "I hope so, " He

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said. He accuses the Russians of behaving like fascists.

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The militias have used persuasion, threats and violence in the past.

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Today, they promised to be peaceful. No firing, no arms, no, no, no. We

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are for peace. Only peace. Only peace. It's our brothers. It wasn't

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peaceful at all. Heavily armoured Russian forces stormed the base.

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Reporters were forced to the ground, footage confiscated. These are

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pictures Moscow doesn't want you to see. As you can see, Russian forces

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with armoured vehicles have now broken into the compound. They've

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come through at two different points, as the so-called

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self-Defence Forces on the other side are massing near the gate. It's

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the first time we've seen Russian troops in action in this conflict. A

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message to Ukraine and the outside world - with a show of brute force.

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Remarkably, there was only one minor injury. Out-manned and out-gunned

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the Ukrainian troops had no response but to surrender. They've been

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taunted, isolated and finally humiliated. As Russia took control

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of the base, they sang their National Anthem. Fatefully titled,

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"Ukraine isn't dead yet." In Crimea it seems that way.

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Ian joins us now. So, a message then from the Kremlin. How will this be

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interpreted? Yeah, I think it is a message, if anyone wondered what

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President Putin's response would be to sanctions and threats from the

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European Union and from Washington, I think we had a pretty clear answer

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today that he and his forces are prepared to use force to get the

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Ukrainian troops out of Crimea. Now don't forget, from Moscow's

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perspective, this is now part of the Russian Federation. They regard the

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Ukrainian troops as occupying troops. They feel they've given them

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plenty of time to pull out. Kiev hasn't issued any orders to those

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troops and therefore, you've had this situation a stand-off. Slowly

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but surely they are consolidating control. Interestingly, across the

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border, in eastern Ukraine, there have been growing pro-Russian

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protests. Today the Foreign Office issued a warning against all but

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essential travel to three key cities in the east of the country. We know

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the Russian forces are on the other side of that border, Moscow said it

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had no plans to cross over, but of course, it reserves the right to do

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so, if it feels its citizens are under attack.

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Thank you. A new satellite image has been

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released showing debris in the southern Indian Ocean, which could

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be the remains of the Malaysian passenger plane, which has been

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missing for two weeks. The new picture, taken by Chinese satellite,

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appears to show a large floating object in the sea around 75 miles

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from an earlier sighting of possible debris. This report contains flash

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photography from the start. ( The search for MH370 has taken many

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twists and turns. The acting Transport Minister took

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questions at a press conference. He was handed a note. The news that I

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just received is that the Chinese ambassador received satellite image

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of floating objects in the southern corridor. They will be sending ships

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to verify. This was the new satellite image, released by the

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Chinese government, showing a huge floating object, but it's hard to

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make out what it is. Search teams have been scouring the southern

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corridor for the past three days. Last Sunday, a first image was

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captured by an Australian satellite, nearly 1500 miles off the coast of

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Perth. This latest image, was recorded two

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days later on Tuesday. Showing what might be wreckage, 75 miles

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south-west of the previous one. So is it the same object? What does

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it tell investigators? It is highly unlikely that in two days, any

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debris would have moved in that direction and at that speed. So,

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we're either looking at something that's completely unrelated or we're

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looking at parts of the same debris from some form of accident which is

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spread over quite a wide area. After two weeks of searching, there have

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been many theories, many false leads. But this latest find could be

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useful. It will help refocus efforts in what is still nominally a search

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and rescue operation in the southern Indian Ocean. For those wanting to

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resolve this mystery, it is, at the very least, a new lead. Families of

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passengers went to a briefing in Beijing, but tempers flared as

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Malaysian officials refused to take questions. They accused the

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Malaysian government of holding back information. We want to know what

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happened, what the reality is. Many believe their relatives are still

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alive. Unless wreckage is found, they will be haunted by this hope.

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Some breaking news, within the past few minutes. The Metropolitan Police

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have said a teenage girl, believed to be 15 years old, has been shot

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dead in Hackney in East London. That's all the details we have at

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the moment. More on that on the BBC News channel.

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There have been violent clashes between protesters and police in the

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Spanish capital Madrid tonight. Thousands of demonstrators had

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gathered to protest against mass unemployment and the Spanish

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government's austerity measures. A man's appeared in court in

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Belfast, accused of involvement in one of Northern Irelanded's most

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notorious murders. Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted and

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killed in 1972. She was one of the so-called disappeared, people

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secretly killed and buried by the IRA. Bell, who's 77, was remanded in

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custody. The photograph Jean McConville's

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children have of their mother is decades old. In 1972, they watched

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as she was dragged out of her home by an IRA gang. When do you think

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you'll see your mummy again? Don't know. Keep our fingers crossed and

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pray hard for her coming back. They would never see her alive

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again. She became known as one of the disappeared, people who were

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abducted, killed and buried in secret by republican paramilitaries.

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Her remains were finally found and her family were able to hold a

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funeral. Today, some of her children were in court, to see a man charged

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in connection with her killing. Ivor Bell is alleged to be a former IRA

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leader. Today, he was accused of aiding and abetting Jean

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McConville's murder. Ivor Bell was denied bail. In court, his lawyer

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indicated that he would be denying all the charges connected to the

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killing of a wade yod mother. He was -- widowed mother. He was -- any

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trial has the potential to be difficult for senior republicans.

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Among those watching the case closely will be the Sinn Fein

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president, Gerry Adams, last year the BBC broadcast a tape in which

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his former friend, the late IRA leader Brendan Hughes, accused him

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of ordering Jean McConville's death over false claims she had passed on

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information to the British Army. That's something Mr Adams has always

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strongly denied. The tape of Brendan Hughes was one of many recorded by

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researchers from an American college, who were building an

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archive of the trblds. -- Troubles. A US court ruled they should be

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given to the police in Northern Ireland. It's understand the

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evidence against Ivor Bell is from an interview he himself gave.

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Republicans held a protest today against what they see as a political

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prosecution. It was just streets away from where Jean McConville was

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kidnapped. OK, all the sport now.

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Good evening. It was quite a day in the Barclays Premier League. Match

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of the Day follows the news, so look away now if you don't want to know

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the results. There were plenty of goals in today's matches. 32 to be

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precise. Arsene Wenger's 1,000th match in charge of Arsenal went from

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celebration to desperation at league leaders Chelsea. Arsenal were

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thrashed 6-0 and had to play much of the game with ten men after the

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referee, Andre Mariner, sent off the wrong man for a handball incident.

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Mariner later said he was disappointed with his decision.

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Luis Suarez continued his phenomenal season with a hat-trick at Cardiff,

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as Liverpool twice came from behind to win 6-3. And Yaya Toure scored a

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hat-trick in Manchester City's 5-0 win against Fulham. Fernandinho and

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Demecheylis rounded off the victory at the Etihad.

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Elsewhere, Everton moved up to five knowledge the table, following a 3

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-- fifth in the table following a win.

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Wayne Rooney scored from the halfway line at West Ham in a 2-0 victory

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for Manchester United. In the Scottish Premiership: Celtic

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remain clear at the top after a win over St Mirren, fresh from winning

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the League Cup last weekend. Aberdeen enjoyed another victory

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coming from a goal down to beat Kilmarnock.

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England's cricketers have lost their opening game of the World Twenty20.

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They were beaten by New Zealand, after the match had to be abandoned

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due to a thunder storm. Captain Stuart Broad says players were put

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in danger, as lightning struck around the stadium. He suggested the

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match should have been stopped sooner.

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One wicket down to just the third ball of the innings. That was in

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keeping with England's dismall pretournament form. -- dismal. But

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England surprised and regrouped through Lumb and Ali. Both departed.

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Morgan December dismissal left England in danger of being short of

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a decent score. There was a target of 173. They

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needed their bowlers to make early strikes. The only ones came from

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high above though. England's captain Stuart Broad thought the officials

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should have taken the players off the ground at that point. They

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stayed out to just -- just long enough for New Zealand to boost

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their run rate and win the match on the Duckworth Lewis method. England

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have enough limitations on this tournament, without the weather

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adding to their woes. Finally, tributes have been paid to

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Mickey Duff the former boxing, manager and promotor, who has died

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at the age of 84. He was best known for working with the likes of Frank

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Bruno, Joe Calzaghe and Alan Minter. That's all the sport for now. Back

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to you. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News channel. That's it from me and the team here.

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Good night. Hello again. Lots of showers around

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today. Lots of hail too. Overnight, the showers are becoming fewer.

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We'll have long, clear spells across eastern side of the UK. Maybe

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showers later in the night. Most feed in on the brisk wind across

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western areas. There will be

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