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The partner of the murdered EastEnders actress Sian Blake

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Arthur Simpson-Kent was arrested after Ms Blake's body and those

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of her two children were discovered buried in the garden of her home.

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David Cameron says he is hopeful a deal can be reached with European

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The Hollywood actor and the drugs baron.

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Sean Penn's interview with Mexico's most wanted

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And Oxford United cause the first big shock of the FA

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Cup third-round, knocking out Premier League Swansea.

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British police have been questioning the partner of the former

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Eastenders actress Sian Blake, whose body was found buried

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in the garden of her home in Kent, along with her two children.

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Arthur Simpson-Kent, who's 48, was arrested at a beach

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British officials say they've requested his extradition back

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to the UK, but are unsure how long the process will take.

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From Ghana, our Africa Correspondent Alastair Leithead has

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Paraded in front of the media, the authorities were keen to show off

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Arthur Simson Kent, the murder suspect in their custody just three

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days after being told he was in Ghana and the British police wanted

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to find him. The fugitive is in our custody awaiting an official request

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from the British Government via the diplomatic channels for his

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extradition to the United Kingdom. He was arrested yesterday at a

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remote tourist spot hours from Accra on the coast. Locals who recognised

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him said it took police a long time to act on tips, but British officers

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disagreed. I am satisfied it was done as quickly as it could have

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been done. There is nothing we could have done any quicker to get out

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here as quickly as we could. The bodies of Sean Blake and her two

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children were found last week in her back garden weeks after being

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reported missing. Their father travelled to Ghana before Christmas.

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This beautiful stretch of coast is where Arthur Simson Kent came. After

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visiting his grandmother in the post along the way. Lidl goes unnoticed

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in this small beach community and he had been here more than a week. Many

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people in town had met him and when his photographs circulated on social

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media they realised he was a wanted man. Roger Camden met him at a cafe

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owned by a British woman. We sat and had a coffee and he said he was

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going to relocate here. I still never put it all together. It was

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three weeks that Arthur Simson Kent was here in Ghana that authorities

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were made aware the police in the UK were looking for him. Such is the

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power of the social media that just after three days, the community here

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in remote Ghana realised he was here, notified the police and he was

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arrested. The fast flow of information and coordination between

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the authorities paid off. The search ended here, but the process to

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extradite him back to the UK could take some time.

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What happens now with the investigation? It is all about how

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long it takes for this extradition procedure to go through. The papers

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are being prepared by the UK authorities. The guy names have to

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receive that before it is processed. Britain and Ghana have an agreement

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over extraditions. It is a matter of going through a judicial process. He

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has to go to court and there has to be a formal request for his

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extradition and the case has to be made for wide. It will probably be

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days rather than weeks, this process will take. In the meantime Mr Simson

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Kent has to appear in court within 48 hours of his arrest. That is

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expected tomorrow and when he does that there were either be

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extradition proceedings put forward or there will be a request for him

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to remain in custody while those papers are prepared. The UK

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authorities are keen to get him back to the UK as soon as possible so

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they can question him on suspicion of these murder charges.

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on suspicion of these murder charges.

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David Cameron has told the BBC he's "hopeful" a deal can be reached

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with European leaders next month, which would pave the way

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for a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

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The Prime Minister indicated the in-out vote could follow

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as early as June, if agreement is reached at a summit in February.

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Here's our Political Correspondent Ross Hawkins.

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Decision day could be just months away. David Cameron was as clear as

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he has been about when we will get a say on the European Union. Does he

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expect a referendum in the summer? That is what I would like to see, a

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deal in February and a referendum to follow. You are dealing with complex

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negotiations. That deal in February would be made at the European

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leaders meeting in February, but if his complex negotiations fail it

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might be September or even next year before Britain votes. If they fail,

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David Cameron says he ruled nothing out, but he sounded a lot like a man

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who expected to stay in when he was asked if his government was prepared

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for Britain to leave. I do not think that is the right answer, but word

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that to be the answer, we would have to do everything necessary to make

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that work. We put it in the manifesto, it is the public who will

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decide. That has not pleased Tories who have campaigned to leave and

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they think civil servants should be preparing so they are ready if that

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happens. He said there is no plans for an exit and this is disgraceful,

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that there are no plans, and that is serious because it is a very

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complicated operation to carry out if it happens. I am told there is

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growing disquiet among Eurosceptic cabinet ministers, the pro-Europeans

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are encouraged to speak for the time being and they say they are being

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kept quiet. He insists he will stay in his job whatever the result. If

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Britain votes to leave the EU, a Prime Minister who campaigns to stay

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in could be forced from Downing Street.

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A ?140 million programme to either renovate or tear down and replace

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England's worst housing estates has been announced.

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David Cameron pledges to end what he calls "decades of neglect"

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with the initiative, which he hopes will also help tackle

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A panel of experts will choose the 100 sites to be looked at.

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Alex Forsyth has this report now from Southampton.

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Southampton's Thornhill estate, in part dilapidated and deprived.

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These are the type of tower blocks and

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dark alleyways that should be revamped or rebuilt to tackle

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poverty and crime, says the Prime Minister.

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But some who call this home say his vision is too

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You've got nice neighbours, you've got neighbourhood

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wardens who control the whole thing, they are brilliant.

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So, I don't think he really knows what he is talking about.

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I think it is the people, not the estate.

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But Phyllis, who has lived here for seven years,

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If they live in a rough area, they have got no

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pride and therefore they do not bother with themselves,

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let alone their community around them.

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The government is investing ?140 million

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The rest and the bulk will have to come

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from the private sector, possibly pension funds.

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The idea is to build more affordable homes on the estate,

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I think sink housing estates, many built after the war,

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where people can feel trapped in poverty, unable to get

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on and build a good life for themselves

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I think it is time with government money, but with massive private

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sector and perhaps help to demolish the worst of these and actually

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In Southampton there has long been an aspiration to regenerate some

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Some work has been done, but plans often

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hit obstacles, not least finding adequate funding and some argue

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the government's proposal does not mean

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much without more money to back it up.

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The local labour council says it costs millions to revamped just one

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estate and fears new homes that are built could be sold off,

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leaving a shortage of social housing for rent.

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We have got about 10,000 people on our social housing waiting list

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in Southampton and I do not know how much money is being made available

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The government is offering money for people who can buy or newly buy,

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but where is the money for everybody else?

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But solving the housing crisis is an enormous task and for some

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this is a simplistic solution to a much more complex problem.

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The government's Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies,

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has urged junior doctors in England to call off a strike

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She told the Sunday Times she could understand their anger

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and frustration, but didn't want patients to suffer.

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The doctors' union, the British Medical Association,

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says strike action demonstrates the strength of feeling

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within the profession, against proposed new

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The authorities in Mexico say they want to question the American

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actor Sean Penn about an interview he conducted with the drug baron

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The interview was done in the Mexican jungle and has been

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published in the magazine Rolling Stone.

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Guzman escaped from a maximum security jail in July

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From Mexico City, Katie Watson sent this report.

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One Hollywood actor, one violent drugs lord and one controversial

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interview that has got people talking. Sean Penn went to Mexico to

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meet El Chapo in September in a hideout and Mexico's most wanted

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criminal offered up his opinion on his life in the drugs trade.

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He was asked if he tried to avoid violence or only use it as a last

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resort. Of course, he is the leader of a cartel, are violent and

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powerful drugs gang linked to thousands of murders, kidnappings

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and money-laundering in Mexico and the United States. Both men are

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globally recognised, but it was El Chapo's attempts to dabble in the

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movie business himself that led the authorities to him. They tracked his

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contact with producers and actors. Captured in a northern city after

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trying to escape down storm drains, he was then paraded in front of

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television cameras for everybody to see. He was then flown to Mexico's

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highest security prison from which he he is get six months ago, but it

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may not be for long. The Attorney General's office said that with his

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capture, extradition proceedings will restart. One was made before

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his escape and one was made after. Both were approved with the Mexican

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government in line with the treaty that exists between the countries.

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No timescale was given, but experts say it could take months.

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Extradition is not a foregone conclusion, but with every new

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development more extraordinary than the last, authorities will be keen

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to put a lid on El Chapo's escapades and keep him behind bars for good.

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Two tickets scooped last night's record National Lottery jackpot,

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winning an estimated ?33 million each.

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It was the biggest prize pot in the competition's 21-year history.

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But it'll be dwarfed by the Powerball lottery in America

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which was not won last night and is now worth a record $1.3

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Now with news of today's FA Cup action and the rest of the sport

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here's Lizzie Greenwood Hughes at the BBC Sport Centre.

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The FA Cup 3rd round continues today. There was no slip-up

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for Chelsea who eased past League One's Scunthorpe.

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But Premier League colleagues Swansea suffered by far the biggest

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shock of the round - losing 3-2 to League Two's Oxford

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Two teams and 50 for league places apart, one hefty shock. It was a day

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the FA Cup and Oxford delivered a good old-fashioned giant-killing.

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Not that there was much sign of one when Swansea took a lead through

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Jefferson Monteiro. Soon the hosts were handed a lifeline, a penalty to

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Oxford. If that got them excited, what followed after the break was

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something else. Step forward a 23-year-old. He fired Oxford ahead

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and just minutes later he raised precisely that, the roof. The

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underdogs were in dreamland. Swansea pulled one back, but it was Oxford's

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day. Everyone is bouncing and you saw the atmosphere in the crowd as

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well, they were great and it is just the same in the dressing room.

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Chelsea know all about FA Cup upsets, but after their shock defeat

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to Bradford last year there were no such slip-ups against Scunthorpe.

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Diego Costa's early goal eased any nerves and after the break they

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sealed a 2-0 win. For all their recent problems, something for the

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owner to smile about. Leicester City looked on course to improve their

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impressive form. A solo effort gave them a 2-1 lead. In the closing

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minutes, controversy, Nathan Dyer judged to have handled the ball and

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Harry Kane fired Tottenham into a replay. An eventful end to a

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An eventful end to a dramatic afternoon.

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Elswehere Carlisle and Yeovil will re-play after a 2-2 draw.

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Celtic and Rangers are both safely through to the 5th

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And Rangers thrashed Cowdenbeath 5-1, Martyn Wagorn scoring a second

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hat-trick to become Britain's top scorer this season with 25 goals

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Bath Rugby lost 12-9 to the European Champions Toulon,

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but Ulster staged a remarkable comeback against Oyannax.

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They were trailing 23-0 at half-time in France but went-on to steal

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victory with this Paddy Jackson penalty from the half-way line.

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There's been a huge upset at the start of the Masters Snooker.

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With the defending Champion Shaun Murphy knocked-out in the first

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round by Mark Allen, partly due to this extraordinary error.

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That was the Englishman's third miss on the red and he had

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There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,and I'll be

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