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Two lorry drivers are arrested on suspicion of causing death

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by dangerous driving after eight people are killed

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The minibus they were travelling in was crushed.

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Three other passengers are critically ill -

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The scene facing officers who attended was complex and the

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recovery operation was particularly challenging.

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Tragically, eight people have lost their lives, and

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it's our duty to establish what has happened.

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Hurricane Harvey leaves a trail of devastation with warnings

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that the worst is yet to come with the risk of

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All the streets going down that side's completely flooded.

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We saw somebody's cars floating earlier.

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The King of Spain joins tens of thousands in a march

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COMMENTATOR: Subritzky-Nafatali, crossfield ball, gather, and this

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And New Zealand are too strong for England in a thrilling

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Eight people have died and four others have been seriously

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injured after the minibus they were travelling in was involved

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in a crash with two lorries on the M1 motorway.

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It happened on the southbound carriageway near Newport

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A five-year-old girl is among those who have

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been taken to hospital - police say she has life

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The two lorry drivers have been arrested, one of them on suspicion

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of driving while over the alcohol limit.

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Crushed almost beyond recognition, the minibus carrying around a dozen

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people, many believed to be from the same

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family, was travelling from

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Also involved in the accident, two large trucks.

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Images suggest the minibus was crushed between the two huge

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lorries and broken up into a least two pieces.

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It happened in the early hours on the M1 motorway's

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southbound carriageway between junction 15 for Northampton and

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junction 14 for Milton Keynes, and caused huge delays for drivers

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Fresh marks on the road reveal the desperate attempts

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The six men and two women who were killed were

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all travelling in the minibus, as were four others who were seriously

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hurt, one of them a five-year-old girl.

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All but one have life-threatening injuries.

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Both lorry drivers have been arrested on

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suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

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One, a 53-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent, the other a

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31-year-old man from Worcestershire who is also being held on suspicion

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Police say some of the victims may not have been from the UK.

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Some of those involved were visiting the UK from India.

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We're working to keep the families abroad informed.

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The scene facing officers who attended was complex and the

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recovery operation was particularly challenging.

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Tragically, eight people have lost their lives.

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It's our duty to establish what has happened.

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The M1 motorway, one of Britain's busiest sections of road,

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was closed here for ten hours on a bank holiday weekend

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that was always going to see high levels of traffic,

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with people visiting friends or family,

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or major events like the Notting Hill Carnival

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or the British Moto GP at nearby Silverstone racing circuit.

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Both lorry drivers remain in custody.

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It's not known if the driver of the minibus is among the dead.

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Exactly what caused this devastating crash

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This evening hospital staff will be doing their best to save the lives

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of those three people, including the little girl with life-threatening

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injuries. The two lorry drivers remain in custody and will be

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expecting further questioning tomorrow for some other officers

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will be trying to piece together Iseka Wahab and looking at

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eyewitness accounts, dash cam evidence, I will phone records and

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even the marks on the road to help them piece together exactly what

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happened. Details of that evidence may have to wait for court

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proceedings and that could take several months. -- exactly what

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happened. Thank you.

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Hurricane Harvey has left a trail of devastation after winds

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of 130 miles per hour hit the Texas coastline.

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The hurricane itself has now been downgraded to a tropical storm

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but there are warnings the worst is yet to come as heavy rainfall

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The State's governor says the military's

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Our correspondent James Cook is in the city of Corpus Christi.

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Thanks very much, Kate. We are getting a little more detail now

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about the impact of Hurricane Harvey, and we are hearing in

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particular, first of all, that one person has been confirmed to have

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died, apparently in a fire related to the hurricane command that also

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in some areas now the rainfall is so intense. Just in the last few

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minutes we are hearing drivers in some parts of the state are having

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to pull off the road because they can't see anything in front of them,

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and that means the authorities are having to deal with two problems,

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flooding but also the other immediate effects of this vicious

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storm. Dan, are you in here?

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This is what a Category four hurricane means in reality.

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Searching in the wreckage to find out if your neighbour is dead or

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alive. It seems that Dan did get out just in time. He wasn't the only one

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who had a narrow escape, many Texans took to the roads only at the last

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minute as the full power of the storm became clear. Others like Judy

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simply had nowhere else to go. I just went to bed because I was like

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I've got to ride this out. Did you sleep? No I sat there shaking in my

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bed waiting for the roof to come off, and at about 10:30pm it all

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quieted down and I walked out and there was a tree in my yard and

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Becky's house is completely gone. The power of the wind is at the

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harbour where Harvey made landfall five vessels had to be rescued by

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helicopter, but these men who live in their boats battened down the

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hatches and rode it out. They are lucky to be alive. Were you in the

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boat during storm? Yeah, we was there. How was that?

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LAUGHTER No lie, no brains! The power of the

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hurricane is all too clear when you look at the damage it caused these

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homes. This is a really poor neighbourhood and lots of people say

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they simply don't know how they will now rebuild their lives. This is

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what they endure during the night. 130 mph winds leaving nearly 250,000

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homes and businesses without power. It's still too early for a

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comprehensive assessment of the damage but it will be costly.

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The storm is inching inland dumping huge amounts of rain.

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Our primary concern remains dramatic flooding. The state and various

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agencies remain very active in the search and rescue process, and that

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will be one of the foremost tasks that we undertake in the coming

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days. The flooding has begun and the forecast is that it will get a lot

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worse. This disaster is still unfolding.

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James Cook, BBC News, Corpus Christi, in Texas.

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King Felipe of Spain has joined hundreds of thousands of people

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on a march through Barcelona in defiance of extremism.

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Last week 15 people died when a van driven by a jihadist ploughed

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It's the first time a Spanish King has taken

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part in a demonstration since the monarchy

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From Barcelona, Tom Burridge sent this report.

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This was Barcelona's response, to terror on its streets.

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Their message, written here, I am not afraid.

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We are going to continue to be a city of peace and open to the rest

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of the world. It doesn't really matter where they come from and what

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their faith is a united we stand. Up the front those who rescued

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unprotected people on that night. Standing tall in the

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middle, Spain's King. A main avenue in the city centre,

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was for hours, like Las Ramblas. Cars replaced by

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a never-ending crowd. Of course, the atmosphere

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here is not upbeat, This is about remembrance

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and defiance. I found it very moving, so did my

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daughter to be honest and we left a note just to say that piece from the

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UK and we all stand together. -- peace.

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A separate protest today in this small town where all of the known

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Speaking in Catalan, one of their sisters gave

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We must work together so that this never happens again.

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At the Barcelona march, plenty of pro-independence Catalan flags.

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The politics here is very divided, but today was about being united.

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Tom Burridge, BBC news, in Barcelona.

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Scotland Yard says a man who attacked police officers close

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to Buckingham Palace last night drove directly at a police

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car before reaching for a four-foot sword.

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The 26-year-old man from Luton, is said to have shouted

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"God is great" in arabic as he launched his assault,

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Concerned tourists looked on after reports of a terror incident at one

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of the country's most high-profile destinations.

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London's Metropolitan Police say at around 8:30pm last

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night, a blue Toyota Prius was deliberately driven at a marked

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police car in a restricted area near Buckingham Palace.

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The car stopped and when officers went to

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investigate they were attacked by a suspect with a four-foot sword.

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CS gas was used as part of obviously the arrest,

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and during the struggle the individual repeatedly shouted

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The individual was quickly brought under control.

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He's a 26-year-old male from the Luton area, and I'm glad to

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say he's now in custody at a central London police station.

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Detectives believe this was an isolated

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incident but confirmed there are searches

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going on at an address in

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We now know that three police officers were injured

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were present in the palace at the time and an official has confirmed

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it is business as usual with the summer open tours.

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Two of the officers involved have been treated

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in hospital and have since been discharged.

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There is heightened security across the capital over the

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bank holiday weekend, particularly for events

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like the Notting Hill Carnival, where a ring of steel has

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been promised to protect people from a Barcelona-style attack.

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Meanwhile, police are still appealing for

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information on last night's incident.

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With all the sport - here's John Watson Foster

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The holders England were beaten by New Zealand in the final of

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They were beaten by 32-41 in a thrilling encounter in Belfast.

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When it comes to the biggest games on the biggest stage, most England

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and New Zealand fans have been here before and when the world's best go

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head there is no margin for error. In Belfast England faced a fearsome

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machine, three times they have played New Zealand in a World Cup

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final and the Kiwis have always won. It took just seven minutes for the

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black firms to click into gear, Munir to going from zero to the line

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in no time. A penalty try in their favour was followed by their own

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blend of expansive rugby as Lydia Thompson punched through the Kiwi

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defence. But just as England sensed the momentum was theirs New Zealand

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hit back. The outstretched arm a reminder that danger always looked.

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A match that swung one way and the next from England tried to wrestle

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control. Out of nothing Thompson managed this, New Zealand could only

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sit back and watch. But soon something had to give, the black

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firms were ruthless, relentless, and England struggled to stem the tide.

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New Zealand had hit their stride and once on top there was no stopping

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them. Two more tries and they wrestled the trophy from England's

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grasp. Yet again in a World Cup final the red roses have finished

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second best to New Zealand, a painfully familiar feeling.

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So New Zealand have ended England's reign as champions in devastating

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style. Although it might not be much consolation for these players right

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now, they did contribute to a thrilling final here and have done

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an awful lot to boost the game. Katie Gornall, BBC News, Belfast.

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Hull FC have won Rugby League's Challenge Cup

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for the second successive season, after beating Wigan Warriors

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Both sides scored three tries in what was a close contest,

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Mahe Fonua with two of them for Hull, as they won by 18-14.

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Match of the Day follows the news so if you don't want to know

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the results from today's Premier League matches then you may

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Manchester United maintained their 100% start to the season.

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Goals from Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini making it three

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league wins from three. A 97th-minute winner

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from Raheem Sterling saw Manchester City beat

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Bournemouth 2-1. While Newcastle secured their first

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win of the season against West Ham. In the Scottish Premiership,

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Callum McGregor's late goal rescued Meanwhile, Aberdeen maintained

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their winning start to the season Lewis Hamilton has equalled

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Michael Schumacher's all-time record The Mercedes driver produced

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a sensational lap in qualifying and will start at the front

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of the grid in tomorrow's race, ahead of title rival

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Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. Injury's forced Andy Murray

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to withdraw from next week's US Open, the final tennis major

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of the year. After seeking the advice

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of several specialists to resolve his hip problem,

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he said it's too sore for him He says he'll make a decision in

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the coming days as to whether he'll And Conor McGregor and Floyd

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Mayweather meet in the ring in the early hours of tomorrow

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morning - the Mixed Martial Arts specialist switching sports to go up

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against a man widely regarded Our Sports Correspondent

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Richard Conway is in Their much-hyped, mega money

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bout has split opinion, but it's time Richard

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for the talking to stop. It is. The hype has been

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unrelenting, and criticism too about the levels of money, they are

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unapologetic both boxes, about the money they will make, insults have

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been held back and forward. All of the talking will stop in a few

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hours, both men will get in the ring and will have to let the boxing do

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the talking. The first bell is just a few hours away, lots of fans

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packed on the strip ready to see what will happen when both men

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finally start to box. Richard Conway live in Las Vegas

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tonight, thank you. And details of the day's other

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sports stories are on the BBC Sport website including news of a good day

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for the West Indies cricketers You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. Hello. So far so good for the

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weekend weather and most of us will stay fine and dry tomorrow. Skies

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like this, so it's not clear blue sky but it feels warm when the sun

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makes an appearance. There are some areas of cloud overnight, the odd

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isolated shower and spot of light rain but lengthy clear spells to be

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found. Where you have

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