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Six people have died in a multiple

car crash in Birmingham.

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Several others have been injured.

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It happened early this

morning in an underpass.

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Witnesses described

the scene as "horrific."

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I got out of bed, looked out the

window and saw loads of people

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running towards where the crash was.

The police officers told everyone to

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get back, get back.

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The Government wants 18-year-olds

to be automatically enrolled

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into workplace pensions,

to help prepare for retirement.

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South Africa's ruling ANC party

prepares to elect a new leader.

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And England's Ashes hopes

fade, as rain stops play

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in the third test in Perth.

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Good evening.

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Investigators are trying

to establish what caused a multiple

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pile-up in an underpass

in Birmingham this morning,

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which killed six people and injured

several others, some seriously.

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Firefighters who helped remove

bodies from the wreckage,

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described the scene as "horrific".

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From Birmingham, our correspondent

Phil Mackie reports.

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The immediate aftermath of the

crash. Daybreak strewn across four

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lanes. Medics were desperately

trying to save lives, but five

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people were already dead, and a

sixth was dying. The rest of the

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footage is too graphic to show. In

daylight, the scale of what happened

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became clearer. Three of the people

who died were in this taxi.

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Astonishingly, the man and the woman

in the small car crashed between it

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and the wall walked away with minor

injuries. The sound of the crash

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woke many of the people who live

nearby.

Got out of bed, looked out

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the window and just saw loads of

people running towards where the

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crash was. And then the police

officers telling everyone to get

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back, get back, so I guess people

will try to help people. They pulled

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two people out of the taxi. I didn't

realise it was a taxi until today,

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but they will two people out of the

taxi, resuscitating them

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straightaway for about 25 minutes.

Dated one into the ambulance come I

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didn't see them take the second one

away, so I don't know if they didn't

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make it, but it was havoc.

The crash

happened on a section of the

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Belgrave middleweight, a busy road

in the heart of Birmingham. The

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vehicles collided at an entrance to

an underpass at the junction of

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Bristol Road. Police say the dual

carriageway will probably stay close

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to the rest of the day.

Investigators will be looking at a

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number of factors. The road was

gritted, but at an hour of close to

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one in the morning when the Borges

were closed to freezing, did one of

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the cars cross carriageways?

Residents say especially when it is

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late at night and the road is quiet,

people will come along here at

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excess speeds.

It will take some

time to unpick the scene and just

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understand exactly what has

happened, and it would be unfair for

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me to speculate at this time. What I

can say is that we are looking to

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all sorts of conditions, the road

conditions come we are aware of the

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road was gritted 5pm last night but

that is just one factor of many we

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need to consider.

40 firefighters

helped the survivors at what was

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described as a complex scene.

It

quickly became apparent there could

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not be a lot done to save the lives

of some of those patients

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unfortunately. Again, very difficult

circumstances, as you have already

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alluded to, very close to Christmas,

so our thoughts are with the

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families and friends of those

patients involved.

There were a

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total of 13 casualties, including

six who died, with six vehicles

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damaged. Police described the

accident as harrowing.

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Investigations into what caused it

likely to take some time. What is

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the latest on the investigation?

The

specialist teams who have been here

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all day are continuing to carry out

their investigations. You can see

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they have brought in extra lights to

help them with that. We think in the

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next couple of hours they will be

doing that very sensitive and

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difficult operation of removing all

of the baby from the scenes so they

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can try and clear this very busy,

very important main road in time for

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tomorrow morning was like rush-hour.

As we say, at the moment we still

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don't know what caused the accident.

There are lots of theories but

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clearly it will take some time to

get to the bottom of exactly what

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happened in the early hours of this

morning here in central Birmingham.

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Police say that they do know the

identities of the six people who

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died, but they are still making

contact with all of their families.

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The probability is that a lot of

these people are local people, and

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it has certainly had an enormous

effect on people in Birmingham

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today, any of whom have been taking

the social media to express their

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condolences.

Many thanks, Phil.

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Police in Lebanon are

investigating the death

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of a British embassy worker.

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The BBC has been told the body of

Rebecca Dijks was found on the side

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of a motorway yesterday.

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Our correspondent Jon Donnison

is here with more.

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We have spoken to police sources who

believe that Rebecca was murdered,

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she had been strangled and sexually

assaulted. She worked at the

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embassy, working at the Department

for International Development. We

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have had a statement from the

Foreign Office here in London saying

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they are blazing closely with the

Lebanese authorities, providing

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support to the family. They have

already issued a statement from

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Rebecca Dykes's family who say we

are devastated by the loss of our

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beloved Rebecca, doing all we can to

stand what has happened.

Thank you.

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The Government is considering

extending automatic enrolment

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into a workplace pension,

to 18-year-olds, from 2020.

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Currently the starting age is 22,

for anyone earning more

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than £10,000.

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Workers can opt out,

but the change could affect

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around 900,000 people.

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Joe Lynam reports.

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Ollie and Nate are both 21. Ollie on

the left has not yet started saving

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for his retirement.

It is not really

crossed my mind yet. I moved jobs

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quite frequently, tend not to stay

in one place too long. So pensions

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sought of bin lower down the list of

things I have been conscious.

Nate,

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though, has been saving for his

retirement since since he was 16.

I

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grew up with a family on welfare, so

I was quite aware of the effect is

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of being reliant on government money

can have. And how insecure it can be

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sometimes.

If the Work and Pensions

Secretary David Gauke has his way,

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young people like Ollie and Nate

could soon be automatically enrolled

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for a pension at their employers.

That, I think, will get more people

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into the habit of saving. It will

mean younger people will be saving

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for those extra years, so that is

significant when it comes to their

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retirement.

At the moment, only

those aged 22 are automatically

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included in a pension scheme by

their employers, but the government

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wants that age lowered to 18. Soon,

8% of our salaries will be going

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into a pension pot, something that

employers are worried about.

I think

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what the government needs to bear in

mind however is how much of the cost

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of that is going to be falling on

employers in the future, because

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already the cost for employers is on

course to travel by 2019. Today's

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announcement means the cost to

employers will be even higher than

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that.

To 18 or even 21-year-olds,

retirement must seem a very long way

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off, especially if they don't earn

much, but if this plan proceeds, it

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could help younger people depending

on the state in decades to come. Joe

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Lynam, BBC News.

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In South Africa, thousands

of delegates from the ruling ANC

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party, are preparing to elect

a new leader.

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The vote is expected to be close

between the two candidates vying

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to replace President Jacob Zuma.

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His time in office has been marked

by deep divisions within the ANC.

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Our Africa Editor, Fergal Keane

is in Johannesburg.

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Fergal, what are the chances of the

new leader uniting, and even

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reinvigorating the ANC?

Well, given

the division that has existed in the

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weeks leading up to this Conference

and the divisions I have seen myself

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on the Conference floor in the last

hour, supporters of Cyril Ramaphosa,

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who say he will clear out

corruption, and Nkoszana

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Dlamini-Zuma, the wife of Jacob

Zuma, and a significant politician

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in her own right. It is a huge task

whoever comes in, first ball in

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trying to unite this party, which

has been ridden by infighting and

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factionalism. If they managed to

unite the ANC and lead it to

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elections in 2019, there is a huge

task to persuade the majority of

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South African voters that the ANC

has turned its back on the age of

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corruption, the age of cronyism, of

what is called state capture, where

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cronies of President Zuma allegedly

in return for kickbacks were given

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chunks of state enterprise, vast

sums in tax payers money. It is a

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big job to persuade South Africans

and I spent a bit of time in the

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last week going round townships and

informal settlements there,

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listening to people, and that is

their major concern. That will

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define I think whether the ANC

continues to be the dominant force

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in this country. We should know by

around 45 o'clock in the morning,

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just as the dawn comes up here in

Johannesburg.

Fergal Kean, live in

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Johannesburg.

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A suicide bomb attack

on a packed Methodist church

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in south western Pakistan,

has killed at least nine people

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and wounded more than 50 others.

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CCTV images caught the moment one

of two bombers tried

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to enter the building,

in the city of Quetta.

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One man was shot dead by police,

the other detonated his device.

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So-called Islamic State have

claimed responsibility.

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Police in Australia have charged a

man they suspect of acting as an

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economic agent to North Korea. Chan

Hahn Choi has been charged with

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brokering illegal exports and

discussing the supply of weapons of

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mass the traction.

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Football now, and viewers

in Scotland need to look away now,

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because Sportscene is coming up

at five past six on BBC Two.

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Celtic's 69-game unbeaten

domestic run has ended

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after they were thrashed 4-0

by Hearts in the

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Scottish Premiership.

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16-year-old Harry Cochrane opened

the scoring at Tynecastle,

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his first goal in professional

football.

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England's battle to save the Ashes

will go into the final day

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of the third cricket Test in Perth,

after rain interrupted play.

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But needing at least

a draw to save the series,

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England are still 127 runs short

of Australia's first innings total,

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with four wickets down.

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Andy Swiss reports.

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A day when English cricket was

rescued by some very English

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weather, but for how long? It had

started out a damage limitation

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exercise to restrict Australia's

gargantuan total. The video umpire

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helped, finally dislodged --

dislodging Steve Smith. But some

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hefty lower order hitting took

Australia's total way out of sight.

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For England's batsmen, it was now

all about survival. Bode. Josh

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Hazlewood's brilliance did for

Alastair Cook and worse was to

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follow. Joe Root, the captain,

remember, what was he thinking? But

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as his team-mates fell around him,

James Vince stood tall, a fluent 50

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starting a recovery until the ball

of this, or perhaps any summer,

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Mitchell Starc, the stumped

destroyer, just watched this zigzag

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of the pitch at 90 mph. Unplayable.

Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow

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helped calm the nerves with an

unbeaten partnership, until a deluge

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sparked delight among the Barmy

Army. But their team need something

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very special. More rain is forecast

but only that and some determined

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batting can save England's hopes.

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.

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Tonight the BBC's Sports Personality

of the Year will be

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announced in Liverpool.

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12 are on the short list,

with the public choosing the winner.

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Our Sports Correspondent Joe Wilson

is in Liverpool for us tonight...

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This is the evening wear sports

coverage meets entertainment, even

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celebrity. Some of the nominees are

making their way towards the

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auditorium, Adam Peaty, Jonnie

Peacock amongst them stopping to do

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interviews. There is a good buzz

here, just don't mention the Ashes.

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This is the award that doesn't come

from a specific sporting achievement

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but the reward the sportsperson who

has most capture the public

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imagination.

It ain't Aintree,

Anfield or Goodison, the Echo Arena

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tonight. Immerse yourself here in

voices and memories. 2017 has seen

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media coverage of an expanding

diversity of sport, stories of

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governance and ethics as well as

goals and wickets. This evening will

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be guided through achievements from

grassroots to the top. There are

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11,000 seats here, but voters at

home will decide. At least Andy

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Murray had a less successful year,

so someone else can have a chance to

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win. The list of nominees offer

something for everyone. The speed

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skater, the runner, the cyclist, the

F1 champion, the heavyweight boxer,

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the football goal-scorer, the

Wimbledon semifinalist, the Paris

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printer, the star swimmer, the

Superbike, and the cricketer and the

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tae kwon do fighter. There will be

spare salt memory of Bradley Larry

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tonight, his parents will collect an

award. His six years were filled

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with connection to football. The

point of sport is to provoke every

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emotion. Tonight's programme is

likely to touch most of them.

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Prince Harry has

interviewed Barack Obama,

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for BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

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If you start taking long pauses

between the answers, you will

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probably start to get the face.

Let

me see the face.

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It's part of Harry's guest

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editorship of the programme,

and features the former US president

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