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Rebels advance on Colonel Gaddafi's stronghold. As they take control of

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more territory, NATO pledges to continue its support.

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The Lockerbie bomber has been found living in a villa in the Libyan

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capital. Hurricane Irene leaves 21 people

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dead amid warnings of more flooding on American's east coast.

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After Usain Bolt's be a disappointment, could athletics

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revise its strict false start role for the Olympics?

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And the Notting Hill Carnival continues, more than 6,000 police

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Hello, good evening. Rebel fighters in Libya have been advancing

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towards the last stronghold of Colonel Gaddafi's regime. Rebel

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leaders say they want to negotiate with Gaddafi loyalists to avoid

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further bloodshed. NATO has pledged to maintain its support. Our

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correspondent Paul Wood is with the advancing rebel forces and sent

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After many days of deadlock on the road to Sirte, the rebels are now

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surging ahead. Behind them, towns and people getting their first

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taste of freedom in a generation. Mahmoud Matar spent the past 21

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years in jail. He remembers the bad food, the beatings, the murders of

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other prisoners. You know, I didn't see my kids, my wife for 12 years.

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You can imagine it? You can? son died fighting for the

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revolution a few days ago. A high price, but necessary, he told me.

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An officer's medal and uniform discarded by Gaddafi loyalists in

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The revolution has certainly won, although it is not complete.

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Colonel Gaddafi is still at large, places like Sirte are still loyal

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to him. The rebels say they will wait to avoid further bloodshed.

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There have been talks with tribal elders and Sirte. The advance was

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halted for a time because civilians were in a village ahead. We speak

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to the Gaddafi people to take this family out. Then we can fight.

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rebels continued to have almost euphoric levels of confidence.

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Negotiations have again failed to reach an agreement with tribal

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leaders and the peaceful handover of Sirte, but as you can see,

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reinforcements are being pushed up, the rebels are leapfrogging ahead,

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and they think over the next few days they will be fighting the last

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big battle of this war, their Next week would have marked 42

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years of Colonel Gaddafi's rule. No Muslim leader had been in power

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longer. Once this would have been a death sentence. Whatever happens in

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Sirte, the Libyans know that here Well, our correspondent Clive Myrie

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is with the rebels east of Sirte, and what is the situation with them

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on the ground where you are? Well, today rebel forces have been

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consolidating the ground they have taken over the last few days and

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making preparations as they continued to push forward westwards

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towards Sirte. It seems as if pro- Gaddafi fighters, faced with a much

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more disciplined rebel force of late, and of course suffering

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heavily because of NATO air strikes, are simply falling back and leaving

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pockets of fighters to fire off Russian-made rockets towards the

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rebel front lines. They are not causing that much damage. Today

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NATO has been on operation again, in the skies here, attacking

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positions in an area which is frankly the last there are any

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strategic importance westwards on the way towards Sirte. Rebel

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commanders are telling us that if it falls in the next couple of days,

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they could well be at the gates of Sirte by the end of the week.

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Thank you, Clive Myrie. Meanwhile, the Lockerbie bomber,

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Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, has been found living in a villa in Tripoli,

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suffering from terminal cancer. He is drifting in and out of

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consciousness. He was released by the Scottish government two years

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ago on compassionate grounds. Downing Street said again today

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that his case is a matter for the Scottish government. First Minister

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Alex Salmond has said he has no intention of seeking Megrahi's

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return to Scotland. Daniel Sandford said this report from Tripoli.

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This is the luxury three-storey mansion in a wealthy Tripoli suburb

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where the man convicted of killing 270 people lives. Last week, the

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Lockerbie bomb a's family said he had left the city, but it is now

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clear that he has not. This picture, taken at the House last night,

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appears to show how the basset al- Megrahi close to death, an oxygen

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mask on his face. -- Abdel Basset al-Megrahi. I'm pretty sure that he

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is in the House this morning, so let's see if anyone answers the

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A few minutes later, Abdul Nasser emerged. He told me his brother is

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in a coma, only regaining consciousness for a few minutes at

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a time, and he asked for compassion. The man is struggling between life

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and death, he told me. What is the point in sending him back to

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prison? Out of mercy, he should be allowed to die next to his mother

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and father, instead of dying overseas.

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Megrahi was found guilty of blowing up Pan Am flight one of three over

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Lockerbie in 1988. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison but was

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released after eight because he had cancer and it was thought he had

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three months to live. He returned to Libya to a hero's welcome, and

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that was two years ago. Scottish ministers have always dismissed the

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vehement criticism of their decision. I think we can finally

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laid to rest the ridiculous conspiracy theory that has been

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ventilated by too many people too often that somehow Mr Megrahi was

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not dying of terminal prostate cancer. He would not have to be a

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medical expert to realise that this man is dying, he is terminally ill,

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as we always said. The Scottish government is now hoping to release

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800 pages of documents relating to the abandoned Appeal which have

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never been made public. If he is indeed on the edge of death, his

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knowledge of who ordered the Lockerbie bombing is about to die

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In other news, Hurricane Irene has claimed at least 21 lives along

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America's East Coast, and although it has been downgraded to storm-

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force, President Obama has said there is still a significant risk

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of flooding and high winds. Millions of people are being

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affected by power cuts and travel Irene's alarming aftermath, floods

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and fires in suburban New Jersey, firemen battle with the rising

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water level, trying to hose down a blaze. Elsewhere in the state,

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stranded teenagers climb on to their overturned boat, waiting to

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be rescued. We did not realise the current was as strong as it was. As

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we were coming up, we realised it was getting strong. As Irene moved

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north to Vermont, the flooding in the landlocked state was the worst

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in 80 years. This bridge is barely standing. This one was swept away.

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Oh, my God! In upstate New York, rescuers tried

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to reach those cut of A by the floods. The town is basically

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destroyed, maximum damage. We have people staying with us because

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their house is gone. Massachusetts, a floating container

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rips through the trees. The authorities everywhere have

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prepared for coastal flooding, but the worst was inland. Cables have

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been knocked down, leaving millions without power, and it is not over

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yet. Rivers are still swelling, which could cause more flooding.

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The President is watching closely. We are going to make sure folks

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have all the support they need as they begin to assess and repair the

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damage left by the storm. That is going to continue in the days ahead.

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It is going to take time to recover from the storm of this magnitude.

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The effects are still being felt across much of the country. But not

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in Manhattan, where the city went back to work. Here in New York, the

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water levels in the harbour did not rise nearly as much as had been

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feared. The main legacy of Irene is a difficult commute to work. Having

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seen the destruction Irene was capable of, New Yorkers are

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relieved that their city was Here, police are hunting a serial

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sex offender in connection with the murder of a 77-year-old woman in

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Hexham in Northumberland. Graeme Jarman, 47, went missing from his

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home in Consett in County Durham shortly before Judith Richardson

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was found dead. The head of Britain's prison

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governors has accused magistrates of indulging in a sentencing

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feeding frenzy following the recent riots. With the prison population

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at record levels, Eoin McLennan- Murray says that part of the

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problem is that too many people involved in the writing have been

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remanded in custody to await trial on relatively minor offences. --

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writing. Magistrates say they are following guidelines.

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Police about the new report. When this furniture store went up

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in flames, it epitomised for many watching the sheer senselessness of

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the criminality involved in the riots. A man is now in custody

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charged with arson. That is a serious charge, but many more minor

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offences have resulted in people being remanded in custody. The

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Prison Governors Association says the judiciary has been influenced

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by the media and a populist mentality. The use of reminding

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people in custody has been excessive, and I think it reflects

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the general sort of concerns that exist, and I think there has been

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an over-reaction. The most recent statistics estimate that 70% of

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people arrested during the riots were remanded in custody. That

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compares to just 10% for the same period last year. The Magistrates'

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Association, angered by the accusations of a feeding frenzy,

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say the high number of romance are not surprising. There have been a

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significant increase in offences, significant, 2000 arrests and more

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to follow, in a very short beard of time. We would therefore expect to

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see more offenders remanded into custody. Today, this company is

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trading as normal opposite where the fire happened. The owner

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believes the judiciary is rightly making their false felt. You should

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not steal trainers, you should not throw bricks, you should not do

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things like that, and if you do, you need to be hit very hard. If it

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had happened 10 years ago, we would not be having this conversation now.

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When it comes to sentencing, judges and magistrates have guidelines to

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work with, but they are often described as guidelines and not

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tramlines. That means they can depart from them in the interests

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of justice. The perception by Sun is that since the riots there have

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Well, today is the main day of parting at the Notting Hill

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Carnival. Let's end there and joined the Nicola Pearson. How has

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VE Day been? Well, it has been a very lively day, lots of loud music,

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lots of bright costumes, dancing. Hundreds of thousands of people

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have been here today to enjoy the ambience and the atmosphere, and

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most people, it has got to be said, had a really very good time.

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London's mayor, Boris Johnson, was here, and he said that in the light

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of London's riots, these were the images that he wanted the world to

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say of this city. This is a great event. London is a wonderful,

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wonderful city. We want to show the world what we can do. We are coming

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up to the Olympics, running the biggest ever carnival in 2012, and

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I'm very pleased with the spirits so far that people are celebrating

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today. There has been a big police presence here today, but very

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little trouble so far. The carnival will be closing early tonight, as

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it did last night, and the police are hoping that people will simply

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Now it is time to catch up with all the latest sports news with Francis

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Collins. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has

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said he is extremely disappointed at losing his 100 metres world

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title in South Korea after he was disqualified under a new rule

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governing false starts. Athletics world governing body IAAF has told

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the BBC it is likely to review the rule but would not be rushed into

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changes. From Daegu, David Bond reports.

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He normally craves the attention of the world, but today Usain Bolt was

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uncharacteristically camera-shy. And this is why. The false start

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which not only denied Bolt the chance to retain his world 100

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metres crown but sparked a global controversy about the rules. One of

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his biggest rivals says they should be looked at again before London

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2012. It is just a travesty, you know, I mean if the guy worked so

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hard to get to this moment and then false starts. At the end of the day,

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he was supposed to wait for the gun, but anything can happen, the click

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of a flash, someone flinches, so it should be changed. And it is not

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just Bolt. Even before his disqualification, two British medal

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hopes, will 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu and another 100

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metres runner, Dwain Chambers, were red-carded for jumping the gun. The

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men who run the sport only introduced the regulation last year,

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so is it time to think again? would be a mistake to quickly

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reverse ourselves just because of one very high profile issue. And

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not saying we should not consider it, but I would caution against a

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hasty reaction. Despite growing pressure to change its rules, the

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IAAF says it will not rush any decision. But the governing body

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knows it cannot afford a repeat of what happened here last night at

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There was more controversy tonight. AQ the Natalie was stripped of gold

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off there holding a competitor back in the final of the 110 metres

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hurdles, bringing unexpected bronze for Andy Turner. These

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championships are in danger of being remembered not for medals won,

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Jessica Ennis is the overnight leader in the heptathlon at the

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World Athletics. Following a disappointing start, the defending

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champion finished her session with a win in her 200 metre heat. She

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also recorded a personal best in the shot putt giving her a 151

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point lead with three events left. The Oscar Pistorius dream is over.

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The double amputee from South Africa failed to qualify for the

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400 metres final. The 24-year-old, whose carbon fibre blades have

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provoked great debate over whether they give him an unfair advantage,

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finished last in his semi-final Now before we go, if you're an

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Arsenal fan who witnessed the clubs's 8-2 humiliation against

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Manchester United yesterday - their biggest defeat since 1896 - there's

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some good news for you... The Gunners are offering a free ticket

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to a future Premier League away game to any fan who had to sit

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through the abject performance at More now about the situation in

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Libya, and as forces loyal to Colonel Gadaffi retreat they're

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leaving a trail of evidence about how his regime operated. Our

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correspondent Orla Guerin has gained access to Gadaffi's internal

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security HQ and has just sent this report. The regime kept many of its

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secrets here, but today we were able to walk right into the

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homeland security headquarters. Testaments remain to the dark arts

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practised here. We found operational charts about tracking

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anyone with a cellphone anywhere in the country. And guidance on

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identifying new potential suspects. This is where Colonel Gaddafi

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Spider on his own people and, it seems, on others. We just found

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these documents lying in the corner. They appear to be a record of

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What is interesting is a lot of these are foreign names and many of

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the numbers are in the UK. We pushed in deeper, but there are

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still hidden depths here. There are iron gates on the elevators. We

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cannot be sure what they lead to but we have been told there are

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detention cells down below. In another office scattered remnants

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of intelligence files, listing targets and here they call. And a

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photograph of a wanted man. We do not know if he wound up here. This

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is an intercept from April this year. It seems to be between two

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rebels, one asks the other can you attack that a niqab and he is

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suggesting a good time to do it. It shows how much the regime was able

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