27/12/2013 BBC News


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Powerful gales and heavy rainfall return - causing fresh disruption

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and misery for many across large parts of the UK. Flooding and

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landslides leave people stranded and tens of thousands of homes are still

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without power. Have the council built around since? The prime

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minister meets storm victims in Kent who complain too little's being done

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to help them. We need the council to get round with skips so people can

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get their furniture and carpets removed, we need to learn the

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lessons. Five Greenpeace activists imprisoned in Russia after a protest

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arrive back in Britain after being freed under amnesty.

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And England come late to the Ashes party with a much better performance

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on the second day of the fourth Test.

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Good afternoon. Powerful gales and heavy rain have returned to the UK,

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causing further disruption. Around 20,000 homes are without power, rail

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services have been disrupted and many roads are closed. The Met

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Office says gusts over 100 miles per hour have been recorded in north

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Wales. And there are still more than 40 flood warnings across the

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country. Today David Cameron said there needed to be a better response

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the next time properties are threatened by flooding. Judith

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Moritz is in Blackpool for us now. Yes, this is not the Blackpool that

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you see on the postcards. It's been so windy here today that the central

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pier next to me has been closed and the North West Ambulance Service,

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which has had more calls than usual, has been getting them from people

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who have said they have literally been blown off their feet. Slicing

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across the sea, gale force winds slammed into the black hole

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promenade today, blasting the beach and gusting into the town. Wind

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speeds of 85 mph were recorded in north-west England. The emergency

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services in the region saw a surge in weather-related callouts. We have

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been dealing with slates on roofs, and save chimneys. Signage on shop

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fronts. The South of England is still dealing with the effects of

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the storms earlier this week. The Prime Minister was in Kent this

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morning, visiting people who were flooded before Christmas. One angry

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resident who were still without power told Mr Cameron nothing had

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been done to help them. We need the electric! We tried to contact the

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council on Monday. Nothing. He said the priority should be to help

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people recover from the effect of the floods. We need the insurance

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companies to come round, we need the council to get round with skips so

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people can get their carpets and furniture removed, we need to get

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the power back on and then we need to learn the lessons. We are seeing

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these events take place more often. The high winds have more power lines

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down. In Northern Ireland 20,000 homes are to be reconnected

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overnight. This house caught fire when an electricity pole fell on the

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roof. On the rail network there has been delayed across the lines, and

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passengers across Victoria Station in London were in for long waits.

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There is no state here, standing for three hours, it died. I have been

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here since seven, I had to get a coach. The only coach I could get

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was seven in the morning to meet these at 12, so I have been here

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five hours. Network rail defended the way the system had been running.

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It would be ridiculous to get passengers on trains and leave them

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stuck and stranded and tainted the emergency services to ask them to

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help when everybody is so stretched. So it is the right thing to do what

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we did last night, what I'd read last week, to stop, check the

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network is safe before we let people run. The holidays have been a

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wash-out for this family in Surrey. They are spending the end of the

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year dealing with the damage. Even if the worst of the weather has now

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passed, for some this will be a Christmas they would rather forget.

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Whilst it is still a case of battening down the hatches here,

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things are improving. The Atlantic depression, which brought these

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gales, is moving away from the North of England and at around midnight or

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so, these winds should eventually start to drop and then remain calm

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overcoming days. -- over coming days. And the BBC website has

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details of all the latest weather news in your area.

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Five British activists from the environmental group Greenpeace,

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who'd been detained in Russia, have arrived back in the UK after being

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freed following an amnesty. They were among 30 campaigners arrested

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after protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic. Rajesh

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Mirchandani is at St Pancras Station in London, where the freed activists

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arrived this afternoon. His report contains some flash photography.

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Long but welcome to the ends. Edition environments of protesters

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arrived back on home soil after the Russian government dropped charges

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against them that allowed them to leave, freed but defiant. Our

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mission is to protect the Arctic and stop oil exploration going on there.

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We have never enjoyed quite so much media. But the loved ones, there is

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just relief. Great, absolutely fantastic. I'm really happy.

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Christmas is late but no less festive for the families reunited

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here. The protesters were among 30 arrested in this traumatic encounter

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with Russian authorities in September. After Greenpeace tried to

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stop oil drilling in Russian waters. They were charged with hooliganism

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and faced several years behind bars. Then, a few days ago, except theses

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wrote were granted after Russia's parliament approved an amnesty bill.

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That move also brought food and the members of the punk band Pussy Riot,

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jailed for singing protest songs in a country full -- Cathedral. Some

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wonder if Greenpeace was wise to go up against President Vladimir Putin.

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Others note the amnesty comes just weeks before Russia hosts the Winter

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Olympics. Back in London, the activists say they will continue

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their protests against Arctic oil drilling but they might reconsider

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future tax kicks. Right now, international politics takes second

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place to family reunions. The inquest into the death of a

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British doctor who died in prison in Syria has been opened and adjourned.

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Walthamstow Coroner's Court in east London heard how the Syrian

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authorities believe Abbas Khan killed himself. His family insist he

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was murdered. A former Lebanese government

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minister has been assassinated in Beirut. Mohamad Chatah was killed in

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a car bomb this morning - four others were killed and dozens

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injured. Mr Chatah was a staunch critic of the Syrian regime and the

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militant group Hezbollah which supports it. His allies have accused

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Hezbollah of planting the bomb - they've denied it. Our world affairs

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correspondent, Kim Ghattas has sent this report from Beirut.

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The festive season came to a violent end in Beirut just after 9:30am. In

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a country that has seen much of violence, the glitzy, renovated

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heart of the capital had been spared so far. Cars were set ablaze by the

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blast, windows of French restaurants and designer boutiques shattered.

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Teenagers enjoying the sun and posting pictures on social media

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moments before a car, parked behind them, exploded, wrecking their young

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lives. TRANSLATION: We were inside and felt glass breaking and coming

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in, then we heard the sound, and X lotion happened. We waited until it

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was over and then went out and saw this. The target was Mohammed

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Chatah, wants the ambassador to the US and the finance minister, a

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father of two. He was the voice of moderation in a polarised country.

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He was also an adviser to the former prime minister, Saad Hariri, who was

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also a critic of Hezbollah. The Lebanese Shia militant group has

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been sending fighters to Syria for months to support President Assad.

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Lebanon is deeply divided over the wall next door. Sunni militants from

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here have been crossing into Syria as well to help the rebels. At the

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sight of the bombing in Beirut, Mohammed Chatah's friends said his

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killing was a message. He was an advocate of Lebanon's neutrality in

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the war in Syria, and having an agreement to keep Lebanon away from

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the fray in Syria. Hezbollah has also paid the price for its role in

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Syria. Suicide means have targeted civilian areas in its stronghold in

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southern Beirut. Lebanon is also still haunted by a long string of

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unresolved assassinations. And in the past, the finger has been

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pointed in many directions, including at Syria. But who ever was

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behind this powerful car bomb this morning, one thing is certain.

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Lebanon's own fate is increasingly tied to the outcome of the war

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raging across the border in Syria. Police are investigating the death

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of a man at a house in Nottinghamshire. A woman found at

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the address in Bircotes is in a serious but stable condition in

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hospital. Two children in the house were unharmed. It's thought the man

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who died suffered shotgun injuries. Sport now and Cardiff City have

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sacked Malky Mackay, the manager who took them into the Premier League.

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The move comes a day after a 3-0 home defeat by Southampton - and

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follows a long running and very public row with Cardiff's owner

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Vincent Tan. Andy Swiss reports. It has been the most public and

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prolonged of sackings. But the Malky Mackay, yesterday's defeat proved

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the final whistle. Last week his billionaire boss Vincent Tan

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sentiment e-mail, attacking his management and telling him to resign

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or else he would fire him. That prompted protests against the owner

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and a brief reprieve. And yesterday, Malky Mackay admitted the strain was

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getting to him. It's not easy with a dirty laundry is being washed in

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public every week but there are certain things within my control and

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certain things without. This isn't the first Tom Vincent Tan has felt

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the fury of the fans. Last year he changed the club colours from blue

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to red. Now he has sacked the man who guided them into the Premier

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League. The supporters are again less than impressed. It's not about

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results. He is making the club looked like a circus. There was only

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going to be one winner, as soon see announced he had to resign, it was

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only going one way. So one of football's most fragile partnerships

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has finally snapped, leaving a ruthless owner, irony patient battle

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and the club in turmoil. -- a relegation battle.

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Cricket, and England have produced a better performance on the second day

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of the fourth Test in Melbourne. After being all out for 255,

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England's bowlers got them back into the game, restricting Australia to

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164 for nine at the close. Our Chief Sports Correspondent Dan Roan

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reports. A generation has passed since

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Australia's greatest fast bowler struck fear into English hearts but

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for the first hour of day two, it felt like the MCG had gone back in

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time. Mitchell Johnson evokes memories of Dennis Lillee both in

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face and in pace. Once again at his vicious best. Tim Bresnan didn't

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know what hit him. Now seven down, English hopes hinged on Kevin

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Pietersen, but having barely added to his overnight 67 came this - four

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hours of maturity undone in one moment of madness. With cricket

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suddenly resembling a blood sport, Johnson went hunting again. Stuart

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Broad's scalp ensuring a third five wicket haul of a defining series.

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England's tail had been blown away, all out for 255. That seemed

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inadequate but England's bowlers had other ideas as Warner and Watson

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fell before lunch. Suddenly Australia knew they were in a fight.

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Chris Rogers felled by Broad, and when Michael Clarke's judgement

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deserted him, the hosts were 62 for three - the Test in the balance.

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Rogers propped up the innings with a dogged 50 but England had remembered

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how they used to win Ashes series. Three more Australian wickets

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falling quickly as the tourists took control. Brad Haddin has been a

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thorn in England's side all series, again threatening to rescue his

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team, but he could do nothing about Bresnan and Broad's flurry of

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wickets. Australia, still 91 behind. England had fought back, if only the

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series were still alive. Days like that have been few and far between

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on this trip. We're just really hungry to get something out of this

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tour. I thought we dived around a lot, we chased everything, I thought

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Cooky set really good fields, we bowled to those fields, it was

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really complete performance. After England's best day on tour, they may

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now have the chance to seal what would be a morale-boosting

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consolation win. The Ashes are long gone, of course, but this still felt

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like an important first stage in England's road to recovery. There is

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more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel. We're back with

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