|  |  |  | | | | | The Guardian World News | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | San Francisco Giants win fluctuating Game Four 4-3 in extra inning to sweep Detroit Tigers and claim 2012 World Series The San Francisco Giants won the World Series in convincing fashion - beating the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in extra inning to sweep the series 4-0. In a cruel twist, the Tigers' batting champion Miguel Cabrera was the last out - struck out watching a Sergio Romo pitch go past in a deathly quiet Comerica Park. It is the Giants' second title in three years - San Francisco disposed of the Texas Rangers 4-1 in 2010. It had been a fluctuating Game Four, with the Tigers needing to win to stay alive after being outplayed in the first three games of the Series. The Giants took an early lead with a Brandon Belt RBI triple. But the Tigers came back with a two-run homer from Cabrera. San Francisco regained the lead in the top of the sixth with a two-run homer from Buster Posey. But a Delmon Young homer in the bottom of the sixth tied the game back up at 3-3. Neither side could gain an advantage in regulation and the game went to extra innings. In the top of the tenth inning Marco Scutaro doubled to drive home Ryan Theriot and leave the Tigers with three outs to save the Series. San Francisco's closer Romo struck out Austin Jackson, Don Kelly and Cabrera and the World Series was won. Pablo Sandoval, who was 8-for-16 in the series and set the tone with his record-equalling three home runs in Game One, was named World Series MVP. Tigers manager Jim Leyland was magnanimous in defeat: "They beat us, they were the better team." Giants manager Bruce Bochy said: "It's a team effort. That cliche gets overused. But it's 25 guys who all want the same thing." Posey added: "I think tonight was a fitting way for us to end it, because [the Tigers] played hard. They didn't stop. It's an unbelievable feeling." The Giants had come through the playoffs the hard way - falling 0-2 behind the Cincinatti Reds in the NLDS before winning the next three to advance, and then falling 1-3 behind to the St Louis Cardinals in the NLCS before again winning the next three to reach the World Series. But the World Series had been somewhat simpler: an 8-3 Game One slugfest victory before shutting out the Tigers in Games Two and Three in consecutive 2-0 victories. Game Four see-sawed before the Giants proved themselves deserving champions. Cabrera may have won a coveted Triple Crown and smashed a Game Four homer, but the Tigers' much-vaunted offense failed to dominate the Giants' unexpectedly effective pitching. Box score
Giants 4, Tigers 3 - as it happened Analysis from David Lengel and Hunter Felt and much more will be online on Monday.
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  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New York partially evacuated before 'super storm' arrives; US presidential election campaign is also thrown into disarray Tens of millions of people braced themselves for the arrival of hurricane Sandy on Sunday, as the gigantic storm threatened to unleash punishing winds, driving rain, heavy snow and a potentially lethal storm surge along the east coast of the US. The hurricane, which has claimed 65 lives in the Caribbean, is also likely to play havoc with the US election, introducing a fresh element of uncertainty and disruption in the final days of the closely contested campaign. Although Sandy is not expected to make landfall until late on Monday, gale-force winds were on Sunday night already buffeting Virginia and North Carolina. The "super-storm" is expected to veer left towards the east coast, colliding with wintry weather moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic. "It's a very, very large system," Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, told Reuters. "The storm is going to carve a pretty large swath of bad weather, both water and wind." New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Boston all lie in the target zone, but Sandy is likely to cause disruption across much of the US and officials warned it could cause power cuts lasting for days. "The time for preparing and talking is about over," warned Craig Fugate, federal emergency management administrator. "People need to be acting now." Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both been forced to cancel events scheduled for Sunday and Monday, and the Obama campaign's "early vote" strategy is in danger of being thrown into disarray. The president's campaign had hoped to turn out Democrat voters before election day, 6 November. But the bad weather is almost certain to put a stop to the long queues which formed outside polling stations at the weekend. New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, ordered the evacuation of some 375,000 people from low-lying areas and public schools were told to close on Monday. For only the second time in the city's history, the subway system is to be closed. "If you don't evacuate, you are not only endangering your life, you are also endangering the lives of the first responders who are going in to rescue you," Bloomberg said. "This is a serious and dangerous storm."Although similar warnings of serious damage in New York last year turned out to be empty, people are taking few chances. Supermarkets were packed as customers stocked up, businesses closed early and nursing homes were being evacuated. Forecasters warned that at high tide, seawater could surge up to 3.4 metres above ground level in New York harbour. In Lower Manhattan water was close to street level. One employee of an apartment building pushed a trolley of sandbags across the road to try to reinforce the defences. The president urged those in the path of the storm "to take this very seriously" but expressed confidence that all emergency measures were in place. "This hasn't hit landfall yet. So we don't yet know where it's going to hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts and that's exactly why it's so important for us to respond big and respond fast as local information starts coming in." The storm posed an additional challenge for Obama, who must balance his duties as president with his desire to get out on the campaign trail. After the US ambassador to Libya was killed in September, Obama was accused of quitting Washington too soon to attend a fund-raising event in Las Vegas. After visiting the federal emergency monitoring agency, he headed to Florida a day earlier than planned to squeeze in campaign stops there and in Ohio before returning to Washington. A planned rally on Monday in Virginia, one of the biggest events of the campaign so far, has been scrapped, as has a trip to Colorado on Tuesday. The White House has tentatively arranged to restart campaigning later tomorrow night/ Tuesday, flying from DC to Wisconsin if the weather has abated. Romney also abandoned campaign stops on the east coast but without presidential commitments, he has been able to rearrange his schedule to continue campaigning elsewhere, chiefly Ohio. Obama's main campaign adviser, David Axelrod, told CNN no one knew how hurricane Sandy will affect the election. "We're most concerned about people. This storm could affect 50 million people," Axelrod said. "The best thing we can do is to focus on how we can help people, and hope it all clears out by next weekend." With polls showing the contenders apart by only one or two points – and a new one, alarming for the Obama team, showing the two even in Ohio, which had been a Democrat bastion – it could be Obama's campaign that suffers most. He has placed a lot of importance on getting Democrat voters out early in the eight or nine swing states, but those plans could be seriously disrupted by two or three days of rain and power cuts. "We're closely monitoring the storm. The safety of not only our staff but also our supporters and volunteers is the top priority," Jen Psaki, an Obama campaign spokeswoman, told reporters. The upside for Obama is that he could benefit from appearing presidential, sitting in the White House in touch with emergency operations, while Romney is on the stump making partisan points. In New York, the aisles of Whole Foods Market in Tribeca, one of the biggest retailers in Lower Manhattan, were heaving with customers. Grace Lin, who lives just outside the evacuation zone, said she was taking in friends from nearby. "There will be four adults and four children, and we are two adults and two children, so it's going to be pretty cosy," she said. Residents of the area had made similar preparations for hurricane Irene in September last year which ended up sparing New York City and leading to accusations of overreaction. But Lin said this storm appeared to be worse, and that she had particular concerns about power outages. "People are taking it more seriously than last time. The biggest issue for our friends is the elevators not working, not the flooding." Not everyone planned to leave the recommended evacuation areas, though. Kevin Heeney, 28, was stocking up with bottled water, but had no plans to move out. "We're going to stick it out," he said. Emerging from Whole Foods laden with bags of groceries, Danny and Laura Fletcher, a British couple who had just moved to the city, were sceptical of the reaction of New Yorkers. "We've just bought a big roast lunch," said Danny Fletcher. "I don't think it's going to be that bad. But it's panic stations in there," he said. October surprisesHurricane Sandy has injected an element of unpredictability into a US election that had been proceeding along lines worked out by the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney months ago. But it is not the first time in US political history that bad weather or other unexpected vents have changed a campaign's dynamic. US journalists have since the 1970s have come to expect what they have coined as 'the October Surprise', first used in 1972. These October surprises have ranged from the revelation in 2000 of George W. Bush's arrest on a drunk-driving charge, to the appearance of an Osama bin Laden video in 2004. Sometimes the suprises are not confined to October. Romney fell victim just two months ago to a similar hurricane warning when he was forced to cancel the first day of the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida. Given that the convention as a whole suffered from bad reviews in the US media and he received no poll bounce from it, that may have turned out to be a plus rather than a negative. In the run-up to the 2008 election, the sudden economic collapse in September saw Republican John McCain suspend his campaign to return to Washington for an emergency meeting, forcing Obama to return too. That went badly for McCain as he had little to say in Washington. Even a day or two off the campaign trail can have an impact. Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern, fighting for the party nomination in 1972, seemed to have Ohio in the bag but may have lost it because of returning to Washington to deal with an issue related to the Vietnam war. No one can predict the impact of Hurricane Sandy on this election. What will play better? Obama being presidential in Washington, seemingly in command of the emergency operations, while Rommey continues campaigning? Or will Obama be unable resist the lure of rushing back to campaigning prematurely?
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  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Manchester United won a highly controversial match at Stamford Bridge against the nine men of Chelsea Hello. If I was an especially lazy journalist – and I'm not, recent statistics showing I'm at least the 453rd hardest-working journalist in the country – then I could just get away with using my preamble from this fixture last season. No one would notice. Don't believe me? Well look: Manchester United haven't won at Chelsea in the league since 20 April 2002. Ten years. A miserable record, especially as Chelsea have been managed by Avram Grant in that time. And to think people quibble about Tottenham's record at Old Trafford. These are meant to be the champions of England, and they can't even win at a ground where Chelsea didn't lose for 86 matches, a run spanning four years and eight months. Oh.
See? There are, of course, a couple of minor details that have been altered since then, like Tottenham actually winning at Old Trafford, but the main point remains the same: Manchester United don't like it at Stamford Bridge. Even when Chelsea were at their lowest ebb under Andre Villas-Boas on that February afternoon, United needed an improbable comeback from 3-0 down to rescue a point, one that was only secured after two magnificent saves from David De Gea in stoppage time. Most teams suffer from an inferiority complex when United come to town, but not Chelsea – even before Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003. Then again, Chelsea aren't suffering from much of an inferiority complex against anyone at the moment. European champions, top of the table and unbeaten in the league, a win today would take them seven points clear of United. On the surface, there should be nothing at all for Chelsea to fret about. They have won at Arsenal and Tottenham, they are scoring goals for fun and have Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar. Yet there is a nagging feeling that there is more to come, that Chelsea are still not entirely comfortable with their new attacking identity, that they are yet to quite strike the right balance between defence and attack. A defence that was once so solid – and, along with Didier Drogba, essentially won them the Champions League – has been exploited by Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk. A midfield of Ramires and John Obi Mikel can be improved. The current version of Fernando Torres is palpably inferior to the 2007-09 version. Of course, United have had their own defensive problems this season, which is largely a consequence of the lack of protection given to the back five by Sir Alex Ferguson's novel 5-0-5 formation. If United are as meek and compliant in midfield as they were against, say, Everton and Tottenham then Hazard, Mata and Oscar could make it another bleak afternoon for them at Stamford Bridge. Just as well Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick on this ground last season then. Team news: John Terry is suspended for something or other, so Gary Cahill and David Luiz continue at the heart of Chelsea's defence. Otherwise they are as expected. There are a few surprises in the United team, namely that Ferguson has restored width to the side, they're not playing three in midfield to counteract Chelsea's threat in that area and Ashley Young is starting. Note that one down in case he does one of his infamous disappearing acts. Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, David Luiz, Cole; Ramires, Mikel; Mata, Oscar, Hazard; Torres. Subs: Turnbull, Azpilicueta, Bertrand, Romeu, Marin, Moses, Sturridge. Manchester United: De Gea; Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Cleverley, Carrick, Young; Rooney, Van Persie. Subs: Lindegaard, Anderson, Giggs, Hernandez, Nani, Welbeck, Scholes. Referee: Mark Clattenburg and His Hair. Pre-match emails. Your pre-match emails. "Whatever about this match, the difference between these two teams over the course of the league can be seen on the subs bench today," says Patrick Treacy. "Mata and Rooney look uncannily familiar in that picture up there," says James Killin. "Like footballing twins separated at birth. One of them went on to become a skilful, accomplished, Champions League- and FA Cup-winning player. The other had hair from his bottom sewn into his head." "I've just gone past Stamford Bridge (on the way to commentate @testmatchsofa)," says Gary Naylor. |Very busy - there were people converging from all over London. Chelsea fans too." So I've just returned from Abroad, where they don't have Sky Sports. There I was watching a game on Al Jazeera during the week when who should pop up in the studio but Richard Keys and Andy Gray? In case you were remotely missing either of them, here's an actual question posed by Mr Keys: "Is Luis Suarez a good player?" The teams are in the tunnel. Chelsea are wearing those infernal tracksuit tops, Manchester United are in that infernal gingham. They trot out to the sound of the Chelsea fans reminding everyone that they're the European champions. "C'mon Jacob, spill the beans," says Simon McMahon. "Where were you?" Cyprus. Off we go! In one hell of a racket, Chelsea get us underway, attacking from left to right. Rio Ferdinand isn't getting the best reception. "There's only one England captain," chant the Chelsea fans in an unlikely show of support for Steven Gerrard. "Re: Keys and Gray. In fairness, I'm sure I can't be the only one who, when you cited Al Jazeeera, thought instantly of the comedic riches that would be found in Keys and Gray tackling middle eastern politics," says Ryan Dunne. "Might fill the post- Thick of It void. You could give Andy one of those Sky Sports style draw-on-the-screen gizmos, and have him explain how he'd divvy up Israel in the two states solution. I'd watch that! Or can you just imagine the live coverage of the US Presidential election, and Andy giving it "take a bow son!" when the winner is announced?" 2 min: Chelsea are on the front foot immediately. Mata flicks a pass through to Oscar, De Gea stays on his line and Ferdinand, facing his own goal, has to hack it blindly clear. 3 min: This has all the makings of a very fine game indeed. Carrick rolls a pass into Van Persie, who turns neatly away from David Luiz and cracks a firm effort straight at Cech from 25 yards out. The Brazilian defender got far too close to Van Persie there. GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United (David Luiz own goal, 4 min): Is Manchester United's luck at Stamford Bridge about to turn? It certainly appears to be, if this goal is anything to go by. Chelsea were much too open as Rooney found Young on the edge of the area, one-on-one with the last defender. He waited for support and then shuffled the ball to the right for Rooney, whose cutback was met with a crunching right-footed effort from Van Persie from 15 yards out. It beat Cech and smashed against the right post, only to hit the unwitting David Luiz on the backside and rebound into the goal as Young watched it roll over the line. You just need to imagine that going in to the sound Sideshow Bob makes when he was stepping on the garden rakes. 6 min: That's only the third time in nine league games that Manchester United have taken the lead this season. 8 min: "Hope you had an enjoyable break in Cyprus," says SB Tang. "I was once sent there on a 48 hour business trip as a glorified courier. Nice place. I had a lovely braised lamb dish at the local tavern and a good chat with the owner about Nathan Burns. After copping a fair bit of (justified) good-natured ribbing from your colleague Tom Bryant earlier today, I feel obliged to point out that, as explained below, I bought Gerrard's autobiography for peanuts whilst on holiday in south-east Asia for relaxing, brain-switched-off poolside reading. Cut me slack MBM controllers! Oh well, I guess it's too late, Barry Glendenning's already called me an 'anorak'." 10 min: Patrice Evra is down after a heavy challenge from Branislav Ivanovic. The Chelsea right-back got the ball but also took out Evra with his follow-through. Mark Clattenburg, perhaps thinking about his hair, plays on though so it's left to Ivanovic to put the ball out of play to allow Evra to receive some treatment. On the touchline, Ferguson's face turns a deeper shade of purple. GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 Manchester United (Van Persie, 12 min): This is so simple for Manchester United. Chelsea are all over the place. All over the pitch. There is absolutely no pressure on United when they go forward and the visitors are ripping them apart on the flanks. This time, Rafael lopes forward and pokes a pass to Valencia, all alone on the right with Cole out of position. He drives a low ball into the area, Cahill loses Van Persie and the Dutchman makes no mistake with his right foot from close range. He likes Stamford Bridge. 14 min: Chelsea haven't turned up yet. We've barely seen anything from Hazard, Mata and Oscar. Meanwhile West Brom have equalised at Newcastle. Romelu Lukaku got the goal. 18 min: Torres drifts inside and tries to prod a pass through to Mata. Goal-kick to Manchester United. Nothing's going right for Chelsea. They simply can't handle United's right flank. Valencia steams past one challenge on the right and then wins a corner off Cole. 19 min: Wayne Rooney has just either one of the best passes I've ever seen or the flukiest. He struck it with the outside of his right foot from left to right and just as it looked like it was going to travel all of five yards, it spun away from Mata's outstretched leg and flew all the way to the right touchline. 22 min: Ivanovic tries to play a simple five-yard pass to Hazard. Throw-in to Manchester United. 23 min: David Luiz steps in to stop a charge from Rafael charge on the right. And then promptly gives the ball back to Rafael trying to be too clever for his own good. Fortunately for Luiz, Rafael's cross, intended for Young, is overhit. At St Mary's, it's Southampton 1-2 Tottenham, Jay Rodriguez pulling a goal back for the home side. 24 min: David De Gea makes a bizarre save from a David Luiz free-kick. It was conceded after a foul by Carrick on Ramires around 35 yards from goal. Luiz hit it in the dipping style of Cristiano Ronaldo and De Gea decided the best way to save the shot was with his feet. It worked too. I've never seen that before. It's like he was playing five-a-side. 25 min: Chelsea are improving. Mata has a pop from 25 yards out but his low fizzer skids wide of the right post. They're still not overly troubling United though. Their best attempts have all come from long range so far. Fernando Torres needs to step up. 27 min: "SB Tang shouldn't get too upset at being called an anorak by Barry Glendenning," says Ryan Dunne. "After all, Barry recently revealed on the pod that he spent most of his life confusing R2D2 for C3PO, surely a social (or antisocial) faux pas up there with not being able to name all of Batman's Robins!" Aren't they all called Robin? 29 min: Chelsea are having most of the possession, Brendan style, but they aren't doing much with it. United are content to sit back, soak up the pressure and then hit them on the break. Which they've done twice to devastating effect already. 30 min: Chelsea's defence is a total rabble this afternoon. De Gea launches the ball long and David Luiz is caught horribly out of position as Van Persie guides a header to Valencia. He runs at Cahill, ignore Van Persie and Young in the middle and sees his weak shot blocked. He lets the ball run out for a corner. That was an escape for Chelsea, who could be on the end of a real hiding if they don't improve. 31 min: Van Persie's corner is only cleared as far as Young on the edge of the area. For a moment it looks like he might shoot but instead finds Rooney on the left. His cross is deflected and Cech does well to hold it under pressure from Evra. "Still can't get used to seeing Rooney playing so deep," says David Fallon. "He's looking more and more like a Paul Scholes doppelganger." He's been excellent, running the show for United when they have the ball. 33 min: United are simply sharper in possession and quicker to the ball. Chelsea are being crowded out in midfield and can't get Torres into the game at all. 35 min: Jonny Evans, who scored an own goal on this ground this ground last season, nearly makes it two in two. United went to sleep at a Chelsea throw-in, failing to spot Mikel's run into the area. He smashed a low cross into the six-yard box and Evans, never too far away from a calamity, shanks a dreadful clearance against the base of the right post and out for a corner. De Gea was beaten. 36 min: How on earth did that stay out? Cahill rises highest from Mata's corner and powers a downward header towards goal. It hits De Gea's legs on the line and somehow spins just wide of the far post. United deal with the second corner. 38 min: The pressure from Chelsea is growing. Valencia brings down the largely anonymous Torres on the left, just outside the area. David Luiz elects to shoot again, but this time his effort is blocked. "For shame Jacob!" says Ryan Dunne. "I fear you may have had one of those having-a-life, talking-to-girls, misspent youths." 41 min: "On Rooney playing deep, isn't it a sign that he is becoming the player he always should have been," says Edward Evans. "Just because he is balding doesn't mean he should try to be Alan Shearer. He was supposed to be the great English no. 10, and there is still time for that, especially if, as he admits, he has lost a yard of pace." 42 min: United's goal is living an increasingly charmed life. First a corner from the right somehow reaches Torres at the far post. He can't react quickly enough and sees the ball nipped off his toes. But United can't get it out, Mata curling the ball back into the area where Torres's powerful header is brilliantly clawed wide by De Gea, diving to his right. What a save! GOAL! Chelsea 1-2 Manchester United (Mata, 44 min): Well this had been coming and it is an utterly stunning goal from Juan Mata. It had to be to beat De Gea in this form. United were creaking at the back and Rooney, who had sliced a clearance over his own bar moments earlier, was booked for a foul on the edge of the D. Mata stepped up and curled a delicious free-kick into the left corner. De Gea didn't have a prayer. What a goal. 45 min: De Gea preserves United's lead with another outstanding save to deny Mata! Admittedly it all came from his own error, a poor clearance straight to Hazard. He played Mata through on goal but he shot with his left when he should have taken it with his right, allowing De Gea to save with his legs. United are desperate for the half time whistle to blow. Peep! Peep! With Chelsea pressing for an equaliser, Mark Clattenburg brings an end to a breathless first half after two minutes of stoppage time. Neither side can defend, but what a game. Half time: Chelsea 1-2 Manchester United. Swap strikers and I fancy Chelsea would be winning this. 46 min: United get the second half going again. More of the same please! Valencia makes a nuisance of himself against both Cole and David Luiz, eventually winning a corner. There aren't many players around with more upper-body strength than Valencia. Van Persie's corner is cleared but Rafael halts a counter from Torres. 48 min: A corner to Chelsea on the right. Oscar hits it low - intentionally towards the near post - but it ends up coming all the way to Mata on the edge of the area. An equaliser seems certain but Carrick gets in the way of Mata's volley. 49 min: David Luiz and Robin van Persie are having a gentleman's debate about the best shirt-pulling techniques. 51 min: Ferdinand sends a glorious pass down the inside-right channel for Valencia. His cross is blocked by David Luiz and runs through to Cech. Sorry, correction: his cross is blocked by the outstretched right arm of David Luiz and runs through to Cech. That is a blatant penalty. Valencia is furious. GOAL! Chelsea 2-2 Manchester United (Ramires, 53 min): United, the kings of the comeback, are getting a taste of their own medicine. This is dreadful defending too, particularly from Jonny Evans. He should have dealt with a high ball into the area but inexplicably allowed it to drop over his head and to Mata. He was clear on goal, six yards out but his touch took him away from goal so he swivelled and turned it back into the danger area. Torres couldn't make anything of it but Oscar lobbed it back in from the left and Ramires headed it low past De Gea from six yards out. 54 min: De Gea is keeping United in this at the moment. On the left, Hazard zips inside Rooney and then hammers a low drive towards the near post. De Gea saves with his feet again. 55 min: Now United are all over the place. Again they fail to deal with a chipped ball into the area but are grateful to see Hazard try to bring the ball down instead of heading it. The chance disappears. More will come though. Surely. 59 min: United are capable of some scintillating football but have not had much of an answer once Chelsea upped the tempo and got going. Probably something to do with that midfield. What must Roy Keane make of it all? 61 min: Finally a response from United. Valencia crosses from the right and Rooney's cross from the edge of the area is deflected wide. Cech claims Van Persie's corner. Why is he taking them when Young is on the pitch? 63 min: BRANISLAV IVANOVIC IS SENT OFF! CHELSEA ARE DOWN TO TEN MEN! Van Persie turns away from Luiz for the umpteenth time and sends Young through the middle. He's clean through on goal and is clumsily brought down by Ivanovic 20 yards out. A clear red card. Mark Clattenburg has no other option. 64 min: Rooney's free-kick flashes this far over the bar. Cech probably would have saved it though. 65 min: United replace Tom Cleverley with Javier Hernandez. Presumably Rooney will drop even deeper. 66 min: Chelsea respond to Ivanovic's red card by bringing on the Spanish right-back Cesar Azpilicueta for Oscar. They're quite good with 10 men, of course. 68 min: OH MY WORD! FERNANDO TORRES IS SENT OFF FOR A SECOND BOOKING AND CHELSEA ARE DOWN TO NINE MEN! But this is highly contentious. It looked like he had been fouled by Evans 20 yards from goal and it seemed Clattenburg had given a free-kick to Chelsea and was about to book the United defender. Instead he judged that Torres had dived - which looks extremely harsh - and shows him a second yellow card for diving! They were about to take him off for Sturridge as well and now look. Torres can't believe it. The Chelsea fans are furious. 70 min: It's all too much for those in the dugouts. On the touchline, Ferguson is ready to take on every member of Chelsea's coaching staff. 72 min: Chelsea replace Juan Mata with Ryan Bertrand. I think they're playing for a draw. 73 min: Van Persie twists and turns on the edge of the area and then welts the ball into the upper tier of the Matthew Harding Stand. 74 min: Wayne Rooney, who's on a booking, is replaced by Ryan Giggs. GOAL! Chelsea 2-3 Manchester United (Hernandez, 75 min): The nine men of Chelsea's men couldn't hold out for long, but once they see the replay of this goal they will be even more hacked off because Javier Hernandez was half a yard offside. This was a remarkable sequence of events, all the same. It looked like Chelsea had escaped when Cech had turned a low shot from Van Persie agonisingly on to the post, the ball rolling towards goal at roughly one mile an hour, before hurtling back to push the ball clear. But only as far as Rafael, who smashed the ball back into the six-yard box for Hernandez to turn it in. Before goading the Chelsea fans in ostentatious style. 78 min: David Luiz romps forward from the back and tees up Ramires, whose shot from 25 yards out flies well over the bar. 79 min: I forgot to say that Mikel was booked for dissent after the Hernandez goal. "In both 'big' games today there have been multiple absolutely disastrous refereeing decisions," says JR. "Some simple video review could have corrected most of them." 80 min: By the way, I think I missed Torres's first booking. According to my colleague Gregg Bakowski, he was booked for a high boot on Cleverley in the first half. 82 min: The Chelsea fans cheer ironically after getting a free-kick. And then applaud warmly as Hazard goes off for Daniel Sturridge. 84 min: "I asked this in a different MBM a while back, but it seems worth repeating - why isn't replay used in such a situation as with Torres's second card to determine if the call is actually correct?" asks Tracy Mohr. Because they can't use video replays. 86 min: A marvellous game has been ruined. This feels like a non-event now. 87 min: If you have a haircut like Mark Clattenburg, should you really be in charge of a game like this? Something to ponder while United look to kill the game off. Young dinks a pass over the top to Hernandez, who volleys over with his left foot. He should have scored. "If the tv can show me the correct decision immediately while I'm sitting on my arse 8,000 miles away, why oh why can the Premier League not give the same help to the ref?" asks Matthew Holt. 89 min: Paramedics are treating a steward behind the Chelsea goal. Apparently he was hit by something thrown from the crowd after Hernandez's goal. Well done, everyone! "If we're going to use video replay, I assume it would also have to be used to replay Luiz's handball immediately before Chelsea's second goal," says Jonathan Francis. "So United with a penalty to go 3-1 up – why did that not "ruin" the game too? It's arguably just as poor a decision as the Torres second yellow." 90 min: There will be five minutes of added farce. 90 min+1: Now Valencia is booked for diving. I think the only player who hasn't been booked for diving today is Luis Suarez. 90 min+3: Van Persie plays in Valencia. It should be United's fourth. His shot is closer to the corner flag than the Chelsea goal. I mean really. 90 min+4: United are running down the clock. Full time: Chelsea 2-3 Manchester United. Well. What to say about that? Manchester United have their first win in the league at Stamford Bridge since April 2002 but that doesn't get close to telling the fully story. Loud boos greet Mark Clattenburg's final whistle and no wonder because Chelsea will feel they have been robbed. There was no disputing Branislav Ivanovic's red card for bringing down Ashley Young, but Fernando Torres's second yellow card for diving smacked of attention seeking from Clattenburg. Add to that an offside winner from Javier Hernandez and you'll start to understand why Chelsea are in an almighty funk. Refereeing controversies aside, this was brilliant. United started superbly but looked like they were going to throw it away when Chelsea pegged them back to 2-2. You know the rest. United go second, above Manchester City on goal difference and a point behind Chelsea. Thanks for reading. Bye.
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Eastern city of Ningbo halts work to expand petrochemical complex after week of protests over environmental impact The eastern Chinese city of Ningbo has cancelled plans to expand a petrochemical complex following a week of sometimes-violent protests sparked by concerns over the environmental impact, state media has reported. A spokesman for Ningbo city government said in a statement carried by the official China News Service that no further work would be carried out on the project in Zhenhai district pending further "scientific debate". Protests in the eastern city, had swelled over the weekend and led to clashes between citizens and police. The Ningbo city government said in a statement on Sunday evening that they and the project's investor had "resolutely" agreed not to go ahead with the expansion. The factory is a subsidiary of Sinopec, one of world's the biggest petrochemical companies. Outside government offices an official tried to read the statement on a loudspeaker but was drowned out by protesters demanding the resignation of the mayor and the release of demonstrators being held inside. Liu Li, 24, a Ningbo resident, said the crowd did not believe the government's statement. "There is very little public confidence in the government," she said. "Who knows if they are saying this just to make us leave and then keep on doing the project?" The city government was likely to be under pressure to defuse the protest with China's leadership wanting calm for next month's party congress. It was unclear whether local authorities will ultimately cancel the petrochemical project or continue it when the pressure is lower. Hundreds of people outside the government offices refused to disperse despite being urged to leave by officials. Riot police with helmets and shields pushed the crowd back. Six men and one woman were dragged into the compound by police, who beat and kicked at least three of them. Police also smashed placards and took away flags.The demonstration in wealthy Zhejiang province is the latest this year over fears of health risks from industrial projects, as Chinese who have become more outspoken against environmentally risky projects in their areas despite improvements in their living standards. "The government hides information from the people. They are only interested in scoring political points and making money," said one protester, Luo Luan. "They don't care about destroying the environment or damaging people's lives." The protests began a few days earlier in the coastal district of Zhenhai, where the petrochemical factory is located. On Saturday, they swelled and spread to the centreof Ningbo city, whose officials oversee Zhenhai. Residents reported that Saturday's protests involved thousands of people and turned violent after authorities used tear gas and arrested participants. Authorities said "a few" people had disrupted public order by staging sit-ins, unfurling banners, distributing fliers and obstructing roads.
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Relative of British family murdered in Alps criticises French prosecutor and says family felt they were being put on trial A relative of the British family murdered in the French Alps has demanded British authorities return the two children who survived the massacre to their family and claimed a French nuclear worker found dead at the scene was the intended target of the attack. Dr Ahmad al-Saffar told the Guardian the family wanted the two children who survived the attack returned to them from foster care where they were placed when they came back to Britain. He said the family believed the sisters, aged seven and four, should be being brought up in a Muslim household. Saffar added that they were being kept in foster care "against their will", which was exacerbating the "pain and suffering" caused by the loss of their parents. Saffar is the uncle of Iqbal al-Saffar, who was found dead in a car in Annecy in September. Also shot dead was her husband, Saad al-Hilli, from Surrey, and her mother. One of their children was shot and beaten with a pistol, while another escaped unhurt. Nearby the body of a French cyclist was found. Saffar criticised the French prosecutor and said the family felt they were not being treated as victims but were being put on trial and their lives put under a microscope. Recent reports said ballistic tests showed the French cyclist was shot first, contrary to what had been first reported about the attack. The French authorities said they did know who was shot first. Saffar said his family resented the speculation that feuds among relatives may have been a motive for the killing. He said: "From my family's perception I do not see any single reason why three members of my family were the targets for a murder. I do not see any reason. None of these [supposed motives] the French prosecutor has mentioned are credible at all." "I think the French cyclist was the target. The mounting evidence and leaks are saying the main target was the cyclist. There is no reason for our family to be targeted in France when they were on vacation." The cyclist, Sylvain Mollier, worked as a welder at the subsidiary of a French nuclear company. Saffar dismissed speculation about a row over the will of Saad al-Hilli's father: "I think this was ridiculous, this is not something unique to the al-Hilli family. Some differences arose after the father's death, but the family are civilised people, they are not solving their problems in this brutal way." He added: "The French prosecutor is putting our family on trial, they are not being treated as the victims any longer, they are the accused." Speculation centred on Saad al-Hilli's brother, Zaid. Saffar said he and Zaid had helped organise the funerals last weekend in Britain and was saddened by the speculation. "This really is very disturbing to bring up these issues as the reason for this savage murder," he said. "He felt very bad about this speculation." Earlier this month it was claimed the family had a Swiss bank account and that Hilli had been in Geneva shortly before his death. An illegal Taser gun was claimed to have been found in the family's Surrey home. Over the weekend, Le Monde claimed Saad al-Hilli's father was linked to a payment of over £800,000 from the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, with the report saying the information had been passed to French police by German intelligence. The claims were rejected by French police who said they had no knowledge of the alleged payments nor had been given details about them. Saffar said he doubted the claim, saying: "The father left Iraq in the 1970s because of disagreements with the regime." Hilli's seven-year-old daughter, Zainab, was left severely wounded, and four-year-old Zeena traumatised after hiding under her mother as the gunman sprayed the car with bullets. Saffar said Surrey county council, which has placed the orphaned sisters in foster care, should return the children to the family. "Their suffering and pain continues on top of what pain and suffering they have experienced," he said. "They should be with their family to give them some comfort and we see that every time we meet them." Saffar, who saw the children with their aunt last weekend, said: "It was hard to see Zainab, to hear her ask why our meetings are so short." Their aunt is seeking guardianship of the two surviving children from the attack. Saffar said: "The social services can see these two girls want to be with their aunt." The foster parents were not Muslims, he added, and the sisters were "deprived of being in an environment which is the same as [provided] by their parents, in regards of religion and culture". Saffar said: "We are not saying anything negative about this [foster] family – they are good – but we think the girls are better off with their aunt. The affection is not there." He said of Zainab, whom the hitman attacked and left for dead: "I saw her last Saturday. She is doing fine. One can see very clearly she is with a foster family against her will." In the Guardian interview, the al-Hilli family's dissatisfaction with the French investigation is barely disguised. Saffar said the family were not being kept in touch with the progress of the investigation. He said: "We have had no contact from the French about the investigation, just interviews when we were in France after the murders, and no contact since." The family had one meeting with British police, in addition to interviews as witnesses. He criticised the French prosecutor, Eric Maillaud, saying: "His job is to find the killer and not to focus on the family. I hope it will not take him 10 years to solve the crime, as he has said. I think he should hand it over to someone else to do a better job."
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• Find out all the latest scores here GOAL! Chelsea 1-2 Manchester United (Mata, 44 min): Well this had been coming. 42 min: United's goal is living an increasingly charmed life. First a corner from the right somehow reaches Torres at the far post. He can't react quickly enough and sees the ball nipped off his toes. But United can't get it out, Mata curling the ball back into the area where Torres's powerful header is brilliantly clawed wide by De Gea, diving to his right. What a save! 41 min: "On Rooney playing deep, isn't it a sign that he is becoming the player he always should have been," says Edward Evans. "Just because he is balding doesn't mean he should try to be Alan Shearer. He was supposed to be the great English no. 10, and there is still time for that, especially if, as he admits, he has lost a yard of pace." 38 min: The pressure from Chelsea is growing. Valencia brings down the largely anonymous Torres on the left, just outside the area. David Luiz elects to shoot again, but this time his effort is blocked. "For shame Jacob!" says Ryan Dunne. "I fear you may have had one of those having-a-life, talking-to-girls, misspent youths." 36 min: How on earth did that stay out? Cahill rises highest from Mata's corner and powers a downward header towards goal. It hits De Gea's legs on the line and somehow spins just wide of the far post. United deal with the second corner. 35 min: Jonny Evans, who scored an own goal on this ground this ground last season, nearly makes it two in two. United went to sleep at a Chelsea throw-in, failing to spot Mikel's run into the area. He smashed a low cross into the six-yard box and Evans, never too far away from a calamity, shanks a dreadful clearance against the base of the right post and out for a corner. De Gea was beaten. 33 min: United are simply sharper in possession and quicker to the ball. Chelsea are being crowded out in midfield and can't get Torres into the game at all. 31 min: Van Persie's corner is only cleared as far as Young on the edge of the area. For a moment it looks like he might shoot but instead finds Rooney on the left. His cross is deflected and Cech does well to hold it under pressure from Evra. "Still can't get used to seeing Rooney playing so deep," says David Fallon. "He's looking more and more like a Paul Scholes doppelganger." He's been excellent, running the show for United when they have the ball. 30 min: Chelsea's defence is a total rabble this afternoon. De Gea launches the ball long and David Luiz is caught horribly out of position as Van Persie guides a header to Valencia. He runs at Cahill, ignore Van Persie and Young in the middle and sees his weak shot blocked. He lets the ball run out for a corner. That was an escape for Chelsea, who could be on the end of a real hiding if they don't improve. 29 min: Chelsea are having most of the possession, Brendan style, but they aren't doing much with it. United are content to sit back, soak up the pressure and then hit them on the break. Which they've done twice to devastating effect already. 27 min: "SB Tang shouldn't get too upset at being called an anorak by Barry Glendenning," says Ryan Dunne. "After all, Barry recently revealed on the pod that he spent most of his life confusing R2D2 for C3PO, surely a social (or antisocial) faux pas up there with not being able to name all of Batman's Robins!" Aren't they all called Robin? 25 min: Chelsea are improving. Mata has a pop from 25 yards out but his low fizzer skids wide of the right post. They're still not overly troubling United though. Their best attempts have all come from long range so far. Fernando Torres needs to step up. 24 min: David De Gea makes a bizarre save from a David Luiz free-kick. It was conceded after a foul by Carrick on Ramires around 35 yards from goal. Luiz hit it in the dipping style of Cristiano Ronaldo and De Gea decided the best way to save the shot was with his feet. It worked too. I've never seen that before. It's like he was playing five-a-side. 23 min: David Luiz steps in to stop a charge from Rafael charge on the right. And then promptly gives the ball back to Rafael trying to be too clever for his own good. Fortunately for Luiz, Rafael's cross, intended for Young, is overhit. At St Mary's, it's Southampton 1-2 Tottenham, Jay Rodriguez pulling a goal back for the home side. 22 min: Ivanovic tries to play a simple five-yard pass to Hazard. Throw-in to Manchester United. 19 min: Wayne Rooney has just either one of the best passes I've ever seen or the flukiest. He struck it with the outside of his right foot from left to right and just as it looked like it was going to travel all of five yards, it spun away from Mata's outstretched leg and flew all the way to the right touchline. 18 min: Torres drifts inside and tries to prod a pass through to Mata. Goal-kick to Manchester United. Nothing's going right for Chelsea. They simply can't handle United's right flank. Valencia steams past one challenge on the right and then wins a corner off Cole. 14 min: Chelsea haven't turned up yet. We've barely seen anything from Hazard, Mata and Oscar. Meanwhile West Brom have equalised at Newcastle. Romelu Lukaku got the goal. GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 Manchester United (Van Persie, 12 min): This is so simple for Manchester United. Chelsea are all over the place. All over the pitch. There is absolutely no pressure on United when they go forward and the visitors are ripping them apart on the flanks. This time, Rafael lopes forward and pokes a pass to Valencia, all alone on the right with Cole out of position. He drives a low ball into the area, Cahill loses Van Persie and the Dutchman makes no mistake with his right foot from close range. He likes Stamford Bridge. 10 min: Patrice Evra is down after a heavy challenge from Branislav Ivanovic. The Chelsea right-back got the ball but also took out Evra with his follow-through. Mark Clattenburg, perhaps thinking about his hair, plays on though so it's left to Ivanovic to put the ball out of play to allow Evra to receive some treatment. On the touchline, Ferguson's face turns a deeper shade of purple. 8 min: "Hope you had an enjoyable break in Cyprus," says SB Tang. "I was once sent there on a 48 hour business trip as a glorified courier. Nice place. I had a lovely braised lamb dish at the local tavern and a good chat with the owner about Nathan Burns. After copping a fair bit of (justified) good-natured ribbing from your colleague Tom Bryant earlier today, I feel obliged to point out that, as explained below, I bought Gerrard's autobiography for peanuts whilst on holiday in south-east Asia for relaxing, brain-switched-off poolside reading. Cut me slack MBM controllers! Oh well, I guess it's too late, Barry Glendenning's already called me an 'anorak'." 6 min: That's only the third time in nine league games that Manchester United have taken the lead this season. GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United (David Luiz own goal, 4 min): Is Manchester United's luck at Stamford Bridge about to turn? It certainly appears to be, if this goal is anything to go by. Chelsea were much too open as Rooney found Young on the edge of the area, one-on-one with the last defender. He waited for support and then shuffled the ball to the right for Rooney, whose cutback was met with a crunching right-footed effort from Van Persie from 15 yards out. It beat Cech and smashed against the right post, only to hit the unwitting David Luiz on the backside and rebound into the goal as Young watched it roll over the line. You just need to imagine that going in to the sound Sideshow Bob makes when he was stepping on the garden rakes. 3 min: This has all the makings of a very fine game indeed. Carrick rolls a pass into Van Persie, who turns neatly away from David Luiz and cracks a firm effort straight at Cech from 25 yards out. The Brazilian defender got far too close to Van Persie there. 2 min: Chelsea are on the front foot immediately. Mata flicks a pass through to Oscar, De Gea stays on his line and Ferdinand, facing his own goal, has to hack it blindly clear. Off we go! In one hell of a racket, Chelsea get us underway, attacking from left to right. Rio Ferdinand isn't getting the best reception. "There's only one England captain," chant the Chelsea fans in an unlikely show of support for Steven Gerrard. "Re: Keys and Gray. In fairness, I'm sure I can't be the only one who, when you cited Al Jazeeera, thought instantly of the comedic riches that would be found in Keys and Gray tackling middle eastern politics," says Ryan Dunne. "Might fill the post- Thick of It void. You could give Andy one of those Sky Sports style draw-on-the-screen gizmos, and have him explain how he'd divvy up Israel in the two states solution. I'd watch that! Or can you just imagine the live coverage of the US Presidential election, and Andy giving it "take a bow son!" when the winner is announced?" The teams are in the tunnel. Chelsea are wearing those infernal tracksuit tops, Manchester United are in that infernal gingham. They trot out to the sound of the Chelsea fans reminding everyone that they're the European champions. "C'mon Jacob, spill the beans," says Simon McMahon. "Where were you?" Cyprus. So I've just returned from Abroad, where they don't have Sky Sports. There I was watching a game on Al Jazeera during the week when who should pop up in the studio but Richard Keys and Andy Gray? In case you were remotely missing either of them, here's an actual question posed by Mr Keys: "Is Luis Suarez a good player?" Pre-match emails. Your pre-match emails. "Whatever about this match, the difference between these two teams over the course of the league can be seen on the subs bench today," says Patrick Treacy. "Mata and Rooney look uncannily familiar in that picture up there," says James Killin. "Like footballing twins separated at birth. One of them went on to become a skilful, accomplished, Champions League- and FA Cup-winning player. The other had hair from his bottom sewn into his head." "I've just gone past Stamford Bridge (on the way to commentate @testmatchsofa)," says Gary Naylor. |Very busy - there were people converging from all over London. Chelsea fans too." Team news: John Terry is suspended for something or other, so Gary Cahill and David Luiz continue at the heart of Chelsea's defence. Otherwise they are as expected. There are a few surprises in the United team, namely that Ferguson has restored width to the side, they're not playing three in midfield to counteract Chelsea's threat in that area and Ashley Young is starting. Note that one down in case he does one of his infamous disappearing acts. Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, David Luiz, Cole; Ramires, Mikel; Mata, Oscar, Hazard; Torres. Subs: Turnbull, Azpilicueta, Bertrand, Romeu, Marin, Moses, Sturridge. Manchester United: De Gea; Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Cleverley, Carrick, Young; Rooney, Van Persie. Subs: Lindegaard, Anderson, Giggs, Hernandez, Nani, Welbeck, Scholes. Referee: Mark Clattenburg and His Hair. Hello. If I was an especially lazy journalist – and I'm not, recent statistics showing I'm at least the 453rd hardest-working journalist in the country – then I could just get away with using my preamble from this fixture last season. No one would notice. Don't believe me? Well look: Manchester United haven't won at Chelsea in the league since 20 April 2002. Ten years. A miserable record, especially as Chelsea have been managed by Avram Grant in that time. And to think people quibble about Tottenham's record at Old Trafford. These are meant to be the champions of England, and they can't even win at a ground where Chelsea didn't lose for 86 matches, a run spanning four years and eight months. Oh.
See? There are, of course, a couple of minor details that have been altered since then, like Tottenham actually winning at Old Trafford, but the main point remains the same: Manchester United don't like it at Stamford Bridge. Even when Chelsea were at their lowest ebb under Andre Villas-Boas on that February afternoon, United needed an improbable comeback from 3-0 down to rescue a point, one that was only secured after two magnificent saves from David De Gea in stoppage time. Most teams suffer from an inferiority complex when United come to town, but not Chelsea – even before Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003. Then again, Chelsea aren't suffering from much of an inferiority complex against anyone at the moment. European champions, top of the table and unbeaten in the league, a win today would take them seven points clear of United. On the surface, there should be nothing at all for Chelsea to fret about. They have won at Arsenal and Tottenham, they are scoring goals for fun and have Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar. Yet there is a nagging feeling that there is more to come, that Chelsea are still not entirely comfortable with their new attacking identity, that they are yet to quite strike the right balance between defence and attack. A defence that was once so solid – and, along with Didier Drogba, essentially won them the Champions League – has been exploited by Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Shakhtar Donetsk. A midfield of Ramires and John Obi Mikel can be improved. The current version of Fernando Torres is palpably inferior to the 2007-09 version. Of course, United have had their own defensive problems this season, which is largely a consequence of the lack of protection given to the back five by Sir Alex Ferguson's novel 5-0-5 formation. If United are as meek and compliant in midfield as they were against, say, Everton and Tottenham then Hazard, Mata and Oscar could make it another bleak afternoon for them at Stamford Bridge. Just as well Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick on this ground last season then.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Everton and Liverpool scored four in a thrilling first half but neither side could force the result despite a late disallowed goal TeamsEverton (4-4-2): Howard; Baines, Jagielka, Distin, Neville; Coleman,
Osman, Fellaini, Mirallas; Jelavic, Naismith. Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Hibbert, Oviedo, Hitzlsperger, Gueye, Vellios. Liverpool (4-3-3): Jones; Wisdom, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique; Allen, Sahin, Gerrard;
Suso, Suarez, Sterling. Subs: Reina, Carragher, Shelvey, Coates, Downing, Henderson, Assaidi. Preamble: Afternoon – it's arguable that the pressure before today's kick-off rests more heavily on the shoulders of Everton's men than Liverpool's. The build-up to the game has been dominated by reports of the home side's growing confidence and stature, the visitors reduced to being described as a faint echo of their former greatness.
But, then again, Everton went into three of these derby fixtures last season with exactly the same expectation yet did not beat Liverpool in either their two league encounters or their FA Cup semi final. Everton may have finished higher than their neighbours in the league but they were so uncertain against Liverpool in the FA Cup in particular that it's tempting to wonder if they fear some kind of derby day hoodoo.
Today they arrive as some people's favourites again, and face a Liverpool that is still a work in progress. The ability to shake off the supposed inferiority complex would confirm to many that Everton are now the dominant force on Merseyside. Another failure would leave David Moyes gnashing teeth despite his efforts to downplay the fixture by saying it will not define their season. Liverpool, for all their supposed problems, turn up today on the back of three successive clean sheets and know they've won nine of their last 12 league games at Goodison. But for Liverpool's manager Brendan Rodgers, the quest continues to forge an identity for the team. His side – understandably, for these are early days of a new regime – are in stark contrast to the organisation at Everton. Under Moyes, everyone seems to know their role. At Liverpool the debate still rages as to what Steven Gerrard's best position is, let alone his role, and he's the captain. Moyes, though, is more concerned about the role of the referee today. His not-so-subtle nod, wink and raised eyebrow to Andre Marriner before the game concerned whether or not Luis Suarez will remain on his feet today after Jack Rodwell was sent off in last season's fixture, supposedly for bringing the striker down. In a tie which has seen 20 red cards – the most in any fixture in the Premier League years – the referee will always be an issue, but perhaps Moyes has a more legitimate fear: eight of the last 10 reds have gone to his side. Any more today and he'll have grounds to believe there's something in the hoodoo theory after all. 1.08pm: Interesting that Rodgers is fielding Jones and not Reina in the Liverpool goal. Is this the start of a plot to remove the Spaniard from the Liverpool side after a shaky start to the season? Jones has done well of late but, with Fellaini in the Everton side, will he able to deal with the aerial threat? All this and more answered over the coming 90 minutes. Possibly. 1.15pm: Rodgers says Reina is not 100% - not sure whether he's talking about his fitness or his ability. 1.26pm: The teams are trundling down the tunnel and onto the pitch. Suarez is still on his feet. Peep, peep: With a swell of noise from the crowd, Andre Marriner gets the game underway. The 187th league meeting between the two sides begins with a long ball to Fellaini, nodded down to Jelavic, who crosses to Naismith. Liverpool forced to concede an early corner. 2 min: Liverpool clear the corner, and Enrique breaks. He hares down the other end and, with Sterling clear and screaming for a through ball, he hammers it miles past him. Sterling does his nut. 4 min: Suso finds Enrique, who knocks it down for Suarez. An Everton touch knocks the ball behind for a corner. Liverpool do nothing with it, so are fairly pleased when Everton concede another immediately. Gerrard's cross goes over everyone and is cleared to Sahin, who sweeps the ball up, into the area and out again into the crowd. 5 min: This is the proverbial end-to-end stuff. Coleman and Feillaini combine up the right wing for Everton, before Enrique clears and sends Suarez away and into the box at the other end. Howard gets his mitts on the ball and then Naismith tries to play Jelavic into the Liverpool box. And we're still just five minutes in. 8 min: Jose Enrique has been everywhere thus far, perhaps proving a point to Brendan Rodgers that he's worth playing a bit more often. But, having gone piling up the left wing he's nearly caught out of position as Coleman tries to play the ball in over his head for Naismith. 9 min: Mirallas collects the ball on the halfway line, looks up for a second, then goes on a mazy dribble through the entire Liverpool defence. His shot is turned over by a Liverpool foot and Everton can do nothing from two subsequent corners. Still, lovely stuff from Mirallas. 11 min: Suarez darts into the box but is offside. On hearing the ref's whistle, Sterling blooters the ball quite hard into his striker, which has cheered him up no end. 12 min: Suarez, his every touch booed, sweeps a lovely-looking ball from the centre circle into the box. Only problem was that Sterling was zipping about up the wing, and not the box. GOAL! Everton 0-1 Liverpool (Suarez, 14min):Suso plays a lovely ball into Enrique in the box. He lashes a cross over and and Sterling goes flying under an Everton challenge. Could have been a penalty but the ball breaks to Suarez who hammers home off Leighton Baines. 16 min: Suarez celebrated his goal by running over to the Everton box and throwing himself to the ground in front of David Moyes, which has gone down well with the swivel-eyed Scot after his comments about diving pre-match. 17 min: "You have to say Everton have had it coming," emails Chris Nemeh. "With the exception of that run by Mirallas they've been playing scared." 19 min: Sterling goes whizzing through the centre of the park and then collapses on the ground. Osman gets a yellow card but any contact looked very, very minimal. Strange one, as Andre Marriner has been keen to keep his cards in his pocket so far. GOAL Everton 0-2 Liverpool (Suarez, 19min): From the subsequent free-kick, Gerrard sweeps a majestic ball high and into the box. Suarez just uses the pace of the ball to angle it into the net. What a ball from Gerrard! GOAL! Everton 1-2 Liverpool (Osman 21min): Everton strike straight back! Jelavic nods the ball down to Feillaini and he smacks a shot just wide of Jones's post. It's deflected behind for a corner, which Jones punches nervously clear. Osman latches onto it and, on the half volley, smashes the ball through the box and into the bottom corner. 25 min: Osman looked like he enjoyed that one, just stopping short of running up to Andre Marriner and yelping "That one was for that slightly harsh yellow card Mr Marriner!" Everton appear galvanised by it too and Mirallas attacks up the left. A raking cross comes off Skrtel for a corner - a vital touch as Fellaini was in behind him and lurking. 26 min: Jones comes for a cross from Baines and drops the ball. Marriner adjudges that Distin has fouled him, but again it looked harsh. Shaky stuff from the Liverpool keeper.Up the other end, Suarez finds himself in between the Everton centre backs and he fizzes a shot wide of Howard's left hand post. 28 min: Mirallas causes havoc again on the left, pushing the ball forward to Jelavic. He passes to Fellaini in the box and the big Belgian can't sort his feet out in time to capitalise on an excellent chance. 29 min: Sterling catches Baines on the wing and earns a yellow. He mistimed it, but Baines made the most of that. The great roar of the crowd probably had something to do with it. I suppose that evens out the Osman yellow. 30 min: Mirallas flips a pass over the top from just left of centre. It's got too much on it for Fellaini though. The left winger then wraps a leg around Joe Allan which has the Liverpool midfielder howling at him, and the referee urging him to calm down. 32 min: Sterling deliberately trips Leighton Baines after failing to latch onto a through ball. He's very, very lucky not to get another yellow card. Gerrard comes over, chats to Andre Marriner, and sends the winger to the operate on the other side of the pitch. That could easily have been a red then. 34 min: "Do you think the referee knows the rules?" asks Gary Naylor. GOAL! Everton 2-2 Liverpool (Naismith, 34min): Mirallas crosses into the box but it hits Fellaini. He takes the ball to the byline in the box and hammers another cross back across the goal. Naismith is there to bundle home his first goal for Everton. 37 min: Everton are buzzing and have been ever since Osman's yellow card. However, they don't look completely solid at the back and just before that strike Sahin and Suarez had combined cleverly to fashion half a chance. Not sure if Suarez's first goal will be a Baines own goal or given to the striker. If it's the latter, I wouldn't bet against another hat-trick today. 38 min: Mirallas again skips past a host of challenges as he flies into the box from the left wing. He scythes a shot at goal and Jones sends out an instinctive hand to deflect it wide. 39 min: "We really miss Lucas - easily our best player for the past few years," emails James Debens. "A midfield three of Lucas, Sahin and Allen will be quite something. Now to get Theo Walcott as our centre forward ..." 41 min: Mirallas is caught by Suarez deep into the Everton half prompting a young wag in the crowd to wave a red card at Andre Marriner as Baines hangs the free kick over and into the box. The linesman flags for something or other and Liverpool clear from a freekick. 42 min: "Re. Gary Naylor's question," emails Patrick Finch. "Yes, obviously." 44 min: That's a lovely turn from Mirallas. Osman rolled the ball into the box and the left winger simply spun on the spot, doing the entire defence while he was at it, and getting a shooting chance. He earns a corner, from which Distin's header is cleared behind. Liverpool scramble it clear to Coleman who - a mile out - whacks a half volley just over the bar. IRONY NEWS, WITH PHIL NEVILLE: After all of David Moyes's talk pre-game about diving, it's Everton's Phil Neville who gets a yellow card for going down under the minimal attentions of Daniel Agger just outside the Liverpool box. /IRONY NEWS Peep, peep: That's half-time and Brendan Rodgers will be a relieved man. After going two goals up, Liverpool have been mauled by Everton for much of the second half. Should be quite the team talk coming, and no mistake. Half-time emails: SB Tang has sent this email three times. So to prevent him getting RSI by sending it again, here it is: "In answer to the valid question you posed earlier about Gerrard's position, it looks like he's sitting deeper alongside Joe Allen, with Sahin pushing forward into the space vacated by Suarez who's drifting around like a false nine. Which is interesting given that Sahin was deployed primarily as a regista at Dortmund the season before last when they won the league and he was crowned player of the season." Alright now SB? Lucas the saviour?: "All this pining for Lucas is an indicator of how far Liverpool have fallen," says Samuel Biss. "Terrible for the first few seasons, one decent year in a poor team and now falsely revered by the misty eyed. They weren't missing him when Alonso and Mascherano were around!" Marvelous Mirallas: "Mirallas the best player on the pitch so far?" asks Chris Nemeh. "Everton better hope that knock isn't too serious as he looks like their only player that can go create something out of nothing. They need his spark for when things get stagnant." GOAL-gate: Looking at some of the replays at half-time, the first Suarez goal will go down as a Baines own goal. The striker's shot was going wide until it hit Baines and went in. Meanwhile, Liverpool were lucky to get the free-kick that led to the second goal. Osman barely touched Sterling and it took the winger a little while to hit the deck thereafter. A soft one. Following that, the throw-in that led to Everton's second goal should have gone to Liverpool and not the home side. Can't imagine any of these things will be talking points after the game, what with both sets of fans not being all that bothered about this one. MBM idiocy: "... Liverpool have been mauled by Everton for much of the second half?" emails Frankie Taggart. "Does Mystic Tom have information to which the rest of us aren't party? Was this game made earlier by Jamie Oliver, or a Blue Peter presenter?" You'll never believe what's about to happen Frankie. It'll blow your mind. Lucas: "Samuel Biss is forgetting how poor Alonso was in 2007-8 and how mercenary Mascherano is," replies James Debens. "Look at the stats and listen to the people who actually go to Anfield each game (not me - I work weekends)." Peep peep: Here comes the second half. Two substitutions for Liverpool: Jonjo Shelvey is on for Suso and Coates is on for Sahin. For Everton Gueye is on for Mirallas who got a knock at the end of the first half. 47 min: Shelvey flips the ball right Wisdom and he pings a low cross into the box. Jagielka just catches the ball and that takes it past Suarez who was looking to clatter it home. 49 min: Sterling is playing off Suarez now as Liverpool go to a 4-4-1-1. It nearly pays off immediately. Enrique plays the forward into the box and he's one-on-one with Jones. But he attempts to chip the keeper and completely mis-hits it. Suarez, who was bellowing at him for a square ball, has just gone utterly ballistic at Sterling. Meanwhile: "I think Liverpool need a cool head in the middle of the pitch," emails Nick Smith. "Enter Jonjo ..." 51 min: Jelavic (I think) shoots and Jones deflects it into Baines's path. He crosses and is caught, prompting howls for a penalty from the Everton fans. Naismith shoots wide from the cross. 53 min: Gerrard goes flying up the middle and attempts to get onto Sterling's through ball. Osman just gets his studs to the ball to prevent a shooting chance. 55 min: Jelavic tries to fashion a crossing chance on the right wing. He settles for a throw in. Liverpool get it clear and, as with much of the game for the last few minutes, the ball spends most of the time whizzing from one end of the pitch to the other. Suarez eventually forces a chance and drives into the box from the right wing. He hammers the ball at goal but Jagielka blocks. "Lucas Leiva is like Jack Wilshire and, to a lesser extent, Tom Cleverly: the less he plays, the better he gets," emails Rob Moline. 58 min: Liverpool play a big ball over the top and Sterling turns to latch onto it. Jagielka knows he's not going to match him for pace and pulls him down. He gets a yellow - largely because Marriner was a long way off the action - when he might have got a red for denying a goal-scoring chance. From the free-kick, a long way out, Gerrard stings Howard's palms with a skidding scorcher. 59 min: Everton build now. Baines sends over two crosses, which Liverpool cope with. Next, Coleman swings one over. He finds Fellaini but his header is just wide. 61 min: Coleman and Fellaini play a fantastic one-two on the edge of the box and the Irishman goes whizzing into the box. His shot-cross is bundled clear. Osman then fires a shot at goal too. Everton are missing Mirallas but not disastrously so. 64 min: Coates fouls Baines on the left, and the left-back hits a good cross into the box from the free-kick. Jelavic gets up in front of Fellaini and can't get a good enough connection on the ball. 66 min: That Suarez celebration in full should be atop this report now. It's a cracker. Meanwhile, Baines is lining up another free-kick on the edge of the box. Fellaini again goes up for it but misses. It means it comes to Jelavic faster than he expects and his header goes wide. It was a sensational ball in by Baines. 69 min: Fellaini bundles into Daniel Agger and Andre Marriner rewards the Liverpool defender with a yellow card. No one quite knows why. However, Baines can't find another cracking ball to deliver into the box from this free kick. 70 min: Jordan Henderson has come on for Wisdom. Meanwhile, here's SB Tang again: "I wonder what Gerrard thinks about being shunted out to the right? I seem to recall him referring to that as the 'graveyard shift' in his autobiography. That being said, he did enjoy his best goal-scoring season out there in 2005–06 …" Whatever keeps him out of the way, SB, whatever keeps him out of the way. 71 min: Luis Suarez stands on Distin's achilles for no good reason, a really spiteful challenge. He gets a yellow, to great cheers from the crowd. He's played well today, but that unnecessary. 72 min: "How many utterly ridiculous bookings is that so far today? Osman, Sterling and Agger certainly," emails Richard South about the Agger card. You could argue Jagielka might have got a red too. 74 min: Gueye hangs a cross over and Jelavic goes down under the attentions of Agger. Didn't see it too clearly but didn't look like a penalty. Jelavic's foot was high too. Henderson scurries down the other end with the ball and attempts to chip Howard in goal, without success. 76 min: Coleman crosses and Jones gathers as the game begins to gather pace again. Shelvey whizzes up to the Everton box and, with Sterling unmarked, he hits a poor long range shot instead. "Gerrard actually referred to the left wing as the graveyard shift," says Tom Colohue, thus sparing me from having to read said tome. "Also, he's still in midfield. Sterling is supposedly covering both wings. Sterling hasn't had a good game. He's staying too high. I'd have rather seen Suso stay on and cover the same positions." 79 min: Fellaini and Osman combine to send Sterling sprawling. Their attentions draw the justified ire of Gerrard, who ambles over to the referee and has a right old go at him about it all. Gerrard, who is on the right wing again now, then tries to bend the ball around the back of the defence for Suarez. And fails. Fellaini then follows things up by kicking Joe Allan while he's on the ground. The big Belgian is riled up right now. 81 min: Fellaini, so physical just now, has gone down fairly easily under the attentions of Coates. Neville takes the free kick quickly and Naismith latches onto the ball and into the box. However, it's too quick for Marriner who orders that he retakes it. He does so and Everton work the ball to Baines. He shoots and the ball is deflected behind for a corner which comes to naught. 83 min: Henderson pulls the ball back to Gerrard on the edge of the box. He absolutely clatters a shot at the bottom corner. Phil Jagielka puts in a fantastic block, with Howard beaten. Henderson attempts another long-range effort from the corner but doesn't catch it right. 84 min: Suarez then makes himself a great chance. With nothing on and no-one around him, he scampered into the box from the right wing. His shot is blocked by Baines. Great work from the striker though. Before the corner is taken, he's forced to remove something from the pitch that has been thrown at from the stands. 85 min: Sterling blooters a rotten effort over after making himself half a yard. Everton replace Naismith with Oviedo. 86 min: Coleman is the latest to go into the referees book after tugging at Sterling's shirt. The winger then goes past Jagielka and is fouled again. This time Marriner doesn't give it, which is fortunate for the Everton man since he's already been booked. Graveyard shift-gate with SB Tang: "Page 188 of Gerrard: My Autobiography (Bantam ed, 2007): I was left fighting with Danny Murphy and David Thompson for right midfield. Danny, Thommo and I called it the 'graveyard shift'." This is a tedious debate, isn't it? 89 min: Suarez attempts to latch onto a long ball but, in turning, he is caught by Distin. A long range free-kick follows, arcing into the box. He hits it too far, unfortunately, and the ball goes out for a goal kick. 90 min: Just feels as if the fight has gone out of this. Both sides seem to be settling for the draw. There are four minutes of extra time, so there's still time ... 90min +1: Everton make a valiant attempt to get the ball into the box, via Gueye. Baines then attempts the same from the other side of the pitch. The problem being that there was no-one in the middle to latch onto the ball. DISALLOWED GOAL! Osman thumps into Gerrard just inside the Everton half. All the Liverpool big men go lumbering forward and Gerrard hoofs the ball into the box. Coates heads the ball down to Suarez who hammers it into into the roof of the net. He goes off on a victory lap, only to see the linesman's flag is up. PEEP PEEP: Everton attempt to launch a counter attack but Liverpool scramble it away. Then Sterling slips a neat ball into Suarez again but he can't get another shot on target. It appears the goal was ruled out for offside but Suarez looked level. Perhaps Coates was adjudged to have clambered on an Everton defender in knocking the ball down for Suarez. Finally, the ref blows the whistle and is surrounded by grumpy Liverpool players keen for his thoughts on why they haven't won. That's that then. The first half was a cracker, really exciting stuff from both teams. It was pretty hard for the second half to live up to it. Everton were probably slightly the better side and were certainly hampered by the fact Mirallas had to go off at half-time. Had he stayed on, it might have been different. A quick office discussion reveals that we think the late Liverpool goal was disallowed because Coates clambered on an Everton defender. Unlucky perhaps. If it was disallowed for offside, then the goal should have stood as Suarez was clearly onside. Thanks for all your emails - many of which were excellent. Sorry there wasn't room/time for them all. You can follow Chelsea v Manchester United here, with The Guardian's one and only Mr Jacob Steinberg.
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• Check out the rest of today's latest scores 51 min: Jelavic (I think) shoots and Jones deflects it into Baines's path. He crosses and is caught, prompting howls for a penalty from the Everton fans. Naismith shoots wide from the cross. 49 min: Sterling is playing off Suarez now as Liverpool go to a 4-4-1-1. It nearly pays off immediately. Enrique plays the forward into the box and he's one-on-one with Jones. But he attempts to chip the keeper and completely mis-hits it. Suarez, who was bellowing at him for a square ball, has just gone utterly ballistic at Sterling. Meanwhile: "I think Liverpool need a cool head in the middle of the pitch," emails Nick Smith. "Enter Jonjo ..." 47 min: Shelvey flips the ball right Wisdom and he pings a low cross into the box. Jagielka just catches the ball and that takes it past Suarez who was looking to clatter it home. Peep peep: Here comes the second half. Two substitutions for Liverpool: Jonjo Shelvey is on for Suso and Coates is on for Sahin. For Everton Gueye is on for Mirallas who got a knock at the end of the first half. Lucas: "Samuel Biss is forgetting how poor Alonso was in 2007-8 and how mercenary Mascherano is," replies James Debens. "Look at the stats and listen to the people who actually go to Anfield each game (not me - I work weekends)." MBM idiocy: "... Liverpool have been mauled by Everton for much of the second half?" emails Frankie Taggart. "Does Mystic Tom have information to which the rest of us aren't party? Was this game made earlier by Jamie Oliver, or a Blue Peter presenter?" You'll never believe what's about to happen Frankie. It'll blow your mind. GOAL-gate: Looking at some of the replays at half-time, the first Suarez goal will go down as a Baines own goal. The striker's shot was going wide until it hit Baines and went in. Meanwhile, Liverpool were lucky to get the free-kick that led to the second goal. Osman barely touched Sterling and it took the winger a little while to hit the deck thereafter. A soft one. Following that, the throw-in that led to Everton's second goal should have gone to Liverpool and not the home side. Can't imagine any of these things will be talking points after the game, what with both sets of fans not being all that bothered about this one. Marvelous Mirallas: "Mirallas the best player on the pitch so far?" asks Chris Nemeh. "Everton better hope that knock isn't too serious as he looks like their only player that can go create something out of nothing. They need his spark for when things get stagnant." Lucas the saviour?: "All this pining for Lucas is an indicator of how far Liverpool have fallen," says Samuel Biss. "Terrible for the first few seasons, one decent year in a poor team and now falsely revered by the misty eyed. They weren't missing him when Alonso and Mascherano were around!" Half-time emails: SB Tang has sent this email three times. So to prevent him getting RSI by sending it again, here it is: "In answer to the valid question you posed earlier about Gerrard's position, it looks like he's sitting deeper alongside Joe Allen, with Sahin pushing forward into the space vacated by Suarez who's drifting around like a false nine. Which is interesting given that Sahin was deployed primarily as a regista at Dortmund the season before last when they won the league and he was crowned player of the season." Alright now SB? Peep, peep: That's half-time and Brendan Rodgers will be a relieved man. After going two goals up, Liverpool have been mauled by Everton for much of the second half. Should be quite the team talk coming, and no mistake. IRONY NEWS, WITH PHIL NEVILLE: After all of David Moyes's talk pre-game about diving, it's Everton's Phil Neville who gets a yellow card for going down under the minimal attentions of Daniel Agger just outside the Liverpool box. /IRONY NEWS 44 min: That's a lovely turn from Mirallas. Osman rolled the ball into the box and the left winger simply spun on the spot, doing the entire defence while he was at it, and getting a shooting chance. He earns a corner, from which Distin's header is cleared behind. Liverpool scramble it clear to Coleman who - a mile out - whacks a half volley just over the bar. 42 min: "Re. Gary Naylor's question," emails Patrick Finch. "Yes, obviously." 41 min: Mirallas is caught by Suarez deep into the Everton half prompting a young wag in the crowd to wave a red card at Andre Marriner as Baines hangs the free kick over and into the box. The linesman flags for something or other and Liverpool clear from a freekick. 39 min: "We really miss Lucas - easily our best player for the past few years," emails James Debens. "A midfield three of Lucas, Sahin and Allen will be quite something. Now to get Theo Walcott as our centre forward ..." 38 min: Mirallas again skips past a host of challenges as he flies into the box from the left wing. He scythes a shot at goal and Jones sends out an instinctive hand to deflect it wide. 37 min: Everton are buzzing and have been ever since Osman's yellow card. However, they don't look completely solid at the back and just before that strike Sahin and Suarez had combined cleverly to fashion half a chance. Not sure if Suarez's first goal will be a Baines own goal or given to the striker. If it's the latter, I wouldn't bet against another hat-trick today. GOAL! Everton 2-2 Liverpool (Naismith, 34min): Mirallas crosses into the box but it hits Fellaini. He takes the ball to the byline in the box and hammers another cross back across the goal. Naismith is there to bundle home his first goal for Everton. 34 min: "Do you think the referee knows the rules?" asks Gary Naylor. 32 min: Sterling deliberately trips Leighton Baines after failing to latch onto a through ball. He's very, very lucky not to get another yellow card. Gerrard comes over, chats to Andre Marriner, and sends the winger to the operate on the other side of the pitch. That could easily have been a red then. 30 min: Mirallas flips a pass over the top from just left of centre. It's got too much on it for Fellaini though. The left winger then wraps a leg around Joe Allan which has the Liverpool midfielder howling at him, and the referee urging him to calm down. 29 min: Sterling catches Baines on the wing and earns a yellow. He mistimed it, but Baines made the most of that. The great roar of the crowd probably had something to do with it. I suppose that evens out the Osman yellow. 28 min: Mirallas causes havoc again on the left, pushing the ball forward to Jelavic. He passes to Fellaini in the box and the big Belgian can't sort his feet out in time to capitalise on an excellent chance. 26 min: Jones comes for a cross from Baines and drops the ball. Marriner adjudges that Distin has fouled him, but again it looked harsh. Shaky stuff from the Liverpool keeper.Up the other end, Suarez finds himself in between the Everton centre backs and he fizzes a shot wide of Howard's left hand post. 25 min: Osman looked like he enjoyed that one, just stopping short of running up to Andre Marriner and yelping "That one was for that slightly harsh yellow card Mr Marriner!" Everton appear galvanised by it too and Mirallas attacks up the left. A raking cross comes off Skrtel for a corner - a vital touch as Fellaini was in behind him and lurking. GOAL! Everton 1-2 Liverpool (Osman 21min): Everton strike straight back! Jelavic nods the ball down to Feillaini and he smacks a shot just wide of Jones's post. It's deflected behind for a corner, which Jones punches nervously clear. Osman latches onto it and, on the half volley, smashes the ball through the box and into the bottom corner. GOAL Everton 0-2 Liverpool (Suarez, 19min): From the subsequent free-kick, Gerrard sweeps a majestic ball high and into the box. Suarez just uses the pace of the ball to angle it into the net. What a ball from Gerrard! 19 min: Sterling goes whizzing through the centre of the park and then collapses on the ground. Osman gets a yellow card but any contact looked very, very minimal. Strange one, as Andre Marriner has been keen to keep his cards in his pocket so far. 17 min: "You have to say Everton have had it coming," emails Chris Nemeh. "With the exception of that run by Mirallas they've been playing scared." 16 min: Suarez celebrated his goal by running over to the Everton box and throwing himself to the ground in front of David Moyes, which has gone down well with the swivel-eyed Scot after his comments about diving pre-match. GOAL! Everton 0-1 Liverpool (Suarez, 14min):Suso plays a lovely ball into Enrique in the box. He lashes a cross over and and Sterling goes flying under an Everton challenge. Could have been a penalty but the ball breaks to Suarez who hammers home off Leighton Baines. 12 min: Suarez, his every touch booed, sweeps a lovely-looking ball from the centre circle into the box. Only problem was that Sterling was zipping about up the wing, and not the box. 11 min: Suarez darts into the box but is offside. On hearing the ref's whistle, Sterling blooters the ball quite hard into his striker, which has cheered him up no end. 9 min: Mirallas collects the ball on the halfway line, looks up for a second, then goes on a mazy dribble through the entire Liverpool defence. His shot is turned over by a Liverpool foot and Everton can do nothing from two subsequent corners. Still, lovely stuff from Mirallas. 8 min: Jose Enrique has been everywhere thus far, perhaps proving a point to Brendan Rodgers that he's worth playing a bit more often. But, having gone piling up the left wing he's nearly caught out of position as Coleman tries to play the ball in over his head for Naismith. 5 min: This is the proverbial end-to-end stuff. Coleman and Feillaini combine up the right wing for Everton, before Enrique clears and sends Suarez away and into the box at the other end. Howard gets his mitts on the ball and then Naismith tries to play Jelavic into the Liverpool box. And we're still just five minutes in. 4 min: Suso finds Enrique, who knocks it down for Suarez. An Everton touch knocks the ball behind for a corner. Liverpool do nothing with it, so are fairly pleased when Everton concede another immediately. Gerrard's cross goes over everyone and is cleared to Sahin, who sweeps the ball up, into the area and out again into the crowd. 2 min: Liverpool clear the corner, and Enrique breaks. He hares down the other end and, with Sterling clear and screaming for a through ball, he hammers it miles past him. Sterling does his nut. Peep, peep: With a swell of noise from the crowd, Andre Marriner gets the game underway. The 187th league meeting between the two sides begins with a long ball to Fellaini, nodded down to Jelavic, who crosses to Naismith. Liverpool forced to concede an early corner. 1.26pm: The teams are trundling down the tunnel and onto the pitch. Suarez is still on his feet. 1.15pm: Rodgers says Reina is not 100% - not sure whether he's talking about his fitness or his ability. 1.08pm: Interesting that Rodgers is fielding Jones and not Reina in the Liverpool goal. Is this the start of a plot to remove the Spaniard from the Liverpool side after a shaky start to the season? Jones has done well of late but, with Fellaini in the Everton side, will he able to deal with the aerial threat? All this and more answered over the coming 90 minutes. Possibly. Preamble: Afternoon – it's arguable that the pressure before today's kick-off rests more heavily on the shoulders of Everton's men than Liverpool's. The build-up to the game has been dominated by reports of the home side's growing confidence and stature, the visitors reduced to being described as a faint echo of their former greatness.
But, then again, Everton went into three of these derby fixtures last season with exactly the same expectation yet did not beat Liverpool in either their two league encounters or their FA Cup semi final. Everton may have finished higher than their neighbours in the league but they were so uncertain against Liverpool in the FA Cup in particular that it's tempting to wonder if they fear some kind of derby day hoodoo.
Today they arrive as some people's favourites again, and face a Liverpool that is still a work in progress. The ability to shake off the supposed inferiority complex would confirm to many that Everton are now the dominant force on Merseyside. Another failure would leave David Moyes gnashing teeth despite his efforts to downplay the fixture by saying it will not define their season. Liverpool, for all their supposed problems, turn up today on the back of three successive clean sheets and know they've won nine of their last 12 league games at Goodison. But for Liverpool's manager Brendan Rodgers, the quest continues to forge an identity for the team. His side – understandably, for these are early days of a new regime – are in stark contrast to the organisation at Everton. Under Moyes, everyone seems to know their role. At Liverpool the debate still rages as to what Steven Gerrard's best position is, let alone his role, and he's the captain. Moyes, though, is more concerned about the role of the referee today. His not-so-subtle nod, wink and raised eyebrow to Andre Marriner before the game concerned whether or not Luis Suarez will remain on his feet today after Jack Rodwell was sent off in last season's fixture, supposedly for bringing the striker down. In a tie which has seen 20 red cards – the most in any fixture in the Premier League years – the referee will always be an issue, but perhaps Moyes has a more legitimate fear: eight of the last 10 reds have gone to his side. Any more today and he'll have grounds to believe there's something in the hoodoo theory after all. TeamsEverton (4-4-2): Howard; Baines, Jagielka, Distin, Neville; Coleman,
Osman, Fellaini, Mirallas; Jelavic, Naismith. Subs: Mucha, Heitinga, Hibbert, Oviedo, Hitzlsperger, Gueye, Vellios. Liverpool (4-3-3): Jones; Wisdom, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique; Allen, Sahin, Gerrard;
Suso, Suarez, Sterling. Subs: Reina, Carragher, Shelvey, Coates, Downing, Henderson, Assaidi.
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However, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said it could not yet predict the precise point. "It is still too soon to focus on the exact track … both because of forecast uncertainty and because the impacts are going to cover such a large area away from the center," the NHC said in an advisory. While Sandy's winds were not overwhelming for a hurricane, its width was what made it exceptional. Hurricane-force winds extended 105 miles from its center while its lesser tropical storm-force winds reached across 700 miles. Sandy could have a brutal impact on major cities in the target zone. In New York, city officials discussed whether to shut the subway system on Sunday in advance of the storm, which could bring the country's financial nerve center to a standstill. The storm could cause the worst flooding Connecticut has seen in more than 70 years, said the state's governor, Dannel Malloy. Sandy was located about 260 miles (420 km) south-south-east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with top sustained winds of 75 miles (120 km) per hour early Sunday, the NHC said. The storm was moving over the Atlantic parallel to the US coast at 13 mph, but was forecast to make a tight westerly turn toward the American mainland on Sunday night. Tropical storm conditions were spreading across the coast of North Carolina on Sunday morning and gale force winds are forecast to begin affecting the New York area and southern New England by Monday morning, the NHC added. Sandy could be the largest storm to hit the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's website. "The size of this alone, affecting a heavily populated area, is going to be history making," said Jeff Masters, a hurricane specialist who writes a blog posted on the Weather Underground. Sandy could hit Boston, New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, one of the most densely populated regions of the country and home to tens of millions of people. Forecasters said Sandy was a rare, hybrid "super storm" created by an Arctic jet stream wrapping itself around a tropical storm, possibly causing up to 12 inches of rain in some areas, as well as heavy snowfall inland. Sandy killed at least 66 people as it made its way through the Caribbean islands, including 51 in Haiti, mostly from flash flooding and mudslides, according to authorities. The approaching storm forced a change of plans for both presidential candidates ahead of the 6 November election. The White House said President Obama canceled a campaign appearance in Virginia on Monday and another stop in Colorado on Tuesday, and will instead monitor the storm from Washington. Republican challenger Mitt Romney rescheduled campaign events planned for Virginia on Sunday and was flying to Ohio instead. All along the US coast worried residents packed stores, buying generators, candles, food and other supplies in anticipation of power outages. Some local governments announced schools would be closed on Monday and Tuesday. "They're freaking out," said Joe Dautel, a clerk at a hardware store in Glenside, Pennsylvania. "I'm selling people four, five, six packs of batteries – when I had them."
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• Follow live updates as the east coast braces for Sandy Forecasters warned on Sunday that hurricane Sandy will affect large swathes of the US east coast but that it was too early to pinpoint where the storm, which has the potential to be the biggest to hit the mainland, would make landfall. Government officials in several states in Sandy's path faced tough decisions on emergency plans, including mandatory evacuations in vulnerable coastal areas, and residents scrambled to buy supplies before the storm arrives on Monday night. On its current projected track, Sandy is most likely to make U.S. landfall between Delaware and the New York/New Jersey area, forecasters said.
However, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said it could not yet predict the precise point. "It is still too soon to focus on the exact track … both because of forecast uncertainty and because the impacts are going to cover such a large area away from the center," the NHC said in an advisory. While Sandy's winds were not overwhelming for a hurricane, its width was what made it exceptional. Hurricane-force winds extended 105 miles from its center while its lesser tropical storm-force winds reached across 700 miles. Sandy could have a brutal impact on major cities in the target zone. In New York, city officials discussed whether to shut the subway system on Sunday in advance of the storm, which could bring the country's financial nerve center to a standstill. The storm could cause the worst flooding Connecticut has seen in more than 70 years, said the state's governor, Dannel Malloy. Sandy was located about 260 miles (420 km) south-south-east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with top sustained winds of 75 miles (120 km) per hour early Sunday, the NHC said. The storm was moving over the Atlantic parallel to the US coast at 13 mph, but was forecast to make a tight westerly turn toward the American mainland on Sunday night. Tropical storm conditions were spreading across the coast of North Carolina on Sunday morning and gale force winds are forecast to begin affecting the New York area and southern New England by Monday morning, the NHC added. Sandy could be the largest storm to hit the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's website. "The size of this alone, affecting a heavily populated area, is going to be history making," said Jeff Masters, a hurricane specialist who writes a blog posted on the Weather Underground. Sandy could hit Boston, New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia, one of the most densely populated regions of the country and home to tens of millions of people. Forecasters said Sandy was a rare, hybrid "super storm" created by an Arctic jet stream wrapping itself around a tropical storm, possibly causing up to 12 inches of rain in some areas, as well as heavy snowfall inland. Sandy killed at least 66 people as it made its way through the Caribbean islands, including 51 in Haiti, mostly from flash flooding and mudslides, according to authorities. The approaching storm forced a change of plans for both presidential candidates ahead of the 6 November election. The White House said President Obama canceled a campaign appearance in Virginia on Monday and another stop in Colorado on Tuesday, and will instead monitor the storm from Washington. Republican challenger Mitt Romney rescheduled campaign events planned for Virginia on Sunday and was flying to Ohio instead. All along the US coast worried residents packed stores, buying generators, candles, food and other supplies in anticipation of power outages. Some local governments announced schools would be closed on Monday and Tuesday. "They're freaking out," said Joe Dautel, a clerk at a hardware store in Glenside, Pennsylvania. "I'm selling people four, five, six packs of batteries – when I had them."
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Latest flareup between ethnic Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in western Burma sends people into packed displacement camps More than 22,000 people have been forced to flee the latest flareup between ethnic Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in Burma, a leading UN official has said, as victims of the sectarian violence flocked to already packed displacement camps along the country's western coast. Some of those escaping the violence arrived in wooden boats outside the capital of Arakan state, Sittwe, on Sunday and headed to the nearby Thechaung camp, a place already home to thousands of Rohingya who took refuge there after a previous wave of violence in June. "I fled my hometown, Pauktaw, on Friday because there is no security at all," said 42-year-old fisherman Maung Myint, who arrived on a boat carrying 40 other people, including his wife and six children. "My house was burned to ashes and I have no money left." Another Muslim refugee said she fled her village, Kyaukphyu, on Thursday after attackers set her home on fire. "We don't feel safe," said 40-year old Zainabi, a fish-seller who left with her two teenage sons. "I wish the violence would stop so we can live peacefully." Human Rights Watch released dramatic satellite imagery of Kyaukphyu on Saturday showing a large area of the predominantly Rohingya part of the village in ashes. More than 800 buildings and floating barges were destroyed. Myanmar's government has put the death toll at 67 over the past week, saying a further 95 were injured in seven townships in Arakan state. The casualty figures have not been broken down by ethnic group, but Human Rights Watch said the Rohingya had suffered the brunt of the violence. The New York-based rights group also said the true death toll may be far higher, based on witness accounts and the government's history of minimising news that might reflect badly on it. The border affairs minister, Lt General Thein Htay, travelled to the affected areas with the UN resident and humanitarian co-ordinator in Burma, Ashok Nigam. Nigam said 22,587 people were displaced, including both Muslims and Buddhists, but he gave no breakdown. Some 4,600 homes were also destroyed, according to the UN, which said in a separate statement that it had begun distributing emergency food and shelter supplies with its humanitarian partners. The latest unrest pushes the total displaced to nearly 100,000 since clashes broke out in June. Nigam told the Associated Press that getting aid to the new wave of displaced people will be a challenge as some fled by boat and others have sought refuge on isolated hilltops. "The situation is certainly very grave and we are working with the government to provide urgent aid to these people," he said. Ill will between Muslims and Buddhists in Arakan state goes back decades and has its roots in a dispute over the Muslim Rohingya's origins. Although many Rohingya have lived in Myanmar for generations, they are seen as foreign intruders who came from Bangladesh to steal scarce land. The Rohingya also face official discrimination, a policy encouraged by Myanmar's previous military regimes to enlist popular support among other groups. A 1984 law formally excluded them as one of the country's 135 ethnicities, denying most of basic civil rights and depriving them of citizenship. Neighbouring Bangladesh, which also does not recognise the Rohingya as citizens, says thousands of Rohingya refugees have also sought to flee there by boat. Its policy, however, is to refuse them entry. Rights groups say Burma's failure to address the root causes of the crisis means the situation may only get worse. In June, ethnic violence in Arakan state killed at least 90 people and destroyed more than 3,000 homes. About 75,000 people, mostly Rohingya, have been living in refugee camps since then. Curfews have been in place in some areas since the earlier violence and were extended this past week.
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Former pop star becomes first person to be arrested in relation to police inquiry as Jimmy Savile's Scottish cottage is vandalised Gary Glitter has become the first person to be arrested in relation to the police inquiry into sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile. Scotland Yard detectives working on Operation Yewtree have received information from more than 300 alleged victims and further arrests are expected. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was detained at 7.15am on Sunday at an address in central London and taken to a police station in the capital. He was filmed leaving his home wearing a hat and dark coat and gloves, and being driven away. Glitter was jailed for four months in the UK in 1999 after admitting possessing a collection of 4,000 hardcore photographs of children being abused. In 2006, he was sentenced to three years in jail by a Vietnamese court for sexually molesting two girls. Glitter had always maintained he was innocent of the charges. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Officers working on Operation Yewtree have today arrested a man in his 60s in connection with the investigation. The man, from London, was arrested at approximately 7.15am on suspicion of sexual offences, and has been taken into custody at a London police station. "The individual falls under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'Savile and others'." The publicist Max Clifford said on Saturday that up to 15 celebrities had approached him, fearful that their sexual exploits in the 1960s and 1970s might lead to them being caught up in the police inquiry. Savile's cottage in Allt na Reigh, Glencoe, was vandalised overnight, Northern Constabulary said on Sunday. A spokesman for the force said "abusive slogans" had been painted on to the walls of the property. Officers are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. Last week, officers searched the cottage to look for "any evidence of any others being involved in any offending with him". The chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, has said he is dedicated to finding out the truth about the scandal that has thrown the corporation into crisis, vowing there would be "no covering our backs". The corporation is braced for legal ramifications arising from allegations that other BBC employees were involved and questions remain over what bosses knew, and when, about the Newsnight investigation into Savile that was pulled. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Patten questioned whether Savile could have committed the alleged crimes without anyone else knowing. He said: "Can it really be the case that no one knew what he was doing? Did some turn a blind eye to criminality? Did some prefer not to follow up their suspicions because of this criminal's popularity and place in the schedules? Were reports of criminality put aside or buried? Even those of us who were not there at the time are inheritors of the shame." The BBC chairman said the two independent inquiries that have been set up – one into the Newsnight report and the other into the BBC's culture and practices in the years Savile worked there – must get to the truth of what happened. He wrote: "Now my immediate priority is to get to the bottom of the Savile scandal and to make any and every change necessary in the BBC to learn the lessons from our independent investigations."
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Authorities order 100,000 residents to move to higher ground as island hit by tsunami following 7.7 magnitude quake in Canada Hawaii has been hit by a tsunami, prompting the authorities to order at least 100,000 people on the island to move to higher ground. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the first wave was feet high and less forceful than expected. Some forecasts had predicted a wave of up to six feet high. "The tsunami arrived about when we expected it should," senior geophysicist Gerard Fryer told reporters at a news conference, saying: "I was expecting it to be a little bigger." Other waves were expected. The tsunami hit with little warning and an alert, issued at short notice due to initial confusion among scientists about the quake's undersea epicentre, caused massive traffic congestion as motorists made a mass exodus from low-lying areas. The Warning Centre had said the first tsunami wave would strike the islands at 10:28pm local time. The mayor of Honolulu mayor, Peter Carlisle, announced that all police and emergency personnel were being withdrawn from potential flood zones shortly before the first wave, leaving anyone defying evacuation orders to fend for themselves. He urged motorists who remained caught in harm's way due to gridlocked roads to abandon their vehicles and proceed on foot. "If you are stuck in traffic, you might consider getting out of your car and consider walking to higher ground. You will have to assess your own situation, depending on where you are right now. Right now it is critical," he said. Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist at the Tsunami Warning Centre said an estimated 100,000-150,000 people who live in Hawaii's coastal zones had been urged to move to higher ground . Governor Neil Abercrombie issued an emergency proclamation for the state. The Tsunami Centre cautioned that the height of the waves could not be predicted and that the first wave "may not be the largest". It said: "All shores are at risk no matter which direction they face". The warnings followed a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 that hit Canada's Pacific coastal province of British Columbia late on Saturday. The US Geological Survey said the quake was centred 123 miles (198km) south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). The Earthquakes Canada agency said the quake in the Haida Gwaii region was followed by numerous aftershocks as large as 4.6 and that a small tsunami has been recorded by a deep-ocean pressure sensor. In Hawaii, tsunami warning sirens could be heard out across Honolulu, the state capital on Oahu, the state's most populous island, prompting traffic jams. At cinemas, films were halted in mid-screening as announcements were made urging customers to return to their homes. The last time Oahu had a tsunami warning was after the devastating Japanese earthquake of March 2011. On Honolulu's famed Waikiki Beach, residents of high-rise buildings were told to move to the third floor or higher for safety. Stephany Sofos, a resident of Diamond Head near Waikiki, said most people had either evacuated or relocated to a higher floor. "I moved my car up the hill, packed up my computer and have my animals all packed and with me," Sofos said, saying that she had not yet seen any obvious receding of the surf, a telltale sign that a tsunami wave is imminent. "I'm pretty confident because we have a lot of reefs out there and that will prevent any major damage. Maybe it's a false confidence, but I'm not really worried," she said, adding, "It is nerve-wracking." Tsunami Warning Centre geophysicist Gerard Fryer said the tsunami had caught scientists by surprise. "We thought that the earthquake was on land and when we learned that it was deeper undersea and we gathered more information, we had no choice but to issue a warning," he said As residents scrambled to reach higher ground on Oahu, at least four major road accidents were reported by the state emergency medical services. More accidents were also reported on the outer islands.
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tsunami warning that triggered coastal evacuations after Canada quake is downgraded, ending fear of serious damage Hawaii's governor says a tsunami warning that triggered coastal evacuations statewide is being downgraded to a tsunami advisory, ending the threat of serious damage. Neil Abercrombie said early on Sunday the island was lucky to avoid more severe surges after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. But he said that beaches and harbours remained closed. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service cancelled tsunami advisories for Canada and Oregon, leaving northern California as the only region in North America still under a tsunami advisory. Authorities had earlier ordered at least 100,000 people on the island to move to higher ground. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the first wave was three-feet high and less forceful than expected. Some forecasts had predicted a wave of up to six-feet high. "The tsunami arrived about when we expected it should," senior geophysicist Gerard Fryer told reporters at a news conference, adding: "I was expecting it to be a little bigger." Other waves were expected. The tsunami hit with little warning and an alert, issued at short notice due to initial confusion among scientists about the quake's undersea epicentre, caused massive traffic congestion as motorists made a mass exodus from low-lying areas. The Warning Centre had said the first tsunami wave would strike the islands at 10:28pm local time. The mayor of Honolulu mayor, Peter Carlisle, announced that all police and emergency personnel were being withdrawn from potential flood zones shortly before the first wave, leaving anyone defying evacuation orders to fend for themselves. He urged motorists who remained caught in harm's way due to gridlocked roads to abandon their vehicles and proceed on foot. "If you are stuck in traffic, you might consider getting out of your car and consider walking to higher ground. You will have to assess your own situation, depending on where you are right now. Right now it is critical," he said. Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist at the Tsunami Warning Centre said an estimated 100,000-150,000 people who live in Hawaii's coastal zones had been urged to move to higher ground. Governor Neil Abercrombie issued an emergency proclamation for the state. The Tsunami Centre cautioned that the height of the waves could not be predicted and that the first wave "may not be the largest". It said: "All shores are at risk no matter which direction they face". The warnings followed a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that hit Canada's Pacific coastal province of British Columbia late on Saturday. The US Geological Survey said the quake was centred 123 miles (198km) south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). The Earthquakes Canada agency said the quake in the Haida Gwaii region was followed by numerous aftershocks as large as 4.6 and that a small tsunami has been recorded by a deep-ocean pressure sensor. In Hawaii, tsunami warning sirens could be heard out across Honolulu, the state capital on Oahu, the state's most populous island, prompting traffic jams. At cinemas, films were halted in mid-screening as announcements were made urging customers to return to their homes. The last time Oahu had a tsunami warning was after the devastating Japanese earthquake of March 2011. On Honolulu's famed Waikiki Beach, residents of high-rise buildings were told to move to the third floor or higher for safety. Stephany Sofos, a resident of Diamond Head near Waikiki, said most people had either evacuated or relocated to a higher floor. "I moved my car up the hill, packed up my computer and have my animals all packed and with me," Sofos said, saying that she had not yet seen any obvious receding of the surf, a telltale sign that a tsunami wave is imminent. "I'm pretty confident because we have a lot of reefs out there and that will prevent any major damage. Maybe it's a false confidence, but I'm not really worried," she said, adding, "It is nerve-wracking." Tsunami Warning Centre geophysicist Gerard Fryer said the tsunami had caught scientists by surprise. "We thought that the earthquake was on land and when we learned that it was deeper undersea and we gathered more information, we had no choice but to issue a warning," he said As residents scrambled to reach higher ground on Oahu, at least four major road accidents were reported by the state emergency medical services. More accidents were also reported on the outer islands.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tsunami warning that triggered coastal evacuations after Canada quake is downgraded, ending threat of serious damage Hawaii's governor says a tsunami warning that triggered coastal evacuations statewide is being downgraded to a tsunami advisory, ending the threat of serious damage. Neil Abercrombie said early on Sunday the island was lucky to avoid more severe surges after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. But he said that beaches and harbours remained closed. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service cancelled tsunami advisories for Canada and Oregon, leaving northern California as the only region in North America still under a tsunami advisory. Authorities had earlier ordered at least 100,000 people on the island to move to higher ground. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the first wave was three feet high and less forceful than expected. Some forecasts had predicted a wave of up to six feet high. "The tsunami arrived about when we expected it should," senior geophysicist Gerard Fryer told reporters at a news conference, saying: "I was expecting it to be a little bigger." Other waves were expected. The tsunami hit with little warning and an alert, issued at short notice due to initial confusion among scientists about the quake's undersea epicentre, caused massive traffic congestion as motorists made a mass exodus from low-lying areas. The Warning Centre had said the first tsunami wave would strike the islands at 10:28pm local time. The mayor of Honolulu mayor, Peter Carlisle, announced that all police and emergency personnel were being withdrawn from potential flood zones shortly before the first wave, leaving anyone defying evacuation orders to fend for themselves. He urged motorists who remained caught in harm's way due to gridlocked roads to abandon their vehicles and proceed on foot. "If you are stuck in traffic, you might consider getting out of your car and consider walking to higher ground. You will have to assess your own situation, depending on where you are right now. Right now it is critical," he said. Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist at the Tsunami Warning Centre said an estimated 100,000-150,000 people who live in Hawaii's coastal zones had been urged to move to higher ground . Governor Neil Abercrombie issued an emergency proclamation for the state. The Tsunami Centre cautioned that the height of the waves could not be predicted and that the first wave "may not be the largest". It said: "All shores are at risk no matter which direction they face". The warnings followed a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 that hit Canada's Pacific coastal province of British Columbia late on Saturday. The US Geological Survey said the quake was centred 123 miles (198km) south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km). The Earthquakes Canada agency said the quake in the Haida Gwaii region was followed by numerous aftershocks as large as 4.6 and that a small tsunami has been recorded by a deep-ocean pressure sensor. In Hawaii, tsunami warning sirens could be heard out across Honolulu, the state capital on Oahu, the state's most populous island, prompting traffic jams. At cinemas, films were halted in mid-screening as announcements were made urging customers to return to their homes. The last time Oahu had a tsunami warning was after the devastating Japanese earthquake of March 2011. On Honolulu's famed Waikiki Beach, residents of high-rise buildings were told to move to the third floor or higher for safety. Stephany Sofos, a resident of Diamond Head near Waikiki, said most people had either evacuated or relocated to a higher floor. "I moved my car up the hill, packed up my computer and have my animals all packed and with me," Sofos said, saying that she had not yet seen any obvious receding of the surf, a telltale sign that a tsunami wave is imminent. "I'm pretty confident because we have a lot of reefs out there and that will prevent any major damage. Maybe it's a false confidence, but I'm not really worried," she said, adding, "It is nerve-wracking." Tsunami Warning Centre geophysicist Gerard Fryer said the tsunami had caught scientists by surprise. "We thought that the earthquake was on land and when we learned that it was deeper undersea and we gathered more information, we had no choice but to issue a warning," he said As residents scrambled to reach higher ground on Oahu, at least four major road accidents were reported by the state emergency medical services. More accidents were also reported on the outer islands.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Former pop star Gary Glitter taken to police station in central London by officers working on Jimmy Savile abuse claims Police officers investigating the Jimmy Savile abuse claims have arrested Gary Glitter. The former pop star was detained on Sunday at 7.15am at an address in central London and taken to a police station in the capital. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Officers working on Operation Yewtree have today arrested a man in his 60s in connection with the investigation. "The man, from London, was arrested at approximately 7.15am on suspicion of sexual offences, and has been taken into custody at a London police station. "The individual falls under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'Savile and others'."
 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after a 7.7 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Canada's British Columbia province A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked an island off the west coast of Canada. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre originally said there was no threat to the islands, but a warning was issued later Saturday and remains in effect until 7pm on Sunday. A small craft advisory is in effect until Sunday morning. A small tsunami prompted state and federal officials to warn people in southeast Alaska and down the Canadian coast to take precautions. The temblor shook the Charlotte Islands area on Saturday night, followed by a 5.8-magnitude aftershock several minutes later. The centre says the first tsunami wave could hit the islands by about 10:30pm local time (1:30am PDT Sunday).
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after a 7.7 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Canada's British Columbia province Emergency sirens have sounded around Hawaii warning about an oncoming tsunami, after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. Even as emergency officials urged people along Hawaii's coasts to move to higher ground, officials in North America downgraded a tsunami warning to an advisory for southern Alaska and British Columbia. They also issued an advisory for areas of northern California and southern Oregon. A small tsunami created by the magnitude 7.7 quake was barely noticeable in Craig, Alaska, where the first wave or surge was recorded Saturday night. The wave or surge was recorded at 4 inches (101.6 millimetres), much smaller than forecast, said Jeremy Zidek, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The US Geological Survey said the 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit in the Queen Charlotte Islands area, followed by a 5.8-magnitude aftershock several minutes later. The quake was felt in Craig and other southeast Alaska communities, but Zidek said there were no immediate reports of damage. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning for coastal areas of southeast Alaska, down the western Canadian coast to the tip of Vancouver Island. Later Saturday evening, the warning for those areas was downgraded to an advisory, while a warning was issued for Hawaii. Officials said a tsunami wave could hit the islands by 10:30pm Saturday (1:30am PDT). Local television stations in Hawaii were running live news updates and warning tourists to check with hotels. At first, officials said the islands weren't in any danger of a tsunami, but they later issued a warning, saying there had been a change in sea readings. A tsunami warning means an area is likely to be hit by a wave, while an advisory means there may be strong currents, but that widespread inundation is not expected to occur. Lucy Jones, a USGS seismologist, said the earthquake likely would not generate a large tsunami. "This isn't that big of an earthquake on tsunami scales," she said. "The really big tsunamis are usually up in the high 8s and 9s." She said the earthquake occurred along a "fairly long" fault - "a plate 200 kilometres long" in a subduction zone, where one plate slips underneath another. Such quakes lift the sea floor and tend to cause tsunamis, she said.
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