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Ruthless England hammer sorry Pakistan in first Test

James Anderson completed his first 10-wicket haul in international cricket as England romped to a 354-run victory in the first Test against Pakistan.

After a quiet first half hour at Trent Bridge, Anderson (6-17) removed Imran Farhat for 15 and followed up with the wickets of Umar Amin and Umar Akmal.

Steven Finn struck in his first over to dismiss Mohammad Aamer before Anderson (11-71 overall) ran through the tail.

Pakistan were 80 all out before lunch, their lowest score against England.

It was a dismal performance on the fourth morning from Pakistan, whose inexperienced batting line-up has been ruthlessly exposed by England's swing bowlers.

And there is sure to be a clamour for one or both of Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan to be recalled for the second Test in the four-match series, which begins at Edgbaston on Friday. Both have Test averages over 50, but were jettisoned from the side by the Pakistan Cricket Board having been blamed for the infighting which undermined their disastrous tour of Australia last winter.

Resuming on 15-3, Pakistan got off to a surprisingly comfortable start as England bowled too many balls which did not require the batsmen to play a shot.

Anderson took time to find a threatening line from around the wicket but once he did, he was back to his deadly best.

After beating Farhat with a ball that straightened slightly off the seam, he delivered a vicious inswinger which took the edge and was comfortably caught by England Test captain Andrew Strauss.

Man of the match Anderson, continuing to revel in conditions tailor-made for his brand of bowling, removed Umar Akmal with another inswinger before Steven Finn snared nightwatchman Aamer, who drove uppishly and steered a thick outside edge to Kevin Pietersen in the gully.

Finn then dismissed Kamran Akmal lbw with a ball that was probably missing leg stump, the batsman unable to review the decision because Pakistan had already used up their two referrals.

Umar Gul failed to repeat his first innings heroics, although it took a spectacular catch from Paul Collingwood to dismiss him, the Durham all-rounder leaping to claim the ball with both hands as it flew above his head.

Collingwood was on hand again to snaffle an edge from Shoaib Malik to give Anderson his second five-wicket haul of the match.

And after a rapid 16 not out from Danish Kaneria, Anderson wrapped things up when Mohammad Asif nicked one to Graeme Swann in the slips.

NASA faked England 1966 World Cup win

A leading ex-NASA scientist has gone on record to confirm one of the longest standing conspiracies in the football world, that the American space agency faked footage of the 1966 tournament in order to imply an England win.

Dr Robert Wellington who worked for the agency throughout the sixties and seventies spoke out following ongoing speculation on the internet.

“We needed a practice run for the moon thing” he said from his home in Florida. “And the Football world cup seemed just the job. We wanted to see if we could fool an entire nation that they could achieve something that was frankly impossible. It worked perfectly.”

“But we had absolutely no idea that it would become a recurring delusion” he added.

The ‘live broadcast’ of the famous 1966 final was, in fact, pre-recorded at Shepperton Studios, then best known for the Boulting Brothers series of comedy films.

“We set up a goal at one end and then used a mixture of live action and models to simulate the game,” recalls Dr Wellington.

“It was very advanced for the time, although we did make mistakes that eventually people picked up on. A couple of shadows faced in opposite directions, and we presented Alan Ball at completely the wrong scale.”

“The US government were happy to pay, as long as we figured out a way to incorporate a Russian looking stupid.”

The hoax paved the way for NASA’s famous moon landing footage of 1969. But in its way, the English dry-run proved more successful.

“Even forty years on, everybody still talks about our world cup work,” comments Dr Wellington. “Whereas if you come to the States, nobody really mentions the moon landings any more.”

“Except Buzz Aldrin,” he adds.

“The English FA did approach us with a view to recreating the project for 2010. They sent us some tapes and everything,” reveals Dr Wellington.

“But what you have to realise is that for hoaxes to work, they need at least a small element of plausibility. We now have immensely powerful GCI techniques, green screens and animatronic facilities. But we’ve looked at your Emile Heskey – and we can’t do anything with that.”

Hospital porters you're days are numbered.

A fleet of robots is to carry out day to day tasks at an NHS hospital, it was revealed today.

The robots will be used to transport clinical waste and dirty linen, deliver food and dispense drugs at the new Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Stirlingshire.
They are currently being tested at the £300 million hospital ahead of its opening in August.

It is the first time a UK hospital will use the state of the art technology, which is already in place in hospitals in Japan, the US and France.



A guide robot moves through a hallway of the Aizu Central Hospital in Japan, where robots are often used in hospitals for various tasks

The fleet will be divided into 'clean' and 'dirty' tasks, with each being given their own corridor to avoid the risk of cross- contamination.
NHS Forth Valley spokesman Elspeth Campbell said the new system would help with infection control.