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<Slug>S010 corr S-OLY CEREMONY COE</Slug>
<TEXT>(Note: To clarify estimated viewing numbers: 1 billion will watch live tonight,
4 billion will watch the Olympics at some point over the next two weeks. Opening
Ceremony starts at 2100) 

The London Olympics will officially start in spectacular fashion tonight.

The Opening Ceremony takes place at the main stadium on the Stratford site.

Chairman of the organising committee Lord Coe says over the next fortnight,
the world will be watching.

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<TEXT>The Olympic torch is on board the Royal rowbarge, Gloriana, on the final leg of its journey around the UK.

It'll travel down the River Thames towards the Olympic Stadium ahead of tonight's opening ceremony.
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<TEXT>Extensive work to repair a river wall in Bridgwater - which forced residents and businesses to be evacuated when it crumbled in heavy rain last November - has reached a key milestone.

A huge excavator's now in place to start dismantling parts of the wall at West Quay, ready to recycle the stone and rebuild it.

But Peter Radford from Somerset County Council's admitted a previous September deadline probably now won't be met:

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<TEXT>In other news, a killer who shot his victim at point blank range faces decades behind bars.

21-year-old Kieran Stapleton will be sentenced today after being found guilty of murdering Anuj Bidve in Manchester on Boxing Day.
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<TEXT>Loads of counterfeit goods have been seized in raids in Weston.

Police and the Scambuster team executed warrants at three lock-up units on the Oldmixon Trading Estate and several Transit vans were needed to transport the items, including fake Tiffany jewellery, Chanel perfume and RayBan sunglasses.

Two men, aged 19 and 61, have been arrested.
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