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1,000 travellers had been expelled from France in the month of August, but 11,000 were expelled last year. This is not a new policy, but a debate on the Roma is building and increasingly
divisive
. Today's demonstrations show there are people in France hugely concerned of what is being done in their name.
A British newspaper says it's making fresh
disclosure
s about an alleged betting scam involving the Pakistani cricket team. The News of the World is publishing 18 pages of evidence, detailing allegations of cheating by some members of the team. Three Pakistani bowlers were suspended after the paper first published its allegations a week ago. The BBC understands that a fourth player has been contacted by the ICC, but it's not in connection with the last Test. Here is our sports editor David Bond.
Exactly one week after the News of the World's revelations led to new questions over the integrity of cricket, the newspaper tonight published new claims, promising to reveal every detail of their nine-month investigation into cricket corruption.
The most significant new allegation appeared to concern a fourth Pakistan player who was under investigation by the International Cricket Council. The News of the World refused to name him for legal reasons, but it is known the ICC had already written to Kamran Akmal in August for information relating to possible events over the last 12 months. An ICC spokesman said they did not