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	STEVE CRAM ON THE GREAT NORTH RUN The Great North Run, the world's biggest half marathon, takes place on Sunday and the women's event is a big test for Britain's Jo Pavey, who is at a crossroads in her career. She wasn't well in Beijing and it wasn't the Jo Pavey we were used to. The next step for her is road racing, but does she have what it takes? It is a good field, with the likes of former winner Derartu Tulu and Geta Wami running, but dare I say they are great names of the past. The course from Newcastle to South Shields is a good one to run a fast time, and Jo's capable of it, she just needs to prove it. She needs to run under 70 minutes and if not, she may end up sticking to the track. In the men's race, Dan Robinson flies the flag for Britain again. He ran close to his personal best in the Beijing marathon but, if he's going to get down to two hours nine minutes, he also needs to run quicker half marathons and this is a good opportunity for him. There are no outstanding favourites but Kenyan duo Luke Kibet and Felix Limo are the two who are a bit above the rest. In Saturday's men's mile race, Britain's Mo Farah has a chance to end a bit of a disappointing year for him on a positive note. And in the women's equivalent race, I'm tipping fellow Briton Lisa Dobriskey to repeat her victory from last year in front of her home crowd. Former 1500m world champion Steve Cram is part of the BBC athletics commentary team. Steve was talking to BBC Sport's Peter Scrivener THIS WEEKEND ON BBC SPORT  All the TV and radio times GREAT NORTH RUN  bbc.co.uk/athletics Saturday Great North Miles: 1300-1410, BBC One and BBC Sport website. Sunday Great North Run: 0930-1325, BBC One and BBC Sport website; Highlights 1700-1800, BBC Two and BBC Sport website. FOOTBALL  bbc.co.uk/football Saturday Football Focus (1210, BBC One/online); Premier League commentaries (1500, 1730, BBC Radio 5 Live/online); Final Score (1430, BBC Red Button/online; 1630, BBC One/online); Championship commentaries (1245, BBC Radio 5 Live/online; 1500 BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online); Match of the Day (2230, BBC One/online). Sunday Match of the Day repeat (0700, BBC One/online); Premier League commentaries (1330, 1500 BBC Radio 5 Live/online; 1500, BBC Radio 5 Live sports extra/online); Match of the Day 2 (2200, BBC Two/online). MOTOGP  bbc.co.uk/motobikes Sunday Phillip Island MotoGP: 125cc and 250cc races live (0245-0515, BBC Red Button/online); Race live (0545-0700, BBC One/online); Race repeat (1605-1710, BBC Two/online). OTHER SPORT  bbc.co.uk/othersport Saturday Horse racing: Kempton and Longchamp (1400-1545, BBC Two/online); Rugby union: Anglo Welsh Cup, Gloucester v Wasps (1410-1630, BBC One/online); Rugby league: Super League Grand Final commentary - Leeds v St Helens (1745-1945, BBC Radio 5 Live/online). Sunday Super League Show (1130-1200, BBC One North/BBC Red Button/online; 0115-0200, BBC Two); Rugby league: Super League Grand Final highlights (1200-1300, BBC Two); Horse racing: Longchamp (1300-1600, BBC Two/online); Rugby union: Anglo Welsh Cup, Ospreys v Harlequins (1500-1700, BBC Red Button/online). ...AND ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK  bbc.co.uk/sport Lawro's predictions  Mark Lawrenson on the weekend's fixtures St Helens' Jon Wilkin on the Super League Grand Final  "I'm ready for another bruising encounter"
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	THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER 22.30 BST - BBC TWO FROM GAVIN ESLER Hello My friend Lucy passed on this example of modern economics for your consideration: If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago they would now be worth £4.95; with HBOS, earlier this week your £1000 would have been worth £16.50; £1000 invested in XL Leisure would now be worth less than £5; but if you bought £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank it all, then took the empty cans to an aluminium re-cycling plant, you would get £214. So based on the above statistics the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and re-cycle. In tonight's programme: The resignation of Sir Ian Blair at the Met. He said he didn't have the backing of the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and so he had to go. We'll have the latest. What impact is the credit crunch and the political indecision in the United States having on the real economy? Our economics editor Paul Mason will be here and we'll be reporting from Main Street UK. From Washington - we'll be looking ahead to the much-anticipated TV debate between the vice-presidential candidates in the US election, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. And finally... A joke doing the rounds of the City this afternoon: "What is the difference between a pigeon and a merchant banker?" "A pigeon can still put a deposit on a Ferrari." Newsnight is at 10.30pm on BBC2. Gavin Missed Newsnight? Click here to watch online Newsnight Blog Add your comments to our correspondents' blogs: CLICK HERE
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