The funeral procession of family and friends paused in a light drizzle outside the weathered stone house where he was born on October 26, 1916.

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But only another four overs were possible before umpires Nigel Cowley and Nigel Llong took the players off due to poor light and light drizzle 14 overs early.

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"I told the American people I was going to pick somebody who could be president of the United States and I found that man in Dick Cheney, " Bush told about 3, 000 gathered under a light drizzle.

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After breaks for bad light and drizzle, the home side closed on 45-1, still struggling, some 128 runs behind.

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As a light "drizzle" falls on flower-bedecked umbrellas some dangling from the ceiling, others clustered in vertical stands "fog" swirls below.

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Forecasters say it will be mostly cloudy and windy, with perhaps a few brighter spells in the north and east of the UK and the odd outbreak of mainly light rain or drizzle.

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