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26/02/2016

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Woman discovers that her online bingo friend is her long-lost sister.

We hear from two women who have been friends for eight years from an online bingo site but now realise they are actually sisters.

We hear the incredible story of the woman who discovered that her best friend of eight years from an online bingo site is actually the sister she's been tryng to find for 35 years.  Elaine Walker was adopted at eight weeks old, and only learnt aged 25 that she had a sister called Jackie Green, who she'd never met.  Elsewhere FIFA will get a new President today who will succeed Sepp Blatter, so ahead of the election, we find out whether football's governing body can turn its image around.  And after 68 days battling mountainous waves, sea sickness and terrible weather, four women who met on the school run have become the oldest female crew to cross an ocean.  Sam Walker speaks to the Yorkshire rowers who've claimed the record for crossing the Atlantic.

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