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The Government is pressing ahead with contingency plans for a fuel | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
strike, despite a breakthrough in the tanker drivers' dispute. Union | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
leaders accuse ministers of being unhelpful, but are to put a | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
potential deal to their members. The UN Security Council votes | :00:20. | :00:30. | |
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unanimously in favour of sending in international observers to Syria. | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
Neptune Collonges is... Oh, it is tight! | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
One of the closest races in Grand National history - Neptune | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
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Good afternoon. The Government has defended its decision to carry on | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
drawing up plans for a possible fuel strike, despite a breakthrough | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
in the tanker drivers' dispute. Last night, the Unite union said it | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
would put a potential deal to its members. The dispute led to | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
concerns that there would be strikes, and caused panic buying at | :01:09. | :01:19. | |
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petrol stations last month. Soap, was this panic at the pumps | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
and necessary after all? This apparent breakthrough may mean the | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
fears of a fuel shortage were just that, fears. But there is still the | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
possibility that fuel tanker drivers might dodge bike if the | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
proposals to stop a walkout are rejected. So today, the government | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
has insisted that it will continue to draw up contingency plans. And | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
that has angered the union involved. It is not helpful to me and My | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
members when trying to reach a negotiated settlement on this | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
possible dispute. The government's contingency plans had included | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
training military tanker drivers to step in if needed. Their approach | :02:00. | :02:05. | |
remains cautious. A spokesman for the Department of Energy and | :02:05. | :02:15. | |
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Last night, the proposed deal was finalised at the conciliation | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
service ACAS after days of talks. We do not know what the dealers. | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
Unite union members will meet next week to decide whether to accept | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
the offer. So what is this dispute actually about? Drivers want a | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
minimum standard across the industry for wages, pensions and | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
safety. But the delivery firm said they have excellent safety records, | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
their training is good and the drivers are well paid, on around | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
�45,000. The union winning the vote for strike action triggered all | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
sorts of panic buying a couple of weeks ago. Any threats to fuel | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
supplies make the public feel very uneasy and vulnerable. | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
government's critics say the - here to the forecourt after advice to | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
stop -- stockpile fuel in jerry cans before any debts were set have | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
dented the coalition's credibility, but it is a tricky message to get | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
right - how do you say "don't panic" without people doing exactly | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
that? The United Nations Security Council | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
has voted unanimously in favour of sending a team of observers to | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
monitor a ceasefire in Syria. It comes amid reports of heavy | :03:30. | :03:40. | |
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shelling by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs. Our | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
correspondent is in New York. How significant is this vote? A to | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
significant in a number of ways. Firstly, it gets action from the UN | :03:50. | :03:55. | |
as quickly as possible. There is an advance team of up to 30 military | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
observers who have been authorised to go to Syria immediately and | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
start to monitor the ceasefire. A number of monitors are standing by, | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
ready to go as soon as the vote is taken. They could be on the ground | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
with their hours. It is important to send a signal from the | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
international community that it is backing this ceasefire. It is | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
backing the plan of Kofi Annan, which has wider implications. | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
Although the resolution calls on both sides to meet their ceasefire | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
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commitments, the onus is clearly on from civilian areas, which is one | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
of the key parts of the ceasefire and budget has not done yet. It is | :04:39. | :04:42. | |
also significant because although it is mostly dealing with the | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
technical matters, it is the first time the UN Security Council has | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
been able to agree a resolution on Syria. That is a defeat for the | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
Syrian government, because it has been benefiting from divisions here. | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
Negotiators from the world's major powers are holding talks with | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
Iranian officials in Istanbul to discuss the long-standing dispute | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
over Tehran's nuclear intentions. President Obama has described the | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
negotiations, the first in almost 15 months, as a "last chance" for | :05:04. | :05:14. | |
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diplomacy to work. This morning, there were polite | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
nods, but for religious reasons, no handshakes. The chief negotiators, | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
Baroness Catherine Ashton and Saeed Jalili, came to test each other's | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
sincerity. They began by trying to work out how to get into the main | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
conference hall. For the world's negotiators, Istanbul marks | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
something of a class reunion. These are their first talks in more than | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
a year. I hope we will see the beginnings today of a sustained | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
process. We are here to find ways to build confidence between us and | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
ways in which we can demonstrate that Iran is moving away from the | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
nuclear programme. Over the last year, divisions have intensified. | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
Iran has begun work at a new enrich and facility in a fortified | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
underground bunker. The EU and the US have each announced new | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
sanctions against Iran. And Israel has suggested that it is | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
considering carrying out a military strike. Not that it appears to | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
worry Iran's President. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad likes to show off | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
Iran's nuclear achievements. The West suspects that Iran may be | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
learning how to make a nuclear weapon, but Iran insists that its | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
ambitions are entirely peaceful. Diplomats described the opening | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
session of talks here as positive and constructive, but they do not | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
expect any immediate breakthroughs. The central issue at these talks | :06:40. | :06:45. | |
may be the fundamental lack of trust between Iran and the West. | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
Neither side is prepared to take the other at its word. And this | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
problem may not be solved in a single day of talks. | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
Liverpool are through to the FA Cup final after beating their great | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
Merseyside rivals Everton, but the winning goal did not come until the | :06:59. | :07:09. | |
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87th minute. Before the raucousness, the silence. | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
In 1989, 96 Liverpool fans died at the start of that FA Cup semi-final. | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
In the first half, Liverpool were subdued to the point of bone-headed. | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
There is a place for politeness. The penalty box is not that place. | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
Advantage, Everton. But after the break, a half-baked back-pass | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
allowed Luis Suarez to swoop. 1-1. Then, late, Andy Carroll, who has | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
had a grim run in red, back-headed Liverpool into the final. It has | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
been a fit for few months for Liverpool's expensive squad, often | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
misfiring. Not today. If they end up winning the FA Cup to add to the | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
Carling Cup, who knows, they might even call this season a success. | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
In what may have been the closest ever Grand National, Neptune | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
Collonges has won by a nose. Trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden | :08:07. | :08:13. | |
by Daryl Jacobs, the 33-1 shot stole victory from Sunnyhillboy. | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
But there were tragedy for the favourite and Gold Cup winner, | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
Synchronised, who suffered a fatal injury. Andy Swiss is at Aintree. | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
Yes, a day of very mixed emotions here at Aintree. On the one hand, a | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
thrilling win for Neptune Collonges, but on the other hand, we have | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
learnt that two horses have died over the National fences, a sad end | :08:35. | :08:42. | |
to a dramatic day. The National is always one of | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
sport's greatest gambles, but this year the big money was on a | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
potentially huge story. Seabass, ridden by Katie Walsh, the surprise | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
favourite. There was more drama before the off. Tony McCoy was | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
briefly unseated by Synchronised. There were also two false starts. | :08:58. | :09:04. | |
But after a lengthy delay, the race was finally on. It remains the most | :09:04. | :09:08. | |
gruelling of challenges. Last year, two horses died, and while some | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
forces -- fences had been modified, there were still numerous early | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
fallers. On the second circuit, as last year, one friends had to be | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
bypassed. The finish was pure theatre. Seabass had lead, but in | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
the end sunny hill boy and the grey horse Neptune Collonges went head | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
to head. It was too close to call, but Neptune Collonges had done it | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
by a nostril. Euphoria for trainer Paul Nicholls and jockey Daryl | :09:36. | :09:46. | |
Jacobs. I knew I would ride him one day. I am glad I have done it now. | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
Another national full of drama and controversy. But for Neptune | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
Collonges, by the thinnest of margins, a place in racing history. | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
But the sad news is that we have since learnt that two horses have | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
died. According to Pete and Synchronised, one of the favourite | :10:04. | :10:09. |