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The murder inquiry at Stepping Hill Hospital - it was three, now five | :00:12. | :00:16. | |
deaths are being investigated. One of the most recent cases to be | :00:16. | :00:22. | |
added to the inquiry is that of 83- year-old Derek Weaver, he died this | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
morning. We are absolutelyic that anybody could do that. Just a | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
wonderful person everybody in the hospital said what a charming, | :00:32. | :00:35. | |
lovely gentleman he is. Also on tonight's programme: | :00:35. | :00:42. | |
Are you going to resign, Prince Andrew? The BBC understands that | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
Prince Andrew is to step down as his role as trade ambassador. | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
Crunch time in the eurozone, leaders need to hammer out a zone | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
to save Greece and the global economy. Her killer went on the run | :00:55. | :00:58. | |
for years, wrote a book about the murder, today the killer of Lindsay | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
Hawker is finally convicted. We've waited four-and-a-half years to get | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
justice for Lindsay. We have achieved that today and we are very | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
pleased. Touch down.... And the end of an era of sprais travel as the | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
last US space shuttle lands for the last time. -- space travel, as the | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
last US space shuttle lands for the last time. A moment in history to | :01:23. | :01:29. | |
be savoured. Coming up in Sportsday on the BBC | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
News channel, rain puts play to England's progress in the first | :01:33. | :01:43. | |
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Test, but not before Trott outshown Good evening, welcome to the BBC | :01:55. | :01:59. | |
News at 6pm. Two more deaths are being investigated at Stepping Hill | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
Hospital in Stockport, bringing the total number of suspicious deaths | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
there to five. The two patients were both in their 80s and died in | :02:08. | :02:09. | |
unexplained circumstances. Detectives are continuing to | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
question a nurse from the hospital, who they arrested yesterday on | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
suspicion of murder. Police believe insulin was deliberately injected | :02:21. | :02:30. | |
into say lin drips. -- saline drips. The latest death - 83-year-old | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
Derek Weaver, died this morning. He also received contaminated medicine. | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
It has left another family with many questions. We are absolutely | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
sick that anybody could do that, just a wonderful person. | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
Everybody in the hospital said what a charming, lovely gentleman he is. | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
He's never complained once, has he? No. He accepted everything that has | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
been thrown at him. He has been through hell and back. The staff | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
have been absolutely wonderful with him. What we know is between 7th- | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
14th July, three patients died. Tracey Elizabeth Arden, Arnold | :03:07. | :03:14. | |
Lancaster and George Keep. They were part of a group of 14 who | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
received saline, contaminated with insulin. This can cause blood sugar | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
levels to fall. Now two more deaths, Derek Weaver and an 84-year-old | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
woman. She died a week ago and is part of the original 14 who | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
received is a lean. Police have said this is a come -- saline. | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
Police have said this is a complex investigation. We have 60 senior | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
invest gay fors working on this case around -- investigators | :03:41. | :03:49. | |
working on this case around the clock. It's a priority for Greater | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
Manchester Police. Rebecca Leighton, the 27-year-old nurse who works at | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
Stepping Hill is still being questioned on suspicion of murder. | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
On her Facebook page she describes herself as happy go lucky, saying | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
she loves the weekend and having a laugh with friends. Detectives want | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
to speak to a 41-year-old man who is still being treated here. He | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
received this contaminated saline, but is no longer critically ill and | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
his condition is improving. They hope he can give them more | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
information about what was going on inside this hospital. | :04:22. | :04:27. | |
Police are still waiting for postmortem examination results to | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
establish how all five died. While security remains tight at Stepping | :04:33. | :04:39. | |
Hill. Our medical correspondent is here. It is a terrible time for the | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
families of those involved. Why is it still uncertain whether these | :04:43. | :04:51. | |
deaths are linked to a deliberate and lethal dose of insuli nerbgs. | :04:51. | :04:59. | |
It is a -- insulin. It is a hormone produced naturally. It produces low | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
blood sugar levels. The symptoms include dizziness and collapse. | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Patients see that with patients who have diabetes from time to time. | :05:07. | :05:11. | |
But give enough insulin to a healthy person the effects would be | :05:11. | :05:18. | |
the same N a postmortem pathologyists would look for high | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
insulin levels. That in itself is not enough. People's insulin levels | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
varyi from person to person. They need -- varys from person to person. | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
They need to look at markers and what effect it had. That all takes | :05:31. | :05:37. | |
time. Over the decades, cases like this are very rare. There have been | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
cases where there have been deliberate poisoning in hospitals. | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
Whether the perpetrator came from inside or outside the hospital, | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
inquiries generally find that a determined and secretive criminal | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
can get past the best regulated systems. | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
Thank you. The BBC understands that Prince Andrew is to step down as | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
his role as special representative for trade and investment. It | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
follows the controversy after his links to a sex offender, lavish | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
trips abroad. The job is unpaid, but the Prince's expenses are met | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
by the Government. Are you resigning? It is a role he | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
has fulfilled for ten years. Now he is stepping aside publicly it will | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
be presented as a re-shaping of his role and Prince Andrew, it is | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
understood, will play a part in the promotion of British business. It | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
will be seen as a result of the controversies he has brought on | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
himself. Some unwise friendships, together with a personality, some | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
have said, can come across as arrogant and insensitive. On the | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
plus side for Prince Andrew has been the valuable work he has done | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
in places like the Gulf, where his royal status has opened doors. | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
Those who work with him say he has been very focused on winning | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
business for Britain. On the debit side, are these areas for which he | :07:03. | :07:11. | |
has attracted criticism. He has had links with prominent Libyans. | :07:11. | :07:16. | |
He has cultivated links with other figures. Last autumn he hosted a | :07:16. | :07:22. | |
lunch for the son-in law of the tunnissiian President. British | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
diplomats were said to be horrified by the meeting. It was his links to | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
this man, an American financier which caused the most acute | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
problems. He is a convicted sex offender. Last December Andrew | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
stayed with him for several days in New York. | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
The palace insisted that there was never any impropriety. His | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
usefulness has been diminished, but there is still a role for him. | :07:47. | :07:54. | |
takes a brief. He works hard. He has been able to sell UK plc around | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
the world very well indeed. Andrew will be keen to continue doing what | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
he can to promote British interests, albeit without the formal title as | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
a special representative. Global Stock Markets have risen | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
this afternoon, following rumours of a draft solution to the Greek | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
debt crisis. Talks between the 17 eurozone countries are underway. | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
They are expected to announce the terms of a second bail out for | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
Greece. Let's speak to our Europe correspondent. What progress on a | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
deal? Well, Fiona, it does look as if today there will be agreed a | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
second bail out for Greece, although we don't know the terms | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
and we certainly don't know all the figures. The summit does look set | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
to ease the terms of the loans that Greece received by lowering | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
interest rates and almost certainly private investors, the banks and | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
insurance companies will be involved in a second Greek bail out | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
and take some losses. It is possible that temporarily Greece | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
may be declared as in default. Another significant change - there | :09:01. | :09:08. | |
will be a radical overhaul for the main body that is involved in these | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
rescue funds, intervening pre- emptively to help out banks and | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
countries that run into travel. Now the markets have liked what they | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
are hearing, although it is not yet settled. A big word of caution - | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
what nobody yet knows is what this will do to reduce Greece's mountain | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
of debt. That is why, over the next few days, if there is an agreement | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
overnight, people will work on the figures to see if this will at last | :09:33. | :09:40. | |
reach the point where they can draw a line under this eurozone crisis. | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
How could the deal being thrashed out in Brussels affect the UK, | :09:43. | :09:52. | |
given that the part of Europe, but not of the euro. The eurozone | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
financial crisis has the potential to spill over into the UK economy, | :09:56. | :10:00. | |
affecting all of us in different ways. There are close commercial | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
links. Any slowdown in the eurozone will affect growth and jobs here. | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
40% of UK exports of jobs and services go to the eurozone. Of the | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
top five destinations for UK exports, four are members of the | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
single currency. The Deputy Prime Minister argued he couldn't ignore | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
what was going on over there. We're not an island economy. We | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
cannot turn our back on the rest of the world. I think it is | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
extraordinary important to remember that a prosperous and strong | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
eurozone is absolutely necessary for a strong and prosperous United | :10:37. | :10:43. | |
Kingdom. Exporters like this company in | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
Birmingham are watching events closely. It supplies parts to car | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
makers and other industries. It does a lot of business in Europe, | :10:51. | :10:54. | |
so any downturn there would cause problems for these workers. The way | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
manufacturing is set up is we are all heavily linked into Europe and | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
dependant on each other. And what we make in the UK we sell in Europe, | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
maybe not directly, but indirectly it is sold in Europe itself. It | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
will have a major effect. Aside from trade what about UK bank | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
exposure to the troubled eurozone economies. Bank loans to the | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
private and public sectors totalled nearly �9 billion. Much bigger is | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
lending to Ireland, �84 billion. UK banks have lent �66 billion to | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
Spain. That is direct lending. British investors might be affected | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
if the wider banking system in Europe comes under strain because | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
of lending to these economies. one country, due to exposure to one | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
of the economies comes under pressure, then other banks are less | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
likely to lend money to them. That is what is called the Lehman effect. | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
It is the same effect we can see again if we have a systematic price | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
in Europe. This is how the banks stay interconnected. Today's deal | :11:57. | :12:01. | |
may sort out Greece's problems for now, but the fear is the eurozone | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
crisis is far from over, with major questions still over member | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
nations' ability to deal with their debts. | :12:11. | :12:15. | |
Thank you. Scottish & Southern energy is the third of the major | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
power suppliers to announce an increase. Gas is going up by 18%, | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
electricity by 11% in September. Scottish Power and British Gas have | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
announced price hikes. All the companies are blaming higher | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
wholesale costs. High street sales recovered in June as stores started | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
sales early. The Office for National Statistics said like-for- | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
like sales, excluding petrol, were 0.7% higher than May. Food | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
retailers reported their biggest drop since the figures were first | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
compiled 23 years ago. The father of the British teacher, Lindsay | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
Hawker, who was murdered in Japan, says the family has finally | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
achieved justice. Tatsuya Ichihashi, who is 32 has been sentenced to | :12:59. | :13:06. | |
life for the rape and murder of Miss Hawker in 207. He went on the | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
run for three -- 2007. He went on the run for three years and even | :13:11. | :13:16. | |
wrote a book about the murder. This report contains some flash | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
photography. For one last time Lindsay Hawker's parents have | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
travelled to Japan. They have made many visits from their home since | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
their daughter was found dead. Now they have seen to see Tatsuya | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
Ichihashi - the man accused of raping and killing her, face | :13:30. | :13:37. | |
justice in court. We've waited a long time for today. | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
We've waited foir-and-a-half years to get justice for -- four-and-a- | :13:41. | :13:44. | |
half years to get justice for Lindsey. We have achieved that | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
today. We are very pleased. I would like to say thank you to the | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
Japanese people, the Japanese press and particularly the individuals | :13:52. | :14:00. | |
who apprehended Ichihashi. We would not have got this far without | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
everybody's help. Lindsay loved Japan and you have not let her down. | :14:03. | :14:12. | |
Thank you. March, 2007, the 22-year-old went | :14:12. | :14:17. | |
to a cafe with her killer. Later that day, Ichihashi raped her. He | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
left her body on the balcony of his flat in a bathtub. When the police | :14:23. | :14:28. | |
arrived Ichihashi was there, but alluded their grasp. He escaped | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
barefoot. The Hawkers made appeals, but the case went cold for more | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
than two-and-a-half years. While on remand Ichihashi wrote a book about | :14:37. | :14:43. | |
his time on the run. He revealed a Second World War bunker on a remote | :14:43. | :14:49. | |
island was his hidout for a while. He ventured out for plastic surgery. | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
In late, 2009 a break through, suspicious clinic staff grave a | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
photograph of his new appearance to the police. Ichihashi had even cut | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
his own lip with scissors to make it thinner. He was arrested after | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
being recognised at a ferry terminal. As he was brought into | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
court for the verdict to be delivered Ichihashi bowed to | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
Lindsay Hawker's parents. They lowered their eyes, so as not to | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
see the gesture of apology. Then the judge ordered Ichihashi to | :15:18. | :15:24. | |
stand and pronounced him guilty of murder. The judge told Ichihashi | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
the responsibility for Lindsay's death should lie upon him heavily. | :15:29. | :15:38. | |
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He was sentenced to life in prison The murder inquiry at Stepping Hill | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
Hospital - five deaths are now being investigated. Coming up, | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
after a bright start at the historic Test at Lord's, an injury | :15:49. | :15:57. | |
to one of in the's star bowlers casts a shadow over the day's play. | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
Later, the debt crisis spreads from Europe to the US. Could the world's | :16:01. | :16:07. | |
largest economy now default? And a more price rises hit millions of | :16:07. | :16:17. | |
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consumers at Scottish and Southern It is the end of an era. The US | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
space shuttle Atlantis has touched down for the final time, bringing | :16:21. | :16:26. | |
to an end NASA's 30 year shuttle programme. The shuttle fleet placed | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
hundreds of satellite in orbit, launched the Hubble space telescope | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
and could -- contributed to the building of the International Space | :16:34. | :16:43. | |
Station. 3 1/2 minutes until touchdown. | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
sonic booms as the Space Shuttle appears, still high in the night | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
sky. This thermal image capturing the nose cone glowing white with | :16:51. | :16:58. | |
extreme heat. Every landing is pence. One ended in disaster. He is | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
the pilot's view. Emotions are running high for the final | :17:02. | :17:09. | |
spectacular touchdown. Words to match. Having fired the imagination | :17:09. | :17:14. | |
of a generation. A ship like no other, its place in history Secure, | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
the space shuttle palls into port for the last time, its voyage at an | :17:18. | :17:25. | |
end. Dawn at Cape Canaveral. The shuttles have flown for 30 years, | :17:25. | :17:28. | |
but now there is no immediate replacement. As the astronauts are | :17:28. | :17:35. | |
welcomed home, the commander makes a sentimental plea for America to | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
keep exploring space. I want that picture of a young, six-year-old | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
boy looking at the space shuttle in a museum, and saying, "steady, I | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
want to do something like that when I grow up". So what did the shuttle | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
achieve? They built the International Space Station, a | :17:54. | :17:58. | |
giant orbiting laboratory, and then launched the Hubble telescope, | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
providing extraordinary glimpses of far-off galaxies. After the | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
struggle, what will America do next in space? It will rely on Russian | :18:08. | :18:11. | |
rockets to get astronauts to the space station, for several years at | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
least. Then commercial operators with new spacecraft will be paid to | :18:15. | :18:20. | |
do the job of getting up into orbit, which should free up NASA descent | :18:20. | :18:25. | |
mission's much deeper into space, maybe as far as asteroids, or even | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
to Mars. But only if there is the money. This new animation shows how | :18:31. | :18:36. | |
a NASA is aiming to land on an asteroid, the planning is under way. | :18:36. | :18:42. | |
But it may just be wishful thinking on a sad day. Tonight, at the slow | :18:42. | :18:46. | |
haul to retirement. Watched by huge crowds, many thousands will lose | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
their jobs. 50 years ago, America launched its first astronaut. Now | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
no one is exactly sure what will come next. | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
Front line police jobs will go and there could be an increase in crime. | :19:01. | :19:03. | |
That is the conclusion of the police watchdog as it looks into | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
the impact of the government's spending cuts. It is police forces | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
in England and Wales will cut 34,000 jobs over the next four | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
years, which will result in police numbers been at the lowest level | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
for a decade. It is described as the police's | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
biggest financial challenge for a generation. And with a 20% cut, | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
today we learned of the scale of the job losses to forces in England | :19:29. | :19:35. | |
and Wales, as figures produced by the police inspectorate. There is | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
no doubt that as we go through this transformation, we need to be | :19:39. | :19:44. | |
thinking about delivering service in different ways. We need to be | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
radical because the scale of cuts demands that we do things very | :19:47. | :19:57. | |
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differently. So what are the Out of focus is on the service been | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
delivered rather than looking at numbers. Rather than ensuring | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
officers are able to be on the beat, doing the job communities expect. | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
In the immediate future it looks as though there will be a 2% drop in | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
frontline numbers, with bigger cuts in other parts of the service. Of | :20:24. | :20:28. | |
course, it is the cuts to frontline officers which concern the public. | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
The worry is that few officers will mean more crime. Certainly the | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
inspectorate shows that when you have a higher level of policing, | :20:36. | :20:41. | |
you have lower levels of crime. But when it comes to violent crime, it | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
is a different picture. The evidence is said to be weaker that | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
fewer police will lead to an increase in violent offences. | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
Nevertheless, the cuts are simply too deep, say Labour. Chief | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
constables have been put in at an impossible position. They are doing | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
everything they can to cut bureaucracy and safeguard services, | :20:59. | :21:04. | |
but the sheer scale and pace of the government's cuts mean that | :21:04. | :21:08. | |
frontline services have been Kit, and the scale of cuts is worse than | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
we feared. Nearly a third of the posts have gone already. The | :21:12. | :21:17. | |
policing landscape is steadily being transformed. | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
Two British nationals, a man and a woman too, have been detained in | :21:21. | :21:26. | |
Afghanistan. They were arrested in a hotel, and are being questioned | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
in a secure facility in Kandahar. The Ministry of Defence has | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
confirmed the arrests but wouldn't comment on reports that they were | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
terrorism-related. 20-year-old Majlinda Kelmendi, a | :21:38. | :21:42. | |
judo fighter from Kosovo, is a real contender for an Olympic medal. But | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
she may not be able to claim it because the International Olympic | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
Committee doesn't recognise the country. All this week we are | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
focusing on some of the Olympic hopefuls. With a year to go, | :21:54. | :21:55. | |
Majlinda's preparations are hampered by concerns over whether | :21:56. | :22:03. | |
she will be allowed to compete. The landscape of the Rugova | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
mountains is idyllic. The recent history in this corner of Kosovo, | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
anything but. Yet, emerging from breathtaking valleys and a painful | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
past, is a local talent as ruthless as she is ambitious. And with one | :22:19. | :22:26. | |
target in mind. The former world junior champion in judo. Meet | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
Majlinda Kelmendi. It is a wonderful feeling to compete for | :22:30. | :22:37. | |
Kosovo. Because and the only one who is having the chance to prove | :22:37. | :22:43. | |
to the world that Kosovo have got talent. Because what Kosovo is best | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
known for is not pretty. Majlinda's town of Peja was burnt down in the | :22:48. | :22:51. | |
conflict with Serbia. Families were forced to flee to neighbouring | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
countries. Today, it feels so different. This could be anywhere | :22:56. | :23:02. | |
in Europe. But there is a grey reality behind the San Tron. | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
Without international status, prospect in Kosovo of run, and | :23:05. | :23:12. | |
Majlinda's old teacher feels that a could deprive her of her big chance. | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
That is disappointing, really disappointing. Because we are part | :23:17. | :23:23. | |
of Europe, and no one can stop us from achieving our goals and going | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
where we want. We are part of Europe. They cannot just ignore us. | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
Back in the gym, the build up to 2012 goes on regardless. Majlinda | :23:34. | :23:39. | |
has had big-money offers from other countries, like Azerbaijan, to | :23:39. | :23:46. | |
compete under their flag. But she would sooner hold on and hope. | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
Majlinda knows she represents the hopes of a country, but there is | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
more to it than that. She also stands for the wasted opportunities | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
of a former generation. Her coach, the taskmaster, could have been | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
exactly where she is now. But the outbreak of war, the break-up of | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
Yugoslavia, meant he had to abandon his Olympic dreams, and fight for | :24:08. | :24:13. | |
his country. If she will gain and metal, that will be half of that | :24:13. | :24:22. | |
mind. -- a medal. That'll be the biggest thing in my life. But it is | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
a struggle. Majlinda makes her a part of the bargain look easy. | :24:26. | :24:31. | |
Winning the right to fly the Kosovo flag in London 2012 remains a much | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
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tougher challenge. If you want to find out more about | :24:41. | :24:51. | |
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Majlinda Kelmendi and all the other The eagerly anticipated cricket | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
series between England and India is under way. There is a lot at stake. | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
If England can win the four-match series convincingly, they will | :25:00. | :25:04. | |
replace India as the top-ranked Test team in the world. Our sports | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
correspondent is at Lord's for us. We have had our challengers with | :25:09. | :25:13. | |
the weather here, but absorbing play nonetheless. This is a moment | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
of history, because Test-match cricket has reached game number | :25:17. | :25:20. | |
2000 here. Right now there is concern as to whether Test match | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
cricket has a long-term future, is it perhaps too slow for the modern | :25:24. | :25:32. | |
taste? Evidence suggests today that it is alive and well. India and | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
England, and suddenly everyone is interested. Provide a Test series | :25:38. | :25:42. | |
that matters, and you will see the hordes descend. They came from | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
around the corner, and around the globe. Came in from New York, | :25:46. | :25:51. | |
really excited. Really keen to see Sachin Tendulkar. Just come in from | :25:51. | :25:54. | |
Istanbul. The two greatest Test teams in the world going head-to- | :25:54. | :26:02. | |
head. Sachin Tendulkar will have a chance to make his 100th | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
international hundred later in the match. England were asked to bat | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
first. In overcast conditions, it was a struggle. Alastair Cook, out | :26:11. | :26:17. | |
lbw for 12 off. Andrew Strauss is back in charge of the team, a brief | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
release. A boundary from him. Patients was the key requirement. | :26:22. | :26:31. | |
Shortly after lunch, Strauss lost he's. -- lost his. Zaheer Khan is | :26:31. | :26:36. | |
the bowler England Brealey fear, but even he needs someone to catch | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
the ball. Trott escaped here. From insult to injury for the fast | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
bowler. Zaheer Khan soon left the field, a dodgy looking hamstring. A | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
lucky break for England. When the light to go back, Trott and | :26:52. | :26:56. | |
Pietersen strode off, content. Test-match 2000 was ultimately | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
halted by English cricket's eternal foe it. The weather is number-one - | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
- aware that his number one in the world, the rain always wins. It is | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
just been confirmed that play has been abandoned for the day. Think | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
and to end the summer as world No. 1, they need to win at least two of | :27:14. | :27:18. | |
the Test matches this summer against India. So they will be | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
hoping for a clear day tomorrow to crack on. Thank you. Let's take a | :27:23. | :27:32. | |
Oh dear. Yes, I'm afraid tomorrow we are going to have the same fun | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
and games at Lord's. More showers in the offing. It won't be a | :27:36. | :27:43. | |
washout by any means, but showers will be there or thereabouts. They | :27:43. | :27:48. | |
will tend to fade away during the course of the evening. One or two | :27:48. | :27:54. | |
left behind, mind you, in western part of England and Wales. Most of | :27:54. | :28:02. | |
us will settle into a dry night. It is the end of July, I know! For | :28:02. | :28:10. | |
most of us, a cool feeling night. A fresh start to Friday. Once more, | :28:10. | :28:13. | |
as we have seen in the last few days, showers will develop, | :28:13. | :28:17. | |
initially across parts of Wales and western England. Through the day, | :28:17. | :28:22. | |
the heaviest of them will transfer East Wood's after a bright start. | :28:22. | :28:29. | |
Further west, in parts of Devon and Cornwall, some brightness. Many | :28:29. | :28:33. | |
places will stay dry, western parts of Wales not doing too badly with | :28:33. | :28:37. | |
some sunshine through the afternoon. We catch some sunshine in this part | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
of the day, it will make all the difference. It will be pleasant | :28:40. | :28:45. | |
enough in parts of Northern Ireland, and in Scotland. A few showers | :28:45. | :28:51. | |
dotted around, but of the lighter variety. As we head further south | :28:51. | :28:54. | |
through the Midlands and in two parts of southern England, again, | :28:54. | :28:58. | |
some heavy ones breaking out through the late afternoon and | :28:58. | :29:06. | |
early evening. Big question mark, the weekend. Plan A was that most | :29:06. | :29:10. | |
of us would have a fine bright weekend. But the majority of | :29:10. | :29:15. | |
Saturday, it will be that way, particularly further west. But rain | :29:15. | :29:20. |