:00:04. > :00:09.Tonight at ten, on the slide - the state of the global economy gives
:00:09. > :00:18.more cause for concern. In Europe and America, the IMF warns of a
:00:18. > :00:24.possible return to recession unless decisive action is taken.
:00:24. > :00:28.global economy has entered a dangerous new phase. The recovery
:00:28. > :00:34.has weakened considerably. And a blow to Britain as the growth
:00:34. > :00:37.forecast is reduced, but ministers say they are on the right track.
:00:37. > :00:41.The right response is to stick to the plans we have set out up to
:00:41. > :00:45.reduce the deficit and support economic growth. That is what the
:00:45. > :00:49.IMF has advised us to do. A politician has cannot sit on their
:00:49. > :00:53.hands any longer. We need to act for growth and jobs. It is the only
:00:53. > :00:56.way to secure the future and get our deficits down. We can reveal
:00:56. > :00:57.that ministers are discussing new ways of reviving the economy. We
:00:57. > :01:00.will have the details. Also tonight:
:01:00. > :01:03.A former Afghan president and chief peace negotiator is killed by a
:01:03. > :01:06.suicide bomber in Kabul. The nurse questioned about
:01:06. > :01:16.malpractice at a Stockport hospital speaks for the first time since her
:01:16. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:22.release. I can't believe it is happening. Even then, they arrested
:01:22. > :01:25.me. I thought I would be home for tea time, because surely they knew
:01:25. > :01:31.I had not done anything wrong. And the first group of Team GB
:01:31. > :01:35.athletes are named for the London Games of 2012.
:01:35. > :01:39.And I will be with Sportsday later on the BBC News Channel, including
:01:39. > :01:49.tonight's Carling Cup tyres as Manchester United renew their
:01:49. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:05.Good evening. The global economy has entered a "dangerous new phase",
:02:05. > :02:07.with a risk of renewed recession in Europe and America. The warning
:02:07. > :02:11.comes from the International Monetary Fund at its headquarters
:02:11. > :02:14.in Washington. The growth estimates for Britain and other major
:02:14. > :02:24.economies have been sharply reduced, and the IMF urges Europe to "get
:02:24. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:31.its act together" to tackle the debt crisis.
:02:31. > :02:36.The IMF has taken a long, hard look at the global economy and found it
:02:36. > :02:42.a pretty scary place. Today's report talks of a dangerous new
:02:42. > :02:46.phase in what may now be a weekend bumpy recovery. Many economies are
:02:46. > :02:51.facing anaemic growth. It is a big change from even a few months ago,
:02:51. > :02:54.and nowhere has the outlook changed faster than in Italy. Today,
:02:54. > :02:59.Italian newspapers were full of the news that the government's credit
:02:59. > :03:02.rating had been cut for the first time in five years. The fund says
:03:02. > :03:07.Italy is paying the price for the failure to resolve the crisis here
:03:07. > :03:12.in Athens. Students took to the streets there again today to
:03:12. > :03:18.protest against government cuts. There is clearly a difference
:03:18. > :03:21.between Greece and Italy. I think the lack of clarity on Greece is
:03:21. > :03:25.affecting the credibility when it comes to judgment of other
:03:25. > :03:29.countries. The crisis in the Eurozone is one reason why the fund
:03:29. > :03:36.has now sharply lowered its growth forecasts. It now expects the
:03:36. > :03:43.Eurozone to grow by 1.6% this year and the US to grow by 1.5%, half as
:03:43. > :03:49.fast as last year. The forecast for the UK is for growth of just 1.1%.
:03:49. > :03:52.The chancellor's Budget assumes growth of 1.7%. The other big
:03:52. > :03:56.danger flag Dublin this report is in the US. The fund worries that
:03:56. > :04:01.the battle between the president and Congress will derail the
:04:01. > :04:04.recovery here, with public spending cut to sharply next year, but not
:04:04. > :04:09.enough long-term to silence questions about America's debt.
:04:09. > :04:13.President Obama sounded like he was reading the fund's Strip yesterday,
:04:13. > :04:17.announcing his deficit plan. need to invest in what will promote
:04:17. > :04:21.hiring and economic growth now, while still providing the
:04:21. > :04:26.confidence that will come with the plan to reduce our deficits long
:04:26. > :04:30.term. The president's opponents know that talk of jobs strikes a
:04:30. > :04:35.chord. Less than a year ago, Jo Farrell had a well-paid job, a
:04:35. > :04:39.comfortable home in Virginia and two cars. Now all of that has gone.
:04:39. > :04:43.His wife and three sons are living in his mother's trailer while he
:04:43. > :04:48.works a double shift at a local restaurant. I try not to show my
:04:48. > :04:52.emotions too much. I don't want my husband to feel absolutely defeated
:04:52. > :04:56.and not be able to provide for his family. But for me as a woman, it
:04:56. > :05:00.is hard to look at my kids every day and know that we failed them in
:05:00. > :05:05.some way. The IMF has a difficult balance to strike with this report.
:05:05. > :05:08.They need to sound the alarm, but they do not want to seriously
:05:08. > :05:12.damage confidence. One of the things that will give America and
:05:12. > :05:16.other countries a lost decade is if it ordinary people feel so gloomy
:05:16. > :05:21.about their prospects that they decide to slash spending now. In
:05:21. > :05:26.that sense, the greatest fear hanging over the global economy may
:05:26. > :05:29.well be a fear itself. The IMF's Chief Economist admits that George
:05:29. > :05:34.Osborne is one of the -- walking a fine line as well in deciding
:05:34. > :05:40.whether to slow the pace of cuts. At some point, if things turn out
:05:40. > :05:42.to be worse, one has to reconsider plans. But there is loss of
:05:43. > :05:47.credibility when you have established a plan and you need to
:05:47. > :05:51.change it. At some point, you need to do it, but the threshold is
:05:51. > :05:55.higher. The watchdog for the global economy sees dangers all around us,
:05:55. > :05:58.but it does not want anyone to press the panic button just yet.
:05:58. > :06:02.The government here says this is no time to ditch its austerity
:06:02. > :06:05.measures. But the BBC understands that some ministers are arguing
:06:05. > :06:10.that the Chancellor could inject up to �5 billion into the economy
:06:10. > :06:12.without abandoning his deficit reduction strategy. As our
:06:12. > :06:21.political editor Nick Robinson can reveal, they believe Mr Osborne
:06:21. > :06:25.could raise capital spending on infrastructure projects.
:06:26. > :06:29.The economy is slowing and the Chancellor knows it, but however
:06:30. > :06:35.bad the forecasts get, the coalition has just one message - we
:06:35. > :06:41.are sticking to plan. The right response is to stick to the plans
:06:41. > :06:45.we have set out. We will go on with determination and no wavering.
:06:45. > :06:49.Credibility comes with having a plan and sticking to it, but
:06:49. > :06:52.recognising that within it, there is also flexibility. Behind the
:06:52. > :06:58.scenes, away from the cameras, an important debate is just beginning
:06:58. > :07:02.amongst ministers about just how much flexibility there can be while
:07:02. > :07:10.sticking to plan A. Some ministers have told me that they believe the
:07:10. > :07:16.Chancellor could increase spending on so-called capital projects by as
:07:16. > :07:20.much as �5 billion, in an effort to stimulate growth. All agree that in
:07:20. > :07:23.-- improving Britain's infrastructure, including its
:07:23. > :07:27.transport links, could get the economy moving. Ministers have
:07:27. > :07:32.announced plans to accelerate spending on big projects. But some
:07:32. > :07:35.are now contemplating going further, by increasing the capital budget.
:07:36. > :07:39.It has always been treated differently from so-called current
:07:39. > :07:42.spending, which pays for the salaries of police officers and
:07:42. > :07:46.nurses and the running costs of public services in government
:07:46. > :07:52.departments. The Chancellor has always argued that Britain's
:07:52. > :07:55.economic credibility, with nervous financial markets, depends on
:07:55. > :07:59.sticking to his plan, to which the Shadow Chancellor has always
:07:59. > :08:03.replied, if the plan is not getting the economy growing, the plan
:08:03. > :08:08.should be changed. The IMF are right. Politicians can't sit on
:08:08. > :08:11.their hands any longer. We need to act for growth and jobs. It is the
:08:12. > :08:16.only way to secure the future and get deficits down. I in Birmingham,
:08:16. > :08:20.which has seen many jobs lost, the Liberal Democrat conference has
:08:20. > :08:25.echoed, as minister after minister has taught not about the deficit,
:08:25. > :08:30.but about the need for a plan for growth, the need for a stimulus.
:08:30. > :08:35.The big economic policy question now is, how do we progress from
:08:35. > :08:40.financial stability to growth? We need to do more. More to help
:08:40. > :08:44.support jobs and growth in our communities. Ministers, whether Lib
:08:44. > :08:48.Dem or Tory, stressed the need to stick to George Osborne's Budget
:08:48. > :08:52.plan. But they are beginning to sound rather different about what
:08:52. > :08:58.exactly that means. Any extra spending would require the
:08:58. > :09:04.Chancellor to borrow more. Some call that being flexible. Others
:09:04. > :09:06.will say no, it is abandoning plan In a moment, we will be speaking to
:09:06. > :09:16.our political editor Nick Robinson, but first, our economics editor
:09:16. > :09:21.Stephanie Flanders in Washington. It is a difficult balancing act
:09:21. > :09:31.that is now facing so many of the world's big economies? Yes,
:09:31. > :09:35.
:09:35. > :09:39.extremely difficult choices. The one piece of good news is that
:09:39. > :09:42.negotiators from Europe and the IMF, who had pulled out of Greece in the
:09:42. > :09:45.negotiations over the next slice of Greece's money for his emergency
:09:45. > :09:49.bail-out, they have apparently had a constructive conference call with
:09:49. > :09:54.the Greek government this afternoon and will be back in Athens at the
:09:54. > :09:57.weekend. There is some progress on that piece in the Eurozone crisis,
:09:57. > :10:02.but the broader crisis is with us. Governments everywhere are facing
:10:02. > :10:05.the same dilemma of how to balance the need to get on top of the debt
:10:05. > :10:09.in the long term against the need to support the recovery in the
:10:09. > :10:11.short term when the recovery everywhere is looking weak. It is
:10:11. > :10:17.interesting that countries like Britain and America, who have high
:10:17. > :10:20.borrowing rates at the moment, as the fund points out, they are
:10:20. > :10:24.actually enjoying very low interest rates. It is almost free for them
:10:24. > :10:28.to borrow to fund these kind of investment snake is talking about.
:10:28. > :10:32.But as we have seen in Italy and other places, that may seem
:10:32. > :10:35.attractive now, but they cannot be sure that that confidence will stay
:10:35. > :10:40.and markets will continue to have confidence in the government. That
:10:40. > :10:46.debate will be on going inside the Treasury tonight. Let's talk more
:10:46. > :10:52.about that debate with you, Nick. Are we about to see some kind of
:10:52. > :10:56.significant shift in the government strategy? Not yet. I think it is
:10:56. > :11:01.still the case but whether in public or private, Liberal Democrat
:11:01. > :11:04.and Conservative ministers see the need to stick to the plan, in other
:11:04. > :11:07.words to convince financial markets to look elsewhere if they are
:11:07. > :11:14.looking for a government that doesn't know what to do or is
:11:14. > :11:17.uncertain. But, and it is a big but, ministers here are beginning to
:11:17. > :11:22.think, what happens if everything we try to get the economy growing
:11:22. > :11:26.is not quite enough? All sides have agreed that they want to speed up
:11:26. > :11:29.infrastructure projects. They should look around for unspent
:11:29. > :11:34.money and spend that on in to stretcher. But some are beginning
:11:34. > :11:39.to say to me, we could actually just increase those budgets a
:11:39. > :11:42.little without, they claim, actually getting off-plan A. The
:11:42. > :11:46.reason is because that so-called capital spending is treated in a
:11:46. > :11:51.slightly different way from day-to- day or so-called current spending.
:11:51. > :11:56.For the moment, it is a debate that is risky. But behind the scenes,
:11:56. > :12:01.this is the argument. Do you risk upsetting the financial markets,
:12:01. > :12:10.and is the gain from extra spending enough to make it worth taking that
:12:10. > :12:13.risk? It is a debate that is about to begin.
:12:13. > :12:16.Former President Rabbani of Afghanistan, the man chairing peace
:12:16. > :12:20.talks with the Taliban, has been assassinated at his home in Kabul.
:12:20. > :12:23.Mr Rabbani was meeting two members of the Taliban at the time of the
:12:23. > :12:33.explosion. President Karzai has cut short his visit to the United
:12:33. > :12:38.Nations in New York and is flying back to Kabul.
:12:38. > :12:42.Heavy security tonight, outside the house in Kabul close to the
:12:42. > :12:47.American embassy where former president Rabbani was killed by a
:12:47. > :12:51.Taliban fighter with a bomb concealed in his turban. Rabbani
:12:51. > :12:55.was a divisive figure, head of the Northern Alliance opposition to the
:12:55. > :12:59.Taliban and a surprise appointment to lead the council set up by
:12:59. > :13:05.President Karzai to talk peace with them. The Afghan President heard
:13:05. > :13:10.the news in New York just before he met President Obama. The mission
:13:10. > :13:15.that he had undertaken was vital for the Afghan people and for the
:13:15. > :13:21.security of our country and the piece of our country. We will miss
:13:21. > :13:29.him very much. Burhanuddin Rabbani may have died trying to bring peace,
:13:29. > :13:32.but he lived as a warrior. He was the founding father of the Afghan
:13:32. > :13:38.mujahedin, the Islamic fighters who repulsed the Russian invasion in
:13:38. > :13:41.the 1980s. The country he led briefly as President in 1992 was
:13:41. > :13:46.divided by civil war as the mujahedin he had inspired fought
:13:46. > :13:52.among themselves, leading to the emergence of the Taliban in
:13:52. > :13:55.reaction to the chaos, with their unique fundamentalist world-view.
:13:55. > :14:01.Rabbani's death will send shockwaves across a country worn
:14:01. > :14:05.out by war. Whoever was responsible for carrying out this attack
:14:05. > :14:15.tonight was sending a clear message that they believe there is more
:14:15. > :14:16.
:14:16. > :14:21.fighting to be done before there is A Royal Marine shot dead in
:14:21. > :14:27.southern Afghanistan has been named by the MoD, he was 24 year-old
:14:27. > :14:32.marine David Fairbrother from 42 Commando. Tonight his commanding
:14:33. > :14:39.officer paid a tribute, describing him as a first class Marine, and a
:14:39. > :14:43.young man of rare quality. A nurse arrested by police
:14:43. > :14:47.investigating the contamination of saline at a hospital and Stockport
:14:47. > :14:51.say she has been unable to live a normal life since she has been
:14:51. > :14:56.released. Rebecca Leighton was charged with theft and criminal
:14:56. > :15:00.damage with intent to endanger life, and spent more than six weeks in
:15:00. > :15:04.custody. The charges have been dropped but she is still suspended
:15:04. > :15:09.from her job. She was accused of killing her
:15:09. > :15:13.patients. She spent six weeks in jail. Now, for the first time,
:15:13. > :15:19.Rebecca Leighton has spoken about what she has been through. I woke
:15:19. > :15:24.up to the police banging on the door, but even then I didn't... I
:15:24. > :15:29.thought the police wanted to ask further questions. I thought I
:15:29. > :15:35.would be home for tea time because surely they know I have not done
:15:35. > :15:40.anything wrong. Rebecca was arrested after the deaths of three
:15:40. > :15:49.patients. They all received contaminated Saline, and on 22nd
:15:49. > :15:52.July she was charged with criminal damage to endanger life. 12 days
:15:52. > :15:56.later the charges were dropped and she was told she could return to
:15:56. > :16:01.nursing, but remains suspended from Stepping Hill while they
:16:01. > :16:08.investigate claims she stole medicine. I plead with the police
:16:08. > :16:13.all the time, just don't stop looking. If you do, surely the
:16:13. > :16:19.person that has done these horrific things will still be out there.
:16:19. > :16:23.Security remains tight at Stepping Hill. Here, every car is checked in
:16:23. > :16:28.and out because the person who contaminated this Saline could
:16:28. > :16:32.still be inside the hospital. 60 detectives need to speak to
:16:32. > :16:37.hundreds of witnesses, and this includes patients, visitors and
:16:38. > :16:42.staff. But it is also an investigation that has changed
:16:42. > :16:46.Rebecca Leighton's life. I am living with my parents, I am not
:16:46. > :16:53.working, I can't go outside with that people taking pictures of me.
:16:53. > :16:57.I can't walk down the street on my own because I am scared. One-day
:16:57. > :17:06.Rebecca Leighton hopes to return to work as a nurse, while the families
:17:06. > :17:13.of those who died at Stepping Hill are still waiting for answers.
:17:13. > :17:16.Still to come - a glimpse of 2012, as we look at the commercial
:17:16. > :17:24.pressures on our Olympic athletes. The no request to the athletes
:17:24. > :17:28.which might impact on their performance would be sanctioned by
:17:28. > :17:32.me or the British Olympic Association.
:17:32. > :17:36.The firms which control most of the energy market are guilty of
:17:36. > :17:41.predatory pricing, according to the Energy Secretary Chris Huhne. He
:17:41. > :17:46.said today he would make it easier for consumers to change supplier
:17:46. > :17:55.and try to save money on their bills. He said tariffs needed to be
:17:55. > :18:00.easier to understand and compare. Winter is fast approaching. The two
:18:00. > :18:05.rounds of energy price rises means warming our homes will cost around
:18:05. > :18:10.�160 more than just 12 months ago. That is bad news for this couple,
:18:10. > :18:18.who lived in Essex. Joan is disabled, they need to keep the
:18:18. > :18:22.heating on, but they find the range of offers simply too confusing.
:18:22. > :18:27.are high energy users, both on gas and electricity, so we have an
:18:27. > :18:31.incentive to look around. It is difficult within the supplier's
:18:31. > :18:38.Terrace, let alone between tariffs. Any simplification will be an
:18:38. > :18:42.advantage. Does the government have any plans to make life easier?
:18:42. > :18:47.Simpler tariffs are coming. Companies will also have to say on
:18:47. > :18:49.bills where you might find a cheaper deal. There are also plans
:18:49. > :18:54.for customers to benefit financially when firms are fined
:18:54. > :18:58.for wrongdoing, and the Energy Secretary is also warning the
:18:58. > :19:03.industry over predatory pricing, which he fears maybe keeping
:19:03. > :19:07.newcomers out of the market. It is simply not fair that big energy
:19:07. > :19:11.companies can push their prices up for the vast majority of their
:19:11. > :19:15.consumers who do not switch, while introducing cut-throat offers for
:19:15. > :19:20.new customers that stops small firms entering the market to
:19:20. > :19:24.provide real competition. Privatisation was meant to deliver
:19:24. > :19:28.savings for consumers, but the big six energy firms have faced
:19:29. > :19:33.increasing criticism as spiralling commodity prices has sent bills
:19:33. > :19:38.ever higher. Will this make a difference? It is about time
:19:38. > :19:43.someone took steps to make sure this market, which is characterised
:19:43. > :19:47.by about selling, complex tariffs, that something is done to make life
:19:47. > :19:52.easier for consumers. If you have never switched supplier, doing so
:19:52. > :19:58.now could save you a couple of hundred pounds, but energy reforms
:19:58. > :20:03.take time and for some the benefits may not be felt this winter.
:20:03. > :20:08.In Yemen, there has been a third day of violence in the capital
:20:08. > :20:12.Sanaa, where thousands of anti- government protesters are occupying
:20:12. > :20:19.the central square. More than 70 people have died since the weekend.
:20:19. > :20:24.Protesters want President Saleh to stand down. There are fears Yemen
:20:24. > :20:28.is now on the brink of full-scale civil war.
:20:28. > :20:33.It started peacefully today, thousands of protesters calling
:20:33. > :20:43.again for President Saleh to step down after 33 years in power. The
:20:43. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:48.response has been brutal. But this is a complicated uprising.
:20:48. > :20:54.Government forces are fighting military units under a general who
:20:54. > :21:01.has turned against the ruling family. Civilians are often caught
:21:01. > :21:06.in the middle. Yemen is much the poorest country in the Arab world.
:21:06. > :21:11.Emergency services and hospitals are ill-equipped for this onslaught.
:21:11. > :21:16.It is estimated 70 people have been killed since Sunday, and many more
:21:16. > :21:23.badly wounded. Inside the hospital, there is plenty of anger against
:21:23. > :21:28.President Saleh and his family. TRANSLATION: To them I say by God,
:21:28. > :21:33.we will not withdraw from our squares and fields until our
:21:33. > :21:37.demands are fulfilled. Yemen's President keeps backing out of
:21:37. > :21:45.apparent offers to hand over power to his deputy, while Western
:21:45. > :21:49.government clings to the hope he will go before civil war. If we
:21:49. > :21:52.really have to persuade all concerned, it is time to make that
:21:52. > :21:57.transition, to sign an agreement that will allow a peaceful
:21:57. > :22:02.transition of power to take place. Why is it proving so hard to
:22:02. > :22:06.resolve? Partly because Yemen is the base far Al-Qaeda. Western
:22:06. > :22:13.countries are nervous - could Al- Qaeda benefit of a ruthless
:22:13. > :22:19.dictator should fall? Are calling on President Saleh to hand over
:22:19. > :22:28.power, the United States still helped the family to run his regime.
:22:28. > :22:31.There is a battle between the country's ruling elite. The put
:22:31. > :22:38.esters are caught in a power struggle between two prominent
:22:38. > :22:42.figures. On the one hand you have the President's family still in the
:22:42. > :22:51.palace, and on the other hand you have a prominent rival army general
:22:51. > :22:55.who defected earlier this year. Tonight, some sort of ceasefire
:22:55. > :22:59.appears to be taking hold in Yemen as the United States issues a fresh
:22:59. > :23:04.appeal for restraint, but there is no sign of fundamental change in
:23:04. > :23:08.favour of the ordinary people of Yemen.
:23:08. > :23:11.The former Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has made another defiant
:23:11. > :23:16.statement broadcast on the Syrian television channel, saying it would
:23:16. > :23:21.be impossible to topple his regime because it had the support of the
:23:21. > :23:25.Libyan people. He added his enemy's success depended on NATO air raids,
:23:25. > :23:29.which he said would not last forever.
:23:29. > :23:34.Britain's greatest Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie is one of the first
:23:34. > :23:39.confirmed members of Team GB, the 550 British competitors will be
:23:39. > :23:43.taking part in London 2012. The sailing team was announced as the
:23:43. > :23:50.British Olympic Association was forced to dilute the commercial
:23:50. > :23:53.demands on athletes taking part in the Olympic Games. Our
:23:53. > :23:58.correspondent explains the changes. Britain's sailors have got used to
:23:58. > :24:02.leading the way at the Olympics, they have won more medals than any
:24:02. > :24:08.other nation and today, led by three-times Olympic champion Ben
:24:08. > :24:13.Ainslie, they became the first sport to announce their squad for
:24:13. > :24:18.London 2012. The hard work starts now. We have 11 months to prepare
:24:18. > :24:23.for the Olympics. A lot of responsibility to go out there and
:24:23. > :24:28.get the results, and be successful. These are the first members of
:24:28. > :24:32.Britain's biggest Olympic team for more than a century. They will face
:24:32. > :24:36.huge levels of expectation next summer, but there will also be
:24:36. > :24:41.commercial pressures and the question is will they potentially
:24:41. > :24:46.impact on the chances of delivering success? We have obtained the
:24:46. > :24:49.agreement all athletes will have to sign. The concern - that the BOA is
:24:49. > :24:55.asking them to do too much to satisfy sponsors and commercial
:24:55. > :24:59.partners. The agreement requires Attlee's to comply with all
:24:59. > :25:03.reasonable requests from the BOA, London 20 twirled and their
:25:03. > :25:07.partners in order to maximise the promotional benefits of sponsorship
:25:07. > :25:12.events. The document also reveals how more contentious plans have
:25:12. > :25:17.been dropped after opposition from athletes and their agents,
:25:17. > :25:22.including the requirement to attend one VIP dinner for or reception
:25:22. > :25:27.organised by the BOA during the Games. The head of the BOA told me
:25:27. > :25:32.that proposal had been a mistake. It was an error to think athletes
:25:32. > :25:38.should appear during the Games when they should be 100% focused on
:25:38. > :25:42.performance, and that was swiftly removed. But people will think this
:25:42. > :25:47.is another example of the BOA trying to cash in. I don't think
:25:47. > :25:53.they would because there is no cash involved. He said the team would
:25:53. > :25:58.always come first. My line at a very early stage in this process
:25:58. > :26:02.was as clear as crystal. No request to the athletes which might impact
:26:03. > :26:09.on their performance would be sanctioned by me or the board of
:26:09. > :26:14.the British Olympic Association. Britain's sailors will play a major