:00:07. > :00:11.A historic visit - David Cameron becomes the first British prime
:00:11. > :00:14.minister to go to Burma for more than half a century. He met the
:00:14. > :00:19.pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi Gyan called for sanctions
:00:19. > :00:23.against Burma to be eased in recognition of political reform.
:00:23. > :00:28.think there are prospects for change in Burma, and it is right
:00:28. > :00:31.for the rest of the world to respond to those changes. In the
:00:31. > :00:35.capital, Mr Cameron called on the country's president to demonstrate
:00:35. > :00:39.that Burma's moves to democracy are irreversible. We will assess
:00:39. > :00:44.whether the Burmese authorities can deliver a permanent change. Also
:00:44. > :00:48.tonight: a possible deal to avert a strike by tanker drivers - new
:00:48. > :00:52.developments tonight. A North Korea's rocket launch ends
:00:52. > :00:56.in failure as it crashes into the Yellow Sea. Despite international
:00:56. > :01:02.humiliation, a mass rally goes ahead to unveil colossal statues of
:01:02. > :01:07.the country's founders. The failure is embarrassing. The question is,
:01:07. > :01:11.what effect will it have on the regime of the young Kim Jong Un?
:01:11. > :01:15.We prices soaring at the end of the month, the Royal Mail's rationing
:01:15. > :01:19.supplies to stop people stockpiling the cheaper stamps.
:01:19. > :01:24.And picking out a penguin from space - scientists use satellites
:01:24. > :01:29.to track them, with surprising results.
:01:29. > :01:32.In Sportsday on the BBC News Channel, the Bahrain Grand Prix is
:01:32. > :01:42.on. Formula One bosses say they have been reassured about safety
:01:42. > :01:54.
:01:54. > :01:58.Good evening. David Cameron has said he backs a suspension of most
:01:58. > :02:02.of the sanctions against Burma in recognition of the country's
:02:02. > :02:07.gradual move towards democracy. The Prime Minister made the comments on
:02:07. > :02:10.a historic visit to the country during which he held talks with the
:02:10. > :02:15.Burma's President and with the pro- democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
:02:15. > :02:19.Mr Cameron said there was every prospect of change in Burma, and he
:02:19. > :02:26.invited Ms Suu Kyi to visit Britain in June. She has not left Burma for
:02:26. > :02:30.more than two decades. This report contains flash photography.
:02:30. > :02:34.This was the moment a British Prime Minister has set foot in Burma for
:02:34. > :02:38.the first time in more than 60 years, the moment he met the woman
:02:38. > :02:43.whose confinement in his house for 14 years captured the world's
:02:43. > :02:47.attention. But today she was free to receive her guest. No longer a
:02:47. > :02:51.political prisoner and instead, after historic elections, a new
:02:51. > :02:55.member of parliament. Their aim was to persuade Mr Cameron that her
:02:55. > :02:59.country's move to reform his genuine, he is to lend Britain's
:02:59. > :03:06.support to that change. He said EU sanctions against Burma should not
:03:06. > :03:11.be lifted, but suspended. Of course we must respond with caution, with
:03:11. > :03:15.care. We must always be sceptical and questioning, because we want to
:03:15. > :03:20.know those changes are irreversible. But as we have discussed, I think
:03:20. > :03:24.it is right to suspend the sanctions that there are against
:03:24. > :03:30.Burma, to suspend them, not to lift them, and not to include the arms
:03:30. > :03:34.embargo. This suspension would have taken place because of the steps
:03:34. > :03:39.taken by the president and other reformers. And it will also make it
:03:39. > :03:43.clear to those who are against reform that, should they try to
:03:43. > :03:47.obstruct the way of the reformers, sanctions could come back. David
:03:47. > :03:52.Cameron has never met Aung San Suu Kyi before, but the smiles and body
:03:52. > :03:58.language showed that he was inspired by what she said. You are
:03:58. > :04:03.sitting in a garden where you were barely allowed to walk or stand.
:04:03. > :04:07.Which used to be a jungle anyway. And only three years ago, you were
:04:07. > :04:10.threatened with prison. This visit is another example of David
:04:10. > :04:14.Cameron's willingness to play a bold stroke on the international
:04:14. > :04:19.stage. But for all the symbolic significance of his meeting today
:04:19. > :04:23.with Aung San Suu Kyi, the real impact will only be known if reform
:04:23. > :04:27.continues and sanctions are lifted. And that depends on how the
:04:27. > :04:33.military-backed government responds. So the Prime Minister travelled
:04:33. > :04:36.along the often empty 20 lane roads that lead to the imposing palace of
:04:36. > :04:41.Burma's President Thein Sein. He went to meet a man once at the
:04:41. > :04:45.heart of the dictatorship, and now, he hopes, part of the country's
:04:45. > :04:49.move to democracy. It was perhaps telling that along the way, he was
:04:49. > :04:52.greeted by the traditional water festivities that they believe wash
:04:52. > :04:56.away people's sins. The smiles were gone and the meeting more formal,
:04:56. > :04:58.but the Prime Minister welcomed Thein Sein's decision to allow new
:04:58. > :05:02.elections and urged him to go further in releasing political
:05:02. > :05:06.prisoners. He left that meeting convinced that the former general
:05:06. > :05:10.was at least sincere. This is a country where a third of its
:05:10. > :05:15.citizens live in poverty and have waited so many decades for change.
:05:15. > :05:19.Leaving Burma today, David Cameron believes that change is so deep-
:05:19. > :05:23.seated that he is inviting Aung San Suu Kyi to London this summer. She
:05:23. > :05:27.has never felt confident enough to take the risk of leaving her
:05:27. > :05:31.country before. Today, she said she just might.
:05:31. > :05:35.The fuel tanker drivers' union Unite and six distribution
:05:35. > :05:39.companies have reached a possible deal tonight to avert a strike. The
:05:39. > :05:42.threat of industrial action by drivers and government advice to
:05:42. > :05:45.motorists to stock up on fuel led to panic buying at petrol stations
:05:46. > :05:51.last month. Our transport correspondent is at the
:05:51. > :05:58.conciliation service ACAS, where the deal was reached. But neither
:05:58. > :06:03.side is giving much away? Yes, a deal is on the table, but all sides
:06:03. > :06:09.are staying tight-lipped. They have a lot to discuss. Everything from
:06:09. > :06:13.pay and pensions to safety and training. What happens next? The
:06:13. > :06:17.unions now have to put this deal to their members. Delegates will meet
:06:17. > :06:21.next week at a conference. I am told they are coming from all over
:06:21. > :06:24.the country and it will not be a straightforward yes or no vote.
:06:25. > :06:29.They will discuss the proposals and decide if they like elements of it
:06:29. > :06:34.all want clarification. The deadline will be next Friday. The
:06:34. > :06:41.union has until then to basically say yes, we like the proposals, or
:06:41. > :06:44."we are going on strike". It is not a done deal yet.
:06:44. > :06:49.The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned North
:06:49. > :06:52.Korea's latest attempt to launch a rocket into space in defiance of UN
:06:52. > :06:57.resolutions. The launch, which ended in failure, is widely seen as
:06:57. > :07:01.an attempt to develop a missile capable of carrying nuclear
:07:01. > :07:08.warheads. It came as thousands of North Koreans parade in the capital
:07:08. > :07:14.Pyongyang in a show of support for their ruling family.
:07:14. > :07:22.His swagger is that of a man bred for power. Kim Jong Un is 29 years
:07:22. > :07:29.old. Today anointed Supreme Leader. The third generation of the Kim
:07:29. > :07:34.dynasty. A statue of his father next to his grandfather was
:07:34. > :07:39.unveiled this afternoon. Both ruled before him. North Koreans are
:07:39. > :07:42.taught to revere them like gods. But the young Kim's elevation was
:07:42. > :07:47.meant to be accompanied by news that North Korea had successfully
:07:47. > :07:51.put a satellite into space, an achievement which would help such a
:07:51. > :07:54.young man reinforce his right to the mantle of power. But there was
:07:54. > :07:58.no mention here of the rocket blowing up a minute into flight,
:07:58. > :08:03.just a brief statement earlier in the day that things had not gone to
:08:03. > :08:06.plan. North Korea's leadership placed huge importance on the
:08:06. > :08:11.satellite launch. Its failure is embarrassing. The question is, what
:08:11. > :08:17.effect will it have on the regime of the young Kim Jong Un? Twinning
:08:17. > :08:22.by hand, gangs of workers line the boulevards at Pyongyang. The rocket
:08:22. > :08:27.was meant to be a way of showing North Koreans that the socialist
:08:27. > :08:31.state the Kims have created is technology -- technologically
:08:31. > :08:35.advanced. America said it was a disguised to test an
:08:35. > :08:43.intercontinental missile. The young Kim's father also tested nuclear
:08:43. > :08:48.bombs. She is one of the last North Korea's to have seen Kim Jong Il
:08:48. > :08:53.life. He visited this enterprise two days before his death last
:08:53. > :08:59.December. Her tears are genuine. We came here before the rocket
:08:59. > :09:06.exploded. She told us, we are grateful to Kim Jong Il for making
:09:06. > :09:13.our nation a powerful and strong country. Strength and self-reliance.
:09:13. > :09:17.They are virtues that are taught to all North Koreans. But now this
:09:17. > :09:22.country's neighbours fear that its young leader, who has suffered a
:09:22. > :09:28.blow to his prestige, may be tempted to respond with a new show
:09:28. > :09:36.of power, perhaps by testing a nuclear bomb. This is already a
:09:36. > :09:40.deeply isolated place, under sanctions. The developing -- it is
:09:40. > :09:46.developing both missile technology and nuclear weapons. But today,
:09:46. > :09:51.there was only reverence for the Kim dynasty. North Koreans are
:09:51. > :09:55.oblivious or unconcerned that Kim Jong Un's rocket was a failure and
:09:55. > :10:01.that America, Britain and others may now seek, at the UN, to isolate
:10:01. > :10:06.this country even further. We can talk to our correspondent in
:10:06. > :10:11.Pyongyang now. What now for the North Korean regime? There are
:10:11. > :10:15.thought to be two reasons why North Korea spends millions of dollars on
:10:15. > :10:20.rockets and nuclear bombs when it is impoverished. The first is as a
:10:20. > :10:24.deterrent against what it sees as threats from America. The second,
:10:24. > :10:26.as a bargaining chip to seek concessions from America,
:10:26. > :10:30.particularly their food aid, because this country cannot feed
:10:30. > :10:38.all its own people. Today America has said it will not go ahead with
:10:38. > :10:43.planned food aid here because of the missile launch today. So how
:10:43. > :10:48.will North Korea's 29-year-old leader respond? Within the logic of
:10:48. > :10:53.North Korea, it may now up the ante, conducting an underground test.
:10:53. > :10:57.That is what North Korea's neighbours are worried about, Kim
:10:57. > :11:03.Jong Un try to restore some lost prestige and also trying to seek
:11:03. > :11:09.new concessions from America. But the results of a nuclear test would
:11:09. > :11:13.be more tensions in this region and probably more isolation for North
:11:13. > :11:16.Korea and for Kim Jong Un. Police are encouraging victims of
:11:16. > :11:19.domestic violence to have the confidence to come forward and
:11:19. > :11:24.reported use after a man carried out a horrific attack on his
:11:24. > :11:27.girlfriend that left her blind. Shane Jenkin set upon Tina Nash at
:11:27. > :11:31.her home in Hayle in Cornwall last year. Today he pleaded guilty to
:11:31. > :11:39.grievous bodily harm and will be sentenced next month. Some may find
:11:39. > :11:43.this report distressing. Tina Nash was a happy, bubbly and
:11:43. > :11:47.confident young mum who loved dancing and being with her friends.
:11:47. > :11:52.But that life was shattered when she was blinded at her home in a
:11:52. > :11:56.brutal attack. The man responsible was not an intruder, but her
:11:56. > :12:01.boyfriend, Shane Jenkin. After the attack, he kept her imprisoned for
:12:01. > :12:06.nearly 12 hours. If I had seen someone in that much pain, looking
:12:06. > :12:12.like that, the first thing I would do is get help, and he didn't. So I
:12:12. > :12:15.can't forgive him. He said I was like his best mate, so I don't
:12:15. > :12:19.understand why he would hurt someone he was supposed to care
:12:19. > :12:24.about. It was here at the Royal Cornwall Hospital that surgeons
:12:24. > :12:29.battled unsuccessfully to save Tina Nash's site. She had also been
:12:29. > :12:34.severely beaten. She had a turbulent relationship with Shane
:12:34. > :12:38.Jenkin. There had been violence in the past, but she had taken him
:12:38. > :12:44.back, believing she could change him. Detectives described her
:12:44. > :12:48.ordeal as a premeditated, sustained and vicious attack. They urged
:12:48. > :12:53.other victims of domestic violence to come forward. There are lots of
:12:53. > :13:00.people out there who we do not know about who will not report it to us.
:13:00. > :13:05.But unfortunately, as we have seen today, this could be the end result.
:13:05. > :13:09.We want to help. Police have praised Tina for her bravery in the
:13:09. > :13:14.year since her ordeal, but she admits that her courage sometimes
:13:14. > :13:20.wavers. It makes me feel like I have been buried alive. I feel like
:13:20. > :13:27.a ghost. You know, I can hear everyone around me and I can't even
:13:27. > :13:34.see my hand in front of my face. When I hear my kids, I can't...
:13:34. > :13:38.Sorry... I can't see their faces. Shane Jenkin will be sentenced next
:13:38. > :13:48.month. Meanwhile, Tina is concentrating on her children and
:13:48. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:52.One of the world's biggest cigarette manufacturers has
:13:52. > :13:58.criticised Andrew Lansley for saying that the industry should
:13:58. > :14:03.have no business in the UK. The firm said the remark was very
:14:03. > :14:06.unhelpful. It has also dismissed as preposterous a plan to remove
:14:06. > :14:10.branding from cigarettes. The government will begin a
:14:10. > :14:14.consultation on the idea next week. The Royal Mail is rationing the
:14:14. > :14:18.number of stamps it issues, ahead of a sharp increase in prices at
:14:18. > :14:24.the end of the month. It says the move is intended to protect its
:14:24. > :14:27.revenue. From the end of the month, first class stamps will increase
:14:27. > :14:31.from 46 pence to 60p, while second class stamps will rise from 36 to
:14:31. > :14:35.50p. Unsurprisingly many customers are not happy and they have been
:14:35. > :14:39.stockpiling stamps. Whether it is first class or second
:14:39. > :14:44.class, many of us it seems are stocking up before they go up in
:14:44. > :14:49.price. Superdrug says supplies are running low and it cannot get any
:14:49. > :14:52.more stamps before the end of the month. Tesco, Sainsbury's and
:14:52. > :14:59.Morrisons told us today they had seen a significant increase in
:14:59. > :15:06.demand. It is small businesses like this one that are most affected by
:15:06. > :15:12.the price rises. Richard isn't by specialist in central Scotland and
:15:12. > :15:17.relied on Royal Mail. -- is an eye specialist. We have to receive the
:15:17. > :15:24.money or past the costs on to the cost of your spectacles. He doesn't
:15:24. > :15:29.want to do that so today, Richard went to stock up. Can I have
:15:29. > :15:34.3.002nd class stamps, police? lightly. It is too big and order.
:15:34. > :15:42.But he does get a few hundred. Royal Mail says it can meet the
:15:42. > :15:47.demand but it has capped suppliers to retailers. They cannot buy more
:15:47. > :15:51.than 20% of their annual allocation. Royal Mail says it does not want
:15:51. > :15:55.retailers profiteering, bulk-buying now and selling later for more, and
:15:55. > :16:01.it also wants to protect its revenue. Royal Mail are under great
:16:01. > :16:06.pressure, losing money, volumes in post are declining rapidly because
:16:06. > :16:11.of e-mail and text messages, so something has to be done. Some
:16:11. > :16:15.consumers are trying to beat the price rises. At this village post
:16:15. > :16:20.office in Surrey, they have been busier than at Christmas. It has
:16:20. > :16:27.been amazing. People have been buying hundreds at a time. We are
:16:27. > :16:30.left with very few stamps. This country has plenty of stamps but
:16:30. > :16:34.stockpiling shows how keen people are right now to save every penny
:16:34. > :16:44.they can. Coming up on tonight's programme:
:16:44. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:47.The fancy frocks, hats and horses of Ladies' Day at Aintree.
:16:47. > :16:52.Formula One bosses say the Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead despite
:16:52. > :16:55.calls from pro-democracy protesters in the country it to be cancelled.
:16:55. > :16:58.Last year's event was called off after a crack-down by the Bahraini
:16:58. > :17:06.authorities and widespread violence. Our security correspondent Frank
:17:06. > :17:12.Gardner reports. A Friday funeral turned violent
:17:12. > :17:18.today for a man shot dead two weeks ago during one of our rain's anti-
:17:18. > :17:24.government protests. -- Bahrain's. Hardly the best backdrop for
:17:24. > :17:28.Formula One. The police say they will insure the team's safety and
:17:28. > :17:32.the decision to go ahead rests with Formula One bosses. We heard
:17:32. > :17:40.something from the FDA this morning. What has been discussed about
:17:40. > :17:45.Bahrain? Nothing. We are going there? Yes, of course. The row over
:17:45. > :17:50.Bahrain's Grand Prix goes beyond sport. It is worth �25 million to
:17:50. > :17:55.Formula One and it takes place on a circuit which cost �92 million to
:17:55. > :18:00.build. The Royal Family there owns 50% of the team McLaren so there is
:18:00. > :18:05.a lot at stake if it were to be cancelled. The question is, now it
:18:05. > :18:08.is going ahead, will it aggravate or defuse the highly charged
:18:08. > :18:12.atmosphere in the troubled villages in Bahrain? The fundamental
:18:12. > :18:18.conflict is between those who support the Sunni ruling elite and
:18:18. > :18:23.those who oppose them. Sectarian divisions are growing. This CCTV
:18:23. > :18:28.video shows a Sunni gang are looting eight Shia owned
:18:28. > :18:32.supermarket. The police appeared to be warning them of the cameras.
:18:32. > :18:38.Bahrain tonight said an investigation has been launched.
:18:38. > :18:43.Bahrain's civil unrest is not going away. As protests continue, Amnesty
:18:43. > :18:47.International says the human rights crisis is not over. The opposition
:18:47. > :18:51.thinks the government will exploit the Grand Prix to delay reform.
:18:51. > :18:54.They might use it not to move ahead because they feel they have more
:18:54. > :19:00.space now because they have communicated to the international
:19:00. > :19:04.community, everything is normal in Bahrain. Unfortunately this is the
:19:04. > :19:08.mentality of a dictatorship. police there are coming
:19:08. > :19:12.increasingly under attack. EXPLOSION. On the night this was
:19:12. > :19:17.filmed this week, a pipe bomb sent seven police officers to hospital
:19:17. > :19:21.and many want to see the government take a tougher line with protesters.
:19:21. > :19:29.The last Grand Prix in Bahrain was two years ago. The track may be
:19:29. > :19:35.full again once more but it will not get rid of deep and 10
:19:35. > :19:38.divisions. Activists in Syria say several
:19:38. > :19:42.protesters have been shot dead by government forces a day after a
:19:42. > :19:45.ceasefire came into force. Today's protests were seen as a major test
:19:45. > :19:47.of the ceasefire as part of a peace plan negotiated by the
:19:47. > :19:50.international envoy Kofi Annan. Discussions are continuing at the
:19:50. > :19:53.UN to try to agree on the deployment of observers to the
:19:53. > :19:56.country. An international team of scientists
:19:56. > :20:02.has been using high resolution satellite images from space to
:20:02. > :20:05.count penguins. They have found that there are twice as many
:20:05. > :20:11.emperor penguins in Antarctica than previously thought. It's the first
:20:11. > :20:16.time that an entire species has been tracked from space.
:20:16. > :20:21.The long march of the emperor penguin. Every winter, Faye Turney
:20:21. > :20:24.100 miles from the ocean inland to their breeding ground -- they
:20:24. > :20:30.journey. It is that time that conservationists used to monitor
:20:30. > :20:35.their numbers. But it is hard to count them. They look the same and
:20:35. > :20:40.inconveniently for researchers, they move around. Against the
:20:40. > :20:44.Antarctic stock white landscape, it is easy to take a picture of all of
:20:45. > :20:49.them from space. The dark areas are colonies of hundreds of penguins.
:20:49. > :20:55.These satellite images have shown that there are nearly 600,000
:20:55. > :20:58.emperor penguins here, twice as many as previous estimates. It is
:20:58. > :21:02.almost impossible to count them on the ground because of the remote
:21:02. > :21:08.and harsh environment but with a satellite, weekend take every
:21:08. > :21:12.single colony with a snapshot of time -- we can take. It is only
:21:12. > :21:16.recently that cameras have become powerful enough on satellite to
:21:16. > :21:22.track individual animals. On the top left-hand corner, you can see
:21:22. > :21:27.the sea, with five floating. On the bottom right, is the land, looking
:21:27. > :21:32.desolate and pristine. But if we zoom in, you can see these are
:21:32. > :21:37.penguin droppings, stretching out for miles. That alerts scientists
:21:37. > :21:43.to the fact that nearby, there must be a colony. If we zoom in further,
:21:43. > :21:47.we can see them, in black. Using statistical techniques, computer
:21:47. > :21:51.programs can calculate where the individuals are and count them.
:21:52. > :21:57.Conservationists believe that this type of satellite tracking could
:21:57. > :22:00.enable them to study how many species across the world are doing.
:22:00. > :22:04.Satellite technology is increasingly being used in a number
:22:04. > :22:09.of different aspects of biology. Refining those techniques will be
:22:09. > :22:14.crucial to our understanding of how what life is changing in reaction
:22:14. > :22:17.to human intervention. Although the results suggest there are more
:22:17. > :22:22.emperor penguins than previously thought, many other species are
:22:22. > :22:26.endangered and satellite techniques could enable researchers to track
:22:26. > :22:29.their numbers with greater accuracy than ever before.
:22:29. > :22:33.The Chinese economy, the world's second-largest, has expanded at its
:22:33. > :22:36.slowest pace in almost three years. Annual economic growth was 8.1% for
:22:36. > :22:39.the first quarter of the year, lower than most analysts had
:22:39. > :22:47.predicted. It has raised more questions about the ability of the
:22:47. > :22:51.Chinese leadership to keep the economy on track. Hugh Pym reports.
:22:51. > :22:54.China's retailers are having to try harder to shift their goods, the
:22:55. > :22:57.pace of economic growth has slowed and that is partly because of
:22:57. > :23:04.deliberate attempts by the government to rein back the boom
:23:04. > :23:08.before it got out of control. Consumer demand is not as big as
:23:08. > :23:13.last year. First the government suspended all the subsidies for
:23:13. > :23:18.home appliances. Second, the policies to control property prices.
:23:18. > :23:23.This affects the market alight. So is the party over for the
:23:23. > :23:29.Chinese economy? Most experts say no, but the atmosphere is more
:23:29. > :23:32.muted. China is trying to shift away from being an economy that has
:23:32. > :23:37.this enormous export base drive to one that is more dependent on
:23:37. > :23:41.itself, and they are trying to do it at a time when they want to
:23:41. > :23:46.bring inflation under control, so it is not surprising the economy
:23:46. > :23:50.has been slowing. If China has a growth problem, many other
:23:50. > :24:00.economies would happily swap it for theirs. Last year the UK saw growth
:24:00. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:04.But China had more than 90% growth. Even with the pace of expansion
:24:04. > :24:10.easing off, China is still one of the bright spots for the global
:24:10. > :24:16.economy -- 9% growth. UK exports have really benefited from China's
:24:16. > :24:19.growth in the last few years. Trade with the eurozone may have been
:24:19. > :24:22.difficult but surge in demand from China has really kept things
:24:22. > :24:27.ticking over. Jobs have been created largely on the back of
:24:28. > :24:32.those exports and there is more expansion on the way. China is a
:24:32. > :24:39.huge prospect, opportunity for us. We are expecting the growth of
:24:39. > :24:43.certainly up to 20% of our business, and that will be no growth and jobs.
:24:43. > :24:47.So British companies will hope the Chinese authorities can keep the
:24:47. > :24:57.economy on course, as they prepare for a big change in leadership
:24:57. > :24:58.
:24:58. > :25:01.later this year. It has been a day of stylish hats
:25:01. > :25:04.and fancy frocks. Ladies' Day at Aintree has, as always, attracted
:25:04. > :25:06.thousands of women, as well as a few men, and comes as the
:25:06. > :25:09.excitement builds for tomorrow's Grand National.
:25:09. > :25:15.On Ladies' Day, the dress code is uniquely Aintree. Months of
:25:15. > :25:19.planning go into Friday's display. The serious side is often not seen.
:25:19. > :25:21.We filmed animal welfare campaigners inspecting the Grand
:25:21. > :25:26.National course with the British Horseracing Authority. Things have
:25:26. > :25:31.changed, to an extent. Older, better horses will run and in
:25:31. > :25:36.places, the ground where they land has been levelled, but most of the
:25:36. > :25:41.fences are just as big. One has to ask the simple question: Is it
:25:41. > :25:46.reasonable? Have the animal been properly prepared? Does the Jockey
:25:46. > :25:53.have the ability? Let's hope everything goes the way it should.
:25:53. > :25:58.40 horses charging at over 30 mph, trying to leap fences 5 ft tall. It
:25:58. > :26:06.is risky, it is supposed to be, the ultimate challenge. For horses and
:26:06. > :26:11.for jockeys. It is where Ruby Walsh excelled, twice National winner in
:26:11. > :26:15.the last few years. This time he has been joined by his sister.
:26:15. > :26:20.Katie Walsh is riding Sea Bass and has a genuine hope of winning
:26:20. > :26:25.herself. She was always tagging along behind but there was five
:26:25. > :26:30.years between us. It would be great for the race to have a woman
:26:30. > :26:40.winner? It would be absolutely fantastic but I don't know if that
:26:40. > :26:40.
:26:40. > :26:45.will be the case. If it happens... It would be unbelievable. Better
:26:45. > :26:49.story, me winning three... If you didn't catch him! One thing that
:26:49. > :26:54.will make the ground softer and the Grand National safe bet is the rain
:26:54. > :26:58.and address groat can always be adapted -- and the dress code can
:26:58. > :27:01.always be adapted. After several years as a couple,
:27:01. > :27:05.Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are said to be engaged according to