:00:04. > :00:08.The Chelsea footballer John Terry has been found not guilty of
:00:08. > :00:11.racially abusing another player. After five days in court, the
:00:12. > :00:21.former England captain left with his name cleared and an endorsement
:00:22. > :00:22.
:00:22. > :00:26.from his club chairman. We are pleased that John can now put his
:00:26. > :00:29.mind to football and go back to training, and do what he has done
:00:29. > :00:31.for many years. We'll be looking at where the
:00:31. > :00:34.verdict leaves John Terry and the not-so-beautiful game.
:00:34. > :00:37.Also tonight: Reports of another mass killing in
:00:37. > :00:41.Syria - the US Secretary of State condemns it as deliberate murder of
:00:41. > :00:47.innocent civilians. The banks are given �80 billion but
:00:47. > :00:52.only on condition that they lend it. From the top down to the bottom.
:00:52. > :00:55.Rangers Football Club is booted into the Scottish Third Division.
:00:55. > :01:01.China still building for a prosperous future, but is the
:01:01. > :01:04.economic boom over? And as HMS Ocean eases up the
:01:05. > :01:14.Thames to provide security for the Games, how much of a boost will
:01:14. > :01:24.Britain's David Millar wins his first Tour de France stage for nine
:01:24. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:41.years, as Bradley Wiggins retains Good evening.
:01:41. > :01:44.The Chelsea football captain, John Terry, has been cleared of shouting
:01:44. > :01:48.racist abuse at another player. Anton Ferdinand had claimed that
:01:48. > :01:51.Terry had made a racist comment to him during a Premier League match
:01:51. > :01:55.last October. The magistrate, giving his verdict, said there was
:01:55. > :01:58.no doubt that John Terry had used racist and insulting language but
:01:58. > :02:08.that it was possible the former England captain had merely been
:02:08. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:15.repeating what he believed had been said to him. Dan Roan was in court.
:02:15. > :02:19.After a ten-month ordeal, John Terry emerged today to the cheers
:02:19. > :02:23.of his supporters. The former England captain was here because of
:02:23. > :02:28.what he had been accused of saying. But having finally cleared his name,
:02:28. > :02:32.he made no comment. It was during this game between Queen's Park
:02:32. > :02:36.Rangers and Chelsea that Terry admitted using the word black and a
:02:36. > :02:41.series of obscenities towards opponent Anton Ferdinand, when they
:02:41. > :02:45.traded insults. The court was shown the footage and the prosecution
:02:45. > :02:51.claimed Terry was guilty of racist abuse, but he insisted he had
:02:51. > :02:54.merely been repeating an accusation Ferdinand had made. The chief
:02:54. > :02:58.magistrate said, except it is possible that Mr Terry believed at
:02:58. > :03:02.the time and believes now that such an accusation was made. It is
:03:02. > :03:06.therefore possible that what he said was not intended as an insult,
:03:06. > :03:10.but rather as a challenge to what he believed had been said to him.
:03:10. > :03:14.In those circumstances, there being a doubt, but the only verdict the
:03:14. > :03:17.court can record is one of not guilty. Terry remained impassive
:03:18. > :03:24.when the verdict was read out, leaving his club to express their
:03:24. > :03:29.relief. We are pleased that John can now put his mind to football
:03:29. > :03:32.and go back to training, and do what he has done for many years.
:03:32. > :03:37.While Terry was leaving court, Ferdinand headed out of the country
:03:37. > :03:42.on a pre-season tour with his club, left to reflect on what has been a
:03:42. > :03:45.trial for him, too. Terry has been the epitome of the passionate,
:03:45. > :03:49.uncompromising leader for club and country for more than a decade,
:03:49. > :03:53.with the medals to prove it. But he has made headlines for the wrong
:03:53. > :03:56.reasons, too, losing the England captaincy twice, first over an
:03:56. > :04:02.alleged affair with the ex-partner of former team-mate Wayne Bridge
:04:02. > :04:05.and then again, ahead of this case. He has gone through so many things
:04:05. > :04:10.before. This is another thing that he would have gone through but I
:04:10. > :04:14.suspect this may be the biggest relief he has ever had. This case
:04:14. > :04:17.was always going to be of huge importance to John Terry's career
:04:17. > :04:22.and reputation but the ramifications extend beyond that,
:04:22. > :04:25.to the FA and Football at large. The fight against racism in
:04:25. > :04:29.football has made strides in the last 20 years, but for those who
:04:29. > :04:33.lead that campaign this has highlighted the fact that
:04:33. > :04:37.challengers remain. We have to attack that with the same vigour,
:04:37. > :04:40.with education at grass roots, zero-tolerance, application of
:04:40. > :04:44.sanctions when proven beyond reasonable doubt. And I think it
:04:44. > :04:49.has not helped the game. It is a sorry day for football, make no
:04:49. > :04:53.mistake about it. An unedifying week for football ends with John
:04:53. > :04:57.Terry walking away with his reputation intact, but given who he
:04:57. > :05:01.is and what was said that day, the sport might take time to recover.
:05:01. > :05:08.Dan joins us from outside Wembley. Where does this leave John Terry
:05:08. > :05:13.and the game of football? This might be the biggest result of John
:05:13. > :05:17.Terry's life, but the story may not be over. Next week, I understand,
:05:17. > :05:22.the FA will reopen their own investigation into the incident.
:05:22. > :05:25.Regardless of today's verdict, they may still decide to charge John
:05:25. > :05:30.Terry. That would involve a lower burden of proof and a potentially
:05:30. > :05:33.higher punishment if found guilty and then he faced in the criminal
:05:33. > :05:38.court. For the game and for the FA here this evening at Wembley this
:05:38. > :05:42.was seen as something of a landmark case, coming as it does as the
:05:42. > :05:45.latest example in a series of controversy is related to race
:05:45. > :05:49.relations in the sport. There are many who fear it has gone
:05:49. > :05:53.significant damage to the efforts to combat discrimination in the
:05:53. > :05:57.game. It exposed and laid bare insults and abuse in the
:05:57. > :06:02.professional game at a time when the Respect campaign is trying to
:06:02. > :06:04.improve the image of football to youngsters up and down the country
:06:04. > :06:07.this week. There are very few winners.
:06:07. > :06:10.The Syrian government's use of tanks and helicopters in a reported
:06:10. > :06:13.mass killing is an "outrageous violation" of UN resolutions,
:06:13. > :06:16.according to the international envoy Kofi Annan. The US Secretary
:06:16. > :06:20.of State, Hilary Clinton, has tonight condemned as "deliberate
:06:20. > :06:24.murder" the deaths in the isolated village of Tremseh. But conflicting
:06:24. > :06:33.accounts have emerged about what actually happened there yesterday.
:06:33. > :06:37.Bridget Kendall's report contains some distressing images.
:06:37. > :06:41.The shrouded bodies of the dead, in what is alleged to be a mass
:06:41. > :06:45.killing in Tremseh, one small enough to be a child's. But the
:06:45. > :06:49.footage is unverified and it is unclear if the victims were
:06:49. > :06:53.villagers or mostly opposition fighters. Some of the dead and
:06:53. > :06:57.wounded seemed to be young men of fighting age. Either way, local
:06:57. > :07:02.activists claimed the village was bombarded by tanks and helicopters
:07:02. > :07:09.and then stormed by pro-government militia. This is a very small
:07:09. > :07:14.village, no more than 11,000 people. It was visited by a very big number
:07:14. > :07:19.of troops and armoured vehicles and tanks. More than 250 people were
:07:19. > :07:22.killed. In Damascus, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission
:07:22. > :07:30.confirmed heavy weapons had been used, but said his team had not yet
:07:30. > :07:35.been able to go there. If we have a credible cessation of violence and
:07:35. > :07:40.a local ceasefire, we stand ready to going to verify the facts on the
:07:40. > :07:46.ground. Syrian state TV blamed armed terrorists for the attack,
:07:46. > :07:50.although a later report confusingly suggested a Syrian army operation
:07:50. > :07:54.against opposition fighters. What is clear is that the mandate for
:07:54. > :07:58.the UN peace mission runs out next Friday and the UN Security Council
:07:58. > :08:03.is split. The Russians have been objecting to any new peace mission
:08:03. > :08:08.being tied to the threat of new sanctions against Syria. Whatever
:08:08. > :08:12.happened in Tremseh, Syria is under mounting pressure. The US Secretary
:08:12. > :08:16.of State, Hillary Clinton, talked about deliberate murder. The UN
:08:16. > :08:21.envoy, Kofi Annan, described the violence as an outrageous violation
:08:21. > :08:25.of his peace plan. And the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon,
:08:25. > :08:29.said it cast serious doubts on President Assad's commitment to
:08:29. > :08:34.peace. Tonight, there were new opposition
:08:34. > :08:39.reports of Syrian government troops firing on protesters in Damascus.
:08:39. > :08:42.If true, that is something else for the UN peace envoy, Kofi Annan, to
:08:42. > :08:47.raise with President Putin when he meets him in Moscow on Monday in
:08:47. > :08:50.what is shaping up to be a crucial week for diplomacy on Syria.
:08:50. > :08:53.A new scheme designed to stimulate bank lending has been launched
:08:53. > :08:57.which, the Chancellor claims, will make it easier for families and
:08:57. > :09:01.businesses to get loans. Up to �80 billion will be made available to
:09:01. > :09:04.banks and building societies. They will be able to borrow money at a
:09:04. > :09:12.cheap rate of interest provided they maintain or increase the
:09:12. > :09:17.amount they lend. Here's our chief economics correspondent, Hugh Pym.
:09:17. > :09:22.It is a new move to try to boost lending and kick-start the economy.
:09:22. > :09:26.The aim is around �80 billion of extra loans to be made by banks, 5%
:09:26. > :09:30.of current lending. It is another business loans initiative from the
:09:30. > :09:35.Chancellor, visiting a crane manufacturer in Derbyshire today. A
:09:35. > :09:40.previous policy, project Merlin, had mixed results. He says this
:09:40. > :09:42.will make a difference. This scheme is very straightforward. The bank's
:09:42. > :09:47.only get the money if they are lending water businesses and
:09:47. > :09:50.families. The end result is that a thermite this will see cheaper
:09:50. > :09:55.loans, families will see a cheaper mortgage, so they will have more
:09:55. > :09:59.money to spare. Borrowing costs have risen, and the new scheme will
:09:59. > :10:01.provide cheaper credit to the banks. The Bank of England hopes to lend
:10:01. > :10:06.around �80 billion to banks and building societies, with an
:10:06. > :10:10.interest rate of 0.75%, as long as they maintain or increase lending
:10:10. > :10:15.to companies and households. If lending falls, there will be
:10:15. > :10:18.penalties, with the borrowing cost rising as high as 2%. The deal is
:10:18. > :10:22.that Bank of England money should get into the hands of businesses or
:10:22. > :10:25.consumers, but there is no rule that says there are some of it must
:10:25. > :10:29.get to small firms or first-time homebuyers. And that raises
:10:29. > :10:35.questions about how widely the new loans will go across the whole
:10:35. > :10:38.economy. It has come too late for this motor repair business. A loan
:10:38. > :10:42.for expansion was refused by banks and the boss had to remortgage his
:10:42. > :10:48.house to get the money. His frustration is typical of many
:10:48. > :10:50.small firms. I find it annoying that even with someone's track
:10:50. > :10:55.record like mine, and the relationship I thought I had with
:10:55. > :10:59.my bank, there is no loyalty and no common sense applied to help the
:10:59. > :11:02.small business. To help to judge the success of the scheme, a league
:11:02. > :11:07.table of banks and their lending totals will be published by the
:11:07. > :11:11.Bank of England. We will take the unusual step of disclosing bank by
:11:11. > :11:14.Bank usage of the scheme, how much they draw down from us and how much
:11:14. > :11:18.they change their lending. That competitive pressure will add to
:11:18. > :11:22.the economic incentives built into the scheme and make sure that the
:11:22. > :11:26.banks do their best to achieve what we want them to. Business
:11:26. > :11:29.organisations have welcomed the scheme. The question is whether
:11:29. > :11:32.high street banks will take the Bank of England's cheap money and
:11:32. > :11:35.come up with new loans. Rangers, one of Scotland's oldest
:11:35. > :11:39.and most successful clubs, has suffered a spectacular fall from
:11:39. > :11:42.grace and next season will play in the Third Division. The decision
:11:42. > :11:45.was made after Scottish Football League clubs voted to allow the
:11:45. > :11:48.newly re-formed Rangers to re-enter the game after it went into
:11:49. > :11:58.administration, but only at the lowest level. From Glasgow, James
:11:59. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:08.Rangers are Scotland's most successful football club with more
:12:08. > :12:11.trophies in the Cabinet than any since 1872. But they have been
:12:12. > :12:19.living beyond their means, buying stars they could not afford and
:12:19. > :12:23.running up huge debts. Today, the run -- the reckoning. They must
:12:23. > :12:26.join the Third Division. Today's decision has been the most
:12:26. > :12:30.difficult for all concerned but it has been taken in the interests of
:12:30. > :12:36.sporting fairness, which is a fundamental principle of the
:12:36. > :12:42.Scottish Football League. The new owner of Rangers says that his team
:12:42. > :12:45.is happy to play where it is told to play. This club maintains a
:12:45. > :12:50.sporting integrity that Scottish fans have been calling for but it
:12:50. > :12:54.also affects massively on Scottish football as a whole and only time
:12:54. > :13:04.will tell what those consequences will be. There could be severe
:13:04. > :13:08.television -- these could be severe. Television bankrolls much of
:13:08. > :13:11.football but without the Old Firm derby to being around the world,
:13:11. > :13:15.the consequences could be catastrophic. Anywhere up to half
:13:15. > :13:21.of the clubs and SPL are in financial positions that are
:13:21. > :13:25.precarious. If you influence those clubs, there is a risk to the
:13:25. > :13:29.stability of those businesses. Lower down the leagues, the smaller
:13:29. > :13:35.clubs may benefit. Third Division Montrose were founded in the same
:13:35. > :13:39.decade as Rangers and they have not enjoyed the same success. This week,
:13:39. > :13:44.they are hosting schoolboys. Soon there will be more famous
:13:44. > :13:49.opposition. These terraces are rarely packed when Saturday comes.
:13:49. > :13:52.But that will change when Rangers are the visitors. As well as the
:13:52. > :13:57.excitement that the Glasgow giants will bring, it will also mean more
:13:57. > :14:02.money to help develop the next generation of Scottish footballers.
:14:02. > :14:09.That is no comfort for Rangers. They have been humiliated, but if
:14:09. > :14:14.other big clubs go bust as a result, they may yet have their result.
:14:14. > :14:17.Coming up on the programme: They were neighbours raising money for
:14:18. > :14:25.charity. Two of the Britons killed in the avalanche in the Alps are
:14:25. > :14:28.named. From midnight tonight, Typhoon jets
:14:28. > :14:33.and Puma helicopters well be ready to patrol the skies over central
:14:33. > :14:37.London protecting the Olympic Park in Stratford. The largest vessel of
:14:37. > :14:42.the Navy, HMS Ocean, has sailed into place close to the Thames
:14:42. > :14:45.barrier. Defence makes up one element of the multi-billion-pound
:14:45. > :14:49.budget spent on hosting the Games. David Cameron says the Olympics
:14:49. > :14:53.will be a major boost for the British economy, but will it? With
:14:53. > :14:57.his assessment, our sports editor David Bond.
:14:57. > :15:02.HMS Ocean sailing into London tonight to help shore up the
:15:02. > :15:05.capital security plans ahead of the Olympics. It has been a difficult
:15:05. > :15:09.few days organisers but the increased role of the military has
:15:09. > :15:15.only underlined how much is at stake. This is a massive project,
:15:15. > :15:20.which has cost billions of pounds. With the UK economy still
:15:20. > :15:25.struggling, are the games really worth it? This man certainly thinks
:15:25. > :15:30.so. As Prime Minister, Tony Blair gave the green light to London's
:15:30. > :15:38.bid for the Olympics. Seven years on, he says he would do it all
:15:38. > :15:42.again. The best question to ask yourself is would Paris, Madrid or
:15:42. > :15:45.New York if they could be the country about to host this be
:15:45. > :15:49.hosting this now even though they have got financial difficulties,
:15:49. > :15:52.particularly Madrid? The answer is, yes, they would want to do it
:15:52. > :15:57.because it would be an enormous opportunity to present their
:15:57. > :16:02.countries to the world. The budget of �9.3 billion was set by the
:16:02. > :16:07.Labour Government in 2007. A David Cameron now says the benefits will
:16:07. > :16:11.be worth �13 billion, in business deals and tourism. It is a
:16:11. > :16:15.perfectly credible number. You can debate the numbers endlessly. What
:16:15. > :16:18.is certainly true is that the Olympics brings a big pay back
:16:19. > :16:24.financially. Putting on the Games and building this a Olympic Park
:16:24. > :16:29.has cost a lot of public money. But the Government says the UK economy
:16:29. > :16:32.will get that back and more. How can they be so confident? A closer
:16:32. > :16:37.look at the Government's claims suggests the figures are not so
:16:37. > :16:40.certain with talk of potential economic benefit. Projects that UK
:16:40. > :16:45.businesses have the capability to bid for. And high-value
:16:45. > :16:50.opportunities. The Prime Minister used the phrase that he was
:16:50. > :16:55.confident because he said this as an aspiration, and ambition.
:16:55. > :16:59.you certain? It is not just something in a Government's gift.
:16:59. > :17:04.We need to work with the private sector, our biggest companies and
:17:04. > :17:07.small companies and we have to get out there and turn this into jobs
:17:07. > :17:11.for British businesses. Perhaps people will not be worrying too
:17:11. > :17:15.much about the cost when the sport gets under way in two weeks. This
:17:15. > :17:20.is the water polo venue, dressed and ready for the Games. But the
:17:20. > :17:23.whole country is being asked to put a lot in two London's Olympic party.
:17:23. > :17:29.The real challenge will be to make sure that we get something out of
:17:29. > :17:33.it when it is all over. Two of the three Britons killed in
:17:33. > :17:36.yesterday's avalanche in the French Alps have been named. They were
:17:36. > :17:41.John Taylor and Steve Barber, neighbours from Yorkshire, who had
:17:41. > :17:44.been raising money for the local hospice. They had been making the
:17:44. > :17:49.ascent with the veteran mountaineer Roger Payne who also died. Nine
:17:49. > :17:53.climbers were killed in total. We report from Chamonix.
:17:53. > :17:59.Three British climbers among the nine that died. This is Roger Payne
:17:59. > :18:04.in the Himalayas in 2003. He was a hugely experienced mountaineer and
:18:04. > :18:07.guide. At today, the other two British climbers who died with him
:18:07. > :18:13.were named. John Taylor and his friend Steve Barber, both from
:18:13. > :18:20.Yorkshire. This is the aftermath of the avalanche that killed them. A
:18:20. > :18:24.massive wall of snow and ice that hurtled down the mountain. It was
:18:24. > :18:27.in the early hours of Thursday morning. One of the survivors was
:18:27. > :18:32.lucky to avoid the full force of the impact after beginning his
:18:32. > :18:36.climb a few minutes late. TRANSLATION: It was still dawn so
:18:36. > :18:40.we could not see much. We took the force of the snow but we could
:18:40. > :18:47.still resist. But then big chunks of snow fell on us and so we were
:18:47. > :18:49.swept away. In a Yorkshire village of Poppleton, tributes were paid
:18:49. > :18:53.today to John Taylor and Steve Barber. They have been climbing
:18:53. > :18:58.Mont Blanc for charity. The two men lived on the same street and they
:18:58. > :19:03.both leave behind young families. Steve's long-term partner said that
:19:03. > :19:06.both men are loved the outdoors. They were keen walkers and climbers.
:19:06. > :19:14.There were tributes from the climbing world, too, for Roger
:19:14. > :19:19.Payne. He was young, immensely energetic, immensely enthusiastic,
:19:19. > :19:23.a terrific hard worker. That is what he has been all his life.
:19:23. > :19:27.do we know of the accident? The first of 28 climbers left a
:19:27. > :19:30.mountain hut above Chamonix at 2 o'clock in the morning. They used
:19:30. > :19:34.to a route to Mont Blanc passing Mont Maudit. It was three hours
:19:34. > :19:38.into their climb and roped together that the group was hit. It is
:19:38. > :19:47.thought that falling ice or possibly climbers themselves set
:19:47. > :19:51.off the slab avalanche, are falling block of snow 100 metres wide.
:19:51. > :19:54.Rescuers received the emergency call at 5:20am. And that is why it
:19:54. > :19:59.happened, somewhere up in the clouds on the other side of the
:19:59. > :20:03.valley. -- where it happened. The weather here can change in seconds
:20:03. > :20:08.and all experienced climbers know how treacherous the conditions can
:20:08. > :20:12.be. It is a calculated risk. But nobody can predict exactly when an
:20:12. > :20:15.avalanche might strike. The professionals put a lot of
:20:15. > :20:19.preparation into every climb. fact that so many people were
:20:19. > :20:24.climbing the mountain, including qualified guides, makes you believe
:20:24. > :20:27.that this was just a tragic accident. A memorial service will
:20:27. > :20:34.be held tomorrow in the local church. But climbers are already
:20:34. > :20:38.heading back to the high mountains again.
:20:38. > :20:40.Four men aged between 18 and 41 will appear in court tomorrow
:20:40. > :20:45.charged with public order offences following last night's disturbances
:20:45. > :20:49.in Belfast. It comes as CCTV footage was released during people
:20:49. > :20:54.setting fire to a car and rolling it towards the police. 20 police
:20:54. > :20:56.officers were injured. Violence broke out in the Ardoyne area of
:20:56. > :21:00.the city following an Orange Order parade.
:21:01. > :21:07.For years, China has been a global economic powerhouse, but official
:21:07. > :21:12.figures reveal that the Chinese economy is experiencing its worst
:21:12. > :21:16.slowdown in three years. Weak domestic demand and problems in
:21:16. > :21:21.Europe are being blamed. Damian Grammaticas has been to the city of
:21:21. > :21:27.Tianjin, last year the fastest- growing city in the country.
:21:27. > :21:32.Reaching skywards. This is China, celebrating yet another skyscraper.
:21:32. > :21:39.Acres of them are being built on a coastal mud flat at Tianjin. They
:21:39. > :21:43.stand Brian Pugh and empty. -- brand new. The plan is to create a
:21:43. > :21:49.new Manhattan from scratch but work is slow. Last year we could find
:21:49. > :21:53.work easily, but now we have been told there is nothing for us.
:21:53. > :21:58.China's construction frenzy kept it booming through the downturn. It
:21:58. > :22:02.has built up problems, too. To do this, Tianjin and dozens of cities
:22:02. > :22:08.like it have borrowed money, billions upon billions. They are
:22:08. > :22:12.now deep in debt. If China's economy is slowing, then that
:22:12. > :22:18.raises huge questions. Will Tianjin ever be able to fill the buildings
:22:18. > :22:23.and make a profit? Will China's debts drag it down? Tianjin's
:22:23. > :22:29.economy has exemplified the miracle, expanding 16% last year. Faster
:22:29. > :22:35.than any other part of China. Now exports to Europe are falling and
:22:35. > :22:39.China's domestic demand led by its property market is weakening, too.
:22:39. > :22:43.Inside China already the optimism has disappeared quite quickly. If
:22:43. > :22:49.you look at the capital flow numbers, it is clear that wealthy
:22:49. > :22:54.Chinese have been taking money out of China at a very rapid pace.
:22:54. > :22:58.Things may be even worse than the official figures suggest. Kohl is
:22:58. > :23:04.piling up in ports, power stations do not need it suggesting factories
:23:04. > :23:14.are not getting orders at home or abroad. Creating a nation of
:23:14. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :23:20.consumers to drive the economy. If this is one of the new middle
:23:20. > :23:24.classes, but sales are down. He imports and sells furniture. The
:23:24. > :23:30.economic slowdown has hit his business and his wife's interior
:23:30. > :23:35.decoration firm, too. They are reluctant to spend. TRANSLATION: It
:23:35. > :23:39.has had a huge impact. Compared to last year, our sales are down 20%.
:23:39. > :23:45.In other cities it is worse, down 60%.
:23:45. > :23:51.Some businesses are doing all right. Tourism for one. Tianjin's
:23:51. > :23:54.Manhattan is already an attraction. This man said he had never seen a
:23:54. > :23:57.skyscraper before coming here. He says they will definitely be filled
:23:57. > :24:02.because China is overflowing with people and things keep getting
:24:02. > :24:09.better every year. Every year it is also getting harder to maintain the
:24:09. > :24:13.incredible growth rates that have made China an economic superpower.
:24:13. > :24:16.In the last few minutes, the security company G4S has said that
:24:16. > :24:23.it has estimated that it will lose �50 million on its contract for the
:24:23. > :24:28.Olympics. They also accepted responsibility for failing to
:24:28. > :24:33.provide the security staff that it was due to for the London Games.
:24:33. > :24:37.He is a cycling man of the moment. Bradley Wiggins has maintained the
:24:37. > :24:47.Tour de France's yellow jersey for the 5th day in a row. Despite
:24:47. > :24:50.
:24:50. > :24:54.losing today's stage to fellow Briton David Millar, he has
:24:54. > :24:58.retained the jersey. Bradley Wiggins is making the Tour
:24:58. > :25:01.de France look like a piece of Gateau. The race is 20 stages, and
:25:01. > :25:06.the quickest man overall wins, which is Bradley Wiggins at the
:25:06. > :25:09.moment. He is proudly in yellow and staying out of trouble today.
:25:09. > :25:15.Bradley Wiggins has enjoyed remarkable career already in track
:25:15. > :25:20.cycling. The 4000 metres Olympic champion! He first won Olympic gold
:25:20. > :25:24.in Athens in 2004. He has been World Champion multiple times. At
:25:24. > :25:29.the Beijing Olympics to won two gold medals and then stepped up.
:25:29. > :25:34.This year, he prepared like never before, relentless training to be
:25:34. > :25:39.at his best when the Tour de France does its worst. I think he just
:25:39. > :25:42.take day every box. He is going out there to win the Tour. He has
:25:42. > :25:47.trained it first and now he has touched on it and he is ready and
:25:47. > :25:52.it will take a good man to beat him. Designer so Paul Smith posts
:25:52. > :25:58.pictures to celebrate Bradley Wiggins. Paul Weller is on one side.
:25:58. > :26:02.Spot the difference? Fashion is his other passion. Sideburns are
:26:02. > :26:07.protected. His colleagues escort their leader like they are guarding
:26:07. > :26:10.a bar of gold. That is key. Today he reiterated his commitment to
:26:10. > :26:15.winning cleanly and honestly accepting that scrutiny follows
:26:15. > :26:18.success. There is so much British success. David Millar won the stage