:00:06. > :00:08.A radical shakeup of guidelines governing school trips in England.
:00:08. > :00:17.Ministers call for a more "common sense approach" to health and
:00:17. > :00:19.safety. Some teachers, though, urge caution.
:00:19. > :00:21.Activists say anti-government protests in Syria are growing,
:00:21. > :00:28.following more deaths during demonstrations against President
:00:28. > :00:30.Assad. Concerns over welfare reform. New
:00:30. > :00:40.claims that Downing Street was warned that government policy could
:00:40. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:54.leave thousands homeless. And move over Sharapova,.as Petra
:00:54. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:11.Kvitova takes the women's title at Wimbledon. Good evening. Guidelines
:01:12. > :01:16.goning school rips in England are being given a radical shake-up,
:01:16. > :01:20.ministers say they want a more commonsense approach to health and
:01:20. > :01:24.safety, and Tay want schools and Local Authorities to ditch what
:01:24. > :01:30.they call unnecessary paperwork. The move has drawn criticism from
:01:30. > :01:35.one teaching union. These exciting school trips for youngsters are
:01:35. > :01:39.often viewed with trepidation by teachers, struggling to comply with
:01:39. > :01:43.regulations. But the Government has now torn up the health and safety
:01:43. > :01:46.guidelines and said it is cutting the red tape. We have a crazy
:01:46. > :01:51.situation at the moment, where we have schools and teachers up and
:01:51. > :01:54.down the country who feel reluctant to organise school trips to plan
:01:54. > :01:57.courses because they think that health and safety red tape means
:01:57. > :02:03.they are in danger of being in trouble, even if the slightest
:02:03. > :02:07.thing goes wrong. Mr The The new guidelines underline risk
:02:07. > :02:11.assessments do not need completing for each activity outside school.
:02:11. > :02:17.They also aim to dispel myths about teachers being sued. Something that
:02:17. > :02:21.has been a real concern. I have had members of staff when I was head of
:02:21. > :02:25.department, who have been screaming at me, worried that they will get
:02:25. > :02:30.sued, because of, you know, they haven't got the right permission
:02:30. > :02:35.slips in. You know, some staff get very very worried about it. The new
:02:35. > :02:40.guidelines for teachers are part of a wider debate about children's
:02:40. > :02:44.experience both in and outside of school. And whether the overzealous
:02:45. > :02:48.application of safety laws is taking the fun out of growing up.
:02:49. > :02:55.Today, the health watchdog insisted some bureaucrats were using health
:02:55. > :02:59.and safety rules as a feeble excuse to stop people enjoying themselves.
:02:59. > :03:03.People in all walks of life, and in a number of schools have become
:03:03. > :03:06.very risk averse for a whole range of reason, but it seems that they
:03:06. > :03:14.have landed on a convenient excuse, in the form of health and safety,
:03:14. > :03:19.and we think it is about time that we blue this ou blew this myth
:03:19. > :03:22.apart. They want pans to realise life can't be risk free but one
:03:22. > :03:29.teaching unions has criticised the new approach and warned it could
:03:29. > :03:33.make parents and teachers more nervous. Syria's President has
:03:33. > :03:37.sacked one of the condition tri's most important regional governors,
:03:37. > :03:41.the gov nar of hm ma after his region saw the biggest demvaitions
:03:41. > :03:45.against Presidential rule yesterday. As many as 500,000 protestors have
:03:45. > :03:50.said to have marched. Activists say at least 24 people were shot dead
:03:50. > :03:58.by the security forces, across Syria. Our correspondent sent this
:03:58. > :04:05.report from neighbouring Lebanon. The Syrian opposition once again
:04:05. > :04:08.mourning its dead. Activists say over 1300 protestors have been
:04:08. > :04:12.killed since anti-Government demonstrations began, three-and-a-
:04:12. > :04:19.half months ago. These are unverified picture, posted on the
:04:19. > :04:25.internet by the opposition. -- pictures. Week after week and all
:04:25. > :04:30.across the country, people have turned out to demand change. These
:04:30. > :04:37.protests were after yesterday's Friday prayers. But the Government
:04:37. > :04:41.has shown it is -- its determination to stay in power.
:04:41. > :04:48.State TV has been showing some of the anti-Government demonstrators,
:04:48. > :04:55.or as it calls them armed criminal gangs. Four civilians and policemen
:04:55. > :04:59.were killed as armed groups... And in this English language programme
:04:59. > :05:07.on Syria's international channel, there were images of Government
:05:07. > :05:12.supporters, of all ages. I want to live peacefully in my country.
:05:12. > :05:18.neighbouring Lebanon, people are watching, and waiting, with some
:05:18. > :05:22.expecting that eventually Syria's President will have to step down.
:05:22. > :05:26.The more the international community and the Arab community
:05:26. > :05:30.let Assad stay in power, the more bloodshed we will witness, but in
:05:30. > :05:34.the end of the day, as sad will not enact any considerable reforms, he
:05:34. > :05:37.cannot lead the transition, the nature of his regime is does not
:05:37. > :05:47.allow him to lead the transition, and he cannot stop the killing
:05:47. > :05:51.either. But for now, it is a stalemate. The Government's
:05:51. > :05:58.willingness to use force fully matched by the opposition's re---
:05:58. > :06:01.refusal to back down. Downing Street was warned by a Government
:06:01. > :06:04.department that thousands of people could be made homeless by the
:06:04. > :06:08.coalition's welfare reforms, that is according to a Sunday newspaper.
:06:08. > :06:11.A letter leaked from the Department for Communities and Local
:06:11. > :06:15.Government also warned that the policy could cost money, rather
:06:15. > :06:19.than save it. Our political correspondent is in Downing Street
:06:19. > :06:23.for us. Talk us through the details. And indeed the significance of
:06:23. > :06:27.this? This is a letter that has been leaked to the Observer
:06:27. > :06:30.newspaper from Eric Pickles's communities department. To an
:06:30. > :06:36.official here in Downing Street. What it says is that the benefits
:06:36. > :06:39.cap, the policy of capping benefits recipients' money at �500 a week on
:06:39. > :06:44.the average income for even else, that could cost money at the end of
:06:44. > :06:48.the day, rather than save it, because Local Authorities would
:06:48. > :06:52.have to pick up of the tab of those made homeless as a result. It could
:06:52. > :06:57.end up putting 40,000 people out of their properties, and it also says
:06:57. > :07:01.that it could end up undermining the policy of developing more
:07:02. > :07:05.social housing, now, a Whitehall source I have poke to spresed this
:07:05. > :07:10.was written six months ago, stresses it wasn't written by the
:07:10. > :07:14.Communities Secretary himself, Eric Pickles, and says he is fully
:07:14. > :07:17.supportive of the policy. Labour have seized on this. They say
:07:17. > :07:21.ministers have denied the policy would lead to homelessness p they
:07:21. > :07:27.will be putting down an urgent question on this in Parliament on
:07:27. > :07:34.Monday. The Foreign Office says it remains deeply concerned about the
:07:34. > :07:38.arrest and trial of dozen of doctors and nurse in Bahrain
:07:38. > :07:41.following an account by a medic. The hospital doctor has just been
:07:41. > :07:46.freed after being arrested earlier this year. The Gulf state has
:07:46. > :07:52.launched what it called a national dialogue, months after a brutal
:07:52. > :07:57.crackdown on protestors. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are
:07:57. > :08:01.continuing their first overseas tour, as husband and wive. They
:08:01. > :08:05.spent the morning in Ottawa helping to plant a tree and meeting war
:08:05. > :08:14.veterans, as well as,contemplating the secret to a long and happy
:08:14. > :08:19.marriage. And so to another essential part of royal life. Tree
:08:19. > :08:22.planting. Something which it must be said, the Canadians, with all
:08:22. > :08:28.that lumberjack heritage of theirs take very seriously. William, who
:08:28. > :08:36.has some experience in these matter, went first. A firm grip, and a
:08:36. > :08:40.smooth action, and two shovel loads were de-- deposited. Then the spade
:08:40. > :08:45.was passed to Kate. Not dressed for the occasion, but eager as ever to
:08:45. > :08:49.play her part. The grip was daintier than her husband's but the
:08:49. > :08:56.earth was soon flying, and the planting, that is to say, the
:08:56. > :09:01.ceremonial part of it was accomplished. Watching it all, a
:09:01. > :09:05.number of Canadian kubls who have had long and successful marriages.
:09:05. > :09:13.-- couples. Willial and Kate were introduced to a couple who have
:09:13. > :09:17.been mar froird 70 years so the inevitable question. Any tips? --
:09:17. > :09:22.married for. The answer appeared to be to do whatever your wife tells
:09:22. > :09:28.you. Advice which it sounded as though William has already accepted.
:09:28. > :09:33.The arguments haven't started yet. They went on to the Canadian war
:09:33. > :09:37.museum to meet veterans from the Second World War to Afghanistanment
:09:37. > :09:41.at one point Kate recalled her grand father who died last year. He
:09:41. > :09:48.has been a Second World War pilot who trained airmen in Canada I am
:09:48. > :09:52.very proud. He wanted me to come to Cana -- Canada. Hopefully he is
:09:52. > :09:55.watching somewhere. So far, so good then, for William and Kate, from
:09:55. > :09:58.Ottawa, the couple have moved on the their next destination, the
:09:58. > :10:05.city of Montreal. And then they step on to rather less certain
:10:05. > :10:12.ground. The French speaking city of Quebec. Now, Quebec hasn't always
:10:12. > :10:20.made members of the Royal Family very welcome in the past. OK. Time
:10:20. > :10:24.now to get news from Wimbledon, and the rest of the sport. We start of
:10:24. > :10:28.course with tennis where there is a new Ladies' Singless champion,
:10:28. > :10:31.possible a new star in the making. That is because Petra Kvitova
:10:32. > :10:37.defeated sharp harp and in straight sets. He becomes the first Czech
:10:37. > :10:45.player to win the Ladies' Singless since Jana Novotna in 1998. One
:10:45. > :10:47.thing was certain, before the women walked out. Wimbledon was have its
:10:47. > :10:52.youngest women's champion sing 2004 when Maria Sharapova won the
:10:52. > :10:56.tournament at the age of 17. Since then, injuries left her career with
:10:56. > :11:01.more bleak passages than a Russian nol. She started quickly, breaking
:11:01. > :11:08.her Czech opponent in the first game. The question immediately
:11:08. > :11:14.asked, would the 21-year-old Kvitova in her first Grand Slam
:11:14. > :11:17.final be overawed. She fizzed the answer right back. The vastly more
:11:17. > :11:23.experienced Maria Sharapova began making mistake, looking tentative.
:11:23. > :11:28.Kvitova in contrast was a picture of unblinking focus. She ran away
:11:28. > :11:31.with the set 6-3. The Czech extended her run of games at the
:11:32. > :11:38.start of the second set. Passing Maria Sharapova even when she was
:11:38. > :11:44.standing next to the ball. The doubts began to swirl. But Maria
:11:44. > :11:49.Sharapova wasn't finished. She managed a break of her own. Her
:11:49. > :11:54.fiance was doing the sweating for both of them. Kvitova kept hitting
:11:54. > :12:01.back, blowing her opponent off court, the commentator off her
:12:01. > :12:11.chair. And then it was the moment to deliver her first ace. On match
:12:11. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:17.point. It is hard to find some words if I am standing here with
:12:17. > :12:21.the trophy, and I see the great players in the Royal Box. Is that
:12:21. > :12:26.the best match you have played? Well, I think so, of course. In the
:12:26. > :12:32.final of Wimbledon, so..., yes. Sporting predictions are easily
:12:32. > :12:35.made, and all too often turn out to be wrong, but here is one, on this
:12:35. > :12:40.afternoon's display you would imagine Wimbledon would be the
:12:40. > :12:44.first of several Grand Slam titles for Petra Kvitova. Here, the young
:12:44. > :12:51.Czech champion displayed poise and grace, her family and friends
:12:51. > :12:55.showed no such inhibitions, they may have more celebrations to come.
:12:55. > :12:59.Well there was British interest today because 17-year-old Liam
:12:59. > :13:04.Broady contested the boys ee singles final. He took the first
:13:04. > :13:07.set against Luke Saville of Australia. He was 4-3 up in the
:13:07. > :13:13.second set, but then fell away to lose the second set and also the
:13:13. > :13:15.third. The Tour de France started today and it was a bad day for
:13:15. > :13:19.defending champion Alberto Contador, and a few other, that is because
:13:19. > :13:23.nine kilometres from the finish there was one almighty crash,
:13:23. > :13:28.halting more than half the main pack, while some 40 riders who had
:13:28. > :13:35.already passed the spot were left to battle for victory. Contador was
:13:35. > :13:39.delayed by for than a minute. The stage was won by the bell January
:13:39. > :13:42.Phillipe Gilbert. And David Haye is giegting Vitali Klitschko, one of
:13:42. > :13:46.the biggest heavyweight bouts for years the fight is in Hamburg, a
:13:46. > :13:49.home bout for Klitschko in his adopted country of Germany. As
:13:49. > :13:53.usual there have been insults traded ahead of the bout, now they
:13:53. > :14:01.are trading blows in the ring. There is full coverage of BBC Radio
:14:01. > :14:05.5 Live. That is all the sport for now. Finally, Prince Abert of
:14:05. > :14:09.Monaco has exchanged vows with his South African bride Charlene
:14:09. > :14:14.Wittstock in a star-studded wedding in Monte Carlo. The service
:14:14. > :14:24.followed a civil ceremony and reports in the French press that Ms
:14:24. > :14:29.Wittstock had had second thoughts. The new Princess in a stunning silk
:14:29. > :14:33.ar -- armarn any gown studded with crystals. Among the 800 guests at
:14:33. > :14:43.the Palace were heads of state, royalty and stars of cinema and
:14:43. > :14:48.
:14:48. > :14:56.fashion. Music and song in homage to Princess's -- char lean's roots.
:14:56. > :15:04.The pren ses barely managed a smile. Although she waved to onlookers at
:15:04. > :15:08.the couple were driven along. Behind the glitz, are rumours of
:15:08. > :15:13.scandal. Prince Albert is 20 years older than his bride. And he has
:15:13. > :15:17.two children by different women, whom he never married. French media
:15:17. > :15:24.reported she tried to run away days before the wedding. This was denied
:15:24. > :15:30.by the Palace, but it is withdrawn a threat to sue. After the ceremony,
:15:30. > :15:38.a Gala dinner, where the Prince made this admission in a sometimes
:15:38. > :15:47.hesitant speech. Thank you for putting up with, with my very busy
:15:47. > :15:52.schedule, with my absences, sometimes, with my...
:15:52. > :15:56.Inconsistenciess and my... Idyo sin contrasis, And he said it hads had
:15:56. > :16:06.taken a long time to get married but that he was very happy to have
:16:06. > :16:06.