:00:12. > :00:17.More deaths in Syria and as the violence continues. President Assad
:00:17. > :00:21.holds a referendum on the country's future. Activists say that 45
:00:21. > :00:26.people have died. Here, farmers warning you virus
:00:26. > :00:33.could kill thousands of newborn sheep in the lambing season.
:00:33. > :00:36.Nelson Mandela leaves hospital after tests for stomach pains.
:00:37. > :00:44.Will George Clooney make all the running at the Oscars or will he be
:00:44. > :00:48.stunned into silence by The Artist? He has scored again! This is
:00:48. > :00:58.absolutely incredible! And Theo Walcott inspires Arsenal to one of
:00:58. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:11.the comebacks of the season against Good evening. Activists in Syria
:01:11. > :01:15.say as many as 45 people have been killed in fresh violence on the day
:01:15. > :01:20.the country voted on a new constitution. The poll was promised
:01:20. > :01:24.by President Assad in response to the uprising against him. But
:01:24. > :01:28.turnout in the capital is reported to be low. Opposition groups have
:01:28. > :01:34.called the vote fraudulent and a farce. Our correspondent has been
:01:34. > :01:39.following developments from their roots. -- B routes.
:01:39. > :01:44.At the epicentre of the struggle in Syria the country's third city,
:01:45. > :01:50.Homs. More shelling and deaths. The Baba Amr Quarter, where hundreds of
:01:50. > :01:54.rebel fighters are entrenched, has been under bombardment by security
:01:54. > :01:58.forces for three weeks. Against that extraordinary background, a
:01:58. > :02:03.nationwide referendum on the new constitution. In Damascus and other
:02:03. > :02:07.places, it went ahead with a show of normality. Some voters saw the
:02:07. > :02:11.constitution as offering a chance for peaceful change and stability.
:02:11. > :02:15.It is the cornerstone of President Assad's reform process, dismissed
:02:15. > :02:21.by the opposition as a farce. It would end the monopoly that his
:02:21. > :02:24.ruling party enjoys. He says the attack on Syria was the media
:02:24. > :02:30.assault. In the forefront, the Americans, although they tacitly
:02:30. > :02:34.admit that no easy way ahead, such as arming the opposition. -- there
:02:34. > :02:40.is no easy way ahead. There is every possibility of civil war.
:02:40. > :02:45.Outside intervention would probably extradite that. -- expedite that.
:02:45. > :02:49.All efforts to evacuate the wounded and repatriate the bodies of the
:02:49. > :02:54.journalist Marie Colvin have so far been in vain. Among the wounded
:02:54. > :02:58.hoping to get out, Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy. The past
:02:58. > :03:04.five days of dashed hopes have been an anxious agony for his wife and
:03:04. > :03:14.family. Surely another day or two, it cannot go on much longer than
:03:14. > :03:19.that. This is day 5 now. Somehow, I am getting through every day and
:03:19. > :03:23.managing to wake up in the morning and brace myself and get on with it.
:03:23. > :03:27.You so what happened to Marie Colvin. She got killed and I do not
:03:27. > :03:31.want that to happen to my dad. Family and friends are doing
:03:31. > :03:36.everything they can to keep Paul Conroy's or deals from been
:03:36. > :03:41.forgotten, including the singer Joss Stone. He is a survivor. If he
:03:41. > :03:45.does not go out there, people like Paul and Marie Colvin do not go out
:03:45. > :03:49.and do that, they are putting their lives at risk. If the story is not
:03:49. > :03:54.told them the massacre will be even worse. Back in Homs, the Red Cross
:03:54. > :04:03.and others are keeping up their efforts to negotiate an infatuation.
:04:03. > :04:07.But it is a tortuous business. -- an evacuation.
:04:07. > :04:11.Here, farmers are warning that this -- warning that the spring's
:04:11. > :04:15.lambing season could see thousands of deformed births because of a new
:04:15. > :04:21.virus. 70 farms have been affected by the Schmallenberg virus which
:04:21. > :04:27.appears to have been carried by midges coming from Germany. Up to a
:04:27. > :04:32.quarter of lambs in affected areas could be affected.
:04:32. > :04:38.A worrying time for farmers as they prepare for lambing. At this farm
:04:38. > :04:42.in Hertfordshire, 2000 pregnant ewes will soon be giving birth.
:04:42. > :04:46.have done the best we can for the sheep over the winter. Staff have
:04:46. > :04:51.been working hard getting the sheep prepare for lambing. We are braced
:04:52. > :04:55.to do the best job possible and we will take what comes to us. This
:04:55. > :05:00.farm in Suffolk is one which has been affected by the Schmallenberg
:05:00. > :05:05.virus. Typically, lambs were born dead, not fully-formed, and their
:05:06. > :05:10.legs are fused together. This virus did not exist in the UK until less
:05:10. > :05:17.than one month ago. Worryingly, the number of cases has increased
:05:17. > :05:21.significantly in those short weeks. 74 farms have now been affected.
:05:21. > :05:25.On February 7th, the farms affected were in seven counties across the
:05:25. > :05:30.east and south-east of England. It has since moved north and west. It
:05:30. > :05:34.is now affecting many more areas. There is uncertainty at the moment
:05:34. > :05:37.because we do not know how many farmers will be affected.
:05:37. > :05:43.Relatively few at the moment. Within those farms, we do not know
:05:43. > :05:50.how many lambs they were used. On the Continent, we have seen a range
:05:50. > :05:53.of between 5% and 50% loss. -- how many lambs they will lose. If it
:05:53. > :05:57.stays at the current level, the impact is low but more than we
:05:57. > :06:03.would like. Early lambs are being born but it is early help from
:06:03. > :06:07.scientists to develop a vaccine which farmers need and want.
:06:07. > :06:10.The first edition of the Sun on Sunday hit the newsagents this
:06:10. > :06:14.morning. It has received mixed reviews and sparked some
:06:14. > :06:22.controversy by including the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu,
:06:22. > :06:28.as its -- among columnists. The Sunday edition is not a brand
:06:28. > :06:34.new paper, just an extension of the tabloid. Going to seven days a week
:06:34. > :06:41.marks, as the paper's editorial says, a new era. I have bought the
:06:41. > :06:45.Sun to us try it. -- to try it. is full of gossip and tittle-tattle.
:06:45. > :06:51.I usually buy the Guardian so no, I have never thought of buying it.
:06:51. > :06:58.Not because it is 50p! It would not matter if it had been 75 p, I would
:06:58. > :07:03.have still bolted today. I like the sun. -- I would have still bought
:07:03. > :07:11.it a day. I like the #. It has prompted a war with the other red
:07:11. > :07:15.tops. It will be interesting to see how long the 50p price tag last.
:07:15. > :07:18.The new edition comes seven months after the demise of the News of the
:07:18. > :07:24.World, following the phone hacking scandal. Compared to the stories on
:07:24. > :07:28.that paper, some have seen the paper today as planned, but
:07:28. > :07:36.unsurprising. The old style of Sunday journalism, kiss-and-tell as,
:07:36. > :07:41.as stock relief. -- kiss-and-tells, has stopped, really. That is to do
:07:41. > :07:46.with the privacy law being used so often. And an understanding that
:07:46. > :07:51.the public have turned away. Something that is not planned about
:07:51. > :07:54.the paper is the inclusion of the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu,
:07:54. > :08:00.as a columnist. He said it was a fantastic honour but recognised
:08:00. > :08:05.that it would prompt criticism, which it has. Wow, said Archbishop
:08:05. > :08:08.John. What do you think of his involvement? Not impressed. Quite
:08:08. > :08:13.frankly, I am astonished. Particularly, having seen the
:08:13. > :08:17.content of the paper. I think he ought to reflect on doing so and
:08:17. > :08:23.changed his mind. A spokesman for the archbishop said any proceeds
:08:23. > :08:26.from the column would go to charity. Rupert Murdoch, at the printers
:08:26. > :08:31.with the paper's editor when it came off the presses, has said he
:08:31. > :08:34.would be happy with sales of 2 million. This is a shrinking market
:08:35. > :08:41.but his commitment and resources mean that the sun's Sunday edition
:08:42. > :08:45.could be a success. Security forces in Pakistan are
:08:45. > :08:48.demolishing the compound where Osama Bin Laden once lived. The Al-
:08:48. > :08:53.Qaeda leader was killed in a raid by US Special forces in May last
:08:53. > :09:00.year. He had secretly love with his family at the compound in
:09:00. > :09:09.Abbottabad for five years. There was no warning, no
:09:09. > :09:13.announcement, they just sent in the bulldozers. The place where the
:09:13. > :09:18.mastermind of 9/11 hid for up to five years will soon be nothing
:09:18. > :09:22.more than a pile of rubble. It was in May that the building came into
:09:22. > :09:27.prominence, in the most dramatic of ways. To the embarrassment of
:09:27. > :09:32.Pakistan. After they killed him, American Navy SEALs grabbed what
:09:32. > :09:37.material they could, including Bin Laden home videos. Very little
:09:37. > :09:41.about his life is yet to be made public. This demolition is taking
:09:41. > :09:45.place under a shroud of secrecy. All of that heavy machinery moved
:09:45. > :09:49.in under the dead of night, and security forces swarmed this area,
:09:49. > :09:52.trying to keep us as far away as possible. We have still not been
:09:52. > :09:58.given an official reason as to why the Pakistani authorities are
:09:58. > :10:02.taking down this building now. We revisit a neighbour. He was one of
:10:02. > :10:10.the few outsiders who got inside the compound when Bin Laden live
:10:10. > :10:13.there. He had unwittingly been the Al-Qaeda leader's plumber. There
:10:13. > :10:17.are two reasons why people here agree in demolishing the building.
:10:17. > :10:22.Many people feel that what happened there was unjust and do not want to
:10:22. > :10:25.be reminded. Also, we have heard that things will get back to normal.
:10:25. > :10:28.That must be Pakistan's Corp. Just because the compound has been
:10:28. > :10:37.raised does not mean the uncomfortable questions about why
:10:37. > :10:41.Bin Laden was found under the nose of the Pakistani army will go away.
:10:41. > :10:44.The former South African President, Nelson Mandela was discharged from
:10:44. > :10:49.hospital this afternoon one day after being admitted. He was given
:10:49. > :10:51.a clean bill of health before leaving hospital. He was admitted
:10:51. > :10:57.yesterday for a key cooperation to investigate persistent stomach
:10:57. > :11:01.pains. -- keyhole operation. Golden statuettes are being handed
:11:01. > :11:05.out for the great and good of the film industry at this time of year.
:11:05. > :11:09.The Oscars are upon us. The ceremony takes place later tonight.
:11:09. > :11:13.Alistair Leithead is on the red carpet.
:11:13. > :11:17.The final touches are being put on what is supposed to be the biggest
:11:17. > :11:21.red carpet in the world. I am not sure how they work that out. The
:11:21. > :11:27.stars will be making their way into the theatre and a few hours. There
:11:27. > :11:31.is already excitement. The buzz is around The Artist. If it wins Best
:11:31. > :11:35.Picture, it will be the first time a silent movie has won since 1929,
:11:35. > :11:39.when the very first Oscar ceremony was held across the road from here.
:11:39. > :11:42.The Descendants, the George Clooney film, it is the one that is
:11:43. > :11:47.breathing down its neck at the moment. Of course, it is Jean
:11:47. > :11:54.Dujardin from The Artist and George Clooney for Best Actor. He would be
:11:54. > :11:59.the first Frenchman to win, Jean Dujardin, if he won the Oscar. The
:11:59. > :12:02.other big races are won for best actress. Meryl Streep, she is the
:12:02. > :12:06.favourite, but I think she might have been replaced by Viola Davis
:12:06. > :12:10.from The Help as who the bookies are putting the money on. You would
:12:10. > :12:16.have thought she had a brace of Oscars in her cupboard, but in fact,
:12:16. > :12:19.this would be her third. The last time she won was when Margaret
:12:19. > :12:26.Thatcher was Prime Minister. Alistair Leithead in Hollywood.
:12:26. > :12:32.Time to catch up with the sport. As you may have seen at Wembley,
:12:32. > :12:37.Liverpool have won the Carling Cup. Cardiff City to them to penalties.
:12:38. > :12:41.It was 1-1 after 90 minutes. Dirk Kuyt looked to have scored the
:12:41. > :12:46.winner in the second minute of extra-time but ben Turner scrambled
:12:46. > :12:50.an equaliser. The match had to be decided on penalty kicks. Cardiff
:12:50. > :12:57.only scored two out of five. Anthony Gerrard missed the decisive
:12:57. > :13:01.penalty. I have got mixed emotions. I am delighted to win the Cup four
:13:01. > :13:05.per supporters but I feel for Antony and Cardiff. -- for our
:13:05. > :13:09.supporters. Did you have a word with them? It does not matter what
:13:09. > :13:15.I say to him at this time. I had been there. I will be there for him
:13:15. > :13:19.after the game. Arsenal are unlikely to lift any trophies this
:13:19. > :13:22.season but what a win against Spurs today in the Premier League. They
:13:22. > :13:28.were Two-nil down at the Emirates Stadium but won 5-2 to move back
:13:28. > :13:32.into the top four. After three minutes and 51 seconds
:13:32. > :13:42.we thought we knew the story of this game. Louis Saha at the heart
:13:42. > :13:48.of Arsenal's defence, breaking it. Yet again, are sold deliver and
:13:48. > :13:52.Thomas Szczesny came forward. Arsenal were agreed. They needed a
:13:52. > :13:56.player to come up and score. That was Adebayor. Topsides are not
:13:56. > :14:02.supposed to squander winning leads by half-time but it makes for might
:14:02. > :14:07.never some matches. We have to win, said Robin van Persie before the
:14:07. > :14:11.game. Easier said than done unless you can strike a ball like this.
:14:12. > :14:18.Arsenal galloped into the second half, and Tottenham's defence was
:14:18. > :14:24.in tatters. Rosicky scored. Arsenal were back from the brink. Theo
:14:24. > :14:29.Walcott reconstructed his confidence, and his club's with two
:14:29. > :14:33.sublime finishers. If defeat was unthinkable, 5-2 was nearly -- a
:14:33. > :14:36.scarcely believable. Arsenal are 4th, seven points
:14:36. > :14:39.behind Spurs. Manchester United behind Spurs. Manchester United
:14:39. > :14:44.trail Manchester City by two points after Ryan Giggs scored their
:14:44. > :14:48.injury time winner against Norwich. His 900th appearance. Wayne Rooney
:14:48. > :14:51.missed the match with a throat infection. He will not play in
:14:51. > :14:54.infection. He will not play in England's friendly on Wednesday.
:14:54. > :14:58.Their future is uncertain and the title may be beyond them but at
:14:58. > :15:03.least Rangers fans had a win to celebrate today. They beat
:15:03. > :15:07.Inverness -- Inverness Caley Thistle 4-1. Glenn McCulloch got
:15:07. > :15:11.the final call. Rangers are now a near 20 points behind Celtic.
:15:11. > :15:15.It all started so well for Scotland and the Six Nations, racing to a
:15:15. > :15:22.ten-point lead against France at Murrayfield. But mistakes crept in