:00:08. > :00:15.Shaping up for a Super Saturday with a gold rush for Britain in the
:00:15. > :00:18.Paralympic Games. It's going to be a gold for Great Britain! Richard
:00:18. > :00:23.Whitehead's victory in the 200m helps the team to second place in
:00:23. > :00:28.the medals table. An apology from the makers of the
:00:28. > :00:35.drug Thalidomide. Campaigners call it an insult, saying it doesn't go
:00:35. > :00:45.far enough. Max Bygraves, the veteran variety
:00:45. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:56.performer and entertainer, dies at the age of 89.
:00:56. > :00:58.Good afternoon. It's shaping up to be a Super Saturday for Britain's
:00:59. > :01:03.Paralympians, with the team taking golds in athletics, cycling, and
:01:03. > :01:08.dressage. It means Paralympics GB are now in second place in the
:01:08. > :01:11.medals table, behind China. -- in third place behind behind China and
:01:11. > :01:14.Australia. There was a breathtaking performance from double amputee
:01:14. > :01:17.Richard Whitehead in his 200 metre final and cyclist Sarah Storey won
:01:17. > :01:25.her second gold of the games - just hours after her husband, Barney,
:01:25. > :01:31.won one, too. Andy Swiss has all the latest from the Olympic Park.
:01:32. > :01:36.He's been dubbed the British Bladeruner, Richard Whitehead about
:01:36. > :01:40.to produce one of the most dazzling moments of these Games.
:01:41. > :01:45.Whitehead n lane five s a double leg amputee who runs on prosthetic
:01:45. > :01:48.limbs. He began his 200 metres final slowly, last at the halfway
:01:48. > :01:55.stage, surely there was no way back. But just watch this.
:01:55. > :02:00.One of the most breathtaking turns of speed you will ever see.
:02:00. > :02:07.From last to first in the blink of an eye. Gold has rarely been quite
:02:07. > :02:11.so staggering. Whitehead, with 80,000 fans, could scarcely believe
:02:11. > :02:17.it. He is also a top marathon runner. British sport has a new
:02:17. > :02:21.star. Everybody was shouting my name out before, and there's so
:02:21. > :02:26.much support, 80,000 people obviously roaring me for success.
:02:26. > :02:30.They were definitely my 12th man on the day and really are a part of
:02:30. > :02:36.this because of that support. The crowd were soon on their feet
:02:36. > :02:40.again for a very different reason. Omar Hussain finishing seven
:02:40. > :02:50.minutes behind the winner of his 1500 metres heat but greeted with
:02:50. > :03:00.one of the day's loudest ovations. Meanwhile, the British medals tb to
:03:00. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:09.-- continue to to roll in at the Velodrome, particularly for the
:03:09. > :03:13.Storey family. There was also another appearance
:03:13. > :03:16.from Jodie Cundy after his disqualification yesterday, there
:03:16. > :03:19.was a happier day for him as he secured bronze in the individual
:03:19. > :03:23.pursuit. In the pool there was a first
:03:23. > :03:27.appearance for one of Britain's most famous Paralympians, Ellie
:03:27. > :03:31.Simmonds as a 13-year-old she won two golds in Beijing, and she made
:03:31. > :03:37.an impressive start here in London, qualifying fastest in the heats of
:03:37. > :03:41.the 400 metres freestyle. Within the next hour Ellie sim Simmonds
:03:41. > :03:50.will be going for gold in the final. She faces stern competition but
:03:50. > :03:53.will be confident of adding to Britain's medal haul.
:03:53. > :03:55.And Paralympics GB had success in the dressage at Greenwich Park.
:03:55. > :03:58.Natasha Baker triumphed in the Grade II individual championship
:03:58. > :04:01.this morning. But there was disappointment for Lee Pearson who
:04:01. > :04:06.was going for his 10th gold medal of his Paralympic career. Joe
:04:06. > :04:10.Wilson's in south-east London. Great disappointment for Lee
:04:10. > :04:14.Pearson, take us through what's been happening. Absolutely, Great
:04:14. > :04:17.Britain have been the outstanding equestrian nation in Paralympics
:04:17. > :04:23.for years but they can't take that status for granted and I think we
:04:23. > :04:28.have seen evidence of that today. This morning Grade II disability
:04:28. > :04:34.section, Natasha Baker is the junior member of the squad but her
:04:34. > :04:38.talent was identified as a child. She broke the Paralympic world
:04:38. > :04:43.record in her class today. Outstanding, because it needed to
:04:43. > :04:46.be. Two German riders coming later got within a whisker of beating
:04:46. > :04:52.that score. Gold for her to start things off. That was something of a
:04:52. > :04:56.surprise. The afternoon, grade 1B disability and that meant Lee
:04:56. > :05:01.Pearson, the outstanding horseman of all time in Paralympic
:05:01. > :05:04.competition. He was quite pleased with his test on board Gentleman, a
:05:04. > :05:10.temperamental horse, pleased with his score. Lee Pearson had never
:05:10. > :05:13.been beat nonthe Paralympics prior to today, but guess what, a 51-
:05:14. > :05:17.year-old from Australia did just that, pipping him by half a
:05:17. > :05:21.percentage point. There's been unprecedented interest in the
:05:21. > :05:28.equestrian here and the standard of performance has risen accordingly.
:05:29. > :05:34.Thank you. Today's golden haul and there may be more to come later,
:05:34. > :05:42.leaves Paralympic GB third in the table with a total of eight, behind
:05:42. > :05:45.China and Australia. Victims of the drug Thalidomide
:05:46. > :05:48.have rejected as insulting the first apology in 50 years from its
:05:48. > :05:50.manufacturer. The German company Gruenenthal said it was asking for
:05:50. > :05:58.forgiveness from the thousands of people who were born with birth
:05:58. > :06:02.defects. But British campaigners say they are angry there was no
:06:02. > :06:06.admission of wrongdoing. Ben Ando reports. The birth defects ranged
:06:06. > :06:11.from deformed or missing limbs to blindness and brain damage. The
:06:11. > :06:15.cause, Thalidomide, a drug invented by a German scientist and when in
:06:15. > :06:20.the 1950s and early 1960s it was given to pregnant women to
:06:20. > :06:23.countermorning sickness it caused heart-breaking birth defects. Now,
:06:23. > :06:28.half a century later, a statue has been unveiled in the German town
:06:28. > :06:33.where the drug was made and with it the first apology from the
:06:33. > :06:37.manufacturers. TRANSLATION: We ask for forgiveness for nearly
:06:37. > :06:40.50 years we didn't find a way of reaching out to from you human
:06:40. > :06:46.being, to human being, instead we have been silent and we are sorry
:06:46. > :06:50.for that. Thalidomide was sold in the UK from 1958 to 1961. Around
:06:50. > :06:55.2000 babies were born with defects before it was taken off the market.
:06:55. > :06:59.There are thought to be around 470 people living with the effects of
:06:59. > :07:03.this will that will -- Thalidomide in the UK today. Gruenenthal says
:07:03. > :07:07.it followed all drugs testing rules in force at the time and
:07:08. > :07:11.regulations were tightened in the aftermath of the affair. But UK
:07:11. > :07:16.campaigners said the wording of the apology misses the point. It's not
:07:16. > :07:19.even a real apology. The only real apology bit that sounds remotely
:07:19. > :07:23.like an apology is they're sorry for being silent for 50 years.
:07:23. > :07:27.There is no admittance of responsibility or negligence.
:07:27. > :07:31.Victims now want the company to put its money where its mouth is.
:07:31. > :07:36.would like to think this is the beginning of the end and we need a
:07:36. > :07:40.package of money to help Thalidomide-ers across the world,
:07:40. > :07:46.but a meaningful thing, not money picked from the sky to keep us
:07:46. > :07:50.quiet. It needs to be thought out of what a care package is. And say
:07:50. > :07:54.campaigners this apology comes far too late to be of any use to the
:07:54. > :08:04.thousands of children and their parents who have died in the half
:08:04. > :08:06.century since Thalidomide was withdrawn.
:08:06. > :08:09.Residents have been returning to their homes on Spain's Costa del
:08:09. > :08:13.Sol to assess the damage caused by wildfires. Thousands of people -
:08:13. > :08:15.including 300 Britons - were forced to flee houses and hotel rooms as
:08:15. > :08:19.the flames reached the outskirts of Marbella yesterday. From there, Tom
:08:19. > :08:24.Burridge has this report. The aftermath of a Spanish forest
:08:24. > :08:30.fire. Large areas of countryside in the Costa del Sol turned to ash.
:08:30. > :08:35.The fire started several kilometres from here, but fuelled by high
:08:35. > :08:41.winds, it spread quickly. This area is just on the edge of the popular
:08:41. > :08:46.holiday resort of Marbella. Strangely, the watered golf courses
:08:46. > :08:51.are untouched. But some homes were completely
:08:51. > :08:59.destroyed. A British couple lived here. They got out just as the roof
:08:59. > :09:04.set on fire, precious possessions were left behind. Flames just
:09:04. > :09:10.spared Anthony Marshall's house, he lives near mar Marbella. It was
:09:10. > :09:18.horrific, to be honest. I sat there, the - I am on the third floor, the
:09:18. > :09:22.flames were as high as my house. The town of Ojen was empty
:09:22. > :09:24.overnight as people were kept oupt of their homes but several hundred
:09:24. > :09:29.British people affected have gone home or are staying with family or
:09:29. > :09:33.friends. Throughout today, helicopters
:09:33. > :09:39.continued to drop water on pockets of fire, but since last night the
:09:39. > :09:43.emergency services have the situation mainly under control. The
:09:43. > :09:50.land, though, is scarred and with the environmental damage there's
:09:50. > :09:57.the human and financial cost of yet another destructive forest fire in
:09:57. > :10:00.southern Spain. The veteran entertainer, Max
:10:00. > :10:03.Bygraves, has died. He was 89. One of the last all-round variety
:10:03. > :10:06.performers, his career spanned five decades after winning fame as a
:10:06. > :10:10.comedian and singer in the 1940s. He emigrated to Australia in 2005
:10:10. > :10:18.and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. David Sillito
:10:18. > :10:22.looks back at his life. # Maybe it's because I am a
:10:22. > :10:26.Londoner... Warm, funny, reassuring, those old-
:10:26. > :10:31.fashioned songs, jokes and stories about days gone by made Max
:10:31. > :10:36.Bygraves a star. The greatest I have ever seen at getting an
:10:36. > :10:39.audience in the palm of his hand immediately he walked on. A lot of
:10:39. > :10:49.performers it takes five minutes, not with Max, they loved him. He
:10:49. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:02.was a terrific entertainer. couldn't even afford cutlery.
:11:02. > :11:06.became Max after perfecting his Max Miller impression. The radio show
:11:06. > :11:13.Educating Archie followed and then the London Palladium. He became a
:11:13. > :11:23.wealthy man. He was astute enough to buy the rights to Oliver for
:11:23. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:28.�350 and those old tunes gave his 27 platinum albums.
:11:28. > :11:33.The entertainer of a certain generation has gone and he is one
:11:33. > :11:37.of the last still around who is singing songs of that era,
:11:37. > :11:41.performing as an all-round entertainer and he was a gifted
:11:41. > :11:46.person, a gifted man. On stage the audience will be
:11:46. > :11:51.laughing one moment, shedding a tear the next. Max Bygraves, gentle,
:11:51. > :12:01.reassuring, and always ready with a song that everyone knew.
:12:01. > :12:06.