:00:10. > :00:16.economy. The latest borrowing figures show only a slight fall on
:00:16. > :00:23.the previous year. The UK borrowed more than �120 billion in the year
:00:23. > :00:28.to April, due �300 �300 million on the priest year. We'll be getting
:00:28. > :00:32.reaction from Westminster on claims that deficit reduction has stalled.
:00:32. > :00:36.Also this lunchtime: George Osborne warns the Scots they could lose the
:00:36. > :00:41.pound if they vote for independence next year. Abandoning currents
:00:41. > :00:46.arrangements would represent a very deep dive indeed into uncharted
:00:46. > :00:50.waters. Two men are charged with planning an attack on a train in
:00:50. > :00:54.Toronto, with alleged support from Al-Qaeda in Iran.
:00:54. > :00:59.Horse racing in shock as one of the biggest doping scandals in its
:00:59. > :01:05.history centres on the world famous Godolphin stables in Newmarket.
:01:05. > :01:15.And laid to rest at last - the World War I soldiers buried 96 years after
:01:15. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:43.their deaths on the battlefields of Good afternoon aq welcome to the BBC
:01:43. > :01:48.News at one. There was a small drop in the amount
:01:48. > :01:52.of money the Government borrowed last year, following by �300 million
:01:52. > :01:56.on the previous year to to �120. To �120.6 billion. But the UK's debt is
:01:56. > :02:00.still one of the highest among the world's leading economies. The
:02:00. > :02:03.Treasury has insisted that though it is taking time the Government is
:02:03. > :02:11.fixing the country's economic problems. Labour though said the
:02:11. > :02:16.coalition's plans to reduce the deficit had ground to a halt. It is
:02:16. > :02:20.not enough. All the revenue from VAT on our shopping from income tax,
:02:20. > :02:25.from tax on companies is still way short of paying the Government's
:02:25. > :02:30.bills, so we sink further into the red. Annual borrowing by the
:02:30. > :02:40.Government peaked at just under �159 billion just before the coalition
:02:40. > :02:46.took office. It had fallen to �120.9 to �120.9 billion in 20011-12. This
:02:46. > :02:50.drop to to �120.6 allows them to say they are keeping their promise to
:02:50. > :02:56.bring down borrowing every year. deficit is down by a third since the
:02:56. > :02:59.Government came to office. That's because we are taking the difficult
:02:59. > :03:03.decisions necessary to fix the British economy and make sure it is
:03:03. > :03:09.a place to create jobs and attract investment. Benefit increases have
:03:09. > :03:12.been held back. Public spending curtailed. For all that though the
:03:12. > :03:20.borrowing is only 300 million Liberal Democrat lower than the
:03:20. > :03:25.previous year. There is -- �300 million lower than the previous
:03:25. > :03:29.year. That deficit reduction strategy has long gone. It is dead,
:03:29. > :03:33.it is finished, it is over. This annual borrowing number is the
:03:33. > :03:38.amount that's been added to the national debt in the past year. With
:03:38. > :03:43.the economy staying in the doldrums, shoppers' budgets continuing under
:03:43. > :03:53.pressure, that borrowing is likely to stay high and the total debt will
:03:53. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:04.coalition forecast when it came to power. The bottom line is the
:04:04. > :04:08.Government has to see some growth in the economy and then the deficit
:04:08. > :04:16.figures and the debt figures will look less bad. But at the moment you
:04:16. > :04:21.would be right to worry. The debt leftses are exceptionally high.
:04:21. > :04:31.debt levels are exceptionally high. Later this week we'll see if the
:04:31. > :04:32.
:04:33. > :04:37.Let's speak to Norman Smith. That's the criticism, that deficit
:04:37. > :04:41.reduction has stalled. Simon, my sense is that politically that is
:04:41. > :04:47.true, but for the Government presentationally they can still
:04:47. > :04:53.argue that the deficit is coming down even if by the tiniest smidgen
:04:53. > :04:57.of margins, just �300 �300 million which in economic terms neither here
:04:57. > :05:00.nor there. Politics is often about confidence. If they can convince
:05:00. > :05:06.voters that they are still moving in the right direction, they will be
:05:06. > :05:10.satisfied. The danger for them is that these figures come just 48
:05:10. > :05:14.hours before much more critical figures on the growth forecast.
:05:14. > :05:17.There again we may see a tiny margin one way or the other, but that could
:05:17. > :05:21.be absolutely critical. A little bit of growth and the Government will be
:05:21. > :05:27.able it is on the right course. A little built of contraction and they
:05:27. > :05:32.will face doom-laiding headlines about a triple dip recession. These
:05:32. > :05:36.tiny margins one way or the other economically may not make much
:05:36. > :05:40.difference but politically they can have a huge impact on the outlook
:05:40. > :05:46.for the Government. The Westminster Government has given
:05:46. > :05:48.a clear signal it would not want to share a pound with a newly
:05:48. > :05:52.independent Scotland. The Chancellor, George Osborne, said
:05:52. > :05:57.such an arrangement would not be in the interests of the rest of the UK.
:05:57. > :06:03.The Scottish Government said the Treasury view was designed to make
:06:03. > :06:07.things sound as difficult and as obstructive as possible.
:06:07. > :06:13.The banknotes may be Scottish but the currency is British. For300
:06:13. > :06:18.years the United Kingdom has shared sterling. The SNP want that union to
:06:18. > :06:25.continue even if Scotland votes for independence. And today the
:06:25. > :06:28.Chancellor came to Glasgow to say such a deal would be difficult.
:06:28. > :06:31.independent Scotland would have to agree its tax and spending plans
:06:31. > :06:37.with what would become a foreign Government. Abandoning current
:06:37. > :06:42.arrangements would represent a very deep dive indeed into uncharted
:06:42. > :06:46.waters. The eurozone held a stark lesson, said the Chancellor.
:06:46. > :06:51.Monetary union without political union was hard to sustain. But the
:06:52. > :06:56.SNP said the comparison is daft and Mr Osborne is scaremongering.
:06:56. > :07:00.day after the referendum, as the Edinburgh agreement envisages, both
:07:00. > :07:03.Government have to sit down negotiate sensibly and too what in
:07:03. > :07:07.the best interests of Scotland and the United Kingdom. Far better to
:07:08. > :07:12.have the constructive approach of the Scottish Government than
:07:12. > :07:16.sabre-rattling there a discredited Chancellor of the Exchequer. Some
:07:16. > :07:22.reckon a deal would be done. If fact that the Scottish Government is keen
:07:22. > :07:26.on keeping some sort of sterling connection means that it is likely
:07:26. > :07:31.that that will go forward. I can't see the UK Government being so
:07:31. > :07:35.obstructive as to put conditions in place that are unacceptable. There
:07:35. > :07:39.is another way. Some supporters of identifies don't want to keep the
:07:39. > :07:44.pound. A currency for Scotland would make sense. It is probably not
:07:44. > :07:47.something you could achieve overnight and it might be a slower
:07:47. > :07:51.more gradual separation that would make sense for both countries. This
:07:51. > :07:55.debate about the pound reminds us that not everyone campaigning for
:07:55. > :07:59.independence shares the same vision. The SNP wants Scotland to be
:08:00. > :08:07.different but still reassuringly similar. Others favour more radical
:08:07. > :08:10.change. Let's speak to our business editor
:08:10. > :08:13.in Scotland, Douglas Fraser. We've heard the political arrangements
:08:13. > :08:17.either side but what's the view of Scottish business and industry? Most
:08:17. > :08:22.business people in Scotland are keeping their heads below the
:08:22. > :08:25.parapet. It is not necessarily good for business to be getting involved.
:08:26. > :08:29.It is quite a heated debate in Scotland. Some businesses argue that
:08:29. > :08:33.identifies could give Scotland the opportunity to be more nimble, as
:08:33. > :08:36.small nations can be, taking those opportunities to use tax for
:08:37. > :08:40.instance, to target areas where Scotland is either weak or has
:08:40. > :08:44.particular strength. Others reckon there's a risk of making the key
:08:44. > :08:48.market south of the border into a foreign nation. That would add extra
:08:48. > :08:55.costs potentially. It might also add to uncertainty in these trading
:08:55. > :09:01.relationships. That's why this currency issue is a key one. It is
:09:01. > :09:05.reckon to be a vote winner for those arguing in favour of the union. It
:09:05. > :09:11.is the sixth consecutive day we've had this argument taken to the
:09:11. > :09:14.Government. It puts the nationalists arguing arguing how valuable the
:09:14. > :09:18.trading links are, how much they want to keep some British
:09:18. > :09:22.institutions. What's really significant about George Osborne's
:09:22. > :09:29.position today is he is setting out a negotiating stance ahead of next
:09:29. > :09:33.year's referendum, which suggests the suggests the rest of the UK
:09:33. > :09:43.wouldn't want to walk away from the deal. It may not look much like
:09:43. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:02.HSBC is cutting 1,150 jobs in Britain to save money and slim down
:10:02. > :10:06.Europe's biggest bank. The cuts are part of a a three-year plan to cut
:10:06. > :10:08.costs. The Unite union has warned of possible industrial action over the
:10:08. > :10:13.announcement. Police in Canada say they've foiled
:10:13. > :10:17.a plot to derail a passenger train travelling between Toronto and New
:10:17. > :10:24.York. Two people have been arrested and charged with terrorism-related
:10:24. > :10:30.offences. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say the men were receiving
:10:30. > :10:36.support from Al-Qaeda in Iran. Iran has denied any involvement.
:10:36. > :10:39.Under guard and escorted off a plane by Canadian police, one of two
:10:39. > :10:49.suspects charged with plotting to derail a train between Canada and
:10:49. > :10:51.
:10:51. > :10:57.the US. He's been named as Chiheb Esseghaier. His alleged accomplice
:10:57. > :11:02.is Chiheb Esseghaier from the UAE. Our investigation and the evidence
:11:02. > :11:07.found indicated that the accused were conspireing to carry out a
:11:07. > :11:12.terrorist attack against a passenger train in the greater Toronto area.
:11:12. > :11:15.Briefly, these charges include conspiring to interfere with
:11:15. > :11:20.transportation facilities and murdering persons for the benefit of
:11:20. > :11:25.a terrorist group. This was the pair's alleged target, a passenger
:11:25. > :11:29.train running between Toronto and New York, passing close to Niagra
:11:29. > :11:34.falls. The Canadians, the FBI and the US Department of Homeland
:11:34. > :11:39.Security have all been monitoring the alleged plot since August. They
:11:39. > :11:43.say they've traced it to Al-Qaeda elements in Iran but not the Iranian
:11:43. > :11:51.Government. The individuals were receiving support from Al-Qaeda
:11:51. > :11:55.elements located in Iran. I can tell you that there is no information to
:11:55. > :12:01.indicate that these attacks were states sponsored. Iran has been
:12:01. > :12:06.quick to deny any link to the plot. Its spokesman said Al-Qaeda has no
:12:06. > :12:10.compatibility with Iran, either politically or idealogically. It was
:12:10. > :12:14.a tip-off from inside Canada's Muslim community that alerted the
:12:14. > :12:19.authorities. Those people who committed this crime or who tried to
:12:19. > :12:23.commit these crimes are not one of us. Canada has intercepted jihadist
:12:23. > :12:27.plots before. This was actual footage from a major operation in
:12:28. > :12:31.2006 to stop a plot to below up the Toronto Stock Exchange. Seven men
:12:31. > :12:35.pleaded guilty. But the authorities believe this latest plot is the
:12:35. > :12:42.first one organised by Al-Qaeda against Canada. They say if it had
:12:42. > :12:46.worked many innocent passengers would have died.
:12:47. > :12:52.Further detail have emerged about the first court hearing of Zhokhar
:12:52. > :12:57.Tsarnaev, the man accused of carrying out the Boston marathon
:12:57. > :13:04.bomb being. He was told he faced charges including using a weapon of
:13:04. > :13:09.mass destruction, for which he could face the death sentence.
:13:09. > :13:14.People cheered when he was caught. Many said they were glad he suaveed
:13:14. > :13:18.to face justice. That justice came to his hospital bedside yesterday,
:13:18. > :13:22.when charges were read. Zhokhar Tsarnaev was still in a serious
:13:22. > :13:26.condition but able to communicate. A magistrate asked if he understood
:13:27. > :13:32.his rights and the charges. He nodded. At one point when asked if
:13:32. > :13:38.he could afford a lawyer, he answered, " no." The magistrate
:13:38. > :13:43.concluded, " I find that the defendant is alert, mentally
:13:43. > :13:48.competent and lucid." Outside, the city stood silent. To mourn its dead
:13:48. > :13:58.and remember those whose lives will never be the same again. Shock
:13:58. > :13:59.
:13:59. > :14:05.turned to grief. The first funeral for 29-year-old crystal Campbell who
:14:05. > :14:14.was killed at the finishing line as she cheered on a friend. Tsarnaev
:14:14. > :14:19.San and his older brother, Tamerlan, are alleged to have placed bombs in
:14:19. > :14:24.backpacks place placed on the ground. I don't think it will be
:14:24. > :14:28.back to the same city we were but we'll adjust and be a different
:14:28. > :14:36.city. More than 50 people remain in hospital. Three of them in critical
:14:36. > :14:40.condition, as Boston attempts to move forward. A car bomb has gone
:14:40. > :14:45.off at the French epsi in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, wounding two
:14:46. > :14:50.French guards, one seriously. The explosion caused extensive damage to
:14:50. > :15:00.the building. France has condemned the attack, which the Libyan
:15:00. > :15:04.Government called an act of terrorism.
:15:04. > :15:09.The British businessman has been found guilty of fraud after selling
:15:09. > :15:19.one detectors. He is accused of selling devices that were completely
:15:19. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:26.Iraq was the main market for Jim McCormick's bogus bomb detector, a
:15:26. > :15:36.country where explosions are a constant threat. He sold thousands
:15:36. > :15:43.of them to the Iraqi government, some for up to $55,000 each. They
:15:43. > :15:47.made him, appearing here at the Old Bailey, and extremely wealthy man.
:15:47. > :15:51.The court heard he began with this, marketed as a gift for the golfer
:15:52. > :15:57.who has everything. It claims to help find lost golf balls. It is
:15:57. > :16:04.just an aerial on a hinge, that he bought from the US for �15 each and
:16:04. > :16:08.then sold for as much as �3000 a time as bomb detectors. He then
:16:08. > :16:16.created a more advanced looking version, the product that Iraq
:16:16. > :16:20.water. Police say the only genuine part of it was the case. Here is how
:16:20. > :16:24.the bogus bomb detector was advertised. The claims, backed by no
:16:24. > :16:30.science whatsoever, but with a slick sales pitch he managed to sell it
:16:30. > :16:39.around the world. Rides help secure deals in Iraq. The Inspector General
:16:39. > :16:43.of the Interior Ministry in Iraq has led an investigation. He showed me
:16:43. > :16:51.evidence that one truck, laden with rockets and missiles, passed through
:16:51. > :16:56.23 separate checkpoints undetected. TRANSLATION: I feel furious speaking
:16:56. > :17:01.as an Iraqi citizen when I think that this gang of Jim McCormick and
:17:01. > :17:07.Iraqis working with him killed by people by creating a false sense of
:17:07. > :17:11.security with a useless device. woman was severely burned in 2009.
:17:11. > :17:17.Pregnant at the time she lost the baby and her husband divorced her
:17:17. > :17:22.because of her injuries. She has already had 59 operations.
:17:22. > :17:28.TRANSLATION: My life was destroyed, I lost everything in an instance.
:17:28. > :17:31.How do you feel about the man that sold these devices? He has no
:17:31. > :17:36.conscience, morally bankrupt. How could he sell them just for money
:17:36. > :17:39.and destroy people's lives? From his profits come he was able to buy an
:17:40. > :17:45.exclusive property in Bath, complete with an indoor swimming pool, as
:17:45. > :17:51.well as houses in Florida and Cyprus and a yacht. In Iraq, where the
:17:51. > :17:54.device is still being used, they played dumb I paid the price. But
:17:54. > :18:04.the man who sold these bogus detectors will be swapping his
:18:04. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:09.There has been a slight fall in the amount of government borrowing. But
:18:09. > :18:13.Labour says the coalition's economic plans have ground to a halt. Still
:18:13. > :18:19.to come, rain will not be stopping play at Court number one. It is
:18:19. > :18:22.getting a roof, but not until 2019. On BBC London, the chronic shortage
:18:23. > :18:28.of school places is getting worse according to the latest figures. We
:18:28. > :18:30.hear from the Mayor of London about his plans for tackling the problem.
:18:30. > :18:40.And police investigating recent violence from Millwall fans make a
:18:40. > :18:47.
:18:47. > :18:52.Christopher Elphick died on May 15 in 1917 at the Battle of Arras, in
:18:52. > :18:55.more than -- with more than 15,000 British soldiers. For more than a
:18:55. > :18:59.century, their bodies remained undiscovered in a field until they
:18:59. > :19:09.were found by a farmer. Today, their descendants are in Arras deceit
:19:09. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:19.there remains being buried with full loss, discovery and now remembrance.
:19:20. > :19:21.Those two soldiers died here in northern France, along with nearly 1
:19:21. > :19:27.million soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth countries. They
:19:27. > :19:32.have finally been laid to rest today, 96 years on. It was all
:19:32. > :19:38.witnessed the members of their family, who barely knew them, if at
:19:38. > :19:43.all, but you have never forgotten. Around 1 million Commonwealth
:19:43. > :19:45.soldiers were killed in the First World War. This is how they are
:19:45. > :19:50.remembered in cemeteries across Belgium and northern France. Yet
:19:50. > :19:57.many were never identified, while the remains of others were never
:19:57. > :20:00.even found. Men like Lieutenant John Harold Prichard and Private
:20:00. > :20:05.Christopher Douglas Elphick. They were both killed on the 15th of
:20:05. > :20:12.May, 1917. But with no bodies recovered, no burial or grave to
:20:12. > :20:18.visit. It must have been difficult for my grandmother. But she never
:20:18. > :20:26.spoke about it. I know my father came to see his father's name on the
:20:26. > :20:32.Arras war memorial. There was nowhere else to go. But the past has
:20:32. > :20:36.now reached out to the present. This is the field where the remains of
:20:36. > :20:41.those two British soldiers were recently found, two simple white
:20:41. > :20:51.post 's marking the spot where they fell. All the way back on the
:20:51. > :20:57.
:20:57. > :21:07.morning of May the 15th, 1917. was told not to plough the land
:21:07. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:13.because it contained the remains of Lieutenant Prichard and Private
:21:13. > :21:16.Elphick have come to bury them. They first heard about the discovery I
:21:16. > :21:21.chance while researching their family histories on the Internet.
:21:21. > :21:24.Then they never really knew, but still remember. Now saying their
:21:24. > :21:31.farewells, something that the soldier own mothers were never able
:21:31. > :21:37.to do. This was a funeral with full military honours. Laid to rest
:21:37. > :21:41.alongside old comrades who had also fallen in France. It was the most
:21:41. > :21:46.amazing experience. Just to see everybody come together now and to
:21:46. > :21:51.honour these men. For us to play a small part in that and for it to be
:21:51. > :21:57.my great uncle, we were all present. As a family, I think we were all
:21:57. > :22:02.thinking and feeling much the same things. There are still many
:22:02. > :22:05.soldiers whose graves are still marked as unknown. The remains of
:22:05. > :22:09.two who have not been identified were also buried today. Their story
:22:09. > :22:13.is still waiting to be told. For the families of John Prichard and
:22:13. > :22:23.Douglas Elphick, it is now complete and there will always be a place for
:22:23. > :22:27.
:22:27. > :22:33.anniversary of the start of the great War. The hope of both families
:22:33. > :22:37.is that their story will give others hope and inspiration to find out
:22:37. > :22:41.what happened to their long lost loved ones.
:22:42. > :22:44.By the end of the day, France will have become the latest European
:22:44. > :22:49.country to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption. It was one of
:22:49. > :22:52.resident Holland's pre-election promises. Despite large protests
:22:52. > :22:56.against the change in the law, it is expected to be approved by the
:22:57. > :23:03.French parliament later today. Let's speak to Christian Fraser in Paris.
:23:03. > :23:06.What will this bill change in practice? In fact, France becomes
:23:06. > :23:09.the 13th country to legalise gay marriage tonight. It will go
:23:09. > :23:15.through, because it is the second reading in the lower house. Francois
:23:15. > :23:20.Hollande and his socialist 's have a massive majority in the lower house.
:23:20. > :23:23.It gives full marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples and also equal
:23:23. > :23:28.parenting rights under the adoption part of the bill. It does stop short
:23:28. > :23:33.on medically assisted procreation. But it has created an almighty
:23:33. > :23:36.tussle in France over the past five months. Hundreds of thousands of
:23:36. > :23:40.people from the opposing camps have come out onto the streets. The worry
:23:40. > :23:43.for politicians is that the rhetoric in recent weeks has stoked some
:23:43. > :23:47.violent scenes, not only on the streets but also tussles in
:23:47. > :23:52.Parliament. There are a good many people that will be glad the debate
:23:52. > :23:56.is coming to an end. What sort of impact has it had on the gay and
:23:57. > :23:59.lesbian community? We have just come from a refuge in Paris that offer
:23:59. > :24:03.support and shelter to gay and lesbian couples. They say they have
:24:03. > :24:07.had a threefold increase in homophobic attacks since the debate
:24:07. > :24:13.began. We spoke to one man so viciously beaten in France, and he
:24:13. > :24:16.has lived here for practically ten years, he was so viciously beaten he
:24:16. > :24:20.has a fractured skull in five places. A lot of people in France
:24:20. > :24:23.feel that this is a less safe place than it was before. Perhaps some of
:24:23. > :24:29.them are not as keen to take advantage of the law as perhaps they
:24:30. > :24:32.were before. Thank you. Here, the Duchess of Cambridge is
:24:32. > :24:39.launching a new school counselling programme in Manchester this
:24:39. > :24:44.lunchtime. She is Place To Be, which offers support to children to help
:24:45. > :24:48.them cope with the impact of drug and alcohol addiction.
:24:48. > :24:52.Caught in one at Wimbledon is to have a retractable roof built in
:24:52. > :24:57.time for the championships, but not until 2019. The All-England Club has
:24:57. > :25:03.announced it is increasing the price by 40%. Let's speak to Richard
:25:03. > :25:08.Conroy. Some big changes, all very costly? That's right, there have
:25:08. > :25:15.been big changes announced. What we will see principally is the roof but
:25:15. > :25:23.over, just as centre court has. The idea is that it will be in place by
:25:23. > :25:27.2019. Centre Court had the roof applied in 2019. We have seen the
:25:27. > :25:32.difference, it has added a different guy mentioned to the championships
:25:32. > :25:37.now. By the time 2019 rolls around and this roof is in place, Wimbledon
:25:37. > :25:41.say there should be 26,000 seats at the very least undercover. Many
:25:41. > :25:48.people are looking at how it is taking six years to do. The answer
:25:48. > :25:51.to that is that it is not just a case of putting the roof on. It's a
:25:51. > :25:55.corrugated procedure which involves installing air conditioning systems
:25:55. > :25:59.and systems that will keep humidity and temperature correct in the arena
:25:59. > :26:03.so that the ball flight and the grass is not unduly affected.
:26:03. > :26:07.Ultimately, Wimbledon wanted to stay at the top of the game, they want to
:26:07. > :26:11.be the premier grand slam. This is all part of it. Part of it will be
:26:11. > :26:16.the prize fund. We will see �1.6 million going into the ladies and
:26:16. > :26:21.the men's winners. On both sides, they are looking to stay as the
:26:21. > :26:25.premier tennis tournament. One of horseracing's most famous
:26:25. > :26:29.names is in broiled in a doping scandal after an inspection of
:26:29. > :26:34.Sheikh Mohammed's go dolphin stable in Newmarket discovered 11 horses
:26:34. > :26:38.had been given banned anabolic steroids. The trainer, Mahmood Al
:26:38. > :26:41.Zarooni, has admitted making a catastrophic error. He will face a
:26:41. > :26:50.disciplinary hearing. One of the horses, the unbeaten Certify, will
:26:50. > :26:55.not be able to take part in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. You can see
:26:55. > :26:59.the gates of the Godolphin stables closed behind me. They know what a
:26:59. > :27:03.serious issue this is. On one level, it threatens the health of horses.
:27:03. > :27:08.On another, it threatens the integrity of the sport. You can't
:27:08. > :27:13.open a horse to run well or badly. Even most painkillers are banned. --
:27:13. > :27:19.you can dope a horse. To find steroid use on this scale is
:27:20. > :27:23.something the sports scarcely imagined. As a trainer, Mahmood Al
:27:23. > :27:30.Zarooni has responsibility for what his horses consume at any time. It
:27:30. > :27:34.is a policy of strict liability. 11 horses tested positive for anabolic
:27:34. > :27:36.steroids. In a statement, he said he had made a catastrophic error and
:27:36. > :27:40.claimed that because the horses involved were not racing at the time
:27:40. > :27:48.he did not realise what he was doing was in breach of the rules of
:27:48. > :27:51.racing. In fact, banned substances are banned always. The Godolphin
:27:51. > :27:56.operation, which employs him, has enjoyed extensive success over the
:27:56. > :28:01.past 20 years. That was within the rules of racing and without
:28:01. > :28:04.suspicion. Over 200 victories in elite races around the world have
:28:04. > :28:10.gone their way. Their royal blue silks have become an integral part
:28:10. > :28:14.of global racing. These figures would be astonishing, whoever the
:28:14. > :28:18.training stable involved was. 11 failures out of 45 tests is taken.
:28:18. > :28:22.The fact is, Godolphin is not just one of the biggest operations in the
:28:22. > :28:27.world, it is the biggest racing operation. This is Premier League
:28:27. > :28:32.stuff in terms of racing. At the top of the dolphin is the head of
:28:32. > :28:37.Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed. Nobody is saying anything publicly right now,
:28:37. > :28:41.but he is said to be appalled by what has happened. So, what happens
:28:41. > :28:45.next? We may see charges formally brought by the end of the week,
:28:45. > :28:48.possibly even today. If that goes further than simple doping, if we
:28:48. > :28:52.see him charged with bringing the integrity of horseracing into
:28:52. > :28:57.question, we could be thinking of a band that extends to several years.
:28:57. > :29:07.Then, we may start to wonder about the very future of this whole go
:29:07. > :29:10.
:29:10. > :29:14.was a representation of right across the country. Unfortunately it is not
:29:14. > :29:19.quite as easy as that. It's just as well we've got the forecast. Spring
:29:19. > :29:21.warmth, where it is like this. But I immediately doff my cap in the
:29:21. > :29:27.direction of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the western fringes of
:29:27. > :29:31.England and Wales. Some of the cloud is sitting very low. Later on in the
:29:31. > :29:37.afternoon we maybe contending with sea fog rolling in from the
:29:37. > :29:40.south-west. A scattering showers across Scotland. Some sunshine in
:29:40. > :29:44.between. Those showers are rattling along on a noticeable breeze. Not as
:29:44. > :29:49.strong as yesterday. As we come into the body of inland and Wales, a lot
:29:49. > :29:54.of fine weather. If we look at the temperatures, already at 18 degrees
:29:54. > :29:57.at one or two Microsoft in Sussex. As we come towards the south-west,
:29:57. > :30:06.in parts, coming towards the Bristol Channel, there is a fair amount of
:30:06. > :30:09.low cloud and sunshine is at a premium. Overnight, that cloud
:30:09. > :30:15.across the south-west, not a cold night but it will end up being quite
:30:15. > :30:18.a wet one and quite breezy as well. Where is it coming from? It is this
:30:19. > :30:25.weather system from the Atlantic. You may remember yesterday we were
:30:25. > :30:29.talking about a lot of cloud, a lot of rain and some wind as well. It
:30:29. > :30:31.marks the division between cold air to the north and much warmer air
:30:31. > :30:35.trapped to the south in that weather front. That will make a big
:30:35. > :30:39.difference to the feel of the day. A lot of cloud, bits and pieces of
:30:39. > :30:43.rain around. The sun comes out in Scotland eventually, but notice the
:30:43. > :30:48.difference. Sun in the north, ten or 11 degrees if you please. Further
:30:48. > :30:57.south, I would not be surprised if somebody exceeded 20 degrees yet
:30:57. > :31:00.again. Somewhere across the north of the British Isles, noticed the tail
:31:00. > :31:04.end of Thursday, on into Friday, that weather front is on the move.
:31:04. > :31:08.It's sweeping the warm air across the near continent. We are left on
:31:08. > :31:12.Friday with something much, much cooler and fresher. Notice this, the
:31:12. > :31:18.wintry showers across the high ground in Scotland. That is the
:31:18. > :31:22.prospect. A much, much fresher feel. Forget about 20 degrees, even
:31:22. > :31:27.in the south the best I can find for you is about 11. The end of the week
:31:27. > :31:31.is marked by being colder for all of us. There will be hefty showers
:31:31. > :31:33.around and just to add to that sort of feel, where we are going back in
:31:33. > :31:43.time rather than progressing on, there will be some night-time
:31:43. > :31:47.