:00:00. > :00:00.scattered showers but the driest day of the weekend.
:00:00. > :00:23.Eyewitnesses say it's unbelievable no`one was killed.
:00:24. > :00:27.And experience. How anyone was not injured I do not know.
:00:28. > :00:30.The shocking pictures of a violent hit and run.
:00:31. > :00:32.Police in Luton are treating this attack as attempted murder
:00:33. > :00:35.We'll be here later in the programme counting down to the Tour Dd France.
:00:36. > :00:38.As the region prepares for the fastest race on two wheels
:00:39. > :00:40.we meet the schoolchildren creating artwork fit for a king.
:00:41. > :00:42.And the crowd`watching bobby happy to
:00:43. > :00:58.There was disbelief and panic this morning as
:00:59. > :01:02.a gas explosion ripped throtgh a quiet cul de sac in Milton Keynes.
:01:03. > :01:06.Four homes were damaged in the blast and the fire service says it's
:01:07. > :01:09.A number of families were evacuated from their homes
:01:10. > :01:14.and a garage containing gas cylinders was completely destroyed.
:01:15. > :01:23.An investigation is now unddrway, as Neil Bradford reports.
:01:24. > :01:26.Taken in the minutes that followed the explosion, this video bdlies the
:01:27. > :01:35.Just before 5am, residents were woken by an enormous bang.
:01:36. > :01:49.How anyone wasn't injured I just don't know.
:01:50. > :01:53.Debris has been strewn across a large area but it hs not
:01:54. > :01:56.until you get to the back of the property that you re`lise
:01:57. > :02:04.Believe it or not, that used to be a garage and two garddns.
:02:05. > :02:07.No`one was seriously hurt in this morning's explosion.
:02:08. > :02:11.Firefighters say it may havd been caused by a gas barbecte.
:02:12. > :02:15.We believe it exploded inside the garage and blew `ll the
:02:16. > :02:20.walls of the garage out and caused blast damage quite some considerable
:02:21. > :02:32.The owners of four homes now face extensive insurance claims.
:02:33. > :02:35.Salvatore Scana is just thankful he and his family escaped unharmed
:02:36. > :02:38.Up until two months ago I w`s living in the house and my room was
:02:39. > :02:46.I think I am definitely verx lucky that I came out unharled.
:02:47. > :02:48.Structural engineers have bden working with firefighters to make
:02:49. > :02:52.the buildings secure but it is likely to be many more weeks
:02:53. > :03:02.before this quiet cul`de`sac returns to any sense of normality.
:03:03. > :03:05.The British Horseracing Authority has announced a zero`tolerance
:03:06. > :03:09.approach to the use of anabolic steroids in the industry.
:03:10. > :03:13.It's in response to horse r`cing's biggest ever doping scandal
:03:14. > :03:17.involving Godolphin Stables in Newmarket a year ago.
:03:18. > :03:20.Our reporter Ian Barmer joins us live from Newmarket now.
:03:21. > :03:36.Cast your mind back to April the 22nd last year. The home of British
:03:37. > :03:41.racing was hit by a bombshell. A doping scandal at the Godolphin
:03:42. > :03:47.stables. Owned by the Royal family in the bag, it is the biggest horse
:03:48. > :03:52.racing operation in Dubai. `` in the world. Today, the rules but I didn't
:03:53. > :03:54.even further. This was a controversy that
:03:55. > :03:56.shook racing to the core. Godolphin, a global brand ilmersed
:03:57. > :03:59.in the biggest doping scand`l Today, in response, more th`n one
:04:00. > :04:03.year later, British Horse R`cing Authority announced its toughest
:04:04. > :04:08.policy yet on illegal sterohds. It presented an opportunity for us
:04:09. > :04:12.to build on regulations and we have We have committed more resotrces to
:04:13. > :04:16.it. We have conducted
:04:17. > :04:20.an independent study. Now we have got one
:04:21. > :04:23.of the strongest anti`doping and So I think people should have
:04:24. > :04:31.confidence in British racing. They have introduced a complete ban
:04:32. > :04:34.on steroids, with no excepthons Testing can be carried out
:04:35. > :04:38.at any time and if steroids are given to horse there will bd
:04:39. > :04:41.a 12 month ban from training Two Newmarket trainers paying
:04:42. > :04:49.the price for illegal doping. Mohammed al Zarooni was
:04:50. > :04:54.the first banned, for eight years. And then Gerard Butler,
:04:55. > :04:57.banned for five years. Jon has trained horses
:04:58. > :05:01.in Newmarket since 1995. He welcomes
:05:02. > :05:06.today's ruling with open arls. It is very important that r`cing
:05:07. > :05:09.is seen to have a zero tolerance We have seen in athletics, cycling,
:05:10. > :05:17.that a sport which allows that to happen shoots itself in the foot
:05:18. > :05:21.with public opinion, It means that the testers c`n
:05:22. > :05:27.knock on your door any time, day or night, and say they want to
:05:28. > :05:30.test your horses. There are 65 trainers here `nd
:05:31. > :05:33.stacks around the country. There are lots of horses
:05:34. > :05:37.and this is absolutely superb. The British Horse Racing Authority,
:05:38. > :05:39.well done. These rules come into force
:05:40. > :05:48.on the 1st of January next xear They are designed to make British
:05:49. > :06:07.racing the cleanest in the world. With so many people getting so much
:06:08. > :06:09.money on raising it public confidence. Today's rule ch`nges
:06:10. > :06:14.seem to have gone down pretty well. Next the shocking CCTV foot`ge
:06:15. > :06:16.which shows the moment a man was injured in a violdnt hit
:06:17. > :06:20.and run attack in Luton. The police are treating it
:06:21. > :06:22.as attempted murder and linking it to another attack last month in
:06:23. > :06:26.which a man was shot in the back. You may find the pictures in
:06:27. > :06:32.Fae Southwell's report upsetting. A car hits a pedestrian,
:06:33. > :06:36.carrying him on the bonnet before Stunned, he crawls towards
:06:37. > :06:41.the kerb and tries to stand up. The driver pauses for a momdnt,
:06:42. > :06:47.then turns and speeds off. This is a hit and run that police
:06:48. > :06:51.are treating as attempted mtrder. It follows another offence `lmost
:06:52. > :06:54.three weeks earlier In that attack a man was shot
:06:55. > :07:00.in Addington Way He'd been leaving a party
:07:01. > :07:03.when he was ambushed by two masked men who blastdd him
:07:04. > :07:08.in the back with pellets. The information we have got is that
:07:09. > :07:10.both of these were targeted attacks and
:07:11. > :07:13.that they were attempted murders. It is a miracle that both of them
:07:14. > :07:17.have got such minor injuries. Anyone else may have died
:07:18. > :07:23.from these injuries. Being hit in the back with
:07:24. > :07:27.a shotgun, it is very lucky. Also the car incident,
:07:28. > :07:31.with the way the victim has fallen, it has been fortunate he has not
:07:32. > :07:41.landed on his head and been killed. In all, police are
:07:42. > :07:42.investigating three incidents. The first, on May 25th,
:07:43. > :07:45.is the shooting in Addington Way. This was followed on June 12th
:07:46. > :07:50.by the hit and run near Radnor Road Then later that same night
:07:51. > :07:53.a car crashed in Raven Hill. Detectives want to trace
:07:54. > :07:56.a blonde man seen running away. These people probably have
:07:57. > :07:58.a reputation. People may be frightened
:07:59. > :08:01.of speaking to the police But these are such serious latters
:08:02. > :08:05.that I would urge them to come forward and talk to us
:08:06. > :08:08.in confidence. Police believe
:08:09. > :08:10.the same people are responshble Anyone with information is `sked to
:08:11. > :08:15.contact Crimestoppers or Detectives investigating
:08:16. > :08:26.the death of a man in Luton have 50`year`old Polish national Ziggy
:08:27. > :08:30.Pawelec was found with head injuries in a public car park in George
:08:31. > :08:34.Street West on June the 14th. 25`year`old Carl Stockwell `nd
:08:35. > :08:38.19`year`old Daniel McRedmond, both A third man has been releasdd
:08:39. > :08:43.on bail. The police say they're still
:08:44. > :08:46.keen for anyone with Two men are facing deportathon to
:08:47. > :08:52.Lithuania after being jailed Mantas Pronckus, 27,
:08:53. > :08:58.and Marius Siurkus, 32, havd been jailed for a number of burglaries in
:08:59. > :09:02.the city over the last two xears. Both have consistently re`offended,
:09:03. > :09:08.despite early release. MPs have accused the Environment
:09:09. > :09:11.Department of leaving taxpaxers in the lurch after it changed hts mind
:09:12. > :09:15.about funding a waste incindrator. The incinerator was set to
:09:16. > :09:18.be built near King's Lynn. But terminating
:09:19. > :09:20.the deal cost local council tax The head of DEFRA faced angry
:09:21. > :09:26.questioning as she revealed there had been concerns about the scheme
:09:27. > :09:32.long before the contract was signed. Experts in drug addiction s`y
:09:33. > :09:36.there's been an unprecedentdd Today, big hitters from the police,
:09:37. > :09:42.trading standards, the health service and a nulber
:09:43. > :09:46.of charities met in Northampton The aim `
:09:47. > :09:48.to formulate a report that will be sent to Westminster in the hope that
:09:49. > :09:53.Government will take action. Legal highs use ingredients often
:09:54. > :09:57.found in plant food, that c`n be They mimic the affects
:09:58. > :10:02.of illegal drugs like cannabis, To get round the law they are often
:10:03. > :10:07.sold as plant food, According to the Kettering`based
:10:08. > :10:12.charity Solve It, Last year,
:10:13. > :10:19.it's estimated nearly 6,500 people were treated in hospital
:10:20. > :10:23.and there've been dozens of deaths. Louise Hubball was at today's
:10:24. > :10:39.conference in Northampton, the Legal highs, products often so new
:10:40. > :10:43.there are dangers are not ydt known. In glossy packaging, and not allowed
:10:44. > :10:48.to be sold for human consumption, people take them anyway. Today, the
:10:49. > :10:52.first national conference w`s held in Northampton to bring togdther
:10:53. > :10:57.people concerned to devise ` strategy to tackle them. It is
:10:58. > :10:59.organised by a local charitx. The reason we wanted it in
:11:00. > :11:06.Northamptonshire is because working with the County Council and others,
:11:07. > :11:09.we want this county to be at the forefront of dealing with these
:11:10. > :11:13.issues and not the backside. Had he seen an increase here? Therd has
:11:14. > :11:19.been an increase in the county, without doubt, but no different to
:11:20. > :11:23.any other parts of the country. Here, they are referred to `s new
:11:24. > :11:28.psychoactive substances bec`use it is not the terror legal highs makes
:11:29. > :11:35.them sound safe. We do not know what is in them have the time. Some can
:11:36. > :11:37.be tested and found to cont`in controlled substances, class a
:11:38. > :11:41.drugs. Others might be completely inert. There is not enough
:11:42. > :11:46.information about what is in them and how to use them safely. We just
:11:47. > :11:52.do not know that they are bding manufactured in a consistent manner.
:11:53. > :11:56.This warning film will be played at Glastonbury this weekend and an idea
:11:57. > :12:01.discussed today was abusing the awareness of GPs to spot thd
:12:02. > :12:06.side`effects. I think the idea is that there are a lot of thel and the
:12:07. > :12:11.growing number. However, we probably have a limited number of effects on
:12:12. > :12:15.the body. I think GPs do not need to be overwhelmed by all the dhfferent
:12:16. > :12:20.ones but had a good underst`nding about how the general classds might
:12:21. > :12:25.affect the body. The number of 5`24 `year`old in the UK who havd taken
:12:26. > :12:34.illegal highs that lack leg`l highs is thought to be 670,000. That is
:12:35. > :12:39.the highest rate in Europe. `` who have taken legal highs. Leg`l highs
:12:40. > :12:47.are worse than a lot of stuff. The messenger. People I know have had
:12:48. > :12:51.really bad trips. There seels to be that of a problem in Northalpton,
:12:52. > :12:55.just for what has been in the press. They do not know what they `re
:12:56. > :13:00.messing with. What others wdre worried about the prevalencd of
:13:01. > :13:01.legal highs. Meanwhile, the conference will report back to the
:13:02. > :13:08.Prime Minister in two weeks. One ward and two hospital b`ys
:13:09. > :13:10.remain closed at Addenbrooke's Hospital in
:13:11. > :13:11.Cambridge tonight, Visiting hours have been he`vily
:13:12. > :13:15.restricted at the hospital over The hospital has been limithng
:13:16. > :13:26.visitors to two per patient. But now we can join David and Susie
:13:27. > :13:52.for the rest of the programle. heavy rain is on the way.
:13:53. > :13:55.And the man who found himself policing the 1966 World Cup final
:13:56. > :13:59.because he said that he hatdd the beautiful game.
:14:00. > :14:02.Now, in just ten days? time, the world's greatest cycle race hits
:14:03. > :14:06.Stage three of the Tour de France starts in Cambridge a week
:14:07. > :14:10.From there, the race winds hts way through Essex on its way to a finish
:14:11. > :14:14.The region's economy is expdcting a boost, but it's not just local
:14:15. > :14:23.businesses on the tour routd who are getting excited.
:14:24. > :14:33.Hours of work, every attenthon to detail. Artwork fit for a khng. But
:14:34. > :14:35.certainly the king of the Mountains. Pupils at the school in Cambridge
:14:36. > :14:45.are leading the way to welcome the world's top cyclists. I am dxcited,
:14:46. > :14:48.it is not everyday that you get an opportunity to do something like
:14:49. > :14:57.this. We are painting all of the different jerseys that are hn the
:14:58. > :15:02.Tour de France. It is very cool and I'm sure that no one else whll be
:15:03. > :15:06.doing anything like this. Masterpiece finally finished, time
:15:07. > :15:11.for it to take centre stage. The centrepiece of the school's art
:15:12. > :15:20.exhibition at the front gatds, right on the true root itself. It is a
:15:21. > :15:27.prestigious world events, hd would not want it on their doorstdp? I
:15:28. > :15:30.will be there to see everything happening. We have a few boxs and
:15:31. > :15:34.girls who live close enough to the school to say: They do not. We would
:15:35. > :15:41.like more of them to do that. Hopefully one of the legacids of the
:15:42. > :15:49.tour will be actually getting on the bike. This picturesque markdt town
:15:50. > :15:54.in Essex will hardly know what has hit it. We have still got to make
:15:55. > :16:00.the effort and make it look fantastic for when they are coming
:16:01. > :16:05.through. This was my husband's bicycle and it has been sitting in
:16:06. > :16:11.the garage for the last 20 xears so we thought we would get it out and
:16:12. > :16:18.put it in the window. We have got mugs, tea towels, artwork bx local
:16:19. > :16:24.artists is. What are your f`vourite? Probably the mugs and the tda table.
:16:25. > :16:30.It picked the route. The rooted in red and the surrounding villages are
:16:31. > :16:41.in blue. They are anticipathng a memorable, hopefully profit`ble day.
:16:42. > :16:45.The Red Arrows have now been delighting crates for decadds. They
:16:46. > :16:49.have become famous the world over. But what is not so well`known is the
:16:50. > :17:09.story of their mascot, a golden retriever called Dusty.
:17:10. > :17:14.This loyal labrador, the Red Arrows's first`ever mascot, was
:17:15. > :17:23.loved by pilots and ground staff alike. But in May 1965, Dusty was
:17:24. > :17:32.killed. He dashed out onto the runway and was struck by a plane is
:17:33. > :17:36.it took off. He was buried near this spot and for half a century his
:17:37. > :17:41.grave had been forgotten until now. Local schoolchildren Howard Dusty's
:17:42. > :17:46.story and decided that it mtst have a happy ending. So they havd
:17:47. > :17:56.scrubbed, painted and plantdd and after two weeks Dusty has a fitting
:17:57. > :18:04.green. Today, his owner, former Flight Lieutenant Henry Prince, I
:18:05. > :18:09.hear. I cannot thank you enough it is wonderful. If I said a more array
:18:10. > :18:13.would burst into tears. What did you think of the story? We were sad but
:18:14. > :18:20.when we started to get to know the story a bit, we were not th`t sad.
:18:21. > :18:25.When we got told that we were cleaning it and meeting Henry we
:18:26. > :18:29.were all quite excited. On the storm, you could not read mtch of
:18:30. > :18:36.the writing. To begin with we thought it said 1901. Now it is much
:18:37. > :18:44.brighter and it looks properly like a grave now, which is reallx lovely
:18:45. > :18:48.and the children have thorotghly enjoyed it. It is almost as bad as
:18:49. > :18:56.losing a member of the family. It is as bad. He was just a wonderful dog.
:18:57. > :18:59.Finally, to end this. 's story, Dusty's very own red arrow, complete
:19:00. > :19:11.with a poor print. `` paw print Now, do you remember a time
:19:12. > :19:14.when England was good at football? 1966 and that World Cup win is
:19:15. > :19:17.a long time ago. England beat West Germany 4`2
:19:18. > :19:20.in the final at Wembley, of course. Ken German from Cambridgeshhre was
:19:21. > :19:23.22 at the time and saw the latch. And that would have been grdat,
:19:24. > :19:26.only that Ken didn't like football. He got
:19:27. > :19:45.in touch to tell us his story. No previous international, no cup
:19:46. > :19:53.final matched this event, the final of the World Cup.
:19:54. > :19:58.It was July the 30th, 1966, a day that Ken German remembers wdll. All
:19:59. > :20:03.we've had been cancelled. They said, all of those who like footb`ll, take
:20:04. > :20:09.one step forward. Two of us were left on the line. Ken German loved
:20:10. > :20:16.cars and bikes, he hated football, so being picked for crowd control at
:20:17. > :20:21.Wembley was a blow. You werd picked because you did not like football?
:20:22. > :20:24.Absolutely. I could face thd crowd and look at them and find mtch more
:20:25. > :20:31.interest than that and in the food bowl. If you look at the old films
:20:32. > :20:36.today, you can see some hubbub around the pitch. But can you
:20:37. > :20:42.remember any of the goals actually going on? I can, yes, but they did
:20:43. > :20:47.not mean as much to me as they would to some other people. Do yot know
:20:48. > :20:54.who the players were? Yes, H did know Bobby Miller, and Sir Geoff
:20:55. > :21:06.Hurst, because another of mx colleagues were West Ham fans ``
:21:07. > :21:12.Bobby Moore. Ken German joined the celebrations that night and woke up
:21:13. > :21:16.with a hangover the next dax. Some years later he met a Brazilhan
:21:17. > :21:27.footballer in the pub. He dhd not know his name, but it turned out
:21:28. > :21:32.that it was Pele. We loved Ken German's story, if you have a story
:21:33. > :21:38.about the World Cup, it is not too late to let me know. Ken has not
:21:39. > :21:43.seen another football game since, I believe, but I suppose if you only
:21:44. > :21:48.had to see one game of football in your life, the World Cup final of
:21:49. > :21:50.1966 would not be a bad chohce. We can feed off that a little bit
:21:51. > :22:09.now, country? `` can't we? Low`pressure moving in, a b`nd of
:22:10. > :22:20.rain moving in this evening and overnight. Some rain moving into
:22:21. > :22:23.southern and western countids. Through this evening it will start
:22:24. > :22:28.to head northwards, places like Norfolk make not seasoned thll after
:22:29. > :22:32.midnight. As it goes northw`rds it will become more broken and patchy.
:22:33. > :22:40.For the northern half of thd region, not a great deal left. Tempdrature
:22:41. > :22:45.wise we are not as chilly as last night because we have a gre`t deal
:22:46. > :22:50.of closed around. We will h`ve mixed fortunes tomorrow, it could be a dry
:22:51. > :22:55.start for many of us but thdre will be some thundery downpours `round.
:22:56. > :23:01.The Met office have decided to issue a warning for this, yellow warning
:23:02. > :23:04.for rain. Some heavy rain around. Heavy downpours that could cause
:23:05. > :23:09.surface spray and localised flooding in places. Tomorrow morning there
:23:10. > :23:13.may even be something bright. You can see all of this rain, it is
:23:14. > :23:18.really showers that are merging together. Bringing us these
:23:19. > :23:21.torrential downpours, there could be some thunderstorms as well. Not good
:23:22. > :23:28.conditions at all through the majority of the day. Quite ` range
:23:29. > :23:33.of temperatures, 16 to 18 Cdlsius. It heads northwards slowly. Because
:23:34. > :23:38.it will be slow`moving we whll get a lot of rain and a short space of
:23:39. > :23:45.time. The cat the southern part of the map. `` look at. There could be
:23:46. > :23:50.some sunshine at the end of the day. Then that low`pressure moves away.
:23:51. > :23:57.High`pressure starting to move them, the northerly wind will freshen
:23:58. > :24:01.things up a bit. I dry start to Saturday but some pretty he`vy
:24:02. > :24:05.downpours for the afternoon, looking predominantly drive for Sunday.
:24:06. > :24:11.Essentially unsettled start to next week. `` a settled start.
:24:12. > :24:13.That is all from us. Good evening.