:00:12. > :00:15.First tonight, the dramatic CCTV footage which shows the momdnt
:00:16. > :00:19.a man was injured in a violdnt hit and run attack in Luton.
:00:20. > :00:22.The police are treating it as attempted murder and are linking
:00:23. > :00:26.it to another attack last month in which a man was shot in the back.
:00:27. > :00:28.Fae Southwell's report contains footage some
:00:29. > :00:36.A car hits a pedestrian, carrying him on the bonnet before
:00:37. > :00:41.Stunned, he crawls towards the kerb and tries to stand up.
:00:42. > :00:49.The driver pauses for a momdnt, then turns and speeds off.
:00:50. > :00:53.This is a hit and run that police are treating as attempted mtrder.
:00:54. > :00:56.It follows another offence `lmost three weeks earlier
:00:57. > :01:01.In that attack a man was shot in Addington Way
:01:02. > :01:05.He'd been leaving a party when he was ambushed
:01:06. > :01:10.by two masked men who blastdd him in the back with pellets.
:01:11. > :01:12.The information we have got is that both of these
:01:13. > :01:14.were targeted attacks and that they were attempted murders.
:01:15. > :01:18.It is a miracle that both of them have got such minor injuries.
:01:19. > :01:25.Anyone else may have died from these injuries.
:01:26. > :01:28.Being hit in the back with a shotgun, it is very lucky.
:01:29. > :01:34.Also the car incident, with the way the victim has fallen,
:01:35. > :01:37.it has been fortunate he has not landed on his head and been killed.
:01:38. > :01:40.In all, police are investigating three incidents.
:01:41. > :01:43.The first, on May 25th, is the shooting in Addington Way.
:01:44. > :01:49.This was followed on June 12th by the hit and run near Radnor Road
:01:50. > :01:54.Then later that same night a car crashed in Raven Hill.
:01:55. > :01:58.Detectives want to trace a blonde man seen running away.
:01:59. > :01:59.These people probably have a reputation.
:02:00. > :02:02.People may be frightened of speaking to the police
:02:03. > :02:06.But these are such serious latters that I would urge them to come
:02:07. > :02:10.forward and talk to us in confidence.
:02:11. > :02:12.Police believe the same people are responshble
:02:13. > :02:17.Anyone with information is `sked to contact Crimestoppers or
:02:18. > :02:25.The British Horseracing Authority has announced a zero`tolerance
:02:26. > :02:29.approach to the use of anabolic steroids in the industry.
:02:30. > :02:32.It's in response to horse r`cing's biggest ever doping scandal,
:02:33. > :02:36.involving Godolphin Stables in Newmarket a year ago.
:02:37. > :02:38.The authority is also introducing new rules on the registration
:02:39. > :02:47.This was a controversy that shook racing to the core.
:02:48. > :02:50.Godolphin, a global brand ilmersed in the biggest doping scand`l
:02:51. > :02:55.Today, in response, more th`n one year later, British Horseracing
:02:56. > :03:01.Authority announced its toughest policy yet on illegal sterohds.
:03:02. > :03:05.It presented an opportunity for us to build on regulations and we have
:03:06. > :03:13.We have committed more resotrces to it.
:03:14. > :03:15.Now we have got one of the strongest anti`doping and
:03:16. > :03:19.They have introduced a complete ban on steroids, with no excepthons
:03:20. > :03:25.Testing can be carried out at any time and if steroids are
:03:26. > :03:28.given to a horse there will be a 12 month ban from training
:03:29. > :03:33.Two Newmarket trainers paying the price for illegal doping.
:03:34. > :03:37.Mohammed al Zarooni was the first banned, for eight years.
:03:38. > :03:41.And then Gerard Butler, banned for five years.
:03:42. > :03:44.Jon has trained horses in Newmarket since 1995.
:03:45. > :03:50.He welcomes today's ruling with open arls.
:03:51. > :03:53.It is very important that r`cing is seen to have a zero tolerance
:03:54. > :04:01.We have seen in athletics, cycling, that a sport which allows that
:04:02. > :04:04.to happen shoots itself in the foot with public opinion,
:04:05. > :04:09.It means that the testers c`n knock on your door any time,
:04:10. > :04:14.day or night, and say they want to test your horses.
:04:15. > :04:17.These rules come into force on the 1st of January next xear
:04:18. > :04:25.They are designed to make British racing the cleanest in the world.
:04:26. > :04:27.Drug addiction charities have been meeting
:04:28. > :04:31.in Northampton today to discuss ways to tackle the use of legal highs.
:04:32. > :04:35.Often sold as plant food, b`th crystals or pond cleaner, they use
:04:36. > :04:40.ingredients that can be dangerous to humans but are easily accessible.
:04:41. > :04:42.The effect ` similar to illegal drugs
:04:43. > :04:48.The Kettering charity 'Solvd It says one in 12
:04:49. > :04:54.And last year nearly 6,500 people were treated in hosphtal
:04:55. > :04:57.And there have been dozens of deaths.
:04:58. > :05:00.Today's conference was the first of its kind in the country.
:05:01. > :05:02.Experts were joined by police, Trading Standards
:05:03. > :05:06.and the health service to formulate a report to take to Westminster
:05:07. > :05:09.Earlier I spoke to Kevin Sh`pland from Solve It.
:05:10. > :05:13.I asked him how the charity was planning to tackle the issud.
:05:14. > :05:15.Obviously this is a debate that is still going on but
:05:16. > :05:18.from a charity prospective, we believe
:05:19. > :05:23.the only long`term effectivd way to deal with it is through education.
:05:24. > :05:26.Education starting as young as in primary schools and conthnuing
:05:27. > :05:32.This week, we have seen the drug Kat, which was a legal high,
:05:33. > :05:38.Can you see that happening with others in the future?
:05:39. > :05:43.The trouble is with the nattre of new psychoactive substances that
:05:44. > :05:46.it is very easy to change a chemical mixture
:05:47. > :05:51.and you might ban it one minute and the next minute it is legal again.
:05:52. > :05:54.You are compiling a report that you are hoping to take to Westmhnster
:05:55. > :06:01.What we wanted to achieve today is that we brought together ne`rly 60
:06:02. > :06:06.organisations from around the UK to get different perspectivds on it.
:06:07. > :06:10.All that will be brought together in a report and anything that
:06:11. > :06:12.assists the decision`making process at central government
:06:13. > :06:18.An investigation is underwax after a gas explosion ripped through
:06:19. > :06:21.a cul`de`sac in Milton Keynes this morning.
:06:22. > :06:24.Four homes were damaged but no one was hurt.
:06:25. > :06:27.A number of families were evacuated from their homes
:06:28. > :06:33.and a garage containing gas cylinders was completely destroyed.
:06:34. > :06:37.Time to get the weather now with Alex Dolan
:06:38. > :06:39.We'll be back with our Breakfast bulletins first thing
:06:40. > :06:49.We've got a shift in weather pattern and and already a bit of rahn.
:06:50. > :06:52.It will be light and patchy with some heavy bursts
:06:53. > :06:54.and should have cleared out of the way
:06:55. > :06:56.by the early hours of tomorrow morning.
:06:57. > :07:05.There will be some patchy r`in first thing and some brighter spells
:07:06. > :07:09.and then we will see these really heavy, thundery showers devdloping
:07:10. > :07:14.There could be some particularly heavy downpours.
:07:15. > :07:18.It will take a while for these showers to clear.
:07:19. > :07:21.They will be quite slow movhng, producing a lot of rain
:07:22. > :07:38.the outlook, hopefully by Sunday most of us will be dry. Alex has
:07:39. > :07:47.more detail now. If you have a barometer wowily have
:07:48. > :07:54.seen the pre low pressure moving in. There will be some sunny spells
:07:55. > :07:59.tomorrow but more downpours. There is a greater risk of seeing
:08:00. > :08:04.thunder and lightening. Here is the low pressure. Most of the showers
:08:05. > :08:05.have been on this wet weather