richard conway, bbc news, plumpton.quarter—finals of the qatar open in doha. the world number one beat the unseeded ukrainian lesia tsurenko in straight sets to reach the last eight. the romanian — who won the title back in 2014 — took a 6—2, 6—3 victory and she'll now face germany's julia gorges for a place in the semi—finals. in the same half of the draw there were also wins for elina svitolina and karolina mutzovar. in the bottom half of the draw, the number three seed angelique kerber is also through to the quarter—finals. she was up against estonia's annet kontaveit, and raced through the first set 6—1 — but was taken to a tie—break in the second. kerber won the breaker to set up a quarter—final against bar—bora strycova. there were also wins for elise mertens and kiki bertens. in other news, the governing body of world athletics — the iaaf — deny they'll tell a court next week that south africa's caster semenya — the olympic women's 800 metres champion — should be classed as a "biological male" who identifies as f

richard conway. time for a look at the weather with nick miller.s. not clear blue sky everywhere today. still a fair amount of cloud. but more of us will see the sunshine for the next couple of days, lifting the temperatures as well. from roll please. some places could see 16 celsius by friday. not everybody will get it temperatures that high. but widely temperatures in double figures. we are drawing up mild airfrom a long way in double figures. we are drawing up mild air from a long way south of the uk. for the next couple of days there is a driver components to the air. that means the cloud we have of the moment will disappear and we will have the blue sky. the best of the sons and a set —— this afternoon through wales, east anglia and southern england. some cloud left behind for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, where there is patchy rain in

richard conway, bbc news, plumpton. time for a look at the weather... here's nick miller.t sound? nice, pretty good. not everywhere will get as high as at that temperature is widely above normalfor that temperature is widely above normal for the that temperature is widely above normalfor the time of that temperature is widely above normal for the time of year and the feel of the weather, helped by more sunshine in the next couple of days, already in the channel islands and that will develop more widely as we go through the rest of what's left of this week. where is the air coming from? further south than the channel islands, the canaries. milderair channel islands, the canaries. milder air wafting our way and coming with more sunshine. there is a drier component to the air, meaning less cloud. there has been cloud today and i still will be overnight in northern england and northern ireland. the clearer skies, where we have the cooler colours is where we have the cooler colours is where we have the cooler colours is where we will see a hint of frost in places. especially pa

richard conway, bbc news, cheltenham.day, bucking the trend elsewhere in the uk, with more than 200 local papers going out of business since 2005 because of advertising moving online and readers going elsewhere for their news. dame frances cairncross was commissioned by the government to find out what the future holds forjournalism, and our media editor amol rajan has been looking at the findings. in here is our treasured armistice edition. based in leeds, the yorkshire post is yorkshire's national paper. as editor, you become acutely aware that you are a custodian. 100 years ago, people got their news from the local paper. today, many of us get our news online, while the internet has destroyed the market in classified advertising. according to the press gazette, 2115 local newspapers have shut since 2005 alone. there is a charm to newspapers, don't you think? the rustle and crinkle of newsprint. that faint pong as you leaf through the pages. and the irresistible whiff of proper reporting and the craft of clever curation.

richard conway, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.ly with the sunshine and there was a lot of that as you can see and in parts of eastern scotland temperatures reached 18.3 degrees. the record for now in scotland in february with 17.9 set in 1897 and we broke that today. there was more cloud in the south coast, and that will tend to spread out tonight into the midlands, east anglia with some fog patches developing. further north and west, extra cloud and patchy rain, not particular cold but elsewhere the temperatures down to 45 degrees. if you are travelling early tomorrow in the south—east, central or southern england and into the midlands, east anglia, maybe east wales and northern england can expect a mixture of low cloud, some missed and potentially fog and some of the fog patches could be quite dense so it might cause some poor travelling conditions. where the fog forms it could be quite slow to clear and forms it could be quite slow to clearand might forms it could be quite slow to clear and might spoil the day a bit in parts of

here's our sports news correspondent, richard conway. it is enough to make your head spin.ly known, has risen from the basements and streets of new york in the 19705 and is now headed to the dizzying heights of the paris games in 2024. breaking has come from such a small thing and in such a small amount of time, it came from just people in the bronxjustjamming and stuff, and it's come up to this huge thing, and people are going to see it in the olympics and be inspired, like, you know, i want to do this. but while it requires strength, agility and dedication, is it really worthy of a place at an olympics? this dance is so focused on competition. for the last 20, 25 years, we have seen people choreographing and dancing as though their moves are weapons. for me, it makes sense, you know what i mean, there's no reason why it shouldn't go up to that level. breaking is going from the streets to the stadium, and it will get its chance to shine in paris in 2024. whether it can remain on the podium at the olympics, that remains to be seen. big respect for each of them. breaking fea

our sports news correspondent richard conway reports from low—zan.ou can run. a two—time olympic champion, caster semenya's journey has brought her to the highest courts. she is challenging new regulations to require female athletes with naturally high testosterone level to ta ke naturally high testosterone level to take medication to lower their hormone prior to competing. the lawyers claimed that that is discriminatory. obviously, the evidence will be evaluated and assessed at the end of the process this week. they argue that that condition of higher values of the sex hormone happens naturally. they say that blended with higher testosterone will dominate the league stop. league they testosterone will dominate the league they introduce event in 2018 -- 2015, league they introduce event in 2018 —— 2015, they were a challenge. now armed with new research into the effects of testosterone, the iaaf said that medication to lower hormone levels is the best way to lower the playing field. several sports bodies are watching this case with great interest. th

richard conway, bbc news.er one naomi osaka says she split from her coach sascha bayin because she wasn't willing to "sacrifice" her happiness. a surprising move, perhaps. osaka has won herfirst two grand slam titles, the us open back in september, and the australian open just last month while working with bayin. i know everyone think it was a money related issue, but it wasn't. for me thatis related issue, but it wasn't. for me that is one of the most hurtful things i've ever heard, because i travel with everyone on my team. i see them more than my family, so i think my reason is that i wouldn't put success over my happiness. i won't say anything bad about them because of course i'm really grateful for the things i've done, and i'll miss some of the things that he does. but for me, all the people that i have right now are all willing to do the things that he does, so i don't think it will be that much of a big deal. naomi osaka is among the big—name players taking part in this week's dubai championships, one

racing authorities are satisfied that the risk is now contained. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conways were back on the course — a huge relief for racing — back in business. it was a good day's racing at plumpton, a successful event with a good crowd. this is the beating heart beat of british racing. it is tracks like this where owners and trainers and jockeys make their living week in and week out. the six—day suspension of racing was a cce pta ble six—day suspension of racing was acceptable in some cases. at this time of year you sometimes lose fixtures to bad weather. there was anxiety which will go on past six days. at that point it will cause serious issues economically for eve ryo ne serious issues economically for everyone who relies on racing for a living. i have been round and about today talking to various people who have been at the course. first from chris gibson, who talks about the need to protect animal welfare and wyatt was right or his decision. we are a huge industry. what it does show is the vaccines have been working the horses who have had it that have been vaccin

our sports news correspondent richard conway reports.ons made here by uefa today, among them aleksander ceferin being elected to a four—year term as president. but uefa also deciding on a number of other election matters. greg clark, the chairman of the football association, well, he is now on the fifa council, the uefa delegates are letting him to a four—year term as well. it is a powerful position from which he can extend the influence of the english association, may be important if in future they decide they want to have a run at a world cup bid may before 2030. but after the vote i caught up with greg clark andi the vote i caught up with greg clark and i asked him about one of the other issues affecting the english game at the moment, that of racism. there is talk in the premier league about how they can improve the situation given a spate of recent incidents and the sports minister has also called in various stakeholders for talks. this is what greg clark had to say on that. we need to make sure that people who play the game, people

our sports news correspondent richard conway has more., scotland, wales, northern ireland and highland have previously discussed a joint bid for the 2013 world cup and it is currently accessing matters and seeing if it is wise to proceed. —— 2030 weld cup. there may only be two, maximum of three stadiums for london because they want the geographical spread of any they want the geographical spread of a ny world they want the geographical spread of any world cup in britain and ireland to be farand any world cup in britain and ireland to be far and wide and did not want it to be london centric. there is theissue it to be london centric. there is the issue of northern ireland and are hoping for a government's support to build a new venue there. it isa support to build a new venue there. it is a a8 fiend world cup and so 2030 would be the same. there is a question therefore of having 16 venues ready to go. a number of issues to be confronted and not the least getting them to fee for standards so no decision to be made just yet on the 2030 weld

sports news correspondent richard conway was at maurizio sarri's pre55 conference today ahead of theirnd he wouldn't be drawn on whether the spanish keeper will start. after the drama of the game at wembley on sunday this was a chance for maurizio sarri to explain the circumstances and that incident with kepa, his goalkeeper of course refusing to leave the pitch when called upon. he refused to give ground for the today at their training ground maurizio sarri put a brave face on matters and talked about the misunderstanding that had happened and of course the fine that kepa never see he was helping to draw a line under the affair. he said sorry to the technical staff but that was not enough. and then he said sorry to his team—mates and club. he made a big mistake, we need to be tolerant, we don't want to kill him. there are some consequences, if the consequence is to play then he has to be ready to play, if the consequence is the bench, he has to be ready to go to the bench. the incident with kepa overshadowed what had been a good performance by chelsea in the league cup final. he was t

that is richard conway for us.ncing because we have two people in the studio to tell us more. you are both from break dance manchester. first of all, we have had a conversation about how excited you are. it is a proposed move, not definitely there but the prospect of it happening, how did it make you feel? it made me feel proud because i have put so many years into the dance farm, as well as competing around the world. and basically to be part of the olympics, as our community, i am fired up because it will be at the dance form into my people. right now, it is underground. clearly this is a decision that has disappointed other sports. adam, what would you say to those who think it is not an olympic sport and it does not fit the 0lympic ideal. sport and it does not fit the olympic ideal. first of all, how do you define a sport? it is a physical activity. it conditions your body, keeps you healthy, keeps you fit. in that sense, it has it covered. i believe break dance is more than a sport. you look at where it came f

racing authorities are satisfied that the risk is now contained. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conwayumpton, where runners were back on the course: backin back in business. that's right. everyone has packed up and gone home here. the horses are hitting the hay back at their stables but it was a good day. a successful event, a good crowd here in total. this is the beating heart beat of british racing, tracks like this where owners and trainers and jockeys make their living, week in and week out. a six—day suspension was acceptable to them in some cases, because at this time of year, you lose fixtures to bad weather. but there was anxiety, perhaps it would go on past six days and at that point, it would have started to cause serious issues economically for everyone who relies on racing for a living. i have been out and about today talking to people who have been here at the court and you are going to hit first from the need to protect animal welfare, why in this person was my view it was important. and you hear from a jockey. we are a huge industry and what it does show is horses are nu

our sports news correspondent richard conway gave me an update earlier. suspected case at a separate yard. in total, it means 174 training out across the country are now in lock down and the reason for this is because the bha want to try and contain this equine flu as much as possible. there will be no racing until wednesday at the earliest. we will get an update on monday from the bha about that, about whether racing can go ahead. sheffield united just missed out on giong top of the championship after an extraordinary game at aston villa tonight. united were winning 3 nil with less than ten minutes to go after a billy sharp hat trick but then incredibly they fell apart letting villa come back into the game and after two goals before injury time, andre green scored a dramatic equaliser in the 94th minute to make it 3—3. villa are up to 8th, sheffield united stay third. great britain's fed cup tennis team have qualified in style for tomorrow's final of their round robin tournament in bath. jo konta won her singles rubber against hungary in the last half an

richard conway is at cheltenham race course, where the next big meet is due to take place next month.anscends racing in many respects. but the shadow of equine flu looms large over the sport this evening. thousands of tests conducted in recent days in attempt to identify and contain the virus. the british horseracing authority is set to make an announcement tonight on whether or not racing can recommence on wednesday. another day of no starters orders and with four new positive test of equine flu discovered at the newmarket yard of trainer simon chrisfiel, a total of 174 staples remain in lockdown. the british horseracing authority are continuing to analyze test results to see how prevalent the virus is amongst racing's thoroughbreds. as a result there has been no racing since last wednesday, a decision praised by some, but considered an overreaction by others. i think it is a bit of a knee jerk reaction to make it a rod for their own back as well because what is going to happen in a month's time? say we have no positive scans, and then all of a sudden we get two flu jabs, are they go

our sports correspondent richard conway reports from low—zan. you have to walk before you can run.ic you have to walk before you can run. a two—time olympic champion caster semenya's journey has bought her from the track of the way to sport's highest court. she is challenging new regulations which are all quiet female athletes with naturally high testosterone levels to take medication to lower the hormone prior to competing. her lawyers claim that is discriminatory. 0bviously, claim that is discriminatory. obviously, the evidence will be evaluated and assessed at the end of the process this week. so, today is the process this week. so, today is the start. they argue hyper androgynous, a condition characterised by higher values of occu i’s characterised by higher values of occurs naturally. the... if unchecked, it is feared that women with higher levels of testosterone will dominate. we are here to protect the sanctity of fair and open competition. the imf introduced its first regulations in 2011 but in 2015 the rules were suspended when an indian sprinter successfully challenge the

richard conway, bbc news.rescue a cat stuck up a tree. but it's not usually like this. this is a mountain lion that was spotted perched on a branch 50 feet up near a house in california. the fire crews had to tranquilise it and lower it down with a harness, before releasing it back into the wild. that is an amazing picture. it looks like it is about to fall out of the tree. good morning. remember on question of sport when they used to put pictures upside down? i'm sorry. it's ok. i forget i am i'm sorry. it's ok. iforget i am on i'm sorry. it's ok. i forget i am on the telly sometimes! 12 minutes past six. it is when we both forget we are in trouble. are we on telly? nobody dolby! be careful what you say, we live on bbc one. —— nobody told me. a whopper of the game in the cup. nobody sure if either of those two will be at their clubs next season. a trophy might help their causes. they meet in the fa cup fifth round tonight. it's a repeat of last year's final. can united finally end their chelsea curse in the c

let's go now to richard conway, who's live at a stables in lambourn in berkshire.cky henderson it has been business as usual this morning. i have been joined by nikki. this equine flu, no racing over the weekend, a decision pending on when it can get back under way, where do you stand on the decision? at the time something had to be done very quickly. there was an outbreak on wednesday. we raced on wednesday and we were in contact with horses from the yard that had had an outbreak. it was quite a distant line but it had to be investigated. i think to buy time that was probably the sensible thing to do. but i think we have all then had, our horses have been swabbed and tested. there were four cases found ina and tested. there were four cases found in a flat yard in newmarket la st found in a flat yard in newmarket last night. that has clouded the water is a little bit. i think there isa genuine water is a little bit. i think there is a genuine hope we may be able to resume this week. we await announcement tonight. national hunt horses, apart from gordon mccain's, wh

our sports news correspondent richard conway gave me an update earlier.e racing authority. that brings the total to six at donald mccain's yard in cheshire. in addition, the vha is saying that there is one suspected case at separate yard. in total, it means 174 training yards across the country are now lockdown, and the reason for this is because the vha is wanting to contain this equine flu as much as possible. there will be no racing until wednesday at the earliest. we will get an update on monday from the bha as to whether the racing can go ahead. they want to make sure that this is a short—term pain for long—term gain. they want to see what they have in times of equine flu and make sure there is no spread of the virus beyond what they already know about for the test taking place over the weekend, and we will find out on monday, the exact position as much as that bha can tell. to know whether racing can't proceed. that long—term gain, it is the most lucrative and cheltenham festival is an 32 days' time. until cheltenham festival begins, the biggest rac

our sports news correspondent, richard conway is in lausanne. this is a five—day hearing.arrived with her legal team. she is challenging those eligibility rules from the iaaf which say that athletes with naturally occurring high levels of testosterone must ta ke high levels of testosterone must take medication for six months prior to competing in elite middle—distance events. she says that such rules are discriminatory against her because she was born with hyperandrogenism. on the other side, the iaaf say they must take action against this. there is so much to play for tonight in the fifth round of the fa cup. chelsea host manchester united at stamford bridge, with both bosses knowing that a bit of silverware could make all the difference to theirjob prospects. maurizio sarri is under pressure at chelsea with his side losing three of their last four league matches. it's quite the opposite for ole gunnar solskjaer. despite losing his first match as caretaker manager of manchester united last week, the norwegian‘s stock remains high at old trafford — and a good league and cu

our correspondent richard conway is at the hearing in switzerland.e able to continue to run without taking medication to suppress her naturally high levels of testosterone. it is also about the future direction of sport. lots of governing bodies looking at the outcome to see how sport will progress in the future. issues of gender and identity at the heart of this case that is being heard here in lausanne over the next five days. what's at stake for caster semenya but lots also for all of sport. you have to walk before you can run. caster semenya's journey has brought her all the way to support‘s highest court. the south african 800 metre i’un court. the south african 800 metre run is challenging new regulations which will require female athletes with naturally high testosterone to ta ke with naturally high testosterone to take medication to lower the hormone prior to competing. her lawyers claimed that is discriminatory, saying hyperandrogenism is naturally occurring. this whole week will be important. obviously, the evidence will be evaluated and as

richard conway. time for a look at the weather with nick miller. spring is in the airfor spring is in the air for the spring is in the airfor the next few days. not clear blue sky everywhere today. still a fair amount of cloud. but more of us will see the sunshine for the next couple of days, lifting the temperatures as well. from roll please. some places could see 16 celsius by friday. not everybody will get it temperatures that high. but widely temperatures in double figures. we are drawing up mild airfrom a long way in double figures. we are drawing up mild air from a long way south of the uk. for the next couple of days there is a driver components to the air. that means the cloud we have of the moment will disappear and we will have the blue sky. the best of the sons and a set —— this afternoon through wales, east anglia and southern england. some cloud left behind for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, where there is patchy rain in the north—west. the rain is quite windy. it is breezy across the uk. winds in the western isles co

our sports news correspondent, richard conway is here. more cases? yes. to isolate cases they find, they want to protect animals but get racing back on as soon as possible. it is suspended until wednesday. we 110w it is suspended until wednesday. we now know there are three more horse —— horses from the original yard and another suspicious case. testing will continue over the weekend and bha will evaluate on monday if they can proceed with racing after wednesday. the big question is how these vaccinated horses caught this equine flu. speaking to the chief regulatory officer at bha explained why this might have happened. regulatory officer at bha explained why this might have happenedm regulatory officer at bha explained why this might have happened. in the weeks leading up to this occurring, there had been a small number of positive findings in other equines, not resources. from uninviting —— unvaccinated populations which tells us unvaccinated populations which tells us this particular strain of equine influe nza us this particular strain of equine influ

our sports news correspondent, richard conway is in lausanne. march before the panel as the end of march before the panel as the court of arbitration for sport. this is a five—day hearing. we saw this morning caster semenya arrived with her legal team. she is challenging those eligibility rules from the iaaf, which say that athletes with naturally occurring high levels of testosterone must ta ke high levels of testosterone must take medication for six months, prior to competing in a beat middle distance events. —— in elite middle distance events. —— in elite middle distance events. —— in elite middle distance events. she says those rules are discriminatory against her because she was born with hypo androgynous from a condition which is characterised with excessive levels of male hormones. that is the position from her and she wants to challenge this bill. the iaaf say they must take action against this. i spoke to lord coe, the president of the world athletics body on arrival this morning and this is what he has to say about why these rules are

our sports news correspodent richard conway joins us now. you have the very latest. yes.s conference explaining their decision saying they had been analysing thousands of test results from thoroughbreds across britain to analyse just how much the equine flu virus had spread to all fully keep it contained by shutting racing down. they say they are cautiously optimistic that they can proceed with racing from tomorrow, that the risk is low enough that they can get it back under way. but there will be some restrictions in place. a number of trainers deemed to have horses that are deemed to have been exposed to the virus that are not 100% clear that the fai this is not in their yards will still face restrictions. there will be by security method that the course as well in terms of documents that needs to be presented unvaccinated certificates, no horses allowed to run that has not been vaccinated against fluid in the last six months. we spoke to the chief executive of the british horseracing authority. we feel it was the right decision to lock this down and get a better pictur

richard conway has more. this case has been a long time in the making.— it was suspended. iaaf published new research saying that action must be taken. 0lympic research saying that action must be taken. olympic champion has long maintained but she sees as her right to run. a judgement maintained but she sees as her right to run. ajudgement in this case is expected by late march. the outcome will have far—reaching implications for the competitive feature, alongside important issues and ethics and gender within her sports. let's go back in a second to talk about what donald trump is talking about what donald trump is talking about for venezuela and the us's support forjuan guaido who has declared himself a time president and eight. we are mentioning earlier that they have a pilot said the to venezuela along the border of columbia. the president is not allowing it to insert venezuela. he is see this as a us invasion. this is see this as a us invasion. this isa is see this as a us invasion. this is a scene at the florida international university where donald

our sports correspondent richard conway has more. it is enough to make your head spin.l thing and in such a small amount of time, it came from just people in the bronxjustjamming and stuff, and it‘s come up to this huge thing, and people are going to see it in the olympics and be inspired, like, you know, i want to do this. but while it requires strength, agility and dedication, is it really worthy of a place at an olympics? this dance is so focused on competition. for the last 20, 25 years, we have seen people choreographing and dancing as though their moves are weapons. for me, it makes sense, you know what i mean, there's no reason why it shouldn't go up to that level. breaking is going from the streets to the stadium, and it will get its chance to shine in paris in 2024. whether it can remain on the podium at the olympics, that remains to be seen. big respect for each of them. breaking featured at the youth olympics in buenos aires last october, and pulled in the crowds. more traditional sports, such as karate and squash, appear to have lost out for 2024 and that, i

gender test when she was 18, the result of which was never made public. 0ur sports correspondent richard conwayundergo identity verification test at that point, from the ibi deborah introduced its regulations around hyper and judging is implemented at condition that she and other athletes have, it's normally characterised by higher male sex hormones such as testosterone. those regulations were suspended when an indians printer challenged them here at the court of arbitration this morning. what the iaaf have done if they have come back now and said we have new regulations, they are backed by a new set of research that's been published in a medicaljournal and we wa nt published in a medicaljournal and we want athletes to take medication to suppress or lower their testosterone values if they want to compete at an elite level. caster has taken great issue with this and that's why she is challenging that today in this court saying that it is discriminatory and unfair because she was born with this condition, it's natural, key element and therefore she should not have to update it but it's an issue t

six horses were found to be infected in cheshire last week. 0ur sport correspondent, richard conway hasor us. here at seven barrows, the home of champion trainer nicky henderson, it's been business as usual this morning. the horses out but i'm joined by nicky now. this equine flu, no racing over the weekend, a decision pending on when or whether it can get back under way. the right decision was taken, where do you stand on this? i think at the time, something had to be done very quickly, as you know there was an outbreak on wednesday. and we raced on wednesday and we were in contact with horses from the yard that had an outbreak. so, it was quite a distant line, but even so it had to be investigated and i think to buy time, that was probably the sensible thing to do. but, i think we have all then had come up all our horses have been swapped and tested. it looked as if it was coming up 100% negative, there were four cases found in newmarket last night which has clouded the water a little bit, because i think there a genuine hope that we might be able to resume this week and we await anno

our sports correspondent richard conway reports.tion upon arrival at a racecourse. we believe that we‘ve controlled and contained the disease as best we can, based on the level of risk we have assessed through the data collection, and we have worked tirelessly, not only our staff at the bha, but also staff at the animal health trust, tirelessly over the last six days to get us back to this position where we can resume racing in the safest possible way we believe we can. thousands of tests taken from swabbed horses have taken place in recent days at this laboratory in newmarket. given the volume, not all of the testing has been concluded, but there is cautious optimism about the level of risk equine flu now poses. the suspension of racing divided opinion, but with millions lost in revenues, and jump racing‘s biggest fixtures on the horizon, there is relief that it can return and that a bigger crisis has potentially been averted. richard conway, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. remarkable photograph. these pictures came from

our sports news correspondent, richard conway is in lausanne.hallenge the judgment that athletes with naturally a curling —— naturally occurring high levels of testosterone must take medication for months before taking part in elite events. she says the rules are discriminatory against her because she was born with hyper androgynous, a condition whereby... it is characterised by excessive levels of male hormones. 0n the other side, the iaaf say they must take action against this. i spoke to lord coe, the president of the athletics world governing body and this is what he had to say. this is a very important day. the core value for their iaaf is the empowerment of girls and women through athletics. the regulations that we are introducing our there to project that it might protect the sanctity of fair and open competition, and that is really what we are here to defend. both sides have made their position is quite clear now, but it is for this 3—person panel at the court of arbitration for sport to determine where they stand. the science behind thi

meetings has been welcomed by the industry and race—goers alike. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conwaythey have just had the first race, haven't they? they have, ac milan winning the first race at plympton this afternoon. the first of six races, racing officially back and that is something i think the industry as a whole is... there is a sense of relief. a six—day stoppage due to this equine flu outbreak and they have got back to doing what they do best and that is putting on racehorses and meetings like this. and yet there must be some nervousness because we are talking about a virus that by no means at the moment seems to be under control, if you like. yes, and we have seen this morning, simon, on arrival, the british horse racing authority have put in place a series of bio—security measures because they feel they want to contain, control this virus as best as possible but still put race meetings on and allow racing to continue. 0n arrival, we have seen trainers having to show documentation that their horses have up—to—date vaccinations, no horses that have not had vaccinations over