He was given early reinstatement by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 2002 but was told a second violation would lead to a life ban.Gatlin's lawyer, Cameron Myler, said the sprinter was in shock when he first learned of the positive test in mid-June.He ran in the US championships and retained his 100 metres title in Indianapolis. Floyd Landis, who won the Tour de France this month, said this week that he had tested positive for the male sex hormone. "I cannot account for these results, because I have never knowingly used any banned substance or authorised anyone else to administer such a substance to me." The 24-year-old Gatlin, whose B sample test in July also produced an unusually high level of testosterone, faces a lifetime ban from the sport.The positive test is the second by a major US athlete for testosterone in recent days. Justin Gatlin, the world and Olympic 100 metres champion, revealed yesterday that he had failed a drugs test after a relay race in Kansas City in April.

Because of a past problem with a prescribed medicine, Gatlin could face a life ban if found guilty of this second offence. "I have been informed by the United States Anti-Doping Agency that after a relay race I ran in Kansas City on 22 April, I tested positive for 'testosterone or its precursors'," Gatlin said in a statement. Dr Simon Vauxhall, a lecturer in oceanography at the University of Southampton, said: "We are seeing a pattern of the typical fish species, such as cod and haddock, exiting the warmer waters and being replaced by more unusual species.. Tomorrow, Britain, like several other European countries - including France, Germany and the Netherlands - will officially declare this July to have been the hottest month since records began.. Warmer sea temperatures are attracting a record number and range of exotic sea life to Britain's coastline. Global warming and hotter summers mean some unusual species are appearing in Britain's traditionally colder waters, according to leading scientists. Hot weather will return by the end of the week, after a brief respite from the heatwave, the Meteorological Office said yesterday.

What I'd have given for a couple of elephants in tutus to burst in and go beserk. In the old days, they'd have at least had a bearded lady or a couple of dwarves Progress, it's not all it's cracked up to be More from Dom Joly. When the third Russian family came in with their specialist trick (throwing one of their kin about on a long pole) I started to long for something else- maybe a few monkeys in children's clothes playing piano or some seals balancing on a large ball.The grand finale was a song-and-dance routine with all the new-agers in the sawdust ring giving it loads. Perhaps someone had dropped some hippy juice in my half-time mug of tea. I felt terribly cynical, especially as Parker and Jackson were having such a good time. Wrong as it is, I found myself hoping we'd get a good old-fashioned lion tamer to stir things up. A post-modern clown introduced an Italia Conti girl on a horse who was followed by a man wandering round the ring shooing a pair of geese in front of him.It was a bit too like the weird field at Glastonbury.