09/08/2012 BBC News at Ten

Usain Bolt makes history, the first man to successfully defend the

olympic 100m and now the 200m. COMMENTATOR: Bolt's going to do it

again. He dispels any doubts that he would win, so comfortable he

even slows down before crossing the finishing line. It's a Jamaican

clean sweep with his fellow team- mates taking the silver and bronze.

It was hard. I'm really dedicated to my work. I know what London

meant to me. I came in. I gave it my all. My best. I'm proud of

myself. More gold for Team GB as Nicola

Adams becomes the first woman boxing champion in Olympic history.

I just wanted this all my life to. Think I've finally done it and I'm

finally here. All the support, it's really made my day. British

equestrian Charlotte Dujardin wins her second gold medal of the games,

this time for Individual Dressage. And the 800m brings the first world

record to be broken on the track in the stadium behind me. Also

tonight: In China a politician's wife awaits sentencing for

poisoning a British businessman, in a case that's threatened the

highest levels of the Communist Party. The MoD apologises after

body parts from 30 servicemen are stored without their families'

knowledge. And in London 2012, the two medal superpowers battling it

out for the top of the table, China On BBC London: A vision for the

East End long after the Games have finished. The Mayor outlines his

legacy plans. And praise from international olympic officials, as

Good evening. In the last hour Usain Bolt has secured his place in

sporting history by winning the Olympic 200m. It means he has

successfully won the 100m and 200m in back-to-back Olympics, an

unprecedented feat. His fellow Jamaican team-mates made it a clean

sweep tonight taking the silver and bronze. The race was one of the

most anticipated events of the games and Bolt did not disappoint,

seemingly so relaxed in his victory, he even slowed down before he

crossed the finishing line. James Pearce was watching and has just

sent this report. It's the pose that's recognised

around the world. Usain Bolt is more than just a Sportsman. He is a

brand, a global icon. They'd all come to the Olympic stadium to

proclaim him The Greatest. There have been many pretenders to his

Crown but there's only one Bolt. COMMENTATOR: Just listen to this.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE This was his moment, the chance to

prove all the doubters wrong. His main rival, Yohan Blake had beaten

him in the Jamaican trials, but that was the race that mattered.

The race that could make him the first man in history to win both

the 1 m and 200 m at consecutive Olympics.

-- 100. COMMENTATOR: A clean start. Bolt is

out of the blocks well. Blake has a lot to do. Look at Bolt go. It's a

three-metre lead. They are coming to the home straight. Here comes

Blake running him down but he is not going to catch him. Bolt is

going to do it again. 19.32. Gold all the way. Blake takes the silver.

Dominant, totally dominant. He had made his point and there was a

message in this, too. It was all so easy. He said that he wouldn't

claim to be the Greatest until he had won this race. Now he has and

the London Olympics can be remembered as the Games where Usain

Bolt proved beyond doubt, he is the best sprinter the world has ever

seen. I'm really dedicated to my work. I know what London meant to

me. I came in and gave it my all. My best. I'm proud of myself. I

really wanted to try to get the world record in the 200m. It was

harder than I thought but I'm happy. It was in Beijing four years ago

that Usain Bolt became a household name beyond his native jam aica. We

had never seen a race quite like that 100m final. How could anybody

possibly break the most sought- after world record in international

sport without even looking straight ahead at the finish. Days later he

was at it again, the 200m record, Will, held by Michael Johnson hbeen

described as unbreakable. It only lasted the 19. 23 seconds it took

Bolt to become Olympic champion. is one of those athletes that comes

around every 20 years or so, and has such natural ability and causes

us to rethink what we believe was impossible. The records he has set

is incredible. He is phenomenal. The spectators inside the stadium

could salute him in person, this is now hallowed ground. The track on

which ue Usain Bolt has indelibly written his name into Olympics

history. Our Sports Editor David Bond is

inside the Olympic stadium. What an extraordinary night for Usain Bolt

and Jamaica? That's right. Absolutely incredible. The one, two,

three in the 200m and how is it that this tiny Caribbean island has

come to dominate sprinting in the way it has. It has won nine of the

15 medals on offer and still has relays to come. Tonight was really

about one man, Usain bo. Perhaps there was a sense of anti--- Usain

Bolt. Perhaps there was a sense of anticlimax because he didn't break

his own world record in the 200m as he did in the 100m on Sunday night.

But there should be no sense of anticlimax. What people have

witnessed here is perhaps one of the defining moments of the London

Olympics. Yes we had Super Saturday and Team GB's great success but

this is the moment that will resonate most around the world.

Why? Well, quite simply, because winning back-to-back 100m and 200m

titles, he has become arguably the greatest sprinter we have ever seen.

And these are the moments that will Bolivia long in the memory, that

will be replayed -- that will live, long in the memory, that will

replayed over and over again, along with the likes of Jesse Owens. The

big question here is what would this Mohammad Ali of the track do

coming away from London. Has he achieved that legendary status that

he talked about so much, coming into to London, or will he want to

go to Rea. I tell you that's a question that lettics doesn't want

to think about tonight. -- into Rio. It's been another good day for Team

GB with a gold medal for equestrian Charlotte Dujardin in the

Individual Dressage. We'll have more on that a little later in the

programme. But earlier today Nicola Adams from Leeds became the first

woman boxing champion in Olympic history. Andy Swiss was watching.

The stakes were as high as the decibel count.

A deafening roar and a place in history awaited Nicola Adams. Could

she become the first-ever female Olympic boxing champion? Well she'd

have to do it the wrong way against the woman she calls her arch-

nemesis, China's Ren Cancan, the world number one.

But Adams came out fighting. A blazing first round and come the

second it got better. COMMENTATOR: A beautiful shot. The World

Champion on the canvass. She was reeling, Adams was cruising. It was

a quite breath-taking display. So here we are, the final round and

Nicola Adams has a commanding lead. Just two minutes to go. Can she

hold on for Olympic glory? Well, it was simply no contest.

At the final bell, the crowd erupted and Adams danced with

delight. COMMENTATOR: Now the celebrations begin. She knew she'd

won and moments later it was joyously confirmed. The winner, by

a skover16-7, and Olympic champion, in the blue corner.... -- score.

the age of 29, after years of fighting just to compete at the

games, she was Olympic champion. is a dream come true. I wanted this

all my life. To think I have finally done it and I'm finally

here with all the support, you know, it has really, really made my day.

Katie Taylor: But if that was good, for thousands of Irish fans, this

was even better. Katie Taylor, a national heroin e, could she

deliver Ireland's first gold of the games? It was a golden day for her,

for Nicola Adams and for women's boxing. This new Olympic sport has

given Britain a new superstar. The first track and field World

Record was broken in the stadium tonight.

Kenya's David Rudisha smashed his own World Record in the 800m.

Sebastian Coe, Head of the 2012 Committee and former Olympic middle

distance champion himself, described it as the greatest 800m

race in history. Dan Roan watched the action. One of the few things

these Games has been missing is a world record here in the Olympic

stadium. That was until the final of the men's 800m tonight, that was

until David Rudisha. The favourite had promised he would run faster

than ever before and he was true to his word. COMMENTATOR: The 800m

final. With his languid style, Rudisha led from the front and with

one lap to go, it was obvious that something very special was about to

happen. COMMENTATOR: It is a phenomenal opening. As Rudisha

steadily extended his lead, it became apparent it wasn't whether

he would win, but by how much and in what time. The World Champion

was about to surpass himself. COMMENTATOR: How quick will it be?

Watch the clock. That's the world record. This is the moment I have

been waiting for, for a very long time and to come here and to break

the world record is something unbelievable.

The race was so fast, Britain's Andrew Osagie finished last in a

time that remarkably would have won gold at the last three Olympics.

But tonight was all about David Rudisha. The tall Kenyan confirming

his status as the greatest two-lap athlete in history.

Let's look at the medals' table on And later in the programme we'll be

taking a closer look at the fierce rivalry between the two countries

for top place. Some of the day's other news now.

The high-profile trial of the wife of a prominent Chinese politician,

accused of killing a British businessman, has ended after just

one day. The international media were barred from the court, but the

Chinese authorities say Gu Kailai did not contest the charge that she

murdered Neil Heywood, a family friend and associate. Her husband,

Bo Xilai, was once tipped as a future senior Communist Party

leader and the scandal has risked tainting the highest levels of the

party. Our correspondent, John Sudworth, reports from the eastern

city of Hefei, where the case was heard.

At the heart of this case, one 53- year-old woman faces a serious

accusation, but there's much more at stake than her innocence or

guilt. Appropriately, perhaps, given the storm of scandals

surrounding the trial, a typhoon blew in for its opening. These two

British diplomats were the only outside observers to be given

access. On the face of it, the case is simple: Gu stkpwue charged with

murdering her British business partner Neil Heywood in a dispute

over money. But what makes this trial such politically significant

is her husband, Bo Xilai, who was one of China's most senior

politicians. Neil Heywood's relationship with the family ran

dee. He is said to have helped get their son into Harrow, his old

school, and move large sums of money out of the country on their

behalf. When his body was found at this hotel, the death was recorded

as a heart attack but then four months later a former senior police

chief, Bo Xilai's right-hand man, fled to the US consulate, alleging

murder and a cover-up. This is US- based forensic scientists received

a call from the Chinese police that confirmed someone suspected foul

play from the start. He was asked Somebody die in the hotel. He have

some sample that we are about to analyse. How many people drink in a

hotel? Not every day. So that's why obviously that's Neil Heywood.

The case raises questions about abuse of power at the highest level

of Chinese politics. As always in China, what goes on in

this court is as much about the politics as it is the facts of the

case. Gu Kailai may well be guilty of course, but her appearance here

is a clear indication of two things - that the Communist Party now

wants the case quickly resolved and her conviction suits its interests.

With the trial over in just seven hours, it was followed by a press

conference where Gu Kailai's guilt was all but confirmed by this

official, but questions remain, has justice been done here for the

victim? What will happen to Bo Xilai and has the world's most

powerful political party now contained the damage?

Coming Upton programme: The drought that's hitting America

and the effect it's having on our food prices and those around the

world. -- coming up tonight.

The Ministry of Defence has apologised to service families

after the discovery of body parts and forensic samples from 30

servicemen killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

They were stored by mistake after inquests into the deaths of the

troops. But relatives were not told. An investigation is under way and

the Army's contacting all the families involved. Our Security

Correspondent, Frank Gardner, has the details.

The daily dangerous task of patrolling in Afghanistan where

many fall victim to roadside bombs. When the worst happens to British

servicemen and women, the coroner's investigation will often involve

forensic testing on human samples stored, with the family's consent,

in hospitals. Now it's emerged some have been kept on without the

family's consent. These were just tissue samples we

failed to recover post-inquest and deal with in line with the family's

wishes, so it'sst it's a failure of process, nothing more than that. We

absolutely recognise it will cause distress and we are deeply sorry.

Most of the samples were taken to identify soldiers killed by IEDs.

These were gather ford forensic tests, to check for chemicals and

traces of explosives. All information required for the

coroner's inquest. At the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, not

just tissue samples but actual human body parts had been kept. The

hospital points out, these were never lost or discovered, always

handled with respect. It will have come as an unpleasant surprise to a

lot of people that human body samples from servicemen killed in

combat overseas had been kept at hospitals like this one without

their family's consent. The John Radcliffe Hospital is not at fault,

it's obliged to store the samples as part of the coroner's

investigation. The fault lies with the MoD and specifically with the

Royal Military Police and special investigation branch for failing to

inform up to 30 families. Heather Woods' husband Charlie was

killed in Afghanistan two years ago. News of retained body samples is a

shock to her. It just brings everything back. I've spent the

last 18 months of my life piecing together, moving on to suddenly

have this bombshell where potentially pars of Charlie could

literally be a few miles down the road. It's at these par racks in

Wiltshire that hard questions need to be asked of how the remains of

loved ones killed in action could have been so mishandled in a

bureaucratic blunder that will have caused distress to so many --

barracks. Official figures show that the UK's

trade deficit widened to a record level in June. The gap between

imports and exports rose to 4.3 billion pounds from 2.7 billion in

May, the highest level since comparable records began in 1997.

We can talk to our Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders at the Treasury

now. How bleak are the figures? They are pretty disappointing. If

you take the big picture and think about when we were coming out of

the crisis, we were really hoping exports would help drive - we are

just foreseeing the end of the beach volley ball tonight, which is

a lot happier than the exports - but the Chancellor was hoping

exports would be a key driver of the recovery, that exporters would

go into the world market with the big advantage, the pound fell

sharply so our goods were cheaper in foreign markets. We have seen a

bit of that, we have seen some of our exporters doing well but not

enough to offset the stagnation at home. What's depressing about the

figures is that although we know that the June figures were probably

distorted a bit by the extra Bank Holiday, ports were closed when

they would otherwise have been open, they continue a trend of fall

exports and it's actually foreign demand that's helped pull us back

into recession. I think the Chancellor will be particularly

disappointed to see that it's not just European countries buying

fewer UK goods, it's also countries like America, emerging market

economys that we were hoping to sell more to. We are selling more

services, things like insurance and tourism. That success in those

areas is helping offset some of the weakness but it's not enough and

it's very disappointing. Thank you.

The United Nations has reported that food prices around the globe

rose sharply last month due in part to the drought afflicting America,

the country's worst in over half a century. Record temperatures and a

lack of rain have devastated corn and soya beans, both crops the rest

of the world relies on. Mark Mardell's been to one of the

hardest hit areas near St Lewis in southern Illinois to investigate.

July was the hottest month in American history with no rain from

above these crops have risen more bad news for the economy.

They should be taller than me. Stkpwh this man's found the 2,000 -

- farmed these 2,000 acres for half a century. He's seen severe drought

before, but never this bad. Look at that. Just one kernel.

This crop is done. It won't get no greener, no better, it's Swiftly

Done, for the simple reason, this did not pollinate. I mean, it could

rain, water could be running here now and it's not going to make a

difference. The lack of corn is hurting, pushing up cost of food

for the animals, many being slaughtered early. If the rains

don't come within days, the soya beans will be finish toad and

there's not a cloud in the sky. The crops withering in this parched

ground are vital for the world food industry. It's its very foundation.

Not only because they provide animal feed and oil, but they go

into products you wouldn't imagine, from snacks to fast food and even

soft drinks. The man in the cow coat has tron be animated, he's a

train in corn futures 300 miles away in Chicago. There's frenetic

activity because they are expecting prices to rocket if future prices

show how little corn is reaching the market. The impact won't stop

here. Everything that happens from soya meal, oil, all the products

that you use at home that come from corn, soya beans and wheat, bread,

everything, you will see the prices two up minimum of 20% at the

grocery store. That's reason enough to worry President Obama who order

add $30 million relief programme this week. His agriculture

secretary doesn't believe food price also rise dramatically but

told me the President is taking action. Well, he's concerned about

not only the impact on farmers and ranchers, but also on those who

livelihoods depend on farmers and rangers doing well. That gets back

into the small businesses on main streets and towns which is why he's

enkrgeed the entire Cabinet to get engaged in looking for ways to

provide help and assistance. Vast swathes of rural America have seen

their livelihood devastated by drought. The fear is that next year

will be even harsher. Back to the Olympics now. While Team GB is

doing well, China and the USA are the two undisputed powers of the

games. So far, neither nation's been able to pull clear, but

tonight the USA's edged in front as the competition approaches its

climax. Our Sports Editor David Bond has been looking at the battle

to be crowned the golden team of 2012.

This used to feel like the Olympic theme tune, the Star-Spangled

Banner, a statement of sporting supremacy. America's basketball

players remain the most potent symbol of that, but the rise of

China has even got the Dream Team worried. We do well at every

Olympics and we are just trying to do the best we can to get to the

top spot. How important is it for everyone back home to see America

top of the table? You talk a sense of pride in it, you know. It's

always feeling good, feels like your country is well represented

when you have the top spot, but all in all, it feels good to be part of

the Olympics. Americans aren't used to just taking part.

This team of super rich superstars from the MBA still dominate Olympic

basketball. But as with the Soviet Union of the Cold War, China uses

the expression of Games as a global power. America's number one status

in the medal table can no longer be taken for granted. The most

decorated Olympian is still an American. Michael Phelps won his

22nd medal in London. But the other big story in the pool was this

teenager, Ye Shiwen, whose two golds were questioned by an

American coach exposing the simmering rivalry between China and

the US. Something surges... In fact, America is increasingly obsessed

with the race for the top. Unlike the rest of the world, they measure

success, not by the number of golds but but the overall number of

medals. The problem is, China's targeting that too. The battle

didn't start until 1984 because of a dispute between China and the

Olympic movement. In the LA Games, the gap with the US was marked with

the Americans winning 68 more golds. That gap closed steadly over the

years until a big step change in Sydney in 2000. Now China had

nearly caught the Americans up. By the time the Olympics came to China,

they roared ahead, topping the mdal table in Beijing with 15 more golds

-- medal table. COMMENTATOR: inevitable is about to happen. Four

match points... Table-tennis has always been a rich

hunting ground for China. Last night, the men's team completed a

clean sweep of golds. The aim now is to extend their dominance to all

sports and worryingly for America, they still think they're some way

off. TRANSLATION: We can't say that China has become a sporting power.

We can only say that we are big sporting nation at present. We are

trying to build up these basic events and hope to join the ranks

of international sports powers soon. Therefore, it would be good to top

the gold medal table. Perhaps this is just the new world

order. Beijing's Olympics announced China's arrival. Four years on,

London's Games have shown the Chinese are very much here to stay.

Great Britain's Jade Jones has guaranteed herself at least an

Olympic tae kwon do silver, beating her Chinese opponent. Jones trailed

after the first two rounds but fought back to win 6-3. She's in

action now in the gold medal match. London 2012 has been the most

successful Olympics for Great Britain's equestrians. Two days

after playing her part in winning gold many the team event, Charlotte

Dujardin won the individual dressage competition and, as Joe

Wilson reports, Team GB took the bronze as well. The final day of

equestrian at the Olympics and the one they'd been waiting for, 23,000

people gripped by the spectacle of dressage Freestyle. Riders are

judged on control and activity. Laura Bechtolsheimer was the first

British rider to go. In time with the medley from the Lion King.

Judges said 84.3%, first place for a while.

The Netherlands are strong in this sport. Now there was just one

competitor left, Charlotte Dujardin for Britain on Valegro and the

Great Escape. This routine had broke tn British record in a

competition just before the Olympics, seemed to go well. Then

the wait for the score. Look, listen. Over 90% for the North

Londoner with the French name who'd only been competing internationally

for a year. She'd won. Unmefable. I'm even emotional about it which I

didn't think I would be, but Valegro was just, you know, he gave

it everything today. Five British equestrian medals at the Games, a

record. With the last equestrian event complete, the broad

reflection on London 2012 is very encouraging for Great Britain. For