22/07/2012 BBC Weekend News


22/07/2012

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And we can speak to Tim Franks in Paris now. There was still 80 miles

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for Bradley wig twoeug ride today on his freshly sprayed yellow bike

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but the tradition is for the leader to remain unchallenged on the final

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day. It's a day, this being France, for Bon amie and strange customs

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involving livestock. The sense of expectation was anything but flat.

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After three weeks, 2000 miles, 22 mountain passes, the end was in

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sight and the prospect of a unique achievement for Britain.

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There are moments in sport, perhaps just a few each century, when a

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nation asks where were you when? Well, this is one of them,

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certainly for these fans. Bradley Wiggins is doing what no Briton has

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done before. First, though, the sight of a

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Briton doing what's become astonishingly familiar. Mark Cavan

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tkaeurb may be the best road sprinter the world has seen. With

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his team-mate Bradley Wiggins leading the peloton, Cavendish

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swung out for his fourth consecutive win of the most

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tkphrapl rows -- glamorous tour stage of them all. Britain for so

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long not a road cycling nation is flexing its leg muscles. This thing

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happens to other people, you never imagine it happens to you. So, it's

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incredible. It's not the sort of thing you soak in at the time and

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think God, this is amazing, what a wonderful occasion. I bet you look

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back in years to come and think that was special. There's more,

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after waiting more than 100 years for a man on the podium, Britain

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now has two. Standing on the left of the picture, Bradley Wiggins

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team-mate, Chris Froome who came in second in the Tour. It's the start,

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isn't it? We have been working very hard, ten years now, and on a

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personal level I am as hungry as ever and ambitious and I have a lot

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to give to the sport yet and this is just the start hopefully of a

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period where we can dominate for a while. In a few days' time, we will

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turn to the hunt for Olympic colds, but this -- golds, but this summer

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it may be yellow that gleams the brightest.

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Let's talk to Tim now. As you suggested, what a boost for British

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sport, for the British mood a few days before the Olympics. It's

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extraordinary. I am standing in the land of culinary delights but what

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a selection we have in store for us now. Mark Cavendish will be back in

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London in a few days time to compete for Britain's first gold in

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the Olympics in the road race. You wouldn't bet against him at the

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moment. Bradley Wiggins a week later, assuming he is not too

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exhausted from that and here, he will be going for his fourth gold

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in the time trial. He is the world's best time triallist. It's

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about trying to get people involved this summer, it's about

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participation and cycling is one of those sports that's been bucking

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the trend, more people getting involved and as you heard from the

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boss of British cycling there, look, it's not just about today, it's

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about dominance year after year after year. These are giddy times.

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Thank you. President Obama will arrive in

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Colorado later this evening to meet the families of people killed and

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injured when a gunman went on the rampage at a cinema on Friday. 12

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people died and more than 50 were injured in the town of Aurora. The

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flat lived in by the man believed to have carried out the attack, has

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now been cleared of booby-traps. From Aurora, Alistair Leithead sent

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this report. We will rise from this... The dead

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and the injured were remembered at Sunday Church services across this

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city. Everyone has felt this tragedy, wondering what would drive

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a young man to take so many lives. My mentor who works is a... This

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was the suspect, James Holmes, six years ago, at a science camp in San

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Diego, aged 18. He said he wanted to be a researcher, to make

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scientific discoveries. At his flat today, the police were

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continuing to collect evidence, of the weapons and ammunition he

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bought, and the chemicals he used to make a booby-trap bomb in his

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apartment. It took police two days to get into his flat. The home-made

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explosives were removed safely and taken out into the desert to be

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destroyed. The 12 people who were killed have

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now all been named by the coroner. Some who died shielding their loved

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ones from the bullets. The eldest was 51, the youngest just six years

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old. She just wanted to have fun. She

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was what you would want your six- year-old to be. Those who survived

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are still haunted by what happened in cinema 9. I beat you, I made it.

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He didn't take my life. He didn't take my friend's life either. But I

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pray and I feel so sorry for the other families and all the other

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men and women that didn't make it. President Obama will arrive here in

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the next few hours to meet survivors and members of the

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emergency services whose quick actions saved so many lives. But a

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few months before the election it seems unlikely that he will tackle

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the controversial issue of America's gun control laws.

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Syrian government troops have launched a major offensive to

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regain control of parts of the capital, Damascus. Activists say

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three areas of the city are being attacked by tanks and heavy weapons.

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In the second city, Aleppo, rebel fighters are reported to have

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gained control of several areas. Jim Muir has been monitoring the

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situation from Beirut. The Damascus skyline, wreathed in

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smoke from heavy bombardments. This district in the west of the city is

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one of several where regime forces are battling to drive the rebels

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out. They succeeded in the north-east of

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the capital, at the cost of huge destruction. These troops are

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believed to be from the much feared Fourth Division, commanded by

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President Assad's brother. Mr Assad himself was meanwhile receiving his

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army Chief of Staff and giving him his orders. Presumably, they were

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to restore control in the capital and the second City Aleppo, at all

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costs. Like Damascus, Aleppo newspaper the

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north, had been relatively untouched by trouble until last

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week. Now Government forces are battling to dislodge rebels from

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several quarters they've taken over. In a straight fight, the lightly

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armed opposition fighters are little match for the regime's

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massive firepower, but they believe they're on the path of victory.

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The Free Syrian Army has succeeded in liberating most of the areas of

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the suburbs and the way is open to liberate the city of Aleppo and

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from there to liberate the rest of Syrian soil with God's will.

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Certainly the regime is not having it all its own way, as fighting

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rages in many parts of the country. Refugees are spilling over the

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nearby border into Turkey, joining thousands already there. None of

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them knows when it will be safe to go home, and who will be in charge

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when they do. Sport, and there was late drama at

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golf's Open Championship at Royal Lytham, with Ernie Els winning by

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just one shot. Australia's Adam Scott seemed to be cruising to

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victory, but bogeyed the last four holes - including this one on the

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18th - to hand victory to the South African, who lifted the Claret Jug

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for the second time in his career. In Formula One, Ferrari's Fernando

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Alonso has stretched his lead at the top of the drivers'

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championship, by winning the German Grand Prix. The Spaniard became the

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first man to win three races this season. Jenson Button was moved up

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to second, after Sebastian Vettel was demoted for overtaking him off

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the track. Lewis Hamilton retired, nine laps from the finish.

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The stage and screen actor, Simon Ward, has died, following a long

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illness. He was 70. His agent said his wife and three daughters were

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at his side when he died. Simon Ward became an international star

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in 1972 after Richard Attenborough directed him in Young Winston - a

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