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Filling up the Olympic venues - organisers have sold an extra 3,000

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seats for today's events after they're given back by sports

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federations. Public anger's grown at the sight of so many empty seats

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- 1,000 of the extra tickets are for gymnastics where Britain's

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men's team will aim to make history by winning a medal. And there are

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high medal hopes too for Britain's Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield in

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the synchronised 10 metre platform final. It's cross-country day in

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the eventing - with Great Britain in third place after the dressage.

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The Queen's granddaughter, Zara Philips, will be on the course in a

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couple of hours. The first big test for London's transport system as

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spectators mix with commuters, but so far no major problems. In Syria,

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fierce fighting continues in the largest city Aleppo. Hundreds of

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thousands are thought to have fled. Those left behind face shortages of

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food and water. New moves to tackle the euro crisis - speculation grows

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that the European Central Bank may be about to step in to try to ease

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the situation. Later on BBC London, more tickets go on sale to the

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public, as Olympic organisers renew efforts to fill the empty seats. On

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the first full working day of the Games, how is the transport network

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coping? Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One from the

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Olympic Park. 3,000 extra tickets have been sold overnight for

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Olympic events today after sports federations returned them to

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organisers. LOCOG says 1,000 of those seats were for gymnastics at

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the North Greenwich Arena, where soldiers filled many of the empty

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seats as public anger grew about the unused tickets. Organisers now

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say they are working to release more seats on a day-by-day basis.

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This afternoon Britain's medal hopes turn to diving and gymnastics,

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with Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield competing in the synchronised 10

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metre platform final and Britain's men's gymnastics team bidding to

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win the first Olympic team medal in their history. On the third full

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day of the Olympics, China is top of the medals table with Great

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Britain in seventeenth position, after Lizzie Armitstead's silver in

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the cycling road race yesterday and Rebecca Adlington's hard-earned

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bronze in the 400 metres freestyle swimming. Andy Swiss is in the

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Olympic Park for us. More tickets? That's right. As you say, the

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number of empty seats has been one of the biggest talking point of the

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Games so far. Over the weekend, we saw wide-open spaces at a number of

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venues. This wasn't a case of the fans not turning up, but officials,

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media, sports federations not taking up their allocation of seats.

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That has caused a lot of frustration, because so many

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struggled to get any sort of tickets. What the organisers have

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announced today is a number of sports federations have handed back

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their allocation of tickets. Around 3,000 in total, including 600 for

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the gymnastics. Those have already been snapped up, but ter saying

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they are hoping to release more tickets -- but they are saying they

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are hoping to release more tickets. Encouraging news for the fans as

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they urn up hoping for more British success on day three. It's the

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hottest ticket in town and at least there's now a few more of them.

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That wasn't the only reason the British fans had a spring in their

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step this morning, after a night in which one of the home favourites

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had given them plenty to cheer about. Rebecca Adlington's smile

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said it all. It might not have been the gold, but it was the gutsiest

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of bronzes. Remember, it's not her preferred distance, 400 metres, but

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her performance and her result meant the proudest of parents.

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get a bronze medal at home with pressure and expectation, we are

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over the moon and I think it's fair to say so is she. There wasn't the

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slightest hint of disappointment with Becky last night. She looked

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over the moon. We spoke to her last night. She is over the moon. So are

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we. It was an amazing achievement. With Lizzie Armistead's silver in

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the cycling, the British medal count is now up and runningment can

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their team-mates now follow their example? This morning, some of Team

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GB's biggest hopes began their quest for glory, including Kath

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Grainger. After three consecutive silvers, she is favourite for gold,

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along with partner, Anna Watkins. You could soon see why. Rowing in a

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race of their own and smashing a 20-year-old Olympic record. They've

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powered into the final inspired by the fans. You feel it in your body.

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It pulses through you. The crowds are sensational. I think we both

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feel very, very lucky and we have this incredible support from all

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over the country behind us and we are very conscious of that. When

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you physically have it behind you, it does literally lift you like

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nothing else. Meanwhile, further action on the water, this time the

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sailing as Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes competed. There was British

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success in the fencing. 22-year-old core reign that Lawrence winning in

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the first round. Perhaps the biggest action of the morning was

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behind the scenes. The Olympic Flame moved into its new position

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inside the stadium. Britain will be hoping its athletes can ignite the

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Games. Another busy day here in the park. There's also plenty of

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British interest in the swimming finals tonight. Liam Tancock,

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Robbie Renwick and gem that Spoffoth hoping to Britain hoping

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the first gold for Britain. On the tickets, what everyone will want to

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know, if they are releasing them daily how can the public get hold

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of them? The important thing to say is you can't just turn up here and

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expect to buy a ticket. Tickets will be made available on the

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official website the night before. You can buy them on the website and

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then you come here to the Olympic Park the following day to collect

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your tickets. Organisers hope by doing that many more people will be

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able to come and watch the Olympics. Thank you very much. Tom Daley and

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Pete Waterfield are competing in the final of the men's synchronised

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10 metre flat form. Pete won silver in Athens in 2004 with Leon Taylor,

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whilst this is Tom's second Olympics, despite only just turning

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18. I was really nervous the first time I dived with Pete. It was one

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of the things I wanted it to work and be something special and then

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to actually go to London 2012 and competing with Pete is pretty

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surreal. The only difference is the age gap. He's bigger than me, but

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Leon was bigger. Most people are, to be honest. Outside of the pool

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we were always together as well and Tom's a little younger and I don't

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want to cramp his style around the young girls and things like that.

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Everyone says that Tom can mature and learn a lot from me, but when

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they say that I turn around and say, I also learn a lot from Tom. We are

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getting personal bests and British records, so Pete's definitely the

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right person for me to be diving with and I think we are the right

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team to be diving in the Games. Obviously, China is the top diving

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nation for any of the disciplines, so it's one of those things that

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everyone's out to get China and almost silver is gold in diving to

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be honest, but our difficulty is quite high in comparison with some

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of the other teams so it's just about trying to go out there and

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execute them well. To come home with a medal at London would not

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only be amazing, but put the icing on the cake for a pretty successful

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career that I've had. It's such a great opportunity to actually go

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out there and dive in front of a home crowd and if you dive well and

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you get up there in the medals that for my athlete is the biggest

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reward. What can they achieve this afternoon? With me is Ben Swaine,

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who is a synchronised diving, but who sadly can't compete because of

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injury. That must be disappointing for you? It is not being able to

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compete, but I know all the Divers here and we've been a gelled team

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for years before, so it's exciting to see all the youngers ones come

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through. A couple of hours to do before they really can go for gold.

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Can they do it? I think absolutely. They've got everything to play for.

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Tom Daley, he's young and talented. We have seen before he's got golds

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and Pete Waterfield, he's experienced and older and already

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has a silver in Athens with Leon, so they are very, very strong.

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chin knees are incredibly strong as well. That is the pair they'll have

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to beat? They are the top. They seem to win almost every single

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diving event, so they appear -- so Pete and Tom have to pull it out

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the bag, but it can be done. Tom's only 18. Huge pressure and he's one

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of the poster boys of the Games. What a pressure on very young

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shoulders. How does he cope? loves it. He's fantastic. He's good

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in front of the camera and judges. He seems to thrive and perform

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better. The extraordinary thing, you see them together and they are

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new? They've known each other for a long time and once you have the

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same dives and you are training at the same strength, it's as simple

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as one, two, three, go. Tom watched Pete win in Athens in 2004 and he

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says he was on holiday with his family in a caravan. It must be

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extra order, surreal for him to be competing? When I started diving I

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could not believe the things that the Divers were doing and then a

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few years down the line suddenly you find yourself doing it and

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competing with the best of the world as Tom has done. We are all

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hoping we want a goad. Team GB needs one. Do you think they can do

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that or are the Chinese perhaps too good? I think they can, but

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everyone has it to play for. It will be exciting on the day. Ben,

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thank you. Well, let's have a look at some of the big events ahead.

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It's cross-country day in the eventing, with Great Britain in

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third place after the opening dressage stage of the team

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competition in Greenwich Park. The Queen's granddaughter, Zara

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Phillips, rides just after 3.00pm this afternoon. Medals will be

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decided on Tuesday. Our correspondent, Joe Wilson, is there.

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Well, I think that the eventing, cross-country in particular, has a

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whole different dimention. You can tell behind me, the number of

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people behind me. We are expecting 50,000. There was some local

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opposition here, but it gives us something unique. Spectators from

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Italy and everywhere. You will see behind me, the backdrop. We have

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the main arena and naval college and the Thames and City of London.

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Normally for Olympics the cross- country in particular requires a

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six kilometre course is way out of town. In Beijing it was in Hong

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Kong. You are almost in the heart of London here. The cross-country

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is under way. We have had riders on the course for about 30 minutes.

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The idea actually of the fences is to make use of these stunning views

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and also to reflect something on London, on Greenwich and the way

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the fences are designed. To make it clear, the idea is when we get to

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the end of the eventing and there's show jumping, it's the team with

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the fewest penalty points and the individual riders who get the

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medals. How do you get penalties? Well, by your horse refuse ing to

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go over a fence or indeed by being a little bit too slow. That could

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be a big issue, because everyone says the course is twisting and

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turning and hard to do in ten minutes. The British were third and

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supposedly in theory, the British horses are very good at cross-

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country. You may be wondering about Zara Philips. A final thought about

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her, we are expecting her to be in action on her horse, High Kingdom

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in just a few minutes past three this afternoon. A big afternoon

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ahead too for the British men's gymnastics team as they're hoping

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to make history by winning an Olympic medal. The five-man team,

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which includes Louis Smith and Sam Oldham, are the current European

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champions. Dan Roan is at the North Greenwich Arena where the action

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will take place. After so many years in the doldrums, British

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gymnastics has undergone a renaissance in recent years. Thanks

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to a golden generation of talent, led first and foremost by Lucy

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Smith, who won Britain's first gymnast tick medal for 100 years

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back in Beijing.S can you can see, he was reduced to crying tears of

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joy two days ago on Saturday, when -- as you can see, he was reduced

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to tears. The sport has changed beyond all recognition. Back in the

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early days, when Britain won its team medal in 1912, road climbing

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was part of the -- rope climbing was still part of the disciplines.

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You can see the six now. The pommel horse, which Lewis Smith has

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excelled at. Beyond that, the rings. Then the Long Runup, which leads to

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the vault. On the far corner, the parallel bars. To the right of that,

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the high bar and in the middle the Matt for the floor part of the

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programme. Five gymnasts, six disciplines. No room for error. If

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Britain can win a medal it will go down as one of the greatest

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performances. Thank you. It's almost 1.15. Organisers have sold

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an extra 3,000 seats, after they are returned by sports federations.

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They say they're taking issues of empty seats very seriously. Coming

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up, life below the ocean waves as we join one of the nave's nuclear

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power hunter-killer submarines towards the end of a marathon 10

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Makele the Games go with the flow. All of that at 1.30ment.

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-- making. In Syria, 200,000 people have fled

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the fighting in Aleppo during the past two days, according to a

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senior United Nations official. The UN humanitarian chief, Baroness

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Amos is concerned about the imPACT of shelling and the use of heavy

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weaponry. Drinking water in parts of Aleppo

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is believed to be in short supply. We have this report.

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Starting to claim victory, step by step. Syrian state television is

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now following the Aleppo fighting on the ground, as it did for the

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struggle for Damascus last week. It says that government forces have

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moved into the south-western quarter of Aleppo, which had become

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a rebel stronghold, but activists say there is fighting in that

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quarter and that in other areas, Syrian troops have defected,

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handing over government tanks to the rebels.

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As the battle rages, there is concern for the many civilians

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trapped in the City. The UN believes00,000 have fled, but that

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is less than 10% of the city's population. Many of the casualties

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flooding in to improvised field hospitals are civilians.

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TRANSLATION: Some days we get 30, 40 or 50 wounded. That not

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including the bodies and the body parts. All are civilians. Some of

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the bodies are so disfigured they cannot be identified.

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Water supplies have been cut off, the only shops open are the

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bakeries, they are working around the clock to produce bread for the

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hungry. It is Ramadan, the fasting month and mid-summer heat is adding

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to the ordeal. Increasingly embattled, the regime

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is turning to Iran. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad assured the Foreign

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Minister that Iran would stand by Syria, but the Americans, believe

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that the Aleppo battle with herald the regime's doubtful.

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If they continue this kind of tragic attack on their own people,

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in Aleppo, I think it, ultimately, will be a nail in Assad's coffin.

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So if neither regime wins back Aleppo they could see the rebels

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controlling the north and Damascus will surely be next.

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Speculation is mounting that the European Central Bank is to step in

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to try to ease the eurozone crisis. Hopes for some kind of intervention

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have led to falling borrows costs for Spain as the figures show that

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its recession has deepened. The news comes as the US Treasury

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Secretary is to meet with the German Finance Minister to discuss

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the crisis. Hugh Pym is in the BBC's business centre to explain

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more. What more can the European Central Bank do to help? Well,

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there is mounting speculation about precisely that. Following Mario

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Draghi, the President of The ECB's comments last week, which took

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everyone by surprise, when he said that the ECB would do whatever it

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takes to preserve the Euro and dropped a hint that the ECB would

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start to buy up Spanish and Italian bonds, that is government debt, to

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try to alleviate the crisis. How this may happen, what form it takes,

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the markets do not know. They want to hear a lot more. Then we had the

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French President and the German Chancellor on Friday talking about,

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again, a joint commitment to securing the single currency. That

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adding to the feverish speculation about some sort of very concerted

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action. Now the danger is, if come Thursday, at the next monthly

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meeting of the European Central Bank, there is not anything

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detailed, very solid in terms of what the ECB may do it will lead to

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intense market disappointment and borrowing costs shooting up again.

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So all eyes on this Thursday. The confusion and the speculation is

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one reason why the US Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner is in

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Europe, meeting the German Finance Minister while on holiday, to find

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out what they have in mind. Now, themselve been at sea since

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September of last year. They missed the Queen's Diamond Jubilee,

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Chelsea winning the Champions League and now the nuclear attack

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submarine, HMS Triumph has returned home to Plymouth after taking part

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in the Libyan campaign and patrolling the straits of the hom

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ooze. A rare sight of a Royal Navy

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hunter-killer submarine, out on patrol.

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This is how HMS Triumph spent much of the past year. Submerged and

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hidden, somewhere in the Arabian Gulf. A mission as mysterious as

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her precise movements. We do what the submarines do best,

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that is to utilise the stealth of the machine.

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The fact that we cannot comment on what we do, about lots of it, make

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us almost the Special Forces of the maritime world.

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The submarine's sophisticated sonar can be used to gather intelligence,

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but she packs a punch too, armed with torpedoes and cruise missiles.

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This time, it is a drill, but last year, they were launching strikes

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on Libya. More recently, she's been patrolling near the region's

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hotspots, Somalia, Yemen and Iran. We are a silent service.

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There there are certain aspects of our job that we have to keep silent.

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It is in the interests of the British public.

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You know, it is our security. We are keeping the sea lanes open at

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the end of the day. It is all done with few creature

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comforts. You roll that out and put the

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pillow down. The 120-crew use every spare inch.

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This one cabin sleeps 30 men. Living in a submarch, there are the

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challenges of cramped conditions, no day light and no privacy, but

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the unseen dangers of living under water too, such as the threat of

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collision, fire and flooding. Deep! Go deep! There are the

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endless drills for safety, not least as they are living next to a

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nuclear power plant. Food is the only thing that they have to

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replenish. Essential for marrally, along with weekly messages from

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home when they are on silent patrol. It is a sign of lean time force the

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Royal Navy. They have missed out on much, not least the start of the

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world's biggest sporting event, but it is the thought of being away

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from loved ones that is the hardest to bare. Though they are now, at

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least, happily reunited. More on the Olympics. London's

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transport network is facing the first major test of the Games as

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the city copes with juggling all of the spectators and a full working

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day. So far, no major problems have been reported.

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Our Transport Correspondent is at London Bridge for us now.

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Richard? Well, the transport has been a bit of an unsung hero. There

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is a good reason I'm at London Bridge. First much all, here are

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the volunteers in the pink and purple, guiding the people where to

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There have been more volunteers than problems, but tonight this

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will be the hottest spot in London. I will tell you why, here about

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50,000 people are coming through after the equestrian events in

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Greenwich. In theory, thens of -- tense of thousands of commuters are

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going the other way. There could abterrible bottleneck, but what is

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the plan? We are asking people this evening to get on a train at

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Charing Cross or canon street. Rather than originate their journey

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here. This afternoon there are lots of people coming back from

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Greenwich, coming back from the equestrian events. We have

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rehearsed it, it worked well this morning. We hope it works tonight.

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Ten big tests for you, what number is this? This is number three. The

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torch was a big one, the cycle race was a big one and it goes right

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through to the athletes' parade in September. This is the third big

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one. There are London commuters coming in, people going to the

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events and people going to work and tourists because London is a great

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place to be. You musting feeling great? Feeling

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OK, but tonight will be a good one. If you are not a Londoner coming to

:24:33.:24:43.
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see the Games, what is the best one-stop shop? Well, gettaheadofthe

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gaiplgs.com is the best place to go. Well, it will build up tonight

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after 6.00pm. You may not be able to get on trains here. Possibly

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half an hour waits. So far the transport system has gotten through

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the heat. It has done well, but there is a long way to go before it

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wins medals! Now, looking behind me in the Olympic Park, the clouds are

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queuing waiting to get into the O2 Centre this afternoon where Tom

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Daley and Pete Waterfield are going for gold. Great excitement there,

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no doubt. An estimated quarter of a million of people arest maithed to

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head to the Olympic Park for -- are estimated to head to the Olympic

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Park. So, Clive is there to tell us more.

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Sophie, ip close and personal with some of the finest athletes on the

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planet. That is the opportunity that all of these people have. A

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sea of hiement. Including one family from the Midlands to arrive

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here in East London today. The baby is in the back seat. The backs are

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bags, oh, don't forget the tickets! Meet the Putt family. They are off

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on a trip of the a lifetime. The anticipates has been building

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up. Now we are leaving. Really looking forward to it. Getting on

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the road to go to see some hockey. Ben is an amateur player. They have

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tickets for the matches today. They travelled down from Worcester,

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overnighting in Bath, now they are in Stratford.

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Hello, guys. It is great to see you. Welcome to

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London! First impressions, what do you think? It is so exciting. It

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feels almost unreal to be here. For so many people here it is a

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rare opportunity to see Olympic athletes at work. It is also a

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chance to enjoy a family day out. It is amazing. It is huge. That is

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the first thing. It goes on forever. Jes, you were saying you were close

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to tears? I really was. It is so amazing to be part of such a

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momentus thing. It is quite overwhelming, really.

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As the teams line up, Ben and Jess take their seats.

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And for the next 70 minutes it is edge-of-the-seat stuff.

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It has to be said, this trip has not been so cheap for Ben and Jess,

:27:18.:27:23.

the tickets, the transport, the food, but the success of the of the

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Games depends on ordinary people like them, filling the staid yums,

:27:28.:27:34.

helping to create the buzz. Little Joshua, well he was no problem at

:27:34.:27:40.

all. He spent the whole time asleep. It has been fine. He has been very

:27:40.:27:42.

good. I'm really glad we brought him.

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He will not remember, but we will tell him about it. He will be able

:27:46.:27:52.

to look back and say he was there in a very, very small part. So,

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yeah, it has been great. So, worth the money? Worth the

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time? This is one happy family. Sophie, I have to tell you, there

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are so many people here who, frankly, they cannot believe they

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are at the Olympics. They are pinching themselves. That

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experience of the Putt family, that will be repcationed -- replicated

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over the duration of the Games many times over.

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Well, the blue skies that we had last week have gone, so too has the

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last week have gone, so too has the heat, but how long will it be

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shining? Well, those are some clouds behind me. Today is a much

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clear cooler day. Every day this week will be different. All the

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more reason to stay tuned to the forecast.

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Especially if you visit the events this week. A lot of thick cloud

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coming in from the west. That will bring a change time. For

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us today, broken cloud, so most of us should look forward to sunshine.

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Especially for the sailing in Weymouth and also in Wales. This is

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4.00pm. Head to the north we encounter thicker shower clouds.

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Heavy in parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland, cool and showery and

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heavy thundery downpours. Parts of East Anglia too. In the north, one

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or two showers in the north of England. For the archery, the winds

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are not too strong. So reasonable conditions there for the

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competitors and the spectators and the same goes for the beach volley

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ball, tennis and the equestrian. We are plain-sailing, bright and

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breezy. This evening, lingering showers in

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the north. They fade and under clear skies turning chilly.

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In the rural areas down to single figures. In the south here comes

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the rain. Turning damp in southern England, Wales, the Midlands and

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parts of northern England. Milder in the southern areas, though.

:29:57.:30:02.

Tomorrow it will be a completely different day. This is the picture

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at Eton Dorney. A head wind, but for the spectators if you are going,

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there will be rain around. Take some waterproofs! Rain for

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many of the Olympic events tomorrow. For the sailing in the south-west,

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the rain could ease off with a bit of cloud and wind. That will make

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it challenging conditions. Through the day, the cloud and the rain is

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edging to the north, up to northern England. Knocking on the door of

:30:28.:30:32.

Northern Ireland into the afternoon. Scotland is seeing the best of the

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sunshine tomorrow. It may brighten up in the south.

:30:37.:30:40.

But don't hold your breath. The temperatures on the low side where

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it is raining. Then another change as we go into

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Wednesday. Turning windy in the west. Strong winds for the sail ers.

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-- sailors. More details day by day can be

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found online, but today is looking found online, but today is looking

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good, fine and sunny. Now the top story: Olympic rgers

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have sold an extra 3,000 seats for events today after the return by

:31:10.:31:14.

sports federations, they say they are taking the issue of empty seats

:31:14.:31:19.

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