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Almost grinding to a halt in 2012, the Bank of England slashes its

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growth forecast for the UK economy. The Governor of the Bank of England

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says the UK economy faces a challenge of Olympic proportions.

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The black cloud of uncertainty is hanging over investment and the

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weakening euro is a further obstacle to the adjustment we knead

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to make in our net trade position. A man accused of being hired by a

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British man to kill his bride on honeymoon in Cape Town has been

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sentenced to 25 years in prison Olympic champion Mo Farah qualifies

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for his next final of 5,000 metres on Saturday but admits winning his

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gold has taken its toll. Obviously that took more out of me

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than I realised but it's all good. Great support from the crowd and

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I'm happy where I am now, a couple of days to recover and I'll come

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back for the final. Team GB's show jump es set out on their quest for

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mow gold. It's 40 years since Great Britain won an individual medal in

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the event. Police officers searching for

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missing teenager Tia Sharp this morning visited the home of her

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grandmother. More than 60% of the Philippines'

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capital Manila is under water after days of relentless monsoon rains.

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Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected.

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Rereport on a gang being season tensed after being on the rampage

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in the riots last year. Tim Brabant Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC

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News at One from London's Olympic Park.

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The Bank of England has cut back its forecast for the UK economy

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this year, saying the economy will come to a virtual standstill with

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broadly zero growth. In May, the bank predicted growth of 0.8%. The

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Governor, Sir Mervyn King, said the future was unpredictable while

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storm clouds from the eurozone continue to roll in. Our business

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correspondent, John Moylan, reports. Britain's athletes may have

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exceeded expectations, sadly the economy has not.

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In 2012, it should have bounced back. Instead, it's juttering to a

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halt. The underlying picture is that

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output has been at best broadly flat over the past two years and

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has continually disappointed expectations of a recovery.

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It's not a huge surprise. Last month, official figures confirmed

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that the double dip recession was deeper than had been thought, hit

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by a major slump in the construction sector. The bank has

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cut interest rates and launched programmes to stimulate the economy

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but today it warned that there would be no quick fix. The recovery

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and rebalancing of our economy will be a long, slow process.

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So it is to our Olympic team that we should look for inspiration.

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They have shown us the importance of total commitment when trying to

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achieve a goal that may lie some years ahead.

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There was some good news today from the bank for consumers. It now

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believes that inflation, the rate at which prices hear on the high

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street are rising, will ease in the coming months back towards its 2%

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target. Now that will be welcome relief for household budgets which

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have really been hit in recent years by soaring energy and food

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prices. Unemployment has been falling too.

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Some believe the economy may not be performing as badly as the figures

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suggest. But in the City, there are concerns that there's little more

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that the bank can do. The bank feels its options are fairly

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limited now. Mervyn almost ruled out an interest rate cut next year

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because he said a quarter of a point is neither here nor there and

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might have an counterproductive effect. It's stuck in the middle

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really. No gold medal force the economy...

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There was a wry smile from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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today, but he and the Chancellor know that pressure is mounting on

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the Government to do more to get the economy back on track. Our

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Economics Editor, Stephanie Flanders is in the City. Look to

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our Olympic team, says Sir Mervyn King for inspiration, but it's got

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a very long way to go before it reaches full fitness, the economy?

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Yes, and I think you are talking more in terms of Olympics four to

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eight year cycles, rather than four to eight months or weeks. I think

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what was most striking about the press conference from the Governor

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of the Bank of England was just the tone of almost defeatism in the

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face of the economic climate and the crisis in the eurozone. I think

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most people in the City had been expecting that big fall in growth

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forecast for this year. It would have been surprising given what we

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have seen recently, the economic data coming out, if the Bank of

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England hadn't had to slash its forecast for growth this year. But

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there was no real indication in this report that the Bank of

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England was expecting to make great efforts to turn the economy around

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in the next couple of years, and there was a big message from the

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Governor that they didn't know what was going to happen. Nobody could

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predict what was happening in the eurozone and nobody could predict

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what would happen in the economy over the next couple of years. We

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have had a statement from the Treasury today saying that the

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Governor had pointed the finger at the eurozone, that this is in many

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ways the result of the eurozone crisis, that's what the Chancellor

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likes to say, rather than what Labour says, which is that of

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course some of this slow growth is policies. But clearly, it's a very

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difficult time for the Government from the Governor that really his

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hands are almost tied, there's not a lot he can do about it at least

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in the next year or so. Thank you very much.

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One of two men accused of being hired by a British man to kill his

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bride on honeymoon in South Africa has been jailed for 25 years after

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admitting to her murder. Anni Dewani's body was found in an

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abandoned taxi in a township in Cape Town two years ago.

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Prosecutors claim her husband Shrien Dewani paid two men to kill

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her, accusations he denies. Daniela Relph reports.

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It's now more than a year-and-a- half since Anni Dewani was murdered,

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just days after her wedding to Shrien Dewani. Mystery still

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surrounds her death - who killed her and what did her husband know?

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Today, in a court in Johannesburg, Mziwamadoda Qwabe admitted

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murdering Anni Dewani. He's also pleaded guilty to charges of

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kidnapping, robbery and the illegal possession of a firearm. He's one

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of two men who the prosecution believe were hired by Shrien Dewani

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to kill his wife. Her body was found in an abandoned

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taxi in Cape Town's township. She'd been shot dead. Prosecutors in

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South Africa claim CCTV footage from hotel cameras show Shrien

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Dewani meeting and paying off a taxi driver to murder his wife.

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His defence team say he's innocent and had actually been arranging a

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sight-seeing tour. The legal attempts to get Shrien

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Dewani extradited to South Africa to answer questions about his

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wife's death are currently on hold. A judge has ruled his current

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mental health problems prevent his extradition.

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An Anni Dewani's family say although happy with the sentence,

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they'll not know the truth of what happened to her until her husband

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travels to South Africa to face trial.

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To the Olympics now, and Team GB hope to add to their Olympic tally

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today. They currently have a total of 48 medals, including 2 golds

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placing them third in the table, only eight behind the USA. This

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morning, the Olympic champion, Mo Farah was back on the track as he

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qualified for Saturday's 5,000 metre final and Team GB's show

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jumpers are trying to win Great Britain's first individual medals

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for 40 years. James Pearce is in the Olympic Park for us now.

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Sophie, summer's returned to the Olympic Park today but such is a

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buoyant mood amongst many British supporters that if you told them it

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would rain for the next days, they really wouldn't care. It's been a

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gold rush over the past week and in a day one of the gold medal winners

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began his quest for a second. PROBLEM WITH SOUND

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Not for MoFarah, back on the track and ready for business. This time

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it was a 5,000 metres, a qualifying round for Saturday's final. Such is

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his talent, but realistically, he needed to stay out of trouble and

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keep on his feet. He did just that, finishing in third place, alknow

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not surprisingly, he was a little weary.

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It was pretty difficult, a bit tired today. Obviously that took

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more out of me than I realised, but it's all good, great support from

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the crowd and I'm happy where I am now, a couple of days to recover

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and I'll come back for the final. NHS to get through to the final.

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-- nice to get through to the final. They say a bad workman blames his

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tools. COMMENTATOR: Oh, my God... This one was quite right to moan

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this morning. - ouch. South Africa's Semenya made her Olympic

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debut. She was banned from competitions for almost a year and

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underwent gender tests following her victory in the 2009

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Championships. She's safely through to the 80 metres semi-finals.

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Others can relax already, job done. Yesterday law wra Trott won her

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second gold of the Games in the Khomeini yum. Today she was out and

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about in the Olympic Park -- Laura Trott. You are surrounded by people

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now, you are a celebrity. Is that something you can live with, you

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are going to enjoy? Yes, I'll enjoy it for the time being!

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You are going to get used to signing autographs? And standing

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there like this, yes! Famously for this effort... Sarah Attar's Games

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are also over, she's not leaving with a medal but has her place in

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history, becoming the first woman from Saudi Arabia to complete in

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athletics at an Olympics. Her time was actually 45 seconds

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slower than the person who won that heat but that wasn't really the

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point at all was it of her taking part in the Games today. As far as

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the British Olympic Association are concerned, they've given more

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details about victory parade. There will be a joint Olympic and

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Paralympic victory parade on September 109, ending up in

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Buckingham Palace. The BOA say they hope at least a million people will

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line the streets to applaud the athletes. Thank you very much. I'm

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joined by one man who I am sure will be on that victory parade,

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Peter Wilson, Olympic medallist in the shooting trap. Congratulations.

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Has it sunk in yet? Thank you very much. It's been just under a week

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now and it's still still a complete surreal moment. I just can't really

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remember what happened. The whole thing is a blur but it's beginning

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to slowly, slowly sink in. There was that extraordinary moment just

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before your victory with you actually missed two targets.

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Everyone's been talking about the crowd and the support, but at that

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point, did the pressure start getting to you? Yes, I suppose it's

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natural when you start missing,, you begin to think about what could

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be. I tried to focus my absolute best on the technique and something

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I've been working on for the last six years. With my woch Ahmed for

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the last four. I knew I could keep it together, I was very composed --

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coach. That was a blip, not wanting to do it again if I could help it.

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There you were with your medal around your neck. But this was a

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sport that you fell into? Yes, I dislocated my shoulder snowboarding,

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meaning I couldn't carry on with normal school sports so took up

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shooting one handed after I worked out I was totally useless at didly

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winks and chess. Sitting was no option, I took it up, six months

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one handed then six months rehabilitation with my left arm

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holding the gun. The physios were really keen I carry on and when

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back to full fitness and cricket and squash, I was more useless than

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when I start sod it was natural to stick to shooting .. Thank goodness

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you did. A lot has been made about the amount of money, the lottery

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funding in particular that's been poured into British athletes and

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helped towards this great success. Funding's not been that easy for

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you has it? No, but I need the thank everyone for getting me where

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I am today and without the lottery funding I wouldn't be here, so

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thank you to everyone who plays National Lottery and the Government.

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The road has been rocky and not easy. I would say to everyone if it

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wasn't easy I wouldn't do it. Came off funding in 200 and that allow

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med to spend some time with my new coach Ahmed and he built me up to

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get back on funding a year later and I've been there ever since.

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Here you are with the result. Thank you very much for coming in. Thanks

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a lot. Hopes are high for more Team GB success in the equestrian events.

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Three of Great Britain's show jumping medallists are back in

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action for the individual show jumping finals, Joe Wilson is there.

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Stop me if you have heard this one before, here we are in Greenwich

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with real equestrian medal hopes. The individual show jumping final

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under way already. We don't want to disturb the horses, that's why we

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are here. Scott Brash is already clear, medals decided by 4 o'clock,

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Nick Skelton goes for Great Britain also. 54 years of age, been

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competing at top level since the late 07s, but in Big Star he has

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perhaps the most outstanding horse of the whole competition. Earlier,

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I was speaking to Will Connell, the GB equestrian team leader and,

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after all the success the team have already had here, he has the air of

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a man who can't quite believe his luck. A team gold in dressage and

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jumping and a team silver in eventing is for sure, I've laid in

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bed at night after a large whisky and thought, oh, maybe, but to get

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two golds and a silver in team events which in equestrian are the

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blue rib ands of the team events is very special and I think the

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support from lottery and our owners and the quality of our riders are

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the three factors that have brought that together. One quick question

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looking ahead to today. As you say, the team is very much the dynamic

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here. Yes. Nick Skelton is an extraordinary story isn't he?

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If you take into account the physical challenges he's had over

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the years, breaking his neck and he's had most of his body replaced,

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you know, takes him an hour to go through mag and bag every morning.

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Has to set the alarm, does he? I think what equestrian athletes

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have to do is adapt to if they are carrying a slight injury they can

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adapt slightly how they ride but yes it's a fantastic thing about

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sport that you can enjoy equestrian when you are five-year-olds or when

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One issue on Will Connell's smind that of legacy. There is a hope the

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success here will lead of something of an explosion in interest in

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equine sport. But if you are going to succeed in equestrian you need

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wealthy, certainly generous owners and no coincidence to seat Saudi

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Arabian Prince himself with the realistic chance of a medal. The

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final round is just about 3.00pm. We hope the medal is decided before

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4.00pm. Team GB boxer Nicola Adams continues her history-making

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progress that afternoon much she's almost guaranteed Britain's first

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women's Olympic boxing medal. She takes on Mary Kom from India. Andy

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Swiss is at the ExCel Centre. What after afternoon ahead. Yes, the at

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mgs fear here is already building. As you say potentially -- the

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atmosphere is building. Potentially a historic moment for Nicola Adams.

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If she win this is afternoon, she would be through to the first ever

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women's boxing final in Olympic history. Nicola Adams is one of

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Britain's most experienced fighters. She is 29 years' old. She's already

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a European champion. She took up boxing when she was just 12,

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inspired by watching Mohammad Ali on television. European champion

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last year. The bad news for her is she is up against one of the true

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legends of women's boxing, Mary Kom of India, a five times World

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Champion. So it is a tough ask, although she did beat Mary Kom in

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the World Championships. If she does it today she will be

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guaranteed gold or silver. This is the first time women's boxing is

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allowed in the Olympics. Up until now boxing was the only sport that

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didn't allow women to compete. It has been accepted by the fans, we

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have had sell-out fans. We will expect Nicola Adams' fight to get

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under way in the next half hour or Our top story this lunch time:

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almost grinding to a halt in 2012 - the Bank of England slashes its

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growth forecast for the UK economy. I'm in the Olympic Park where

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Britain's Shanaze Reade today tries to continue GB's domination on two

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wheels. On BBC London, we hear from the

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woman who's job it is to make the canals and waterways in east London

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safe. And with another busy afternoon of sport ahead across

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Olympic venues a full travel and Around 60% of Manila, the capital

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of the Philippines, is under water after days of relentless monsoon

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been forced from their homes by the flood waters, which in places are

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neck-deep. Manila has been brought to a near standstill with schools,

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government offices and financial markets all forced to close. Kate

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McGeowan reports from Manila. A water world, that's how the head of

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the Phillipine Disaster Agency described man I will la. It's been

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raining almost constantly here since the weekend. -- described

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Manila. Many people find they have no choice but to leave their homes

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and everything they own, for higher and drier ground. More than 800,000

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people have now been displaced by the floods and more are still

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stranded. Police and volunteers are combing the roads that have become

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rivers to find them and take them to the evacuation centres, where

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aid workers are waiting to help. There is a relief operation with

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the government but it is an extensive population affected. The

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latest figures we have is that it is 1.2 million people affected. We

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estimate 60% are children. Officials have turned schools,

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churches and even basketball courts into temporary evacuation centres,

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where people can get food, clothing and shelter. But it's only a

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temporary solution. These people look lost and frightened.

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We were hoping to go home because it is difficult here. The sleeping

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conditions are not comfortable and it is not easy to get food.

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people in these evacuation centres are desperate to go home. Many of

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them are worried that their possessions are being looted in

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their absence and others are concerned there will be nothing

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salvagable by the time they get back. But the rain is still pouring

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down here so, it could be a while before they do go home.

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Egypt has carried out military strikes on suspected Islamic

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militants in Sinai, killing more than 20 people. The operation

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followed continued attacks on Egypt's security checkpoints in the

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peninsula. On Sunday, 16 border guards were shot dead by suspected

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militants trying to force their way into Israel. Peter Biles reports.

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Egypt's military response to the killing of border guards on Sunday

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has been decisive. It's included the use of heavy

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armour and helicopter gunships. The first type Egypt has fired missiles

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in the Sinai peninsula since the 19373 war with Israel.

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-- 1973. Sinai has been an increasingly lawless place since

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the revolution in Egypt last year. And there's been anger in the main

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city of al-Arish after the initial attack, that Egypt has blamed on

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Islamist militants. Local people gathered outside the hospital where

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some of the wound ready being treated.

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In Cairo, they have been absorbing the news that the security forces

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have taken retal triaction. Egyptian security, along with the

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lives of Egyptians, are a red line, said this man, there should be a

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harsh reaction to those who consider assaulting our soldiers or

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our land, he said. The funerals of the Egyptian

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soldiers who were buried on Tuesday were also marked by calls for

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vengence. Egypt's leaders have promised to reimpose full control

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of Sinai. It'll be an important test of credibility for the

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government. Our correspondent Yolande Knell is

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until al-Arish in the Sinai peninsula with the latest.

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Well it's relatively calm here right now in the coastal town of

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al-Arish but overnight there was heavy gunfire as armed men attacked

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several checkpoints close to the city. We understand then that the

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action moved closer to Egypt's bored we are Israel and in a

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village where these militants are said to be holed up, the Army moved

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in, these air strikes were carried out and ground troops went in and

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that's where we understand 20 militants were killed, three armed

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vehicles destroyed. The Egyptian military said it is going to

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continue its operation in the Sinai. It's determined to confront thesis

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lambic militants who gained a foothold here in the security

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vacuum that opened up in the past year since Egypt's are up-rising.

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Here police dogs have joined in the search for a 12-year-old girl who

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went mising in south London last week. Tia Sharp was last seen

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living her grandmother's home a New Addington at lunch time on Friday

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to go shopping. Daniel Boettcher is fl. This morning we saw teams

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searching in the woodlands across the valley about a quarter of a

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mile away. Dauling handlers and their dogs going through that area

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block by block. More recently we saw one of the teams moving up the

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alley behind me to the property, towards the end of that row, the

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home of Tia's grandmother. It is from that house that she went

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missing from, last Friday afternoon. That dog team was in there for

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about 25 minutes, half an hour, they then left. We also saw during

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the course of the morning, the man in charge of the inquiry, DCI Nick

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skoler going into that house with another detective. -- Scholer. As

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he left he spoke briefly to reporters saying he had been up

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dating the family on developments but he said he didn't want to go

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into any details. He said there would be press updates later today.

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We would expect to find out then whether the inquiry has moved on.

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More on the Olympics and the cycling may be over in the

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velodrome but Britain's success on two wheels could continue. Today is

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the first day of the BMX competition. Team GB's Shanaze

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Reade is going for gold. Dan Roan is at the BMX track. Shanaze Reade

:24:38.:24:42.

is GB's big hope in this competition. Her time trial, which

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will determine which order the finalists go in when they race

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together later this week, takes place just after 3.00pm. Let's show

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you quickly this spectacular course, the BMX track here at the Olympic

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Park. That is the terrifying ramp that the riders have to hurtle down

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at speeds of around 40 miles per hour to start their circuit. They

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then go over the lumps and bumps down to that stand and towards the

:25:11.:25:15.

first bend. You can see how steep that. Beyond that is the velodrome

:25:15.:25:19.

where GB have dominated in, in the last few days. They then come back

:25:19.:25:23.

this way. There is the tunnel through which the women cyclists

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pass threw this bend, towards the final bend in the disit is a and

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then back towards the finishing land in front of the main stand.

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Shanaze Reade, let's show you some of the action for four years ago in

:25:36.:25:41.

Beijing. She was a favourite. She was just 19. She had a guaranteed

:25:41.:25:46.

silver, she went for broke, went to gold and it ended disastrously with

:25:46.:25:51.

this unpleasant crash which resulted in a pretty nasty wrist

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injury and as a result she could only manage eighth. She desperately

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wants it make up that disappointment but as you can see,

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by that footage, this is one of the most dangerous, high-octane,

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adrenaline-filled of the many sports here at the Olympics. The

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riders require huge bravery to get around this Sir UK it makes some of

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the keirins on the strak -- track look tame by comparison -- around

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this circuit. It makes some of the keirins took tame.

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London's 2012 chairman, Lord Coe has this morning called the armed

:26:29.:26:33.

forces and their involvement in London 2012 one of the defining

:26:33.:26:37.

features of the Olympics. There are more than 14,000 soldiers, sailors

:26:37.:26:41.

and RAF personnel providing security at the venues in and

:26:41.:26:45.

outside London and as we have been finding out, the troops have also

:26:46.:26:51.

been receiving warm support from members of the public. What are you

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here to see? They have become a feature of the London Olympics.

:26:53.:26:58.

Their uniform standing out among the t-shirts and flip flops of the

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public moving around them. For many their presence has been reassuring,

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providing backbone to the biggest security operation since World War

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Two. Corporal Amy Lee Dawson has man--checked points before in

:27:14.:27:18.

Afghanistan. The chance to work at the Olympics was an gond send, she

:27:18.:27:22.

said. It has been brilliant. A once in a livetime opportunity. Meeting

:27:22.:27:26.

the public a warm welcome for them. Getting to watch the Games. I got

:27:26.:27:32.

to watch the athletics, which was amazing. Captain Harry McCloud has

:27:32.:27:37.

been on Olympic Park duty for the last month. We have had nearly

:27:37.:27:41.

300,000 people coming through a day. Being able it talk to them, help

:27:41.:27:44.

them and assist them throughout their day has been a great

:27:44.:27:49.

experience. The head of London organising

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committee, Lord Coe today visited the temporary home in Essex at

:27:52.:27:56.

troops working at the Olympics. It was a chance for him to acknowledge

:27:56.:28:01.

the contribution of the military to the success of the Games so far.

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They've brought, of course, supreme organisational skills. They've

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brought their professionalism. They have brought their humour and they

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have done it with grace and they charmed a large proportion of the

:28:13.:28:17.

Olympic family. I think it's been quite humbling for me as head of

:28:17.:28:20.

the armed forces to see the way they have responded but it is a

:28:21.:28:24.

two-way thing. Most of them have thoroughly enjoyed it and they have

:28:25.:28:30.

loved the interaction with the public. For years, troops rarely

:28:30.:28:32.

wore their uniforms in public because of the conflict in Northern

:28:32.:28:36.

Ireland. Times have changed and the public are getting to see a

:28:36.:28:39.

different side of the armed forces. The work the military have had to

:28:39.:28:44.

do at the Olympics is has provided a unique opportunity. The

:28:44.:28:48.

servicemen and women have been able to reacquaint themselves with the

:28:49.:28:53.

public they serve and the people have had their chance to show their

:28:53.:28:56.

appreciation. It is a fantastic. They are doing a great job. They

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are really happy and helpful. Already I have said, "Thank you

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mate" to a couple passing by, it is great to see them. These troops

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were called up in an hour of need but their presence not only solved

:29:07.:29:11.

the crisis for the Olympics but has seemingly improved the military's

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image with us all. Let's look at the latest weather

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now. Darren is here and has brought now. Darren is here and has brought

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the sunshine. It is lovely out here. The weather is continuing to

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improve. For many parts of the country today it is going to be a

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pretty good day. Bright, some sunshine and probably a bit warmer

:29:30.:29:34.

than it was yesterday. We still have an area of cloud, left over

:29:34.:29:37.

from yesterday really. It's affected parts of southern England

:29:37.:29:41.

and south Wales but it is thinning and breaking. We are getting

:29:41.:29:44.

sunshine as we head through the rest of the afternoon. A little

:29:44.:29:47.

sunshine for the south-west of England and south Wales but maybe

:29:47.:29:51.

one or two showers. Northwards towards Wales more sunshine it.

:29:51.:29:54.

Should be lovely through the afternoon and for Northern Ireland

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as. With look at that, blue skies for the most part with bags of

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sunshine. Patchy cloud, hardly a breath of wind. North-eastern parts

:30:02.:30:07.

of Scotland could be cloudy with a few showers. The rest of Scotland

:30:07.:30:11.

enjoying sunshine and warmth. Sunshine for northern England,

:30:11.:30:15.

maybe a few showers but no thunderstorms. Midlands should be

:30:15.:30:18.

fine and East Anglia enjoying sung Shine. The showers in southern

:30:18.:30:22.

England probably to the south of London so, it'll probably stay dry

:30:22.:30:25.

here. We have sunshine for the evening events. GB's women in the

:30:25.:30:29.

hockey semi-finals it, should be fine this evening and a lovely

:30:29.:30:32.

evening for the athletics and the beach volleyball.

:30:32.:30:36.

Let's look overnight. As you can see any showers we do have will

:30:36.:30:39.

soon fade away. It should be dry overnight with clear spells. Patchy

:30:39.:30:43.

mist and fog maybe and quite a warm night, particularly in the south.

:30:43.:30:49.

It will be quite humid. So a warm day to comfort swimming tomorrow in

:30:49.:30:53.

the Serpentine. Water will not be very warm. We haven't had a lot of

:30:53.:30:57.

sun to warm it up but for the spectators a super day, warmer than

:30:57.:31:01.

today. The mist and fog will soon clear. We will see cloud for a

:31:01.:31:04.

while across Northern Ireland. Sunny spells else where. Really

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warming up in the sunshine except the north-east of Scotland where

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there will still be a lot of cloud. Temperatures will struggle.

:31:11.:31:14.

Elsewhere as you can see that warmth building and 26 for the

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athletics tomorrow afternoon. That's the warmest it has been. The

:31:18.:31:26.

heat is building. The high pressure, as we head towards the weekend

:31:26.:31:30.

slips away. The winds pick up on Saturday and into Sunday we may see

:31:30.:31:33.

showers from the south-west as well but for most of us, Friday and

:31:33.:31:37.

Saturday will be dry and warm when the sunshine comes out. More cloud

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