:00:08. > :00:11.Tonight at 10.00, the Taliban launch Tonight at 10.00, the Taliban launch
:00:11. > :00:17.a sustained attack on the British Council in Kabul. 12 people are
:00:18. > :00:24.Suicide attackers stormed the Suicide attackers stormed the
:00:24. > :00:27.cultural centre as some staff take refuge in a panic room. It will not
:00:27. > :00:32.stop the British Council and our whole effort in Afghanistan to
:00:32. > :00:34.bring greater stability and peace to that country. We will be looking at
:00:34. > :00:37.what this assault means for the security of Afghanistan as
:00:37. > :00:40.troops prepare to leave. Also tonight:
:00:40. > :00:46.The prison population Wales hits a record high following
:00:46. > :00:49.hundreds of convictions riots.
:00:49. > :00:55.Rebels on Libya's western front closer to the capital. We
:00:55. > :00:59.from the front line. Up to now, the rebels have been
:00:59. > :01:04.using small arms, mortars rocket-propelled grenades but now
:01:04. > :01:08.they brought up an old T55 Russian made tank and they are firing
:01:08. > :01:11.the street. On the eastern front,
:01:12. > :01:14.casualties mount as the continues.
:01:15. > :01:22.Another day of turmoil stock markets, ending a week
:01:22. > :01:27.further big losses for investors. That will do! And a double century
:01:27. > :01:30.from Bell and Pietersen as England put in a vintage performance against
:01:30. > :01:35.India at the Oval. I will be here with Sportsday later
:01:35. > :01:38.in the hour on the BBC News Channel, including Andy Murray. He is still
:01:38. > :01:48.going strong in Cincinnati but there's a surprise waiting for
:01:48. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:03.Good evening. Gunmen in Afghanistan Good evening. Gunmen in Afghanistan
:02:03. > :02:06.have launched a sustained eight-hour attack on the British Council in
:02:07. > :02:11.Kabul, killing at least 12 people. The assault came on the anniversary
:02:11. > :02:16.of Afghanistan's independence from Britain in 1919. The Taliban said it
:02:16. > :02:20.was a signal that invading forces are doomed to destruction.
:02:20. > :02:24.The attackers set off a car bomb and fought a gun battle with police
:02:24. > :02:28.security guards. Stunned staff took shelter in a panic room while the
:02:28. > :02:37.assault was uppedway. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, condemned
:02:37. > :02:42.the attack as vicious and cowardly. rocket-propelled grenades, the
:02:42. > :02:47.Taliban came armed for a long fight. SIREN.
:02:48. > :02:54.This was they wouldn't survive. Most of the
:02:54. > :03:01.six attackers wore suicide vests. Using a car bomb, they blew a
:03:01. > :03:06.in a wall and swarmed into the compound. But Gurkhas and Afghan
:03:06. > :03:11.security guards kept the at bay. We heard more than three
:03:11. > :03:14.explosions, strongly believing that two of them were suicide bombers.
:03:15. > :03:19.They had blown themselves up but one of them is still hiding in
:03:19. > :03:21.the areas in the building. It was New Zealand Special Forces and
:03:21. > :03:27.Afghan commandos that finally the fight, killing all
:03:27. > :03:30.insurgents. The assault came in the west of the
:03:30. > :03:34.city, near the intercontinental Hotel. Dozens were killed there in
:03:34. > :03:40.June. When it began, staff, including two female teachers,
:03:40. > :03:44.headed to an underground safe room. There they stayed, terrified, as the
:03:44. > :03:47.gun battle raged around them. The siege of the British Council lasted
:03:47. > :03:52.eight hours. As the clear-up at the site began,
:03:52. > :03:57.it emerged that the all-male attackers had disguised
:03:57. > :04:01.in burqas, allowing them to evade checkpoints. The British
:04:01. > :04:03.staff who were in the compound, who essentially were in the safe
:04:03. > :04:08.for most of the day and we were in contact with them, have been
:04:08. > :04:18.extracted safely. They are now in the Embassy, obviously shaken, but
:04:18. > :04:18.
:04:18. > :04:19.Today Afghanistan celebrated the Today Afghanistan celebrated the
:04:19. > :04:21.Today Afghanistan celebrated the freedom from British rule
:04:21. > :04:22.freedom from British rule freedom from British rule
:04:22. > :04:25.Today Afghanistan celebrated anniversary. The British Council
:04:25. > :04:30.exists to promote Britain and British culture overseas. It's an
:04:30. > :04:33.example of soft power. The saw it as a soft target. This is a
:04:33. > :04:38.particularly vicious and cowardly attack, but it's an attack that
:04:38. > :04:42.This was an attack against British This was an attack against British
:04:42. > :04:45.interests but it was also an attack against the Afghan government.
:04:45. > :04:48.British and American troops are preparing to leave here.
:04:48. > :04:51.Increasingly, the Afghans will have to take care of security on their
:04:51. > :04:57.own. In the future, when they face attacks from the Taliban, they will
:04:57. > :04:59.The insurgents have again shown that The insurgents have again shown that
:04:59. > :05:05.they can strike even in the most heavily protected parts of
:05:05. > :05:10.country. Tonight the city remains on high alert and in fear that there
:05:10. > :05:13.may be more attacks to come. We can speak to Quentin who is in
:05:13. > :05:18.Kabul now. What questions does this raise about the security situation
:05:18. > :05:23.there, with British Forces preparing to leave? Well, the question it
:05:23. > :05:29.raises is who replaces those British Forces and American forces? The
:05:29. > :05:34.answer according to NATO is Afghan security forces. They are clearly
:05:34. > :05:37.not ready yet but NATO Generals tell us they still have a few years
:05:38. > :05:42.before their troops leave and hopefully the Afghans will be ready
:05:42. > :05:46.by then. The pressure that NATO is putting on the Taliban, pushing them
:05:46. > :05:50.back in Kandahar and Helmand, NATO hopes that will force the Taliban to
:05:50. > :05:53.the negotiating table, to seek a political settlement. So far though,
:05:53. > :05:58.the Taliban haven't shown any indication that they want anything
:05:58. > :06:00.other than a violent settlement this conflict. Thanks very much.
:06:00. > :06:04.The prison population in England and The prison population in England and
:06:04. > :06:08.Wales has reached a record high following last week's riots. Tonight
:06:08. > :06:12.there are fewer than 1200 places left and the Prison Service says
:06:12. > :06:15.it's drawing up contingency plans to deal with what it calls an
:06:15. > :06:21.unprecedented situation. Our home affairs correspondent has
:06:21. > :06:25.Ursula Nevin, expected to spend Ursula Nevin, expected to spend
:06:25. > :06:29.months behind bars. One of hundreds filling up the prisons following the
:06:29. > :06:33.riots; but she didn't take part in the unrest. She simply accepted
:06:33. > :06:39.pair of looted shorts. So today she was freed on appeal. But
:06:39. > :06:42.have been jailing 100 people a day, from the man given 16 months for
:06:42. > :06:46.stealing doughnuts, to the pair sentenced to four years after
:06:46. > :06:50.inciting a riot on Facebook. In general, the government wants
:06:50. > :06:55.criminals rehabilitated, not incarcerated, but today it released
:06:55. > :07:02.new figures showing 1375 people have now appeared in court, in
:07:02. > :07:06.with the riots. and the result: the prison
:07:06. > :07:12.population of England and Wales has reached a record high. Over 86,000.
:07:12. > :07:14.There are fewer than 1200 free places left.
:07:14. > :07:19.We need a certain margin of spaces We need a certain margin of spaces
:07:19. > :07:23.just to enable the Prison Service to work. Indeed that sort of slack in
:07:23. > :07:26.the system to make things work. If we start eating into that, it
:07:26. > :07:31.becomes more and more difficult for governors to manage the situation.
:07:31. > :07:33.Attempts are made to keep prisoners in the cities where they live, so
:07:33. > :07:37.London London rioters may well end up in
:07:37. > :07:41.feltham but the Prison Service also has a new facility for
:07:41. > :07:45.offenders over in East London. has spaces. This is not yet an
:07:45. > :07:47.overcrowding crisis, but the pressure is on.
:07:47. > :07:53.So the government is also looking So the government is also looking
:07:53. > :07:58.for unused space in the prisons it has, opening early a refurbished
:07:58. > :08:02.wing at Lewis, Sussex perhaps, or bringing back into service sections
:08:02. > :08:07.of Doncaster prison, damaged last year in a riot. But prison
:08:07. > :08:10.campaigners continue to argue severe sentencing is to blame, a
:08:10. > :08:14.they predict the courts will yet have to rectify. The court system
:08:14. > :08:20.is already struggling the weight of cases, and in fact in a rush to
:08:20. > :08:24.out hasty and perhaps overly punitive sentences we see these
:08:24. > :08:30.cases rebounding back into the system on appeal, then we are
:08:31. > :08:39.to see a major logjam. New keep coming. Today a court dealt
:08:39. > :08:45.with a robbery of a student robbed as he stood bleeding from an attack.
:08:45. > :08:49.place in Libya as rebels battle forces who are loyal to Colonel
:08:49. > :08:54.Gaddafi. To the east of the capital, rebels are claiming a significant
:08:54. > :09:00.victory. They say they have now taken control of Zlitan. To the
:09:00. > :09:03.west, rebels have been fighting street battles in the centre of
:09:03. > :09:13.Zawiya. In a moment the latest from the eastern front; first though this
:09:13. > :09:16.
:09:16. > :09:21.report from inside Zawiya. This afternoon, the assault to clear
:09:21. > :09:26.Gaddafi's forces from Zawiya began. High on adrenaline, the rebels
:09:26. > :09:29.celebrate as if each shot is taking them a step closer to Tripoli. Up to
:09:29. > :09:34.now, the rebels have been small arms, mortars
:09:34. > :09:38.rocket-propelled grenades, but now they brought up an old T55
:09:38. > :09:45.Russian-made tank and they are firing down the street, into the
:09:45. > :09:48.square where Gaddafi's forces still holding out.
:09:48. > :09:50.Let's go. The problem for the Let's go. The problem for the
:09:50. > :09:54.rebels and for us are snipers many rebels and for us are snipers
:09:54. > :09:57.rebels and for us are snipers. We are taken up into the one hole
:09:57. > :10:04.building the rebels now control. It's their single vantage point
:10:04. > :10:09.overlooking the square. Their own sniper's nest. Out of the window the
:10:09. > :10:13.green flags show just how close we are to Gaddafi's positions. Even up
:10:13. > :10:18.here, the threat from sniper fire is constant. Just as it is for the
:10:18. > :10:21.fighters down on the streets below. REPORTER: What's the situation
:10:21. > :10:27.there in the square? The situation is very dangerous for us because you
:10:27. > :10:32.can't move free. There's many shooting, in the square, and the
:10:32. > :10:38.Gunners are on the high roofs. Gaddafi's forces continued to return
:10:38. > :10:48.fire all afternoon. They are not running away. But the rebels know,
:10:48. > :10:52.
:10:52. > :10:55.if they can win here in Zawiya then the road to Tripoli will be open.
:10:55. > :11:00.The casualties kept coming, rushed The casualties kept coming, rushed
:11:00. > :11:05.to a field hospital near the front line. By mid-afternoon, the death
:11:05. > :11:12.toll was more than 30. The rebels blamed their light weapons for their
:11:12. > :11:19.heavy losses. But they vowed fight on, determined to
:11:19. > :11:24.towards Tripoli. TRANSLATION: We will chase Gaddafi from one hole to
:11:24. > :11:29.another. Well, another casualty is now being taken away, being brought
:11:29. > :11:33.into the hospital in Misrata for further treatment. Wounded have been
:11:33. > :11:36.arriving here steadily over the few hours. A lot of heavily wounded
:11:37. > :11:46.fighters have been brought in. Doctors say this is one of the worst
:11:46. > :11:47.Nearby, this father whose only son Nearby, this father whose only son
:11:47. > :11:50.Nearby, this father whose only son was lost today in the battle for
:11:50. > :11:51.was lost today in the battle for was lost today in the battle for
:11:51. > :11:57.Nearby, this father Zlitan. But for other families this
:11:57. > :12:01.was a day of reunions, a day freedom finally came. Hundreds of
:12:01. > :12:08.civilians who had been trapped in Zlitan were bussed to safety by the
:12:08. > :12:16.rebels. This family were stranded for five months after fleeing the
:12:16. > :12:21.shelling in Misrata. "Words can't express my happiness", she said. "I
:12:21. > :12:29.hope the same will happen in Tripoli." Then it was into the car,
:12:29. > :12:39.to head for home. They have been dreaming of victory for months. Now
:12:39. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:42.they and many others here they can smell it. CHANTING.
:12:42. > :12:45.There have been further clashes in There have been further clashes in
:12:45. > :12:48.Syria as thousands joined street protests after Friday prayers.
:12:48. > :12:51.Despite assurances from President Assad earlier this week that
:12:51. > :12:55.military operations against demonstrators had stopped,
:12:55. > :12:58.rights activists sent new pictures of military and militia on the
:12:58. > :13:04.street. They say at least 22 people were killed today when security
:13:04. > :13:07.Relatives of the victims shot dead Relatives of the victims shot dead
:13:07. > :13:11.by a lone gunman last month on the Norwegian island of Utoeya have been
:13:11. > :13:14.visiting the scene for the first time. 69 people died on the island.
:13:14. > :13:18.Family members were accompanied by psychologists, priests and
:13:18. > :13:24.investigators. Meanwhile, a court in Oslo has ruled that the man who
:13:24. > :13:26.admitted to carrying out the killings, Anders Breivik, will
:13:26. > :13:32.remain in solitary confinement further month.
:13:32. > :13:35.A woman and her best friend from Newry, Co Down, have been stabbed to
:13:35. > :13:38.death in Turkey. The Marion Elizabeth Graham and Kathy
:13:38. > :13:41.Dinsmore, both in their 50s, were found in woods near the port city of
:13:41. > :13:46.Izmir. A teenage waiter has been arrested in connection with the
:13:46. > :13:51.Conservatives deaths. - in connection with the deaths.
:13:51. > :13:55.A sunshine holiday which ended in tragedy, the double murder of two
:13:55. > :13:58.friends who went to Turkey for a summer break. Marion Elizabeth
:13:58. > :14:02.Graham and Kathy Dinsmore were from Northern Ireland, killed far
:14:03. > :14:08.away from home in a remote Turkish forest. They were together when they
:14:08. > :14:11.died, both stabbed to death. They were staying in a resort on the West
:14:11. > :14:17.Coast of Turkey, which is with holidaymakers, but they
:14:17. > :14:22.killed elsewhere, near the port Izmir. Police have arrested a
:14:22. > :14:26.17-year-old waiter. He was the boyfriend of Marion Elizabeth
:14:26. > :14:30.Graham's daughter. She is only 15, but it is being reported that the
:14:30. > :14:35.Turkish teenager wanted to marry her and was upset when her mother
:14:35. > :14:37.objected. It was also reported in Turkey that
:14:37. > :14:41.he confessed to the police involvement in the double killing.
:14:41. > :14:47.He isn't the only person to be arrested. The police are also
:14:47. > :14:53.questioning a taxi driver and the young waiter's father. It is a
:14:53. > :14:54.Back here in Co Down, Northern Back here in Co Down, Northern
:14:54. > :14:54.Back here in Co Down, Northern Ireland, there's shock. Marion
:14:54. > :14:55.Ireland, there's shock. Marion Ireland, there's shock. Marion
:14:55. > :15:00.Back here in Elizabeth Graham and Kathy Dinsmore
:15:00. > :15:05.were well-known and popular. One friend described them as two bubbly
:15:05. > :15:10.Co Down girls. They lived in Newry, and people here tonight remembered
:15:10. > :15:15.their love of life and their positive attitude. They didn't let
:15:15. > :15:16.life get them down, that much I do know, and had formed a great
:15:16. > :15:21.know, and had formed a relationship over a period of
:15:21. > :15:24.and unfortunately now they are found lying butchered in a forest in
:15:25. > :15:30.Turkey somewhere. It's unreal. The Turkish police are still gathering
:15:30. > :15:33.evidence and the 17-year-old waiter is due to appear in court. At
:15:33. > :15:41.same time, arrangements are being made to fly home the bodies of the
:15:42. > :15:45.Coming up on tonight's programme: Coming up on tonight's programme:
:15:45. > :15:53.A royal visit for the residents and the emergency workers caught up in
:15:53. > :15:56.There has been continuing turmoil on There has been continuing turmoil on
:15:56. > :15:59.the markets, with worries about the health of the European banking
:15:59. > :16:04.system and the possibility major economies could head back into
:16:04. > :16:08.recession. London's FTSE ended day down by just over 1% with
:16:08. > :16:14.markets in France and Germany also seeing falls. Here is our chief
:16:14. > :16:17.It has been another nerve-wracking It has been another nerve-wracking
:16:17. > :16:21.day on world markets, prices plunging first thing and then
:16:21. > :16:26.recovering some of the lost ground. The mood remains fragile. Nerves are
:16:26. > :16:32.still on edge. Across Europe Stock Exchanges, shares have fallen
:16:32. > :16:37.sharply over the week with frustrated by what they see as a
:16:37. > :16:40.failure by eurozone leaders to tackle financial problems. Trust has
:16:41. > :16:44.evaporated. Trust in politicians has evaporated and if markets can't have
:16:44. > :16:48.trust in politicians, what else they going to do? They are going
:16:48. > :16:51.take flight. Markets have highly volatile. There hasn't always
:16:51. > :16:55.been a lot of logic in what has been going on, but there is one
:16:55. > :16:58.thread in recent days, and that is mounting concern amongst many
:16:58. > :17:04.investors that the world's leading industrialised nations are heading
:17:04. > :17:08.for another recession. So have the UK's leading shares fallen?
:17:08. > :17:11.It looks like they've gone down lot but they are still well above
:17:12. > :17:14.where they were during the banking crisis nearly three years ago.
:17:14. > :17:19.Experts say things aren't as bad now Experts say things aren't as bad now
:17:19. > :17:22.but nobody can be complacent. The worry is that we are headed back
:17:22. > :17:26.toward that precipice again and absolutely we must not go there and
:17:26. > :17:30.the question is: are the policy makers in charge now capable of
:17:30. > :17:33.preventing that from happening and it's not clear to me that they are.
:17:33. > :17:37.Many in the markets are worried about the health of Europe's banks.
:17:37. > :17:41.Their shares have plummeted in recent weeks. But there are
:17:41. > :17:45.optimists who think global will save the day. We think that by
:17:45. > :17:48.the end of the year world growth is going to be rather stronger than we
:17:48. > :17:51.currently think and growth in advanced economies, including the
:17:51. > :17:54.UK, will be picking up from are seeing at the moment. Some
:17:54. > :17:58.investments are shining. The price has hit a record high as
:17:58. > :18:02.people look for somewhere safe put their money, because it's not
:18:02. > :18:08.just wealthy investors. One shopping centre has installed a gold vending
:18:08. > :18:12.machine. Put in get this. It's another sign of these
:18:12. > :18:16.uncertain times. Shares may bounce back, but further falls next week
:18:16. > :18:22.could see the London market clock up one of its worst months since the
:18:22. > :18:26.As America struggles to control its As America struggles to control its
:18:26. > :18:29.debt, no country is watching more closely than China. The Chinese
:18:29. > :18:34.major investors in the economy and the single largest
:18:34. > :18:38.holder of US Treasury debt. Today the US Vice-President Joe Biden,
:18:38. > :18:42.is visiting the country, said Chinese had nothing to worry about,
:18:42. > :18:51.but as we report there are fears that China may not be immune if
:18:51. > :18:55.Like the giant ships that throng its Like the giant ships that throng its
:18:55. > :18:58.ports, China seems to be steaming ever onwards, churning out its
:18:58. > :19:03.exports. Selling to the world has swelled China's economy into
:19:03. > :19:07.but also left it vulnerable to what happens overseas. So with Europe and
:19:07. > :19:17.America mired in crisis, is China really unstoppable? This is the
:19:17. > :19:23.workshop. We are being shown what was just wheat fields a decade ago.
:19:23. > :19:28.Today 10% of the world's solar panels are made here. Governments in
:19:28. > :19:34.the west have been subsidising switch to renewable energy. Now
:19:34. > :19:38.sales are slipping but it is said to be well-placed to survive any new
:19:38. > :19:40.downturn. Since the last crisis in 2008 we have
:19:40. > :19:45.improving our products, becoming more efficient and improving our
:19:45. > :19:50.service for our customers in Europe and America. This is how China
:19:50. > :19:53.responded to that last crisis. Massive building programmes, new
:19:53. > :19:58.railways and roads, spending billions
:19:58. > :20:02.billions to keep the economy almost 10% a year, so now Chinese
:20:02. > :20:05.economists feel confident enough lecture those in the West. They have
:20:05. > :20:14.to wake up to the reality that today's world economy is
:20:15. > :20:19.from what it was 20 years ago. Today you are facing newcomers in China
:20:19. > :20:25.and Brazil so that your system has to be reformed. You
:20:25. > :20:27.cannot simply rely upon your past experience, past success.
:20:27. > :20:33.All across China, vast new cities All across China, vast new cities
:20:33. > :20:39.are being built with stimulus money. This is a new town, complete with
:20:39. > :20:43.opera house, art museum, 60-storey hotel. Space for 1.5 million people
:20:43. > :20:48.but only 300,000 have moved in, so the traffic lights aren't even on
:20:48. > :20:53.yet. The money spent on every new building like this adds just a
:20:53. > :20:57.little bit more to China's GDP, so the economy is booming, but these
:20:57. > :21:01.are also debts that must one day paid off, and if they can't be
:21:01. > :21:07.filled and made profitable well then some fear China is storing up
:21:07. > :21:11.The worst Chinese provinces may be The worst Chinese provinces may be
:21:11. > :21:15.as indebted as Greece. Instead of relying on exports and building
:21:15. > :21:19.booms, China needs to develop its domestic consumer economy. If it
:21:19. > :21:24.can't, the Chinese miracle may turn out to be a mirage many
:21:24. > :21:26.turn out to be a mirage turn out to be a mirage.
:21:26. > :21:29.A Scotland Yard detective working on A Scotland Yard detective working on
:21:29. > :21:33.the News of the World phone hacking inquiry has been arrested and
:21:33. > :21:36.suspended by his own force. It's alleged that he had leaked
:21:36. > :21:38.information to journalists during the investigation. In a separate
:21:38. > :21:43.development, one of the paper's development, one of the
:21:43. > :21:47.former feature writers, Dan Evans, was questioned on suspicion of
:21:47. > :21:49.intercepting voicemails. A man caught trying to smother his
:21:49. > :21:57.dying father in a Sussex hospital has been sent to prison for
:21:57. > :22:00.a half years. Lewes Crown Court heard that Joseph Peachy, 49, was
:22:00. > :22:05.distraught after learning that father Albert had no chance of
:22:05. > :22:07.recovery and would not be allowed die at his home in Eastbourne.
:22:07. > :22:11.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been in Birmingham today
:22:11. > :22:16.thank those who helped restore following last week's riots.
:22:16. > :22:18.William and Kate met emergency workers and local residents at a
:22:18. > :22:24.community centre in Winson Green, close to where three men were killed
:22:24. > :22:27.Meeting, greeting and thanking those Meeting, greeting and thanking those
:22:27. > :22:31.who had been on the front line during Birmingham's nights of
:22:31. > :22:35.rioting. They were happy to pose for family
:22:35. > :22:40.snapshots with some of those affected and told many of the guests
:22:40. > :22:43.how strongly they had felt about coming here. The Duke and Duchess
:22:43. > :22:48.had begun by meeting the families of the three men who
:22:48. > :22:54.died when they were hit by nearby. Haroon
:22:54. > :22:59.and Abdul Musavir were yesterday.
:22:59. > :23:03.came here to listen, to hear the stories of the bereaved families and
:23:03. > :23:07.to learn more about the wider impact on Birmingham's local communities.
:23:07. > :23:13.Some of those they left behind there's much more to be done to stop
:23:13. > :23:17.further trouble. We, as on the ground, will have to harass -
:23:17. > :23:21.and I use the term "harass" - central government and the local
:23:21. > :23:25.authority to make sure they keep a lid on this. This footage is a
:23:25. > :23:30.reminder of how bad it got. The owner of this shop dubbed it a
:23:30. > :23:36.tsunami of looting. This afternoon, Ajay Bhatia got the chance to tell
:23:36. > :23:40.his tale directly to William Kate. After having six or seven
:23:40. > :23:45.sleepless nights, there's to cheer about today. I feel so
:23:45. > :23:49.happy and delighted that they have chosen my shop and come here. A
:23:49. > :23:53.sentiment echoed by those outside. I think the fact that they take time
:23:53. > :23:57.out to come here show that is they actually do give a damn and it
:23:57. > :24:01.should be appreciated. It was appreciated by those waving off the
:24:01. > :24:08.royal couple. Their tour seen most people here as a welcome sign
:24:08. > :24:11.Sport now and in cricket it was Sport now and in cricket it was
:24:11. > :24:16.another dominant day for England on the second day of the
:24:16. > :24:23.against India. Batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell both hit
:24:23. > :24:30.centuries. By the close England had reached 457-3. From the Oval here
:24:30. > :24:35.Joe Wilson. Absurd as it may seem, India had a
:24:35. > :24:39.brilliant morning at the Oval. Two wickets fell by midday. They only
:24:39. > :24:42.had to wait 6.75 hours one.
:24:42. > :24:46.Kevin Pietersen really started to enjoy himself. Ian Bell is more
:24:46. > :24:51.classical in technique, a conventional nudge towards the
:24:51. > :24:55.boundary and Sachin Tendulkar was in pursuit. Straightforward? Nothing is
:24:55. > :24:58.anymore for India. The great with the very humble fumble. No one
:24:58. > :25:01.really wants to see this, but course everyone wants to enjoy
:25:01. > :25:05.England's vintage summer, a reshuffle in the stands for
:25:05. > :25:10.Prime Minister who hoped no one would begrudge
:25:10. > :25:14.the cricket. He arrived in Ian Bell's fifth century of the
:25:14. > :25:19.year. The fans have rarely had it so good. Kevin Pietersen weighed in
:25:19. > :25:23.with his 100 right after tea. India are currently expert at making
:25:23. > :25:27.game look impossible. Next ball, Pietersen should have gone.
:25:28. > :25:31.has dropped it! If it's painful to play like this, it's almost worse
:25:31. > :25:35.watch and what could display England's dominance
:25:35. > :25:39.classic Pietersen to take the total past 400? In passing, it should be
:25:39. > :25:45.mentioned Pietersen was out for 175. Indian morale had been
:25:45. > :25:48.Remember n the last Test England Remember n the last Test England
:25:48. > :25:54.scored more than 700 and what's stop them doing the same again?