:00:03. > :00:08.Hundreds of bodies pile up in the Libyan capital, as sporadic
:00:08. > :00:12.fighting continues. In one hospital the wounded were
:00:12. > :00:21.left to die, as medical staff fled the gunfire. They've returned to
:00:21. > :00:25.horrific scenes. When I entered inside, there was no body inside.
:00:25. > :00:31.They will not help to clean the hospital, to bring life back to the
:00:31. > :00:35.hospital. This is catastrophic. Never ever seen like this.
:00:35. > :00:45.We're with rebels as they take the fight to Sirte, Gaddafi's home town.
:00:45. > :00:49.RAF jets bomb key targets there. like it better than England, the
:00:49. > :00:52.best country all over the world, we would like to be a safer country.
:00:52. > :00:55.We'll be looking at how long that might take and whether the rebel
:00:55. > :00:58.leaders are ready to re-establish law and order in Libya.
:00:58. > :01:01.Also tonight: At least 18 people have been killed
:01:01. > :01:03.after a suicide bombing at the United Nations building in the
:01:03. > :01:06.Nigerian capital. All packets of the pain killer
:01:06. > :01:12.Nurofen Plus have been recalled amid fears they may have been
:01:12. > :01:22.sabotaged. Why 40% of adults in Britain are
:01:22. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:32.expected to be obese by 2030. you can buy a microwave chips for a
:01:32. > :01:36.quid, so that is quick and easy. Pizza is �1.75. Quick and easy for
:01:36. > :01:39.�3. If you have a load of kids, that is what you will do.
:01:39. > :01:49.And as Hurricane Irene sweeps towards New York, the mayor orders
:01:49. > :01:50.
:01:50. > :02:00.their biggest ever evacuation. In sport, Joey Barton joins QPR. He
:02:00. > :02:12.
:02:12. > :02:15.hits out at the club's board at Good evening.
:02:15. > :02:19.More than 100 decomposing bodies have been found at an abandoned
:02:19. > :02:23.hospital in a part of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, where there has
:02:23. > :02:25.been fierce fighting between rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces. The
:02:25. > :02:29.hospital and its patients were deserted five days ago after
:02:29. > :02:34.medical staff were forced to flee sniper fire. Rescuers finally
:02:34. > :02:38.reached the hospital this afternoon, finding just 21 surviving patients.
:02:38. > :02:48.John Simpson has been to the hospital. His report contains
:02:48. > :02:49.
:02:49. > :02:54.distressing images. What happened here at the Abu Salim
:02:54. > :02:59.hospital over the past four days is one of the most terrible incidents
:02:59. > :03:04.of this entire revolution. Doctors have come in from across Tripoli to
:03:04. > :03:10.help out. We were told that, like the doctors, we would have to wear
:03:10. > :03:15.surgical masks inside, for our own safety. The hospital staff here all
:03:15. > :03:19.ran away days ago because of the for a tear. But seriously injured
:03:19. > :03:24.people kept on being Broughton, dozens of them, perhaps as many as
:03:24. > :03:30.100 altogether. -- kept being brought in. And here, they died of
:03:30. > :03:34.their injuries, entirely untreated. The stench of death is overpowering,
:03:34. > :03:41.far too strong for the feeble efforts of this volunteer with his
:03:41. > :03:47.air freshener. The floor is thick with blood. The scenes which took
:03:47. > :03:52.place here defies the imagination. In one ward, Colonel Gaddafi's
:03:52. > :03:55.picture smiles down a genially over the horror. We simply cannot show
:03:55. > :04:01.you the pictures in this room because they are too horrible. I
:04:01. > :04:05.have got to where three of these surgical masks, and even so, the
:04:05. > :04:09.stench is absolutely nauseating. When you walk along the corridor,
:04:09. > :04:14.you have to be really careful because there is blood everywhere
:04:14. > :04:22.and you could slip over so easily. The doctors are deeply shocked by
:04:22. > :04:25.what they have seen. I was in the mosque. The Imam said that they
:04:25. > :04:31.needed some help at Abu Salim hospital. I thought they needed
:04:31. > :04:37.medical help. OK, I volunteered to give some medical help to my people.
:04:37. > :04:40.But when I entered inside there is nobody inside. They want help to
:04:40. > :04:44.bring the hospice -- to clean the hospital, to bring life back to
:04:44. > :04:51.this hospital. And this is a catastrophe. Never ever seen like
:04:51. > :04:56.this. More and more of these scenes are starting to come to light now.
:04:56. > :05:00.This suburb is silent and largely deserted. We came here with a group
:05:00. > :05:04.of rebels who are taking over the area. The sum Gaddafi loyalists had
:05:04. > :05:09.been living here and the green flags of the old regime were still
:05:09. > :05:13.flying, although the inhabitants were probably gone. But they had
:05:13. > :05:19.left their mark. They had shot down eight ordinary people who had come
:05:19. > :05:24.back to see if their homes were still safe. Death, and more death.
:05:24. > :05:27.And new cases are being discovered all the time.
:05:27. > :05:30.British jets have joined in the military offensive against the city
:05:30. > :05:33.of Sirte, regarded as Colonel Gaddafi's last major stronghold in
:05:34. > :05:37.Libya. The advance by the opposition has run into fierce
:05:37. > :05:41.resistance. The town, 250 miles east of Tripoli, is Colonel
:05:41. > :05:46.Gaddafi's birthplace. It's home to around 100,000 people, including
:05:46. > :05:50.tribes still loyal to him. NATO has confirmed that RAF Tornados fired
:05:50. > :05:53.missiles at a large bunker in the city and destroyed 29 armed
:05:53. > :05:57.vehicles. Opposition fighters are advancing
:05:57. > :06:06.on two fronts, from Misrata in the west and from Ras Lanuf in the east,
:06:06. > :06:10.from where Paul Wood sent this report.
:06:10. > :06:17.Though they can expect more hard fighting yet, the rebels are
:06:17. > :06:21.jubilant. Ahead lies Sirte, where thousands of Gaddafi troops are
:06:21. > :06:31.expected to make a last stand. The rebels plan to take it with a
:06:31. > :06:35.
:06:35. > :06:39.pincer movement from east and west. All around, signs of the advance.
:06:39. > :06:45.Behind the fighters come the civilians. One man returned to find
:06:45. > :06:53.his home looted by the old regime's soldiers. They have polluted the
:06:53. > :06:58.house completely. Where are my children's clothes? Nothing. Also
:06:58. > :07:02.the toys of my children. This, he says, is a small price to pay for
:07:02. > :07:08.freedom. He remembers when Secret Policeman took away a neighbour.
:07:08. > :07:13.They did not see him for 14 years. I was afraid at any time the same
:07:13. > :07:20.situation would happen with me. I will miss my family, my children,
:07:20. > :07:26.and they will take me without any reason.
:07:26. > :07:35.But loyalist artillery has halted the rebel advance at Ras Lanuf.
:07:35. > :07:40.NATO is helping with air strikes, but the rebels say they are patient.
:07:40. > :07:46.That dictator provoked us for 42 years. He kept promising us every
:07:46. > :07:51.single six months and changing systems. We said, give him a chance,
:07:51. > :07:56.he will do better, but he never did. What are people fighting for? What
:07:56. > :07:59.is the new Lydia that you want to see? Better than England, the best
:07:59. > :08:04.country around the world, freedom and everyone can do what they like
:08:04. > :08:08.and we like to be a safer country. And nobody be afraid for anything.
:08:08. > :08:14.You can do anything, say anything, not be afraid anybody will catch
:08:14. > :08:18.him and kill him for nothing. rebels are a mixture of people who
:08:18. > :08:22.have never really held a gun before, students, shopkeepers, businessmen.
:08:22. > :08:27.They are a pretty idealistic bunch, and they certainly talk the
:08:27. > :08:30.language of democracy. The question is, what will happen if a new
:08:30. > :08:40.government disappoints their expectations? There are certainly a
:08:40. > :08:43.lot of guns in Libya today. Let's talk to John Simpson in
:08:43. > :08:46.Tripoli. As we were hearing, the rebel leaders, the National
:08:46. > :08:49.transition Council, say they are ready to form a government, but
:08:49. > :08:52.given the uncertainties on the ground, the number of weapons out
:08:52. > :08:58.there and the horrific scenes that you have witnessed, presumably it
:08:58. > :09:02.will take them some time to get the infrastructure up and running again.
:09:02. > :09:07.Absolutely, Fiona. You can probably hear the gunfire behind me. Also,
:09:07. > :09:14.you can probably see some lights on. They are almost the only lights in
:09:14. > :09:18.the hold of Tripoli, -- in all of Tripoli, because the electricity
:09:18. > :09:23.supplies have been interfered with. We are not sure why. They have been
:09:23. > :09:27.cut. Water supplies have been cut also too much of the city, perhaps
:09:27. > :09:31.most of the city. People are driving all the way to the Tunisian
:09:31. > :09:36.border, four hours away, to buy a water and bring it back. Bottled
:09:36. > :09:41.water here is hugely expensive. This is disturbingly like what
:09:41. > :09:46.happened in Iraq after Saddam Hussein fell. You do not have to
:09:46. > :09:52.like a dictator to like the order and the controls that dictatorship
:09:53. > :09:57.brings. So I think there are big dangers here unless there is quick
:09:57. > :10:00.movement by the new government. Nearly half the UK population could
:10:00. > :10:04.be dangerously overweight in 20 years' time unless action is taken
:10:04. > :10:07.now to tackle obesity, according to medical experts. Writing in the
:10:07. > :10:11.journal the Lancet, they say rich food, too little exercise, and a
:10:11. > :10:14.lack of political will to take on the food industry are to blame.
:10:14. > :10:23.Among the options they say Government should consider is a tax
:10:23. > :10:27.on unhealthy, high fat foods. Branwen Jeffreys reports.
:10:27. > :10:34.Watching our weight as a nation. Scientists and doctors are worried
:10:35. > :10:40.about the UK. In 2009, 26% of adults were obese. By 2030, 40% of
:10:40. > :10:46.adults could be obese. That is 26 million people whose weight,
:10:46. > :10:50.compared to their height, is a lot higher than the normal range. So,
:10:50. > :10:54.what are the daily choices feeding the rise? Rotherham in Yorkshire is
:10:54. > :10:58.a town with a weight problem. On every estate, fast food is easier
:10:58. > :11:04.to find than fresh food. Many families are shopping on a tight
:11:04. > :11:10.budget. If you want a pizza or something, chips, you can buy
:11:10. > :11:15.microwave chips for a quid. That is quick and easy. Pizza is �1.75.
:11:15. > :11:20.Quick and easy meal for �3. If you have a lot of kids, that is what
:11:20. > :11:24.you will do. Sometimes you have to buy the things that are on offer,
:11:24. > :11:28.which tend to be things which are unhealthy. When you talk to these
:11:28. > :11:33.families, it is clear that cost and convenience are the big influences
:11:33. > :11:37.on the choices they make about food. Quite simply, it can be cheaper and
:11:37. > :11:44.quicker to buy it fast food a van to cook a meal with healthy
:11:44. > :11:48.ingredients. Rotherham is storing up health problems. A lot of extra
:11:48. > :11:53.weight increases the risk of serious diseases. The NHS here is
:11:53. > :11:57.spending millions to help the town lose weight. So is it time for
:11:57. > :12:00.tougher regulation by government? Today's research says that taxes on
:12:00. > :12:05.some food and drinks would save money, helping reduce consumption
:12:05. > :12:09.and saving health costs. Some states in the US are already
:12:09. > :12:13.looking at sugary drinks. Writing in the Lancet, researchers warn
:12:13. > :12:18.that industry will resist this. Many compare the food industry to
:12:18. > :12:22.the tobacco business. Experts say it is not enough to give advice.
:12:22. > :12:27.Regulation changes the landscape. This is the whole point about the
:12:27. > :12:33.policies which are aimed at not telling me or you what we should be
:12:33. > :12:37.eating, or telling me that I need to go exercising, but to make that
:12:37. > :12:41.environment healthier, so that the healthy choice is the easy choice.
:12:41. > :12:46.But in England the Government wants to work with the food industry, not
:12:46. > :12:50.Tenet what to do. People will not get them a buy government
:12:50. > :12:56.regulating or taxing. There are a number of tools in the box that we
:12:56. > :13:00.have to use. Legislation and regulation is slow and can be
:13:00. > :13:07.counter-productive. Changing the habits of a nation is hard. Experts
:13:07. > :13:11.say we cannot do it on our own, but ministers believe it is down to us.
:13:11. > :13:14.And Branwen Jeffreys is here with me because, Branwen, news has just
:13:14. > :13:17.broken that all packets of the pain killer Nurofen Plus are being
:13:17. > :13:27.recalled. A lot of people are likely to have this on their
:13:27. > :13:29.
:13:29. > :13:32.shelves at home. What more can you We've got an initial report
:13:32. > :13:36.yesterday that in some pacts of Nurofen Plus strips of the tablets
:13:36. > :13:40.have been taken out and other medicine slipped in. Today there
:13:40. > :13:44.have been further reports. We now know there are a total of five
:13:44. > :13:49.cases involving 32 packets of tablets where two other medicines
:13:49. > :13:54.have been found - one that's used to treat epilepsy and one that's
:13:54. > :13:57.used to treat some common mental illnesses, though those medicines
:13:57. > :14:01.aren't dangerous, they should only be taken by those who have a
:14:01. > :14:05.prescription for them. The police and the drugs manufacturer are
:14:05. > :14:09.working together. They believe that this is a case of sabotage. The key
:14:09. > :14:15.thing is they think around a quarter of a million packets are
:14:15. > :14:18.sitting on people's bathroom shelves, in their handbags, on
:14:18. > :14:22.their kitchen table. It's very important people check for Nurofen
:14:22. > :14:24.Plus, not the other types of Nurofen, and if found, they should
:14:24. > :14:26.return them immediately to the pharmacy while the investigation
:14:26. > :14:29.continues. Thanks.
:14:29. > :14:32.At least 18 people have been killed after a car, packed with explosives,
:14:32. > :14:35.was driven into the United Nations building in the Nigerian capital,
:14:35. > :14:38.Abuja. At least 60 others are thought to have been wounded in the
:14:38. > :14:41.suicide attack. A spokesman for a Nigerian radical Islamist group has
:14:41. > :14:51.told the BBC it had carried out the bombing. Our security correspondent
:14:51. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:00.Frank Gardner reports. Stoned, and in shock. Survivors of
:15:00. > :15:04.this morning's bomb blast were brought out one by one. The driver
:15:04. > :15:10.drove through two ineffective barriers before detonating it,
:15:10. > :15:14.destroying many of two storeys and many within. I counted five dead
:15:14. > :15:22.bodies, then the security agencies came around. From where I stood, I
:15:22. > :15:25.saw the whole windows shattered. The other portion of the building
:15:26. > :15:31.was actually collapsed and a lot of casualties. It's the worst attack
:15:31. > :15:35.on a UN building in three years. Suspicion immediately fell on the
:15:35. > :15:42.local extremist group. Soon afterwards, the group rang the BBC
:15:42. > :15:52.in Nigeria to claim responsibility. Today's bomb in Abuja marks a major
:15:52. > :15:57.escalation for Boko, Haram. Who are they? They are Nigerian Islamists.
:15:57. > :16:01.Their name means Western Education is Sin. Founded in 2002, they're
:16:01. > :16:05.seeking a Taliban-style Government throughout Nigeria. Human rights
:16:05. > :16:08.groups say they have killed around 250 people in the last year after a
:16:08. > :16:14.failed Government attempt to crush them. The UN Secretary-General was
:16:14. > :16:20.quick to condemn the blast. This was an assault on those who devote
:16:20. > :16:25.their lives to helping others. We condemn this terrible attack
:16:25. > :16:31.utterly. We do not yet have a precise casualty figures, but they
:16:31. > :16:35.are likely to be considerable. The investigation is being led by
:16:35. > :16:40.the Nigerian authorities, but the UN's own investigators will want to
:16:40. > :16:48.know how security was so badly breached and why the United Nations
:16:48. > :16:51.was singled out for this Coming up on tonight's programme:
:16:51. > :16:56.we built the tradium, but on the eve of the World Athletics
:16:56. > :17:00.Championships, we asked Team GB's Dutch coach if a we have the
:17:00. > :17:06.athletes to bring us medal itselfs at London 2012. We can have the
:17:06. > :17:10.greatest stadiums and transport system, but we don't win medals in
:17:10. > :17:19.athletics, I'm afraid that the British crowd would consider us
:17:19. > :17:24.maybe not such a big success. The Mayor of New York has ordered
:17:24. > :17:28.the biggest mandatory evacuations of parts of the city tonight ahead
:17:28. > :17:33.of the arrival of Hurricane Irene. It's already claimed lives and
:17:33. > :17:42.wrought havoc through the Bahamas. It's due to hit North Carolina
:17:42. > :17:45.tomorrow and America's most densely populated city, New York, Sunday.
:17:45. > :17:49.This teeming metropolis doesn't do hurricane, but tomorrow lunch time,
:17:49. > :17:54.the city that never sleeps will see its entire transit system grind to
:17:54. > :18:00.a halt, while more than a quarter of a million New Yorkers are being
:18:00. > :18:04.ordered to abandon homes at risk of flooding. In Coney island today,
:18:04. > :18:09.the unprecedented evacuation had already begun, as the sick shuttled
:18:09. > :18:15.to hospitals on higher ground. Up the road, we found residents of a
:18:15. > :18:18.nursing home waiting for transport and busloading up passengers from
:18:18. > :18:24.sheltered housing for adults with learning difficulties. We were told
:18:24. > :18:29.that the power may go off if the hurricane hits at full force, so I
:18:29. > :18:34.think it's a wise decision to evacuate people. Some in this
:18:34. > :18:38.beach-side community are unmoved, but if Irene does take a bite out
:18:38. > :18:41.of the big apple, the low of income housing blocks which have seen
:18:41. > :18:44.better days will be in the front line. So many strange things have
:18:44. > :18:48.been happening in New York lately with the earthquake on Tuesday and
:18:48. > :18:53.now this - I don't know what's going on. The forecasters say it's
:18:53. > :18:57.still too early to be precise about where Irene might make landfall,
:18:57. > :19:02.but all along the east coast, the authorities are erring on the side
:19:02. > :19:08.of caution because they've already seen what this hurricane is capable
:19:08. > :19:13.of. In the Dominican Republic, Irene claimed two lives. Barrelling
:19:13. > :19:18.through the Bahamas, destroying homes, and in southern Florida, a
:19:18. > :19:23.glancing blow as a tidal surge swept holiday-makers off a pier.
:19:23. > :19:26.North Carolina is next. Its outer banks braced for a direct impact
:19:26. > :19:32.tomorrow morning. If you are in the projected path of this hurricane,
:19:32. > :19:37.you have to take precautions now. Don't wait. Don't delay. We all
:19:37. > :19:43.hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. From
:19:43. > :19:47.space, Irene is immense, 600 miles wide, with winds of 100mph,
:19:47. > :19:57.slightly slower than before, but that's of little comfort to those
:19:57. > :19:58.
:19:58. > :20:02.Four children have been orphaned after their parents died within
:20:02. > :20:06.days of each other during a family holiday from Morocco. Mathilde
:20:06. > :20:10.Lambe fell from the balcony of their holiday apartment in
:20:10. > :20:20.Essaouira. She later died in hospital. Her husband Roger fell
:20:20. > :20:23.
:20:23. > :20:25.down the stairs of the hotel just a few days later.
:20:25. > :20:28.Iris Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter
:20:28. > :20:30.Robinson, has been cleared of any wrongdoing over a contract that was
:20:30. > :20:33.awarded to her then-teenaged lover. An investigation was commissioned
:20:33. > :20:36.in response to a BBC Panorama programme that alleged she abused
:20:36. > :20:39.her position on Castlereagh Council to help her lover open a business
:20:39. > :20:41.with money from two developers. The BBC says it stands by its
:20:41. > :20:48.journalism. The economic growth figures are out
:20:48. > :20:51.on both sides of the Atlantic. US growth in the second quarter was
:20:51. > :20:54.revised down, while here in the UK the latest estimate of growth
:20:54. > :20:57.between April and June was unchanged at 0.2%. The US Federal
:20:57. > :20:59.Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the outlook for the months ahead
:20:59. > :21:02.was weaker than previously forecast. But he stopped short of announcing
:21:02. > :21:03.new measures to boost the economy. Assessing the implications is our
:21:03. > :21:06.chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym.
:21:06. > :21:10.It's the world's biggest economy, and a drop in activity in the
:21:10. > :21:14.United States sends ripples around global markets. Today the US growth
:21:14. > :21:19.figure between April and June was revised down. So all eyes on this
:21:19. > :21:23.man, Ben Bernanke, the Central Bank chief, head of the Fed. He said
:21:23. > :21:27.today the growth outlook was weaker and all options to boost the
:21:27. > :21:31.economy would be discussed next month. When trading opened on Wall
:21:31. > :21:36.Street, shares fell at first, with some dealers disappointed the fed
:21:36. > :21:39.chief hadn't done more now, including pumping new money into
:21:39. > :21:43.the economy, with a policy known as quantitative easing, but other
:21:44. > :21:48.experts said there was no quick fix. So here's the problem - if you drew
:21:48. > :21:51.up a list of the 15 things in Washington that would help
:21:51. > :21:55.invigorate the US economy, quantitative easing by the Federal
:21:55. > :21:59.Reserve is probably number 14 or 15 on the list. The real problem is
:22:00. > :22:03.everything above it on the list requires a political decision, and
:22:04. > :22:08.the political process is gridlocked. Shares in New York picked up when
:22:09. > :22:14.traders noted the Fed chairman was more optimistic longer term. All of
:22:14. > :22:17.this has implications far beyond this skyline. Here in London's
:22:17. > :22:21.financial markets, the mood can be strongly influenced by developments
:22:21. > :22:26.on the other side of the Atlantic, and with the United States being
:22:26. > :22:31.one of the UK's major trading partners, what goes on over there
:22:31. > :22:36.can have a big impact on companies and workers over here.
:22:36. > :22:40.Companies like this, for example. It makes conveyers for trucks and
:22:40. > :22:43.warehouses. Half its sales are exports, but right now it isn't
:22:43. > :22:47.getting any help from the United States. We've not done any business
:22:47. > :22:52.with the US for some time now. It's been very quiet, and when you hear
:22:52. > :22:55.about the slowdowns and double-dip recessions, obviously it is
:22:55. > :23:01.worrying that it will make people sort of start to try and keep hold
:23:01. > :23:05.of their money again and not invest in capital equipment. Advertising
:23:05. > :23:10.is a good barometer of the economy with so many clients in different
:23:10. > :23:14.industries. This leading agency boss gave me his take on the UK.
:23:14. > :23:19.We're marooned, you know? It seems that things are just sort of stuck
:23:19. > :23:22.for awhile, and we have to hold tight until some - comes back into
:23:22. > :23:26.it. I don't think you'll see things crashing, but on the other hand,
:23:26. > :23:29.there is not a lot of momentum in the right direction. Figures show
:23:29. > :23:33.the UK has grown at the same pace as the United States and ahead of
:23:33. > :23:36.Germany. Things are dull, but not altogether gloomy.
:23:36. > :23:39.Team GB will put their ambitions for the Olympics on the line
:23:39. > :23:42.tomorrow with the start of the the World Athletics Championships. The
:23:42. > :23:44.team are in South Korea to put their medal-winning potential to
:23:45. > :23:48.the test in the biggest track-and- field event before the Olympics
:23:48. > :23:57.themselves. Our sports editor David Bond is with them and has just sent
:23:57. > :24:01.this report. Everywhere you look in Daegu, there
:24:01. > :24:06.are signs that something big is going on, but even here, the
:24:07. > :24:10.presence of the world's best athletes doesn't seem to be
:24:10. > :24:14.distracting people from their daily routines. Despite the low-key
:24:14. > :24:18.build-up, these Championships are crucial for Britain's athletes.
:24:18. > :24:23.With a year to go until 2012, the pressure is on to deliver success.
:24:23. > :24:28.Charles van Commenee is the uncompromising Dutch coach who has
:24:28. > :24:33.the task of ensuring the sport doesn't disappoint. Because we can
:24:33. > :24:37.have the greatest stadium and transport system, but we don't win
:24:37. > :24:45.medals in athletics. I'm afraid that the British crowd would
:24:45. > :24:51.consider us as maybe not such a big success, so medals in athletics are
:24:51. > :24:56.important. Medal targets for these World Athletics Championships
:24:56. > :24:58.reflect his desire to bring back the glory days. Britain's best
:24:59. > :25:03.World Athletics Championships came in Stuttgart when the team won a
:25:03. > :25:09.total of ten medals, but more recently the sport has been going
:25:09. > :25:17.backwards with the low point coming in in Beijing when the country just
:25:17. > :25:21.won ten medals. There has been some improvement with six medals. In
:25:21. > :25:23.Daegu they're hoping to go a world better. Britain's raining
:25:23. > :25:29.heptathlon world champion is convinced the team are on track.
:25:29. > :25:34.The past couple of years has shown our past performances in Berlin and
:25:34. > :25:37.in Barcelona, we started winning a lot more medals and improving - I
:25:37. > :25:41.think we've got some really impressive performances to have out
:25:41. > :25:44.here. These Championships are a crucial staging post for Britain's
:25:44. > :25:48.athletes on the road to next year's Olympics, but the task for the
:25:48. > :25:53.sport is not only to deliver success this London but to create a
:25:54. > :25:59.new generation of stars who can dominate for years to come. The so-
:25:59. > :26:06.called golden generation of the 1980s is the benchmark being used
:26:06. > :26:10.by Van Comenee, but is it too much to expect this team to emulate
:26:10. > :26:13.those achievements? This is a young team. Yes, we should be proud of
:26:14. > :26:17.our history, but it shouldn't be so burdensome that they feel they're
:26:17. > :26:22.sort of permanently competing against what was going on. Like
:26:22. > :26:26.Daegu, London knows its mob in the global sporting spotlight won't be