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:00:10. > :00:14.Tonight at Ten: A major terror alert in south-west France after

:00:14. > :00:18.yet another gun attack. Three Jewish children and their teacher

:00:18. > :00:22.are shot dead at a school in Toulouse. The authorities say the

:00:22. > :00:32.same gunman was also responsible for killing three soldiers earlier

:00:32. > :00:32.

:00:32. > :00:35.this month. This act is odious and cannot remain unpunished, all

:00:35. > :00:38.measures, all possible measures will be taken to put this criminal

:00:38. > :00:43.out of action. We will have the latest from Toulouse on the hunt

:00:43. > :00:46.for the gunman. Also tonight: New plans to ask private companies

:00:46. > :00:50.to build and maintain roads in England.

:00:50. > :00:55.Let me be clear, this is not about mass tolling. As I have said, we

:00:55. > :01:01.are not tolling existing roads. It's about getting more out of the

:01:01. > :01:04.money that motorists already pay. The footballer Fabrice Muamba shows

:01:04. > :01:08.signs of recovery after collapsing on Saturday.

:01:08. > :01:12.From Libya a special report on the thousands of people still missing

:01:12. > :01:17.after the uprising. And, zig-zagging across Britain,

:01:17. > :01:21.the route of the Olympic torch is unveiled.

:01:21. > :01:26.Later in the hour on the news channel I will be here with the

:01:26. > :01:36.sport as Dylan hartley is cited as biting an Ireland player at

:01:36. > :01:47.

:01:47. > :01:50.Good evening. All campaigning in the French presidential election

:01:50. > :01:55.has been suspended following the murder of three Jewish children and

:01:55. > :01:59.one of their teachers at a school in Toulouse. Police say the same

:01:59. > :02:02.gunman killed three soldiers in similar incidents last week.

:02:02. > :02:07.President Sarkozy has tonight placed the entire region on the

:02:07. > :02:13.highest terror alert. Let's join our correspondent Christian Fraser

:02:13. > :02:17.in Toulouse. Good evening. Police have confirmed

:02:17. > :02:21.tonight in Toulouse they are hunting a serial killer and they

:02:21. > :02:25.know they have to act quickly to catch him before he strikes again.

:02:25. > :02:29.Today's attack on a Jewish school in the heart of this Jewish

:02:29. > :02:33.community bother all the hallmarks of previous attacks, two previous

:02:33. > :02:38.attacks in the region in eight days. A gunman that's prepared to shoot

:02:38. > :02:43.victims at close range in broad day daylight and without any mercy,

:02:43. > :02:46.even for the smallest children. The Monday morning school run that

:02:46. > :02:50.descended into panic and terror. As parents were dropping children

:02:50. > :02:54.at the gates of the Ozar Hatorah high school this morning a lone

:02:54. > :02:58.gunman pulled up on a zoo scoot -- scooter and opened fire. He shot

:02:58. > :03:00.everyone in front of him said the parents and then chased the

:03:00. > :03:06.terrified children into the school grounds.

:03:06. > :03:12.Among the four dead was a 30-year- old rabbi, Jonathan Sandler and his

:03:12. > :03:19.two sons, aged three and six. The fourth victim was also a child, an

:03:19. > :03:23.eight-year-old daughter of the school principle. This man told me

:03:23. > :03:25.he had just finished chatting to his friend at the gates, seconds

:03:26. > :03:29.later the rabbi was dead. TRANSLATION:

:03:29. > :03:32.At first he shot one bullet into the air. He hit the tree. After

:03:32. > :03:35.that he shot the father in front of him, then the two children. I

:03:35. > :03:39.didn't even turn around. I ran straight into the school but he

:03:39. > :03:43.followed us and then opened fire again. When he left he started

:03:43. > :03:48.shooting again. Eyewitnesses said one of the gunmen's weapons jammed,

:03:48. > :03:52.it may have saved some of those who fled. TRANSLATION:

:03:52. > :03:56.I had just arrived when we heard shooting, weapon all frightened and

:03:56. > :04:01.shocked. This evening the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy,

:04:01. > :04:03.returned from Toulouse to speak to the nation from nation. He has

:04:03. > :04:07.called for a minute's silence in all French schools across the

:04:07. > :04:11.country and has placed the south- west under the highest possible

:04:11. > :04:16.terror alert. TRANSLATION:

:04:16. > :04:19.This act is odious and cannot remain unpunished. All measures,

:04:19. > :04:25.absolutely all possible measures will be taken to put this criminal

:04:25. > :04:29.out of action. Police profilers are now building a

:04:29. > :04:32.detailed picture of the suspect and his movements. There have been two

:04:32. > :04:35.similar attacks in the last week in Toulouse and neighbouring Montauban

:04:35. > :04:39.in which three soldiers have been killed. Tonight they revealed that

:04:39. > :04:44.the gun used in all these attacks is the same. On each occasion the

:04:44. > :04:49.gunman has escaped on a black scooter. His face hidden by the

:04:49. > :04:52.advisor of the helmet. Anti- terrorist police have now taken

:04:52. > :04:56.over this investigation and shifting through hours of film from

:04:56. > :05:00.CCTV that captured the attacks and the escape. The gunman's knowledge

:05:00. > :05:05.of the roads say police suggest that he is local. One One witness

:05:05. > :05:09.revealed the man has a tattoo on his face, the motive, well that's

:05:09. > :05:12.less clear. All the victims so far have opinion of Jewish, black or

:05:12. > :05:15.north African descent. The police know they're now working against

:05:15. > :05:18.the clock. Surveillance and armed security has been stepped up

:05:19. > :05:23.although all Jewish schools and places of worship while soldiers

:05:23. > :05:27.have been told not to wear uniform outside their base. The identity of

:05:27. > :05:31.the gunman remains a mystery. But local police speculate they're

:05:31. > :05:36.searching for a man or men with links to the far right and with

:05:36. > :05:40.considerable military training. We are hearing that one possible

:05:40. > :05:43.line of inquiry tonight might focus on three paratroopers who were

:05:43. > :05:47.recently dismissed from a local base for links to far right

:05:47. > :05:51.extremism and one of those soldiers was said to have an identifying

:05:51. > :06:00.tattoo on his face, which could corerespond to that tattoo

:06:00. > :06:02.identified by a key witness. Thank you very much. Private

:06:02. > :06:04.companies could take over the running, and possibly the

:06:04. > :06:07.construction, of major roads in England under plans outlined by

:06:07. > :06:10.David Cameron today. The Prime Minister said he wanted to attract

:06:10. > :06:16.investment to improve the road network and tackle congestion which

:06:16. > :06:18.he said was costing the economy billions of pounds a year. But he

:06:18. > :06:24.insisted it wasn't about mass tolling, as our political editor

:06:24. > :06:29.Nick Robinson reports. Congestion from junction four,

:06:29. > :06:33.delays... Traffic congestion, gridlock, what's the solution? The

:06:33. > :06:37.Prime Minister suggested today it might involve privatising England's

:06:37. > :06:42.A roads and motorways, asking companies to build and run our

:06:42. > :06:46.roads. How do we do more, frankly, when there isn't enough money? I

:06:46. > :06:50.think we need to look at innovative approaches to the funding of our

:06:50. > :06:54.national roads. We need to look urgently at the options for getting

:06:54. > :06:57.large-scale private investment into the national roads network. Just

:06:58. > :07:01.because roads might be run by private companies, the Prime

:07:01. > :07:05.Minister insisted today you wouldn't necessarily have to pay to

:07:05. > :07:09.drive on them. Let me be clear. This is not about mass tolling.

:07:09. > :07:13.It's about getting more out of the money that motorists already pay.

:07:13. > :07:17.The idea the Government's examining is to invite private companies to

:07:17. > :07:21.build a new road or improve an old one, to lease and manage it for say

:07:21. > :07:26.20 years, to be paid per driver using the road, with that money

:07:26. > :07:31.coming either from tolls paid by the driver, or from our taxes paid

:07:31. > :07:37.by the Government. There already is privately built and privately run

:07:37. > :07:41.road in Britain, the M6 toll near Birmingham. Pay �5.50 and you can

:07:41. > :07:44.drive 27 miles in peace. Don't pay and you go on the old M6 and risk

:07:44. > :07:48.sitting in a jam. I don't mind paying a little bit to get

:07:48. > :07:53.somewhere quicker. You have the toll road, the M6 toll and not many

:07:53. > :07:58.people use it. It's worth looking at. Loots of countries that's the

:07:58. > :08:03.norm. -- lots of country that's the norm. The A14 in Suffolk is a

:08:03. > :08:08.candidate to be privately built and run. Ministers say they'll consider

:08:08. > :08:12.tolling the road, if new money can be raised to improve it. The mere

:08:12. > :08:14.mention of road pricing risks lighting a fuse on a potential

:08:14. > :08:23.political explosion, when the last Labour Government toyed with the

:08:23. > :08:27.idea it faced an e-petition signed by more than 1.7 million people.

:08:28. > :08:32.The Labour leader says the priority now is not adding to the squeeze on

:08:32. > :08:36.ordinary families, so he is anti- road pricing. But interestingly, he

:08:36. > :08:39.doesn't reject outright the idea of privately built and run roads.

:08:39. > :08:44.we can get more investment in that's fine. But if it means that

:08:44. > :08:47.in the end what happens is that individual motorists end up paying

:08:47. > :08:50.tolls to use our roads on top of having to pay record prices at the

:08:50. > :08:54.fuel pump, on top of seeing living standards cut, that will be the

:08:55. > :08:58.wrong thing to do. Most drivers tell politicians that they want

:08:58. > :09:02.more spent on the roads. But they also tell politicians they don't

:09:02. > :09:07.want to pay more in tax, and they tell politicians they don't want to

:09:07. > :09:10.pay road tolls or congestion charges. No wonder politicians are

:09:10. > :09:14.scratching their heads looking for a solution.

:09:14. > :09:19.Will this proposed way forward prove any more popular than the

:09:19. > :09:28.last one? If not, the Government and you might find yourselves in

:09:28. > :09:30.another jam. Details of the Chancellor's scheme

:09:30. > :09:33.to boost lending to small businesses, the National Loan

:09:33. > :09:36.Guarantee Scheme, or as credit easing, will be unveiled tomorrow.

:09:36. > :09:42.In effect, it's a taxpayer subsidy for small business finance that

:09:42. > :09:48.could be worth �200 million a year. Our business editor Robert Peston

:09:48. > :09:54.is with me. It's Budget week, how is this meant to fit in and work?

:09:54. > :09:59.Well, it's the big initiative to get cheaper money through to small

:09:59. > :10:02.businesses that are regarded as so vital to turning this weak economic

:10:02. > :10:06.recovery into something stronger. It's called credit easing. You have

:10:06. > :10:12.heard of quantitative easing, the creation of �325 billion of new

:10:12. > :10:18.money to keep interest rates down in general. This is about providing

:10:18. > :10:23.over two years, �20 billion of cheaper loans to smaller businesses,

:10:23. > :10:28.by in effect, subsidising the borrowing made by the banks. I have

:10:28. > :10:32.learned that five banks will sign up for this scheme, not HSBC

:10:32. > :10:37.because it doesn't need the subsidy, but the other four big banks, plus

:10:38. > :10:42.a little one called Aldermore and �50 billion will be -- �5 billion

:10:42. > :10:46.will be made initially over the first six months with a further �15

:10:46. > :10:50.billion in 18 months if all goes to plan. Now, I don't think small

:10:50. > :10:53.businesses are going to complain about about being offered cheaper

:10:53. > :10:57.loans but what some will say is this doesn't address the

:10:57. > :11:02.fundamental problem as they see it, which is that the banks aren't

:11:02. > :11:07.prepared to take bigger risks in lending to them and so some will

:11:07. > :11:09.fear yes there will be more in the way of cheap finance, but not o

:11:09. > :11:18.enough additional support for this vital sector of the economy. Thank

:11:18. > :11:22.you. The Government's planned reforms of

:11:22. > :11:25.the NHS have moved a step closer to becoming law tonight. The Health

:11:25. > :11:27.Bill cleared its final stages in the House of Lords, despite a

:11:27. > :11:30.Labour attempt to block it. The measures, which include giving

:11:30. > :11:34.family doctors more control over their budgets, will now return to

:11:34. > :11:37.the Commons. Russia has called on Syrian

:11:37. > :11:41.government and opposition forces to agree to daily ceasefires to allow

:11:41. > :11:44.humanitarian aid into areas affected by recent violence. The

:11:44. > :11:48.Russian foreign ministry made the request after holding talks with

:11:48. > :11:51.the International Committee of the Red Cross. And, as our diplomatic

:11:51. > :11:59.correspondent James Robbins reports, the call comes on a day which saw

:11:59. > :12:03.even more violence in Damascus. The nighttime firefight seems to

:12:03. > :12:07.have been one of the fiercest inside Damascus. Opposition

:12:08. > :12:11.fighters say they were targeting the home of a Syrian army General,

:12:11. > :12:15.apparently trying to show they can bring the uprising close to

:12:15. > :12:22.President Assad's power base. After weeks in which his forces have

:12:22. > :12:27.driven them out of some key bases, particularly in Homs.

:12:27. > :12:30.An armed terrorist group yesterday... Syrian state TV's

:12:30. > :12:34.English service is reporting what it calls attacks by terrorists.

:12:34. > :12:39.Security forces stormed the hiding place for terrorists... It also

:12:39. > :12:44.spoke of massacres and in response, successful security force

:12:44. > :12:47.operations to kraez men and weapons. This comes after weekend car

:12:48. > :12:50.bombings which each side blames on the other. What may be most

:12:50. > :12:57.significant about the latest fighting in Damascus is that it

:12:57. > :13:02.happened on the regime's doorstep. Here in the relatively wealthy Al

:13:02. > :13:05.Mezzi district, close to strongholes which help protect

:13:05. > :13:09.President Assad's huge compound. The President faces renewed

:13:09. > :13:12.pressure from two quarters, the United Nations team of five

:13:12. > :13:17.immediate aters has arrived in Damascus, and Russia's foreign

:13:17. > :13:25.Minister now says his country backs Red Cross pressure for a daily

:13:25. > :13:30.humanitarian ceasefire across Syria. In Moscow, the head of the

:13:30. > :13:33.International Red Cross got Sergei Lavrov's crucial support. Russia's

:13:33. > :13:38.Foreign Ministry is now calling on the Syrian Government and armed

:13:38. > :13:48.groups to observe a daily truce, allowing access to the wounded and

:13:48. > :13:48.

:13:48. > :13:53.It is trying to understand. That the wounded have access to medical

:13:53. > :13:57.care without being frightened as to what will happen to them.

:13:57. > :14:00.The daily procession of funerals continues.

:14:00. > :14:08.The apparent political progress in Russia still has to be tested on

:14:08. > :14:12.the ground. The hospital treating the Bolton

:14:12. > :14:17.footballer, Fabrice Muamba says he is in serious condition, but

:14:17. > :14:23.showing a small sign of improvements. The player suffered a

:14:24. > :14:27.cardiac a arrest playing against Spurs on Saturday. The London Chest

:14:27. > :14:31.Hospital say that his heart is now beating without the help of

:14:31. > :14:36.medication. He has been moving his arms and legs.

:14:36. > :14:40.A remarkable day, a hospital inside which a footballer appears to be

:14:40. > :14:44.making an extraordinary recovery. Tonight, confirmation from a

:14:44. > :14:48.vifptor, that Fabrice Muamba has even been speaking.

:14:48. > :14:52.Yes, we are all happy. Of course, we keep praying for him.

:14:52. > :14:55.Hopefully he can come back and enjoy his football.

:14:56. > :15:01.Was he speaking in French and English? Yes.

:15:01. > :15:04.Speaking French and English now, what Fabrice Muamba arrived here on

:15:04. > :15:07.Saturday evening, he was not even breathing.

:15:07. > :15:11.The medical updates from the doctors have gotten better as the

:15:11. > :15:16.day has gone on. This afternoon we were told that the patient was

:15:16. > :15:19.moving his arms and legs. This evening came the news he was

:15:19. > :15:24.breathing without a ventilator and well enough to acknowledge his

:15:25. > :15:29.family and friends. Throughout the day, there's been a steady stream

:15:29. > :15:33.of visitors. Ashley Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips, amongst those when

:15:33. > :15:39.came to give support it their fellow footballer.

:15:39. > :15:44.Other players saw the incident at first hand during the FA Cup

:15:44. > :15:51.quarter-final. Today the bolt n captain spoke for the first time

:15:51. > :15:55.about the agonising first minutes when the medical staff struggled to

:15:55. > :16:00.help Fabrice Muamba. You are powerless. He is colleague,

:16:00. > :16:04.a friend, a father a son, it all runs through your head. You feel

:16:04. > :16:10.powerless to do anything about it. Messages of support continue to

:16:10. > :16:14.pour into Bolton's ground. This afternoon, the entire team turned

:16:14. > :16:19.up. Fabrice Muamba's progress is being followed by football lovers

:16:19. > :16:28.around the world. The signs are promising that the outcome could be

:16:28. > :16:31.the one that everyone desires. Coming up: We talk to Olympic torch

:16:31. > :16:35.bearers, the youngest and the oldest.

:16:35. > :16:40.I do think it is something for everyone. As you can see there is

:16:40. > :16:50.quite a difference in age, but I think it is for everyone. Oh, I do.

:16:50. > :16:50.

:16:50. > :16:55.It is exactly right. It is, it is for all ages.

:16:55. > :16:58.Now, as the Libyan authorities try to secure the extradition of

:16:58. > :17:03.Abdullah al-Senussi from neighbouring Mauritania, details

:17:03. > :17:08.are emerging about the numbers of people he may have abducted and

:17:08. > :17:13.killed. He is arguably the most feared man in Libya. There may be

:17:13. > :17:17.up to 8,000 people missing on both sides of the conflict.

:17:17. > :17:22.This is why Libya wants Abdullah al-Senussi back for trial. A mass

:17:22. > :17:27.grave outside of Tripoli, where at least 35 people are thought to be

:17:27. > :17:32.buried. Protesters shot at the start of

:17:33. > :17:37.last year's uprising on the direct orders of Waiting For Godot's

:17:37. > :17:42.former intelligence chief. No-one has lost more than this man.

:17:42. > :17:45.He has not seen nor heard from his five eldest sons since they were

:17:45. > :17:51.abducted by Colonel Gaddafi's police last summer.

:17:51. > :17:54.All five boys went missing on the same day? Yes, at the same time.

:17:54. > :18:04.Where are they now, do you know? don't know.

:18:04. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:12.I don't know. Isham hopes that the same fate has

:18:12. > :18:18.not befallen his brother, Tariq. Was your brother a political

:18:18. > :18:22.prisoner? I think so. The cells are new -- now full of

:18:22. > :18:28.Colonel Gaddafi loyalists, but what became of the 40-year-old, detained

:18:28. > :18:32.like so many other doctors. I don't know where he is exactly. I

:18:33. > :18:39.have to know where is this place. As long as there is a chance that

:18:39. > :18:44.his brother may be alive, he will try anything. Here, giving his DNA

:18:44. > :18:48.to a central data bank. There may be 300, 400 people here

:18:48. > :18:54.from across Tripoli? Across Libya, yes.

:18:54. > :18:58.There could be up to as many as,000 people missing in Libya.

:18:58. > :19:01.The blank spaces are where the dead have been identified with a weak

:19:01. > :19:05.central government and little expertise, tracing the others will

:19:05. > :19:09.not be easy. The process of identification is

:19:09. > :19:12.very collection. It is very time consuming. We are talking about

:19:12. > :19:17.years. Definitely, this is something that

:19:17. > :19:22.has to be told clearly to the grief-stricken families.

:19:23. > :19:27.These are the woods behind the infamous Rixos Hotel in Tripoli

:19:27. > :19:32.where many journalists stayed during last year's fighting. What I

:19:32. > :19:35.am watch watching now is a video showing dozens of dead bodies.

:19:35. > :19:41.AntiColonel Gaddafi activists, murdered and left in the woods,

:19:41. > :19:50.left to rot in the sun. The gunfire we heard here now explained.

:19:50. > :19:56.In this broken country, a lonely vigil for AbuSalam, an old man who

:19:56. > :20:01.just wants his boys to come home. On Wednesday, the Chancellor,

:20:01. > :20:07.George Osbourne, is to deliver his third Budget and companies across

:20:07. > :20:11.Britain will be hoping for measures to boost growth. Research from the

:20:11. > :20:16.BBC reveals big variations in growth over the past two years.

:20:16. > :20:20.Some areas seeing new start-ups, but others experiencing is drop.

:20:20. > :20:24.If you look closely at businesses in different parts of the UK

:20:24. > :20:32.economy it is a mixed picture. Research shows where the growth is,

:20:32. > :20:38.once you have taken into account start-pus and failures in each area.

:20:38. > :20:41.Eare talking about one man band, up to larger organisations of up to

:20:41. > :20:45.250 individuals it is very much about understanding where the

:20:45. > :20:48.businesses are, where they have started up and where they have been

:20:48. > :20:53.declined. Here are examples of the strongest

:20:53. > :20:57.areas of business growth in two years. The Motherlands area of

:20:57. > :21:01.Staffordshire has seen increase of over 4% in the number of businesses.

:21:01. > :21:06.Sterling has seen Ann newel increase of more than 2%, the

:21:06. > :21:10.highest in Scotland, but it is Harlow in Essex that has seen the

:21:10. > :21:15.fastest growth in the UK, more than 6% for the last two years. So what

:21:16. > :21:21.is the secret of its success? This decorative glass maker said that

:21:21. > :21:25.the local business community and the transport links have helped.

:21:25. > :21:30.The close proximity to London, which is very, very important to us.

:21:30. > :21:35.You can be in the centre of the city in half an our and Stansted

:21:35. > :21:41.Airport is up the road. And bridge end in South Wales has

:21:41. > :21:45.seen its business number decline by 9.5% per year on average. Belfast

:21:45. > :21:49.seeing its business total fall back by more than 6%. Moseley on

:21:49. > :21:54.Merseyside has seen the biggest loss of businesses with a fall of

:21:54. > :21:57.more than 21% on average each year. Experts say that there are a number

:21:58. > :22:03.of reasons for that. There has been encouragement for new businesses,

:22:03. > :22:09.but it has been a tough challenge. These things take time. When you

:22:09. > :22:11.have three generations of the same family whoen is unemployed, you are

:22:11. > :22:15.talking about getting to the hard core of people.

:22:15. > :22:19.So, for the policy makers, including the Chancellor, getting

:22:19. > :22:23.growth growing around the UK is far from straightforward.

:22:23. > :22:29.For viewers in England there is a special programme about the economy

:22:29. > :22:33.in your area later on tonight. That is Our Economy, the Debate at

:22:33. > :22:38.11.05pm on BBC One. The Director-General of the BBC,

:22:38. > :22:43.Mark Thompson has announced he is stepping down in the autumn. Mark

:22:43. > :22:46.Thompson has been in charge of the BBC for eight years, he is the

:22:46. > :22:49.longest-serving Director-General since the 1970s.

:22:49. > :22:56.The Duchess of Cambridge has made her first public speech during a

:22:57. > :23:02.visit to Ipswich today. Hoping the Treehouse Children's

:23:02. > :23:07.Hospice, that she is helping she hopes to be inspired by the Stacey

:23:07. > :23:12.Hossell. For many this is a home from home,

:23:12. > :23:16.a life line, enabling families to live as normally as possible during

:23:16. > :23:21.a very precious period of time. The Duchess of Cambridge in Ipswich

:23:21. > :23:26.today. Now, the route of the Olympic torch.

:23:26. > :23:31.Street by street, it's been published along with the names of

:23:31. > :23:38.more than 7,000 people who will be torch bearers. The youngest 12

:23:38. > :23:45.years old, the oldest almost 100. It will be zig zagging across the

:23:45. > :23:49.country, from Land's End to the Giant's Causeway. Practising for

:23:49. > :23:55.his big moment, 11-year-old, Dominic MacGowan from Birmingham,

:23:55. > :23:58.one of the youngest Olympic torch bearers. With him, the oldest, 99-

:23:58. > :24:04.year-old Dinah Gould, modelling her official track suit.

:24:04. > :24:10.It is a great honour. My mum, if my mum was alive, she would be so

:24:10. > :24:17.proud. So would my husband. There is a difference in age, but I think

:24:17. > :24:22.it is for everyone. Oh, I do, it is exactly right.

:24:22. > :24:25.The flame will travel 8,000 miles as it countries-crosses the UK on

:24:25. > :24:29.its way to the Olympic Stadium. Today, the route was revealed,

:24:29. > :24:34.street by street. It's been designed to show off

:24:34. > :24:41.Britain's most famous landmarks, and to go within ten miles of 95%

:24:41. > :24:44.of the population. On the 23rd of May, the torch will

:24:44. > :24:48.cross the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The organisers hope that by

:24:48. > :24:53.bringing the flame to places like Bristol, they will engage the whole

:24:53. > :24:58.of the UK in the London Games. On this Bristol estate, most were

:24:58. > :25:03.surprised that the torch would be passing their front doors.

:25:03. > :25:09.Through here? Yes. My goodness, I don't believe it!

:25:09. > :25:13.is a once in a lifetime experience. Do you feel engaged? No, it will

:25:13. > :25:17.take more to get me engaged, I'm afraid.

:25:17. > :25:22.He is engaged, David Jackson, a coastguard at Land's End, to be one

:25:22. > :25:27.of the first to carry the torch. It is overwhelming, really,

:25:27. > :25:31.unbeliefable, but it is something that the world will look at. It is

:25:31. > :25:37.good for the local community, good for Cornwall, good for Britain.

:25:37. > :25:42.Today, nearly 2 million people have looked at the route on the BBC's