:00:11. > :00:17.Ada wind-down from the government, hours before it faced defeat in a
:00:17. > :00:21.crucial vote in reforming the House of Lords -- a climbdown. The
:00:21. > :00:27.timetable was abandoned as the coalition faced a Conservative
:00:27. > :00:31.rebellion. Whatever moral authority this bill had, it has now lost.
:00:31. > :00:34.is the very substantial opposition from within the Conservative Party
:00:34. > :00:37.that is responsible for the withdrawal of this motion. We will
:00:38. > :00:43.be assessing whether this is the end of the road for Lords reform,
:00:43. > :00:46.and the damage suffered by the coalition.
:00:46. > :00:51.Barclays' former chief Bob Diamond hits back at what he calls unfair
:00:51. > :00:55.criticism as it emerges he waived his final multi-million-pound bonus.
:00:55. > :00:58.John Terry gives evidence in the racism trial, he said he was very
:00:58. > :01:03.angry and upset when the allegations were made.
:01:03. > :01:11.The family behind the Tetrapak business empire is hit by tragedy
:01:11. > :01:13.after one of British richest women is found dead.
:01:13. > :01:17.Egypt's power-struggle bring supporters of the new President out
:01:17. > :01:21.onto the streets as he faces a stand-off with the army.
:01:21. > :01:28.And the latest leg of the torch relay. First the man who broke the
:01:28. > :01:32.four-minute mile. And onwards by boat to a royal appointment.
:01:32. > :01:37.Coming up in sports day on the BBC News Channel, Nottingham Forest
:01:37. > :01:47.have new owners as one of Kuwait's richest families buys the club
:01:47. > :02:00.
:02:00. > :02:04.Good evening. In a dramatic climbdown, the government has
:02:04. > :02:08.abandoned plans for a controversial vote on reform of the House of
:02:09. > :02:12.Lords. Dozens of Conservative MPs had made it clear they would defy
:02:12. > :02:18.party orders and side with Labour in a vote on the measures.
:02:18. > :02:22.Ministers have warned that with no timetable, reform would fail. Nick
:02:22. > :02:26.Robinson reports on a day that could have serious implications for
:02:26. > :02:31.the coalition. This was the day the government
:02:31. > :02:35.lost its majority. The day all the behind-the-scenes arm-twisting and
:02:35. > :02:38.persuading proved not to be enough. The day Nick Clegg had to come to
:02:38. > :02:42.the Commons to hear that he couldn't get his way on House of
:02:42. > :02:50.Lords reform. Mr Speaker, we have listened carefully to the debate so
:02:50. > :02:57.far. Listening, that is, to all those Tory backbenchers. Some say
:02:57. > :03:03.70, others 100, the told ministers no, we simply won't back you.
:03:03. > :03:08.we will not move the programme motion tonight. The government
:03:08. > :03:12.chose to retreat rather than be defeated by a coalition of Tory
:03:12. > :03:17.rebels and the Labour Party. government's decision to withdraw
:03:17. > :03:22.the programme motion today is a victory for Parliament. The motion,
:03:22. > :03:26.which ministers did not dare put to the vote today, was not actually
:03:26. > :03:30.for Lords reform, it was for the timetable for debate, the so-called
:03:31. > :03:34.programme motion. It may seem trivial until you realise that with
:03:35. > :03:40.no timetable, there is no time limit on debates. The opponents can
:03:40. > :03:44.talk and talk. In the past, that has meant a recipe for no reform.
:03:44. > :03:49.The decision to climbdown came after the men who count votes for
:03:49. > :03:52.the government, the Tory chief whip and his Lib Dem deputy, said there
:03:52. > :03:56.simply were not enough for the government to win. The Prime
:03:56. > :04:00.Minister told Nick Clegg he needed more time to win over his rabbles.
:04:00. > :04:03.The numbers didn't stack up, they could tell that after they took the
:04:03. > :04:08.temperature in the debate and we have a capitulation. The government
:04:08. > :04:13.whips have blinked first. These are government supporters describing a
:04:13. > :04:18.government bill. Can I put it to my right honourable friend at whatever
:04:18. > :04:23.moral authority this bill had, it has now lost? Could I make clear
:04:23. > :04:26.from these benches that it is the very substantial opposition from
:04:26. > :04:30.within the Conservative Party that is responsible for their withdrawal
:04:30. > :04:35.of this motion, and not the Labour Party, and that should be perfectly
:04:35. > :04:39.clear. Ministers now say that over the summer they will work to
:04:39. > :04:42.persuade those stopping Lords reform by refusing to agree a
:04:42. > :04:47.timetable to change their minds and letting go ahead. What will be
:04:47. > :04:51.different, when you bring the same motion to the same house of Commons,
:04:51. > :04:55.went -- with the same basic proposals in two months? Politics
:04:55. > :04:58.is full of change and full of people looking further at the
:04:59. > :05:03.arguments, and concentrating on their issues. That is what we have
:05:03. > :05:07.to make sure happens. Can you put your own money on this happening?
:05:07. > :05:13.would never put my own money on any of this. Nick Clegg probably isn't
:05:13. > :05:16.laughing. His allies say that he and his party have made will sort
:05:16. > :05:22.of compromise is to carry a government red boxes and keep the
:05:22. > :05:27.coalition together. Now it is the Conservative -- Conservatives' turn.
:05:27. > :05:31.In coalition you sign up to a deal. It is not a pick-and-mix
:05:31. > :05:37.Corporation. Both parties have to stick to the deal and if you don't
:05:37. > :05:42.there is a serious consequence. -- pick and mix co-operation. It is a
:05:42. > :05:46.not very coded message to the Conservatives.
:05:46. > :05:50.William Hague was telling you about politics be a full of change but is
:05:50. > :05:55.this a change that can come back after this? The rebels are clear
:05:55. > :05:58.about this. They regard House of Lords reform as dead. Ministers
:05:58. > :06:05.insist that in the words of the Monty Python sketch about the
:06:05. > :06:09.parrot, Lords reform is merely resting. It is hard to see how it
:06:09. > :06:14.revives but politics is a pretty odd thing. Let me take you into the
:06:14. > :06:19.House of Commons chamber now. What you are seeing is MPs voting. They
:06:19. > :06:23.are voting on House of Lords reform. How are they likely to vote? In
:06:23. > :06:29.favour of House of Lords reform. You might say what is the fuss
:06:29. > :06:32.about? It is very simple. Without a timetable motion, it is the view of
:06:32. > :06:38.virtually every one that House of Lords reform will simply never
:06:38. > :06:42.happen. The government is saying they will come back in September
:06:42. > :06:46.with a chance to timetable this business. William Hague and no one
:06:46. > :06:51.else can give me an answer as to what might change between now and
:06:51. > :06:56.then. Where does that leave the coalition and relationship within
:06:56. > :07:00.government? For the moment, the coalition is secured. In the sense
:07:00. > :07:03.that the Liberal Democrats are not publicly turning their fire against
:07:03. > :07:07.the Conservatives. They are criticising the Labour Party,
:07:07. > :07:11.saying the Labour Party say they are in favour of reform but are in
:07:11. > :07:14.effect blocking it. Behind the scenes, Liberal Democrats are
:07:14. > :07:18.saying that if David Cameron can't deliver his party in September, if
:07:19. > :07:22.he can't make House of Lords reform happen, if he can't stick to the
:07:22. > :07:26.promises he made to his Liberal Democrat coalition partners, what
:07:26. > :07:30.the Tories will discover in the remaining months and years of this
:07:30. > :07:34.coalition is that all sorts of things they want the Lib Dems to
:07:34. > :07:39.vote for, they will suddenly discover the Lib Dems are not there
:07:39. > :07:42.to do. Thank you. The former Barclays
:07:42. > :07:46.chief executive Bob Diamond, who resigned over the bank's rate
:07:46. > :07:50.rigging scandal, said he is dismayed over the suggestion that
:07:50. > :07:54.his evidence to a parliamentary committee was less than candid. A
:07:54. > :08:00.committee was told Mr Diamond would receive a final pay package of �2
:08:00. > :08:05.million, a 10th of what he could have taken in bonuses.
:08:05. > :08:10.It was another day of high drama and the Berkeley saga, another day
:08:10. > :08:14.of revelation about the boardroom turmoil in one of Britain's biggest
:08:14. > :08:19.banks, and more fall-out from the interest rate rigging scandal. The
:08:19. > :08:23.spotlight was on the chairman, Marcus Agius, seen in happy times
:08:23. > :08:28.launching a bike hire scheme with the London mayor. He said he will
:08:28. > :08:33.quit after finding a new boss. He revealed details of Bob Diamond's
:08:33. > :08:40.pay-off. He has turned down �20 million of bonus entitlements. But
:08:40. > :08:45.Mark Agius told MPs there would be a payment -- Marcus Agius. He will
:08:45. > :08:49.get 12 months' pay and a cash payment in lieu of pension which
:08:49. > :08:53.comes to around �2 million. committee had a number of questions
:08:53. > :08:57.about the exact reasons for Bob Diamond's departure last week. Bob
:08:57. > :09:01.Diamond was on his way out after a meeting which took place here at
:09:01. > :09:05.the Bank of England. The Barclays chairman set out in detail how he
:09:05. > :09:10.and another director was summoned by the Governor last Monday evening
:09:10. > :09:13.and told in no uncertain terms, Mr Diamond was no longer acceptable.
:09:13. > :09:18.Marcus Agius said the attitude of the Bank of England and the other
:09:18. > :09:25.City watchdog had changed. He had to go to Mr Diamond's house to pass
:09:25. > :09:32.on the bad news. We explained what had happened. The conversation
:09:33. > :09:40.was... He was not in a good place, as you can imagine. You were
:09:40. > :09:45.handing him a loaded revolver? conversation was not long. He asked
:09:45. > :09:48.for time to talk to his family. There were revelations about the
:09:48. > :09:53.culture at parties and concerns expressed by regulators. In April
:09:53. > :09:57.this year, the head of the FSA, Lord Turner, wrote to Marcus Agius
:09:57. > :10:01.and talked of a Barclays attitude that was at the aggressive end of
:10:01. > :10:06.the rules and regulations. It's said one financial statement
:10:06. > :10:09.created a confusing a potentially misleading impression. MPs wanted
:10:09. > :10:16.to know why Mr Diamond had not said more about the letter when he gave
:10:16. > :10:21.evidence last week. It cannot be possible, can it, but Mr Diment
:10:21. > :10:25.wasn't aware that this letter -- that Mr Diamond wasn't aware of
:10:25. > :10:31.this letter and hadn't -- and had forgotten about it. I cannot speak
:10:31. > :10:35.of his testimony. The committee chairman they'd clear what he felt
:10:35. > :10:39.about the regulator's letter. will look to us, and frankly
:10:39. > :10:45.everybody listening, like another example of a complete lack of
:10:45. > :10:49.candour to Parliament by the chief executive of Barclays. But tonight,
:10:49. > :10:54.Bob Diamond has hit back, saying suggestions she was less than
:10:54. > :10:58.candid are totally unfair and unfounded. He has offered to
:10:58. > :11:01.discuss the issues further. Regulators may face further
:11:01. > :11:05.questions about their involvement in his departure.
:11:05. > :11:09.The former England football captain, John Terry, has said he was very
:11:09. > :11:12.angry and upset when accused of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand
:11:12. > :11:15.during a Premier League match last year. Giving evidence at
:11:15. > :11:21.Westminster magistrates' court, he denied the charge and the
:11:21. > :11:25.suggestion that he had snapped after being taunted about an affair.
:11:25. > :11:29.John Terry's journey to Westminster magistrates' court started with
:11:29. > :11:34.what he is alleged to have said 10 months ago. Today, finally, he had
:11:34. > :11:39.his say on accusations he had racially abused an opponent. It was
:11:39. > :11:43.during this match at Loftus Road in October at the Chelsea captain was
:11:43. > :11:46.caught on camera mouthing the word black, and a series of obscenities
:11:46. > :11:51.towards Queen's Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand when the
:11:51. > :11:56.pair traded insults. Five days later, Terry told FAA investigators
:11:56. > :12:01.he believed he had been accused of racist abuse and responded by
:12:01. > :12:10.sarcastically repeating the words. An audio recording was played in
:12:10. > :12:14.court. I think he is accusing me of calling him a black brake -- BLEEP
:12:14. > :12:20.in the altercation we have had. I repeat what he said ant called him
:12:20. > :12:26.a BLEEP at the end of that. Terry told the FA he was shocked and
:12:26. > :12:33.angered by the suggestion he would make a racist slur. I have been
:12:33. > :12:37.called a lot of things in my football career but being a racist
:12:37. > :12:42.is one I am not prepared to take. I am not having anyone, let alone and
:12:42. > :12:48.on think that about me, because that is not my character -- let
:12:48. > :12:55.alone Anton. He told the court that his support for charities of black
:12:55. > :12:59.Chelsea players showed he was not a racist. He applied for the court to
:12:59. > :13:03.be dismissed but the judge, Howard Riddle ruled that there was a case
:13:03. > :13:13.to answer. Duncan Penny for the prosecution said, you're not a
:13:13. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:24.-- Terry denied he had been provoked by Gedding from Ferdinand,
:13:24. > :13:28.And he admitted he might have handled the situation differently,
:13:28. > :13:38.but refused to apologise, saying he had done nothing wrong. He will
:13:38. > :13:39.
:13:39. > :13:44.continue to give evidence tomorrow A man suspected of murdering a
:13:44. > :13:49.police officer has been found dead in a churchyard in Essex. 64-year-
:13:49. > :13:52.old Peter Reeve's body was discovered this morning. The family
:13:52. > :14:00.of 41-year-old Ian Dibell say they'll take some comfort from his
:14:00. > :14:03.behavioury. Forensic teams spent most of today closely examining the
:14:03. > :14:07.graveyard, where Peter Reeve is believed to have killed himself. He,
:14:07. > :14:12.say Essex police, is the man who yesterday murdered a police
:14:12. > :14:17.constable. The 64-year-old was unknown to officers. He was found
:14:17. > :14:24.with injuries to his head and an illegal handgun at his side.
:14:24. > :14:28.Yesterday can only be described as an impossible to understand and
:14:28. > :14:33.escalation in events. It's an extreme set of circumstances that a
:14:33. > :14:38.man opens fire with a gun, clearly firing at more than one person and
:14:38. > :14:42.shoots an off duty police officer dead. PC Ian Dibell's family say
:14:42. > :14:46.they are immensely proud of him. Policing was in his blood. It may
:14:46. > :14:52.explain why, when he was off duty, he chose to intervene in a violent
:14:52. > :14:57.argument on this road in Clacton. A neighbour described seeing Peter
:14:57. > :15:02.Reeve shooting at two people. looked out the window and seen him
:15:02. > :15:07.fire shots at a lady who lived downstairs and see she run in one
:15:07. > :15:12.direction and he started walking back reloading the gun and opened
:15:12. > :15:17.fire on her other half, who was running down the actual road.
:15:17. > :15:22.have police confirmed about events? Around 3.40pm they received a 999
:15:22. > :15:27.called reporting firing at Redbridge Road. A man had been shot
:15:27. > :15:31.in the leg, sustaining minor injuries. Then, PC Ian Dibell, who
:15:31. > :15:35.lived nearby, was shot and killed. Following an intense search Peter
:15:35. > :15:40.Reeve was recognised at the graveyard in Writtle this morning,
:15:40. > :15:43.and it's unclear if he was alive. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
:15:43. > :15:47.Police say that they are still trying to establish exactly why
:15:47. > :15:52.Peter Reeve chose to end his life here. Local people have told the
:15:52. > :15:58.BBC that he had relations in the area and that he may have had a
:15:58. > :16:01.close family member buried in this graveyard. Peter Reeve's body has
:16:01. > :16:09.been removed for further examination, in what police are
:16:09. > :16:14.describing as a complex murder inquiry.
:16:14. > :16:19.Still to come - the Royal seal of approval, the latest stage of the
:16:19. > :16:23.little pick torch's journey takes it to Windsor Castle. -- the
:16:23. > :16:26.Olympic torch's journey takes is to Windsor Castle. Francois Hollande
:16:26. > :16:31.has spent the day in London, visiting David Cameron for the
:16:31. > :16:34.first time since he was elected in May. He denied he had ever been
:16:34. > :16:37.offended by the Prime Minister previously offering to roll out the
:16:37. > :16:40.red carpet for French citizens coming to Britain to avoid high
:16:40. > :16:48.taxes. He talked about making changes to Britain's relationship
:16:48. > :16:54.with the European Union, as we now report. A lavish welcome for the
:16:54. > :16:58.new French President. Very different from the last time he
:16:58. > :17:05.came to London, before the French election, when David Cameron, it
:17:05. > :17:08.seems, refused to see him. Maybe the honour guard can dwarf him,
:17:08. > :17:13.like his predecessor, this French President is on the short side, but
:17:13. > :17:19.no slight was intended. The aim of all this pomp and ceremony was to
:17:19. > :17:24.suggest a fresh start, and a desire to collaborate. Even the red carpet
:17:24. > :17:29.at Number Ten didn't spoil things. Last month, David Cameron said he
:17:29. > :17:35.would roll it out for French tax exiles if they wanted to escape new
:17:35. > :17:39.high French taches. Just British humour -- taxes. Just British
:17:39. > :17:43.humour said, Francois Hollande and no offence taken. Instead they
:17:43. > :17:48.focused on trade poll Sid and defence and papered over economic
:17:48. > :17:53.cracks with talk of a multi-speed Europe.? TRANSLATION: We should see
:17:53. > :17:59.a Europe as having different speeds. With each country taking what it
:17:59. > :18:02.wants from the EU. While respecting others. Time was any hint by a
:18:02. > :18:05.French President of a multi-speed Europe with Britain by implication
:18:05. > :18:10.in the outside slower lane, would have been cause for alarm here in
:18:10. > :18:13.London. But, now, it seems, the British Prime Minister agrees with
:18:13. > :18:18.Francois Hollande. Whether you want to call it different speeds or
:18:18. > :18:21.types of membership, I think that will be possible in the future. I
:18:21. > :18:25.don't think Britain is happy with its current relationship with the
:18:25. > :18:29.EU and I think we need to make changes. I'm committed, over time,
:18:29. > :18:34.to making those and I've said before, putting that then to the
:18:34. > :18:40.people to get their full-hearted consent. Not quite a promise of a
:18:40. > :18:44.referendum, but the latest hint it could be in the offing. At Windsor
:18:45. > :18:49.Castle, the Queen's welcome was in his language. She has greeted
:18:49. > :18:56.successive French Presidents. When his relations with London will
:18:56. > :19:00.overcome initial strains, probably still not fully tested. One of
:19:00. > :19:06.Britain's richest women has been found dead in central London. Roust
:19:06. > :19:09.roust roust was a member of the family behind the Tetrapak empire.
:19:09. > :19:14.A 49-year-old man reported to be her husband, was arrested in
:19:14. > :19:18.connection with the death and on suspicion of possession of drugs.
:19:18. > :19:25.Tonight, her family paid tribute, describing her as a devoted wife
:19:26. > :19:29.for 20ers. It was in the exclusive Chelsea area of London, in her
:19:29. > :19:34.enormous Georgian property, that roust roust roust's body was found.
:19:34. > :19:38.Police say her death is being treated as unexplained. The
:19:38. > :19:42.discovery folgd a search of the house by police yesterday --
:19:42. > :19:46.followed a search of the house by police yesterday, after a man was
:19:46. > :19:49.arrested. He's been arrested in connection with the death and is
:19:49. > :19:58.currently receiving medical attention. 48-year-old mother of
:19:58. > :20:03.four, Eva was married to Hapbs, the heri to a fortune, amassed by his
:20:03. > :20:09.tie confather, Hans who turned the cartoon company into a global
:20:09. > :20:14.empire. In 2008, at the American embassy in London, they got into
:20:14. > :20:19.trouble with police, when she was caught with Class A drugs. They
:20:19. > :20:23.were never prosecuted. The couple's large town house here in Chelsea
:20:23. > :20:28.was subsequently searched after that incident. 52 grammes of
:20:28. > :20:31.cocaine were found, as well as some crack cocaine and heroin and now
:20:31. > :20:38.four years on, this property is once again the subject of an
:20:38. > :20:45.investigation. They had privileged lifestyles and donated huge sums to
:20:45. > :20:48.good causes, including drugs charities, but Eva and hapbs were
:20:48. > :20:53.known addicts. She once said of her addiction that she had taken the
:20:53. > :20:56.wrong turn in the course of her life. A postmortem has failed to
:20:56. > :21:03.establish the cause of her death and further tests will now need to
:21:03. > :21:05.be carried out. Egypt remains locked in a power
:21:05. > :21:08.struggle between the new President and the ruling military council,
:21:08. > :21:12.with a court ruling against the President's decision to reinstate
:21:12. > :21:16.Parliament. MPs met in Cairo today in defiance of a military order to
:21:16. > :21:19.dissolve Parliament last month. Our correspondent, Jon Leyne, has the
:21:19. > :21:26.latest on a political crisis that began just days into new
:21:26. > :21:30.President's term in office. Standing slightly awkwardly
:21:30. > :21:35.together they attended military parade. These are the two rivals
:21:35. > :21:42.squaring up in Egypt's new battle for power. President morse morse of
:21:42. > :21:48.the Muslim Brotherhood and the military leader. Today, MPs arrived
:21:48. > :21:51.for a session of Parliament. The assembly was recalled by the
:21:51. > :21:56.President directly against the order of the military, which
:21:56. > :21:59.dissolved it just two weeks earlier. The session lasted only five
:21:59. > :22:04.minutes, but it's brought Egyptian politics back into crisis, just
:22:04. > :22:09.when the new President seemed to be aiming for consensus and compromise.
:22:09. > :22:13.The political confrontation is moving from something of a bare-
:22:13. > :22:18.knuckle fist fight, to more of an intrigue game of chess, but it's
:22:18. > :22:23.still a struggle for power, over who controls this great country.
:22:23. > :22:29.The next move in the game came from the constitutional court, which
:22:29. > :22:32.barely a week ago was swearing in President Mohammed Morsi. In a new
:22:32. > :22:37.ruling, the court overturned the President's decision to recall
:22:37. > :22:42.Parliament. That will be seized on by the President's critics, who are
:22:42. > :22:47.suggesting he's already beginning to act almost as a dictator. This
:22:47. > :22:52.is a terrible thing, that the President who is freely elected for
:22:52. > :22:59.the first time in the history of Egypt, only a few weeks after he's
:22:59. > :23:04.in office, he will make a decision or a decree totally against court
:23:04. > :23:09.cases. But the President is also winning friends. We found Egyptians
:23:09. > :23:12.pushing in petitions through the gates of the presidential palace,
:23:12. > :23:19.after Mohammed Morsi promised to deal with the problems of ordinary
:23:19. > :23:23.people one by one. All very different from his aLouvre
:23:23. > :23:30.predecessor, Hosni Mubarak. seems to be better than Hosni
:23:30. > :23:36.Mubarak too much because Mohammed Morsi come from the people and he
:23:36. > :23:41.likes people. Tonight, supporters of the President have been flooding
:23:41. > :23:45.back to Tahrir Square, as this new populist President challenges the
:23:45. > :23:48.old, established power of the military. The Olympic Flame was
:23:48. > :23:51.given the Royal seal of approval today. The Queen and the Duke of
:23:51. > :23:54.Edinburgh watched the torch arrive at Windsor Castle this afternoon.
:23:54. > :23:57.It was also a day for Britain's sporting heroes, starting with Sir
:23:57. > :24:06.Roger Bannister returning to the Oxford track where he became the
:24:07. > :24:12.first man to run a mile in under four minutes. Robert Hall reports.
:24:12. > :24:15.This was a day, which celebrated history and made a little of its
:24:16. > :24:19.own. At Oxford's stadium Sir Roger Bannister was once again on the
:24:19. > :24:26.track, where he became the first man to run a mile in under four
:24:26. > :24:32.minutes. I'm very glad to be part of the torch relay, because this
:24:32. > :24:36.symbolises a national enthusiasm, I think, for the Olympics. Down the
:24:36. > :24:42.road and lanes of the Thames Valley word was spreading and the crowds
:24:42. > :24:47.were growing. All a bit too much for 12-year-old Aaron Steel, but a
:24:47. > :24:54.few words of encouragement helped settle his nerves. In Henley, they
:24:54. > :25:01.hosted a small river pageant, at its heart a five-times medallist,
:25:01. > :25:11.with a challenge, transporting it across a fast-flowing current and
:25:11. > :25:12.
:25:12. > :25:17.there was a crash course in orzmanship. -- orsman ship. It's
:25:17. > :25:21.very, very special for the sport of rogue. By the time the torch wound
:25:21. > :25:26.its way up Windsor's high street, the crowds were threatening, but
:25:26. > :25:30.the highlight of the day was never in doubt. On every one of the 53
:25:30. > :25:34.days travelled so far, the team behind the torch have tried to
:25:34. > :25:38.ensure that it's seen by as many as people and photographed in some of
:25:38. > :25:44.our most famous landscapes. You don't get a much better photo
:25:44. > :25:49.opportunity than this one, whatever the weather. As the rain pounded
:25:49. > :25:53.the castle roof, the Queen and Prince Phillip met torchbearer,
:25:53. > :25:59.Gina McGregor and had a close-up view of the mechanics that
:25:59. > :26:04.accompany every transfer of the flame. Then away up long walks to
:26:04. > :26:08.the turf of Ascot, where Frankie Dettori had set himself the day's
:26:08. > :26:16.last challenge. Could he manage the famous dismount without