:00:05. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten, the Assad regime under mounting pressure from the
:00:09. > :00:16.rebels. The president appears on State television following
:00:16. > :00:23.yesterday's bomb attack in Damascus. But in a significant move, rebels
:00:23. > :00:29.seized control of some border posts. More fighting in the capital as the
:00:29. > :00:33.UN fails to agree new sanctions. The United Kingdom is appalled by
:00:33. > :00:36.the decision of Russia and China to veto this draft resolution aimed at
:00:36. > :00:39.bringing an end to the bloodshed in Syria.
:00:40. > :00:42.We'll have the latest on the turmoil in Syria and the state of
:00:42. > :00:45.the Assad government. Also tonight: The policeman accused of killing a
:00:45. > :00:54.newspaper seller is found not guilty, but the family say they'll
:00:54. > :00:58.fight on. There has to be one more answer to
:00:58. > :01:01.the question of who killed Ian Tomlinson and that we will pursue
:01:01. > :01:04.in a a court. Immigration staff decide to go on
:01:04. > :01:06.strike over pay and jobs the day before the Olympics open.
:01:06. > :01:08.Some five million Lloyds TSB customers are to have their
:01:08. > :01:11.accounts moved to the Co-operative Bank.
:01:11. > :01:21.And why this shot landed Rory McIlroy in a spot of bother at the
:01:21. > :01:22.
:01:22. > :01:32.A duck for captain Strauss, but a century for Alastair Cook helps
:01:32. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:50.England frustrate South Africa's Good evening.
:01:50. > :01:53.The Assad regime is under more pressure tonight after rebels
:01:53. > :01:57.seized control of a number of Syria's border crossings into Iraq
:01:57. > :02:02.and Turkey. During the day there was more fighting in Damascus after
:02:02. > :02:04.yesterday's bomb attack in which senior officials were killed. But
:02:04. > :02:13.the United Nations has failed to agree new sanctions against Syria
:02:13. > :02:21.as our Middle East editor, Jeremy Syrian rebels seized one of the
:02:22. > :02:26.crossings into Turkey, dismantling the portrait of President Assad.
:02:26. > :02:31.When a State loses control of its front years, even for a day, it is
:02:31. > :02:36.a sign of weakness. Rebel fighters are still shooting
:02:36. > :02:40.in the centre of Damascus. These are unverified pictures, but there
:02:40. > :02:46.are reports from the city that areas once considered regime
:02:46. > :02:50.strongholds have been affected. Syrian State TV showed President
:02:50. > :02:54.Assad swearing in a new Defence Minister. Presumably his TV
:02:54. > :03:00.appearance was designed to show calmness and strength. In the
:03:00. > :03:04.right-hand screen was the failed attempt to increase pressure on him
:03:04. > :03:06.in the Security Council. International diplomacy is
:03:06. > :03:13.deadlocked because the Security Council can't agree on what to do
:03:13. > :03:18.next. In New York, Russia and China vetoed a western supported attempt
:03:18. > :03:23.to strengthen sanctions. The decision by Russia and China in
:03:23. > :03:27.the view of the United Kingdom to veto this resolution is inexcusable
:03:27. > :03:31.and indefensible. When it came to the time to turn agreements which
:03:31. > :03:35.they have supported into action to end the violence, they stood aside
:03:35. > :03:40.from that. They have turned their back on the people of Syria in
:03:40. > :03:43.their darkest hour. At the Security Council, the Syrian
:03:43. > :03:50.ambassador blamed foreigners for causing the trouble at home. That
:03:50. > :03:56.has been the Assad ray regime's consistent line since the uprising
:03:56. > :04:06.started. President Assad's strategy needs to
:04:06. > :04:10.overturn one crucial development if his side is to survive. The the
:04:10. > :04:16.armed rebels are showing more strengths than before.
:04:16. > :04:21.Just before it began, 16 months ago, President Assad claimed Syria was
:04:21. > :04:25.immune to the virus of revolution. Kofi Annan's peace plan has been
:04:26. > :04:30.outflanked by violent events in Syria. President Assad's one bright
:04:30. > :04:34.spot is the protection he is getting in the UN Security Council.
:04:34. > :04:38.The Russians have denied reports that they have given sanctuary to
:04:38. > :04:42.the president's wife. The Assads have not yet been able to dispel
:04:42. > :04:49.the sense that they are buckling after the assassination of the
:04:49. > :04:53.president's brother-in-law and two other senior advisers.
:04:53. > :05:00.Allegiance is at the centre of a spreading sectarian war. The rebel
:05:00. > :05:08.fighters, these are more unverified pictures, are Sunni Muslims. The
:05:08. > :05:13.chances are they are shooting at elite units.
:05:13. > :05:23.But a majority of Syrian soldiers are Sunnis. There has to be a
:05:23. > :05:24.
:05:24. > :05:28.question mark over their loyalty to Jeremy, how do you see the balance
:05:28. > :05:31.of forces in Syria now? Well there, is crucial for President Assad and
:05:31. > :05:34.the way this is going to go. The rebels are on the up. You look at
:05:34. > :05:38.what they're doing, those assassinations, fighting in
:05:38. > :05:42.Damascus and taking over border crossings for a limited period and
:05:42. > :05:45.it is very significant. The president's men, they have plenty
:05:45. > :05:49.of fire power, but they have been going for 16 months and they must
:05:49. > :05:53.be getting tired. And there are the question marks about loyalty. Why
:05:53. > :05:56.does it this matter to us? I think it matters because the Syrian
:05:56. > :06:00.crisis has the potential to destabilise other parts of the
:06:00. > :06:03.Middle East. There are connections even down to the oil producing
:06:03. > :06:10.States of the gulf and history shows that when the Middle East is
:06:10. > :06:17.in trouble, it has a nasty hablet habit of exporting trouble to where
:06:18. > :06:20.A police officer accused of killing a newspaper seller during the G20
:06:21. > :06:23.protests in London has been found not guilty. PC Simon Harwood had
:06:23. > :06:27.insisted he had used reasonable force when he hit Ian Tomlinson
:06:27. > :06:31.with a baton and pushed him to the ground. The family say they'll now
:06:32. > :06:41.pursue the case in a civil court. After the verdict details of PC
:06:41. > :06:45.Harwood's employment record were It was described by the prosecution
:06:45. > :06:48.as an act of aggression. Constable Simon Harwood insisted that he had
:06:48. > :06:53.used reasonable force. Crucially it was captured on camera and that's
:06:53. > :06:58.why he ended up in the dock, charged with and now cleared of
:06:58. > :07:02.manslaughter. No comment from the officer as he
:07:02. > :07:07.walked free after a month long trial. Last year an inquest jury
:07:07. > :07:11.decide that Ian Tomlinson had been unlawfully killed. Today, his
:07:11. > :07:15.family said they were perplexed by the verdict in the criminal trial.
:07:15. > :07:22.We expected to hear a guilty verdict, not a not guilty verdict.
:07:22. > :07:29.It really hurts. But it is not the end. We're not giving up for
:07:29. > :07:32.justice for Ian. REPORTER: How do you feel?
:07:32. > :07:37.We have got nothing more to say. Ian Tomlinson wasn't involved in
:07:37. > :07:42.the G20 protests in London in 2009, he was trying to get home through
:07:42. > :07:45.the police lines. Mr Tomlinson had his back to these officers when
:07:45. > :07:50.Simon Harwood first struck him with his baton, from the side you can
:07:50. > :07:54.see the baton going in and then the push. Ian Tomlinson, an alcoholic
:07:54. > :07:57.with a liver disease, was said by a number of experts to have suffered
:07:57. > :08:00.internal bleeding when he fell. Although one told the jury, the
:08:00. > :08:06.bleeding may not have been the result of the fall. He was helped
:08:06. > :08:10.to his feet, but collapsed up the road and died
:08:10. > :08:12.The end of the criminal trial and Simon Harwood is now facing a
:08:12. > :08:16.Scotland Yard disciplinary hearing regarding events here three years
:08:16. > :08:20.ago. There are questions over whether at that time, he should
:08:20. > :08:24.have been a serving police officer. With the court case over, we can
:08:24. > :08:29.for the first time report details of his background.
:08:29. > :08:34.In 2000 whilst serving as a Met officer, he was accused in doing
:08:34. > :08:37.involved in an off duty road rage incident. The next year, he left
:08:37. > :08:40.his police officer job on medical grounds, but was reemployed the
:08:40. > :08:44.following week by the Met in a civilian post. The disciplinary
:08:44. > :08:49.hearing never took place, but the force paid out to the man who
:08:49. > :08:52.complained about him. In 2003, he switched to the Surrey force and
:08:52. > :08:56.became a police officer again. The next year, he was back in the Met.
:08:56. > :09:01.This time, as an officer in their public order unit, the Territorial
:09:01. > :09:06.Support Group. It is clear that insufficient recording and checks
:09:06. > :09:11.meant that detailed information regarding this officer's misconduct
:09:11. > :09:16.history was not shared at key points. We got that wrong. Since
:09:16. > :09:20.then, we've made huge changes to the vetting processes.
:09:20. > :09:25.The jury wasn't told about Simon Harwood's employment record or that
:09:25. > :09:32.over the years a total of ten complaints were made against him,
:09:32. > :09:36.all but one were unproved and denied. Ape Ian Ian Tomlinson's
:09:36. > :09:41.widow and his his children have pledged to bring a civil case
:09:41. > :09:45.Immigration staff have announced they're going on strike the day
:09:45. > :09:48.before the start of the Olympics. The action, by members of the PCS
:09:48. > :09:51.Union, could potentially cause delays at all airports and ports.
:09:51. > :09:56.The PCS says there is still time to call off the action if ministers
:09:57. > :10:03.respond to their concerns about pay and job cuts. The Government said
:10:03. > :10:10.it was "outrageous". Tom Symonds Welcome to Britain. The Olympics
:10:10. > :10:17.maybe about to start, but we're on strike! The announcement by the PS
:10:17. > :10:21.Union called ministerial ministerial fury.
:10:21. > :10:25.They are holding a strike when people are coming into the country
:10:25. > :10:29.for the Olympic Games. It is not right. They will be damaging
:10:29. > :10:33.people's enjoyment of coming into the UK.
:10:33. > :10:38.So how bad could it be? Well, this was Heathrow immigration in
:10:38. > :10:41.November during a similar strike by the PCS Union. Queues were
:10:41. > :10:49.minimised by pushing every possible member of staff on to the front-
:10:49. > :10:53.line. The hope is that will work again. However, busy Heathrow is.
:10:53. > :10:58.The the union has chosen its moment to hammer home that pay cuts and a
:10:58. > :11:03.pay freeze damaged the UK's border force. One day of disruption is
:11:03. > :11:05.regrettable, but it is better than having 365 days a year where people
:11:05. > :11:10.are coming into this country and queuing for three or four hours,
:11:10. > :11:15.where they can't get passports and they can't get a proper service.
:11:15. > :11:21.There could be disruption too on this train service linking the east
:11:21. > :11:26.Midlands and Sheffield to London's St Pancreas, a key interchange for
:11:26. > :11:31.the Olympic Park. ASLEF is walking out between the 6th and 8th August.
:11:31. > :11:34.It is inevitable that strikes would be targeted on London's transport
:11:34. > :11:40.system during the Olympic Games. They are simply added to the list
:11:40. > :11:46.of last minute worries in these final days. The row about security
:11:46. > :11:52.goes on. At the Olympic Park, extra troops
:11:52. > :11:57.are filling in for the inadequacies of G4S., but ministers are playing
:11:57. > :12:04.it safe and so another 1200 are on short notice stand-by in case they
:12:04. > :12:09.are needed too. MPs are demanding to know why, when G4S was was asked
:12:09. > :12:14.to provide five times more guards last year, its bill for the job
:12:14. > :12:18.rose 12-fold and whether poor pay is why so many staff have
:12:18. > :12:23.disappeared from the company's rost ter. We were told that security
:12:23. > :12:28.guards were getting between �9 and �11. They are getting a bare �8 an
:12:28. > :12:35.hour. You have to ask well where was the money going? Where were
:12:36. > :12:41.they cutting corners and who was profiteering?
:12:41. > :12:48.There are problems to be ironed, but perhaps when this place comes
:12:48. > :12:52.alive, the difficulties will be There is a risk of permanent damage
:12:52. > :12:55.to the British economy according to the International Monetary Fund. It
:12:55. > :13:01.has warned the Chancellor that he might have to reconsider his fiscal
:13:01. > :13:04.policy if there is no recovery by the end of the year. Let's talk to
:13:04. > :13:08.Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders. How significant is this warning?
:13:08. > :13:11.think it is quite significant. We should be clear about what this is.
:13:11. > :13:14.It's the complete report from the economists who came to do the
:13:14. > :13:17.annual health check for the UK economy a couple of months ago. We
:13:17. > :13:21.have already had some of the headline conclusions from that. The
:13:21. > :13:24.details are pretty interesting. They are very bleak about the state
:13:24. > :13:28.of the economy. They think the Bank of England should be doing more to
:13:28. > :13:31.support growth, possibly with another interest rate cut and even
:13:31. > :13:35.more pumping of money into the economy. They think the Government
:13:35. > :13:38.right now should be more focused on growth. Most interesting is the
:13:38. > :13:42.time frame that they put looking forward. They save the economy does
:13:42. > :13:45.not pick up at the end of this year, the Chancellor really would have to
:13:45. > :13:49.rethink some of his plans for cutting the deficit next year. That
:13:49. > :13:53.the budget cuts currently in place for next year would be too much for
:13:54. > :13:57.the economy to cope with. They don't think that if Mr Osborne was
:13:57. > :14:01.forced to do that that it would be very costly in terms of a financial
:14:01. > :14:05.market reaction. Mr Osborne might disagree. The Treasury would want
:14:06. > :14:09.to point out that the IMF is not saying we should have a plan D now
:14:09. > :14:13.and follow the Labour strategy now. It is significant that they are
:14:13. > :14:18.saying that, at the end of the year, if we don't see a decent recovery,
:14:18. > :14:21.the Chancellor may have to start spending real money to fix it.
:14:21. > :14:24.Police in England and Wales have recorded the lowest number of
:14:24. > :14:31.murders and other killings in nearly three decades according to
:14:31. > :14:34.figures from the Office of National Statistics. The overall total of
:14:34. > :14:40.offences also dropped significantly. Pickpocketing and thefts of metal -
:14:40. > :14:44.- metal and mobile phones increased. The warnings were dire. Recession
:14:44. > :14:49.would fuel a crime wave and cuts to police would be petrol to the
:14:50. > :14:53.flames. In fact, you would have to go back 23 years to find recorded
:14:53. > :14:57.crime levels as low as they are now. Violent crime has fallen
:14:57. > :15:02.significantly. Homicides are at their lowest for 29 years.
:15:02. > :15:07.Attempted murders are down 8%, year-on-year. Property crime is
:15:08. > :15:13.down as well. Car theft is down 13% from last year, burglary is down 4%.
:15:13. > :15:17.Some specific crimes have risen. Mobile phone theft, high-value and
:15:17. > :15:21.easily portable, and metal theft. Soaring prices have pushed up
:15:21. > :15:26.demand. The bigger picture is repeated across the UK and the
:15:26. > :15:32.Western world. Scotland's recorded crime is that at its lowest level
:15:32. > :15:36.for 70 years. Northern Ireland, the lowest in at least a decade. Why?
:15:36. > :15:41.Some think it was the advances in security for cars and homes in the
:15:41. > :15:46.80s and 90s that, in effect, diverted potential offenders from a
:15:46. > :15:50.life of crime. People are finding it harder to break into cars. This
:15:50. > :15:55.means that they did not have the bottom rung of a criminal ladder to
:15:55. > :16:00.climb up. They are starter crimes and they are not available as much
:16:01. > :16:05.to them. The fall in violent crimes may be a reflection of a society
:16:05. > :16:08.that has become increasingly intolerant of violence. Public
:16:08. > :16:11.protests and campaigns have been reflected in a change to police
:16:12. > :16:15.priorities. A lot of violence and homicide is committed by offenders
:16:16. > :16:21.that are known to the victim, particularly in domestic situations.
:16:21. > :16:26.We work very hard with our partners to identify repeat victims and
:16:26. > :16:29.repeat offenders. That is paying dividends. Official survey data
:16:29. > :16:34.suggests that people's experience of crime is that a stable level
:16:34. > :16:39.after decades of decline. Calls to police about antisocial behaviour
:16:39. > :16:44.are down 30% in five years. What is becoming increasingly clear is that
:16:44. > :16:48.crime is only marginally related to police numbers, Criminal Justice
:16:48. > :16:53.policy or even the state of the economy. The key driver for falling
:16:53. > :17:03.violence is probably social. Britain, it might be argued, is
:17:03. > :17:05.
:17:06. > :17:13.Coming up: We will be meeting the Chinese billionaire who has reaped
:17:13. > :17:17.success in the country's economic Around 5 million customers of
:17:17. > :17:21.Lloyds TSB are to be transferred on to the books of the co-operative
:17:21. > :17:26.Bank after a deal was agreed over the sale of more than 600 branches.
:17:26. > :17:31.Lloyds, 40% owned by the taxpayer, was forced to sell the branches to
:17:31. > :17:34.comply with European rules on state aid. Simon Gompertz looks at the
:17:34. > :17:39.changes and what they could mean for customers.
:17:39. > :17:43.There is a big change coming on Britain's high streets. Amongst the
:17:43. > :17:48.top banking names, there will be another to choose from as the Co-op
:17:48. > :17:54.becomes a major player. The retail banking market has been dominated
:17:54. > :18:00.by the big five banks. We are now going to be a significant
:18:00. > :18:05.challenger. Customers at the 632 Lloyds branches will be transferred,
:18:05. > :18:10.lock stock and barrel, to the top, along with staff and computer
:18:10. > :18:15.systems. To many, it is a surprise. Disappointed, to be honest. To be
:18:15. > :18:19.honest, yes. They should have told us. I understood it was just a
:18:19. > :18:23.branch, but it is obviously the customers as well. I just opened a
:18:23. > :18:25.current account. It's being sold. As long as it doesn't make a
:18:25. > :18:29.difference to my savings, it shouldn't be a problem. At the
:18:29. > :18:34.moment, the Co-op have a better reputation than Lloyds TSB, it
:18:34. > :18:39.seems. Perhaps it is a good move. It is a huge shift for 5 million
:18:39. > :18:46.customers. The branches affected, and it is around a third of them,
:18:46. > :18:50.will see the name change from Lloyds TSB to just tsp. They will
:18:50. > :19:00.still be able to going and operate their accounts, but they will not
:19:00. > :19:00.
:19:00. > :19:04.be able to use the remaining Lloyds The Lloyds journey began with the
:19:04. > :19:08.takeover of TSB. Then it swallowed up the Halifax and Bank of Scotland
:19:08. > :19:14.and had to be bailed out by the taxpayer. At which point, the
:19:14. > :19:17.European Commission ordered them to hold and sell branches. The Co-op
:19:17. > :19:21.banking customers will rise from 6 million, up to 11 million. On
:19:21. > :19:25.current accounts that will rank alongside the Nationwide. It will
:19:25. > :19:29.still be only half as big as Barclays and less than a third the
:19:29. > :19:32.size of Leeds, with its remaining branches. This is a great first
:19:32. > :19:36.step, as long as the customers do not feel forced to move if they do
:19:36. > :19:40.not want to. We want the authorities to go further and look
:19:41. > :19:44.at breaking up the dominance of the very big banks, make account
:19:44. > :19:48.switching easier and really bring competition back to high-street
:19:48. > :19:51.banking. Customers affected will get the chance to opt out of the
:19:52. > :19:59.move. If they do want to stay with Lloyds, they will have to find
:19:59. > :20:02.A judge in Birmingham has appealed for calm after eight defendants
:20:02. > :20:08.were cleared of murdering three men during last summer's riots. Haroon
:20:08. > :20:12.Jahan, along with brothers Shahzad Ali and Abdul Musavir died after
:20:12. > :20:17.they were hit by a car as they try to protect local shops from looters
:20:17. > :20:20.in the Winson Green area. China is preparing for a change of
:20:20. > :20:23.leadership over the coming months as President Hu Jintao and other
:20:23. > :20:28.senior leaders stepped down after a decade in charge. During that time,
:20:28. > :20:33.China has become a driving force in the world economy, creating a
:20:33. > :20:36.middle-class of some 300 million people. In the first of two Special
:20:36. > :20:42.Reports, John Simpson meets some of those who have enjoyed the benefits
:20:42. > :20:45.of economic growth. In a decade, China's leaders have
:20:45. > :20:50.delivered two extraordinary successes. They have made China
:20:50. > :20:56.four times richer and they have avoided any great political turmoil.
:20:56. > :21:03.Peace and prosperity. If they had real elections here, it would be a
:21:03. > :21:08.winning slogan. Michael Yu's life has been transformed by China's
:21:08. > :21:12.success. He sounds like an evangelist. And he is, for
:21:12. > :21:18.education. His parents were illiterate. He has now got language
:21:18. > :21:23.schools all over China, with 2.4 million students. Yet he is modest,
:21:23. > :21:33.for a billionaire. A nice enough house, on a quiet estate. But
:21:33. > :21:36.
:21:36. > :21:39.certainly no bling. People have complaints, but everybody is making
:21:39. > :21:44.great progress. Even the Government is making progress, so we had
:21:44. > :21:52.hopeful so of 13 years ago, China had one dollar billionaire. Now it
:21:52. > :21:58.has 270. How do they spend it all? This is a gathering to help them.
:21:58. > :22:02.But Rupert Hoogewerf, the British compilers of China's Rich List,
:22:02. > :22:09.reveals an extraordinary statistic. 60% of China's billionaires would
:22:09. > :22:13.like to emigrate. You can see why. Life here is an unceasing struggle.
:22:13. > :22:17.For the first time, more people now live in China's cities than in the
:22:17. > :22:24.countryside. All of them competing for resources, room to live and
:22:24. > :22:29.even for the polluted air that they breathe. The unease spreads to the
:22:29. > :22:35.middle classes. They have grown sixfold in the past decade. Xiao
:22:35. > :22:39.Yang works for Motorola. His wife is a lawyer. They live the Chinese
:22:39. > :22:44.dream. Yet part of that dream is to get out. If you are rich enough,
:22:44. > :22:48.you can take your whole family there. I would do that as well, if
:22:49. > :22:57.we get enough money. I would take my whole family, may be to move to
:22:57. > :23:03.somewhere else. Canada, whatever. Their son takes fencing lessons.
:23:03. > :23:07.It's good training. Life in China is a battle of all against all. And
:23:07. > :23:11.what about all of those people whose efforts have created the
:23:11. > :23:16.Chinese miracle? Their lives have often been badly disrupted because
:23:16. > :23:20.they have flooded into the cities to work long hours at mindless
:23:21. > :23:26.tasks. Simply giving people more money has not had the result
:23:26. > :23:31.China's leaders expected. Before, we thought that as long as we make
:23:31. > :23:37.the economy better, people get more income and people must be happier.
:23:37. > :23:42.Now we are finding if justice is not there, equalisation is not
:23:42. > :23:46.there, people are still not happy. Even less happier than before.
:23:46. > :23:52.has happened in China over the past 10 years will probably turn out to
:23:52. > :23:57.be as important, historically, as Britain's Industrial Revolution.
:23:57. > :24:04.The problem is that the huge gap between China's house and have-nots
:24:04. > :24:11.is getting even bigger. -- haves. Sometimes, the rule of law here
:24:11. > :24:16.Tomorrow night, John will be meeting some of those who have
:24:16. > :24:20.missed out on lots of the benefits of China's rapid growth.
:24:20. > :24:24.Let's talk about the Gulf. Adam Scott of Australia is at the top of
:24:24. > :24:34.the leaderboard on the first day of the Open at Royal Lytham in St
:24:34. > :24:37.Annes. There was also a strong Grey skies, wet grass and stout
:24:37. > :24:42.footwear. They have been the hallmarks of this sporting summer.
:24:43. > :24:49.For once, the expected in the rain did not materialise. It was calm,
:24:49. > :24:55.dry. For golf, it was almost perfect. Tiger Woods! And what
:24:55. > :25:00.better man to take advantage? Tiger Woods began with pinpoint precision
:25:00. > :25:04.and finished on a fine three-under- par. He was delighted with his form,
:25:04. > :25:10.just slightly confused by the English weather. The forecast has
:25:10. > :25:14.not been right all week, so... It's probably just standard. Whatever we
:25:14. > :25:19.here on TV, do not expect that. I've won a few tournaments so far.
:25:19. > :25:23.We have a long way to go, but I am right there. Not even he could
:25:23. > :25:30.rival Adam Scott. The first-round leader was on six under after a
:25:30. > :25:34.stunning display. For the more partisan spectators, plenty to
:25:34. > :25:39.cheer. Not least Paul Lawrie, the 1989 champion, rolling back the
:25:39. > :25:43.years. He is just one shot off the pace. But not all of the home
:25:43. > :25:49.favourites flourished. Lee Westwood struggled. Darren Clarke needed a
:25:49. > :25:53.strimmer, more than a golf club. It was also on adventurous day for
:25:53. > :26:01.Rory McIlroy. One way whippy shot hitting a spectator in the head.
:26:01. > :26:08.Thankfully, he was OK and got a signed blood for his -- Clough for