:00:13. > :00:18.Tonight at Ten: For a third day the fighting rages in the city of
:00:18. > :00:21.Aleppo. Government forces have again been
:00:21. > :00:28.attacking the rebel-held areas, we have a special report.
:00:28. > :00:32.We know there are snipers around here, because it is an urban area,
:00:32. > :00:35.the sounds ring out, you can't tell, though, which direction they are
:00:35. > :00:39.coming from. There is concern about the feat of
:00:39. > :00:44.civilians as thousands flee and the UN warns of food and water
:00:44. > :00:47.shortages. During the day, Syria's top official in London resigned his
:00:47. > :00:51.post. In the programme: From the Olympic
:00:51. > :00:56.Park in East London, Britain's male gymnasts have won the first team
:00:57. > :01:01.medal in a century. To tackle the problem of empty
:01:01. > :01:05.seats more troops are brought in and an extra 3,000 tickets are sold.
:01:05. > :01:10.We can do better on this, I think you will see fewer empty seats and
:01:10. > :01:17.more people getting to see the fantastic events.
:01:17. > :01:20.COMMENTATOR: Oh, I dop know what to say! In the diving, disappointment
:01:20. > :01:27.for Tom Daley and waterboarding, no medal for them.
:01:27. > :01:33.The US and German, underline the need for coordinated action to
:01:33. > :01:39.tackle the eurozone crisis. And why this punk band is on trial
:01:39. > :01:42.in Moscow, pursued by the Russian President. On BBC London: The Prime
:01:42. > :01:45.Minister praises the capital's transport system for coping well
:01:45. > :01:55.with the first working day of the Olympics, but some free events put
:01:55. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:09.o on for the day suffer as the Good evening.
:02:09. > :02:14.For a third day, fighting has raged in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where
:02:14. > :02:17.the hospitals are filled with casualties. The UN is warning of
:02:17. > :02:21.shortages of food and water. There are signs that the government is
:02:21. > :02:28.coming under pressure, and its senior official in London resigned,
:02:28. > :02:30.saying he is no longer willing to represent the Assad regime. Our
:02:30. > :02:35.correspondent Ian Pannell and cameraman Darren Conway were
:02:35. > :02:40.trapped by fighting in Aleppo, they have this report which does contain
:02:40. > :02:47.some strong images. The battle for Aleppo is raging.
:02:47. > :02:56.And parts of the vast ancient city are now at war.
:02:56. > :03:02.Which means that the ranks of the dead and the wounded are growing.
:03:02. > :03:06.Eight-year-old Mohammed is peppered with shrapnel wounds from a
:03:06. > :03:12.government shell. His older cousin's leg was torn apart in the
:03:12. > :03:16.attack, the pain is too much. And beside him is Mohammed's
:03:16. > :03:21.brother, he has just been pronounced dead. Victims of a war
:03:21. > :03:25.with no end in sight. Those who can get out of the city
:03:25. > :03:29.are. They are desperate to escape the
:03:29. > :03:32.shelling that does not discriminate between the soldiers and the
:03:32. > :03:41.civilians. But notice how many of them are
:03:41. > :03:46.women and children - the men have stayed to fight.
:03:46. > :03:50.For those left behind, daily life is a tale of survival.
:03:51. > :03:57.The bakery has just opened for the first time in days. It is now the
:03:57. > :04:03.only place to get food here. The fighters try to control the
:04:03. > :04:07.crowd that is hungry and desperate. Shortages make life hard. Bombs and
:04:07. > :04:14.bullets make it unbearable. In Aleppo, it's the weakest that
:04:14. > :04:18.suffer the most. And yet this battle has only just
:04:18. > :04:22.begun. The rebels get ready. They have had news that government
:04:22. > :04:32.soldiers are heading this way. The fighters move along empty streets
:04:32. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:39.to defend the area. This war pitches the government
:04:39. > :04:45.against an armed rebellianion. -- rebellion.
:04:45. > :04:52.Syrian against ririan. -- Syrian.
:04:52. > :04:57.And neither side can afford to lose this vital city.
:04:57. > :05:03.Armed with just light weapons, the rebels face daunting odds.
:05:03. > :05:07.They race to support a unit that is trapped.
:05:07. > :05:15.The army is trying to take back these districts, but the resistance
:05:15. > :05:25.is stiff. Well the rebels are now advancing.
:05:25. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :05:34.They believe that government forces are moving towards this area.
:05:34. > :05:44.Ducking behind a wall for cover, a fighter shouts to move.
:05:44. > :05:53.
:05:53. > :05:57.He is pointing to snipers behind us. Well, the rebels have moved up
:05:57. > :06:03.because the government's... They've been trying to push into this area.
:06:03. > :06:08.It is a very confused situation. We know that there are snipers all
:06:08. > :06:12.around here, because it is an urban area the sounds ring out, what you
:06:12. > :06:16.can't tell is which direction they are actually coming from, but you
:06:16. > :06:22.can see that the rebels are incredibly tense. One of of the
:06:22. > :06:28.chanders has been shot. He is liing in the gutter, bleeding to death. A
:06:28. > :06:32.truck braves the sniper fire to try to get him out, but the group is
:06:32. > :06:37.attacked and they have to pull back. Guns blazing, they lay down
:06:37. > :06:43.covering fire. But by the time the man was hauled
:06:43. > :06:48.up it was too late. Three commanders from the same base
:06:48. > :06:53.died that day. We pulled back as more fighters
:06:53. > :06:56.came to help. For a while, they were pinned down.
:06:56. > :07:01.Then en masse, they shot their way out.
:07:01. > :07:06.It is impossible to predict who will win this war, but it will
:07:06. > :07:12.shape the destiny of Syria and this region and it will leave countless
:07:12. > :07:15.more bleeding and dying. Ian Pannell, BBC News in Aleppo
:07:16. > :07:19.city. Well, let's talk to our diplomatic
:07:19. > :07:24.correspondent James Robbins outside of the Syrian embassy in London.
:07:24. > :07:29.James, when we see what is going on in Aleppo and we consider the
:07:29. > :07:34.resignation that has happened today, how do you read things? Well, we
:07:34. > :07:37.don't know if it was that battle for Aleppo that finally convinced
:07:37. > :07:43.the top diplomat here at their embassy in London that he needed to
:07:43. > :07:45.abandon the regime which he said had committed such violent and
:07:46. > :07:48.oppressive acts against his own people, according to a Foreign
:07:48. > :07:52.Office statement. We know from the Foreign Office that he told them
:07:52. > :07:55.this morning he was no longer prepared to continue in his post.
:07:55. > :08:03.We do know that he and his immediate family here in Britain
:08:03. > :08:05.have been provided with a secure, safe house, such is the real fear
:08:05. > :08:11.of potential violent retribution against him. David Cameron seized
:08:11. > :08:16.on this and said it was one in the eye for the Assad regime and he
:08:16. > :08:20.hoped that the regime would crumble and fold very fast, considering the
:08:20. > :08:23.behaviour in Aleppo. It is important to point out that there
:08:23. > :08:26.have been only a handful of deforeign exchanges by Syrian
:08:27. > :08:32.diplomats and few deforeign exchanges by military leaders close
:08:32. > :08:35.to the regime, but not a flood. It is important to point out that
:08:35. > :08:40.Khaled al-Ayoubi was not particular senior in the foreign service, he
:08:40. > :08:46.got to be head of the mission as so many more senior diplomats were
:08:46. > :08:50.expelled in May, but as one British diplomat said to me, that this is a
:08:50. > :08:53.move in the right direction. Thank you very much.
:08:53. > :08:59.Here at the Olympic Games, Britain's male gymnasts have won
:08:59. > :09:03.the first team medal in a century. Initially they were announced as
:09:03. > :09:06.the Silver Medallist, but they were then downgraded to bronze medal,
:09:06. > :09:10.following a successful appeal by Japan. The Gold Medal went to China
:09:10. > :09:18.for the third time in the last four Olympic competitions.
:09:18. > :09:23.We have the story. They had come in the hope that Team
:09:24. > :09:28.GB's gymnasts could make history. Rope climbing was among the
:09:28. > :09:32.disciplines the last time a men's team finally reached the sport. Now
:09:32. > :09:37.we had the first chance of a medal in the competition in a century.
:09:37. > :09:42.The enormity of simply reaching the final had reduced Louis Smith to
:09:42. > :09:46.tears. Now the Beijing Bronze Medallist underlined his status as
:09:46. > :09:51.a Standard Bearer for the sport. Britain started well, but to leap
:09:51. > :09:55.into contention they needed more. COMMENTATOR: We are about an hour
:09:55. > :10:00.into the competition. A third of the way through.
:10:00. > :10:04.Going in this round Team GB were in fifth place. This was the moment
:10:04. > :10:08.they needed to raise their performance to claim a medal.
:10:08. > :10:12.Kristian Thomas had done that. A stunning vault, giving his team a
:10:12. > :10:16.chance of bronze medal. China's grip on the Gold Medal was assured,
:10:16. > :10:21.but Japan were letting second place slip.
:10:21. > :10:26.With the exceptional Kristian Thomas landing his all-important
:10:26. > :10:31.floor routine, Great Britain had somehow stolen the silver medal, a
:10:31. > :10:35.feat met with Royal approval, but it was not as simple as that,
:10:35. > :10:41.unhappy with the score, awarded to Kohei Uchimura, the Japanese lodged
:10:41. > :10:43.an appeal and then they were elevated from fourth to runner's up.
:10:43. > :10:47.That then relegateed Britain to bronze medal.
:10:47. > :10:50.The protest and them getting the score changed, for us this is a
:10:50. > :10:55.dream come true. It is what the dreams are made of. When I was
:10:55. > :11:02.young it is all that I thought about. Winning an Olympic medal.
:11:02. > :11:06.Getting the bronze medal is amazing. Dispite the cruel late twist, that
:11:06. > :11:10.saw the silver medal snatched from their grasp, Britain's gymnasts
:11:10. > :11:16.exceeded reputations today. These were medals to cherish, regardless
:11:16. > :11:20.of their colour. But there was disappointment this
:11:20. > :11:24.afternoon for one of the most popular fatess in the British team,
:11:24. > :11:30.Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield. Despite the high hopes, the pair
:11:30. > :11:34.failed to win a medal in the synchronised 10m platform synchro.
:11:34. > :11:38.Tonight there's been more competition at the Aquatics Centre.
:11:38. > :11:43.Front page billing for one of the poster boys of the Olympics. In
:11:43. > :11:50.terms of popularity, few members of Team GB come close to matching Tom
:11:50. > :11:55.Daley. This event knows all about the
:11:55. > :12:01.partnership, not the individual. Pete Waterfield, 31, a relative old
:12:01. > :12:06.man and a relative unknown compared to his 18-year-old team-mate.
:12:06. > :12:10.1, 2, 3, go... COMMENTATOR: First, what we were
:12:10. > :12:16.looking for. The first dive of the six was good.
:12:16. > :12:22.Leading them joint leaders with the red hot favourites, yawning yawning
:12:22. > :12:27.yawning representing China. The Chinese dominate the sport. If Tom
:12:27. > :12:30.Daley and Pete Waterfield were to beat them, they had to come up with
:12:30. > :12:35.something very special. COMMENTATOR: Fantastic! Cheered on
:12:35. > :12:38.by the Prime Minister it was all going so well. Halfway through the
:12:38. > :12:43.competition, they were in first place.
:12:43. > :12:48.We had been told that the Chinese pair were unbeatable, but with
:12:48. > :12:51.every dive the expectation is rising. Here we go with Tom Daley
:12:52. > :12:59.and Pete Waterfield's fourth dive and they are still leading, but it
:12:59. > :13:03.was all about to go very wrong. COMMENTATOR: Oh! I don't know what
:13:03. > :13:07.to say. One bad dive and they had fallen
:13:07. > :13:13.down the leaderboard. You could have been forgiven for wanting to
:13:13. > :13:18.bang his head against the wall. The medal hopes over, they could only
:13:18. > :13:22.finish fourth, despite the support. The crowd have been amazing. I'm
:13:22. > :13:27.getting emotional thinking about it. It is all of what we dreamed of. To
:13:27. > :13:32.come fourth is agonising after the hard work and the training.
:13:32. > :13:42.One dive that cost Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield so much, an Olympic
:13:42. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:47.medal. They will have a second This evening didn't get any better.
:13:47. > :13:55.Liam Tancock was one of three British swimmers to miss out on a
:13:55. > :13:59.medal in a final. Well in response to many complaints
:13:59. > :14:04.about empty seats at some venues, the orlgers have outlined a gnaw
:14:04. > :14:08.proch. They'll be contacting international sports federations
:14:08. > :14:14.and the media to check whether they're intending to use their full
:14:14. > :14:19.aloe indication. 3,000 tickets for today were sold last night. David
:14:19. > :14:22.Cameron says he shares frustration about the empty seats. Our sports
:14:22. > :14:26.editor David Bond reports. To the rescue again, first they were
:14:26. > :14:31.called up to boost Olympic security, now they're helping to fill empty
:14:31. > :14:37.seats. The armed forces are turning into one of the star teams of the
:14:37. > :14:43.London Olympics. No problem finding a seat for these
:14:43. > :14:47.two today. David Cameron and the French President, engaging in a bit
:14:47. > :14:52.of Olympic diplomacy at the handball. The Prime Minister said
:14:52. > :14:57.organisers were trying to get to grips with the latest ticketing
:14:57. > :15:01.gripes. I totally share that frustration. LOCOG has decided to
:15:01. > :15:04.make available 3,000 more tickets for sale and to get the volunteers
:15:04. > :15:08.and armed service personnel, that are doing a fantastic job and allow
:15:08. > :15:13.them to use more of those seats. The only have to look at the huge
:15:13. > :15:16.crowds on the Olympic Park to realise the appetite for these
:15:17. > :15:22.Games. After four days, it's clear there's still a problem with empty
:15:22. > :15:26.seats. The reason we're still seeing gaps in the stands is
:15:26. > :15:30.because they're in areas reserved for Olympic officials,age lots and
:15:30. > :15:35.the media, who have special accreditation. While they might
:15:35. > :15:38.come to big events in big numbers, early morning sessions and
:15:38. > :15:43.qualifying rounds are less well attended. London 2012 are now
:15:43. > :15:49.trying to reclaim the seats so they can sell them. Last night they sold
:15:49. > :15:52.1,000 for the gymnastics, mostly in the higher price brackets. 700 for
:15:52. > :15:59.the BBC volleyball on Horse Guards Parade and more than 100 for the
:15:59. > :16:02.swimming. The issue is ultimately down to the
:16:02. > :16:08.sports which run the venues. I asked the head of world swimming
:16:08. > :16:13.why the seats weren't being filled. Because it's not a matter that it's
:16:13. > :16:17.not all taken. All normally are taken. They're empty. No empty. In
:16:17. > :16:21.the final seating at the final, no. In the heats in the morning, yes.
:16:21. > :16:25.Some of the people have some other duty. There was better news for
:16:25. > :16:29.organisers on the transport front, as London's streets remained earily
:16:29. > :16:32.quiet. This was supposed to be manic Monday, the first full
:16:32. > :16:40.working day since the Olympics started. In the end, the network
:16:40. > :16:45.seemed to cope. Dealing with the huge demand to come to the Games
:16:45. > :16:51.has always been one of the biggest challenges. Most of the venues are
:16:51. > :16:55.full. But the sight of empty seats has only served o to -- to anger
:16:55. > :17:00.those would can't be here. Let's talk to David in the Olympic
:17:00. > :17:04.Park tonight. We've had three full days of competition, let's have
:17:04. > :17:08.your thoughts on how it's going for the organisers and also Team GB.
:17:08. > :17:11.Ticketing is still an issue. LOCOG say they're getting to grip was it.
:17:11. > :17:16.Many people will be asking the question why having said seven
:17:16. > :17:20.years to build up to that event they seem to be scrambling to come
:17:20. > :17:24.up with a solution now. On transport, well, there will be huge
:17:24. > :17:28.relief from Boris Johnson and other organisers that today went so
:17:28. > :17:34.smoothly. We were all expecting it to be Armageddon. In the end the
:17:34. > :17:38.transport network coped. As far as Team GB go, I've been speaking to
:17:38. > :17:42.officials tonight. They're hugely excited and lifted by that
:17:42. > :17:46.performance from the men's gymnastics team, their first medal
:17:46. > :17:50.of any colour in 100 years. That's given a lift after the medals that
:17:50. > :17:53.came yesterday. If you look where they are in the medal table,
:17:53. > :17:57.they're still only 20th. They haven't yet won a gold. So, they
:17:57. > :18:02.will be thinking that they do need to get off the mark there. But
:18:02. > :18:04.they're pretty confident that will come because the rowing finals, the
:18:04. > :18:09.sailing finals and the track cycling start from Wednesday. Once
:18:09. > :18:16.they kick in, they're pretty confident the gold rush will follow.
:18:16. > :18:26.David, thank you very much. Coming up tonight: On trial, the
:18:26. > :18:26.
:18:26. > :18:30.Russian punk singers who dared to criticise President Putin.
:18:30. > :18:33.The European Central Bank is under more pressure to spell out the new
:18:33. > :18:37.measures it intends to adopt to deal with the debt crisis in the
:18:37. > :18:40.eurozone. The German and US governments have both called for
:18:40. > :18:44.coordinated action. The German Finance Minister interrupted his
:18:44. > :18:47.summer holiday to discuss the crisis with the US Treasury
:18:47. > :18:49.secretary, Tim Geithner, who expressed confidence in the efforts
:18:49. > :18:56.being made. This report from our chief economics correspondent Hugh
:18:56. > :19:00.Pym contains some flash photography. A quiet seaside hotel on the North
:19:00. > :19:05.Sea island might seem an unlikely venue for a meeting of two leading
:19:05. > :19:09.policy makers, but these are unusual times. The US Treasury
:19:09. > :19:15.secretary, Tim Geithner, concerned about the eurozone crisis, sought a
:19:15. > :19:19.meeting with the German finance minister, on his holiday. They said
:19:19. > :19:21.there was a need for global cooperation to resolve debt
:19:22. > :19:26.problems. Momentum is building behind a new action plan, possibly
:19:26. > :19:30.to be unveiled at Thursday's meeting of the European Central
:19:30. > :19:35.Bank. Its chief promised last week to do whatever it takes to preserve
:19:35. > :19:40.the euro. Invest ofrz took that to mean the ECB would help countries
:19:40. > :19:45.like Spain by buying up their IOUs, known as government bonds. Now they
:19:45. > :19:50.want the detail. The ECB has taken action in the government bond
:19:50. > :19:53.markets before now. It purchased 211 billion euros' worth of bonds
:19:53. > :19:58.from 2010 until early this year. After that it seemed reluctant to
:19:58. > :20:03.do more. What the options now? It could make a verbal pledge to
:20:03. > :20:08.intervening, hoping that would persuade markets it means business
:20:08. > :20:12.or it could expand the scheme buying billions more to ease market
:20:12. > :20:15.pressures. The ECB President, Mario Draghi, may have other ideas, like
:20:15. > :20:20.funding for banks. He knows there are critics in Germany for example,
:20:20. > :20:26.who think the ECB would be going beyond its legal power if it
:20:26. > :20:28.splashed out heavily on government debt. To make that quantum leap of
:20:28. > :20:34.unrestrained intervention in eurozone government bond markets
:20:34. > :20:38.required a lot. It is not clear, at all, whether Draghi will have the
:20:38. > :20:42.backing to conduct such a U-turn, such a breach, almost, of its own
:20:42. > :20:45.mandate. There was another reminder of the eurozone's problems with
:20:45. > :20:48.news that Spain's recession has deepened. That makes it harder for
:20:48. > :20:53.the Government to bring down its debt and tougher for Spanish people
:20:54. > :20:57.to get by. We try to save on the small things. Maybe we go out once
:20:57. > :21:02.every two weeks instead of every week. I will spend less you know.
:21:02. > :21:08.We are all afraid of losing the job. Spain is gritting its teeth and it
:21:08. > :21:14.may need help. The question is can Europe's Central Bank and political
:21:14. > :21:19.leadership come up with something. HSBC is setting aside a further
:21:19. > :21:22.�950 million to cover the cost of compensation for mis-selling
:21:22. > :21:26.insurance products and fines for money laundering in the United
:21:26. > :21:30.States. Its chief executive said the bank was very sorry for past
:21:30. > :21:36.mistakes. His comments came as HSBC reported half yearly profits of
:21:36. > :21:40.almost �7 billion. The trial has started in Moscow of
:21:40. > :21:43.three members of a punk band who sang a protest song about Vladimir
:21:43. > :21:48.Putin, weeks before his controversial re-election as
:21:48. > :21:51.President. The whimper formed the song in Moscow's main cathedral and
:21:51. > :21:54.were highly critical of support within the Russian Orthodox Church
:21:54. > :22:00.for Mr Putin. They could face up to seven years in prison. Our
:22:00. > :22:04.correspondent Daniel Sandford reports. Locked behind bullet-proof
:22:04. > :22:11.glass in Amos co-courtroom, the three young women at centre of a
:22:11. > :22:15.trial that mixes high politics with high religion. Today, they denied
:22:15. > :22:19.desecrating Moscow's main cathedral are an angry protest song. The
:22:19. > :22:29.women have been held in prison for five months ahead of today's trial,
:22:29. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:35.despite the fact that two of them are mothers of young children.
:22:35. > :22:45.This is their own video of the performance, which savages both
:22:45. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:58.President Putin and the church In court, one of the women told us
:22:58. > :23:04.she apologised for any offence caused to worshippers.
:23:04. > :23:10.TRANSLATION: We made an ethical mistake, but an ethical mistake
:23:10. > :23:16.should not be punished as a crime. Russia is divided over the case,
:23:16. > :23:20.but at St Nicholas' in central Moscow we found some worshippers
:23:20. > :23:24.genuinely outraged by Pussy Riot's actions.
:23:24. > :23:29.TRANSLATION: It was bad for me. Russia is the last orthodox power
:23:29. > :23:34.in the world and they need to go to prison.
:23:34. > :23:37.The case is being heard against a background of political upheaval in
:23:37. > :23:45.Moscow and the Kremlin has started making life difficult for the
:23:45. > :23:50.opposition. Even raiding their homes and businesses. Today, the
:23:50. > :23:55.most prominent opposition activist was sum opbsed to the Russian
:23:55. > :23:59.equivalent of the FBI. Some human rights groups have been told me
:23:59. > :24:01.must register as foreign agents. How worried are you there's a big
:24:01. > :24:05.clamp down on the opposition in Russia?
:24:05. > :24:09.TRANSLATION: I have no great joy about, it but I'm not scared. For
:24:09. > :24:15.the past four years there hasn't been a day when someone hasn't told
:24:15. > :24:19.me I'm going to end up in jail. opposition claimed the Kremlin
:24:19. > :24:22.controls the criminal justice system, so Pussy Riot's supporters
:24:22. > :24:30.believe their fate won't be decided bit judge, but by Vladimir Putin
:24:30. > :24:34.himself. Well let's have more on the Olympic
:24:34. > :24:44.action and on the third full day of action and on the third full day of
:24:44. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:52.competition, this is where the Andy Swiss reports now on some of
:24:52. > :24:59.Team GB's highlights today. For Britain they are the very
:24:59. > :25:03.strongest of Gold Medal favourites, Kath Grainger and Anna Watkins.
:25:03. > :25:07.They have never been beaten in more than two years together. It wasn't
:25:07. > :25:12.hard to see why. They seemed to be rogue in a race of their own,
:25:12. > :25:16.smashing the Olympic record as they powered to the final. After three
:25:16. > :25:19.consecutive silver medals, Grainger on course for gold, inspired, it
:25:19. > :25:24.seems, bit fans. You feel it in seems, bit fans. You feel it in
:25:24. > :25:29.your body. It pulses through you. The crowds are sensational. I think
:25:29. > :25:32.we both feel very lucky. We have incredible support behind us. We're
:25:32. > :25:38.conscious of. That when you physically have it behind you, it
:25:38. > :25:45.does lift you like nothing else. There was plenty more action on the
:25:45. > :25:50.water. David Florence and Richard Hounslow in the canoe slalom
:25:50. > :25:55.qualifying. More home success at Wimbledon as both Laura robson and
:25:55. > :26:00.heather Watson won their opening matches. And in the weightlifting,
:26:00. > :26:04.Zoe Smith lifted twice her own body weight on her way it a British
:26:04. > :26:10.record, for the teenager an emotional experience. That's beyond
:26:10. > :26:15.my wildest dreams. To come here and compete, I'm an Olympian now. I
:26:15. > :26:19.competed as an Olympian in my home town. I'm overwhelmed by that.
:26:19. > :26:25.Smith finished 12. While the tears flowed, on this showing a bright
:26:25. > :26:28.future beckons. Well Zara Phillips had more than
:26:28. > :26:33.one cause for celebration today. It's her first wedding anniversary
:26:33. > :26:36.and she made a good start to the cross koun tristage of the Olympic
:26:36. > :26:41.eventing competition. Britain's in second position going into the
:26:41. > :26:44.final round. 50,000 people watched her compete at Greenwich park. The
:26:44. > :26:47.audience included her mother, the Princess Royal, the Duke of
:26:47. > :26:52.Cambridge and his brother Prince Harry. Our correspondent Joe Wilson
:26:52. > :26:56.has the story. 50,000 were doing the cross country, a huge crowd for
:26:56. > :27:01.the second stage of eventing. Not all locals were pleased that
:27:01. > :27:06.Greenwich park had been turned into a venue, but it became a kind of
:27:06. > :27:11.equine festival. Normally at the Olympics, the equestrian cross
:27:11. > :27:14.country stage is miles out of town. Not so this time. The horses will
:27:14. > :27:19.also feel they're jumping straight into the City of London. The
:27:19. > :27:23.British team is full of experience. At 51, Mary King has dealt with
:27:23. > :27:28.just about every obstacle. She finished in contention in sixth.
:27:28. > :27:33.Many others fell in. Total 15 eliminations, so frequent delays.
:27:33. > :27:36.Frustrating for those who'd come to watch a family member. So many eyes
:27:36. > :27:40.in Greenwich turned to Zara Phillips. Twice she missed the
:27:40. > :27:44.Olympics because of injury to her horse. Now she was making up for
:27:44. > :27:48.lost time, flying from 24th to tenth. In eventsing riders don't
:27:48. > :27:53.just compete for themselves, there are team medals at stake too.
:27:53. > :27:56.COMMENTATOR: Let's look at the clock. That motivation drove Zara
:27:56. > :28:01.Phillips towards perfection. The object was to clear all fences
:28:01. > :28:05.inside ten minutes and three seconds. Precious few made it. Zara
:28:05. > :28:09.Phillips crept it, even if she lost track of time in the excitement.
:28:09. > :28:15.She's going to be inside if she jumps it, and she has. You can't
:28:15. > :28:19.hear your watch beeping at you. But it's unbelievable. Hopefully we