:01:01. > :01:04.I am so proud and pleased to get a Bronze Medal. It's nothing to be
:01:04. > :01:11.embarrassed about. I hate it when people say silver or bronze is
:01:12. > :01:16.losing, because you have not done my sport. Also tonight: A 17-year-
:01:16. > :01:20.old murdered, because her parents thought her western values shamed
:01:20. > :01:26.them. Her mother and father sentenced to life. Pre-tax losses
:01:26. > :01:33.of �1.5 billion for RBS. The boss insists the bank is stronger than
:01:33. > :01:38.before. There'll be a medal for Murray. Andy Murray makes it
:01:38. > :01:40.through to his first Olympic final. It will be a re-run of his
:01:40. > :01:43.Wimbledon final against Roger Federer.
:01:44. > :01:46.On BBC London: How hundreds of Olympic tickets are in the hands of
:01:46. > :01:56.unauthorised sellers. And the Mayor defends his decision to entertain
:01:56. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:18.Good evening. Team GB has added to its haul of gold medals, with
:02:18. > :02:21.strong performances in the rowing and cycling. At the Velodrome in
:02:21. > :02:26.the Olympic Park Victoria Pendleton managed to put yesterday's
:02:26. > :02:31.disappointment behind her to triumph of in the women's keirin
:02:31. > :02:36.sprint. The men's team set a new world record. Our sports
:02:36. > :02:40.correspondent reports. After a mistake had cost Victoria
:02:40. > :02:44.Pendleton a medal last night, today was all about looking forward.
:02:44. > :02:50.While another of the stars of British cycling was enjoying the
:02:50. > :02:54.limelight Pendleton's job was to stay focused. After a pre-race chat
:02:54. > :03:00.with the psychologist she was ready. Her rivalry with Anna Meares has
:03:00. > :03:05.been one of the sport's sub-plots for years. She demonstrated the raw
:03:05. > :03:07.speed that went unrewarded yesterday as she made a point to
:03:07. > :03:13.the Australian favourite. COMMENTATOR: Pendleton takes it on
:03:13. > :03:20.the line from Meares. As she prepared for the final, GB's men
:03:20. > :03:25.were busy defending their pursuit final. Last night Ed Clancy,
:03:25. > :03:31.Geraint Thomas had broken the world record. The volume in the Velodrome
:03:31. > :03:35.deafening, as runners up, Australia, were simply swept aside.
:03:36. > :03:41.THE COMMENTATOR: It is a new world record. Great Britain have won the
:03:41. > :03:45.gold medal. We spent so many years thinking about this moment and when
:03:45. > :03:50.it happens it is a mad explosion of emotion. It is out of the world.
:03:50. > :03:57.Yes. Just half an hour later it was time
:03:57. > :04:02.for Pendleton. With a lap of the keirin final to go, this time there
:04:02. > :04:08.would be no takeover infringements to rescue the opposition.
:04:08. > :04:12.THE COMMENTATOR: Victoria Pendleton takes gold. This was redemption and
:04:12. > :04:18.Pendleton's second Olympic gold. The margin of victory was minute,
:04:18. > :04:24.the sense of relief, overwhelming. Just like "Focus Vic, focus. You
:04:24. > :04:29.still have to race." It was so hard. I can't believe it. Britain's track
:04:29. > :04:34.cyclists have delivered. Victoria Pendleton securing Team GB's third
:04:34. > :04:38.Olympic gold here in the Velodrome in the last three days and
:04:38. > :04:42.underlining this as the country's most successful Olympic sport N the
:04:42. > :04:46.past, Pendleton's has admitted to struggling to cope with the
:04:46. > :04:49.pressure she puts herself under. As she prepares for retirement, the
:04:49. > :04:58.female face of the sport can allow herself to enjoy all she has
:04:58. > :05:01.achieved. Britain's third gold medal came in
:05:01. > :05:05.the rowing with Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins winning the
:05:05. > :05:10.Women's Double Sculls. For Grainger it was fourth time lucky. She had
:05:10. > :05:18.won three silver medals and was thinking of retiring after the
:05:18. > :05:22.Beijing Olympics. Carrying a nation's hopes on her
:05:22. > :05:27.shoulders, Katherine Grainger, so long the nearly woman of Olympic
:05:27. > :05:33.rowing. After three silvers, the fans sense this was her golden
:05:33. > :05:39.moment. Grainger and her partner, Anna Watkins, began as the hottest
:05:39. > :05:44.of favourites. In their two years together they have never been
:05:44. > :05:48.beaten. They powered into the lead. The Australians tried to cling on,
:05:48. > :05:54.but swept along on a tide of emotion, this time silver simply
:05:54. > :05:56.was not an option. THE COMMENTATOR: The momentum
:05:56. > :06:00.expected. Great Britain deliver Olympic champions.
:06:00. > :06:05.So, at last, she's got it. Katherine Grainger, Olympic
:06:05. > :06:09.champion and just listen to these fans - they know they have seen
:06:09. > :06:13.something very special - a dream finally fulfilled.
:06:13. > :06:18.In just seven minutes, years of frustration had been wiped away.
:06:18. > :06:22.For Grainger, it was the moment of a lifetime.
:06:22. > :06:26.This medal is the people's medal. I feel so many people have been
:06:26. > :06:29.behind me and supported me and wanted this for me as much as I
:06:30. > :06:37.have, most of the way. I kind of feel it's off the back of everyone
:06:37. > :06:42.I have worked with, everyone I have rode with. My family were there at
:06:42. > :06:48.the beginning, to my family, my university. Everybody has been a
:06:48. > :06:53.part of this. It makes the medal feel more special. Her perseverance
:06:53. > :06:56.won the reward - Grainger and Watkins, an incredible moment for
:06:56. > :07:00.an incredible partnership. moment we got into the boat
:07:00. > :07:07.together, three years ago, we knew it was special. We had to put all
:07:07. > :07:13.that belief on the line. It's... You know, I don't really have words.
:07:13. > :07:17.It is wonderful. Then the sweetest of family reunions. Three times Liz
:07:17. > :07:20.Grainger watched her daughter come so close, but her belief before
:07:20. > :07:25.wavered. I was so sure, this was her moment, she was going to do it
:07:25. > :07:28.and she did. But the tears did come and during the national anthem as
:07:28. > :07:36.well. Relief more than anything else. Release, relief, pride,
:07:36. > :07:43.everything. And so for fans, family, but above
:07:43. > :07:53.all two remarkable rowers a quite unforgettable day. One of sport's
:07:53. > :07:55.
:07:55. > :07:58.longest hard luck stories finally There was disappointment in the
:07:58. > :08:03.swimming pool this evening with Rebecca Adlington taking bronze in
:08:03. > :08:08.the 800 metres freestyle. A 15- year-old American swimmer, Katie
:08:08. > :08:14.Ledecky, took gold. It completed a successful night in the Aquatics
:08:14. > :08:20.Centre for the Americans. Ever since she struck double gold
:08:20. > :08:24.in Beijing, Rebecca Adlington has been one of the country's most
:08:24. > :08:29.cherished Olympians. Still only 23, she was bidding here to break new
:08:29. > :08:33.ground, by becoming the first British swimmer to defend an
:08:33. > :08:40.Olympic title. Having won bronze in the 400 metres freestyle on Sunday,
:08:40. > :08:47.she was favourite for gold in the 800 metres.
:08:47. > :08:51.Take your mark... She had a strong start, vying for
:08:51. > :08:57.the lead with the 15-year-old American, Katie Ledecky, and
:08:57. > :09:00.Denmark's Lotte Friis. But Ledecky, who had never raced
:09:00. > :09:03.for her country before soon established a commanding lead,
:09:03. > :09:09.swimming above the world record pace.
:09:09. > :09:14.It was a lead she never surrended, Ledecky simply destroyed the field.
:09:14. > :09:19.Although Adlington is famed for her late surge, this was too much.
:09:19. > :09:23.There were high hopes in the pool for Team GB at these Games, but
:09:23. > :09:26.Britain's swimmers could fall short of their medal target. That will
:09:26. > :09:30.raise questions as to whether star performers like Rebecca Adlington
:09:30. > :09:34.were under too much pressure. think the pressure and everything
:09:34. > :09:38.just, the expectation, everything going into this week has been a bit
:09:38. > :09:43.of a battle. I am so pleased, I would have liked the time to be
:09:43. > :09:46.quicker, I am not going to lie. It has been that time all year. I
:09:46. > :09:53.don't know what happened. Obviously everything kind of kaugts up with
:09:53. > :09:57.me. I gave it my -- caught up with me. I gave it my absolute all. I am
:09:57. > :10:01.so pleased to get a Bronze Medal. It is nothing to be embarrassed
:10:01. > :10:05.about. I hate it when people say silver or bronze is losing, because
:10:05. > :10:11.you have not done my sport. If the pressure is getting to the
:10:11. > :10:19.Americans they are not showing it. Michael Phelps claimed his 21st
:10:19. > :10:23.Olympic medal. Missy Franklin won her third gold of these Games. She
:10:23. > :10:28.stormed to victory in the 200 metres backstroke.
:10:28. > :10:34.Adlington so wanted to win Olympic gold in front of a home crowd. It
:10:34. > :10:44.was not to be. But whatever she does next, there's no doubt she
:10:44. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:48.remains the darling of British And this evening's other news now:
:10:48. > :10:52.A couple who killed their teenage daughter because they believed she
:10:52. > :10:57.brought shame on the family for being too westernised have been
:10:57. > :11:02.jailed for life. Iftikhar and his wife Farzana have denied they were
:11:02. > :11:08.involved in the death of their daughter. They suffocated Shafilea
:11:08. > :11:15.with a plastic bag in front of their other four children. Shafilea
:11:15. > :11:19.Ahmed, a 17-year-old schoolgirl, murdered by her own parents. Why?
:11:19. > :11:22.Because they thought she was becoming too westernised and were
:11:22. > :11:32.ashamed of her. Farzana and Iftikhar Ahmed decided the only
:11:32. > :11:34.
:11:34. > :11:38.thing to do was to kill their There is always a trigger. In the
:11:38. > :11:41.case of Shafilea to make her to conform to their interpretation of
:11:41. > :11:44.Pakistani culture. The couple pretended to be
:11:44. > :11:49.mystified about what happened to their daughter.
:11:49. > :11:55.The little girl they had nurtured, rebelled against her strict
:11:55. > :11:57.upbringing. The teenager's main worry was reflected on this housing
:11:58. > :12:02.form months before she was murdered. She wanted to runaway because she
:12:02. > :12:09.was terrified of an arranged marriage in Pakistan, but when her
:12:09. > :12:14.body was found, the Ahmeds acted like victims themselves.
:12:14. > :12:19.I just wish somebody could tell us what happened to her. We appeal to
:12:19. > :12:23.the public if anybody knows anything, to come forward.
:12:23. > :12:28.But the Ahmeds lie held for seven years until another of their
:12:28. > :12:34.daughters came forward with the truth. Giving evidence from behind
:12:34. > :12:40.a screen, the 23-year-old said she saw both her parents suffocate her
:12:40. > :12:43.sister with their bare hands. It was that account which finally saw
:12:43. > :12:50.the couple convicted of murder. If there is one thing that we pray
:12:50. > :12:54.will come from this, it is that her beautiful face and tragic story
:12:54. > :12:58.will inspire others to seek help that make them realise that this
:12:58. > :13:04.kind of vile treatment no matter what culture or background they are
:13:04. > :13:09.from is not acceptable and there is a way out.
:13:09. > :13:14.At one stage of this long inquiry, the police even bugged the family
:13:14. > :13:18.home because of strong suspicions about the couple. Recording Mrs
:13:18. > :13:26.Ahmed better rating her husband, telling him everything was his
:13:26. > :13:34.she who wore the trousers in their relationship after he split with
:13:34. > :13:37.his first wife. His ex-wife believes he may have been
:13:37. > :13:44.pressurised into killing his daughter.
:13:44. > :13:50.I believe he was pressurised. In the same way, I feel, believe,
:13:50. > :13:54.think, that could he could be pressurised to make this honour
:13:54. > :13:57.killing as well. All 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed
:13:57. > :14:00.wanted was to not be forced into an arranged marriage, but the two
:14:00. > :14:08.people who should have loved her the most most objected to her
:14:08. > :14:11.wishes so strongly they murdered Danny Savage is outside Chester
:14:11. > :14:17.Crown Court. After the verdict, there was an appeal for other
:14:17. > :14:21.victims of this clash of cultures to come forward? Yes, the Crown
:14:21. > :14:25.Prosecution Service today said that Shafilea Ahmed was the victim of
:14:25. > :14:29.honour-based violence. They say she wanted to choose how she lived her
:14:29. > :14:33.life and who she married and choices that are fundamental
:14:33. > :14:37.freedoms for any citizen in the UK. They went on to say that sadly
:14:37. > :14:44.today there will be other victims in this country suffering abuse as
:14:44. > :14:47.Shafilea Ahmed and their advice was simple - contact the police. The
:14:47. > :14:53.judge sentencing here at Chester, touched on the cultural issues
:14:53. > :14:58.today. He told Mr and Mrs Ahmed, your social and cultural attitudes
:14:58. > :15:01.were those of rural Pakistan and it was those which you imposed on your
:15:01. > :15:05.children. Your concern about being shamed in your community was
:15:05. > :15:14.greater than the love of your child and he sentenced them to a minimum
:15:14. > :15:17.life sentence of 25 years each. The boss of Royal Bank of Scotland,
:15:17. > :15:20.which is largely owned by the taxpayer, has insisted it has
:15:20. > :15:27.undergone "huge change for the better" on the day it announced
:15:27. > :15:30.the first six months of the year. Stephen Hester, who has waived his
:15:30. > :15:33.bonus this year, said more money was being put aside to deal with
:15:33. > :15:34.the recent IT problems and compensate customers who were mis-
:15:34. > :15:42.sold financial products as our correspondent, Simon Gompertz,
:15:42. > :15:46.RBS Group is counting the cost of the disastrous computer failure in
:15:46. > :15:51.June which resulted in millions of customers being cut off from their
:15:51. > :15:56.money. It added �125 million so far to the group's losses.
:15:56. > :15:59.The computer meltdown was a bad period and I I did then and I again
:15:59. > :16:03.apologise to customers who were affected. Those apologies are not
:16:03. > :16:09.much for this family from Hertfordshire. They have switched
:16:09. > :16:11.their accounts to other banks. was stuck, you know, I was on the
:16:11. > :16:18.last 50 pence of electric. It was a nightmare. It was a nightmare. And
:16:18. > :16:22.the kids were all upset, one night we ended up having a Pot Noodle to
:16:22. > :16:26.eat and everything, but the kids didn't know where the next penny
:16:26. > :16:31.was coming from. Will others dump the bank bank? The
:16:31. > :16:35.Chief Executive says not many yet. I would say hundreds at the moment.
:16:35. > :16:40.REPORTER: Hundreds of customers only you have lost? But I don't, I
:16:40. > :16:43.don't think of that as an only. To me, our job is not to let customers
:16:43. > :16:49.down. We did on this occasion. The fact they have given us another
:16:49. > :16:52.chance I'm grateful for. Not only did RBS along with NatWest
:16:52. > :16:56.and Ulster Bank brands leave its customers in the lurch, but it had
:16:56. > :17:00.to admit to more mis-selling to individuals and to businesses and
:17:00. > :17:06.it is under investigation along with other banks for trying to rig
:17:06. > :17:10.the key interest rate called LIBOR. The cost of the scandals at RBS
:17:10. > :17:14.mounted. Its compensation bill for mis-sold payment protection
:17:14. > :17:18.insurance jumped to �1.3 billion to date. Small businesses who lost out
:17:18. > :17:24.in a different mis-selling affair are being paid �50 million and
:17:24. > :17:29.that's rising. The possible fine for fixing LIBOR, the rate at which
:17:29. > :17:33.banks lend to each other, is unknown, but Barclays had to pay
:17:33. > :17:37.nearly �300 million. We will not be proud of our role in
:17:37. > :17:43.LIBOR. We are not proud of the other mistakes we made, but we are
:17:43. > :17:48.using those issues, that negativity to spur us on, to make things right.
:17:48. > :17:58.RBS says without one off factors it is making profits. But it admits
:17:58. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:03.the year so far has been grim and a Coming up on tonight's programme:
:18:03. > :18:06.This is a tremendous run by Jessica Ennis. Oh my goodness!
:18:06. > :18:16.Off to a flying start, Jessica Ennis sets a new British record in
:18:16. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:21.the heptathlon hurdles and is in The United Nations General Assembly
:18:21. > :18:28.has condemned its own Security Council for failing to act
:18:28. > :18:30.decisively to stop the fighting in Syria. With little sign of a
:18:30. > :18:33.diplomatic breakthrough, some countries have been helping Syria's
:18:33. > :18:39.rebels directly and there are reports of secret training camps in
:18:39. > :18:42.Turkey. Here the Government says Britain will increase its support
:18:42. > :18:45.to anti-government fighters in Syria short of sending them arms.
:18:45. > :18:51.Our correspondent, Richard Galpin, The city of Adana near the Syrian
:18:51. > :18:57.border. A show of force by the Turkish military on the border with
:18:57. > :19:01.Syria today. Tensions are rising between the two countries with
:19:01. > :19:07.speculation Turkey may intervene in the Syrian conflict.
:19:07. > :19:11.Just south of the border, in the Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels are
:19:11. > :19:18.holding their ground against Government forces. Better training
:19:18. > :19:27.is paying off. The rebel fighter speaking in Aleppo in this amateur
:19:27. > :19:32.video is a woman who joined the Free Syrian Army in June. I met her
:19:32. > :19:36.over the border in Turkey. She told me about the covert military
:19:36. > :19:42.training here which many rebels have now received.
:19:42. > :19:45.The training is really professional. You can sleep like you have to
:19:45. > :19:51.sleep only for four hours a day. You have to climb mountains. You
:19:51. > :19:57.have to really, it is very hard and then they train you on weapons.
:19:57. > :20:01.And it is here in the city in southern Turkey that the most
:20:01. > :20:05.important covert training and co- ordination centre for the Syrian
:20:05. > :20:11.rebels is reported to be based. There has been no confirmation from
:20:11. > :20:14.the Turkish Government. No one here has been willing or able to tell us
:20:14. > :20:21.where the centre is. But I have been told that the Turkish military
:20:21. > :20:26.is running it and it is reported that Saudi Arabia are also involved.
:20:26. > :20:31.It is possible the centre is in this huge American air base in the
:20:31. > :20:35.city. The United States is another country thought to be helping the
:20:35. > :20:39.Syrian rebels as is Britain, which is providing communications
:20:39. > :20:43.equipment. Kit and hardware to assist
:20:43. > :20:48.communications, that is what we provided in Libya and that's been
:20:48. > :20:51.provided in Syria to help people be in contact with each other to
:20:51. > :20:56.assist each other in being a cohesive opposition.
:20:56. > :21:01.With the rebels showing greater co- ordination, they are asking foreign
:21:01. > :21:11.governments to give them more sophisticated weapons to inflict a
:21:11. > :21:14.
:21:14. > :21:18.Scotland Yard detectives have confirmed that a body found in a
:21:18. > :21:20.garage in South West London is that of the missing oil executive Carole
:21:21. > :21:24.Waugh. Miss Waugh, who was 50- years-old, had not been seen since
:21:24. > :21:28.April. Suspicions had been raised about her disappearance after
:21:28. > :21:35.unusual financial transactions were made using her identity and after a
:21:35. > :21:37.man posing as her brother had tried showed she had been dead for some
:21:37. > :21:40.time. There's strong speculation that the
:21:40. > :21:47.Prime Minister could announce next week that current plans to reform
:21:48. > :21:51.the House of Lords are to be shelved. The legislation to
:21:51. > :21:59.introduce elected peers on a fixed term has been opposed by 91
:21:59. > :22:02.Conservative MPs. A political aide for the Liberal Democrat Leader,
:22:02. > :22:05.Nick Clegg, has warned they're not prepared to compromise over reform
:22:05. > :22:07.of the House of Lords and insisted they won't be "bought off" by their
:22:07. > :22:10.coalition partners. Back to the Olympics now. The main
:22:10. > :22:13.stadium here opened for business today with tens of thousands
:22:13. > :22:16.watching as the track and field events got underway. One of
:22:16. > :22:21.Britain's biggest hopes for a medal, Jessica Ennis, got off to a flying
:22:21. > :22:24.start. She won her heat in the first event of the heptathlon, the
:22:24. > :22:27.100 metres hurdles, setting a new British record in the process as
:22:27. > :22:30.James Pearce reports. COMMENTATOR: The biggest cheer of
:22:30. > :22:36.all will be reserved for this lady. What a reception for one of the
:22:36. > :22:41.biggest stars of Team GB, the wait for Jessica Ennis was over.
:22:41. > :22:43.She could begin her quest for Olympic gold.
:22:43. > :22:49.Comment Jess got away to a good start.
:22:49. > :22:53.The 100 meters hurdles, the first of seven events spread out over two
:22:53. > :22:57.days. COMMENTATOR: This is a tremendous
:22:57. > :23:01.run by Jessica Ennis. Oh my goodness! The time was so fast that
:23:01. > :23:11.it equalled the gold medal winning time in the individual event at
:23:11. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:14.Beijing. COMMENTATOR: The rest of her
:23:14. > :23:16.competitors must be in despair. She couldn't have started any
:23:16. > :23:20.better and that good form continued as she began the high jump.
:23:20. > :23:24.There is no issue of unused seats here. It is packed. Traditionally
:23:24. > :23:28.on the first morning of an international athletics competition,
:23:28. > :23:34.rows and rows are empty, but listen to the roar as Jessica Ennis clears
:23:34. > :23:40.the high jump. There were more celebrations to
:23:40. > :23:45.come as her rivals faltered, Ennis went over again. A very positive
:23:45. > :23:54.start to her competition. COMMENTATOR: Sits and hits it.
:23:54. > :24:00.The evening session didn't begin so well. Her shot pot was down from
:24:00. > :24:03.her best and the crowd didn't know their feet for the final event of
:24:03. > :24:07.the day, the 200 meters. Jessica Ennis looked to be heading for
:24:08. > :24:10.second place, but was gaining with every stride. She was on her way to
:24:10. > :24:14.another personal best and the overnight lead in the competition.
:24:14. > :24:16.I'm going to have a really strong day tomorrow and make sure that
:24:16. > :24:20.everything is really solid performances and where it needs to
:24:20. > :24:25.be. I'm glad to have got today out of the way and I have got a good
:24:25. > :24:29.score under my belt, but there is a lot more work to be done tomorrow.
:24:29. > :24:38.For captain of the Team GB athletics team has been in action,
:24:38. > :24:45.world champion Dai Greene, looked comfortable. An evening all being
:24:45. > :24:49.well, will end with this woman still smiling.
:24:49. > :24:52.Earlier this evening Andy Murray reached his first Olympic final.
:24:52. > :24:57.It'll be a re-run of his Wimbledon final as he'll play Switzerland's
:24:58. > :25:01.Roger Federer. Joe Wilson reports on that match and the best of the
:25:01. > :25:04.rest of today's action involving Team GB. The big question after
:25:04. > :25:12.Wimbledon was, what did Andy Murray have left for the Olympics? With
:25:12. > :25:15.this, he he broke Novak Djokovic's serve. Of course, Centre Court is
:25:15. > :25:20.familiar for Murray, but he found something new this week, aggressive,
:25:20. > :25:26.bold, better than ever. He took the second set 7-5 to reach an Olympic
:25:26. > :25:33.final. Amazing. I wanted to try and win a
:25:33. > :25:35.medal. Obviously for the team, for the country and lastly for myself.
:25:35. > :25:40.I'm so happy UI would love to get gold now.
:25:40. > :25:45.And what a prospect, he will face Roger Federer. Federer came through
:25:45. > :25:53.the small matter of the longest tennis match in Olympic history.
:25:53. > :25:58.Four hours and 26 minutes and 19-17 in the third set. His opponent
:25:58. > :26:04.deflated, but for these players the Olympics really matter. In women's
:26:04. > :26:08.football, Britain excelled to reach the quarter-finals, but it added in
:26:08. > :26:18.Coventry. They had beaten Brazil, but against Canada they lost 2-0.
:26:18. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:25.In the rowing, George Gnash and will iach and William Sash took
:26:25. > :26:33.bronze. Alan Campbell finished third in the
:26:33. > :26:37.single skulls. After the race, he was too too tired to stand, and
:26:37. > :26:42.could barely speak, but thanked the the crowd.
:26:42. > :26:48.Knowing that 100% the the shouts were for me. I have got to hold on
:26:48. > :26:58.to and secure that medal. British judo feared for its future
:26:58. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:09.before the Games. Suddenly, there are medallists. 14 years in
:27:09. > :27:10.
:27:10. > :27:13.international judo and today, her Well, after this evening's medal
:27:13. > :27:19.successes for Team GB they lie fourth in the medals table. The
:27:19. > :27:25.golds out of a total of 43 medals. The Chinese remain second, then
:27:25. > :27:30.South Korea. Great Britain now has eight golds and a total haul of 22
:27:30. > :27:34.medals. Our Sports Editor, David Bond is in the Olympic Park tonight.
:27:34. > :27:39.Is Team GB on track? It has been a fantastic week for Team GB. They
:27:39. > :27:43.had that nervy start waiting for the first gold medal, but since
:27:43. > :27:48.then they have come along frequently. Three more today and
:27:48. > :27:53.good news for Victoria Pendleton and Katherine Grainger. Team GB,
:27:53. > :27:57.they are fourth place in the medal table. They are on track to deliver
:27:57. > :27:59.on that target. This is a key weekend for them though.
:27:59. > :28:04.Traditionally Britain's athletes are strong across the middle
:28:05. > :28:09.weekend of the Olympics. They will be hoping that can continue. And of
:28:09. > :28:14.course, we heard an interesting insight I heard from Rebecca
:28:14. > :28:17.Adlington about the pressures of competing at a home Games. She said
:28:17. > :28:21.perhaps it is just a bit too much. One of the things which has struck
:28:21. > :28:25.me from this first week of the Olympics has been the incredible
:28:25. > :28:30.level of public engagement with these Games. We saw it this morning
:28:30. > :28:34.at 9am with 80,000 people in the main stadium. We have seen it at
:28:34. > :28:42.venue after venue just that level of enthusiasm and that's quite a
:28:42. > :28:47.contrast from four years ago in Beijing which felt sterile and
:28:47. > :28:49.soleless, no matter what happens now, that level of engagement, that