:00:11. > :00:15.Tonight at 10.00: Hopes of a turning point in the Eurozone debt
:00:15. > :00:25.crisis. The European Central Bank promises unlimited support for
:00:25. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:29.countries in trouble. We will have a fully effective backstop to avoid
:00:29. > :00:32.destructive scenarios, with potentially severe challenges.
:00:32. > :00:37.report from Spain, where there's more resistance to the prospect of
:00:37. > :00:40.a bailout. We'll be asking whether this really could lead to the end
:00:40. > :00:48.of the Eurozone crisis. Also tonight: In France a British family
:00:48. > :00:51.murdered by a gunman. Police reveal how a daughter survived.
:00:51. > :00:55.TRANSLATION: We discovered the girl completely still under the legs of
:00:55. > :00:59.one of the dead women. She'd stayed there all that time, totally
:00:59. > :01:06.invisible. At the family home in Surrey, neighbours expressed their
:01:06. > :01:09.deep sadness at the news. A very strong family indeed. A very caring
:01:09. > :01:17.family. They always did things together. Relaxing the planning
:01:17. > :01:20.rules in England in the search for more economic growth. COMMENTATOR:
:01:20. > :01:23.It's going to be peacock. And at the Paralympics, Jonnie
:01:23. > :01:33.Peacock wins the big sprint battle, as Britain's athletes beat their
:01:33. > :01:35.And coming up in Sportsday on the News Channel: Warwickshire
:01:35. > :01:45.celebrate becoming County Cricket Champions, healing the hurts of
:01:45. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:03.missing out at the elevth hour last Good evening. There are hopes
:02:03. > :02:05.tonight of a turning point in the Eurozone debt crisis. The European
:02:05. > :02:09.Central Bank has revealed plans to offer unlimited support to the
:02:09. > :02:12.weakest economies, by cutting their borrowing costs. The bank's
:02:12. > :02:14.president, Mario Draghi, said it has underlined the commitment to
:02:14. > :02:17.safeguard the euro and financial markets gave the plan a very
:02:17. > :02:27.enthusiastic welcome, as our Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, reports from
:02:27. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:31.Madrid. Troubled economies like Spain got thrown a lifeline today.
:02:32. > :02:36.The European Central Bank said it stood ready to buy unlimited
:02:36. > :02:41.amounts of bonds, to help bring down borrowing costs for countries
:02:41. > :02:46.like Spain and Italy. The markets bounced on news of an ambitious
:02:46. > :02:52.plan, designed to ease the eurozone crisis. Six weeks ago, Mario Draghi,
:02:52. > :02:58.the President of the ECB, promised to do "whatever it takes" to
:02:58. > :03:04.preserve the euro. Today he explained how. We will have a fully
:03:04. > :03:07.effective backstop to avoid destructive scenarios with
:03:08. > :03:14.potentially severe challenges for price stability in the euro area.
:03:14. > :03:18.So, how would the Dragutinovic plan work? The ECB would buy unlimited
:03:18. > :03:22.government bonds from a eurozone country asking for help. That
:03:22. > :03:26.should drive down the country's borrowing costs but there would be
:03:26. > :03:29.strings attached. Nations would first have to request help from the
:03:29. > :03:35.eurozone's bailout fund and accept strict conditions, such as
:03:35. > :03:39.austerity measures. On the streets of Madrid today,
:03:39. > :03:45.protests against a visit by the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel,
:03:45. > :03:49.they blame her for austerity. When she met with the Spanish Prime
:03:49. > :03:53.Minister, Mariano Rajoy, would he not be drawn on whether he would
:03:53. > :03:57.now be asking foral bailout. Angela Merkel spoke for the need to
:03:57. > :04:01.restore confidence in the euro as a whole. Later a Spanish minister
:04:01. > :04:05.cast out on whether Spain would seek help. Are you saying in the
:04:05. > :04:08.short-term, certainly, that Spain doesn't need to ask for a rescue?
:04:08. > :04:15.According to the figures, and according to the financial
:04:15. > :04:19.situation right now, we believe that we can be self-sufficient.
:04:19. > :04:23.go to regions like Castile-La Mancha to see why Spain might need
:04:23. > :04:27.a rescue. For companies like this furniture factory, it is a harsh
:04:27. > :04:31.climate. Consumers are not spending and it is almost impossible to be
:04:31. > :04:36.find credit. Once bustling industrial estates in this nearby
:04:36. > :04:40.area are shuttered. The town, like so many, is struggling with huge
:04:40. > :04:46.debt. Even the street lighting is being reduced here. Today's
:04:46. > :04:50.announcement was the ECB's big bazooka. There will be no limits on
:04:50. > :04:54.the amount of government bonds the Central Bank can bie. Quite simply,
:04:54. > :04:58.they can continue until the borrowing costs of those troubled
:04:58. > :05:04.countries are brought down. As to the markets, well, they soared on
:05:04. > :05:11.the news. All eyes will now be on Spain. Will it ask for help? And
:05:11. > :05:15.will it accept possibly tough new conditions?
:05:15. > :05:19.Watching that with me our Economics Editor, Stephanie Flanders. Could
:05:19. > :05:22.this be the big breakthrough that starts to resolve this crisis?
:05:22. > :05:26.think it is a pretty significant day. If you think back over the
:05:26. > :05:30.last two years, the big question that has been hanging over the
:05:30. > :05:33.eurozone, hanging over governments, is who is in charge? Who is there
:05:33. > :05:38.to stand behind this currency ultimately when it is under
:05:38. > :05:41.pressure? Who is going to hold it together? Governments have tried to
:05:42. > :05:47.play that role. The European Central Bank hasn't wanted the play
:05:47. > :05:51.that role but many people, over time, have decided it was the only
:05:51. > :05:54.institution capable of convincing the markets. In a sense it has
:05:54. > :05:58.blinked. It has said db OK there will be conditions, the governments
:05:58. > :06:02.have to be seen to be doing the right things but if you are Spain
:06:02. > :06:06.or Italy and markets are punishing over questions about the euro and
:06:06. > :06:09.are suggesting you are about to default on your debt or leave the
:06:10. > :06:13.single currency, we are going to protect you and do what it takes to
:06:13. > :06:16.protect to you bring down your borrowing costs. I think it is
:06:16. > :06:20.significant. We have critics from the German Central Bank who would
:06:20. > :06:24.say it isn't a long-term solution, it is propping up governments and
:06:24. > :06:29.storing up probsz for the future but for a lot of people out there,
:06:29. > :06:32.it is significant. -- storing up problems. For the first time there
:06:32. > :06:36.is an insurance policy against some of the worst outcomes people have
:06:36. > :06:41.been talking Bif you are begt on Spain or Italy leaving the euro or
:06:41. > :06:46.defaulting on your debt, you might now find yourself betting against
:06:46. > :06:49.the central most important bank in the world.
:06:49. > :06:51.Police in France have given more details of yesterday's shootings in
:06:51. > :06:54.which three members of a British family were murdered, and their
:06:54. > :06:57.young daughter was seriously wounded. A second daughter was
:06:57. > :07:02.found alive by police hours later, hidden among the bodies. A cyclist
:07:02. > :07:06.was also found shot dead nearby. The father has been named locally
:07:07. > :07:14.as Saad al-Hilli from Claygate in Surrey. The family were on holiday
:07:14. > :07:19.near Lake Annecy, from where Jon Kay sent this report. In the
:07:19. > :07:23.tranquility of the Alps, a fleet of herss carrying the bodies of a
:07:23. > :07:29.family from Surrey, gunned down on their summer holiday.
:07:29. > :07:33.They'd been in their car at this remote beauty spot when they were
:07:33. > :07:42.shot in the head at point-blank range. The police say what happened
:07:42. > :07:47.in this vehicle was an act of extreme savagery. This woman heard
:07:48. > :07:55.the automatic gunfire. She told me it lasted 30 seconds, and then
:07:55. > :08:00.silence. "why? Why did it happen here? Was
:08:00. > :08:04.it random, was it some kind of revenge attack? Those poor little
:08:04. > :08:08.girls, it is horrible," she says. At the campsite where the family
:08:08. > :08:12.have been saying, the police are trying to find answers. They say
:08:12. > :08:17.there is no clear motive for the attack, but one possibility is that
:08:17. > :08:21.it was a targeted assassination. They are looking into the family's
:08:21. > :08:26.background in Iraq and Mr Hilario's work as a satellite engineer. --
:08:26. > :08:29.pll Saad al-Hilli's work. The police have been talking to
:08:29. > :08:33.other holiday-makers, searching through the campsite, trying to
:08:33. > :08:37.find clues to explain what has happened. So what do we know? The
:08:37. > :08:43.family left the campsite yesterday around lunch time and drove their
:08:43. > :08:48.BMW from the small town of Saint- Jorioz, along a tourist route
:08:48. > :08:52.through the forests to the Hamlet of Chevaline. Next we know is just
:08:52. > :08:55.before 4.00pm, local time, their car was found by a British cyclist.
:08:55. > :08:59.Inside were the bodies of the three adult members of the family.
:08:59. > :09:03.Outside the older daughter was found seriously injured. The body
:09:03. > :09:07.of a local man was also discovered. It's thought he might have been
:09:07. > :09:12.shot because he happened to witness the killings. Police sealed off the
:09:12. > :09:16.area, and it was only when forensic teams arrived from Paris, eight
:09:16. > :09:23.hours later, that the four-year-old girl was found in the car, hiding
:09:23. > :09:28.under her dead mother's legs. TRANSLATION: The little girl is
:09:28. > :09:36.deeply upset and traumatised. She has asked for her family. We need
:09:36. > :09:40.to help her and her older sister explain to us what has happened.
:09:40. > :09:44.On the shores of Lake Annecy, there is disbelief tonight. Disbelief
:09:44. > :09:49.that it took so long to find the little girl. But also disbelief
:09:49. > :09:53.that the shootings happened here at all. These British holiday-makers
:09:53. > :09:59.were driving in the same area at the time of the attack.! It's scary.
:09:59. > :10:04.When we looked at the map this morning, and traced where we had
:10:04. > :10:08.been and how close it was to the -- to where the incident happened.
:10:08. > :10:12.It's dreadful. As well as shock, there is fear in this region
:10:12. > :10:16.tonight, that the perpetrators are still at large. The French
:10:16. > :10:23.President says everything possible will be done to find them and to
:10:23. > :10:26.restore the Alpine calm. As we've heard, Saad al-Hilli was
:10:26. > :10:29.originally from Iraq and moved to Britain where he worked as a
:10:29. > :10:32.computer engineer and lived in Claygate in Surrey, where
:10:32. > :10:42.neighbours have been trying to come to terms with the news, as Ben
:10:42. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:47.Geoghegan reports. A few days ago, Saad al-Hilli left his home here in
:10:47. > :10:50.Claygate, towing his caravan to France for a family holiday.
:10:50. > :10:54.But this afternoon the police arrived and local people began to
:10:54. > :11:00.realise that it was their own neighbour who had been brutally
:11:00. > :11:05.murdered in France. Shock and - you know, you just feel sick. French
:11:05. > :11:10.police say Saad came to the UK from Iraq in 2002. Although neighbours
:11:10. > :11:15.think the family moved here much earlier. His wife, Iqbal, trained
:11:15. > :11:21.as a dentist in Iraq and was hoping to practice in the UK. Saad worked
:11:21. > :11:25.for a firm in Guildford, called Surrey satellites, and he had other
:11:25. > :11:29.business interests. Neighbours say they were a very close family
:11:29. > :11:35.was an engineer. Very dedicated to his family and to his children and
:11:35. > :11:39.very proud of his children as well. And it's indeed a very sad loss and
:11:39. > :11:42.a very, very sad day for everyone who has known him and a very sad
:11:42. > :11:47.day, of course for his children because, it will be very difficult
:11:47. > :11:51.for them to grow up without a father or a mother. The question
:11:51. > :11:56.being asked by everyone is why Saad al-Hilli and his family were
:11:56. > :12:02.attacked, and why it was so violent? They were shot through the
:12:02. > :12:07.head, so that sounds like a professional killing, which is
:12:07. > :12:11.really very worrying, because you wouldn't think it was a casual
:12:11. > :12:15.killer who would do that. That's a worrying thing. But the reason for
:12:15. > :12:19.that, I haven't got a clue. Police have been here all afternoon at the
:12:19. > :12:22.home in Claygate and they have spoken to some of the neighbour
:12:22. > :12:25.abouts what has happened to Saad al-Hilli and his family. It is
:12:25. > :12:30.clear that officers here in the UK will play an important part in the
:12:30. > :12:33.investigation in southern France. Saad's two daughters may hold the
:12:33. > :12:36.key to this investigation. But no- one knows when they'll be able to
:12:36. > :12:46.speak about what has happened to them.
:12:46. > :12:46.
:12:46. > :12:52.And no-one knows, if they will ever return to the family home.
:12:52. > :12:56.For the latest from the French Alps tonight let's talk to Jon Kay who
:12:56. > :13:01.is there. Do you detect any sign of any meaningful progress in this
:13:01. > :13:04.investigation now? On the face of it, Ehui, no, not at the moment. --
:13:04. > :13:10.Huw, no. No news of any breakthrough in this investigation.
:13:10. > :13:14.No sign of any arrests, as far as we know there is a gunman or gunmen
:13:14. > :13:16.at large in this remote part of the French Alps close to the bored we
:13:16. > :13:19.are Switzerland. The French authorities are stressing they are
:13:20. > :13:22.committing large resources to this but are taking it very seriously.
:13:23. > :13:25.They know they face criticism for failing to find the little girl in
:13:25. > :13:31.the car for so long. They say that happened because they were trying
:13:31. > :13:33.not to disturb the evidence, trying not to contaminate the scene of the
:13:33. > :13:36.crime. The British Ambassador has been here tonight and he says he
:13:36. > :13:39.has no problem in the way in which the French authorities are doing
:13:39. > :13:44.this. The police here say they are ruling nothing out. And of course
:13:44. > :13:47.the danger of that is that it means that every rumour, every conspiracy
:13:47. > :13:54.theory in a way is an open door but they know that the two people they
:13:54. > :13:58.really need to talk to, are those two little girls who survived the
:13:58. > :14:01.incident but the gendarmes have told us that they know that talking
:14:01. > :14:07.to those little girls is going to be a long, difficult and very
:14:07. > :14:10.sensitive process. We will get an Businesses and housing associations
:14:10. > :14:13.have welcomed the Government's plans to boost house building in
:14:13. > :14:16.England. For a limited period, homeowners will be able to build
:14:16. > :14:18.bigger extensions without planning permission and some developers
:14:18. > :14:23.won't need to include affordable homes when building new
:14:23. > :14:32.developments. But Labour says it's hardly likely to make a difference
:14:32. > :14:35.to economic growth, as James Landale reports. These are the
:14:35. > :14:38.apprentices who will get the jobs to bill the homes that will house
:14:38. > :14:41.the families and get the economy moving. That is why David Cameron
:14:41. > :14:47.hopes will happen when he relaxes the building rules, changes
:14:47. > :14:50.planning laws and offers hope to first-time buyers. I want private
:14:50. > :14:57.and social housing built. We want to get Britain building and both
:14:57. > :15:00.those things will happen. It should provide at least 140,000 jobs, and
:15:00. > :15:05.saying to people, if you want to build a conservatory and a house,
:15:05. > :15:09.you can. Let's get Britain building and hope to get Britain working.
:15:09. > :15:12.today, he and Nick Clegg rewrote the rules for building in England.
:15:12. > :15:15.Homeowners can extend their houses by up to eight metres without
:15:16. > :15:20.planning permission and there will be similar changes for businesses.
:15:20. > :15:23.There will be held for up to 16,000 first-time buyers by extending a
:15:23. > :15:27.scheme where the Government and developers lend people up to 20% of
:15:27. > :15:30.the deposit for a mortgage. But perhaps most importantly, the rules
:15:30. > :15:34.forcing developers to build affordable housing will be relaxed
:15:34. > :15:39.next year, so commercially risky schemes become more viable and are
:15:39. > :15:42.more likely to go ahead. The firm behind this development in
:15:42. > :15:47.east London has to ensure that one third of the flats will be
:15:47. > :15:51.affordable, sold or rented below market value. But today's changes,
:15:51. > :15:54.agreed last night, mean that for the next three years, firms will be
:15:54. > :16:00.freer to build more profitable homes. In return, the Government
:16:00. > :16:03.will build 15,000 affordable homes at a cost of �300 million. The
:16:03. > :16:08.Government has a huge problem with the economy. There is not enough
:16:08. > :16:14.growth. Today, the economic think- tank the OECD slashed its forecast
:16:14. > :16:16.for Britain saying the economy this year will shrink by 0.7%. So the
:16:16. > :16:21.Government's fate depends in part on more homes like these being
:16:21. > :16:25.built. The question is, will these new reforms make a difference? The
:16:25. > :16:28.view from industry and housing groups was that they would.
:16:28. > :16:32.welcome help for first-time buyers, which is good news for
:16:32. > :16:35.housebuilders and first-time buyers. We are pleased with the reforms
:16:35. > :16:39.that will help to build their homes and we would like more hope for
:16:39. > :16:43.homebuyers. At the end of the day, it is the problem of deposits, so
:16:43. > :16:46.we would like more money channelled in from the Government. Those not
:16:46. > :16:51.building but adding to Holmes said relaxing planning for extensions
:16:51. > :16:55.would help, but more could be done. I welcome it but I think it needs
:16:55. > :17:01.to be tied with a serious look at the VAT threshold, because for us
:17:01. > :17:06.that is the real killer. That is music to his ears - Labour wants
:17:06. > :17:10.the VAT cut, too, and he does nothing more extensions amount to a
:17:10. > :17:13.proper economic policy. I want these schemes to work. I do not
:17:13. > :17:16.want the economy stuck in the position that it is in, but I fear
:17:16. > :17:20.this will not have the effect the Government is hoping for because
:17:20. > :17:24.they are not dealing with the central problem, the failure of
:17:24. > :17:28.Plan A. But David Cameron and Nick Clegg believe as they can give
:17:28. > :17:38.Britain building they will be on to a winner. But for now, they will
:17:38. > :17:40.
:17:40. > :17:44.just have to cross their fingers. Coming up on tonight's programme.
:17:44. > :17:49.A third gold for David Weir on a night of British success at the
:17:49. > :17:52.Paralympics. In a few hours Barack Obama will
:17:52. > :17:56.address the Democratic Convention in North Carolina and accept his
:17:56. > :17:58.party's nomination for a second presidential term. His candidacy
:17:58. > :18:01.has already been given a stirring endorsement by former President
:18:01. > :18:06.Clinton who warned Americans against handing the White House to
:18:06. > :18:15.the Republicans. Let's join our North America editor, Mark Mardell,
:18:15. > :18:18.at the convention. Well, the crowd are enjoying a
:18:18. > :18:22.performance by James Taylor at the moment but in a few hours it will
:18:22. > :18:25.be the President on the stage. Surprisingly, with just 60 days to
:18:25. > :18:29.go before the vital election, he has not really set out what he
:18:29. > :18:34.would do with his second term in the White House. We know his vision,
:18:34. > :18:40.but this is a chance to talk about his plans. Earlier, his record was
:18:40. > :18:46.defended by one of the biggest beasts of American politics.
:18:46. > :18:53.President Bill Clinton. The once disgraced President wrote to the
:18:53. > :18:59.rescue. Obama mania has faded, along with hope and change, and the
:18:59. > :19:02.man who defends himself as a little country boy is the best for now.
:19:02. > :19:06.Only sheer charisma can hold a crowd enraptured with a speech of
:19:06. > :19:15.facts and figures explaining Obama's achievement, riffing on his
:19:15. > :19:18.values, defending his record. we where we want to be today? No.
:19:18. > :19:24.Is the President's satisfied? Of course not. But are we better off
:19:24. > :19:30.than we were when he took office? The President came on, a brief
:19:30. > :19:37.Hyogo. They are not friends but they are now allies. It -- there
:19:37. > :19:43.was a brief embrace. Although the magic has faded, many still love
:19:43. > :19:49.Obama. But the streets outside the convention centre bear witness to
:19:50. > :19:54.the raw passion raised in this election. If you Oreo homosexual...
:19:54. > :20:04.Particularly on issues like gay marriage and abortion. Detailed
:20:04. > :20:04.
:20:04. > :20:07.plans are another matter. Thomas voted for Obama last time but he is
:20:07. > :20:11.wavering and is here looking for answers, asking what the President
:20:11. > :20:16.will do if re-elected. Most of what I have heard is about gay marriage,
:20:16. > :20:19.abortion, social issues. I am not going to have an abortion and am
:20:19. > :20:23.not worried about gay marriage. I am concerned about the economy and
:20:23. > :20:30.I am not hearing a lot of answers about the economy. That will make
:20:30. > :20:33.my decision at this election. 2008, Obama's election rally was
:20:33. > :20:37.inspirational. Tonight was going to be in another big stadium.
:20:37. > :20:42.Democrats say that it was moved because of the weather, but
:20:42. > :20:46.Republicans say it was because they could not fill the seats. Obama has
:20:46. > :20:49.had four years now. He did not focus on the economy, the debt and
:20:49. > :20:55.the deficit. Anything contrary to that tonight is just smoke and
:20:55. > :20:59.mirrors. Tonight, Obama stands alone, his turn to defend his
:21:00. > :21:03.record. They are clapping now and I'm sure
:21:03. > :21:06.there will be raptures when the President comes on stage, but there
:21:06. > :21:10.is no doubt about his soaring rhetoric. People will be looking
:21:10. > :21:13.out to see if he gets the tone light in the middle of a difficult
:21:13. > :21:23.economic time, and if he comes up with any details about what he
:21:23. > :21:24.
:21:24. > :21:28.would do in a second term. In South Africa, a small number of
:21:28. > :21:32.miners are back at work at the mine in Marikana where 34 strikers were
:21:32. > :21:35.shot dead by police last month. A breakaway union refused to sign the
:21:35. > :21:42.deal with the owners which was meant to bring an end to the long-
:21:42. > :21:47.running dispute over pay levels. Karen Allen reports.
:21:47. > :21:51.Jubilation, as protesters walked free today from court, as murder
:21:51. > :21:57.charges against them were withdrawn from what has now been called the
:21:57. > :22:01.Marikana Massacre. This, the enduring image of the strike,
:22:01. > :22:09.protesters at the mine gunned down as they demanded more pay. Pictures
:22:09. > :22:12.captured the moment when the police opened fire. 34 miners dead. Now, a
:22:12. > :22:17.maverick youth leader, expelled from the ANC, has repeated his call
:22:17. > :22:22.to make the mind is impossible to govern. What do we mean by that. I
:22:22. > :22:27.mean they must put down their tools. I am not calling for violence. I am
:22:27. > :22:33.not calling for killing of anybody. Workers must refuse to sell their
:22:33. > :22:37.labour. But hours after this March late yesterday, a breakthrough.
:22:37. > :22:40.Management at the platinum mine and all but one of the trade unions
:22:40. > :22:48.signed a deal paving the way for talks. It is very important for
:22:48. > :22:51.people to return to work. That frees us up to engage in this
:22:51. > :22:56.negotiation and within the next 30 days to find ways of ensuring that
:22:56. > :23:02.we can arrive at an amicable solution. Meanwhile, bleak scenes
:23:02. > :23:05.at the Marikana mine today, as storms saw further protest
:23:05. > :23:10.dismissing the deal cancelled. The weather seemed a fitting metaphor
:23:10. > :23:14.for the turbulence of the past few weeks. Although the hailstorms have
:23:14. > :23:17.scuppered plans demonstrations, they have served to expose the
:23:17. > :23:21.appalling conditions so many South African as the face. This dispute
:23:21. > :23:26.is as much about ongoing inequality and frustration about leadership as
:23:26. > :23:31.it is about pay. I find a striking miner mopping up after another
:23:31. > :23:34.downpour. Once, this family voted for the ANC without question. They
:23:34. > :23:39.hoped that their lives would improve. But political infighting
:23:39. > :23:47.and broken promises have left them out in the cold. Who do you blame
:23:47. > :23:50.for the ongoing inequalities? TRANSLATION: I think the government
:23:50. > :23:55.are responsible. They are the ones in charge. They are the ones who
:23:55. > :23:59.should be blamed. It is their duty to improve our lives. What happens
:23:59. > :24:03.here may be a wake-up call, but not an Arab Spring. Even so, there is
:24:03. > :24:09.bitterness that poverty that stubbornly persists is being used
:24:09. > :24:14.to settle political scores. It has been a great night for
:24:14. > :24:19.Britain at the Paralympics. Jonnie Peacock has won his 100m final, the
:24:19. > :24:23.showcase sprint event of the Games, beating defending champion, Oscar
:24:23. > :24:27.Pistorius of South Africa. Earlier, there was a third gold medal on the
:24:27. > :24:32.track for David Weir, as Britain surpassed its metal target, as
:24:32. > :24:35.David Bond reports. -- It's a medal target.
:24:35. > :24:40.The Olympic Stadium has already witnessed so many great nights, but
:24:40. > :24:45.for the Paralympics this promised to be the best so far. There might
:24:45. > :24:49.be more than 20 different 100m finals, but here was the most
:24:49. > :24:54.eagerly anticipated. Britain's Jonnie Peacock, the fastest amputee
:24:54. > :25:00.in the world, against Oscar Pistorius, the face of the Games.
:25:00. > :25:04.Even before it started, the 19- year-old was in complete command.
:25:04. > :25:09.And once the gun went, it was obvious we were watching the
:25:09. > :25:14.emergence of a new sporting superstar. Peacock had his right
:25:14. > :25:18.leg amputated after contracting meningitis as a young boy. He only
:25:18. > :25:23.took up sprinting in the last three years, but here he was, beating a
:25:23. > :25:28.world-class field which included Pistorius. The South African as one
:25:28. > :25:33.last shot at individual gold in the 400m, but this felt like a Changing
:25:33. > :25:37.of the Guard. If Peacock is the new Prince of Paralympic track-and-
:25:37. > :25:42.field, David Weir is the undisputed king. With two gold medals already
:25:42. > :25:48.under his belt, he was aiming for his third in the T 54800 metres. It
:25:48. > :25:53.was tight, but the roar of the home crowd it did its bit again. He will
:25:54. > :25:58.aim to complete an unprecedented quadruple in the marathon on Sunday.
:25:58. > :26:04.Earlier, Hannah Cockroft set the tone for a remarkable evening by
:26:04. > :26:07.winning the T34 200m and completing the sprint double. If the Olympics
:26:07. > :26:12.had super Saturday, there is no question today was the most
:26:12. > :26:15.memorable day of the Paralympics for Great Britain. From the stadium
:26:15. > :26:20.to the swimming pool, to the Cycling, there was success after
:26:20. > :26:24.success, as the hosts surpassed their medal target for the Games.
:26:24. > :26:28.At Brands Hatch, Sarah Storey won the women's Road Race by a
:26:28. > :26:31.staggering seven minutes. That is now four gold medals in London and
:26:32. > :26:36.11 Paralympic titles, an achievement which equals the modern
:26:36. > :26:42.British record held by Dave Roberts and Tanni Grey-Thompson. What she
:26:42. > :26:46.has achieved is amazing, because to compete at six Games and IND two
:26:47. > :26:50.sports is something very few people can do. 15-year-old Josef Craig
:26:50. > :26:55.also showed himself to be a rare talent tonight, breaking the world
:26:55. > :27:04.record for the second time in a day, as he powered to gold medal in the