:00:28. > :00:32.Good afternoon. It's been a tremendous day for Team GB, now
:00:32. > :00:36.stabbedding -- standing third in the medals table. Rowing saw
:00:36. > :00:43.dramatic vict rids with Britain defending the title in the men's
:00:43. > :00:45.four and the women's Lightweight Double Sculls took gold again. Then
:00:45. > :00:50.the Men's Lightweight Double Sculls team took silver. Andy Swiss
:00:50. > :00:55.reports from Eton Dorney. British rowing has seen some golden days,
:00:55. > :01:00.but never has it shone as brightly as this.
:01:01. > :01:08.It began with their flagship boat, the men's four. Stroke by stroke
:01:08. > :01:15.they edged clor, Australia clung on desperately. But a roar of noise
:01:15. > :01:19.brought them home. For Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Tom James, Pete Redd
:01:19. > :01:22.and Alex Gregory it wasn't just gold, but perfection. It took four
:01:22. > :01:29.years, training every day, pulling out everything we had for that. It
:01:29. > :01:34.was without question our finest piece. What an incredible few days
:01:34. > :01:40.this has been for Britain's rowers. This is already their best Olympics
:01:40. > :01:45.for more than a century and the medals keep on coming.
:01:45. > :01:49.Just moments later, Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking, they'd
:01:49. > :01:52.only been together a few months, surely this was too soon. On the
:01:52. > :01:57.grandest stage of all, they road the race of their lives.
:01:57. > :02:01.COMMENTATOR: An incredible skull. second gold in just 20 minutes. It
:02:01. > :02:11.was almost too good to be true. can't believe this is real that we
:02:11. > :02:15.just won. Yeah I don't know. We just won the Olympics. Now for the
:02:15. > :02:19.hat-trick, Olympic champions Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter, the race
:02:19. > :02:22.had to be stopped when Purchase's seat broke. Second time round they
:02:23. > :02:26.led almost the entire way, but agonisingly they welcome back
:02:26. > :02:31.pipped by Denmark. Rarely has silver been so little consolation.
:02:31. > :02:40.We gave everything. We tried everything. We wanted to win so
:02:40. > :02:45.badly. We're just... Sorry to everybody we've let down. You've
:02:45. > :02:49.let nobody down. But it was a day when the tears were largely of joy.
:02:49. > :02:56.The final total of nine medals, the best ever for Britain's rowers, a
:02:56. > :03:01.glorious end to an unforgettable week.
:03:01. > :03:05.On the athletics track, Jessica Ennis is poised to the take the
:03:05. > :03:12.gold in the heptathlon. James Pearce is at the trackside. Seb Coe
:03:12. > :03:15.has said on many occasions he's not concerned about total GB medals, he
:03:15. > :03:18.wants big British moments. If Jessica Ennis can win tonight,
:03:18. > :03:24.there won't be many bigger moments than this.
:03:24. > :03:28.Long before this cauldron was lit, British athletics lovers had been
:03:28. > :03:32.waiting for Saturday, August 4 the day Jessica Ennis could strike gold.
:03:32. > :03:36.They were focusing on her. She was focusing on the long jump.
:03:37. > :03:41.COMMENTATOR: A little stutter. first jump was cautious. She had
:03:41. > :03:46.taken off before she reached the board. There was plenty of room for
:03:47. > :03:55.improvement and she needed to find. -- to find it.
:03:55. > :04:02.It was only three centimetres short of her personal best. Now the
:04:02. > :04:06.javelin. That event has cost her in the past.
:04:06. > :04:12.COMMENTATOR: And the crowd have responded. No today, it was the
:04:12. > :04:15.best throw of her career. Today has been a brilliant day. I was anxious
:04:15. > :04:20.coming in to today having such a good day yesterday, not knowing if
:04:20. > :04:27.the long jump and events was going to go the way I wanted it to. But
:04:27. > :04:31.made up to have done those two today. Ennis' road to Olympic glory
:04:31. > :04:33.has just 800 metres remaining, the distance she has to run this
:04:33. > :04:36.evening. All eyes will be on Jessica Ennis
:04:36. > :04:40.tonight. She's not the only hope for British gold. No the doors are
:04:40. > :04:47.about to open for the evening session. It will be absolutely full
:04:47. > :04:50.when Mo Farah runs in the 10,000 metres and don't rule out Chris Tom
:04:50. > :04:55.Lynnson in the long jump. This morning we saw perhaps the biggest
:04:55. > :05:00.name of them all of these Games, Usain Bolt. His first appearance,
:05:00. > :05:04.the first round of the 100m. He made it look very easy. He wasn't
:05:04. > :05:11.very quick by his standards, 10.09 seconds is very slow for him. He
:05:11. > :05:14.did more than enough to qualify for tomorrow, the final of the 100m is
:05:14. > :05:20.tomorrow night. He'll be one of the favourites for. That and also Oscar
:05:20. > :05:24.Pistorius has made history today becoming the first amputee sprinter
:05:24. > :05:28.to compete at an Olympics. He qualified for the next round of the
:05:28. > :05:34.400 m. But a good day so far for Jessica Ennis, so much more to look
:05:34. > :05:37.forward to this evening. James thank you.
:05:38. > :05:44.As we've heard even before the action tonight, Team GB has moved
:05:44. > :05:51.up third in the overall table with ten Gold Medals. The US is at the
:05:51. > :05:55.top and China in second place. Now the other main news. Rebels in the
:05:55. > :05:58.Syrian city of Aleppo say they're coming under heavy fire as
:05:58. > :06:04.government forces try to break through their positions. Fierce
:06:04. > :06:11.fighting is reported in the capital. This report from Richard Galpin on
:06:11. > :06:21.the Syrian border. A Syrian fighter jet apparently in action over
:06:21. > :06:27.Aleppo today. This is unverified amateur video. There's no doubt the
:06:27. > :06:31.battle for this crucial city is now intensifying, with helicopters also
:06:31. > :06:37.being used frequently by government forces. Many civilians are still
:06:37. > :06:43.trying to get out whenever they can. They fear an all-out assault bit
:06:43. > :06:46.army and Air Force following the arrival of reinforcements. But more
:06:46. > :06:54.rebel fighters are also preparing to join the battle, knowing it
:06:54. > :06:59.could be a tipping point in the conflict. Also today, heavy
:06:59. > :07:05.fighting in several districts of the capital, Damascus. The rebels
:07:05. > :07:09.here, as in Aleppo, holding out much longer than expected. Just
:07:09. > :07:15.outside the city, UN observers have been inspecting what's alleged to
:07:15. > :07:19.be a mass grave. Around 35 people killed by government troops earlier
:07:19. > :07:27.this week, according to opposition activists. But the government
:07:27. > :07:30.denies this. Watching is all the UN can do in Syria. Even though it's
:07:30. > :07:35.now estimated this fighting has been killing up to a thousand
:07:35. > :07:45.people a week, the UN Security Council can still not agree how to
:07:45. > :07:50.end the blood shed. Detectives have said Carole Waugh,
:07:50. > :07:54.whose body was found in a garage in south London, suffered a single
:07:54. > :07:59.stab wound. She was last seen alive in April. Her body was found in a