04/08/2012 BBC Weekend News

One of the greatest days in British Olympic history - six gold medals

at London 2012. women's heptathlon. Gold for Mo

Farah in the men's 10,000m and gold in the long jump.

On the water, Team GB retains the title in the men's four.

And gold for the women's Lightweight Double Sculls make it's

the most successful Olympics for British rowing in modern times.

Also tonight, a man arrested in connection with the murder of the

businesswoman Waugh swau charged with four counts of fraud.

And rebels in Aleppo say they've faced the heaviest bombardment

since fighting began there two Good evening. It's been a

triumphant day for Team GB with Britain winning the most gold

medals in a day, six, for over a century. This evening the athletics

stadium has seen a string of golds. Jessica Ennis has stormed to

victory in the women's heptathlon, there was gold for Mo Farah and

gold in the long jump for Greg Rutherford. Britain's rowers

confirmed dominance in the water -- on the water and more gold in the

velodrome. First glory for Jessica Ennis. Here's our sports editor

David Bond. The biggest day of her life and possibly the biggest

moment of these Games. Jessica Ennis is the face of London 2012.

At last, we would find out if she could live up to the billing. After

a brilliant first day, Ennis led the heptathlon overnight. But day

two has often let her down. Not today. The 26-year-old butt

recent concerns about her long jump to one side to produce the distance

she needed to stay ahead of the field. With the first big test

cleared, now it was time for her achilles heel. A year ago, the

javelin lost her the World Championship title. This time she

set a personal best. She threw 47. 49 metres, a rewards for months of

specialist work on the discipline. As evening fell the stage was set

for the kind of night which makes the Games so special. She started

the 800m with a cushion of 188 points. All she had to do now was

get round safely. Ennis hit the front early, but the others caught

her up on the final bend. To a Devoning roar, she put the

burners on. -- -- deafening roar, she put the burners on.

COMMENTATOR: Here comes Jess! The pride of Sheffield, the pride of

Great Britain, Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion. At the end she

seemed in shock, unable to take in what she had achieved. Then sheer

delight took over. British fans have seen success on the water and

two wheels and on the shooting range, but the start of a gold rush

in athletics in the main Olympic Stadium, well, that could take

these Games to a whole different level all together. I am so shocked.

I can't believe it. After the javelin, I knew I was on for a good

score and a medal. But I couldn't let myself believe it until I

crossed the finish line in the 8hment I -- 800m. All the hard work

and the disappointment of Beijing and everyone's supported me so much.

I'm so happy. We've had plenty of time to get used to this smile over

the last few years. After tonight, the posters of London's poster girl

are going to get even bigger. Just minutes after that victory

from Jessica Ennis cheers rang out again in the Olympic Stadium behind

me, as Britain's Greg Rutherford took gold in the long jump. Then

another gold for Mo Farah in the 10,000m. James Pearce was watching.

Some British champions are predicted in advance. Others are

pleasant surprised. COMMENTATOR: Oh, it's big! Greg

Rutherford's always had the potential. His jump of 8.21 earlier

in the competition was the first sign he was coming good when it

mattered most. He knew if he was to win gold he might well need to jump

further. That was 8.31 and extended his lead. Rival after rival fell

bit wayside, until only the American was left with a chance to

beat him. The jump was a foul. Team GB had yet another Olympic champion.

Greg Rutherford Gold Medallist. This is what I've dreamt of my

entire life. I knew I was going to be a sportsman. When I picked

athletics I knew I wanted to be Olympic champion. I get to do it in

London. Could Mo Farah make it three gold medals in the stadium in

one extraordinary evening? That's the kind of thing that happens to

Team GB in a velodrome, not athletics. No British runner's ever

run the Olympic 10,000m title. None has had a better chance than Mo

Farah, cheered on by a home crowd, already celebrating British success.

Farah was running the perfect tactical race. As he came off the

last bend, he was in the lead and in control. He just had to dig deep

and hold on. He made it look easy. COMMENTATOR: Mo Farah, for Great

Britain, it's gold! This was quite simply the greatest night in

Britishage lotics history, as one - - British history, as one champion

left the arena, another one celebrated. If you love sport,

you'll remember where you were August 4, 2012.

Our Sports Editor David Bond is in the Olympic Stadium. There we are

David, Saturday the 4th, an amazing day for Team GB. We're running out

of superlatives to run up these Games. In the last few moments I

should tell you that Jessica Ennis has received her Gold Medal here,

huge roar from the crowd, which waited behind to see that moment.

Not a dry eye in the house. That's because it's been such an

incredible night, an historic night for British athletics. Never before

have they won three Olympic Gold Medals in one night. And you know,

each of the stories in their own way were truly extraordinary.

Jessica Ennis, the poster girl and face of London 2012. Greg

Rutherford, really the surprise of the evening. Then Mo Farah becoming

the first British man to win the 10,000m in the Games. One of the

big questions coming into the London Games was how would our

athletes do in the marquee sports. We knew they were good at sailing

and rowing and cycling, but how would they deliver on the biggest

stage of all. Well, there were prediction that's could be a new

golden era for track and field, but it's certainly been a golden night.

Thank you. Rowing also saw dramatic victories

with Britain successfully defending the title in the men's four and

women's Lightweight Double Sculls. The men's double skulls team won

silver. It took the total to seven, making it the most successful

Olympics of modern times. Andy Swiss reports from Eton Dorney.

British rowing has seen some golden days, but never has it shone as

brightly as this. It began with the men's four. Stroke by stroke, they

edged clear. Australia clung on desperately. But a wall of noise

roared them home. COMMENTATOR: Great Britain, the

Olympic champions once more! Andrew Triggs-Hodge, Tom James,

Pete Reed and Alex Gregory it was perfection. It took four years to

make that, four years training every day, pulling everything we

had for that. It was without question our finest piece. What an

incredible few days this has been for Britain's rowers. This is

already their best Olympics for more than a century and the medals

just keep on coming. Just moments later, Katherine

Copeland and Sophie Hosking, they'd only been together a few months,

surely this was too soon? On the grandest stage of all, they rowed

the race of their lives. COMMENTATOR: An incredible,

incredible skull. A second gold in just 20 minutes. It was almost too

good to be true. I can't believe this is real. We just won. Yeah, I

don't know. We just won the Olympics. Now for the hat-trick,

Olympic champions Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter. The race was stopped

when Purchase's seat broke. Second time round they led almost the

entire way, but agonisingly they welcome back pipped by Denmark.

Rarely has silver been so little consolation. We gave everything. We

tried everything. We wanted to win so badly. We're just... Sorry to

everybody we've let down. You've let nobody down.

But it was a day when the tears were largely of joy, the final

total of nine medals, the best ever for Britain's rowers, a glorious

end to an unforgettable week. The rest of the Olympics news

including gold for British cyclists later in the programme. First,

today's other news. Rebels in Aleppo say they're coming

under heavy air and ground fire as government forces try to break

through their positions. Fierce fighting is reported to be

continuing in Damascus. This report from Richard Galpin on the Syrian

border. A Syrian fighter jet apparently in action over Aleppo

today. In this unverified amateur video. There's no doubt the battle

for this crucial city is now intensifying with helicopters also

being used frequently by government forces. Many civilians are still

trying to get out whenever they can. They fear an all-out assault by the

army and Air Force, following the arrival of reinforcements. But more

rebel fighters are also preparing to join the battle, knowing it

could be a tipping point in the conflict. Also today, heavy

fighting in several districts of the capital Damascus. The rebels

here, as in Aleppo, holding out much longer than expected. Just

outside the city, UN observers have been inspecting what's alleged to

be a mass grave. Around 35 people killed by government troops earlier

this week, according to opposition activists. But the government

denies it. Watching is all the UN can do in Syria. Even though it's

now estimated this fighting has been killing up to a thousand

people a week. The UN Security Council can still not agree on how

to end the bloodshed. A man arrested in connection with

the murder of Carole Waugh has been charged tonight with four counts of

conspiracy to commit fraud. Nicholas David Kutner was detained

earlier this week. Ben Ando is at Sutton Police Station in Surrey.

What's the background to all this? 50-year-old Carole Waugh

disappeared in April and since then, police have been looking for her,

investigating her background. On Thursday, her body was discovered

hidden in a lock-up garage not far from here in New Malden. It was the

news her family feared. The police knew she worked as an oil executive.

But they found out she led something of a double life. Going

on the internet looking for dates and possibly working as a

prostitute. On Tuesday a man was arrested at Luton airport and

questioned on suspicion of murder. This evening that man, 47-year-old

Nicholas David Kutner was charged with fraudulently impersonating

Carole Waugh's brother, two counts of fraudulently trying to rent her

home and trying to steal money from her bank account. He's in custody.

He'll face magistrates via videolink on Monday.

Thank you. Here at the Olympic Park, British

cyclists confirmed their dominance in the velodrome setting a new

world record in the women's track team pursuit. Dan Roan was watching.

Amid the euphoria of Britain's two golds here last night, the fine

form of the women's pursuit team was overshadowed. Tonight, Laura

Trott, Dani King and Hans Kristian Rausing proved the sport will have

more female faces after Victoria Pendleton retires. The trio were

untouchable. By the end they had their American opponents in their

sites, as emphatic a victory as they could have dreamed of.

COMMENTATOR: Great Britain win the Olympic title. I knew we could do.

It just 12 laps of the track as fast as we can. We did a world

record in the process. Thanks to four gold medals for Team GB in the

last 48 hours, it seems that track cycling is the new rock-and-roll.

It's a sign of how much success in the sport this country's had that

gold is expected rather than hoped for. Britain's cyclists aren't

finished, more medal prospects remain. Their pursuit of excellence

continues. It hasn't all been glory for Team

GB tonight. In the past hour, Great Britain's men's footballers lost a

penalty shootout to South Korea in Cardiff and are out of the

competition. Elsewhere, the sprinter Usain Bolt has started his

campaign for the 100 metre title winning in 10.09 seconds. The

defending champion had a slow start but was soon into his running

stride. And in his final race before

retiring, the American swimmer Michael Phelps won the 4x 100m

medley with his team-mates. It makes him the most successful

Olympian of all time with a total of 22 Olympic medals, 18 gold.

Where does an extraordinary day of Where does an extraordinary day of

sport leave the medal table? Well, Team GB is third after today's six

gold medals, taking the total to 14. The USA is in the lead with 26 and

The USA is in the lead with 26 and China in second place with 25.

Nearly halfway through London 2012, Olympic fever seems to be gripping

much of the nation.Ed to on what organisers called super Saturday,

thousands gathered at big screens across the UK to watch the action.

Richard Bilton has been watching with them. In her home city of

Sheffield, they had waited a long time for this.

CHEERING Jessica Ennis! Fantastic, great.

She did us proud, really proud of her. So proud. Well done, Jess.

Across the country, super Saturday was all about gathering to

celebrate. This was Hyde Park, every gold roared home. There's a

lot more happiness in the air. Everyone's coming together and

feeling patriotic. It feels like London is the capital of the world.

In some ways super Saturday is a testament to the success of the

Games so far. This is what the Olympic organisers had hoped for,

that people would feel part of the Games. By tonight, tens of

thousands were gathered, waiting for the Jessica moment.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Brilliant. It's what Britain deserves. Jessica

Ennis delivered, Mo Farah followed. There have been so many and

millions are sharing the golden feeling.

Well that's it from us at the Olympic Park. You can see more on

today's stories on the BBC News Good evening. The Olympic Park

fared quite well this afternoon. But elsewhere in the United Kingdom

there were heavy showers dotted around. Most of those have begun to

fade away. But not for all parts. Parts of Wales, the south-west of

England will keep some of the showers into the overnight period.

As the showers fade away, else, mist and fog forming and rain in

the far north of the UK. Another mild night, 14 or 15 degrees

typical. Make of most of the morning brightness because it won't

take long for big shower clouds to develop. There will be heavy down

pours. A chance of a few showers for the sailors at Weymouth and

Portland. But it's the winds which will make the seas chopy and make

for interesting racing. The showers will be rumbling into the afternoon

across the south-west. The south- east, the showers are fewer and

further between. You can't rule out the odd shower in and around the

London area. The main risk for the heavy, potentially torrential down

pours is through the Midlands, parts of Wales. Into northern

England and southern Scotland too. Northern Ireland is a better bet

for staying largely dry as is the north of Scotland. But it could be

a bit grey around the coasts. Through the afternoon, there is the