:00:26. > :00:31.The 2012 London Games close with a A celebration of British music. The
:00:31. > :00:41.Olympic flag has been formally passed to Rio, which will stage the
:00:41. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:48.In the last few minutes, the ceremony has closed with a
:00:48. > :00:52.spectacular fireworks display. Earlier, on the final day of
:00:52. > :01:00.competition, the public watched in their thousands. The Olympics chief
:01:00. > :01:05.praised organisers for enabling athletes to make history. Anthony
:01:05. > :01:09.Joshua boxed his way to gold. Britain has secured third place on
:01:09. > :01:14.the medals table. Will be assessing the last fortnight, the legacy of
:01:14. > :01:24.the Games and the future for British sport. Stuart Hazell has
:01:24. > :01:40.
:01:40. > :01:45.been charged with murdering 12- Good evening from the Olympic Park,
:01:45. > :01:50.where the Games have closed with a celebration of British music. Some
:01:50. > :01:55.of the biggest cheers in the stadium were for the 10,000
:01:55. > :01:57.athletes around the world and the thousands of volunteer games makers.
:01:57. > :02:00.Earlier, the president of the International Olympic Committee
:02:00. > :02:07.said London praised the Games' organisers for enabling athletes to
:02:07. > :02:11.make history. David Bond was watching. Over the last fortnight,
:02:11. > :02:19.London has provided the stage for some of the most thrilling theatre
:02:19. > :02:24.sport has to offer. Now it was time for the after-show party. The track
:02:24. > :02:29.which will for ever be remembered for the exploits of Usain Bolt, Mo
:02:29. > :02:39.Farah and Jess NSF was gone. There was a glitteringly creation of the
:02:39. > :02:50.
:02:50. > :02:57.The aisle be full of noises. Sound so that could delight... The show
:02:57. > :03:02.was not afraid to take risks mixing music, history and the downright
:03:02. > :03:11.bizarre. This was supposed to represent the rush-hour. No need
:03:11. > :03:18.for Olympic claims here. Throw daredevil Royal Engineers this time
:03:19. > :03:28.with Prince Harry being chosen to represent the Queen. -- no
:03:29. > :03:45.
:03:45. > :03:50.The country has been visibly lifted by the Games. It was fitting the
:03:50. > :04:00.ceremony should reflect the joyous mood which -- with what was
:04:00. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:08.But it is these performers who have left the nation spellbound. London
:04:08. > :04:12.promised to deliver eight games for the athletes were stuck in the turn,
:04:12. > :04:21.these competitors have produced some of the most memorable moments
:04:21. > :04:25.in the Olympic history. -- at the athletes. After delivering their
:04:25. > :04:35.best performance in over a century, the British team deserved to let
:04:35. > :04:48.
:04:48. > :04:53.their hair down, as they joined At least one number manner -- one
:04:53. > :05:03.member of the Beckham family got to play in the Olympics. Shame about
:05:03. > :05:06.
:05:07. > :05:13.As the party drew to a close, it was time to take down the Olympic
:05:13. > :05:17.Banting and for London to hand on the baton to 2016 hosts, Rio de
:05:17. > :05:22.Janeiro. While the country now faces an almighty Olympic Hanover,
:05:22. > :05:29.there will at least be pride that Britain to live at eight games that
:05:29. > :05:31.will live long in the memory. -- delivered a Games. In one of the
:05:31. > :05:36.final events, Anthony Joshua rounded off Great Britain's most
:05:36. > :05:39.successful boxing performance at an Olympic Games for nearly 100 years.
:05:39. > :05:49.In a dramatic finish, he made up a three-point deficit in the final
:05:49. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:56.round to claim super-heavyweight London's Docklands has seen plenty
:05:56. > :06:02.of change since their heyday. They witnessed a revival for Olympic
:06:02. > :06:08.boxing. The fans had already seen two home golds and now they wanted
:06:09. > :06:13.two more. Fred Evans could not manage it. He was outfought. His
:06:14. > :06:19.silver makes him the most successful boxer in wealth Olympic
:06:19. > :06:24.history. Team GB now has a second chance for a gold medal in the form
:06:24. > :06:29.of super heavyweight, Anthony Joshua. Can he deliver a fitting
:06:29. > :06:34.finale for what has been a remarkable Olympics for British
:06:34. > :06:39.boxing? He struggled at first against Roberto Cammarelle. Judge-
:06:39. > :06:46.led knew he needed to dig deep and produce something special. --
:06:46. > :06:52.Anthony Joshua. That is what the Londoner did. At the end, it was
:06:52. > :06:57.18-18. On countback, judges decided there was only one winner. Roberto
:06:57. > :07:02.Cammarelle appeal but Anthony Joshua was not to be denied. That
:07:02. > :07:10.represents my Jenny and the support from the team. It is more than just
:07:10. > :07:20.a God Murdoch, it is a live experience. -- ate gold medal.
:07:20. > :07:20.
:07:20. > :07:22.it is boxing's best Olympics since Elsewhere, on the final day of the
:07:22. > :07:25.Games, Britain's Samantha Murray won silver in the women's modern
:07:25. > :07:35.pentathlon. Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich took gold in the men's
:07:35. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:45.Away we go! The 2012 Olympic marathon. Under sunny skies they
:07:45. > :07:50.embarked on the ultimate challenge - 26 miles through the heart of
:07:50. > :07:56.London. On show, the cream of the world's marathon runners. The early
:07:56. > :08:03.PAC was whittled away to of Stephen Kiprotich from Uganda. He surged
:08:04. > :08:13.clear and turned the Olympics into a victory - as macabre marathon
:08:13. > :08:18.into a victory procession. For Uganda, a first medal at these
:08:18. > :08:25.Games. Meanwhile, the US Dream Team successfully defend their Olympic
:08:25. > :08:30.basketball title. They were made to work for it by Spain but eventually
:08:30. > :08:37.won. Britain and pasture his hopes of a final medal lay with the
:08:37. > :08:43.modern pentathlon. -- Britain's hopes. The modern pentathlon it is
:08:43. > :08:47.one of the Olympics most gruelling events. It is slightly poignant.
:08:47. > :08:56.After 16 days and countless memories, they are competing for
:08:56. > :08:59.the very last gold of London 2012. It was decided at 6:10pm, a gold
:08:59. > :09:07.for of Lisa Mac -- Laura Asadauskaite and Samantha Murray
:09:07. > :09:11.the silver. So, our final look at the Olympic medal table. Team GB
:09:11. > :09:19.secured third place, with their tally of 29 gold medals. USA took
:09:19. > :09:29.the top slot with 46, ahead of China's 38 golds. Our sports editor
:09:29. > :09:30.
:09:30. > :09:35.is at the Olympic Park now. In so many ways it has been quite a
:09:35. > :09:40.fortnight. The stunning and fitting finale to the Games tonight. The
:09:40. > :09:45.IOC president, in his closing address of the Games, said they had
:09:45. > :09:52.been a happy and glorious Olympics - perhaps perfectly reflecting the
:09:52. > :09:58.mood that London was always trying to create. Comparisons between
:09:58. > :10:03.pasts - has never passed hosts are extremely difficult. I have been to
:10:03. > :10:08.four games and they have been the best publicly supported. Sydney
:10:08. > :10:14.comes closest. One seasoned observer I spoke to today's said
:10:14. > :10:19.these were easily the best. Why? Because of the huge success of Team
:10:19. > :10:25.GB, finishing third in the medals table, at their best performance
:10:25. > :10:32.for over 100 years. Also because of those big international moments -
:10:32. > :10:36.Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps and David Rudisha. Mainly because of
:10:36. > :10:41.the organisation. London really fretted about putting a Games on
:10:41. > :10:46.and worried that transport and security. Everything ran smoothly.
:10:46. > :10:50.I remember Beijing, on the closing date of the Olympics, London
:10:50. > :10:57.worrying how they would follow be Games. They could not follow it in
:10:57. > :11:07.many ways. I think they have gone won a stage further. They have put
:11:07. > :11:08.
:11:08. > :11:10.fun and sport back at the heart of the Olympics. -- won a stage
:11:10. > :11:14.further. Detectives investigating the death of 12-year-old Tia Sharp
:11:14. > :11:16.have charged her grandmother's partner, Stuart Hazell, with murder.
:11:16. > :11:26.Christine Sharp, who was also detained on suspicion of murder,
:11:26. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:31.has been released on bail. This report from Sophie Hutchinson. This
:11:31. > :11:37.afternoon, Tia a pass to get grief- stricken mother, supported by her
:11:37. > :11:43.partner, came to lay flowers for her daughter. -- Tia's grief-
:11:43. > :11:47.stricken mother. The card read, our baby girl, they should not have
:11:47. > :11:52.happened. I wish I was there to protect you. Her mother was
:11:52. > :11:57.devastated by events in the past week. Shortly afterwards her
:11:57. > :12:04.grandfather and father also came to remember her. They said they were
:12:04. > :12:08.heartbroken. 12-year-old Tia Sharp went missing 10 days ago. She had
:12:08. > :12:14.visited her grand mother's house in London where police discovered the
:12:14. > :12:19.body. In an early hours of this morning, police charged her
:12:19. > :12:24.grandmother a past of his boyfriend, Stuart Hazell, with her murder. --
:12:24. > :12:30.grand mother's boyfriend. Christine Sharp was also arrested on
:12:30. > :12:37.suspicion of murder. She has been released on bail, along with a 39-
:12:37. > :12:42.year-old man, who has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an
:12:42. > :12:47.offender. Tomorrow, Stuart Hazell will appear at a magistrates' court,
:12:47. > :12:53.charged with the murder of Tia Sharp. During the day, people came
:12:53. > :12:59.to local churches to sign books of condolence. You cannot really get
:12:59. > :13:06.your head around what could have happened. It is such a tragedy.
:13:06. > :13:12.This community, many of whom helped to search for Tia are stunned and
:13:12. > :13:16.angry about what has happened. At least 250 people are reported to
:13:16. > :13:20.have been killed by two earthquakes in Iran. Up to 2,000 others were
:13:20. > :13:30.injured. Villages around the north western city of Tabriz were hit by
:13:30. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:38.The two earthquakes had struck 11 minutes apart. Scores of villages
:13:38. > :13:44.were damaged. Some are said to have been flattened completely. Hundreds
:13:44. > :13:49.of people have been injured. Many casualties were in rural areas,
:13:49. > :13:54.where homes were destroyed. The Red Crescent is providing shelter for
:13:54. > :13:59.those left homeless or too afraid to return indoors. It has
:13:59. > :14:05.dispatched thousands of tents, blankets and tons of food. About
:14:05. > :14:10.16,000 people have been helped so far. President Ahmadinejad has
:14:10. > :14:14.ordered reconstruction to begin immediately, before the onset of
:14:14. > :14:19.winter. Iranian officials say search and rescue operations are
:14:19. > :14:24.ending. Most people have been accounted for and the priority now
:14:24. > :14:27.is to get help to the survivors. There have been dozens of
:14:27. > :14:32.aftershocks but the Iranian authorities know what to expect.
:14:32. > :14:41.The country lies on a major geological fault-line and many
:14:41. > :14:43.people are heeding the advice to In Egypt, President Mohamed Morsi
:14:43. > :14:46.has effectively sacked the head of the armed forces, Field Marshal
:14:46. > :14:49.Hussein Tantawi. Relations between the Army and President Morsi's
:14:49. > :14:53.Muslim Brotherhood have been tense since the fall of President Mubarak
:14:53. > :14:55.last year, and this will be seen by Egyptians as a decisive move in the
:14:55. > :14:59.power struggle. British sporting success hasn't
:14:59. > :15:03.been confined to the Olympics. In the last hour, the golfer Rory
:15:03. > :15:09.McIlroy has won the US PGA Championship. He took the final
:15:09. > :15:15.major of the year at Kiawah Island, in South Carolina, by eight shots.
:15:15. > :15:19.He is the first British winner of the tournament since 1919.
:15:19. > :15:22.Now back to the Olympics, and the events of the past two weeks in the
:15:22. > :15:24.capital have affected thousands of lives. Spectators who've lined the
:15:24. > :15:29.streets, volunteers who've helped out, and traders on the fringes of
:15:29. > :15:39.the Olympic Park. Our special correspondent, Richard Bilton, has
:15:39. > :15:45.been finding out how they will remember the last fortnight.
:15:45. > :15:49.The last day of the biggest party. Her this morning, it was the
:15:49. > :15:54.marathon. Thousands came to central London for a final day in the
:15:54. > :16:01.Olympic sun. Pot of wanting to be down here is to soak up the
:16:01. > :16:05.atmosphere and wanting to be part of it. -- part of it. I expect
:16:05. > :16:10.there is a big screen somewhere... The Wood family have come up from
:16:10. > :16:15.Somerset. They are part of a London 2012 phenomenon. Those from across
:16:15. > :16:23.the UK who have felt compelled to leave their TVs and see it for
:16:23. > :16:28.themselves. It is just amazing! So many different nationalities.
:16:28. > :16:33.Everybody waving their flags and cheering. Really good. I am quite
:16:33. > :16:38.upset because I wanted to go on for a lot longer. The hope was that
:16:38. > :16:43.these Olympics would become the people's Games. It has worked. But
:16:43. > :16:48.there are other ways of judging London 2012. Like the impact on the
:16:48. > :16:54.East London. This morning, like every Games morning, the Olympic
:16:54. > :16:59.Park at Stratford was busy. But across the road, market access
:16:59. > :17:05.there has been a price. His customers are not here. -- Turker
:17:05. > :17:10.Ahmet says there has been a price. All of those signs, keep away from
:17:10. > :17:18.central London because of the Olympics. People are staying away.
:17:18. > :17:22.But some have felt the Olympic magic! Can you do the pose? Teona
:17:22. > :17:29.Jackson is an Olympic volunteer. Part of an Army of free labour that
:17:29. > :17:38.has helped define the UK flavour of these games. -- Games. The best
:17:38. > :17:43.thing in my life and I will regret forever. The Wood family have their
:17:43. > :17:50."I was there" moment. It made us proud to be British today.
:17:50. > :17:54.memories will live long and a Paralympics lie ahead. But all
:17:54. > :17:59.parties end and London's golden time at the centre of the world is
:17:59. > :18:01.nearly done. The founder of the modern Olympics
:18:01. > :18:06.famously declared that the most important element of the Games
:18:06. > :18:16.isn't the winning but the taking part. With that in mind, here are a
:18:16. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:20.few of those memorable moments. From all of us here, goodnight.
:18:20. > :18:30.After years of planning, the Opening Ceremony of the London
:18:30. > :18:38.
:18:39. > :18:48.The greatest Olympic sailor of all times. That is a step forward for
:18:49. > :18:51.