:00:10. > :00:13.14 people are dead after a gunman opens fire at a cinema in America.
:00:13. > :00:21.As many as 50 others are hurt, some critically injured with gunshot
:00:21. > :00:25.wounds. Terrified eyewitnesses speak of a helmeted man walking
:00:25. > :00:33.into the theatre and opening fire at random A man in his 20s is under
:00:33. > :00:38.arrest. When she turned around, or she saw was the guy is slowly
:00:38. > :00:43.making his way up the stairs and just firing. Just picking random
:00:43. > :00:51.people. A man in his 20s is under arrest. Police are searching his
:00:51. > :00:57.home for more weapons. The suspect, who is in custody, made statements
:00:57. > :00:59.about possible explosives in possession in his residence. We'll
:00:59. > :01:05.have all the latest on America's latest gun tragedy. Today's other
:01:05. > :01:08.news. The head of the Syrian rebel army says he believes President
:01:08. > :01:13.Assad will be gone within 30 days. Dairy farmers blockade depots
:01:13. > :01:18.across England to protest at the price they're paid for their milk.
:01:18. > :01:27.Olympic security. Ministers say there's been no compromise over
:01:27. > :01:30.security. Good evening, the Prime Minister weighed in... And Sir
:01:30. > :01:34.Alistair Burnett, the face of ITV's News at Ten for two decades, has
:01:34. > :01:37.died at the age of 84. On BBC London. As a grab for the Olympic
:01:37. > :01:40.torch is made, Londoners are warned about breaching the relay security.
:01:40. > :01:50.And Scotland Yard says it'll be writing to Ian Tomlinson's family
:01:50. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:12.Good afternoon. At least 14 people have been shot dead in Denver,
:02:12. > :02:16.Colorado, after a gunman opened fire at a midnight premiere of the
:02:16. > :02:20.latest Batman film. The number of injured could be as high as 50. Eye
:02:20. > :02:24.witnesses have spoken of a man wearing a mask, slowly making his
:02:24. > :02:31.way up the stairs and then firing, picking at random people. Police
:02:31. > :02:34.have arrested the suspected gunman, he was found in the car park nearby.
:02:35. > :02:40.It was at 1230 that people began frantically calling the emergency
:02:40. > :02:43.services. Witnesses reported seeing a gunman wearing a gas mask, a
:02:43. > :02:47.helmet and body armour. One witness said he was firing as he made his
:02:47. > :02:51.way up the stairs of the Cinema, picking people at random to shoot
:02:51. > :02:54.at. Police say he then either made his way through an exit into the
:02:54. > :03:03.theatre all appeared behind the screen that were showing the Batman
:03:03. > :03:06.film. He then fired into the crowd. We were right there in the 5th of
:03:06. > :03:11.role. People were scrambling left and right, my children got out
:03:11. > :03:16.first near my wife. We got down on our hands and knees. The people in
:03:16. > :03:21.the stadium's seats, they were sitting ducks. We have to get out
:03:21. > :03:26.of there as quickly as possible. Somebody behind us, may be a
:03:26. > :03:33.straggler, was hit. My wife had fallen to the ground, partially
:03:33. > :03:37.trampled. I've got her up and out of there and we took off. This is
:03:37. > :03:41.unverified mobile phone video, apparently taken inside the lobby
:03:41. > :03:46.of the cinema shortly after the shooting began. Witnesses say they
:03:46. > :03:51.heard explosions and a hissing sound, and a canister of gas was
:03:51. > :03:55.released. We've seen three different patients in our
:03:55. > :03:59.department with complaints of burning of their eyes and skin,
:03:59. > :04:04.mouth and nose. Each of those patients were decontaminated and
:04:04. > :04:08.released. Police have not named the suspect but American media are
:04:09. > :04:13.reporting that he is 24 years old. Police caught up with him in the
:04:13. > :04:17.car-park. They say he didn't resist arrest. They found a rival, handgun
:04:17. > :04:21.and a third weapon inside the cinema. He told the police he had
:04:21. > :04:26.explosives at his apartment, which was then searched by officers.
:04:26. > :04:29.Police are also checking cars for explosives. At this time there is a
:04:29. > :04:33.residence in North Aurora, it is an apartment building that we have the
:04:33. > :04:37.evacuated. We are dealing with the potential that their explosives
:04:37. > :04:42.inside. We are concerned about explosives in the parking lot,
:04:42. > :04:46.hence the parking lot is sealed off. The numbers reported victim was
:04:46. > :04:50.just six years old. Her condition is not known. President Obama has
:04:50. > :04:54.released a statement saying that he and the first lady, Michelle Obama,
:04:54. > :05:02.are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shooting. The
:05:02. > :05:06.people of Aurora, he said, are in their thoughts and prayers. You
:05:06. > :05:10.heard the voice in that report of someone who was in the cinema when
:05:10. > :05:16.the attack happened. You were there with your family, the children
:05:16. > :05:19.included. Yes, I was. Talk us through, when did you first realise
:05:19. > :05:26.that this wasn't some sort of a stand and that something terrible
:05:26. > :05:32.was actually happening? Once the smoke grenade went off, that's when
:05:32. > :05:39.I began to wonder. Then a shadowy figure emerged from the corner of
:05:39. > :05:45.the theatre with his night vision and armour and everything. He had
:05:45. > :05:55.just broken fire. I've never seen anything like it in my life. It was
:05:55. > :05:57.
:05:57. > :06:05.very sad. With his military weapon, his military stuff. Very bad. I'm
:06:05. > :06:10.up right now. It happened at 1215. I'm on 5:30am our time in Colorado.
:06:10. > :06:17.I can imagine that you probably are still in shock. How are your
:06:17. > :06:23.children dealing with what has been a terrifying ordeal for them?
:06:23. > :06:28.children just went to sleep about 30 minutes ago. They've been
:06:28. > :06:33.watching the news report. They don't want to go back to the movies.
:06:33. > :06:40.My wife does not want to go back to the movies. She is shaken. She's
:06:40. > :06:44.been crying off and on. To be separated from your children in
:06:44. > :06:51.something like that is very devastating. And then to be
:06:51. > :06:57.reunited with the children... We are all left with questions of why?
:06:57. > :07:02.Why did this happen? What is so bad in this world? I know the world has
:07:02. > :07:09.a bad economy globally, but to take this many lives at a movie theatre
:07:09. > :07:12.- who does that? I don't know what to say. I'm sure that a lot of
:07:12. > :07:16.people will be echoing those thoughts right now. Thank you for
:07:16. > :07:20.joining us. We will lead to get back to your family and hopefully
:07:20. > :07:28.get some support in the coming days. I have some breaking news now. The
:07:28. > :07:38.police are releasing the name of the gunmen. They have named him as
:07:38. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:46.We can join our correspondent now. Reaction from the President to
:07:46. > :07:51.these events, and that news coming in now, confirmation of his name.
:07:51. > :07:54.Is there any more information you have been receiving? President
:07:54. > :08:00.Obama was woken up at Dawn in Washington by one of his national
:08:00. > :08:04.security advisers, John Brennan, who informed him about the shooting.
:08:04. > :08:07.About three or four hours after it had happened, we heard in this
:08:08. > :08:13.report from our colleague that President Obama has called for
:08:14. > :08:19.unity at this time of tragedy. He has expressed his shock at what had
:08:19. > :08:23.happened. But it's always good to know that this call for unity in
:08:23. > :08:27.the United States, for the United States and all American people to
:08:27. > :08:31.stand together as a family, at a time when the country is divided in
:08:31. > :08:35.the midst of a very acrimonious political campaign ahead of the
:08:35. > :08:39.presidential election. We also heard from Mitt Romney, President
:08:39. > :08:43.Obama's Republican rival, who is also calling for everyone to come
:08:43. > :08:46.together, calling for the gunman to be brought to justice as soon as
:08:46. > :08:51.possible. Details are still emerging. They've released the name
:08:51. > :08:55.of the gunmen. They also say that they believe he acted alone, but
:08:55. > :09:01.they are still investigating. Crucially, they say they believe
:09:01. > :09:07.this is not connected to militant terrorism, as we have sometimes
:09:07. > :09:13.seen in the past. These shootings happened in the US. This is
:09:13. > :09:19.possibly the worst one of sins the Virginia Tech shooting on the
:09:19. > :09:23.university campus in 2007, when 32 people were killed. In today's
:09:23. > :09:28.other news, fierce fighting between government forces and the rebels is
:09:28. > :09:32.continuing in Damascus. Ahead of the Syrian rebel army says he
:09:32. > :09:36.believes President Assad will be gone within 30 days. Thousands of
:09:37. > :09:41.refugees are now trying to flee their country. Our correspondent is
:09:41. > :09:48.on the turkey Syria border and will be joining us shortly. Now, his
:09:48. > :09:52.report. In recent days the various rebel units that make up the Free
:09:52. > :09:55.Syrian Army have become much more confident and daring. Launching
:09:55. > :10:01.more attacks in several parts of Damascus and other major cities.
:10:01. > :10:06.But it is not all going their way. Syrian state television has been
:10:06. > :10:11.showing what it says is the clean- up of Midan, the streets of this
:10:11. > :10:16.Damascus suburb now free of rebel fighters, or terrorists, as the
:10:16. > :10:21.pro-asset TV channel caused them. Despite such setbacks and the still
:10:21. > :10:27.overwhelming strength of government troops, increasingly vocal and
:10:27. > :10:30.visible rebel leaders insist this is the endgame, and that the Assad
:10:30. > :10:34.regime's days are numbered. TRANSLATION: In the name of God,
:10:35. > :10:38.the compassionate and merciful, all the officers and members of the
:10:38. > :10:42.Free Syrian Army congratulate the Syrian people on the onset of the
:10:42. > :10:50.Blessed month of Ramadan. In the hope that this month will Asher in
:10:50. > :10:54.certain victory, God winning. -- willing. The Free Syrian Army has
:10:54. > :10:59.claimed to have captured several border crossings. In the self with
:10:59. > :11:03.Iraq, and here in the north with Turkey, where rebels defaced a huge
:11:03. > :11:07.poster of Bashar Al-Assad. Beyond this Turkish frontier is three
:11:07. > :11:11.kilometres of No Man's Land and then the Syrian border itself. But
:11:11. > :11:14.who is in control their changes day-to-day. What we know is that
:11:14. > :11:18.the Syrian government is withdrawing its troops from the
:11:18. > :11:23.periphery to deal with the crisis in Damascus. And in some cases,
:11:23. > :11:27.that is allowing the rebels to take control. President Assad rarely
:11:27. > :11:31.appears or speaks in public these days. A made speculation about his
:11:31. > :11:35.future, reports from France said the Russian ambassador there had
:11:35. > :11:39.said Assad was now prepared to quit in a civilised way. Reports that
:11:39. > :11:46.were dispersed by the Information Ministry in Damascus. The regime
:11:46. > :11:51.could still crumble from within, with the many new free Syrian army
:11:51. > :11:59.units forming in Damascus could take or district. Either way, has
:11:59. > :12:04.the battle for Syria now entered a critical phase? What is the
:12:04. > :12:08.situation there at the moment? There is still heavy fighting going
:12:08. > :12:15.on on the other side of the frontier. Perhaps less in daylight,
:12:15. > :12:18.because now is the Muslim holy run -- month of fasting, Ramadan. But
:12:18. > :12:22.the border is changing hands rapidly. This is also a
:12:22. > :12:26.humanitarian crisis. The UN refugee Council body has said today that
:12:26. > :12:30.more than 30,000 Syrian refugees crossed into Lebanon in the last
:12:30. > :12:34.couple of days. There are 100,000 refugees here in Syria, with a
:12:34. > :12:38.similar number in Jordan. All of the fighting going on, there seems
:12:38. > :12:45.to be no end of it in Syria, no side seems to have the upper hand
:12:45. > :12:47.yet, and still all these refugees fleeing the fighting. Lets pick-up
:12:47. > :12:51.of our correspondent who has been watching events from neighbouring
:12:51. > :12:57.Lebanon. There is that prediction that the President will be gone in
:12:57. > :13:00.30 days. What is your assessment? Well, I wouldn't like to guess.
:13:00. > :13:05.Certainly the impression is that things have leapt forward into a
:13:05. > :13:08.new phase, a different level. For months and months there was a basic
:13:08. > :13:12.deadlock between what seemed to be an irresistible force, certainly a
:13:13. > :13:17.revolution that wouldn't go away, and an immovable object, a regime
:13:17. > :13:20.that simply refused to budge. That seems to have changed. The
:13:20. > :13:25.revolution or the uprising has taken on a new momentum. I'm
:13:25. > :13:30.hearing that those clashes in the heart of the Masters, near the
:13:30. > :13:35.central, just beside the police station in the centre of town,
:13:35. > :13:39.explosions and shooting being heard from there. This is not going away.
:13:39. > :13:42.From the point of view of the regime, it does seem to be entering
:13:42. > :13:45.into a fatal struggle. If you watched Syrian TV, it has endless
:13:45. > :13:51.pictures of the army leaping through burning hoops and that kind
:13:51. > :13:55.of thing, posing as the champion of the protectors of the nation.
:13:55. > :13:59.Whether it is against external enemies who they are claiming are
:13:59. > :14:02.behind this campaign against them, or against domestic, what they
:14:02. > :14:08.called terrorism, they are calling them mercenaries, but they have
:14:08. > :14:11.been a -- they have been unable to root them out of their own capital.
:14:11. > :14:15.Hundreds of dairy farmers have blockaded milk depots across
:14:15. > :14:19.England overnight in protest at the prices they are paid. They are
:14:19. > :14:22.outside several sites, including Leeds, Ashby-de-la-Zouch in
:14:22. > :14:27.Leicestershire and Bridgwater in Somerset. There is a further
:14:27. > :14:34.protest Dunnell plant. Farmers say they are receiving up to 5p a litre
:14:34. > :14:40.less formal than it costs to produce. More than 200 farmers
:14:40. > :14:45.blockaded a processing plant with tractors and trailers in Bridgwater
:14:45. > :14:48.last night, in a protest about the price they receive for milk.
:14:48. > :14:53.Farmers in other parts of the country, including here in Leeds,
:14:53. > :15:01.also took to the streets, as they say being paid less will force many
:15:01. > :15:04.out of business. One of those protesting was James Batman. His
:15:04. > :15:08.family have farmed here on the outskirts of Wales for three
:15:08. > :15:15.generations. Heavy rainfall means he is already having to pay more to
:15:15. > :15:23.feed his herd indoors. He claims cuts to milk prices now means he
:15:23. > :15:28.stands to lose up to �50,000 a year. I've got children, they are very
:15:28. > :15:33.keen, they want to be involved in it. It would break my heart to see
:15:33. > :15:38.that they didn't have a chance to be in this industry. We pay around
:15:38. > :15:47.52p for a litre of milk at a supermarket. It costs farmers
:15:47. > :15:51.around 30p to produce. Some dairies will soon only pay 25p. Processing
:15:52. > :15:55.plants say paying less for milk is a last resort, and that they will
:15:55. > :16:00.do anything they can to support farmers, including cutting their
:16:00. > :16:03.own costs. The supermarkets claim the processors are to blame. But
:16:03. > :16:09.the National Farmers' Union says some supermarkets, including
:16:09. > :16:12.Morrisons, ASDA and the Co-op, are squeezing farmer's margins.
:16:12. > :16:17.processes are left losing money. The only place they can turn, they
:16:17. > :16:20.think, is to farmers. I'm saying, no, you've got to look to the
:16:20. > :16:24.retailers to step up to the plate and find more money. You can't
:16:24. > :16:28.squeeze blood out of a stone, and that is what they are trying to do
:16:28. > :16:32.with the industry. Dairy farmers are determined to keep up the
:16:32. > :16:40.pressure. They say that this campaign is far from over. It is
:16:40. > :16:45.expected there will be more Our top story this lunchtime: Of 14
:16:45. > :16:49.people have been shot dead after a gunman opened fire at a cinema in
:16:49. > :16:54.Denver, Colorado. As many as 50 others are injured. Coming up,
:16:54. > :16:58.bidding to become the first Briton to win the Tour de France, Bradley
:16:58. > :17:01.Wiggins has the end in sight. Later on BBC London, police
:17:01. > :17:04.continue their search for a missing man after a boat capsized in Surrey.
:17:04. > :17:07.And the Surrey pensioner who carried the Olympic flame in 1948
:17:07. > :17:17.gets to do it all again for 2012. We will also have the weather
:17:17. > :17:23.
:17:23. > :17:26.Hundreds of the most serious sex offenders in England and Wales will
:17:26. > :17:29.have to take a lie-detector tests in future as part of a programme to
:17:29. > :17:32.monitor their behaviour. Ministers say they are extending a pilot
:17:32. > :17:37.scheme carried out in the Midlands which has helped probation staff
:17:37. > :17:41.reduce the risk posed by sex offenders in the community. Matt
:17:41. > :17:45.Prodger reports. Have you gone anywhere to access
:17:45. > :17:51.any person under the age of 16? convicted paedophile undergoes a
:17:51. > :17:55.polygraph, or lie-detector test. This was a pilot study, but it will
:17:55. > :17:59.soon be mandatory for 750 of the most serious offenders once they
:17:59. > :18:03.have served their prison sentences. When sex offenders are released
:18:03. > :18:07.from prison, they continue to be assessed for risk, and getting
:18:07. > :18:12.honest answers from then is crucial to working out whether they are in
:18:12. > :18:15.fact need to be back behind bars. Many of these inmates at a
:18:15. > :18:19.dedicated sex offender prisoner will be released under certain
:18:19. > :18:24.conditions, to stay away from children, for example. Failing a
:18:24. > :18:27.polygraph test alone will not be enough to put them back inside, but
:18:27. > :18:33.the man who pioneered the tests says offenders are more likely to
:18:33. > :18:37.tell the truth. Two aspects, it encourages them to disclose more
:18:37. > :18:41.information and to work more closely with the probation officers,
:18:41. > :18:45.but also whether the passing or failing the test gives important
:18:45. > :18:48.information about how well they are sticking to their conditions.
:18:48. > :18:52.the pilot study, nearly a third of offenders failed the polygraph
:18:52. > :19:00.tests. Half of them did not, and the rest of the tests were
:19:00. > :19:04.If parliament approves, then the tests will be introduced next year
:19:04. > :19:11.for the most serious offenders to be released from prison in England
:19:11. > :19:16.and Wales. London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has
:19:16. > :19:20.promised a safe and secure games, despite the security guards fiasco.
:19:20. > :19:25.An extra 3,500 troops were drafted in last week after G4S admitted a
:19:25. > :19:30.shortage of staff, and a further 1,200 troops are now on standby.
:19:30. > :19:33.Military personnel have started to be deployed on site, as final
:19:33. > :19:38.preparations for the games get under way. The latest now from
:19:38. > :19:42.Daniel Boettcher. A first look inside the
:19:42. > :19:46.accommodation being set up for extra military personnel brought in
:19:46. > :19:50.because private firm G4S has been unable to provide enough security
:19:50. > :19:56.guards for the Olympics. Tobacco Dock is an exhibition and
:19:56. > :20:01.conference venue. Inside, row upon row of beds are being prepared. And
:20:01. > :20:04.outside, under canvas, catering facilities are being set up. The
:20:04. > :20:09.Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, was shown around the facility as
:20:09. > :20:11.the man in charge of co-ordinating the armed forces' involvement in
:20:11. > :20:15.the Olympics said that those brought in would get back any leave
:20:15. > :20:19.they have had to cancel. What we will do is make sure that they
:20:19. > :20:21.could leave as soon as they have finished. It will not be the lead
:20:21. > :20:24.they wanted in the summer with their children and families, but
:20:24. > :20:28.they will get leave, and they will get recognition by being looked
:20:28. > :20:34.after properly and being told what a fantastic job they have done.
:20:34. > :20:40.More soldiers will be arriving today. The centre will house 2,500
:20:40. > :20:46.military personnel of the 3,500 been brought in. A further 1,200
:20:46. > :20:48.are now on standby. The London 2012 chairman, Lord Coe, says people
:20:48. > :20:53.involved in the games are overwhelmingly positive about what
:20:53. > :20:57.they are doing. This morning, he visited the Olympic Park security
:20:57. > :21:00.centre with Theresa May, the Home Secretary insisting security had
:21:00. > :21:04.not been compromised. Obviously, we are constantly monitoring,
:21:04. > :21:08.constantly looking at how we are ensuring that safety and security,
:21:08. > :21:11.but people will be ever to come to these Olympic Games, enjoy them for
:21:11. > :21:17.the great sporting event that they are, at be able to feel safe and
:21:17. > :21:20.secured. As final preparations for the games continue, a new concern,
:21:20. > :21:24.thousands of Home Office staff belonging to the PCS Union are due
:21:25. > :21:31.to go on strike the day before the Games open, including staff from
:21:31. > :21:35.the UK Border Agency. Anyone with a connection, this way, please!
:21:35. > :21:39.is Heathrow Airport during a strike last November it has contingency
:21:40. > :21:46.plans. The union says it will meet ministers any time in the next week
:21:46. > :21:50.to avert the strike. Today at Heathrow, more athletes arrived, is
:21:50. > :21:57.the team from South Africa. There is now just one week to go before
:21:57. > :22:01.the Games begin. OK, let's hear now from Jane Hill,
:22:01. > :22:05.who was at the Tower of London, lots of things going to be
:22:05. > :22:09.happening there later this afternoon, talk us through it.
:22:09. > :22:14.Yes, in just a few hours' time, Kate, the Olympic flame will arrive
:22:14. > :22:18.here at the Tower of London, and so many milestones in his Olympic
:22:18. > :22:23.journey, but this is another one, because it marks its arrival in the
:22:23. > :22:27.host city. Later this evening, a Royal Navy helicopter will fly up
:22:27. > :22:30.the Thames, over Tower Bridge, over the Olympic rings, and then it will
:22:30. > :22:35.be brought down from the helicopter by a marine who has been chosen for
:22:35. > :22:38.that task because he was injured on active service in Afghanistan. The
:22:38. > :22:43.formal ceremony, all the dignitaries here tonight, Lord Coe,
:22:43. > :22:48.as you would expect, the chairman of LOCOG, Boris Johnson, the flame
:22:48. > :22:53.will be handed over to them, and then it is taking him to the Jewel
:22:53. > :22:57.House, where it could not be any safer, could it? Home to the Crown
:22:57. > :23:02.Jewels, Kev saved there for so many hundreds of he is, the flame will
:23:02. > :23:06.remain here tonight in the Tower of London, in this ancient fortress,
:23:06. > :23:10.before early tomorrow morning it begins its journey through London,
:23:10. > :23:13.through all 33 London boroughs. It all starts here at the Tower of
:23:13. > :23:17.London this evening, a little bit before 8 o'clock, and we will have
:23:17. > :23:22.full coverage of that dramatic arrival and the ceremony all
:23:22. > :23:26.evening on BBC News. Yes, the BBC News Channel and the
:23:26. > :23:31.main national bulletins, banks, Jane. Veteran journalist and
:23:31. > :23:38.broadcaster Sir Alastair Burnet has died at the age of 84. He was best
:23:39. > :23:42.known as the presenter of ITV's News at Ten. He switched to
:23:42. > :23:52.television full-time after he had a career in print journalism. Rebecca
:23:52. > :23:57.He was a trusted face on television for years. Sir Alastair Burnet
:23:57. > :24:02.helped launch ITV's News at Ten in 1967, the country's first half hour
:24:02. > :24:07.television news programme. And he presented ITV's coverage of
:24:07. > :24:13.historic live events, including the Apollo 11 moon landing. There it is,
:24:13. > :24:18.the Old Moon, the one that the cow jumped over. He also worked at the
:24:18. > :24:21.BBC, anchoring two general election programmes in 1974. Former
:24:21. > :24:27.colleagues have been remembering Sir Alastair Burnet today. He gave
:24:27. > :24:30.me a job, and he was my inspiration and my mental. I think he was the
:24:30. > :24:33.greatest news broadcaster this country has ever produced, and he
:24:34. > :24:39.set the standard. He has never been equalled, he spoke in beautifully
:24:39. > :24:42.modulated tones. What he had, uniquely, was a grasp of every
:24:42. > :24:46.conceivable detail you might want in the world of politics and
:24:46. > :24:50.economics, but a total passion for things that plain folk, as he
:24:51. > :24:55.called them, cared about, football. Sir Alastair Burnet became such a
:24:55. > :25:00.familiar face that even featured on ITV's own satirical puppet show,
:25:00. > :25:05.Spitting Image. And finally, news to shake the Kremlin... He will be
:25:05. > :25:15.remembered best as one of the great figures of British broadcasting.
:25:15. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:34.That is the News tonight, good Sir Alastair Burnet, who has died
:25:34. > :25:37.aged 84. Now, England's batsmen have
:25:37. > :25:42.struggled on the second morning of the first Test begins at Africa at
:25:42. > :25:45.the Oval. At lunch, they were up 326-seven. Patrick T-Ray has the
:25:45. > :25:49.details. Alastair Cook knows a good
:25:49. > :25:54.centurion does not leave his post unless forced, so it would take
:25:54. > :25:58.something special to end his innings. Dale Steyn produced it. He
:25:58. > :26:03.added just one to his overnight score of 114, Ravi Bopara by
:26:03. > :26:07.contrast offering something of a surrender. Bewildered by the pace,
:26:07. > :26:11.in less than half an hour, the game had changed and so had England's
:26:11. > :26:17.mood. Runs were scarce, and they ought to have lost another wicket
:26:17. > :26:21.trying to make one. Pietersen went direct, but he could have taken his
:26:21. > :26:25.time. Jacques Kallis would be more accurate with ball in hand. In his
:26:25. > :26:30.first over, he bowled Ian Bell. England were being toppled
:26:31. > :26:34.precisely. Tension was running through the England line-up. Matt
:26:34. > :26:38.Prior's response to nerves is to try to blast them out of his system,
:26:38. > :26:42.but in good bowling conditions he would need luck to survive. This
:26:42. > :26:48.drop gave England some much-needed assistance, but they were not
:26:48. > :26:55.helping themselves. After a dominant first day, this has been a
:26:55. > :27:02.morning to remind England how competitive this series will be.
:27:02. > :27:04.Now, day two of the 141st Open Championship got under way today at
:27:04. > :27:10.Royal Lytham with some of the sport's biggest names in contention.
:27:10. > :27:15.Rory McIlroy Bolland at his hitting of if and I very nearly hitting a
:27:15. > :27:19.fellow competitor after slicing an approach shot. -- followed up.
:27:19. > :27:22.Bradley Wiggins is closing in on victory in a Tour de France after
:27:22. > :27:26.retaining victory in the yellow jersey on stage 17. He has kept his
:27:26. > :27:33.lead over team-mate Chris Froome, so Wiggins, with just three stages
:27:33. > :27:37.to go, is almost there. Joe Wilson The punishing slopes of the
:27:37. > :27:41.Pyrenees are now just misty memories. Bradley Wiggins, wrapped
:27:41. > :27:44.in the comfort of his team-mates, flattened the last mountain stage
:27:44. > :27:52.yesterday, hunting down this man, Vincenzo Nibali, the one remaining
:27:52. > :27:56.For France, this race stretches far beyond mere sport. It has its own
:27:56. > :28:01.culture and history, and a British team dominating is unprecedented.
:28:01. > :28:08.They have perfected the tactics. The man in blue, Chris Froome, is
:28:08. > :28:10.Wiggins' Shepherd, cajoling and encouraging, easing his progress, a
:28:10. > :28:15.faithful To pity that some observers think is desperate to
:28:15. > :28:18.slip the leash. -- deputy. He is second overall. The team will tell
:28:18. > :28:23.him to keep it that way until Wiggins believes the race is
:28:23. > :28:28.already is. Once we went over the summit, I knew Vincenzo Nibali was
:28:28. > :28:32.in trouble, and a few of the guys had a chat with Chris Froome on the
:28:32. > :28:35.descent, it was game over. Wiggins is the leader because he is
:28:35. > :28:41.outstandingly consistent. The terrain to come is mainly flat, the
:28:41. > :28:45.morale of his opponents even flatter.
:28:45. > :28:52.All right, we will keep an eye on that, obviously, and we will keep
:28:52. > :28:56.an eye on the weather with Peter Some decent weather around this
:28:56. > :28:59.weekend at long last, but not for all of us all the time, I hasten to
:28:59. > :29:04.add. Southern areas to invest with warm sunshine throughout the
:29:04. > :29:07.weekend, but head further north, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and
:29:07. > :29:12.during Sunday you will see some wind and rain spreading in for the
:29:12. > :29:15.second half of the weekend. Rain today has been heavy across
:29:15. > :29:18.Nottinghamshire over recent hours, nearly an inch of rain falling in a
:29:18. > :29:22.short space of time, but those showers will extend further
:29:22. > :29:26.southwards and eastwards as we go through this afternoon, some
:29:26. > :29:30.torrential downpours on the cards. Head further north and west, though,
:29:30. > :29:34.you are into drier, brighter weather, much of the south-west
:29:34. > :29:38.enjoying a dry afternoon, just a few showers here and there. Even
:29:38. > :29:43.with the sunshine, struggling with those temperatures, the high teens
:29:43. > :29:50.at best. Much of Wales enjoying the sunshine, 0 will say little
:29:50. > :29:54.cloudier. Lovely day so far in Northern Ireland, a similar story
:29:54. > :29:57.across Scotland. Some Sunny spells coming through, one or two light
:29:57. > :30:01.showers, but temperatures still on the low side, particularly down the
:30:01. > :30:04.east coast. North-east England sharing in some of the drier,
:30:04. > :30:08.brighter weather, but heading down to the Midlands into the London
:30:08. > :30:11.area, these really heavy showers are going to get going through the
:30:11. > :30:15.afternoon, passing down through Cambridgeshire into Essex as well.
:30:15. > :30:18.They could be enough to create some problems on the roads in the
:30:18. > :30:22.evening rush-hour. It is well into the night before those showers
:30:22. > :30:26.finally begin to move away. Elsewhere, clear spells developing.
:30:26. > :30:30.Where it stays clear for long spells, we could get down to seven
:30:30. > :30:33.degrees, so a cool start to Saturday. But Saturday looks like
:30:34. > :30:37.the better day of the weekend for pretty much the whole of the UK,
:30:37. > :30:42.certainly northern areas. Patchy cloud hiding the sunshine now and
:30:42. > :30:45.again, dry virtually everywhere, like winds, so when you get the
:30:45. > :30:49.sunshine, it is down to start feel more like July, even if the
:30:49. > :30:54.temperature is just getting up to the July average in places. The
:30:54. > :30:58.winds will be like for the Open, but more testing conditions on
:30:58. > :31:01.Sunday, the final day, the wind really starting to pick up.
:31:01. > :31:05.Stronger still across Scotland and Northern Ireland, bringing in some
:31:05. > :31:09.rain through the start of the day on Sunday, heavy rain for North
:31:09. > :31:13.West Scotland, which is badly needed, but it is not going to feel
:31:13. > :31:20.pleasant. For much of England and Wales, a dry day, the best of the
:31:20. > :31:28.sunshine across southern areas, getting up to 24 degrees. Yes, some
:31:28. > :31:32.good news, but still a little bit Let's remind you of our top story
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