:00:08. > :00:11.With just four days to go, the president of the international
:00:11. > :00:17.Olympic committee declares that he's very, very happy with security
:00:17. > :00:20.at the London Games. Jacques Rogge says bringing in the army after the
:00:20. > :00:22.G4S security fiasco was a "good strategy", but now it's time to
:00:22. > :00:26.move on. Leading the way, Sir Chris Hoy is
:00:26. > :00:29.named as Team GB's flagbearer at Friday's opening ceremony.
:00:29. > :00:34.Arab League foreign ministers call on Syria's President Assad to
:00:34. > :00:38.resign and offer his family safe passage out of the country.
:00:38. > :00:43.Concerns grow as Spain's borrowing costs hit record highs. Shares
:00:43. > :00:46.prices across Europe fall. After dairy farmers stage more
:00:46. > :00:49.protests. Talks to resolve the dispute over milk prices.
:00:49. > :00:58.President Obama visits Colorado and speaks to the families of those
:00:58. > :01:08.killed in Friday's mass shooting at a cinema. I come to them not so
:01:08. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:14.much as a president, as I do as a Delays and frustration for drivers
:01:14. > :01:24.as changes to the road network take place in time for the Games.
:01:24. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:42.We follow the Olympic torch as it Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:42. > :01:45.BBC News at One. With just four days to go before the opening
:01:45. > :01:48.ceremony, the president of the International Olympic Committee,
:01:48. > :01:51.Jacques Rogge, says he is confident about the security operation
:01:51. > :01:56.despite the recent concerns. He says bringing in the Armed Forces
:01:56. > :02:00.to make up the shortfall caused by the security firm G4S has been a
:02:00. > :02:04.good strategy and it is time to move on. We will have the latest on
:02:04. > :02:08.the build-up to the Games including the announcement in the last hour
:02:08. > :02:16.that Sir Chris Hoy will carry the Union flag for Team GB at the
:02:16. > :02:19.opening ceremony. James Pearce is Good afternoon, Sophie. After all
:02:19. > :02:23.these years of waiting, it is feeling very special and really
:02:24. > :02:29.exciting to be standing inside the Olympic Park at what is the start
:02:29. > :02:35.of Olympic Week and behind me, the velodrome, a venue, if there is is
:02:35. > :02:38.one is a banker for a Team GB gold medal and at least some more. We
:02:39. > :02:44.found out just in the last hour that one of the people who will be
:02:44. > :02:51.gracing the stage, Sir Chris Hoy will carry Team GB's flag at
:02:51. > :02:57.He is carried the Olympic torch during its journey around the UK,
:02:57. > :03:01.but now Sir Chris Hoy has been handed the greatest honour for any
:03:01. > :03:04.British Olympian, the flagbearer for the closing ceremony in Beijing
:03:04. > :03:09.will have the same role for the opening ceremony in front of a home
:03:09. > :03:13.crowd and the eyes of the world in London on Friday evening. Hoy has
:03:13. > :03:17.been selected is no surprise. A winner of three gold medals in
:03:17. > :03:21.Beijing, he looked to be the outstanding candidate when the
:03:21. > :03:25.votes of members of Team GB were counted over the week.
:03:25. > :03:29.Chris Hoy is a fantastic example of everything that is good about an
:03:29. > :03:33.Olympic athlete. He is successful. He uses that success to inspire
:03:33. > :03:37.more people to take up his sport and he is a great role model. So
:03:37. > :03:41.I'm delighted that he has been selected.
:03:41. > :03:45.Pool is unlikely to become an Olympic sport soon and you can see
:03:45. > :03:50.why the president of the International Olympic Committee,
:03:50. > :03:55.Jacques Rogge, doesn't list this amongst his past times. There was a
:03:55. > :04:00.relaxed atmosphere in the athletes village as the countdown continues.
:04:00. > :04:04.I think that every Games has their own identity. Going to Athens was
:04:04. > :04:14.coming back to the country that invented the Olympic Games, back to
:04:14. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:22.the roots. Going to Beijing was going to the largest country.
:04:22. > :04:26.The Princess Royal has been here this morning, having a look around
:04:26. > :04:30.the Olympic Park. It is looking good in the sunshine, only four
:04:30. > :04:34.more days until it starts to fill with spectators. Right now, it is
:04:34. > :04:40.mainly athletes and they seem to like what they see.
:04:41. > :04:45.Now we know who will carry the Team GB flag, what we won't know until
:04:45. > :04:49.it happens is who is going to light the cauldron. It will be one of the
:04:49. > :04:54.iconic images from the Games. A lot of debate about who it should be,
:04:54. > :04:58.is it going to be Sir Steve Redgrave for Daley Thompson. There
:04:58. > :05:01.is a war of words between those two men at the weekend. Will the London
:05:01. > :05:05.organising committee choose one or the other or go for someone
:05:05. > :05:11.different? I don't think we will find that out until it happens.
:05:11. > :05:15.That's what the organisers are hoping anyway.
:05:15. > :05:17.James Pearce, thank you very much. Well, with me is Dennis Hone, the
:05:17. > :05:21.Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, responsible for
:05:21. > :05:25.building the Olympic venues. Thank you very much for joining us. It
:05:25. > :05:29.looks fantastic in the sunshine, I bet after all these years, working
:05:29. > :05:32.on these venues, you can hardly believe it is about to happen?
:05:32. > :05:39.That's right. With only four days to go, this has been a seven year
:05:39. > :05:48.journey. I'm looking forward to the sports starting after the planning,
:05:48. > :05:52.testing and construction stages. We wanted to finish the permanent
:05:52. > :05:56.venues so they could be tested and we have hit the schedules.
:05:56. > :06:00.Within the venues is there anything left to be done? Is it all ready
:06:00. > :06:05.for the athletes to arrive? It is just dressing the venues to make
:06:05. > :06:09.sure they look their best at the start of competition. The athletes
:06:09. > :06:12.arrived in the Olympic village and they are using test facilities. At
:06:12. > :06:15.this moment, everything is on schedule.
:06:15. > :06:18.It cost billions and billions of pounds to achieve this. What
:06:18. > :06:23.happens afterwards? It will be over before we know it in one sense,
:06:23. > :06:32.won't it? Can you guarantee the venues will still nb use in years
:06:32. > :06:40.to come? Well, already the legacy operators are in place. The
:06:40. > :06:48.velodrome is going to be run by the Lea Valley Regional Park Authority.
:06:48. > :06:52.Most venues have operators. Most, but not all? On the IBC, MBC,
:06:52. > :06:55.there is a preferred bid near place. We are hopeful that within six
:06:55. > :07:00.months or so all of the venues will have operators named.
:07:00. > :07:04.If we come back in years to come, the fear with any Olympics is you
:07:04. > :07:07.end end up with white elephants. Athens has venues that are unused.
:07:07. > :07:16.Are you sure these will be thriving in years to come? Well, I believe
:07:16. > :07:19.so. There has been a a investment in this -- been a huge investment
:07:19. > :07:25.in this. As I say, the operators have been put in place and they are
:07:25. > :07:33.on long-term arrangements so I think we will be able to have
:07:33. > :07:37.facilities for community events and elite athletes for years to come.
:07:37. > :07:42.Team GB and Adam Parsons is at the Team GB HQ in Stratford. Yes, this
:07:42. > :07:46.is the nerve centre for Team GB, organised by the British Olympic
:07:46. > :07:49.Association. We're nine storeys up. This is where the decisions will be
:07:49. > :07:55.made about the comings and goings of athletes over the next few weeks.
:07:55. > :07:59.We have got the logistics for how do you move horses, javelins? All
:07:59. > :08:04.the bits you need to keep a team running. So far we have seen a
:08:04. > :08:07.number of athletes coming and going and the mood has been one of
:08:07. > :08:13.infectious enthusiasm. Great acclaim for the decision to have
:08:13. > :08:17.Sir Chris Hoy carrying that Olympic flag. Athletes said he was the
:08:17. > :08:20.outstanding candidate. The man who carried the flag at the closing
:08:20. > :08:23.ceremony four years ago gets to do the same job here this. Is where
:08:23. > :08:27.the loved ones of athletes will come. The friends and the family,
:08:27. > :08:31.and those who spent those years encouraging their sons, daughters,
:08:31. > :08:37.wives, husbands, to train in preparation for the Olympics. They
:08:37. > :08:39.will be coming here in order to greet them afterwards, we are
:08:39. > :08:43.expecting emotional reunions to take place behind the doors of this
:08:43. > :08:49.building. Also where the management will take the decisions. It reminds
:08:49. > :08:53.me of Churchill's war rooms where we used to see the films of people
:08:53. > :08:58.pushing battleships around. It is the same thing here, it is about
:08:58. > :09:02.moving, athletes, cars, and parts around London and down to Weymouth,
:09:02. > :09:07.all over the place and keeping track of performance. In Beijing
:09:07. > :09:12.Team GB produced a remarkable performance to come fourth in the
:09:12. > :09:16.medal table. The the expectations may not be to go above that, but it
:09:16. > :09:18.would be to remain fourth. If Britain did that in competition
:09:18. > :09:23.with France, Germany and Australia, that would be a remarkable
:09:23. > :09:26.achievement. Thank you very much.
:09:26. > :09:30.Arab League foreign ministers have called on the Syrian president,
:09:30. > :09:33.Bashar al-Assad, to resign rapidly and end the unrest in his country.
:09:33. > :09:36.They've offered his family safe passage out of Syria. The calls
:09:36. > :09:39.come after more heavy fighting in Damascus where Government forces
:09:39. > :09:44.have recaptured several parts of the capital. Fierce clashes have
:09:44. > :09:53.also been reported in the city of Aleppo. Our Middle East
:09:53. > :09:57.correspondent, Wyre Davis, reports Aleppo is Syria's commercial centre.
:09:57. > :10:01.Keeping control of it is vitally important to the Assad regime.
:10:01. > :10:04.There are huge numbers of well armed Government forces here,
:10:05. > :10:09.determined to stop the rebel advance. Some of the heaviest
:10:09. > :10:13.fighting has been taking place at an infantry academy outside the
:10:13. > :10:17.city which is still in Government hands. But in towns and cities
:10:17. > :10:22.across the country, including Damascus itself, likely armed rebel
:10:22. > :10:26.fighters continue to take on their much better equipped enemy. Dozens
:10:26. > :10:30.have been killed. More than one million-and-a-half Syrians have
:10:30. > :10:34.been displaced by the fighting. There are 12,000 refugees at this
:10:34. > :10:37.Turkish border camp alone. With the help of charlt, -- charity, they
:10:37. > :10:42.are able to cope, but the longer the fighting continues, the more
:10:42. > :10:46.Syrians are spilling out of their own country to avoid the bloodshed.
:10:46. > :10:52.At this safe house, just on the Turkish side of the border, about
:10:52. > :10:56.20 young men, are being treated for bullet wounds and injuries. Some
:10:56. > :11:05.are almost certainly rebel fighters. Others say they were taking part in
:11:05. > :11:08.demonstrations when they were shot. TRANSLATION: We were in a protest
:11:08. > :11:14.and the Army shot at us with automatic weapons. A bullet shot me
:11:14. > :11:19.from my leg and it broke the bone of my leg.
:11:19. > :11:23.Amid international concerns about Syria's stockpile of chemical
:11:23. > :11:33.weapons, the Foreign Ministry in da Damascus said they were secure, but
:11:33. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:39.threatened to use them in the event Our correspondent Jim Muir is
:11:39. > :11:42.watching events from neighbouring Lebanon. Jim a worrying new twist
:11:42. > :11:46.in the Syrian conflict as a foreign ministry spokesman insists that his
:11:46. > :11:51.country's stock of chemical weapons is secure and will only be used in
:11:51. > :11:55.the event of a foreign attack. That's right. This was meant to be
:11:55. > :12:00.an assurance rather than a threat. What he said was because there is a
:12:00. > :12:05.lot of speculation about if its back is to the wall, the regime
:12:05. > :12:09.mile pull the chemical weapons out and start using them. He said not.
:12:10. > :12:14.He said however, this crisis evolves, we will not use chemical
:12:14. > :12:19.weapons against our own people. The only logic for having them is to
:12:19. > :12:22.face an external aggression. Now, everybody knows that Syria has
:12:23. > :12:26.chemical weapons and everybody assumes that if it were to be
:12:26. > :12:30.attacked by outside forces, it would be tempted to use them as
:12:30. > :12:34.indeed, probably many other countries would too. So that
:12:34. > :12:37.assurance about not using them against its own people is coupled
:12:37. > :12:41.with this kind of standing threat really that they might be used
:12:41. > :12:45.against an outside intervention which is not on the cards anyway.
:12:45. > :12:53.But from the point of view of the western powers in Israel, those
:12:53. > :12:56.assurances are not really calming for their anxieties, they are
:12:56. > :13:01.worried they might be used against the internal population and they
:13:01. > :13:04.are also worried that should the regime collapse those chemical
:13:04. > :13:09.weapons might fall into the hands of radical groups. That's what they
:13:10. > :13:16.are worried about and the Syrian regime can't guarantee that that
:13:16. > :13:18.Spain's long-term borrowing costs hit a record high today. The
:13:18. > :13:21.interest rate passed 7.5%, its highest level since the euro was
:13:21. > :13:24.launched. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh Pym, joins me.
:13:24. > :13:29.Just how much trouble is Spain actually in, Hugh?
:13:29. > :13:34.Well, Sophie, a lot of trouble and maybe more so today because at one
:13:34. > :13:38.point Spain's borrowing cost over ten years rose to nearly 7.6%.
:13:38. > :13:43.That's well above the 7% level widely seen as the danger sign if
:13:43. > :13:46.you like, that's when Greece, Ireland and Portugal got into into
:13:46. > :13:52.trouble and they need add bail out. More speculation about whether
:13:52. > :13:56.Spain a bigger economy will need to be bailed out. More bad news for
:13:56. > :14:01.Spain today, in the shape of the economy, came from the Central Bank,
:14:01. > :14:04.the bank of Spain who estimate the economy contracted by more so the
:14:04. > :14:06.recession getting deeper there which makes it harder for the
:14:06. > :14:11.Government to bring down its deficit.
:14:11. > :14:15.Does it have implications for the UK? The eurozone is a big trading
:14:15. > :14:19.partner for the UK. So what happens in the eurozone, Spain included,
:14:19. > :14:23.will impact on the UK. We will hear more about this on Wednesday when
:14:23. > :14:26.economic output figures for the UK are published for the second
:14:26. > :14:30.quarter of this year. They are expected to show another decline.
:14:30. > :14:35.The UK recession getting worse. The Government will argue it is because
:14:35. > :14:39.of the eurozone's problems and slowdowns elsewhere in the world
:14:39. > :14:45.that the UK is contracting. The International Monetary Fund
:14:45. > :14:49.downgraded the UK's growth prospects by more than any for any
:14:50. > :14:55.leading economy. Labour will argue it has more to do with what is is
:14:55. > :14:58.happening with policy here rather than in the eurozone.
:14:58. > :15:02.With just four days to go, the president of the International
:15:02. > :15:12.Olympic Committee declares that he is very, very happy with security
:15:12. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:20.And coming up: I'm live at Wimbledon. On day 66 of the torch
:15:20. > :15:27.relay, the Olympic Flame will be carried by some of the most famous
:15:27. > :15:31.names from the world of tennis. On BBC London: The pop artist Peter
:15:31. > :15:41.Blake on his latest exhibition in the capital.
:15:41. > :15:44.
:15:44. > :15:47.And how long will this spell of Within hours of becoming the first
:15:47. > :15:51.British cyclist ever to win the Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins
:15:51. > :15:54.left Paris to start preparing for the Olympics.
:15:54. > :15:58.The three-times Olympic track champion said he will be back on
:15:58. > :16:01.his bike later today and he will be going for gold in the time trial in
:16:01. > :16:07.London. Dan is at the National Cycling
:16:07. > :16:12.Centre for us now. Well, no sign yet of Bradley Wiggins here at the
:16:12. > :16:15.home of British cycling. He is back with his family at home in
:16:15. > :16:19.Lancashire before he steps up the preparations for the Olympics, but
:16:19. > :16:24.his success has high lighted the rise of his sport, inspired by a
:16:24. > :16:28.clutch of Gold Medals at the 2008 Beijing Games. Membership in
:16:28. > :16:33.British cycling has doubled in the last four years, now it seems set
:16:33. > :16:38.for a fresh boost. 4 claim to the summit of his sport
:16:39. > :16:44.was complete, after three weeks and 2,000 miles in the saddle, Bradley
:16:44. > :16:48.Wiggins was fully entitled to enjoy his triumph, but this was a victory
:16:48. > :16:53.celebrated well beyond Paris it underlined Britain's status as a
:16:53. > :16:57.cycling nation. On the whistle guys, 3, 2, 1...
:16:57. > :17:01.Back here at the National Cycling Centre, the Tour de France feel-
:17:02. > :17:06.good factor was evident. These youngsters, some of the 2 million
:17:06. > :17:11.people that the sports estimates get on a bike every week. A new
:17:11. > :17:17.generation of cyclists with a new hero to follow.
:17:17. > :17:21.It is awesome. It inspired me. Do you want to follow in his foot
:17:21. > :17:27.steps? Compete in the Tour de France one day? Yep. I want to be
:17:27. > :17:32.like him. Yesterday was a victory parade for
:17:32. > :17:37.Bradley Wiggins, but he helped another of the sport's stars, Mark
:17:37. > :17:42.Cavendish win a fourth successive sprint in the capital.
:17:42. > :17:46.Back here in Manchester, the country's growing list of recent
:17:46. > :17:52.medallists are honoured, so how has the sport come such a long way
:17:52. > :17:55.since the days on the margins? It is fantastic what it has achieved
:17:55. > :18:00.from the National Lottery and the support from Sky.
:18:00. > :18:04.It is truly phenomenal, but it is a journey that would not have
:18:04. > :18:08.happened without the volunteers who, make cycling happen at grass roots
:18:08. > :18:13.levels. To think, that this could be just a
:18:13. > :18:18.prelude to more achievement, the next stage for Bradley Wiggins and
:18:18. > :18:25.his teem mates is on home soil. The aim an Olympic gold.
:18:25. > :18:30.Well on Saturday, Bradley Wiggins is to swap the Champs Elysees for
:18:30. > :18:34.the Mall as he tries to help Mark Cavendish win the 250 kilometre
:18:34. > :18:38.road race and then a week on Wednesday, Bradley Wiggins is to
:18:38. > :18:42.try to win a fourth Olympic gold when he tries to triumph in the
:18:42. > :18:47.time trial. Coming off the back of the news you heard earlier about
:18:47. > :18:51.Sir Chris Hoy, Britain's summer of success in cycling may not be over
:18:51. > :18:55.yet. Talks between dairy farmers and
:18:56. > :19:00.milk processing firms are taking place to resolve the dispute over
:19:00. > :19:05.prices. Farmers say they could be driven out by a further cut in the
:19:05. > :19:12.price for milk. They staged protests last night in Shropshire
:19:12. > :19:16.and Somerset. Our correspondent is in Powys.
:19:16. > :19:19.Sophie, this is Britain's biggest annual meeting of farmers. It
:19:19. > :19:23.follows more than a week of demonstration and direct action. On
:19:23. > :19:28.one side the farmers who say that their industry is in a crisis. Some
:19:28. > :19:33.say that they stand to lose as much as two pence on a pint of milk that
:19:33. > :19:36.leaves the farm gate, but on the other side, the retailers who say
:19:36. > :19:40.they are giving them a fair price. In the middle are the ministers,
:19:40. > :19:47.trying to broker a deal. It's the one week of the year when
:19:47. > :19:51.they are meant to relax, but the heat is on. Dairy farmers here, no
:19:51. > :19:55.public procession of politicians, but the ministers from across the
:19:55. > :19:59.UK have been trying to hammer out the terms of a voluntary code for
:19:59. > :20:03.the industry, where the farmers should have a cost of production
:20:03. > :20:07.covered. A voluntary agreement would bring
:20:07. > :20:12.goodwill to both sides of the industry. Also flexibility to
:20:12. > :20:17.ensure that dairy farmers get a fair price for their milk.
:20:17. > :20:24.How much do we make on a litre of milk? I am not privilegeed to
:20:24. > :20:28.provide you with that information... Eager to put pressure on the super
:20:28. > :20:33.markets, the taerpls targeted ASDA's store. The company say that
:20:33. > :20:35.they will increase the premium to pay dedicated farmers two pence
:20:35. > :20:40.litre, but some say that is not enough.
:20:40. > :20:44.It is tight. The future was tight enough previously for young farmers
:20:44. > :20:48.to be in the industry without cutting the price further.
:20:48. > :20:51.Finding a deal that pleases every side will not be easy. The farmers
:20:51. > :20:55.are convinced that the public are behind them.
:20:55. > :20:59.The majority of people we have found are willing to pay more. The
:20:59. > :21:04.supermarkets use milk as a loss- leader to bring them into the store,
:21:05. > :21:08.but it does not always work. People have the feeling it is the wrong
:21:08. > :21:12.way around to complete a long- lasting supply of milk.
:21:12. > :21:16.The future of the dairy industry will not be decided in a day, but
:21:16. > :21:20.deals made here could change how much you pay for your pint of milk.
:21:20. > :21:25.Well, after today, attention will turn to the Government talks with
:21:25. > :21:28.the supermarkets on Wednesday. If nothing comes from that, the
:21:28. > :21:32.governments in Wales and Scotland have said that they are prepared to
:21:32. > :21:37.legislate on this. So that they can guarantee a fair deal for farmers
:21:37. > :21:41.in their countries. President Obama has visited
:21:41. > :21:45.Colorado to meet victims of Friday's shooting at a cinema in
:21:45. > :21:51.the city of Aurora. He told the bereaved families that the whole of
:21:51. > :21:57.America is thinking of them. Nine people are in a critical condition,
:21:57. > :22:01.following the attack that left 12 people dead.
:22:01. > :22:07.# A weary land. # At the heart of this traumatised city, the people
:22:07. > :22:10.had come to pay their last respects and to grieve a terrible tragedy.
:22:10. > :22:17.A special welcome for those in uniform and those who fast action
:22:17. > :22:20.in the moments after the shooting undoubtedly saved lives.
:22:20. > :22:23.A couple of hours earlier, President Obama, arrived in Aurora
:22:23. > :22:29.to meet survivors and families of the dead.
:22:29. > :22:33.I come to them not so much as the President, as I do as a father and
:22:33. > :22:39.as a husband. I think that the reason stories
:22:39. > :22:43.like this have such an impact on us is because we can all understand
:22:43. > :22:49.what it would be. The man he is talking about, James
:22:49. > :22:54.Holmes, is die to appear in court later today, charged with multiple
:22:54. > :22:58.counts of first degree murder. There were tributes and prayers
:22:58. > :23:04.from community leaders and officials. The names of the dead
:23:04. > :23:12.read out one by one. AJ Boik. We will remember.
:23:12. > :23:16.Jesse Childress. We will remember. As the service ended, the faces of
:23:16. > :23:21.those who had lost loved ones, said everything that needed to be said.
:23:21. > :23:25.This service has been a huge outpouring of emotion. The first
:23:25. > :23:29.real opportunity for survivors, family members of those killed, and
:23:29. > :23:35.the whole community to come together to reflect on a tragedy
:23:35. > :23:41.that affect sod many people. -- affected so many people.
:23:41. > :23:45.The Chinese capital, Beijing, has been hit by the heaviest rain in 60
:23:45. > :23:48.years. Nearly 40 people died after 170 millimetres of rain fell in the
:23:48. > :23:50.city. The authorities are facing criticism of response with
:23:50. > :23:55.questions being asked about the state of the infrastructure and the
:23:55. > :23:59.poor drainage system. At least 80 people have died and
:23:59. > :24:03.more than 200 injured in a series of bomb and gun attacks in Iraq.
:24:03. > :24:06.Many of those killed were in the security forces it is one of the
:24:06. > :24:11.worst days of violence since American forces withdrew from the
:24:11. > :24:16.country at the end of last year. In cricket, England have reached
:24:16. > :24:24.177 for five at lunch as they attempt to avoid defeat on day five
:24:24. > :24:30.of the First Test against South Africa at the Oval. The visitors
:24:30. > :24:35.took one wicket. Ravi Bopara fell for 152.
:24:35. > :24:39.It is a strange fact of Test cricket that in trying to draw a
:24:39. > :24:43.match reputations can be won or lost. Ravi Bopara is a case in
:24:43. > :24:47.point. Unconvincing in the first innings, he had the chance to be a
:24:47. > :24:51.hero. But in a moment, Dale Steyn
:24:52. > :24:55.shattered that Downing Street. The breakthrough that the tourists
:24:55. > :25:01.needed and England needed to prevent. Survival would now need
:25:01. > :25:04.luck, Ian Bell got some. His touch should have been clutched by
:25:04. > :25:09.Theresa Villiers. Matt Prior enjoy as scrap and using well-judged
:25:09. > :25:14.punches he began to fight back, but South Africa missed a knock-out
:25:14. > :25:21.chance. Ian Bell set out on a run at that could have been the end of
:25:21. > :25:25.Matt Prior had Theresa Villiers's hands reached the stumps.
:25:25. > :25:30.The Olympic torch continues its journey around London, covering
:25:30. > :25:39.almost 37 miles today it will be carried by the one-time captain of
:25:39. > :25:42.the Star ship Enterprice, Patrick Stewart before appearing in a
:25:42. > :25:47.special edition of EastEnders tonight.
:25:47. > :25:51.Indeed, Patrick Stewart, Wimbledon to EastEnders, quite a jump, but we
:25:51. > :25:57.are used to that first, we have been looking at the journey this
:25:57. > :26:04.morning. Thousands of people and that blend of showbiz and reality.
:26:04. > :26:09.Five days and counting. In the south London borough of Lewisham,
:26:09. > :26:15.Doreen Lawrence bore the Olympic Flame in memory of her son, Stephen,
:26:15. > :26:19.murdered in a racist attack in 1993. Around her family, friends and
:26:19. > :26:24.strangers united in support. It is fantastic. Driving along the
:26:24. > :26:28.road, the amount of people out, so early in the morning. Waving. I
:26:28. > :26:33.think before, people said how do you feel, but I was taking it in my
:26:33. > :26:38.stride, but today, it is a completely different situation.
:26:38. > :26:43.To the south to the Crystal Palace Stadium a veteran venue, echoing to
:26:43. > :26:46.the roar of the crowd as Marlon Devonish jogged to the finish of
:26:46. > :26:50.his stage. Then was mobbed by athletes from
:26:50. > :26:55.Brazil, training here. I really enjoyed it. I didn't think
:26:56. > :26:59.I would enjoy it so much. It is a great second-best as I did
:26:59. > :27:04.not make the team. Honoured to be carrying the flame.
:27:05. > :27:10.On through the London suburbs, drawing in scout leaders, charity
:27:10. > :27:14.campaigners, local personalities as the temperature and the pre-Olympic
:27:14. > :27:18.excitement climbed. Around anticipation here, but for
:27:18. > :27:23.different reasons, Albert Square, decked out in relay colours to host
:27:23. > :27:28.the torch live as EastEnders joins the party. 400 extras and members
:27:28. > :27:32.of the torch convoy combining to give the torchbearer a surreal
:27:32. > :27:36.experience. There is no way we could not have
:27:36. > :27:40.some kind of Olympic content, bearing in mind that Walford is
:27:40. > :27:44.almost next door to Stratford, fictionally. I this it is fantastic.
:27:45. > :27:50.I love it when we do stuff like this. When real life and fiction
:27:50. > :27:55.blur, as it were. Is reality.
:27:55. > :28:01.Daniel Blake who lost his wife to cancer last December, dedicated his
:28:01. > :28:04.life to his young son and to a charity set up in Nicky's name.
:28:04. > :28:09.Every step he took was in memory of her smile.
:28:09. > :28:13.Sorry about the pictures of that report, but we wanted to get Daniel
:28:13. > :28:17.in to ensure he got a mention of the journey. Later on Andy Murray
:28:17. > :28:22.is to carry the flame into Centre Court. To show it there. He is to
:28:22. > :28:26.and that to Venus Williams, she will run there to Henman Hill. That
:28:26. > :28:32.is not the end of the tennis connection. Later on, the man
:28:32. > :28:36.himself, Tim Henman is to light the cauldron in tooting in south London
:28:36. > :28:40.for the finale. Now, the latest weather with Matt
:28:40. > :28:41.Taylor. Taylor.
:28:41. > :28:46.He is basking in the sunshine. It make as change.
:28:46. > :28:50.It is lovely to be out in the sunshine. I'm sure that the
:28:50. > :28:53.organisers as well as the ticket holders will love this to last
:28:53. > :28:57.three weeks, I hate to say it will struggling to last to the weekend,
:28:58. > :29:01.but it is a case of summer is on for the vast majority of the
:29:01. > :29:06.population it is a sunnyed a fairly hot afternoon. There is that heat,
:29:06. > :29:11.but it is not the same everywhere. A huge contrast on the temperatures.
:29:11. > :29:13.There in the south-east corner, the temperatures are up to 26 Celsius.
:29:13. > :29:19.In Scotland and Northern Ireland, cooler.
:29:19. > :29:23.The temperatures there midteens at best and evident why. There is the
:29:23. > :29:28.satellite picture. It has lots of cloud. Under that there is heavy
:29:28. > :29:31.rain. It continues to rain and lash it down for some parts of western
:29:31. > :29:34.Scotland Forsythe the rest of the afternoon. In Northern Ireland, the
:29:34. > :29:39.rain gets heavier. A breeze to go with it.
:29:39. > :29:43.The northern half of Scotland, one or two showers. Bright here, but in
:29:43. > :29:49.the southern areas, the rain to get heavier and wetter in parts of the
:29:50. > :29:53.north-west of England. That said, much of northern England
:29:53. > :29:57.is dry and bright. Good sunny breaks to the east of
:29:57. > :30:02.the Pennines. Dry and bright in the north a and
:30:02. > :30:08.the west of Wales. In the south and the south-east,
:30:08. > :30:11.the sun is there, throughout the day and into the evening, the
:30:11. > :30:17.temperatures peaking at 22 Celsius. Getting close to the warmest day of
:30:17. > :30:20.the year so far. With that, the sun is strong and the pollen levels are
:30:20. > :30:25.high. Clear skies in the north of
:30:25. > :30:30.Scotland tonight, but the area of wetter weather is nudging to the
:30:30. > :30:34.south. It could be drier in central parts of Scotland but turning
:30:34. > :30:37.wetter in Cumbria and even the far north-west of Wales.
:30:37. > :30:39.In the south-east, the muggy conditions continuing.
:30:40. > :30:44.Tomorrow, the weather front is still with us.
:30:44. > :30:48.It is in the same sort of areas. Parts of Northern Ireland, central
:30:48. > :30:53.Scotland could be drier and brighter before the rain turns
:30:53. > :30:57.later. Wetter in Cumbria. Dumfries, Galloway, that rain could
:30:57. > :31:02.cause problems. In the south, more cloud for northern England and
:31:02. > :31:07.Wales, but in the south-east it gets hotter. Highs could be up to
:31:07. > :31:12.30 Celsius. Sunny into Wednesday. More cloud in
:31:12. > :31:19.Wales and northern England. To the northern flank of that, sunny
:31:19. > :31:21.spells and the warmth lasting into spells and the warmth lasting into
:31:21. > :31:26.the evening. Now, a reminder of the top story: