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It's been seven years in the making, but tonight London's 2012 Olympic

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games will officially get underway. Up to a billion people around the

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globe are expected to watch as the stadium is brought to life for the

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Opening Ceremony for what's promised to be a spectacular show.

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So much of our history has led us to this moment and I think what I

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hope we are able to say to the world is that when our time came we

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This morning Big Ben led the way as thousands of bells across the UK

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rang out to mark the official start of the Games. But for the Culture

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Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, not everything went according to plan.

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Carried along the Thames onboard the Gloriana, the Olympic flame has

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reached Tower Bridge. Tonight it will end its 70-day journey at the

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Olympic Stadium. Forces loyal to President Assad

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have renewed their aerial bombardment of Syria's biggest city.

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Troubled bank Barclays faces a new investigation as it announces a 13%

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rise in half-year profits. Later on BBC London, the dawn of a

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new Olympics - the waiting is over as this regenerated area of East

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London prepares to host the Good afternoon, and welcome to the

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BBC news at 1.00pm from London's Olympic Park. In nine hours' time

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the stadium behind me will explode into life as the Opening Ceremony

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for London's 2012 Games gets underway. This morning the chimes

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of Big Ben led the way as thousands of bells - big and small - rang out

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across Britain to mark the start of the 2012 Olympics. After 70 days

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travelling all over the UK, the Olympic flame made its way up the

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River Thames from Hampton Court to Tower Bridge on its way to its

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final destination, the cauldron inside the stadium. Lord Coe said

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he was confident Britain would put on a great Games for the world.

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Around four billion people are expected to tune in to watch the

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Olympic and Paralympic Games. 11 million tickets have been made

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available for people to fill the Olympic venues.

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And those spectators will be watching almost 14,700 hundred

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sportsmen and women taking part in the Games. Our Olympics

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correspondent is inside the Park right now. I am excited - it's

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building behind me. Music has been blaring out around the Park, but

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there's not much they can change now. A countdown that was years,

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then months, then days is now just a matter of hours.

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Celebrations in Singapore for confirmation of a party that's been

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seven years in the planning. Those who jumped in the air that day will

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tonight begin to find out if their long wait has been worthwhile. How

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the Olympic site has been transformed since the day the bid

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was won in July 2005 - first, demolition, and then construction -

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the largest project in Europe. The results are impressive. In just a

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matter of hours, the eyes of the world will turn to this stadium.

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They'll see a show which the director, Danny Boyle, promises

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will be spectacular, from the short sequence of footage which is

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released to the BBC, it's clear it's going to be a ceremony with a

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very British feel. Looking forward to it, really, and whatever comes

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our way comes our way because it's - it will be - it's live, and it's

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a one-time only. So - I'll never do one again, but - it is

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extraordinary to be involved in one. One man has led the way throughout

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the past seven years and is best placed to put the importance of

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tonight into context. I don't want to overstate it, and we do live in

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a country that's probably shared some of the most extraordinary

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historic moments with the world, but I do think that so much of our

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history has led us to this moment, and I do think that really what - I

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suppose what I hope we're able to say to the world is that, you know,

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when our time came, we did it right. America's First Lady is in London

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for the Opening Ceremony. Michelle Obama spent the morning with some

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of her country's athletes. Every few years, these Games bring pride,

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excitement and wonder to millions of people around the world, and

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that must mean so much to all of you being part of giving so many

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people that much hope. It's not giving too much away to tell you

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there will be fireworks tonight. They're already in place on the

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water. Security is, of course, tight, but everything seems to be

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going according to plan. I would think that in terms of readiness,

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these Games equal the readiness of Sydney and Beijing, definitely, to

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speak about the most recent Games, but again, the proof of the pudding

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is in the eating, so maybe ask me the same question at the press

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conference at the Closing Ceremony. By then, all these venues should

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have had their own special Olympic moments. Heroes will have been

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created. Favourites will have been beaten. It's called "the greatest

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show on earth." It's in London, and it's about to begin. CHEERING AND

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APPLAUSE One of the rehearsals for the Opening Ceremony on Monday

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evening, so I have had a bit of a sneak preview. You might hear the

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music again coming up behind me, but I thought then - you look up at

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the sky and what a difference it's going to make to the ceremony if it

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doesn't rain. I am told it's not going to rain, what fantastic news

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for Danny Boyle. As far as tickets are concerned, there are still some

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tickets left, but at the top bracket it's �2,012. They're down

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to the last 50, so they're confident it will end up being a

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sell-out this evening. Thank you very much.

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This morning the Olympic Torch made its way along the the Royal row

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barge the Gloriana to Tower Bridge. Tonight it will end its journey in

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the Olympic Stadium. It has had a spectacular journey long the Thames,

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setting off from Hampton Court at 7.30am this morning after being

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carried onboard by the Olympic rowing champion Sir Matthew Pinsent.

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Our correspondent Robert Hall has followed its progress.

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Yes, Sophie, we've talked about finish lines a lot during this

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journey during these 70 days. This is it. This is where Amber Charles,

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the last torch bearer of the flame stood short while ago after that

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16-mile journey down river. The Gloriana accompanied by all types

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of traditional boats, gigs, rowing boats from around London and

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finally the water cutting men who have plied these waters for

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hundreds of years, arriving here at this late stage of a great journey.

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One flame - a bush fire of excitement, which spread far

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quicker than anyone had imagined. From the moment Ben Ainslie run a

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number one jogged away from Lands End changes reaction had begun. The

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comments of the crowds in those early hours hinting at the surprise

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which was in store. I am really excited about the Olympics. It's a

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once-in-a-lifetime experience, so it's wonderful for Great Britain.

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In Plymouth that evening, 20,000 people packed the place, an event

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brought to a global audience via the internet was suddenly a hot

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topic. We were all drawn in by the personal stories at the relay's

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heart, Garvey Evans, defying all the odds, having cancer, to finish

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on his feet. This torch bearer, who has

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Parkinson's, were willed on by those around him.

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Most days brought images which held our attention. The relay zig-zagged

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its way up Snowden, travelled by boat, cable car and mountain bike

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in Scotland, similar billionised a growing stability and new

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friendships north and south of the Irish border, and sprinkled among

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those who had been given their moment to shine were the stars of

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showbiz and of sport. Sir Cliff Richard brightening the

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unseasonable weather. Venus Williams and Andy Murray performing

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a torch kiss at Wimbledon. Team GB standardbearer Sir Chris How. This

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week in London, a 101-year-old man was mobbed as he completed his run.

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Yesterday evening as the shadowed lengthened, the flame received a

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Royal welcome at Buckingham Palace before travelling the last half

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mile into Hyde Park where 60,000 watched it ignite the caldron. The

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road stage of its journey was over, but there was to be water-borne

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finale. This morning the flame round its way around Hampton Court

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taking in the maze and heading for the river. Olympic gold medallist

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Matthew Pinsent taking it to the heart of the 90-strong flotilla

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assembled by did man who helped plan the Jubilee pageant. For those

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who crowded the banks and bridges this was one last glimpse of the

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flame before it performs the task the world awaits.

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Here we go. Well, I suppose it is, in a way, a production, this, if

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you think back over the past weeks. You have seen fantastic locations,

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a huge cast involving all sorts of people from all walks of life, and

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this was the finale, a last chance for those thousands of people on

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the bridges and the banks to glimpse the flame before it

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performs the task that the world is waiting for. Sophie?

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Thank you very much. This morning bells all over Britain

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rang out for three minutes to mark the start of the games tonight.

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They were led by Big Ben, which chimed about 40 times - the first

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time it has rung outside its regular hours since the funeral of

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King George VI in 1952. And it was joined by thousands of bells - big

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and small - all over the UK. Our correspondent David Sillito reports.

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Down on the Thames, a special Olympic day dawned. And at 8.12am,

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Big Ben chimed and began a nationwide cacophony of bells.

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St David's in Wales, Edinburgh, Beverly in East Yorkshire. Ring our

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merry bells. Up in Dorset. The instruction was to ring all the

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bells as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes. It was

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very tiring because they're quite heavy. Oh, it was so amazing. It's

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so good to be a part of something this big. And the bells rang out

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for the Queen's row barge Gloriana as it travelled down the Thames

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bearing the Olympic Torch, and watching and ringing in the studio,

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Martin Creed, the artist who had come up with the idea.

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I didn't know what to expect. Because it was just an idea to try

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to make a piece of music all over the whole country. Because no-one

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can be in more than one place at once. A little noisier, but tuned

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in the Games. The Olympic Minister was even there to tell us. When

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there are things that don't go according to to plan, London will

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cope in the way it always has. Oh! No-one hurt. Careful now. Health

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and safety. Are you OK? All eyes are on the Opening

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Ceremony tonight, but once that's over, it's the sport that takes

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centre stage. How well will Britain's athletes do? Well, with

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me is the chief executive of UK Athletics, Niels de Vos. Thank you

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very much for joining us. Athletics in particular didn't do as well as

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the swimmers, the rowers in Beijing. Do you think they will do better

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this time? Yeah, I am very confident they will, but athletics

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is a very, very, very competitive sport. Every nation who is here

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competing at the Olympics is competing on the track and field.

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It's a simple sport. Anyone can do it. Competition is fierce, I would

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say one of the hardest medals to win in the Olympics, but we'll go

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in as the best ever prepared team. I am confident we'll do well,

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absolutely. One gold in Beijing - what are your hopes, though, nor

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London 2012? I don't want to hang golds around anyone's neck -

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everybody was talking about Usain Bolt. Three weeks ago he was

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favourite. Now people are thinking maybe he won't win, but if our

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athlete goes out and perform to the ability they can, we know we have

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ten or 15 ranked the top ten in the world, we have a good chance. The

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margins are tiny. The difference between being a hero and finishing

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fourth could be a hundredth of a second, but that's on the day. I am

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confident we'll do well, yes. stadium is fantastic. The

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atmosphere inside it when there is a crowd in there is extraordinary.

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Does that help the athletes? Will that help them drive them home?

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Yeah, I'm sure it will what we don't know, of course is some will

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use that to fuel them to even greater performances. Some may

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buckle. We don't know. We hope it will be the rivals that'll buckle

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and ours that'll surf the wave of patriotism and excitement, but

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certainly every single athlete is absolutely energised by this.

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They'll all be in Portugal tonight watching the Opening Ceremony on

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the beach, then they'll come in in waves a couple of days before they

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perform. Our job is to make sure they're 100% ready when they tow

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the line. One man who was supposed to be there is Philip Sodoku. Will

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he be there? I am confident he will. He's amazing. He's won Olympiced

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meas. He's won world medals. If he's on the start, he can qualify.

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Steve Hooker did that in the pole vault in Beijing. He took two jumps

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and came away with the gold medal. If anyone can do that, Philips can.

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Thank you. The time is 1.15pm.

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Our top story this lunch time: in Lords where some confused fans

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are shut out. We have already had an extraordinary performance from a

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Later on BBC London, the 40-year- old Olympic rower hoping to get

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cold again, 20 years on. Plus, the all-important weather, all to come

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in ten minutes. Battles between President Assad's

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forces and rebels are continuing in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

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Activists say many people have died in shelling and helicopter gunship

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attacks. The UN Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed fears

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over the plight of civilians. Jim Muir sent this report from

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neighbouring Lebanon, which does contain some flash photography and

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contains some images you might find distressing.

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Still defiant, despite the threatened government onslaught.

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Hundreds still come out into the streets in rebel-held parts of

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Aleppo to chant slogans calling for the regime to go. But already the

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bombardments have begun, casualties are mounting. They are taken to

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makeshift field clinics where medical staff are working around

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the clock to try to save the wounded, many of them civilians and

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two children. The head of the UN's Human Rights Commission has said

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she is deeply concerned about the plight of civilians in Syria. She

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said what is happening may amount to war crimes or crimes against

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humanity. She described what happens to Bigley when an area

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comes under government attack. First of all it is surrounded and

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cut off. Water, electricity and food supplies are also cut. Then

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there is heavy bombardment from tanks, artillery and aircraft. Then,

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the tanks and troops moving, going from door to door and reportedly

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often summarily executing suspected rebels. If the people of Aleppo

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want to know what to expect they just need to see what is happening

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in the capital, Damascus. State television is still showing troops

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attacking areas just on the south side of the city to root out rebel

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resistance. The prospect of similar scenes hanging over Aleppo has

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given one of its newly elected members of parliament to cross the

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border to Turkey and defect. The first MP to do so. Also in Turkey

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seeing the Foreign Minister was the prominent general, who defected two

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weeks ago. He is working hard to try to pull the divided Syrian

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opposition together and form a bridge of what he calls honourable

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elements in the current regime. Asked what government newspapers

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are calling the mother of all battles looms over Aleppo the US

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State Department said it feared a massacre. It said the same about

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Benghazi in Libya and NATO intervened. But there is no cavalry

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on the horizon for Aleppo. Kiaran Stapleton, the man who

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murdered the Indian student Anuj Bidve has been jailed for a minimum

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of 30 years. Stapleton shot the 23- year-old in the head at point-blank

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range on Boxing Day last year. He was convicted of murder yesterday.

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Barclays has made a half-year profit of more than �4 billion. The

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news comes after the Bank was fined a record amount for attempting to

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manipulate the lending rate between banks and it has emerged it is

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under a new investigation by the Financial Services Authority. Our

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chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym reports.

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It is exactly a month since Barclays was hit with a record fine

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for manipulating interest rates. Since then, a storm has raged

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around the bank with three top directors heading for the exit. The

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chief executive Bob Diamond quit and was then grilled by MPs about

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revelations of rage rigging by his staff. When I read the emails from

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those traders, I got physically ill. It is reprehensible behaviour.

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chairman, Mark has ages, seen here in happier times with the London

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Mayor, said he would go when a new chief executive was appointed.

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Another director quit as well. Today, the bank apologised again

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for the interest rates gamble but announced some better news. There

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was a 13% increase in profits to a total of �4.2 billion in the first

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six months of this year. We know that Barclays has been a robust

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performer over a number of years. They did not take government money.

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These figures are reasonably good. You can still have good figures and

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not be popular and have things that need sorting out. Barclays is

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sorting out compensation to firms like this butcher's shop, victims

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of mis-selling of complex financial products. The bill could come to

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�450 million. Other banks are also having to pay up. Barclays also

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revealed it is being investigated by the Financial Services Authority

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over disclosure of information to shareholders in 2008. There are

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major challenges ahead for Barclays. The bank needs to find a new chief

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executive and a new chairman. People are prepared to come in and

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run the bank under the intense public scrutiny that goes with

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those jobs. Barclays is not the only one having to rebuild its

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reputation. Several major banks were caught up in the interest

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rates gamble and are now awaiting the results of investigations. --

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interest rates scandal. A man who joked on Twitter about

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blowing up Doncaster airport because of disruption to his travel

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plans has had his conviction overturned at the High Court. Paul

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Chambers was found guilty of sending a menacing message in

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January 2010. Matt Prodger is at the High Court now.

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Nine different judges and magistrates and a celebrity

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campaign backed by the but broadcaster Stephen Fry and the

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comedian Al Murray to get his conviction overturned. When he left

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court this morning, Paul Chambers said he was relieved and vindicated

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by the decision and said he also felt dejected and unemployable by

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his experience of the past two-and- a-half years. It began in 2010, we

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descend to tweet and I paraphrase because of the colourful language,

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essentially saying, and less Doncaster airport got its act

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together within a week, he would blow it sky high. Because the

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intended to visit his girlfriend. The judges here finally agreed what

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he had said all along, but it was a joke, there was no money is

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intended to and one could be interpreted by any reasonable

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person. The CPS, the Crown Prosecution Service, opposed the

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appeal but today, it said it accepted the decision and that the

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judges for giving clarity on the issue.

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The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has met international

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creditors in Athens this morning to try to persuade them that Breese

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deserves its final instalment of bail-out money. Without the funds,

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Greece could face bankruptcy and might have to leave the euro. Mark

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Lowen is in Athens. Crucial talks then? Very crucial for Greece but

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also for the eurozone as a whole, because based on this bid -- visit

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by the debt inspectors Greece will find out whether it gets its next

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instalment, 30 billion euros, of its international loan. If it gets

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the money it could stay afloat. It does not it will teeter towards

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bankruptcy and a possible exit from the euro and that could shake the

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single currency. The Prime Minister is thought to have laid out to the

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debt inspectors where another 11.5 billion euros worth of saving will

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be found, principally through pension cuts and health care cuts.

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But the big question is this. Even with that money, the bail-out money,

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will that be enough to save Greece? Will it be enough to pull this

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country out of the quagmire in which it finds itself? The finance

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minister, the Prime Minister,, has said Greece's in the Great

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Depression, its economy will shrink by 7%, higher than expected this

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year. Maybe this will be Mission impossible.

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Let's go back to the Olympics and even before tonight's opening

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ceremony, sporting events are under way. This morning, there was

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archery at Lord's cricket ground to determine seedings for the

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individual and team events but there was confusion when -- when

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spectators turned up expecting to watch the event. Joe Wilson has at

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Lord's now. Yes, the women have their turn this

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afternoon. Just to be clear, this stage of the archery was never

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meant to be open to the public. The problem was, as the level of

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intensity and concentration has been very good, outside there has

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been a large degree of confusion and disappointment because there

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were a number of people around the world who were under the impression

:23:52.:23:56.

that today's action was open to the public.

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The home of cricket for the first Test between bow and arrow and

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indeed the first Test of an Olympic sport in London. Today's action is

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preliminary. Archers are seeded for the weekend matches according to

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this course today. But there were hundreds hoping to watch, left

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outside. This event was advertised as unticketed. This family came

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from the USA thinking that was an invitation. It is my interpretation

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of unticketed, it is free to the public, we will do a free date for

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people to come in, get an idea of what it is like. It sounded like a

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generous gesture. How do you feel, to be out here, not being able to

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get in? Well, what sort of words are my allowed to use on the BBC? I

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am not very happy about it, my family is not very happy. He was

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not alone. LOCOG said that tickets were never offered for today's

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archery but I met family and friends of one of the Dutch Archers,

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feeling helpless and confused. would like to see him participate

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but we're not allowed access because we were told it was a free

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event but there is no, they are saying we are not allowed in.

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men's ranking round progressed with South Korea typically in control,

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setting a new record score. Larry Godfrey, 4th in the Olympics eight

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years ago, led the British effort. Their team of three are ranked

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eightth after the morning competition. It would have been

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nice to have been higher but you get what you get. Today was

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shooting the best we possibly could and the other guys shot the best

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and week ranked in eight. Everything happens for reason.

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Godfry is going well but Britain face a quarter-final against South

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Korea, that is tougher than getting into it -- and unticketed archery

:25:42.:25:46.

event. Part of South Korea's extraordinary

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team performance today included a new individual world record. His

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eyesight is so poor in one eye he is actually registered as blind but

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he can see the target and he does it all with muscle memory.

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Back at the Olympic Park, huge Athletes' Village which is behind

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me is now a home-from-home for the competitors. It has apartments for

:26:07.:26:11.

more than 14,000 athletes along with shops, restaurants and leisure

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to fill it is. Sally Nugent was given a special tour.

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Away from the funfair and put us, the competitors home for the

:26:20.:26:24.

duration of the Olympics built just moments away from the Olympic Park

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and most of the time completely private. Well, this really is a

:26:29.:26:33.

special access. This is a place you are not done -- you were not going

:26:33.:26:37.

to the very much off over the next couple of weeks. It is the

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Athletes' Village. This is where they sleep and relax. You can see

:26:40.:26:43.

the different countries have their different blocks. We have Korea,

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Switzerland have the top of that blog, Denmark on that blog, this is

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where they relax and rest after competition. Most of the time. And

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there is where they go to have some fun. This village has been built

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and designed with specific requests from the athletes themselves. They

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said it was important to them to get away from the pressure of

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competing. Here inside the bar you can play Paul, table, play a

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computer game, catch up with friends, get a much-needed drink. I

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will have a bottle of your finest, please. Thanks. Soft drinks only,

:27:22.:27:29.

of course. Some of these athletes have serious appetite. This places

:27:29.:27:33.

open 24 hours a day for that very reason. It is basically a big tent,

:27:33.:27:39.

serving every type of food you can imagine, lots of it. When you say

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to people it is 17,000 square metres of temporary space for a

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dining hall, it is huge, it has quite a bit of character and

:27:48.:27:52.

personality about it. Just the moment for the Mayor of the

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Athletes' Village to reflect on how it has been received. The key here

:27:55.:28:00.

is having the athletes Commission, Jonathan Edwards, Tanni Grey-

:28:00.:28:03.

Thompson, literally advised at every step of the way. What did

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they suggest? Simple things like make sure you have long beds for

:28:08.:28:13.

tall people. So, a tailor-made home as the competitors prepare for one

:28:13.:28:20.

of the most important moments in their lives.

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Now to the all-important weather. We have had a bit of rain this

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morning. Is it going to hold off But is it for rain now, I think.

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For most of us for the rest of this afternoon we are looking at decent

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spells of sunshine. A lot of dry weather around. If we look at the

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satellite image from earlier we can see the areas with cloud, mainly

:28:43.:28:47.

the south-east of England and the north-west of the UK. These other

:28:47.:28:51.

two areas we are seeing further showers through the afternoon. Some

:28:51.:28:55.

in the south-east could be heavy. In between the two areas of shower,

:28:55.:28:59.

there will be decent spells of sunshine. We are looking at dry

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conditions, fresher than recent days with the breeze. Hazy sunshine

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is some fella the cloud this Upper Crust isle of man and the Northern

:29:09.:29:13.

Ireland there is a chance of a few heavy showers on a brisk breeze.

:29:13.:29:17.

Have become a frequent showers for western parts of Scotland. Over

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eastern and southern Scotland, faring better with decent spells of

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sunshine. One or two light showers possible for a northern England but

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for much of northern England it is dry and bright and lovely spells of

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hazy sunshine continue this afternoon into the Midlands as well.

:29:32.:29:36.

As we pushed further south and east the cloud thickened. It is fairly

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cloudy behind me. We will have 4-2 show has persisted into the

:29:40.:29:44.

afternoon. A small chance of a rumble of thunder in the south-east

:29:44.:29:48.

but they are clearing away. Clearer conditions spreading in behind,

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good news for the opening ceremony of the Olympics here at the Olympic

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Park this evening. It should remain drier with clear spells. 20 Celsius,

:29:56.:30:01.

a gentle breeze, all in all a lovely evening to come. The Shanaz

:30:01.:30:05.

will clear away from the south-east. One of two lingering. We will see

:30:05.:30:09.

further showers overnight pouring into the West -- the north-west of

:30:09.:30:13.

the UK but in between clearer, drier conditions. Not as muddy as

:30:13.:30:19.

recent nights with temperatures 11- 16 Celsius. Saturday, a typical

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July day. Decent spells of sunshine. One or two showers but most towards

:30:25.:30:29.

the north-west, Scotland, northern England and the south-west. For

:30:29.:30:32.

Central and South East and parts of England, we keep with the dry and

:30:32.:30:36.

bright spells, much pressure then recent days. Ten degrees cooler

:30:36.:30:40.

than yesterday. For the full day of the have at -- Olympic action, some

:30:41.:30:44.

venues remaining fine and dry. For the rowing at Eton Dorney,

:30:44.:30:48.

generally bright, tried and for the men's road race, cycling that sets

:30:48.:30:55.

off at about ten o'clock, returning to the mile at 4pm, trial date.

:30:55.:30:59.

Further showers for Sunday and into Monday as well. That is how what is

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looking, dry tonight. That is all from the News at One

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this lunchtime. I will be back with the BBC News Special inside the

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