:00:08. > :00:18.Silver for Great Britain - Team GB wins its fourth medal of the Games,
:00:18. > :00:18.
:00:18. > :00:22.in team eventing. Delight as Tina Cook secures second place for the
:00:22. > :00:25.team, which included the Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips.
:00:25. > :00:27.Controversy over a 16-year-old Chinese swimmer after a record-
:00:27. > :00:33.breaking performance, but the head of the British Olympic Association
:00:33. > :00:35.says she's clean and deserves recognition. WADA have been
:00:35. > :00:38.absolutely specific and she's gone through the WADA programme and
:00:39. > :00:44.she's clean. That's the end of the story, and let us recognise that
:00:44. > :00:48.there is an extraordinary swimmer out there.
:00:48. > :00:52.Going for his fourth Olympic gold, but Ben Ainslie says he needs to
:00:52. > :00:55.improve on his performance so far if he's to reach his goal.
:00:55. > :01:00.Fighting in Syria's biggest city, Aleppo, continues with Government
:01:00. > :01:03.forces reportedly bombarding rebel- held areas.
:01:03. > :01:13.A massive power cut leaves more than half of India without
:01:13. > :01:17.electricity for a second day. And... She said she was a widow when she
:01:17. > :01:20.arrived. It was so like her own name Nora anyway, she felt she was
:01:20. > :01:30.meant to have been called that. The best-selling Irish novelist,
:01:30. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:57.Maeve Binchy, has died after a Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:57. > :01:59.BBC News at One from the Olympic Park.
:01:59. > :02:02.Great Britain's equestrian team are facing their moment of truth this
:02:02. > :02:05.lunchtime as they compete in the final day on the cross-country
:02:05. > :02:15.course in Greenwich, with the chance to win the team eventing and
:02:15. > :02:17.individual gold. Mary King, Tina Cook, Zara Phillips, Nicola Wilson
:02:17. > :02:21.and William Fox-Pitt have combined to take Britain into silver medal
:02:21. > :02:31.position going into the final day, with Cook fifth and King sixth in
:02:31. > :02:35.the individual standings. Joe Wilson is at Greenwich Park for us.
:02:36. > :02:39.By common consent it has been a huge success bringing the
:02:39. > :02:43.equestrian here to Greenwich. It is worth reflecting on what an
:02:43. > :02:48.achievement it is to get any medal Eventing we started with dressage,
:02:48. > :02:55.about discipline and control, and then cross-country, that was a test
:02:55. > :02:59.of stamina, and into show jumping, a supreme test of skill and holding
:02:59. > :03:07.your nerve. Britain starting the day with aspiration of gold.
:03:07. > :03:13.This was the rarest of occasions. Last minute nerves pacing. A
:03:13. > :03:17.misstride in show jumping and a medal is gone. For Zara Phillips,
:03:17. > :03:22.this way to destiny. So much attention on her, but she was part
:03:22. > :03:27.of a team as well as a family. One of five riders for Britain. The
:03:27. > :03:33.scores of the best three will decide the country's total. A clear
:03:33. > :03:39.round eluded her. A battle against the clock. So rapid, here she was
:03:39. > :03:45.too slow. Time faults as well on board High Kingdom. I had such an
:03:45. > :03:52.awesome round yesterday. He lost both front shoes so he is not
:03:52. > :03:58.feeling himself this morning, but I'm just disappointed for the team.
:03:58. > :04:03.I'm really chuffed to bits with him. Germany held the gold medal
:04:03. > :04:13.position at the start of the day and their riders seem to be staying
:04:13. > :04:14.
:04:14. > :04:18.strong. Mary King in her sixth Olympics made a perfect round. Next
:04:18. > :04:24.um Germany. A mistake for him and maybe the door would open... It
:04:24. > :04:34.didn't come. It was the gold medal performance
:04:34. > :04:35.
:04:35. > :04:38.But what about Great Britain? It all resisted on their last rider.
:04:38. > :04:43.Tina Cook approached the final test knowing an error could mean goodbye
:04:43. > :04:49.to silver. CHEERING
:04:49. > :04:57.She made it, one second too slow enough. Second place secure.
:04:57. > :05:02.Breathe again. Such drama. We've been watching it unfold. With us is
:05:02. > :05:07.Ruth Edge, an eventer who trained with them. What do you make of it?
:05:07. > :05:11.Silver, is that satisfactory or were there aspirations of more?
:05:11. > :05:14.They have done fantastic to get the seam silver. They were this silver
:05:14. > :05:18.position last night after the cross-country. To hold that
:05:18. > :05:23.position when the top four teams were so close is a brilliant
:05:23. > :05:28.achievement we were in shouting dustance of gold but the Germans
:05:28. > :05:31.were too strong today. I'm sure they'll be thrilled with silver.
:05:31. > :05:36.That's the end of the team competition eventing. There are
:05:36. > :05:43.still individual medals at stake. The individual positions, Mary King
:05:43. > :05:48.is in third, Tina Cook in fourth. What do you expect there? It is
:05:48. > :05:54.anybody's game, because the top four are within a fence. One fence
:05:54. > :05:59.down from the top two and Mary jumping clear could mean a gold.
:05:59. > :06:02.Tina jumped a great clear round with one time fault. She will be
:06:03. > :06:07.conscious to go a bit quicker in the next round. It is right down to
:06:07. > :06:13.the wire. What do you make of bringing the equestrian here? It
:06:13. > :06:22.was a big decision to make. We don't normally have a location like
:06:22. > :06:26.this for the equestrian in the Greenwich is a great It is not...
:06:26. > :06:29.We've got dressage and show jumping to come for the pure disciplines,
:06:29. > :06:34.but the atmosphere yesterday on the cross-country was phenomenal. The
:06:34. > :06:39.views and the fact that you can see the whole city behind is just
:06:39. > :06:45.absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much. As Ruth said equestrian goes
:06:45. > :06:50.on show jumping, and dressage and specific disciplines to come. This
:06:50. > :06:55.afternoon the individual medals will be decided. Mary King and Tina
:06:55. > :07:02.Cook. There could be more British medals before the end of the
:07:02. > :07:06.afternoon. Let's hope. So Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen has denied taking
:07:06. > :07:11.drugs to win her extraordinary gold in the 400 metres medley. She broke
:07:11. > :07:14.to world record on Saturday and swam the final length faster than
:07:15. > :07:19.the men's gold medallist, Lochte lock. But the chairman of the
:07:19. > :07:28.British Olympic Association, Lord Colin Moynihan, says she's been
:07:28. > :07:36.tested for drugs and is clean. She's the teenager that everyone's
:07:36. > :07:40.talking about. Ye Shiwen on top of the podium but under scrutiny. Her
:07:40. > :07:44.victory in the 400 metres was the most staggering of these Games,
:07:44. > :07:48.knock five seconds off her personal best and smashing the world record.
:07:48. > :07:53.In fact over the last length she was quicker than the men's gold
:07:53. > :07:56.medallist, Ryan Lochte, a feat in some eyes that was too good to be
:07:56. > :08:00.true. COMMENTATOR: Utterly extraordinary. An American coach
:08:01. > :08:05.called her performance sturk and under believable. Ye Shiwen has
:08:05. > :08:09.never failed a drugs test and she's hit barks saying my results come
:08:09. > :08:13.from hard work and training and I would never used any banned drug us.
:08:13. > :08:19.The Chinese people have clean hands. Olympic organisers are also
:08:19. > :08:24.disappointed by the comments. inevitably a sad result of the fact
:08:24. > :08:29.that there are people who dope and who cheat. But I equally think it
:08:30. > :08:33.is very sad if we can't applaud a great performance. Let's always
:08:33. > :08:37.give the benefit of the doubt to the athletes. Tonight Ye Shiwen
:08:37. > :08:43.will go for her second gold in the pool. She qualified for the final
:08:43. > :08:48.of the 200 metres nearly 2 seconds quicker than the rest. So how is it
:08:48. > :08:52.possible for someone so young suddenly to go so much faster? Such
:08:52. > :08:56.improvements can happen, according to one Olympic legend who was also
:08:56. > :09:06.a teenage sensation. At a young age it is possible to break your time
:09:06. > :09:08.
:09:08. > :09:14.or your best time by five or so seconds. When I was 15-year-old I
:09:14. > :09:19.swam 3.46. The following year I broke nit 3.41 a five second drop-
:09:19. > :09:23.off. Indeed Ruta Meilutyte also won gold having knocked seconds off her
:09:23. > :09:33.personal best here, so while China has had past doping problems, is
:09:33. > :09:33.
:09:33. > :09:39.all this suspicion sour grapes? Martin paish patience joins us from
:09:39. > :09:45.Beijing. What's response been in China? There's been a huge amount
:09:45. > :09:51.of anger here, particular in the country's equivalent of Twitter.
:09:51. > :09:55.Some wrote this was a case of sour grapes, that results spoke to
:09:55. > :09:59.themselves. I spoke to one of China's most prominent sports
:09:59. > :10:04.commentators and he said the reason the American coach made these
:10:04. > :10:10.suggestion was China was simply doing better than America in the
:10:10. > :10:20.pool. Martin, thank you. Let's look at the Olympics medals
:10:20. > :10:26.
:10:26. > :10:29.table so far. China lead the way Team GB are in 20th place.
:10:29. > :10:33.They are calling it Super Tuesday for the Olympic sailing in Weymouth,
:10:33. > :10:38.with eight of the ten class on the water. British sailor Ben Ainslie
:10:38. > :10:44.is hoping for a better day after admitting his performance left him
:10:44. > :10:48.frustrated in his quest for a fourth Olympic gold.
:10:48. > :10:52.This is the first time we've had so many of the sailors out on the
:10:52. > :10:56.water at one time. Why we are calling it Super Tuesday. There's a
:10:56. > :11:00.lot riding on this, because so far there is really been quite a mixed
:11:00. > :11:05.performance from our sailors. There are some great successes at the
:11:05. > :11:10.moment but also Ben Ainslie, a lot of worry about just how he's doing.
:11:10. > :11:15.We've got him back in action today. He's one of those out. I've been in
:11:16. > :11:20.the official venue looking at them starting the day.
:11:20. > :11:30.Last minute adjustments this morning. Alison young had a better
:11:30. > :11:36.day yesterday than Stevie Morris son and Ben Rodes in the 49er class.
:11:36. > :11:41.They had a disappointing start. Nick dech si on his way to the
:11:41. > :11:47.start of his first race of the Games. His wife, a double gold
:11:47. > :11:51.medallist, said he was ready. in the shape of his life. He is
:11:51. > :11:56.feeling confident. He's got good equipment. Remember they get
:11:56. > :12:01.supplied equipment. It is luck of the draw. In that class. Yes. He's
:12:01. > :12:04.feeling good about that. He knows what needs to be done. Despite key
:12:04. > :12:08.opponents getting into a tangle, some in the British team have
:12:08. > :12:12.failed to capitalise. This is a very, very big day for the British
:12:12. > :12:18.sailors. This is day three for a lot of them and it hasn't gone as
:12:18. > :12:24.well as they expected. It's a very big day. They've got to pull it off
:12:24. > :12:28.today. It's a long event1. 1 races for each class over at least eight
:12:29. > :12:33.days. The key is to be able to have continuity. You've got to accept
:12:33. > :12:39.that some days you are going to do better and other days not so well.
:12:39. > :12:44.In action today, Ben Ainslie under pressure to move up the leaderboard.
:12:44. > :12:48.His medal race is next Sunday, but this is a league table. So every
:12:48. > :12:52.race matters. By the end of today he will have sailed half his races
:12:52. > :13:01.and we'll have an idea as to whether he is on track to be the
:13:01. > :13:06.greatest Olympic sailor of all time. I tell you, Ben has just finished
:13:06. > :13:11.that fifth race. He's come fourth. Unfortunately, the Danish sailor,
:13:11. > :13:18.the one you saw in the tang on the as a result line, has won it again.
:13:18. > :13:24.It is look quite worrying there. However, the star class, Iain Percy
:13:24. > :13:29.and Andrew Simpson are doing well, top overoff. On the beach itself,
:13:29. > :13:34.these are the free screens, not to be confused with the ticket holders,
:13:34. > :13:36.who have turned up. Despite rain in the air they are enjoying it
:13:37. > :13:41.regardless. Chris, thank you.
:13:41. > :13:46.After history was made last night by Britain's men's gymnastics team
:13:46. > :13:50.as they won their first medal in 100 years, all eyes turned to the
:13:50. > :13:56.women's team this afternoon. It's the first time a British women's
:13:56. > :14:01.team has qualified for the final since 1994. Beth Tweddle and her
:14:01. > :14:05.team-mates will try to follow the men into the history books. It
:14:05. > :14:09.happen this is afternoon. They are up against stiff competition aren't
:14:09. > :14:14.they? They are. It is not a given that Team GB will get a medal today,
:14:14. > :14:19.because really first in the running are the US, Russia, China and
:14:19. > :14:23.Romania. They all did better in qualifying but still there is that
:14:23. > :14:29.home advantage and the fact that the crowd will be roaring for them.
:14:29. > :14:32.The person they'll be watching is Beth Tweddle. She's 27, three-times
:14:32. > :14:36.world champion. She's used to performing in front of the big
:14:37. > :14:40.crowds and taking away titles. She's seen as the inspiration to a
:14:40. > :14:46.new generation of young female gymnasts. She's very much the
:14:46. > :14:54.leader of the team. Also Rebecca Tunney. A lot of eyes on her. She
:14:54. > :14:58.is the youngest Team GB athlete, 15, only 4 foot 9. She's known as
:14:58. > :15:06.Twiggy to her team-mates. She obviously hasn't the same
:15:06. > :15:09.experience and her coach has said with the roar of the crowd she will
:15:09. > :15:18.either be overwhelmed or will deliver a storming performance. We
:15:18. > :15:24.will find out in just a few hours' A 17-year-old in Dorset has been
:15:24. > :15:28.arrested after sending allegedly malicious tweets to Tom Daley.
:15:28. > :15:31.After their diving yesterday he received a message on Twitter
:15:31. > :15:34.saying he let down his father who died last year.
:15:34. > :15:41.The British Olympic Association has called on the IOC to completely
:15:41. > :15:46.revamp the ticketing policy for future Games. There are still empty
:15:46. > :15:49.seats in sold-out events. The chairman of the BOA says ticketing
:15:49. > :15:52.is complex and now requires a huge amount of investment. Our Olympics
:15:52. > :15:55.correspondent James Pearce is in the Olympic Park. They've released
:15:55. > :16:00.thousands more tickets overnight, haven't they? They have. Some of
:16:00. > :16:05.the people you can see behind me here actually bought their tickets
:16:05. > :16:11.late last night, about 3,800 tickets for today were released
:16:11. > :16:16.last night. These are in accredited areas. The various sports governing
:16:16. > :16:21.bodies were asked if they thought they had spare seats and London
:16:21. > :16:25.2012 managed to sem some of those seats. They've sold 19,000 other
:16:25. > :16:29.seats for days during the Games. Those aren't accredited seats.
:16:29. > :16:33.These are contingency seats. They're trying to work out if they
:16:33. > :16:37.can sell seats which they wouldn't sell before, perhaps seats around
:16:37. > :16:41.the television cameras as well. They say they've got about 80,000
:16:41. > :16:46.seats they know they'll be able to sell over the course of the Games.
:16:46. > :16:51.Most of those tickets are going on sale fairly late at night. Last
:16:51. > :16:55.night it was about 11.30pm. London 2012 say they hope to put them on
:16:55. > :16:59.earlier. Anybody who wants tickets, and there are millions now going
:16:59. > :17:02.onto the website and trying to get tickets, the advice is to keep
:17:02. > :17:06.checking in. Particular in the evening, from about 8pm onwards
:17:06. > :17:08.there should be some tickets available. As far as what the
:17:08. > :17:11.British Olympic Association are saying, they're complaining about
:17:11. > :17:15.the way the ticket system has worked for years, that is that
:17:15. > :17:20.every country has its own allocation of tickets. The BOA want
:17:20. > :17:24.for future Olympics the IOC centralise that system, invest
:17:24. > :17:28.money in doing so and sell all the tickets centrally. If they do that,
:17:28. > :17:31.then the theory is it should be easier to work out which tickets
:17:31. > :17:37.aren't used and to make them more quickly available to the public.
:17:37. > :17:41.Thank you. It's just after 1.30pm. Our top
:17:41. > :17:47.story this lunch time: Team GB wins its fourth medal of the Games,
:17:47. > :17:49.silver in the equestrian eventing. Coming up: Despite the Olympic
:17:49. > :17:54.crowds, why some businesses are complaining that London is becoming
:17:54. > :17:58.like a Ghost Town. Later on BBC London, delays for
:17:58. > :18:04.spectators, after severe problems on the Central line, serving the
:18:04. > :18:06.Olympic Park. We'll have an update. We hear from the equine vet who's
:18:06. > :18:16.volunteered to look after competition horses through the
:18:16. > :18:16.
:18:16. > :18:21.In Syria the battle for control of Aleppo, the country's largest city,
:18:21. > :18:25.is continuing, with reports of more clashes between government troops
:18:25. > :18:29.and rebels. Meanwhile refugees continue to stream out of the city
:18:29. > :18:31.amid worsening conditions. Supplies of food and drirchinging water are
:18:31. > :18:33.running low. -- drinking water are running low.
:18:33. > :18:43.Our Middle East correspondent Jim Muir reports from neighbouring
:18:43. > :18:47.Lebanon. Syria's biggest city under attack by its own government. It
:18:47. > :18:51.has the fire power and it's using it. Artillery, tanks and helicopter
:18:51. > :18:58.gunships have all been in action, pounding areas taken over by rebel
:18:58. > :19:03.fighters. But the rebels remain defiant, attacking any regime
:19:03. > :19:07.targets or symbols they can. This is one of several police
:19:07. > :19:12.stations they managed to storm. There was heavy fighting for
:19:12. > :19:16.control here. The commander of Free Syrian Army rebel fighters in the
:19:16. > :19:20.area denied government claims that it's recaptured the Salaheddine
:19:20. > :19:24.quarter. He said the battle is going the other way.
:19:24. > :19:28.TRANSLATION: Within days, God willing, Aleppo will be liberated.
:19:28. > :19:37.We've already taken some areas. Once secured, we'll move on to the
:19:37. > :19:39.city centre until the whole of Aleppo is free.
:19:39. > :19:44.State television has given very little detail about what's
:19:44. > :19:50.happening in Aleppo, saying only that troops have inflicted heavy
:19:50. > :19:53.losses on what it calls armed terrorist groups. Some of the many
:19:53. > :19:58.civilians caught unawares by the sudden eruption of violence have
:19:58. > :20:05.been trying to get out of harm's way. Those who remain, face a harsh
:20:05. > :20:08.ordeal of danger, discomfort and privation in seering summer heat.
:20:08. > :20:14.American officials are watching closely, believing the fighting in
:20:14. > :20:20.the north heralds the demise of the Assad regime. This is a tragic
:20:20. > :20:27.moment, what's happening in Aleppo indicates the bankruptcy of Assad
:20:27. > :20:32.and the regime in dealing with this issue. Ultimately, there is no
:20:32. > :20:37.question in my mind that the issue is not whether Assad will step down
:20:37. > :20:42.but when. For many Syrians President Assad is already
:20:42. > :20:47.consigned to the scrap heap of history, but there may be a long,
:20:47. > :20:51.hard fight before that becomes reality.
:20:51. > :20:55.In India, a massive power cut has left almost half the country
:20:55. > :20:58.without electricity, officials say the grid in the north of India has
:20:58. > :21:04.failed for a second day while the grids in the east and north-east
:21:04. > :21:11.have now also collapsed. On Monday more than 370 million people across
:21:11. > :21:17.northern India were affected, bringing Delhi to a stand still. A
:21:17. > :21:22.power cut on an extraordinary scale. How are they coping? That's right.
:21:22. > :21:26.Some 600 million people are affected across 20 states in India.
:21:26. > :21:31.It's left much of the country at a stand still. Here in Delhi the Met
:21:31. > :21:35.row was affected. Delhi is slowing limping back, some power coming on
:21:35. > :21:39.here. Across India trains are stranded on the tracks. Many
:21:39. > :21:44.government workers have been told to go home. Traffic lights wnt even
:21:44. > :21:49.working, causing chaos on the roads in. Best Bengal we hear 200 miners
:21:49. > :21:52.are trapped after power in the lifts stopped working. They're not
:21:52. > :21:56.in immediate danger, but it presents some of the problems that
:21:56. > :22:00.this huge power cut has caused across the country. What are
:22:00. > :22:04.authorities saying there? How soon do they think they can get it
:22:04. > :22:09.solved? They are promising to restore power in the next few hours,
:22:09. > :22:13.but this is the second such power cut in 48 hours. Now, they say,
:22:13. > :22:16.they believe the cause of this is that many parts of India are using
:22:16. > :22:22.more power than they're entitled to, that's overloading the grid here.
:22:22. > :22:25.All this presents a wider problem - India is a growing nation and it
:22:25. > :22:30.simply doesn't have enough power to cope with that.
:22:30. > :22:33.Thank you very much. The best-selling Irish novelist
:22:34. > :22:38.Maeve Binchy has died after a short illness. She was 72. The former
:22:38. > :22:46.journalist was widely loved for her humorous take on Irish life. Her
:22:46. > :22:50.books war translated into 37 lang watches and over 40 million copies
:22:50. > :22:54.were sold. Our arts correspondent looks back at her life.
:22:54. > :22:58.Maeve Binchy's novels were warm, whity stories of friendship,
:22:58. > :23:03.Ireland and the ups, downs and flexities of women's lives. I think
:23:03. > :23:07.I write for women, because women do analyse every move and are
:23:07. > :23:11.interested in feelings. They are interested in aspects of it.
:23:11. > :23:15.Sometimes I get letters from young men saying to me, are women really
:23:15. > :23:20.as complicated as you say? I just love to clown around. I don't
:23:20. > :23:26.believe that. Circle of Friends was just one of a number of novels to
:23:26. > :23:29.be turned into a film. Minnie Driver played a typical Maeve
:23:29. > :23:33.Binchy heroin. It wasn't about getting rich, thin or married, it
:23:33. > :23:41.was about women taking control of their lives. You're really there,
:23:41. > :23:46.you know who you are, don't you? Well, yes. Course I do. On every
:23:46. > :23:52.page, her friends such as Jilly Cooper could feel her personality
:23:52. > :23:56.coming through. She was so warm and so kind and so funny. She's that
:23:56. > :24:01.rare thing, hugely popular and very, very good. Because usually it's won
:24:01. > :24:05.or the other. Everybody was proud of reading her books. They loved
:24:05. > :24:07.her. They thought she was a good writer. Her style was
:24:07. > :24:13.straightforward. She wrote as she spoke. The language and characters
:24:13. > :24:18.came from her life growing up near Dublin. The result - 16 novels with
:24:18. > :24:22.sales of around 40 million. These are only ipbs den talz. It's when
:24:22. > :24:27.people write and say there are real characters for them. That's what I
:24:27. > :24:34.want. She often worked sitting alongside her husband and fellow
:24:34. > :24:39.writer Gordon Snell. Her success was the pleasure she gave in that
:24:39. > :24:41.you could experience everything that live can give you through the
:24:41. > :24:45.eyes of someone compassionate and warm.
:24:45. > :24:49.Maeve Binchy, who has died at the age of 72.
:24:49. > :24:53.The extradition of Shrien Dewani to South Africa to face charges of
:24:53. > :24:57.murdering his wife Anni has been put on hold for further medical
:24:57. > :25:02.evidence to be obtained. Medical experts say Mr Dewani is suffering
:25:02. > :25:05.from psychatic disorders which mean he should not be put on trial. Our
:25:05. > :25:11.legal correspondent Clive Coleman is at Westminster Magistrates'
:25:11. > :25:14.Court. How much longer could this go on then? Well, what's happened
:25:15. > :25:18.this morning is that this has been adjourned until September 18. To
:25:18. > :25:23.explain why we're back at the Magistrates' Court, because it was
:25:23. > :25:29.a year ago here that Howard Riddle ordered the extradition of Shrien
:25:29. > :25:34.Dewani. He appealed that to the High Court... (inaudible) though it
:25:34. > :25:41.was in the interest of justice that he face those charges, it would be
:25:41. > :25:45.unjust if he was to be sent back in his current mental state. He has
:25:45. > :25:47.two defined psychiatric conditions - severe depression and post
:25:48. > :25:51.traumatic stress disorder. Because the High Court didn't have the
:25:51. > :25:55.power to adjourn the hearing, adjourn the proceedings, they've
:25:55. > :26:01.sent is back down here. This morning Mr Dewani's counsel say
:26:01. > :26:06.they wanted a one-year adjournment to allow a tentative recovery to
:26:06. > :26:10.continue. That wasn't allowed. We were told that only medical
:26:10. > :26:15.evidence had to be gathered by September 12.
:26:15. > :26:18.Rather grey and wet here today. But the crowds are pouring into the
:26:18. > :26:21.Olympic Park again this lunch time. With the influx of millions of
:26:21. > :26:26.spectators here and at other venues around the country, it's hoped it
:26:26. > :26:30.could prove to be a bumper month for the economy. But the signs are
:26:30. > :26:36.that that may not be happening, with visitors staying away from the
:26:36. > :26:41.shops and tourist attractions. We were told to expect an extra
:26:41. > :26:45.million visitors a day. The question is - where are they? This
:26:45. > :26:49.was Trafalgar Square and tourists were also thin on the ground down
:26:49. > :26:55.there on regent street this morning. And they weren't exactly pouring
:26:55. > :27:00.out of here either, in the heart of the West End. Vicky has had a stall
:27:00. > :27:04.on Oxford Street for more than 20 years. She says she's never seen it
:27:04. > :27:09.so quiet. Complete disaster. No other words to explain it really. I
:27:09. > :27:13.don't know what to say. It's terrible. Because the tourists
:27:13. > :27:16.simply aren't here? They're not here. The local people are not here.
:27:16. > :27:20.Everybody's been told to avoid Central London and they're doing it.
:27:20. > :27:23.It's not just about the medals. The Government is hoping for an
:27:23. > :27:28.economic bounce from these Games that hundreds of millions of pounds
:27:28. > :27:35.in extra spending will be generated. As ever, there will be winners and
:27:35. > :27:39.losers. The changing of the guard was
:27:39. > :27:46.pulling in the crowds today, but not all of our leading attractions
:27:46. > :27:49.are so busy. We've seen about a 30% to 35% reduction in the number of
:27:49. > :27:52.overseas visitors to central lnd attractions. That's partly because
:27:52. > :27:56.the kind of visitor you get during an Olympic year is different it a
:27:56. > :28:00.nrmal year. It's partly because people think it's going to be
:28:00. > :28:06.crowded here in London. But the pattern, it seems, is no different
:28:06. > :28:11.than any other Olympic Games. Athens, Beijing, Atlanta, even
:28:12. > :28:17.Barcelona saw people not arrive for the Olympic Games because they
:28:17. > :28:20.assumed that the city was devoted to being an Olympic city. All the
:28:20. > :28:25.warnings of travel disruption and difficulties have done their job,
:28:25. > :28:30.so far. But those who may be looking for an economic boost from
:28:30. > :28:33.these Games are now wondering if they've done it too well.
:28:34. > :28:36.Let's have a look at the latest Let's have a look at the latest
:28:36. > :28:39.weather now. Good afternoon. It wasn't the most
:28:39. > :28:46.appealing mornings to be heading out to Olympic Park. It did
:28:46. > :28:48.brighten briefly, now we are seeing drizzly outbreaks of rain. For the
:28:49. > :28:52.afternoon, I'm hopeful that the rain will eventually clear through
:28:52. > :28:56.to the north. We will be left with a lot of cloud and it is pretty
:28:56. > :28:59.cool as well. Partly thanks to the breeze, but obviously due to the
:28:59. > :29:04.covering of cloud across the UK as well. Scotland's faring well. We
:29:04. > :29:07.had a chilly start but lots of sunshine. Elsewhere, a lot more
:29:07. > :29:10.cloud around. Some breaks in the south. I'm hopeful to see sunshine
:29:10. > :29:14.for the south-west of England this afternoon. But more cloud to come
:29:14. > :29:17.for Wales and for Northern Ireland and the North West of England,
:29:17. > :29:22.perhaps heavier and more persistent rain. Scotland should remain dry
:29:22. > :29:24.throughout the afternoon and highs here of 17 or 18 are perfectly
:29:24. > :29:30.possible. For East Anglia and the south-east, still the possibility
:29:30. > :29:34.of some drizzly rain in the next few hours. We've still got the
:29:34. > :29:37.individual equestrian events this afternoon. I think we are looking
:29:37. > :29:41.at a relatively fine afternoon, patchy drizzle, not the storms that
:29:41. > :29:46.caused problems for the eventers in recent days. In terms of other
:29:46. > :29:50.events, perhaps the tennis most likely to be affected by light rain.
:29:50. > :29:56.The beach volleyball and hockey more redistillient. Looking to this
:29:56. > :29:59.evening, the skies should clear, the rain pushes north. Heavier
:29:59. > :30:02.across southern Scotland and Northern Ireland. Perhaps a couple
:30:02. > :30:06.of inches for Scotland. 50mm or so before we're through. By the end of
:30:06. > :30:10.the night more rain pushing into the west of the UK. The wind also
:30:10. > :30:13.strengthening as well. That could be a factor certainly for some of
:30:13. > :30:17.our Olympic events taking place mid-week. A much brighter start to
:30:17. > :30:21.the day on Wednesday for the south- east of England and East Anglia.
:30:21. > :30:25.More rain for Scotland and the totals are mounting. Heavier rain
:30:25. > :30:28.through the early part of the day in the west of the UK. Then showers
:30:28. > :30:31.pulling across into the East Midlands, east ang will and the
:30:31. > :30:36.south-east later. But all of that said, despite the wind and
:30:36. > :30:40.outbreaks of rain, we are looking at a milder day than day. Up to 24
:30:40. > :30:44.Celsius for example in the Olympic Park. The only problem we may see
:30:44. > :30:47.due to the weather tomorrow could be for the men's and women's time
:30:47. > :30:51.trial. We saw what the showers did during the weekend to the cycling
:30:51. > :30:55.events. Thursday's prospects - drier, brighter, showers for the
:30:55. > :30:58.south-west of England perhaps. But overall I think towards the end of
:30:58. > :31:02.the week our weather should become quieter in terms of rainfall, but
:31:02. > :31:07.it could be the wind that comes into play further. Find out more
:31:08. > :31:16.and the forecast for events you may be attending by looking at the
:31:16. > :31:19.website. That's all from me. It's 1.45pm, our top story: Zara
:31:19. > :31:24.Phillips has won a Silver Medal at the Olympics as part of the British
:31:24. > :31:29.team that took second place in the equestrian team eventing. Team GB