:00:05. > :00:15.Great Britain's rowers narrowly miss out on another gold despite a
:00:15. > :00:22.thrilling sprint for the finish COMMENTATOR: Here come the British!
:00:22. > :00:26.They are not going to do it. They get the silver. We will have to
:00:26. > :00:28.wait for the composition -- confirmation.
:00:28. > :00:31.The Men's Lightweight Four claimed silver in the thrilling finish
:00:31. > :00:37.bringing in the third medal for Team GB's rowers. That was
:00:37. > :00:40.brilliant. I'm really, really thrilled. We were just fighting,
:00:40. > :00:42.fighting to get ourselves back in contention.
:00:42. > :00:45.On track, Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton will try to
:00:45. > :00:48.repeat their medal success in Beijing as action in the Velodrome
:00:48. > :00:54.begins this afternoon. No change in interest rates here or
:00:54. > :00:57.in Europe despite calls for more help to kick start the economy.
:00:57. > :01:01.Warnings of food shortages for millions of people in Syria as the
:01:01. > :01:04.fighting stops farmers from harvesting crops.
:01:04. > :01:07.Improve safety for cyclists. The Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins
:01:07. > :01:17.says helmets should be made compulsory after a 28-year-old is
:01:17. > :01:19.
:01:19. > :01:29.killed in a collision by the Later on BBC London. All the sport
:01:29. > :01:41.
:01:41. > :01:45.were the latest action and news Good afternoon and welcome to the
:01:45. > :01:48.BBC News at One from London's Olympic Park. Britain's rowers have
:01:48. > :01:52.narrowly missed out on another gold this lunchtime despite a thrilling
:01:52. > :01:55.sprint to the line. But Richard and Peter Chambers, Rob Williams and
:01:55. > :02:00.Chris Bartley did manage to claim silver after they were edged out by
:02:00. > :02:03.South Africa. This afternoon there are more hopes of gold in cycling
:02:03. > :02:07.when Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton take to the track at the
:02:07. > :02:13.velodrome for the first time. More on that in a moment, but first
:02:13. > :02:17.here's Joe Wilson. If you want fast-moving drama, grab
:02:17. > :02:21.a place by the lake. Eton Dorney is the venue for bravery where they
:02:21. > :02:28.come to battle against the elements. To find glory. After Wednesday's
:02:29. > :02:36.success, there was an appetite for more medals here. In a rowing,
:02:36. > :02:41.lightweight means about 11 stone, small and skinny. Half the team
:02:41. > :02:46.from Northern Ireland in the Team GB boat. Denmark's set off in front
:02:46. > :02:51.daring anyone to catch them. Halfway, Great Britain were third
:02:51. > :02:56.but in touch. A South Africa were looking stronger, too. This was
:02:56. > :03:00.predicted to be a close race but the closing stages were astonishing.
:03:00. > :03:04.With every stroke the lead seemed like it was going to change hands.
:03:05. > :03:12.In the boat furthest from the camera, Britain looked like winning.
:03:12. > :03:20.Or they would finish 4th, who would COMMENTATOR: They are not going to
:03:20. > :03:25.do it. We will have to wait for confirmation. But then Britain get
:03:25. > :03:31.the silver. South Africa were stunned by their victory. Britain,
:03:31. > :03:35.exhausted but proud. That was brilliant. Really, really brilliant.
:03:36. > :03:40.We were just fighting, fighting through the whole lot. Just to get
:03:40. > :03:45.ourselves back in contention. We did a cracking job, just not great
:03:45. > :03:53.enough to get a gold. To get a silver, it was impressive from
:03:53. > :03:57.where we came from. We struggle to keep the pace on the outside. In
:03:57. > :04:03.the first quarter of the race. We just died our heels in and for
:04:03. > :04:10.truly hard. One more hard-earned silver was for Britain today. It
:04:10. > :04:16.was won by the lightweight remark with big hearts. Let's go straight
:04:16. > :04:21.to Eton Dorney. Yes, Sophie, everyone is catching their breath
:04:21. > :04:24.after that extraordinary finish. It has taken the acclaim of the 30,000
:04:24. > :04:30.or so crowd here and I'm delighted to say I'm joined by Sir Matthew
:04:30. > :04:35.Pinsent. First of all, you could see the exhaustion etched on their
:04:35. > :04:39.faces at the end of that race. It is extraordinary, wasn't it? It's
:04:39. > :04:46.always going to be close event. They are all the same weight,
:04:46. > :04:54.roughly. They have to be 70 kilos a bridge between them. It means they
:04:54. > :05:00.have the same power -- average. You saw that with 400 metres to go. It
:05:00. > :05:04.always is an extraordinary event. I'm really glad they have come away
:05:04. > :05:12.with a silver. It's a really fair result for them, a great result for
:05:12. > :05:15.them. You know, a great race for us to watch. If you are impartial, or
:05:15. > :05:19.set up a can, you would say it's the best race ever, but it's a
:05:19. > :05:23.great result for Britain. They were fastest qualifiers. When they
:05:23. > :05:28.reflect on it, will they still be delighted? Will there be
:05:28. > :05:33.disappointment as well? They are sportsmen and they go out to win.
:05:33. > :05:37.There will always be a fraction of them who feels, why didn't we win?
:05:37. > :05:42.I haven't spoken to them. It depends if they execute what they
:05:42. > :05:49.wanted to do. They were quite a drift in the first two-thirds of it.
:05:49. > :05:54.Then they came back into contention, using the crowds. The extra man at
:05:54. > :05:58.the crowd gives them. If they had been a second slower, they would
:05:58. > :06:04.have had no medal at all. A bit quicker, they would have got gold.
:06:04. > :06:07.I hope we're not disappointed. I hope, when they reflect, it's been
:06:07. > :06:13.a fantastic year for them culminating in an Olympic silver
:06:13. > :06:17.medal. Plenty more gold medal hopes look forward to. Everyone is
:06:17. > :06:22.calling tomorrow gold Friday it. Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins
:06:22. > :06:29.in the doubles, that is the big chance tomorrow, and then the men's
:06:29. > :06:34.on Saturday. And more besides. They are our stand out chances for gold
:06:34. > :06:38.in the remaining two days. Thank you very much indeed. Silver today.
:06:38. > :06:41.We could happen to more gold medals over the next few days. Thank you
:06:41. > :06:43.very much. Well, after all the drama and
:06:43. > :06:46.celebrations surrounding the gold medal won by Bradley Wiggins
:06:46. > :06:48.yesterday and Chris Froome's bronze, all eyes are now on the Olympic
:06:48. > :06:52.Velodrome and Team GB's other cycling hopes. Great Britain won
:06:52. > :06:56.seven golds, three silvers and two bronzes on the track at the 2008
:06:56. > :06:59.Games in Beijing. A change to the rules means Team GB won't be able
:06:59. > :07:02.to dominate the medals quite that much. But according to Sir Chris
:07:02. > :07:04.Hoy, who goes in the Team Sprint event this afternoon, GB's cyclists
:07:04. > :07:11.are at their best since Beijing. Here's our sports correspondent,
:07:11. > :07:14.Dan Roan. It was the crowning glory of a
:07:14. > :07:18.quite remarkable year. An unforgettable day when Bradley
:07:18. > :07:23.Wiggins had become Olympic royalty. His blistering performance in
:07:23. > :07:26.yesterday's time trial saw him win a 4th gold and the 7th medal in the
:07:26. > :07:30.Games and it was unprecedented for a British athlete but is not
:07:30. > :07:34.stopping there. I got to carry on until Rio now and go for number
:07:34. > :07:39.five. Just to be mentioned in the same breath as people like Steve
:07:39. > :07:43.Redgrave, it's an absolute honour, you know, and Sir Chris Hoy, to be
:07:43. > :07:46.up there with those guys, as a British Olympian, is very special.
:07:46. > :07:51.After such a feat comes the inevitable comparisons with other
:07:51. > :07:54.sporting legends. The man regarded until now as the greatest Olympian
:07:54. > :07:59.in British history says the time has come for Bradley Wiggins to be
:07:59. > :08:04.handed that mantle. How can you argue with that? He's a great guy,
:08:04. > :08:09.a great athlete, and Bob Paisley has more medals than me so that
:08:09. > :08:13.puts him above me on achievement level, and if I had won the Tour de
:08:13. > :08:18.France a couple of weeks ago was well, and then won at the Olympics,
:08:18. > :08:22.I would have been expecting to be above him on that. He's a great guy,
:08:22. > :08:25.absolutely outstanding achievement and he deserves all he gets.
:08:25. > :08:30.success began on the track, of course, and the competition at the
:08:30. > :08:38.bedroom gets under way later today with high hopes for more home
:08:38. > :08:45.success -- Velodrome up. Then came the haul of eight golds in Beijing.
:08:45. > :08:50.With Bradley Wiggins, can London continue to cycle this success? Sir
:08:50. > :08:54.Chris Hoy's bid to defend his two golds begins today in the team
:08:54. > :08:59.sprint. We are finally here. It seems like a long time coming. We
:08:59. > :09:02.have been talking about it for so long and it's just great to be
:09:02. > :09:06.fearful that the standard is high but close indeed. The Australians
:09:06. > :09:10.were not expected to win and be the French. It's going to be different
:09:10. > :09:16.competition. Victoria Pendleton begins her pursuit of Olympic glory
:09:16. > :09:20.later today in the team sprint and she broke the world record on this
:09:20. > :09:24.track in February at the World Cup test event for the Team GB will be
:09:24. > :09:28.hoping for more of the same. Peter Keen is UK Sport's Special
:09:28. > :09:31.Advisor for Performance and a former national cycling coach. He's
:09:31. > :09:37.a man who's widely credited with playing a key role in turning
:09:37. > :09:43.around the fortunes of British cycling. He's outside the Velodrome.
:09:43. > :09:47.It is going to be quite an afternoon. What do you reckon the
:09:47. > :09:51.chances are for Team GB? It's going to be extraordinary. We know from
:09:51. > :09:58.the test events, the atmosphere here can be absolutely
:09:58. > :10:03.unprecedented in cycling terms. I think the team are ready to go.
:10:03. > :10:07.Talking at the training camp you days ago, any athlete would want to
:10:07. > :10:11.be here, feeling like you have done everything you can do. Whatever
:10:11. > :10:16.happens, what ever result you get, you can look at it and say you did
:10:16. > :10:21.your best. Incredible pressure, isn't there on Victoria Pendleton
:10:21. > :10:25.and Sir Chris Hoy in particular? There is, but so many of our top
:10:25. > :10:28.athletes acknowledge that, in a sense, the ultimate pressure is the
:10:28. > :10:33.pressure they put on themselves for that the dreams they perceive for
:10:33. > :10:39.so many years, and the memories they give us, equally, is what
:10:39. > :10:43.drives them. So long as they have thought through the consequences of
:10:43. > :10:47.the crowd cheering, and a sensible about how much media they beat,
:10:47. > :10:51.they will cope and on many occasions, they will rise to the
:10:51. > :10:55.challenge of what to that expectation means. It's worth
:10:55. > :11:00.contrasting the fortunes of the British team right back in 1996 in
:11:00. > :11:04.Atlanta, when it was one gold, 15 medals, and what is happening right
:11:04. > :11:08.now, in Beijing, it's such a dramatic turnaround and you have
:11:08. > :11:14.been credited with doing that. we have really seen in that story
:11:14. > :11:17.line over the last decade, is a fundamental shift in mind said. I
:11:17. > :11:21.will talk about the critical role lottery funding is played, too, but
:11:21. > :11:25.the funding isn't everything. You have to believe it's possible to be
:11:26. > :11:30.the best in the world and I think what cycling has demonstrated, more
:11:30. > :11:35.than most sports, is you can turn it around and move from a nation
:11:35. > :11:38.that actually got the point we are genuinely didn't believe it was
:11:38. > :11:43.possible to win in the Olympic arena, to the state now where we
:11:43. > :11:48.expect them to dominate, even though it's a huge ask. It's an
:11:48. > :11:50.absolute belief it's possible and a willingness to immerse yourself in
:11:50. > :11:54.the effort and training and preparation for however long it's
:11:54. > :11:59.going to take to be that good. a high target has been said for
:11:59. > :12:04.these Games as we went into them, 48 medals, more than the British
:12:04. > :12:08.team got in Beijing. Do you think they can do that? A Yes, it's most
:12:08. > :12:12.important to emphasise that notion of a target is, in a sense, a
:12:12. > :12:16.reflection of the reality we see in British sport for for that
:12:16. > :12:20.opportunity reflects the level of at least we now have in a British
:12:20. > :12:25.sports if you benchmark where we finished in the world championships
:12:25. > :12:29.events last year, we are at least that could have thought that the
:12:29. > :12:33.expectation. To be as good as you can be. It speaks so much for the
:12:33. > :12:37.World over the last decade and the possibilities going forward to Rio
:12:37. > :12:41.and beyond. We have an amazing high-performance sport system in
:12:41. > :12:45.the UK but is many things we can improve on, the pathway from the
:12:45. > :12:50.playground, we have to sort that out. The opportunity going forward
:12:50. > :12:53.from London, in the next 10 days, its immense. Have a fantastic
:12:53. > :12:55.afternoon. Thank you very much for joining us. The Chinese badminton
:12:55. > :12:58.coach has apologised on national television for the performance of
:12:58. > :13:01.two of his players, who were disqualified from the Games for
:13:01. > :13:04.trying to lose their matches. One of them says she's now quitting the
:13:04. > :13:10.sport. Two teams from South Korea and another from Indonesia were
:13:10. > :13:13.also thrown out of the competition for the same reason.
:13:13. > :13:17.Now to the pool and Britain's Rebecca Adlington is through to the
:13:17. > :13:19.final of the 800m Freestyle. She won her semi this morning in
:13:19. > :13:22.impressive style to huge cheers from the crowd in the Aquatic
:13:22. > :13:32.Centre, from where our sports correspondent, James Pearce now
:13:32. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:37.reports. Mention British swimming and the
:13:37. > :13:40.first lady is always Rebecca Adlington. The 800 metres freestyle
:13:40. > :13:44.is her strongest event and the British support was as loud as it
:13:45. > :13:54.has been all week. She set about posting a quick time that would
:13:55. > :13:55.
:13:55. > :14:01.confirm her position as favourite She looked comfortable throughout.
:14:01. > :14:10.Victory was never in doubt. She only had a clock to worry about. By
:14:10. > :14:14.the end, her lead was Clare and her time was impressive. -- clear. No
:14:14. > :14:18.wonder the crowd was roaring its approval. I have got to rest as
:14:18. > :14:22.much as I can for that I'm very pleased with that. I did know what
:14:22. > :14:29.to expect after the heats, so I'm pleased with that. Victory tomorrow
:14:29. > :14:36.night is no formality. A Danish rival is immense. She also swam
:14:36. > :14:40.well in her heat in the 900ths of a second slower than her British
:14:40. > :14:44.rival. So far so good for Rebecca Adlington so far, and she already
:14:44. > :14:47.has a bronze medal at these Olympics, and is only one colour
:14:47. > :14:52.she is aiming for tomorrow and that is gold.
:14:52. > :14:55.Well let's take a look at the medal table as it stands now. China is
:14:55. > :15:05.still out in front with the USA in second place. Team GB have slipped
:15:05. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:14.to 12th place despite that rowing The Bank of England has kept
:15:14. > :15:19.interest rates unchanged, at a historic low of 0.5%. It also
:15:19. > :15:22.decided against pumping more money into the economy. Meanwhile, the
:15:22. > :15:27.European Central Bank is set to give its latest response within the
:15:27. > :15:31.next hour to the eurozone crisis. They have hinted there could be
:15:31. > :15:36.major new intervention to support struggling economy is like Spain.
:15:36. > :15:40.Hugh Pym joins me now. So, intervention. Is that what we are
:15:40. > :15:45.expecting? Yes. Normally the outcomes of these meetings are
:15:45. > :15:50.widely anticipated by the financial markets. Their work out what will
:15:50. > :16:00.happen. And in fact, the European Central Bank has left its interest
:16:00. > :16:01.
:16:02. > :16:06.rate at 0.7 -- 0.75%, which was expected. Mario Draghi, last week,
:16:06. > :16:13.made a bold statement that the ECB was ready to do whatever it takes
:16:13. > :16:17.to preserve the euro. And whatever the talk has been about buying up
:16:17. > :16:25.government bonds from countries like Spain and to get money flowing
:16:25. > :16:32.around the economy, there has been danger because things are flowing
:16:32. > :16:36.around beef economy. Interest rates are on hold again here, but there
:16:36. > :16:41.is speculation we could see another cut in interest rates in the not-
:16:41. > :16:51.too-distant future? Indeed. Unchanged at 0.5%. They have been
:16:51. > :16:56.there since 2009. But they have said a cut in rates of downwards
:16:56. > :17:01.would be considered, down to 0.25%. There is much speculation that this
:17:01. > :17:05.could happen within the next few months if the economic climate does
:17:05. > :17:11.not improve. It would not help save his, obviously, but it would help
:17:11. > :17:17.those on tracker mortgages. That could come in September, October.
:17:17. > :17:22.Our top story, Team GB win another silver in the rowing. Now all eyes
:17:22. > :17:25.turn to the track cycling, where hopes are high for more Olympic
:17:25. > :17:29.success. And, coming up, Bradley Wiggins
:17:29. > :17:35.calls for tougher laws after the death of a 28-year-old cyclist near
:17:35. > :17:39.the Olympic Stadium. Later on BBC London, after
:17:39. > :17:43.disappointment earlier this week, could it be second time lucky for
:17:43. > :17:47.the canoeist from Harrow aiming for Olympic glory?
:17:47. > :17:53.And a life-changing impact of the Games. We meet a woman who has got
:17:53. > :17:57.a job after years on the streets. Up to 3 million people in Syria are
:17:57. > :18:01.likely to need food as well as help with crops and livestock over the
:18:02. > :18:05.next year, as fierce fighting in the country continues. The United
:18:05. > :18:12.Nations says the conflict has stopped farmers from harvesting
:18:12. > :18:15.crops. Fighting continues in the capital and Aleppo, where it is
:18:15. > :18:19.said rebels had launched an attack on the main military airports. Just
:18:19. > :18:26.a warning this report does contain images that some may find
:18:26. > :18:32.disturbing. The latest reported victims of
:18:32. > :18:36.summary executions. This was at the suburb south-west of Damascus.
:18:36. > :18:40.Activists say those killed or many men, cut down on the spot by
:18:40. > :18:45.government forces or militia on suspicion of being rebels or
:18:45. > :18:52.sympathisers. Up in Aleppo, it was the other way around. Government
:18:52. > :18:57.militiamen captured by rebel fighters. This man was their leader.
:18:57. > :19:02.He knows he is in deadly trouble. He and several others were taken
:19:02. > :19:07.out by the rebels, put up against a wall and mown down by a hail of
:19:07. > :19:11.gunfire. The rebels are clearly digging in in Aleppo, a vital
:19:11. > :19:14.strategic base dominating the North. The government thought it could
:19:14. > :19:19.clear them out in days. Now the battle looks like lasting weeks,
:19:19. > :19:24.with the outcome uncertain. Regime sympathisers in Damascus are not
:19:24. > :19:27.optimistic. TRANSLATION: The two sides are now
:19:27. > :19:32.equal in the current street fighting. The opposition forces
:19:32. > :19:35.have many weapons, most of which are being used for the first time.
:19:35. > :19:40.They have opened up direct supply lines from the Turkish border. It
:19:40. > :19:44.is different from what happened in Homs and Damascus. At back in
:19:44. > :19:52.Aleppo, conditions of thousands of trapped civilians worsened balls up
:19:52. > :19:56.the world who have -- the World Food -- the World Food Programme is
:19:56. > :20:01.trying to get supplies in. The fighting has disrupted the harvest.
:20:01. > :20:05.As the struggle goes on, there are fears there could be further abuses
:20:05. > :20:12.as more blood is spilt. Summary execution of prisoners is a war
:20:12. > :20:16.crime but for some, the thirst for revenge is too strong to resist.
:20:16. > :20:21.The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, will discuss Syria with
:20:21. > :20:24.David Cameron later on today on his first visit to Britain in seven
:20:24. > :20:30.years. David Cameron is expected to press him for measures to tackle
:20:30. > :20:37.the surreal conflict, something Russia and the West disagree on. --
:20:37. > :20:40.the Syrian conflict. Let's go to Downing Street. It is this a sign
:20:40. > :20:45.that difficult and strained relations are perhaps on the road
:20:45. > :20:49.to repair? They certainly have been quite chilly, especially in the
:20:49. > :20:53.aftermath of when Britain and Russia fell out over that death of
:20:54. > :20:58.a Russian emigre in London, Alexander Litvinenko. They have
:20:58. > :21:02.improved already and it will be interesting, when Vladimir Putin
:21:02. > :21:09.arrives, as he is due in a few minutes, to see what the body
:21:09. > :21:15.language will be. It is interesting that he has been able to get him
:21:15. > :21:18.here around the Olympics in London. They will be going to the judo this
:21:18. > :21:22.afternoon. It is Mr Putin's favourite sport, as he is a
:21:22. > :21:27.lifelong fanatic, and that might create an easy environment to talk
:21:27. > :21:32.about a difficult subject. There certainly are difficult subject to
:21:32. > :21:37.tackle, Syria being top of the agenda. Absolutely, and an issue
:21:37. > :21:41.the Prime Minister will be keen to redress with him? Yes. He is hoping
:21:41. > :21:45.that given what is happening on the ground, because you heard about the
:21:45. > :21:49.rise in violence, especially in Aleppo, that this might make the
:21:49. > :21:54.Russian President a bit more flexible. The British and Western
:21:54. > :21:58.leaders in general have been quite frustrated at Russia's position
:21:58. > :22:02.with the United Nations, three times using his veto, along with
:22:02. > :22:07.China, and to block the position. But higher not sure Mr Putin will
:22:07. > :22:12.give any ground. -- and I am not sure. The Russians feel confident
:22:12. > :22:17.in that position. They say, is the West not being hypocritical,
:22:17. > :22:24.because we are arming Syria and arming President Assad. What are
:22:24. > :22:28.you doing to the rebels? Turning a blind buy. It might be Islamic
:22:28. > :22:32.radicals are linked to Al-Qaeda. Do you want to wish that on Syria? So
:22:32. > :22:36.I am not certain they are going to get any ground on that. And Mr
:22:36. > :22:41.Cameron will have to be careful. He is the host and this is supposed to
:22:41. > :22:46.be a nice event, the Olympics. Her and other areas of tension, human
:22:46. > :22:50.rights, he may touch on but it is difficult, because Mr Putin does
:22:50. > :22:54.not like to be criticised, especially on domestic issues, and
:22:54. > :22:59.they do not want to turn this into a huge event which could become
:22:59. > :23:06.even more difficult. The Olympic gold champion Bradley
:23:06. > :23:10.Wiggins has called for further laws around cycling after annul
:23:10. > :23:14.volunteer was killed last night by a bus. After the accident, he said
:23:15. > :23:20.he would like to see a new law to make it compulsory for cyclists to
:23:20. > :23:24.wear helmets. He is Britain's new golden boy.
:23:24. > :23:28.Racking up a Tour de France win and an Olympic gold in the space of a
:23:28. > :23:32.month. Now Bradley Wiggins has joined one of the most contentious
:23:32. > :23:37.debates in cycling, arguing you should be forced to wear a safety
:23:37. > :23:40.helmet. A legalising helmets, making them the law to wear,
:23:40. > :23:45.obviously, because if you get knocked off and you are not wearing
:23:45. > :23:51.a helmet, how can you argue? Or if you get killed. You should not be
:23:51. > :23:55.riding along with iPods and ferns and that sort of thing. So when
:23:55. > :24:05.things once there are laws passed for cyclists, you can say, I have
:24:05. > :24:06.
:24:06. > :24:11.done everything to be safe. -- with phones and that sort of thing.
:24:11. > :24:15.Fining people because they're not wearing a helmet is a far more
:24:15. > :24:20.controversial, though. Actually, we do not favour compulsory use of
:24:20. > :24:25.helmets. We think it is a good idea if you are a regular cyclist, but
:24:25. > :24:29.evidence from around the world shows cycling, if helmets are made
:24:29. > :24:32.compulsory, cycling numbers go down. And we want to see more people
:24:32. > :24:38.riding bikes because of the health benefits. This follows the death
:24:38. > :24:42.last night of a 28-year-old cyclist hit by a bus near the Olympic Park.
:24:42. > :24:48.The number of cycling deaths fell last year but serious injury went
:24:48. > :24:53.up. These Boris bikes are now a key feature in London. Easy to rent,
:24:53. > :24:57.they have proved popular. The mayor, Boris Johnson, is often seen
:24:57. > :25:02.paddling around. He does not support the new law. The evidence
:25:02. > :25:06.is mixed. I have to say that in countries where they have made them
:25:06. > :25:10.compulsory, it has not always been good for cycling. But what do other
:25:10. > :25:16.cyclists think? Are I have not got one at the moment but I will
:25:16. > :25:21.consider it. We're on two wheels the same, so I think it is a good
:25:21. > :25:26.idea. Definitely not, because they don't always work anywhere.
:25:26. > :25:29.Sometimes you can be saved by not having one. Pictures like this
:25:29. > :25:39.always inspired by sales in the shops, but that means more people
:25:39. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:47.facing dangers like this. We were Bob! Whoa! -- whoa! But it is
:25:47. > :25:53.agreed that putting more cameras and things on buses could save more
:25:53. > :26:03.than any new law. The England cricket team are
:26:03. > :26:09.battling to remain the best in the world. If they are a -- to have a
:26:09. > :26:15.chance of staying at the top, they need to win the next Test.
:26:15. > :26:21.England opt not to turn the ball. This is the first Test team not to
:26:21. > :26:27.include Graeme Swann. They had to chase things, one down. No wickets
:26:27. > :26:32.in the first half-hour and, more worryingly, no sign of one either.
:26:33. > :26:40.They managed to dismiss three South African batsmen in the first Test.
:26:40. > :26:45.And even these mistakes were going unpunished. One of those mornings.
:26:45. > :26:50.South Africa seemed immune from dismissals. The dead ball had
:26:50. > :26:59.already been called. The umpire will be sitting of the stumps would
:26:59. > :27:02.unfailingly but the batsmen off. This was tucked in before lunch to
:27:02. > :27:08.move to 50. And is the interval approached, both batsmen looked
:27:08. > :27:13.ominously comfortable. Capitalising on England's misfortune and regret.
:27:13. > :27:17.While those in London battle to become the best, these men have a
:27:18. > :27:22.struggle to stay there. He and finally, Great Britain's
:27:22. > :27:28.first Olympic winners have not just been honoured with medals. Special
:27:28. > :27:35.commemorative stamps with photos of the winners have been issued. This
:27:35. > :27:44.is Helen Glover's Cannes, where they have painted one of the
:27:44. > :27:50.postboxes gold. -- Helen Glover's home town of. The same thing will
:27:50. > :27:55.happen for all of Team GB's future gold medal winners.
:27:55. > :28:05.Let's have a look at the weather. Laura Tobin is here. In fact, I can
:28:05. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:10.safely say it is breezy and I am I am far enough from the edge, so
:28:10. > :28:15.it is OK! We have had some showers and they have been the name of the
:28:15. > :28:20.game today it across areas of western England and Wales, heading
:28:20. > :28:24.towards Eton Dorney and the London area. And for many of us, that
:28:24. > :28:29.remains the forecast. Many are heavy and the wind will really
:28:29. > :28:33.start to whip up as they approach. Central areas of England are seeing
:28:33. > :28:38.the showers edge through, up towards eastern areas of England.
:28:38. > :28:42.For the south-east, showers are fewer and further between, but a
:28:42. > :28:49.good hour or two where we are at risk of picking up some scattered
:28:49. > :28:53.showers. Those up into East Anglia and Lincolnshire and the odd risk
:28:53. > :28:58.of a rumble of thunder. But for northern England, southern Scotland,
:28:58. > :29:02.lighter wind than we had yesterday and a better chance of staying dry.
:29:02. > :29:07.In many northern areas of Scotland, pretty cloudy, grey and feeling
:29:07. > :29:12.cool. Northern Ireland, sticking with sunshine this afternoon with a
:29:12. > :29:17.few showers dotted around. Wales and south-west England are still in
:29:17. > :29:23.the firing line for heavy, gusty showers, with some very heavy
:29:23. > :29:27.downpours. So, in Weymouth still the risk of heavy showers and gusty
:29:27. > :29:32.winds. That could cause some disruption as we are expecting
:29:32. > :29:36.quite turbulent conditions in the breakwaters out past Borland. Her
:29:36. > :29:39.into the early evening, showers continues through central and
:29:40. > :29:48.eastern areas. Overnight, things turn drier as the showers
:29:48. > :29:53.diminished. As we start tomorrow, more of the same. Yes! Sunshine and
:29:53. > :29:59.showers. Here at the Olympic Park, we start off with the risk of some
:29:59. > :30:03.showers and that continues through to the afternoon. But over the West,
:30:03. > :30:10.showers will continue and cloud will gather. If you are fortunate
:30:10. > :30:16.enough to have the sunshine, it will feel put -- pretty pleasant.
:30:16. > :30:20.And tomorrow, it is day one of the athletics in the stadium behind me.
:30:20. > :30:25.A sunny start but around the middle of the day, a greater chance of
:30:25. > :30:29.picking up some showers. Into the evening, the shower brisker will
:30:29. > :30:33.diminish, but if you are heading out to any of the events, have a
:30:33. > :30:43.brolly handy, because it is sunshine and showers, not just for
:30:43. > :30:43.
:30:43. > :30:47.today, but as we head into the Another silver for Team GB, this
:30:48. > :30:52.time in the rowing. Now hopes for Britain's track cyclists this