03/08/2012 BBC News at One

The Golden girls, Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins won

Olympic gold at last in the women's double sculls. Great Britain

delivers, the nation expected! Olympic champions and the crowd

were going wild. After three silvers and three Olympics,

Katherine Grainger's dream finally comes true. Can I talk to the

Olympic champion, please? She is finally here. Yeah, yeah, worth the

wait. # God Save the Queen. Katherine Grainger called her gold

medal, the People's metal and dedicated to those who Vettel to

become champion. This is a tremendous run! Well, my goodness!

Jessica Ennis gets on to a flying start as the athletics gets

underway. I will be reporting live from

inside the stadium. It is packed, and so far Jessica Ennis is doing

even better than spectators had hoped.

In the last few minutes, the jury in the shiftily Achmed trial has

found that both her parents are guilty of murder.

A �1.5 billion loss for RBS but the bank's boss insists the future is

looking rosy. Police searching for an oil

executive missing since April find a body in a garage.

As the fighting continues, the UN General Assembly to prepare us to

condemn the Security Council for failing to stop the violence.

-- prepares to condemn. And the woman who gatecrashed the Indian

team during the Olympic opening ceremony apologises for what she

calls an error of judgement. I have heard the sentiments of my people,

my brothers and sisters, for which I extend my apologies.

Later, criticism of the mayor after he invites Rupert Murdoch to the

Olympics. And on the busiest day of the game so far, we look at how the

Good afternoon. And it is another gold for Team GB, the 4th in 24

hours after Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins triumphed in the

women's double sculls. And there were two more bronze medals, with

Will Satch and George Nash in the men's pair and Adam Campbell in the

men's single sculls. Behind me, you may be able to glimpse some of the

80,000 spectators packed in the stadium as athletics got underway

this morning. A great start for Jessica Ennis. More a matter a

moment but first let's go to Eton Dorney and Andy Swiss. -- more on

that in a moment. Another glittering morning for

Britain's roars. Thousands of fans have been waiting for this. Anna

Watkins stormed to victory and what a moment in particular for

Katherine Grainger. Three silver medals at the last Olympic Games,

and finally she has her gold. Another Olympic final. Another boat,

another lake. This is why she was competing in 2012. The agony of

silver, 2008. Four per, second is nowhere. After three Olympic silver

medals, there was no way she could go through that disappointment

again. Always the bridesmaid. In the double sculls, she was

accompanied by Anna Watkins. So perfect was their partnership, they

have never been beaten since the combined their powers. 21 races, 21

victories. They established their superiority ride from the start.

Great Britain, on a mission. Halfway, the Australian boat was

Halfway, the Australian boat was alongside, close. But straining

everything to keep up. The lead was always there, even though the

Australians were nearby. This time, this time nothing was going to deny

Katherine Grainger. Great Britain deliver! Olympic champions!

Katherine Grainger is the Olympic Katherine Grainger is the Olympic

champion. And the crowd are going mad. His victory which took a shade

under seven minutes, or 12 long years. Her 4th Olympics, finally,

that first gold medal. It is the people's metal, because I feel so

many people have been behind me and supporting me, wanting this for me

as much as I have. It is off the back of everyone I have ever worked

with, everyone who has ever helps me, going back to my family at the

beginning and my friends at school and university, to every single

person who has been a part of this. It makes the Net will feel so much

better. In terms of British success, the Lake runneth over. Alan

Campbell, another great performer from Coleraine, hung on for bronze

in the single sculls. Earlier, George Nash and Will Satch, in

their first year of competing together, also won bronze. They are

the future but this was the day when Katherine Grainger finally

outlived her past. I am delighted to say I am joined

by 80 witness, who won world titles with Katherine Grainger in 2005 and

2006. First of all, what an incredible morning. Absolutely

amazing. Three medals for Britain, and Katherine Grainger's gold medal.

We were team members for a years and years. I stepped away after

Beijing and I could not wait to hold on for the gold medal. Now we

have two. Absolutely amazing. The crowd here, the atmosphere, they

are going wild. They could not be better. And after three several --

three silver medals, the pressure was on. Absolutely. But Catherine

is a performer. And Anna Watkins is a class athlete. This combination,

it has just clicked. They are unbeaten for 23 races. You know

what, she should just celebrated date. I cannot wait to spend time

with there, and hold that gold medal, because they are heavy, and

it is now -- it is now around her neck. So there we have it, another

golden morning for Britain's raw as at the rowing lake.

The Olympic Stadium burst into life this morning as track and field

events got underway. One of Britain's biggest hopes, Jessica

Ennis got off for a dash to a flying start, winning her heat in

the first event in a new British record time and the high jump is

currently underway. James Pearce is in the stadium.

What an atmosphere. All this talk about empty seats during the first

week of the games, no problems here. Look around me, and see how people

have absolutely packed in here. Scenes like this are so unusual for

the opening morning of an athletics session for a major event. Normally

you see swathes of empty seats, people come for the evening

sessions, but not in such large numbers. But that is what we have

that. An incredible cacophony of noise. Jessica Ennis was greeted on

the start line for her first event. The biggest cheer of all. No other

competitor at London 2012 has had a reception close to matching this

one. Jess Ennis's weight was finally over. The poster girl of

these games was going for gold. these games was going for gold.

First up, the hundred metres hurdles. She got away to a good

start. Jessica Ennis has been closed down. But now she is

beginning to pull away. This is a tremendous run. Oh, my goodness.

tremendous run. Oh, my goodness. Jessica Ennis was so fast she had

equalled the gold medal-winning time in the individual event in

Beijing. And the rest of her competitors must be in despair.

Seeing how fast the British athlete has just run. She could not have

got her campaign off to a better start. Team GB is targeting eight

athletics medals in the stadium. If athletics medals in the stadium. If

there are high hopes for Dai Green, World Champion in the 400 metre

hurdles. Christine Ohuruogu is the defending Olympic champion in the

400 metres. Mo Farah has a chance for gold in two events, the 5000

for gold in two events, the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. Dai Green

has already been in action this morning, very comfortable, cruising

for -- cruising to victory in the first seat. There was a cheer that

went up when people saw me. It is a fantastic atmosphere. It is

inspiring. Christine Ohuruogu had to work harder in her first outing.

But she looked as though there was plenty left in the tank, safely

qualifying for the next round. Meanwhile, it was on to the high

jump for Jessica Ennis in the second or first seven events. This

evening, she has the shot put and the 200 metres.

Conrad Williams, a member of Team GB, is next to me. You will be

competing tomorrow in the 400 metres. You're born in London, what

will it be like to take part? cannot find the words really. It is

so real. The crowd is immense. There are no empty seats. You can

tell it is going to deliver. It was raining earlier and the cloud --

the crowd were still supporting Jessica Ennis. Does it inspire you?

Definitely. It is good to come down and see where any to be. I am

feeling the crowd and their energy. Jess Ennis is doing pretty well.

Very well. We have the team captain going in the hurdles earlier. We

are doing well as athletes and we're confident. We're building

confidence from the guys earlier. Are the other members of Team GB

are doing well. Best of luck tomorrow. -- the other members. The

high jumpers going well for Jessica Ennis. She has cleared over one

metre -- 1.83 metres. A fantastic morning so far.

Nowhere deceits in the stadium but there are still demand for last-

minute tickets as unused accredited seats continued to be used on a

day-by-day basis. Organisers say that 2.5 million people a day are

logging on to try to buy them. 200,000 people who do have tickets

will be passing through the Olympic Park today. Now that events are

underway, it is expected to be one of the busiest days so far. It did

not start well with one of the main tube lines being suspended. How has

the park been coping? Seven years of planning. Billions

of pounds of investment. And the goodwill of a nation. It has led to

this, the public taking up their seats in the Olympic Stadium.

On a day like this, it is the most natural thing in the world to

record the moment. Michael Burke, his wife and children have

travelled down from St Helens to be part of the national conversation.

Fantastic, fantastic stadium. I have been to a few big stadiums but

his beats them all. They was really good and the children have enjoyed

it. It has been worth every penny. This is the busiest day of the

Olympic Games so far in east London. 250,000 people are expected in the

Olympic Park. Problems on the Underground disrupted some journeys

early on but considering the volume of people, the public transport

system seems to have coped well. From what I understand, the queuing

was about one hour. Also for the javelin. But everybody got in. You

have to look at the people there and they are absolutely packed.

stadium has been transformed in seven days. More than 100 people

were working around the clock, dismantling Danny Boyle's said from

the opening ceremony. Shifting the cauldron to the side, not the

easiest of tasks. But now the athletics can begin. The public

have truly embraced these games. And this is the truth. 70,000

people packed into the stadium. The next week of athletics should see a

full house every day. Providing a real test for all the facilities in

the Olympic Park. The opening ceremony made this place the focus

of the world's attention. Now it is the turn of the athletes.

Ben Ainslie's bid to be the most successful British sailor in

history continues. The triple Olympic gold medallist is racing in

the penultimate part of the Finn class.

And we have seen real anger down here. Ben Ainslie is furious with

the man who happens to be posing the biggest threat to him getting

his 4th consecutive gold, and therefore getting into the record

books as the greatest Olympic sailor of all time. It is all about

an incident which happened during yesterday's racing. They are back

on the water at the moment and I was in the Park this morning

watching them get ready with that tension in the year.

The world of sailing takes on an air of boxing. Two heavy weights,

Ben Ainslie did put on two stone for this competition, prepared to

launch. That was summoned to change. On-camera but out of reach of the

microphones, apparently just as well, Ben Ainslie was furious at

the end of yesterday's racing, accusing the Danish sailor of

making up their protest which almost cost him dear. Both him and

the Danish guide, basically they teamed up on me. -- Danish guy. I

am seriously unhappy with that. They made a big mistake because I

am angry, and you do not want to make me angry. The two men have

been locking horns all week. Despite this move, the Danish

sailor is proving a threat. But as he pushed the Briton too far?

thing you do not want to do is make Ben Ainslie angry because he has

the ability to channel that into focus where other people tend to

get distracted by that. He can focus it and that is when he is at

his most dangerous. As with most sportsmen, there is talk that goes

on, on the field of play, and they all give as good as they get. Most

of what happens between them stays between them all on the field of

play. It will be interesting to see how to day goes. The talking is

over for now and today sees the two last races in what is a league

table before the final medal race. They have gone into today only

three points apart. Everyone is watching to see the effect of

yesterday's squabble on the water and mind games off it. I can tell

you, the position will result from the first race is that it was very

close. -- the provisional results. The Dane appears to have one. We

have yet to get that confirmed. In Ben Ainslie's class, these are the

last races before the medals and every race matters because it is a

league table. The pressure is on Let's take a quick look at the

Our top story this lunchtime: the Golden girls, Katherine Grainger

and Anna Watkins, won Olympic gold at last in the women's double

sculls. Coming up: the girl who gatecrashed

the Olympic party apologises for her error of judgment.

Later on BBC London, has the Olympic bridge to write? West End

Theatreland recovers from the ticket sales slump. And they are

not training to compete, but we will hear how this family will play

their part in this weekend's women's marathon.

The jury in the Shafilea Ahmed trial has found both her parents

guilty of murder. They believed she had brought shame on the family.

Shafilea went missing from her home in Warrington in 2003, and her body

was found on the banks of the River Kent in Cumbria six months later.

The court was told she had been suffocated.

She Ophelia Ahmed, a 17-year-old schoolgirl murdered by her own

parents? Why? Because they thought she was becoming too Westernised

and were ashamed of her. When her body was found early in 2004,

Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed played the part of the devastated parents.

A picture of grief and innocence, they appealed for help. We just

wish somebody could tell us what happened to her. We appeal to the

public if anybody knows anything to come forward. But they knew exactly

what had happened. They had killed Shafilea with their bare hands,

using a plastic bag to suffocate her. The little girl they had

nurtured have rebelled against her strict upbringing. Months before

she died, the teenager had filled in a house in form, saying she

wanted to move out because she feared she would be married off.

Shafilea's body was found near Kendal in Cumbria six months after

she was murdered. In 2008, the case was featured on Crimewatch. Clearly,

someone has gone to some lengths to dispose of Shafilea's body. I can't

see that being a stranger. finger of suspicion has long

pointed at her parents, who kept up a lie, even turning up at a news

conference to protest their innocence. They strenuously deny

any direct or indirect involvement in their daughter's untimely demise.

If called upon to do so, they will not hesitate to defend their good

and unblemished names in any court in this land. And the lie held for

seven years, until another of their daughters came forward with the

truth. 23-year-old Alesha Ahmed gave evidence from behind a screen

in their trial, telling the court she had seen both her parents

suffocate her sister and then wrapped her body have been bin bags.

It was that damning evidence which finally saw the Ahmeds convicted of

murder. If there is one thing we pray will come from this, it is

that her beautiful face and tragic story will inspire others to seek

help and make them realise that this kind of vile treatment, no

matter what cultural background they are from, is not acceptable,

and there is a way out. Near the a decade on, we now know that this

girl was killed by the two people who should have loved her the most.

The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is mainly owned by the taxpayer,

has announced a half-year loss of �1.5 billion. The bank is also

paying out �125 million to thousands of RBS, NatWest and

Ulster Bank customers who were hit by a computer meltdown in June

which meant they couldn't access their money.

RBS is counting the cost of the disastrous computer failure in June

which resulted in millions of customers being cut off from their

money. It has added �125 million so far to the group's losses.

computer meltdown was, of course, a bad period. I apologise to our

customers who were affected. Though his apologies are not enough for

the family here from Hertfordshire. They have all switch their accounts

to other banks. I was stuck. I was on the last 50 pence of electric.

It was a nightmare. The kids were upset. One night, we ended up

having a Pot Noodle to eat. The kids did not know where the next

penny was coming from. Will others dump the Bank? The chief executive

says not many, yet. I would say hundreds, at the moment. Hundreds

of customers only, you have lost? don't think of that as an only. To

me, our job is not to knock customers down. The fact that they

have given us another chance, I am grateful for. The huge disruption

to bank accounts makes RBS group look accident-prone. Today's

statement reveals that it has even more tainted by banking scandals

than before. Compensation for misselling payment protection

insurance has jumped to �1.3 billion. A separate bill for

misselling to small businesses is 50 million and rising, and looming

is a fine for trying to rig a key interest rate called LIBOR, for

which Barclays has already paid nearly �300 million. We will not be

proud of our role in LIBOR. We are not proud of the other mistakes we

made in the past. But we are using those issues, that negativity, to

spur us on to make things right. RBS says its performance has begun

to improve, but admits that the year so far has been grim and a

blot on its reputation. Detectives searching for the

missing oil executive Carole Waugh have found the body of a woman in a

car in a garage in London. Miss Waugh, who is 50, hasn't been seen

by her family since the middle of April. Concerns for her safety grew

after a man tried to sell her flat in central London, posing as her

brother. Lock-up garage number 13, in a

private court judge in leafy Surrey. Inside was a Volkswagen Golf car,

where a body believed to be that of Carole Waugh was found by police.

The forensic science remain in place. The police are appealing for

information about the car. Carole Waugh was a successful 50-year-old

businesswoman, last seen by her family ten weeks ago. Detectives

believe she may have lived a double life. Prostitution was one line of

inquiry, as was her use of internet dating sites. After returning from

Libya, where she worked as an oil executive, she lived in in

expensive flat in west London. Neighbours described her as a

pleasant woman. She was a very friendly neighbour, smiling all the

time, communicating with the neighbours. Sue seemed to be a nice

person, always smiling and saying hello. I was shocked when I heard

she may have been kidnapped. Watch Tuesday, police traced a man they

believed had tried to sell Carole Waugh's flat by impersonating her

brother, shown here with her in happier times. It was a

breakthrough her. The arrest of a 47-year-old man at Luton Airport

three days ago turned a missing person's inquiry into a murder

investigation. By seven last night, police had entered the lock-up gaff

rig -- garage down this alleyway and made their grim discovery.

Carole Waugh's stolen jewellery and money are still missing. 10 people

have been arrested. The UN General Assembly is to vote

on a motion criticising the failure of the Security Council to stop the

violence in Syria. There are reports that around 170 people were

killed across the country yesterday. Many of the deaths were in the

central city of Hama. In the country's second city, Aleppo,

there has been continued heavy shelling of one area held by rebels

and violent clashes in another rebel-held district nearby.

Let's go back to the Olympics now and more golden success for Team GB

in the rowing this afternoon at Eton Dorney. I am joined from there

by Baroness Campbell, who is the chair of UK Sport. You saw

Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins win gold? I did indeed. I know

Katherine Grainger well, and having got those four silvers, I don't

think there was a dry eye in the stands as she got that gold medal.

I am delighted for her. She is a wonderful example of the old adage

- try, try and try again. Sh and four goals in just 24 hours, six in

total. We are starting to get a taste for this? Yes indeed. We are

responsible for the investment of both lottery and Exchequer money in

our high performance system, and we are confident that the system we

have got is a strong one of. You are beginning to see the return on

that investment, as we start to see the medals come in. But it is a

system now, and whilst we will get success in London, we are equally

interested in getting success in Rio and beyond. You have said some

very high targets for London 2012, 47 medals in Beijing. You want at

least 48 at London. Can we still achieve that? Yes, we remain

confident. We said 48 medals, and more medals in more sports. We are

on the way. We have a different sports represented in the medal

table, and we are watching it built. We still have a lot of cycling,

sailing, track-and-field athletics, boxing, the women's hockey and

women's football as well as men's football still in the race. We will

hit those targets. You may remember her a week ago

during the opening ceremony in the stadium. The woman who gatecrashed

India's parade at the Olympic opening ceremony has apologised for

what she called "her error of judgment", but said she did not

breach security. Madhura Nagendra angered Indian officials in London

with her unauthorised presence alongside their flag-bearer.

Opening night at the Olympics, and the Indian team emerged resembled -

maxed resplendent in their golden costumes, the flag-bearer Pagett

company by... That was the big question. Who was the lady in red?

The Indian team was furious. What has happened? Lord Coe was

embarrassed. She was a cast member, who clearly got slightly over-

excited. The average Indian media began the search for the plus one

in their delegation, and now they have found Madhura Nagendra at her

home in Bangalore. She has been keeping a low profile, but admits

her Games debut was a mistake. in an error of judgment, I resulted

in walking with the athletes. In the eventuality, I have heard the

sentence of my people, my brothers and sisters, for which I extend my

apologies. Off the same, her experience seems to have left her

with renewed Olympic ambition. you had the chance to do it again,

you would not be there? No. I would work hard to be a sportsperson, and

maybe you will see me there later. So look out for Madhura Nagendra

There are some black clouds hanging over the Olympic Stadium at the

moment. About an hour ago, there was a huge downpour. But what's in

store for the next few days? Yes, thankfully, we have seen those

showers clearing away and the forecast for many of us today is

yet again for sunshine and showers. When the showers moved through, the

winds will start to whip up. Some of them have been heavy and

thundery, particularly out west. There are showers through Northern

Ireland and Wales over the last couple of hours, now making their

way through central areas of England and Wales. Across the

south-east, we had a shower a short time ago. Over the next few hours,

if you are heading to the Olympic Park this evening, it will be dry

and fine, with lovely late sunshine. For south-west England and Wales,

some heavy showers. In Weymouth, it will be a blustery afternoon, with

south-westerly winds. Heavy downpours continue across Wales

into Northern Ireland. Expect sunshine through the afternoon here,

but also heavy downpours. Northern areas of Scotland will see sunshine

and brighter conditions that we had yesterday. Across south-west

Scotland and north-west England, things will go downhill this

afternoon as showers arrived. For the Midlands into eastern England,

also a heavy showers, gusty winds and thunder. Across the south-east

of England, the risk for showers will just be for the next hour or

two. They could take effect Wimbledon for Federer's game. But

by the evening, the sunshine should be out. For many this evening,

those showers look set to continue, particularly in the West. They will

spread eastwards, heavy, but will gradually eased towards dawn. As we

start the weekend, no major changes with the weather. We stick with the

sunshine and showers. The best of the sunshine is in the morning. In

the afternoon, the showers continued to track eastwards. Large

areas of England and Wales will have heavy, thundery downpours. A

lot of spray on the roads from those. But across the south-east,

it should be fine for what will be their last day at Dorney. Come

Sunday, the showers become more widespread. Across the South East,

a better chance of seeing the showers. They could affect the

women's marathon later on Sunday. If you are heading to the Olympic

Park in the next couple of hours, bring a brolly. This weekend, for