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Syria's Prime Minister flees to Jordan - less than two months after

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he was appointed. Riad Hijab is the most high-profile

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member of President Assad's regime to defect since the uprising began.

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His spokesman says he's joining the revolution. Touchdown confirmed.

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Received on Mars. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Jubiliation as NASA's rover finally lands on Mars and instantly begins

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sending back images. Curiosity, the most sophisticated Rover ever built,

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is now on the surface of the Red Planet where it will seek to answer

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age-old questions about whether life ever existed there on Mars.

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At the Olympics Team GB is riding high in the medal table. Gymnast

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Beth Tweddle leads today's hopes of adding to the tally.

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Moving to America with her family - the Conservative MP Louise Mensch

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announces she's leaving Parliament, sparking a by-election in her

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marginal seat. Concern grows for a 12-year-old

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girl who's been missing from south London for three days.

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Later on BBC London: the owner of a dog that attacked three police

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officers is found guilty of owning dangerous animal. A year after

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rioting swept the capital, police continue to track down those

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Good afternoon, and welcome to the BBC news at 1.00pm. Syria's newly

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appointed Prime Minister has fled to Jordan with his family in what's

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a major blow for President Assad's regime. A spokesman for Riyad Hijab

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said he had defected from what he called a terrorist regime and

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joined the revolution. Syrian activist groups say that three

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other Ministers have also defected, although that's not been confirmed.

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In a separate development, state television says a bomb has exploded

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inside its headquarters in Damascus. Several people were injured. Jim

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Muir sent this report from Beirut in neighbouring Lebanon.

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The start of a dramatic day in Damascus as the crisis deepens - a

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bomb explosion on the third floor of the state TV and radio building.

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It caused a lot of superficial damage. Three people were slightly

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injured, but the station stayed on the air.

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TRANSLATION: We know who is behind these operations. We know who is

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funding them. We know who is seeking to silence the people's

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conscience and voice. We know who wants to destroy this country and

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hide the truth from the people. Almost immediately, state TV found

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itself announcing an even bigger bombshell - the Prime Minister,

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Riyad Hijab, had, it said, been fired. He'd only been appointed

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exactly two months ago, supposedly a safe fair of hands on the tiller.

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It now seems clear that the Prime Minister had in fact defected. He's

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believed to be in a safe place with his family, perhaps in Jordan. He's

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by far the highest-ranking official so far to desert the Assad regime.

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It's a deep embarrassment for President Assad. There are rumours

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other Ministers may follow. TRANSLATION: Today I announce my

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defection from the regime of killing and terrorism and join the

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ranks of the revolution of freedom and dignity. From today I announce

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I am a soldier serving this blessed revolution. Long live Syria free

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and pure, and long live our Syrian people. Long live our heroic Free

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Syrian Army. It's the clearest sign yet of the

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stresses building up within the regime. The focus is currently on

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Aleppo in the north, the country's biggest city, now being pounded by

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Government forces as they prepare for an offensive to drive the rebel

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forces out. Bashar al-Assad's forces will see the defection as

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evidence the regime is finally starting to crumble from within.

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I am joined by our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins. Could

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this be a turning point in Syria? It could be. So many things have

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been described perhaps as turning point, but I think it's clear

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evidence that the regime is under even greater pressure than we would

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have spoken of even yesterday for instance. Let's be clear - the

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Prime Minister in Syria doesn't have the sort of power that a

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British Prime Minister would have or a European Prime Minister. He's

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something of a figurehead, something of a fig leaf, if you

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like, at the head of a civilian administration where the real power,

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of course, resides with president Assad, members of his immediate

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family and the security and military chiefs around him, but the

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Prime Minister is a very important figurehead, and he was brought in

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of course to bring some respectability to the regime at a

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time they were arguing they were pursuing a reform track. He's only

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been in office for two months, but there are suggestions he was

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planning his defection even before he took the role of Prime Minister

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and he was bullied into taking the role. Those accusation come from

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the Free Syrian Army. Of course, they can't be verified. We can't be

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clear when he took the decision to leave. But the fact he has done, so

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the fact he's of the same generation of Bashar al-Assad, he's

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not one of the old guard - he grew up with the idea that Assad might

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be a reformer - I think that's significant. James robin, thank you

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very much. It has taken nine months to travel

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354 million miles, and this morning the most high-tech rover NASA has

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ever designed successfully landed the surface of Mars. There were

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jubiliant scenes at NASA when the rover, called Curiosity, started

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transmitting pictures immediately. Now that it's safely there,

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Curiosity's task is to find out whether Mars was ever capable of

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supporting life. Our science editor David Shukman has the details.

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The final approach to Mars at 13,000mph. This animation shows how

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the landing took place - first, the parachute, then at just the right

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moment, the rockets on a kind of airborne crane fired up and lowered

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the Rover down towards the surface - $1 billion of machine dangling by

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a thread. These computer graphics look like science fiction. In fact,

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this is what really happened. At Mission Control in California,

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the engineers had been dreading the tension of this moment until two

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magic words: "Touchdown confirmed." The place erupted, the relief,

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intense. Eight years of work had gone into this project. The

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reputation of the American space agency was at stake. Time for a

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grand statement. Today, right now, the wheels of Curiosity have begun

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to blaze the trail for human footprints on Mars. Curiosity, the

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most sophisticated Rover ever built is now on the surface of the Red

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Planet where it will seek to answer questions about whether life ever

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existed there on Mars. The Rover's shadow on the dust of Mars, the

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first pictures prove the landing worked. Mars has been the graveyard

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for many landing missions. This one succeeded. I want you to look

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around tonight - all those folks with the blue shirts - think about

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what we've achieved. I think it's fair to say NASA knows how to

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explore. We have been exploring, and we're on Mars. The Rover itself

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is named Curiosity Rover. Something about the Red Planet draws people.

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At dawn this morning 200 were at the Natural History Museum in

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London to watch the landing. It was scary, but really exciting at the

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same time, but when it landed, it was amazing, yeah. It's going to be

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fantastic science for the next two years. It's what NASA needed. It

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will be a win for them. The big question about Mars is whether this

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barren terrain could have ever hosted life. The Rover Curiosity

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has the job of hunting for the chemical clues about that. It

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should operate for at least two years - plenty of time to get some

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answers. The astronomer Mark Thompson joins

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me now. An absolutely extraordinary achievement. It's an incredibly

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sophisticated Rover, isn't it, all kinds of things onboard It is. One

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of the key things about it is it wants to be able to move around the

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surface of Mars so it can study the rocks. The key to studying the

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rocks of smars it will hopingly unlock the environmental conditions

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over the history of Mars. There is spectroscopes. There is all sorts

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of laser instruments that'll actually be able to look inside the

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rocks and the soil of Mars to actually study the way the

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atmosphere has evolved to hopefully the answer question whether life

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was ever there. All the time those images being transmitted to earth

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earth? When it touched down this morning it had to go via another

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Rover orbiting Mars to get it to move. It will go to a different

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spacecraft to relay back to earth. It will take about 50 minutes for

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the images to get back, which will be incredible to see. How long do

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you think it will be before man is able to step on Mars? If I had to

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bet on it, I would say 50 to a hundred years. It will take an

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international effort to do that but I think certainly within a hundred

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years. Thank you very much. To the Olympics now, and there are

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more medal chances today in athletics, cycling and gymnastics.

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Great Britain is currently third in the medals table - with a total

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haul of 37, including 16 gold. So will all this success be translated

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into a legacy of sporting achievement for Britain's

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youngsters? This morning the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

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admitted that school sports provision is patchy in some places

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at the moment and said more investment at primary school level

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was needed. Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss reports.

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Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion.

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It was the weekend when British sport discovered the Midas touch.

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We have done it. We have done it, and we have done it in style.

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days, eight gold medals and hopefully millions inspired. It's

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gold! From athletics to rowing to sailing to cycling, all the fears

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Team GB would buckle under the pressure proved gloriously

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unfounded, a roll call of success beyond their wildest dreams. Oh, my

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goodness! Just remarkable. Among them, Andy Murray, last month, he

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lost in the Wimbledon final, but that frustration turned to elation,

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from the fans to the stars - it seems everyone has been inspired by

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these Games. I think it's just - I mean, being part of the Olympics to

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the success of the other athletes and watching that and, you know,

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being inspired by that and wanting to try and be part of the medal

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tally and, you know, try and contribute to the team.

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But can British sport now make the most of this golden opportunity,

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neurturing young talents like teenager Adam, who reached the

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semis, costs money. There are fierce school sport is being

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squeezed. The head of the Olympic Association accused the government

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of treading water, and they admit more needs to be dope. I think at

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the moment school sport provision is patchy in some places, and we

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need to do what we can to ensure that the very best examples are

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spread throughout the whole country, and this is absolutely going to be

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a focus over the next few months, and one of the things we really

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want to take away from these games. But one thing everyone will take

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away is this - the memory of Usain Bolt once again leading the world's

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marathon. So can Britain's athletes scale

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those dizzy heights today? This morning's heat saw some success.

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Tiffany Porter qualified for the semifinals of the hurdles while a

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delighted Lawrence Okoye is into the discus final. The question now

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is can these stars of the present inspire the stars of the future?

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Liz Nicholl is Chief Executive of UK Sport, the body that's

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responsible for investing around �100 million of public funds every

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year in high-performance sport - money that comes from both the

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National Lottery and the Exchequer. Did you honestly think that a week

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ago - did you think that we would be in the position we're in at the

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moment? I think we got off to a slow start over the first couple of

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days but our ambition was to do better than Beijing, so we had to

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be ahead of the game. We're ahead of where we were in Beijing, and

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we're looking at winning more medals across more sports. We're in

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a very, very good place. Team GB has already delivered on so many

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levels but it does make you wonder what more could be achieved if more

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money was pumped into schools at an earlier level? The success of any

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high-performance system depends on the right level of investment from

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grassroots through the community to the League level. We can provide

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those inspirational moments through the success of the athletes in

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order to inspire the youngsters, but we do have to invest in schools,

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in teachers, in coaches, in talent and to achieve that success.

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how much more investment are we looking about at an earlier stage?

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That's an area of response about that doesn't fall within our remit

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at UK Sport, so that's matter for those who have it. It needs quite a

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significant turnaround, doesn't it? The most important thing is to

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provide great opportunities for youngsters when they see these

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inspirational moments to be able to go down to their local gym to be

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the next Beth Tweddle to get access easily to great support, great

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coaches and teachers in primary school able to have the right

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talent to be able to support that - those youngsters. That's the long

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term. In the short term, let's hope we see a few more medals rolling in.

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Let's speak to a prime example of Team GB's success - the cyclist

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Joanna Rowsell who won gold in the team pursuit on Saturday.

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Good afternoon, and congratulations. Has it actually sunk in yet?

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thank you. Yeah, it feels absolutely amazing. It's just

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starting to sink in now for me seeing the newspapers yesterday and

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today - seeing all the photos that really helped it all sink in. Yeah,

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it feels great. What is the atmosphere like in the Athletes'

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Village at the moment with all of this success for Team GB? It's an

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incredible atmosphere. Once all the golds start coming in, everyone

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wants to be part of that. Hopefully that success will continue for the

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next week. We have been talking about investment in sport and

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helping a lot of young hopeful athletes achieve the sort of

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success that you have achieved. How much has the investment helped your

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sport? It has been absolutely essential for me. I have received

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Lottery funding since I left school after my A-Levels. That allowed me

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to be a full-time athlete and commit a hundred percent of my

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training. We have the best support staff in the world, the best

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coaches and sports scientists. We wouldn't be Olympic champions

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without all of that. What about the cycling team this week - today,

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tomorrow - more medal hopes? Yes, we have Jason Kenny and Victoria

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Pendleton in the women's sprint. They set records in equal fight, so

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that should be excellent. I am This afternoon the three-times

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world champion Beth Tweddle makes her last big to win an elusive and

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a bit muddled. Later, I will speak to her anxious parents, who are

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waiting to watch her at the North Greenwich Arena.

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Our top story this lunchtime: the Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab

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has fled to Jordan with his family less than two months after he was

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appointed. He is the most high- profile member of President Assad's

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regime to defect since the uprising began.

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Come On Up: how on earth did they do that? We will find out how some

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of the best Olympic Games camera shops make it onto your TV screens.

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Later on BBC London, Lawrence Okoye goes for gold with an impressive

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for to qualify for the discus final. At helping athletes fulfil their

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2012 dreams - the woman who finally found work building their beds in

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the Olympic village. The Conservative MP, Louise Mensch,

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is to leave Parliament after just two and a half years in the job.

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She and her children are moving to America, where her husband lives.

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She said she was devastated by the necessary decision she had had to

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make. Her resignation has prompted a by-election in her marginal Corby

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seat. Let's speak to our political correspondent. It is their decision

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that has taken many by surprise? Yes, Louise Mensch made it clear

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that she could no longer cope with the struggle of combining her role

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as a mother of three young children and a high-profile MP, particularly

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with her husband being based in New York. So that is where she will

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move to keep her family together. Louise Mensch is someone who is a

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very high-profile MP here at Westminster, but also one of the

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few who is widely known and recognised beyond the Westminster

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village. She has 100,000 followers on Twitter. She is a former author.

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She is a glamourous and outspoken politician. And although not all of

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her colleagues enjoyed having such a high profile colleague,

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Westminster will be a less colourful place without her. The

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Prime Minister clearly had her in mind for promotion. He made that

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clear in his response to her resignation letter. He said he was

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disappointed that she had had to leave, which sounded heartfelt,

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because he now faces a difficult by-election later this autumn.

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are expecting another announcement in Westminster this afternoon, this

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time on Lords reform? Yes, yet another headache for the Prime

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Minister, because he has had to tell his deputy Nick Clegg that his

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conservative MPs will not support for the plans for reform of the

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House of Lords, which would have a largely elected second chamber.

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This is very much the darling of Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime

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Minister. In the next hour, he will have to accept that his plans for

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overhauling the second chamber will be added to that rather dusty pile

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of previous attempts to change the House of Lords. It was clear that

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the plans were in trouble. 91 Tory MPs rebelled. An attempt to set a

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timetable to get the legislation through Parliament had to be

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scrapped. There will be a lot of anger among Lib Dems, who might

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respond by trying to scupper the plans to change constituency

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boundaries of MPs. That in turn will anger Conservative MPs. So a

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lot of ill-feeling between the coalition partners.

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Police in the American state of Wisconsin are describing the deaths

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of six people at a Sikh temple as an act of "domestic terrorism". The

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gunman was shot dead by police after the attack in Oak Creek, near

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Milwaukee. President Obama has sent condolences to the victims'

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families. This is how Sunday morning prayers

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ended at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee. The emergency services

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called after a gunman started shooting at the congregation.

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Inside the temple, women and children were hiding in cupboards.

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Others took refuge in the bathroom, and send text messages to their

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family members about what was happening. The situation is

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terrible. The people who are contacting us, they are scared and

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they are speaking very softly, like they cannot speak louder.

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injured were taken to hospital with bullet wounds to the abdomen, face

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and neck. A police officer is amongst those being treated.

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officers responded to the scene. They found a victim. We are dealing

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with that individual. When our officer, a 20-year-old ambushed --

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veteran, was ambushed and shot. He is currently undergoing surgery. We

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expect him to recover. The police have not revealed the identity of

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the gunmen or a motor for the attack. There have been no reports

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of threats made against the temple. It is very sad when these things

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happen. It is unexpected. We never think this will happen to our

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temple, because the people go there to pray for everybody. But

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unfortunately, this happened and it is sad. President Obama said he was

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deeply saddened by what had happened. He said America had been

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enriched by the Sikh community. This is the second time in recent

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weeks that the president has had to console the country after a

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shooting. Just over two weeks ago, a man opened fire on a cinema in

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Colorado, killing 12 people. The final member of staff caught on

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camera abusing patients at a care home near Bristol has pleaded

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guilty. Michael Ezenagu, seen here wearing a hat, admitted two charges

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of ill-treating a resident at Winterbourne View, a private

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hospital which housed people with learning difficulties and autism.

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11 staff have now pleaded guilty to offences against patients.

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Police are increasingly concerned about the welfare of a 12-year-old

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girl who has not been seen since Friday. Tia Sharp has made no

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contact with her friends or family since leaving her grandmother's

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home in south London to go shopping in Croydon. Our correspondent is

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near her grandmother's home in New Addington now.

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Tia left her grandmother's home on this road in south London around

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lunchtime on Friday and has not been seen or heard from since. She

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did not take her mobile phone or any kind of travelcard with her,

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and had just a small amount of cash with her. She told her grandmother

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she was offered to buy shoes at a shopping centre in Croydon, but no

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one has seen her since then. Her family say this is not like her.

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She had never gone missing before. In terms of the police

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investigation, there are focusing on three areas. They are talking to

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neighbours here to see if they saw anything over the weekend. They are

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continuing to examine CCTV footage to see if there are any sightings

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of Tia there, and they are examining her use of social media

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to see if that throws up any clues as to her whereabouts.

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More on the Olympics now. Britain's most successful gymnast, the three-

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times world champion Beth Tweddle, makes her last bid to win an

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elusive Olympic medal. Beth's going for gold in the uneven bars at 2.50

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this afternoon. She is looking to improve on her fourth place in

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Beijing. We can now talk to Beth's parents, Jerry and Ann, who are at

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the North Greenwich Arena. I always wonder how difficult it must be as

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a parent to watch your child go through something like this. Jerry,

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how nervous are you? Not as nervous as normal. There has been such a

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groundswell of support. Lots of people here. And of course, the

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gymnastics has been going well. The lads have done brilliantly, and the

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girls also had the highest team placing. And the Beth, this is her

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last chance to get an Olympic medal. She came fourth in Beijing. How is

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she dealing with it? Is she taking it in her stride? Were don't have

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much contact with her during competition time, but I spoke to

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her briefly yesterday and she is very cool and calm. She is prepared.

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She is reading and listening to music. She is fine. She stands a

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very good chance of a medal, if not gold. She qualified first. We don't

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mind which medal it is. She doesn't mind. If she goes through the

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routine, yes, she does it stand a chance. And Jerry, the British

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gymnasts at this Olympics have done amazingly well. They have a. And

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that is a result of all the support, the lottery funding and the

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coaching development. It has been brilliant. The medical support has

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really helped Beth recently when she needed it. It was fantastic. It

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has given her a chance. I will let you both take your seats. Let's

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hope she comes away with a medal this afternoon.

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At Greenwich Park, the equestrian competition resumes, with Saudi

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Arabia leading the standings in the team showjumping. There are four

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countries in joint second position, including Team GB. Our sports

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correspondent is there. You may recall that Great Britain

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have already won one medal in equestrian, in team eventing, which

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is like a triathlon, a combination of three disciplines. Today is all

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about one of those disciplines, showjumping. It is a team event.

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There are four British riders and the scores of the top three will go

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towards the final tally. It is all about avoiding penalty points and

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getting over the fences as quickly and cleanly as possible. Great

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Britain are in joint second place. That is in no small part down to

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Nick Skelton, 54 years old. He has done everything in his career apart

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from winning an Olympic medal. He has been on sparkling form so far.

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Maybe he has finally got the best horse of his career. You may be

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surprised to see the name of Saudi Arabia up in top gold medal

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position as we go into today's final round. King Abdullah has

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thrown millions into it since 2009. And the team includes his son.

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Equestrian money is clearly important. If you can buy the best

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horses, you have a strong chance, but there is no substitute for

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experience. The Canadian team today includes Ian Millar in a record-

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breaking tenth Olympics. He is going strong at the age of 65.

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If you have been watching the Olympics on TV, and record numbers

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here and around the world have been doing just that, there is every

:26:27.:26:31.

chance that at some point, you have wondered "how on earth did they get

:26:31.:26:33.

that shot?". Well, Clive Myrie has been given exclusive behind-the-

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scenes access to discover how some of the most stunning images of

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sport ever captured have made it on to your screen.

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Remember this? Camera angles that took the public right inside the

:26:50.:26:55.

world of Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield. The London Olympics

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have provided viewers with some memorable images. We were given

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exclusive access to the men and machines behind the pictures of the

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Games. Deep in the bowels of the Aquatics Centre is a whole other

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underwater world cameras, Polly's and remote controls. These cameras

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catch everything, a fish-eye view of the action. Scott Stevens lowers

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into position one of them, ready to record the battle for gold medals

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from a different perspective. brings the viewer closer to the

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athletes than they have been before. From underneath, you get a better

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idea of some of the techniques, some of the breathing, the turns,

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or that sort of stuff. Just a handful of people get the

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opportunist to watch all the action from down here. Up Close and

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Personal, with the swimmers and divers. But thanks to all the

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camera technology in the pool, millions of others can get up close

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and personal, too. And above the waves, 7.5 metres, to be exact, I

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have shown an aluminium glass tube containing a camera at the end of a

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rope. And I got the chance to use it. It's incredible. It is just a

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camera on the end of a rope, but it gives an incredible view of the

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action. It is not just the Aquatics Centre, where ever more ingenious

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ways have been found to record the games. In the Olympic Stadium,

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cameras are mounted on wires. They track the runners from the side,

:28:32.:28:36.

step-by-step. One floats in a balloon. The aim is to take the

:28:36.:28:40.

viewer where the athlete is, from the top of the diving board to the

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Now the weather. Hour by hour this morning, we have been watching the

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clouds continue to fill the sky in London. It is looking threatening

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at the moment, and we will see big showers not just at the Olympic

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Park, but widely across the British Isles. We can pick up where those

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showers have been on the radar picture, with nasty clumps across

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northern England, the South of Scotland, Wales and the south-west

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of England. Those showers track eastwards during today. We could

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see a shower at the sailing. But the worst of the showers may stay

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just inland in Dorset. You will see big clouds on the footage, but it

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might stay dry for the sailors. At the equestrian events in Greenwich,

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there's the risk of an odd shower. Those showers may turn heavy at

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Greenwich and at the Olympic Park, with the big showers turning up

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after three this afternoon. The showers could be beefy and nature.

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Thunderstorms are likely to grow up later, but the worst showers will

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pass through the across England and Wales, and then the weather should

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become dry. It has been a cloudy morning in Northern Ireland. We

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have limited bright spells here, but for most places, it stays dry.

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Some dry weather for the south and west of Scotland, but it looks

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unsettled in the east. There are torrential downpours here, which

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also affect the East of England. Showers are in the forecast for the

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Olympic Park and also at the Riverbank Arena, where we are

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likely to see downpours developing through the course of the day as

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Team GB's women take on the champions, the Netherlands. Showers

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are forecast at the Olympic Park, so anyone heading to this evening's

:30:32.:30:37.

session, it is worth bringing wet weather gear with you. Tonight, the

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showers will gradually fade away. Most places will become dry through

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the night and it will stay relatively mild. By the end of the

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night, the cloud will thicken across south-west England and

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outbreaks of rain are forecast to end the night. The rain band will

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spread along the south coast of England, threatening outbreaks of

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rain towards the late afternoon and evening tomorrow. There will be a

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few showers across eastern areas of England and Scotland, with the

:31:08.:31:11.

driest weather generally across north-western parts of the country.

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