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:00:10. > :00:20.It's gold number 19 at London 2012 and Team GB equals its tally from

:00:20. > :00:21.

:00:21. > :00:31.the Beijing Olympics. Alastair Brownlee win's the men's triathlon

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:00:38. > :00:41.and there are hopes of yet more golds this afternoon. Now golden

:00:41. > :00:44.hopes turn to the velodrome - Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and

:00:44. > :00:46.Laura Trott are all tipped to win this afternoon. But one of

:00:46. > :00:53.Britain's big medal hopes, the triple jumper Philips Idowu,

:00:53. > :00:59.crashes out after failing to make the final. It wasn't me out there

:00:59. > :01:02.today. I've competed for 12 years and I can't remember a time when

:01:02. > :01:05.I've performed that badly. Shares in the British bank Standard

:01:05. > :01:10.Chartered slump by 25% as it denies allegations it illegally schemed

:01:10. > :01:12.with Iran to launder money. Calls for fundamental changes in the way

:01:12. > :01:22.vulnerable adults are cared for and monitored, following abuse at the

:01:22. > :01:23.

:01:23. > :01:27.Winterbourne Care Home. It has identified all of the crimes and

:01:27. > :01:34.abusive acts that took place at this hospital, because typically,

:01:34. > :01:37.with this kind of abuse, the full scale of crimes are unknown.

:01:37. > :01:41.creator of Jodrell Bank, one of Britain's greatest astronomers, Sir

:01:41. > :01:43.Bernard Lovell, has died at the age of 98. Later on BBC London - one

:01:43. > :01:46.year on, City Hall still hasn't handed out �70 million earmarked

:01:46. > :01:49.for regenerating riot-hit areas. And, why one east Londoner's

:01:49. > :01:59.support for boxing has propelled him to become an Olympic master of

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:02:18. > :02:21.ceremonies. Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

:02:21. > :02:24.Alistair Brownlee has just won gold in the triathlon, bringing the

:02:24. > :02:27.total number of golds to 19. Thousands of people lined the

:02:27. > :02:32.streets to watch him and his brother, Jonny Brownlee, who

:02:32. > :02:42.claimed a bronze medal. Later this afternoon there could be even more

:02:42. > :02:43.

:02:43. > :02:50.golden success in cycling and dressage. Two brothers, one goal.

:02:50. > :02:54.Could this spur them to Olympic glory? 55 of the world's finest

:02:54. > :02:59.athletes prepared to do battle. Above grey skies threatened rain.

:02:59. > :03:05.Around them grassy banks were imvisible among the crowds, whose

:03:05. > :03:09.voices echoed around Westminster. Across the 28-acre lake, a shoal of

:03:09. > :03:13.come petors already spreading into groups as they headed for the

:03:13. > :03:17.jostle of the first tight turn. It's a much-repeated statistic that

:03:17. > :03:21.the favourite has never won this race. Dating back to the first time

:03:21. > :03:25.the sport featured in the Sydney Games. The Brownlees believed their

:03:25. > :03:32.commitment would break that trend. They completed the swim and they

:03:32. > :03:40.were still in contention and the crowds loved it. Out of Hyde Park

:03:40. > :03:43.and the applause rows like a -- rose like a wave. The tight curve

:03:43. > :03:50.here and the supporters from every corner of the UK willing the

:03:50. > :03:52.brothers to victory. It's brilliant. I really hope they come first and

:03:52. > :03:56.second. I know they're world champions with this crowd they can

:03:56. > :04:02.do anything, so we hope for the best. Brilliant. Gold and silver

:04:02. > :04:06.all day long. There's an extra vein of excitement running through the

:04:06. > :04:11.crowds. Over the past week, the people of Yorkshire has watched

:04:11. > :04:16.their county's medal tally rise day by day. Success for the lads from

:04:16. > :04:21.Leeds will be the icing on the cake. By the closing stages, a blow for

:04:21. > :04:26.Jonny, news he had been penalised for failing to mount his bike

:04:26. > :04:33.properly after the swim. A 15- second penalty, but he didn't

:04:33. > :04:37.faulter. The brothers can the 10k run and Jonny was still at his

:04:37. > :04:42.brother's shoulder. Alistair forced a pace to test all the leaders.

:04:42. > :04:45.Gomez of Spain pushing hard beside them. Deep into the third lad,

:04:45. > :04:49.Jonny was struggling, wondering whether his penalty could take him

:04:49. > :04:52.out of medal contention and watching his brother move ahead of

:04:52. > :04:56.the Spaniard. Tens of thousands were now watching the drama play

:04:56. > :05:00.out. Ten metres now between the two leaders. Jonny Brownlee watching

:05:00. > :05:05.the seconds tick away in the penalty box, but still in the

:05:05. > :05:08.bronze position. His older brother, out of sight, was holding his lead.

:05:08. > :05:14.Gomez heading for a comfortable silver, Alistair approaching the

:05:14. > :05:21.end as strongly as ever. The supporters were confident of a GB

:05:21. > :05:27.victory and then it was over. Another triumph and gold to be

:05:27. > :05:34.taken back to the White Rose County. Our sports correspondent, Andy

:05:34. > :05:37.Swiss, is at the finishing line in Hyde Park. Fantastic achievement

:05:38. > :05:42.for the brothers and Team GB? That's right. What a day for the

:05:42. > :05:45.thousands of fans here in Hyde Park and what a day for the Brownlee

:05:46. > :05:49.family. Gold and bronze. A particular special day for Alistair

:05:49. > :05:56.Brownlee, who secured the gold medal, the world champion, now the

:05:56. > :06:00.Olympic champion. It was really the perfect tactical race from him. He

:06:00. > :06:03.was tucked away during the swimming and cycling and then in the run he

:06:03. > :06:08.strode away from the rest of the field. He had time to pretty much

:06:08. > :06:11.stop by the side, take a Union Flag off one of the people and walk over

:06:12. > :06:15.the line with it. It was some performance by him. As far as his

:06:15. > :06:18.brother goes, perhaps he'll be a little disappointed, that 15-second

:06:18. > :06:23.penalty he picked up for getting on his bike too early might have cost

:06:23. > :06:26.him a medal, but gold and bronze in one family, what an extraordinary

:06:26. > :06:28.day for them. Thank you very much. It's the final day at the velodrome

:06:29. > :06:32.and there's a big afternoon ahead for Britain's cyclists. Victoria

:06:32. > :06:36.Pendleton is tipped for another gold in the women's sprint. If she

:06:36. > :06:40.winsit'll make her Britain's most successful female Olympian. Sir

:06:40. > :06:42.Chris Hoy is also going for gold. If he succeeds in the men's keirin,

:06:42. > :06:45.he would overtake Sir Steve Redgrave to become Britain's most

:06:45. > :06:55.successful male Olympian. And Laura Trott will also try to win her

:06:55. > :06:56.

:06:56. > :06:59.second gold on the track. James Pearce is at the velodrome now. An

:06:59. > :07:05.afternoon of drama? Of course. Saturday will go down in history,

:07:05. > :07:10.but today it could be the same. Already, having equalled that tally

:07:10. > :07:14.from Beijing, there's every chance that Team GB can push ahead to get

:07:14. > :07:18.the record tally for more than a century and breaking other records

:07:18. > :07:23.too. Victoria Pendleton is going in the semi-finals of the individual

:07:23. > :07:27.sprint. She is on course to beat her big rival in the final. If she

:07:27. > :07:31.can win, she'll have three golds and be the most decorated British

:07:31. > :07:36.female Olympian of all time. If that's not enough, Sir Chris Hoy

:07:36. > :07:41.has a chance to become the most decorated British male Olympian of

:07:41. > :07:45.all time. He's going in the semi- finals. He won the heat very easily

:07:45. > :07:51.this morning. He's already the current world champion. It's an

:07:51. > :07:55.event that can be a little unpredictable, but he'll go in as

:07:55. > :07:59.favourite and create his own history, overtaking Sir Steve

:07:59. > :08:03.Redgrave's tally of five golds. Laura trot, much younger than

:08:03. > :08:06.Pendleton and hoi, who will be retiring after these Games. She

:08:06. > :08:10.will be around for many years and she could be around as another

:08:10. > :08:18.winner with another gold around her neck. She has already won the team

:08:18. > :08:21.purr site. She's in second place in her trial, so there could be three

:08:22. > :08:25.more British golds here tonight, if everything goes accord to plan.

:08:25. > :08:28.Thank you very much. There was disappointment for Team GB in the

:08:28. > :08:31.athletics as one of the big medal hopes, the triple jumper Phillips

:08:31. > :08:34.Idowu, failed to qualify for the final. There had already been

:08:34. > :08:38.speculation over whether Idowu was fit enough to take part in the

:08:38. > :08:41.games. But there was no such trouble for Jamaica's Usain Bolt.

:08:41. > :08:51.He won his heat in the 200m comfortably. Our correspondent, Dan

:08:51. > :08:52.

:08:52. > :08:56.Roan, reports. In the build-up he can come to be known as The

:08:56. > :09:00.Invisible Man, but no sooner had Philips Idowu finally appeared, he

:09:00. > :09:04.was gone again. Speculation over his fitness and whereabouts had

:09:04. > :09:10.applied a certain intrigue to the competition, but today there was no

:09:10. > :09:15.mystery. Philips Idowu simply wasn't himself. The Beijing silver

:09:15. > :09:20.medalist had been regarded as a contender, but fell well short of

:09:20. > :09:24.the automatic qualifying mark of 17.10 and nine weeks after his last

:09:24. > :09:31.competitive jump he was out. That wasn't me out there today. I've

:09:31. > :09:35.competed for 12 years and I can't remember a time when I've performed

:09:35. > :09:41.that badly. So, his Games were open almost before they had begun, but

:09:41. > :09:45.still plenty more for the crowd to enjoy. Two days after his lit up

:09:45. > :09:54.the Games and wowed the world, Usain Bolt is back and how he

:09:54. > :09:58.begins his bid for a second gold. This time, in the 200 metres. The

:09:58. > :10:04.Olympic champion restricted himself to a gentle jog. The fastest man on

:10:04. > :10:11.the planet cruising into tomorrow's semi-finals. His rival Blake and

:10:11. > :10:17.Britain's Christian Malcolm also through. But the Games can be cruel

:10:17. > :10:27.at time. Lui, the iconic Chinese poster boys carried the hopes of a

:10:27. > :10:32.nation, but his first hurdle was also his last. His Achilles injury

:10:32. > :10:37.ruled him out. He was forced to withdraw four years ago and he had

:10:37. > :10:40.the sympathy of both competitors and spectators alike. There are

:10:40. > :10:43.high hopes of success for Great Britain in the dressage which is

:10:43. > :10:52.currently under way. Team GB rides this afternoon and they are also

:10:52. > :10:58.going for Gold. Joe Wilson is at Greenwich. A feeling they can

:10:59. > :11:01.perhaps do it? I think so. You might say it's a once-in-a-century

:11:01. > :11:06.opportunity. This is the first time really there's been a real list

:11:06. > :11:11.tiing hope for Britain to win any kind of medal and they -- realistic

:11:11. > :11:14.hope for Britain to win any kind of medal. They demand total silence

:11:14. > :11:18.from the crowd whilst the tests are going on. That's why we have come

:11:18. > :11:25.outside. The last thing we want to do is disturb any of the horses.

:11:25. > :11:32.It's a happy coincidence. This is a team event that Britain if 2012

:11:32. > :11:37.have three excellent -- in 2015 have three excellent riders and

:11:37. > :11:42.horses. We have seen one excellent test in qualifying from one of our

:11:42. > :11:47.riders. It's marked by the judges. A total score of 80% is excellent.

:11:47. > :11:51.83.6% is what we managed in qualifying. It's very technical.

:11:51. > :11:55.Very disciplined. You are supposed to demonstrate total harmony

:11:55. > :12:01.between horse and rider. Maybe it's not the most thrilling spectacle

:12:01. > :12:04.for all people, but we shouldn't jund estimate the high level of

:12:04. > :12:12.skill -- underestimate the high level of skill. Germany have won

:12:12. > :12:16.the last seven golds. Final thought, I'm intrigued why individuals do

:12:16. > :12:20.certain sports, well Karl Hester grew up on the island of Sark and

:12:20. > :12:28.he had to ride from an early age simply because on that island there

:12:28. > :12:35.are no cars. Thank you very much. There was more success in the last

:12:35. > :12:39.few minutes. Nick Dempsey took silver in the wind surfing. He only

:12:39. > :12:46.needed to come in the top six and he came third to secure his silver

:12:46. > :12:56.medal. Well, let's see how this morning's action has influenced the

:12:56. > :13:03.

:13:03. > :13:08.The shares in Britain's third- largest bank, Standard Chartered,

:13:08. > :13:12.fell by 21 points after the US regulators accused of hiding

:13:12. > :13:15.billions of pounds in transactions with Iranian banks. Standard

:13:15. > :13:19.Chartered has denied the allegations made by their New York

:13:19. > :13:24.financial services department and says it has complied overwhelmingly

:13:24. > :13:30.with sanctions in Iran. Just explain exactly what the banks are

:13:30. > :13:33.being accused of. Since the Iranian revolution the US has had strict

:13:33. > :13:38.economic sanctions with Iran but is it alleged Standard Chartered

:13:38. > :13:43.helped to launder up to $250 billion through the New York branch

:13:43. > :13:46.for Iranian institutions covered by the sanctions. It is perfectly

:13:46. > :13:50.legal for individuals and companies to undertake business in Europe,

:13:50. > :13:53.but when it is in dollars, the transactions have to be procured

:13:53. > :14:01.through the United States and it can raise the suspicions of the

:14:01. > :14:05.authorities. It is alleged to Standard Chartered hid details and

:14:05. > :14:08.cloaked their dollar dealing activities of Iranian clients from

:14:08. > :14:12.the regulators. It has to be said that Standard Chartered have been

:14:12. > :14:17.robust about this this morning and say they strongly reject the

:14:17. > :14:22.position as set out by the US financial regulator and say the US

:14:22. > :14:25.authorities have misinterpreted the law and that 99.9% of their Iranian

:14:25. > :14:28.transactions complied with regulations. You have to say this

:14:28. > :14:32.is still a very serious allegations against one of the most important

:14:32. > :14:36.financial institutions in the world. They have denied the allegations

:14:37. > :14:42.but a big impact on their shares. Yes, a big knock when they opened

:14:42. > :14:46.in London. They fell by 24%. The company also faces the prospect of

:14:46. > :14:50.a large fine should the allegations be proven, and perhaps more serious

:14:50. > :14:54.is that it could have its licence to operate in New York revoked.

:14:54. > :15:00.Something like 30 or 40% of its entire operations around the world

:15:00. > :15:08.are undertaken in US dollars so that could have a serious hit on

:15:08. > :15:18.the back -- on the bank, as well as to its reputation. More on that

:15:18. > :15:21.

:15:21. > :15:25.story and a question and answer Alastair Brown Lee wins a 19th goal

:15:25. > :15:30.for Team GB in the men's triathlon, equalling the gold medal tally from

:15:30. > :15:37.the g -- Beijing Olympics. And coming up, a new way to fill your

:15:37. > :15:40.fridge before you get back from holiday. Later on BBC London:

:15:40. > :15:43.Closing in on a possible medal. The capital's Andy Turner sprints into

:15:43. > :15:46.the semi-finals of the Olympic 110m Hurdles. And with today's busy

:15:46. > :15:55.sporting schedule we'll have a full travel update on the roads and

:15:55. > :15:58.An official inquiry into abuse at the Winterborne private hospital

:15:58. > :16:01.near Bristol has called for fundamental changes in the way

:16:01. > :16:03.vulnerable adults are looked after. 11 former staff members have

:16:03. > :16:07.admitted neglecting and ill- treating patients with learning

:16:07. > :16:17.difficulties. The serious case review says the hospital's owners

:16:17. > :16:18.

:16:18. > :16:23.put profit before standards. Alison Behind the locked doors of

:16:23. > :16:27.Winterborne Vu, Hospital for people with learning disabilities. A

:16:27. > :16:31.hidden Panorama camera revealed what today's serious case review

:16:31. > :16:38.called the arbitrary violence against the vulnerable patients. It

:16:38. > :16:42.describes a place where restraint was commonplace. Stephen was a

:16:42. > :16:46.shock when he discovered a number of times his son was restrained and

:16:47. > :16:51.he has asked us not to show his photograph. 45 times in the space

:16:51. > :16:55.of five months. It is not right, considering he has been at the new

:16:55. > :17:00.place for nearly two years, and in two years they have had to restrain

:17:00. > :17:05.him twice. The report says Castle back, the company that ran

:17:05. > :17:10.Winterborne, took financial reward without accountability. Staff were

:17:10. > :17:15.under-trained and not properly supervised. If we cannot put people

:17:15. > :17:19.together in hospitals and leave them without any credible

:17:19. > :17:24.monitoring in the naive belief that the hospital can deliver both

:17:24. > :17:27.assessment and treatment. And there were warnings. The report details

:17:27. > :17:30.nearly 40 safeguarding alerts to the local council. The police and

:17:30. > :17:36.the regulator, the care quality commission, were told of problems

:17:36. > :17:41.but little was done. I would like to take the opportunity today to

:17:41. > :17:46.purvey our deep regret and the events that took place in

:17:46. > :17:52.Winterborne private hospital. I would like to express our profound

:17:52. > :17:56.regret to family, friends and carers and the patients. In a

:17:56. > :18:00.statement, Castle Beck said there would be changes to make sure there

:18:00. > :18:04.was not a repeat of Winterborne. Terry Brian was the nurse who blew

:18:04. > :18:07.the whistle on what was happening at the hospital and now acts as an

:18:07. > :18:12.independent inspector but says this sort of abuse remains difficult to

:18:12. > :18:16.detect. People can hurt people if they want to. And if they want to,

:18:16. > :18:20.they will, because they do it behind closed doors when no one is

:18:20. > :18:24.looking. No inspection will pick that up. No police investigation

:18:24. > :18:30.will pick that up. The only people who pick that up will be the people

:18:30. > :18:33.in that room. Or on the shift who know it was in the room.

:18:33. > :18:37.Winterborne was closed more than a year ago, but for many it leaves

:18:37. > :18:42.the question of how such a place which was large, locked and cut off

:18:42. > :18:52.from the community could ever have been the right place for people

:18:52. > :18:52.

:18:52. > :18:56.Anne Milton is Minister for Public Health, and she's in Westminster.

:18:56. > :19:00.Good afternoon. It is a highly critical report published today.

:19:00. > :19:05.How do you ensure there is never a repeat of the abuse we saw at

:19:05. > :19:11.Winterborne? I think what this report clearly demonstrates is that

:19:11. > :19:15.this was a failure at every level. Serious, shocking, appalling abuse

:19:15. > :19:19.which has led to criminal proceedings, but also a failure at

:19:19. > :19:25.ward level, insufficient management and the failure of other services

:19:25. > :19:28.to pick up the early warning signs of what was going on. And also a

:19:28. > :19:33.complete failure up on the part of the commissioners, those people who

:19:33. > :19:38.were paying for the care in his home. Clearly they did not have any

:19:38. > :19:42.kind of monitoring in place, as your piece rightly pointed out. It

:19:42. > :19:47.is quite tricky, even with unannounced inspections, to be sure

:19:47. > :19:52.about what is going on. So you need action at every level. This is a

:19:52. > :19:57.real shock and a real wake-up call. One exactly will you do? What

:19:57. > :20:02.action can be taken to make sure it will not be repeated? The number of

:20:02. > :20:07.actions. On a one to-one basis, we are bringing in new training

:20:07. > :20:11.standards. It is about leadership at ward level and we need to work

:20:11. > :20:15.with the commission's to make sure. They are very clear about their

:20:15. > :20:19.duties are response -- and responsibilities. When they are

:20:19. > :20:22.paying for high quality care they should be doing that. There are

:20:22. > :20:25.other questions about why other agencies did not pick up the early

:20:25. > :20:29.warning signs and there are other issues around restraint. The

:20:29. > :20:34.gentleman interviewed talked about how little restraint had been used

:20:34. > :20:37.since his relative had moved on, and we need to look at that. It is

:20:38. > :20:41.action at every single level. This is really shocking and very

:20:41. > :20:48.distressing for those involved and we are determined to make sure this

:20:48. > :20:50.Almost 160,000 secondary school pupils in Scotland get their exam

:20:50. > :20:54.results today, and there's been a record pass rate among those

:20:54. > :20:58.studying Highers. The latest figures show almost 77% of Highers

:20:58. > :21:08.candidates have passed this year - a rise of 1.8% on last year. Lorna

:21:08. > :21:09.

:21:09. > :21:13.Hundreds of phone calls already to this helpline this morning, and

:21:13. > :21:17.about a third of them from worried parents. We are told they are

:21:17. > :21:21.getting far more phone calls than they got at the same point last

:21:21. > :21:28.year, but help and advice is available to all of those who have

:21:28. > :21:35.been left disappointed with their It has been a some of waiting.

:21:35. > :21:37.After all hard work. -- a summer of waiting. And today almost 160,000

:21:37. > :21:43.candidates who sat Scottish exams have been finding out how they

:21:43. > :21:49.fared. I did a little bit better than they expected. I wasn't

:21:49. > :21:55.inspecting to pass the high English. I have passed the more, so I am

:21:55. > :21:57.quite happy. Last year those who receive their results by a text

:21:57. > :22:04.found that grades a day early. This time around there were no such

:22:04. > :22:09.problems. I got some good results but I can sit this one again and

:22:09. > :22:12.get a better grade. Scottish Highers, the exams the pupils have

:22:12. > :22:16.completed are the benchmark exams for those hoping to go on to

:22:16. > :22:22.university or college. And yet again, across Scotland, a record

:22:22. > :22:28.number of candidates have passed. Advice is available for those who

:22:28. > :22:32.have been left disappointed, but what of that record pass rate? And

:22:32. > :22:37.there are also claims that grates are being inflated. The exams are

:22:37. > :22:39.definitely not getting media -- easier. Things are changing, but

:22:39. > :22:44.young people are working harder and are more convinced of the

:22:44. > :22:49.importance of good results and our teaching is getting better.

:22:49. > :22:54.this year colleges and universities can start charging fees of up to

:22:54. > :22:57.�9,000, but tuition in Scotland will remain free for Scottish

:22:57. > :23:01.students. I am going to university and sticking in Scotland because

:23:01. > :23:08.the fees in England a ridiculous. Who can afford that? Definitely not

:23:08. > :23:11.me. 40s school pupils, these decisions are for the future -- for

:23:11. > :23:18.these school pupils. Today is all about celebrating their

:23:18. > :23:22.achievements. As with previous years, places in clearing are going

:23:22. > :23:28.to prove extremely limited, but the Scottish government has promised a

:23:28. > :23:31.place in training or education for every 16 to 19-year-old in Scotland,

:23:31. > :23:38.so with a bit of advice and help there are still plenty of options

:23:38. > :23:40.Now you may be familiar with the problem: you get back from your

:23:40. > :23:44.holidays to find an empty fridge. Well Britain's biggest retailer,

:23:44. > :23:47.Tesco, thinks it has the solution. It will trial what it says is the

:23:47. > :23:57.country's first virtual interactive shop at Gatwick Airport. But is it

:23:57. > :24:01.the future of shopping? Here's our It is never a nice feeling when the

:24:01. > :24:06.holiday comes to an end, and you start thinking about having no food

:24:06. > :24:12.at home. So what is the answer? Before you have even left the

:24:12. > :24:16.departure lounge, Tesco would like you to use this virtual supermarket

:24:16. > :24:20.scream. You use your smart phone to scan the code and you can Popper

:24:20. > :24:24.all of these items in your basket and supposedly get them delivered

:24:24. > :24:29.to your home in time for when you get back. But is this just a

:24:29. > :24:39.gimmick, or will it really take off? I met up with the shepherd

:24:39. > :24:43.family, off to Majorca. Personally, myself, I actually like to go

:24:43. > :24:49.shopping and pick out what we have cell I know that the fruit is not

:24:49. > :24:53.bruised, but it is a good idea. Technology is changing the way we

:24:54. > :24:57.shop, and it is being driven by smartphones, which allow you to

:24:57. > :25:02.access the internet. Other retailers will be watching Tesco's

:25:02. > :25:06.experiment. A I think it is significant because it starts to

:25:06. > :25:09.show the way retailers changing and the fact that a lot more of us

:25:09. > :25:13.these days are shopping on our mobile phones. We are shopping on

:25:13. > :25:17.the move, effectively. I think this latest initiative is a recognition

:25:17. > :25:22.that there has been great growth in that area and there will continue

:25:22. > :25:26.to be growth of the next few years. And now to this, which the

:25:26. > :25:31.inventors claim will revolutionise shopping. 25 years ago this was the

:25:31. > :25:35.prediction for the high street. can order up to 3,000 products to

:25:35. > :25:40.purchase directly. In turn is that they weren't far off. -- it turns

:25:40. > :25:49.out. These days Retail is all about convenience and it may not be long

:25:49. > :25:52.before something like this is coming to a location near you.

:25:52. > :25:58.creator of Jodrell Bank, the pioneer of radio astronomy in

:25:58. > :26:01.Britain, Sir Bernard Lovell has died at the age of 98. For 30 years

:26:01. > :26:04.he was the director of Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, the site of the radio

:26:04. > :26:06.telescope which became famous around the world and set the

:26:06. > :26:13.pattern for the many observatories that followed. Nick Higham reports.

:26:13. > :26:16.Even today, the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is impressive. The

:26:16. > :26:20.vast white parabola gathering signals from the corners of the

:26:20. > :26:25.universe. When it was built in the 1950s it was an object of wonder,

:26:25. > :26:28.something out of science fiction. Bernard Lovell, seen on the right,

:26:28. > :26:37.came up with the idea while developing radar during World War

:26:37. > :26:42.II. It made him a scientific celebrity. The signals making holes

:26:42. > :26:46.in this tape have been processed by computer and they are an account of

:26:46. > :26:51.signals which have been carried through space for around 8 billion

:26:52. > :26:56.years. In other words we believe this quasar is a distance of at

:26:56. > :27:00.least a million light years. Bernard Lovell made this programme

:27:00. > :27:03.about his career and his beliefs in the 1980s. He disliked the way

:27:03. > :27:08.governments tried to appropriate scientific research, although it

:27:08. > :27:13.did not stop him letting the military use Jodrell Bank as a

:27:13. > :27:16.tracking station for a time. He had a strict religious upbringing and

:27:16. > :27:20.remained a believer all his life, despite his scientific

:27:20. > :27:26.investigations. Late in life, he reflected on the telescope's

:27:26. > :27:33.success. This telescope at Jodrell Bank is working marvellously at the

:27:33. > :27:39.moment. Obviously it has a limited life. I think it's life will not be

:27:39. > :27:46.limited by the structure, but by its ability to cope with that the

:27:46. > :27:50.new demands in astronomy. I thought 20 years ago, for example, that we

:27:50. > :27:55.knew all we wanted to know about the structure and evolution of the

:27:55. > :28:04.universe, and now we know almost nothing. Sir Bernard Lovell, who

:28:04. > :28:07.died at the age of 98. And finally, just imagine the scene. Dozens of

:28:07. > :28:10.students at Usain Bolt's old school in Jamaica had gathered to watch

:28:10. > :28:13.their hero run in the 100 metres final on Sunday when this happened.

:28:13. > :28:18.A power blackout plunged the school into darkness and meant they lost

:28:18. > :28:22.live coverage of the race. Luckily someone managed to get hold of a

:28:22. > :28:32.radio, which they all huddled round to listen. And the rest, as they

:28:32. > :28:37.

:28:37. > :28:41.Thank goodness they found the radio. A cloudy morning so far, but the

:28:41. > :28:46.rain has held up just about. Be on the skyline of London we have some

:28:46. > :28:49.thick layers of cloud and that is bearing rein. We will see it

:28:49. > :28:52.turning up across southern Wales, south-west England were has been

:28:52. > :28:57.patchy and it will continue to extend through the east this

:28:57. > :29:02.afternoon. For the sailors at Portland and Weymouth, good

:29:02. > :29:05.visibility but as the cloud and rain arrives the visibility will

:29:05. > :29:09.deteriorate for the races this afternoon. Through the rest of the

:29:09. > :29:12.afternoon across the country we will see patchy rain sliding across

:29:12. > :29:17.the southern parts of England said we will see patches of rain

:29:17. > :29:21.arriving in the south-east before too long. The Southway -- the South

:29:21. > :29:25.West prone to rain. North of Wales should stay dry and bright. For

:29:25. > :29:28.Northern Ireland, dry and bright, but the showers will fade later

:29:29. > :29:32.this afternoon and we will see increasing amounts of sunshine. Not

:29:32. > :29:37.a bad day for western Scotland. Generally dry and bright, and

:29:37. > :29:40.eastern areas prone to one or two sharp showers and some pretty heavy

:29:40. > :29:43.ones forecast for more than England, especially around the Pennines

:29:43. > :29:46.where there are thunderstorms and through the afternoon the

:29:46. > :29:50.thunderstorms will push towards the east, reaching the coastal areas of

:29:50. > :29:54.Yorkshire. One or two showers or East Anglia and the patchy rain

:29:54. > :30:00.edging into the London area and through the Olympic Park. The

:30:00. > :30:05.riverbank arena where the men's hockey team are playing Spain later

:30:05. > :30:10.on, one or two spots of rain probably arriving and also over the

:30:10. > :30:15.evening. We will keep a weather front in the south, so quite cloudy

:30:15. > :30:18.and great, but on the mild side. Further north, clear spells across

:30:18. > :30:21.the north-east of Scotland and eastern England as well. Tomorrow

:30:21. > :30:24.morning we start cloudy in the south with spots of rain but things

:30:24. > :30:28.will improve quickly and there could be a bit more in the way of

:30:28. > :30:31.brightness across the south. Because of that, temperatures have

:30:31. > :30:35.bit higher, creeping into the low twenties, so maybe a bit more

:30:35. > :30:38.pleasant. For many of us, a dry afternoon. That sets the scene for

:30:38. > :30:41.Thursday with high pressure building across the British Isles

:30:41. > :30:44.and most places will have a dry and bright conditions with hazy

:30:45. > :30:48.sunshine. No heat wave across the north-east of Scotland where

:30:48. > :30:51.temperatures will be stuck in the high teens but elsewhere across

:30:51. > :30:56.England and Wales we will see the temperatures building and we could

:30:56. > :31:02.be looking at highs of around 25 Celsius, 77 degrees Fahrenheit and

:31:02. > :31:12.it will feel a bit humid. We will see if that fine spell of weather

:31:12. > :31:12.

:31:12. > :31:16.A reminder of our top story: Great Britain wins then 19th gold-medal

:31:16. > :31:20.meaning that they have equalled their medal tally from the Beijing