:00:11. > :00:15.Almost grinding to a halt in 2012, the Bank of England slashes its
:00:15. > :00:21.growth forecast for the UK economy. The Governor of the Bank of England
:00:21. > :00:24.says the UK economy faces a challenge of Olympic proportions.
:00:24. > :00:27.The black cloud of uncertainty is hanging over investment and the
:00:27. > :00:32.weakening euro is a further obstacle to the adjustment we knead
:00:32. > :00:36.to make in our net trade position. A man accused of being hired by a
:00:37. > :00:46.British man to kill his bride on honeymoon in Cape Town has been
:00:47. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:54.sentenced to 25 years in prison Olympic champion Mo Farah qualifies
:00:54. > :01:00.for his next final of 5,000 metres on Saturday but admits winning his
:01:00. > :01:04.gold has taken its toll. Obviously that took more out of me
:01:04. > :01:07.than I realised but it's all good. Great support from the crowd and
:01:07. > :01:12.I'm happy where I am now, a couple of days to recover and I'll come
:01:12. > :01:17.back for the final. Team GB's show jump es set out on their quest for
:01:17. > :01:19.mow gold. It's 40 years since Great Britain won an individual medal in
:01:20. > :01:24.the event. Police officers searching for
:01:24. > :01:27.missing teenager Tia Sharp this morning visited the home of her
:01:28. > :01:32.grandmother. More than 60% of the Philippines'
:01:32. > :01:41.capital Manila is under water after days of relentless monsoon rains.
:01:41. > :01:44.Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected.
:01:44. > :01:54.Rereport on a gang being season tensed after being on the rampage
:01:54. > :02:06.
:02:06. > :02:09.in the riots last year. Tim Brabant Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC
:02:09. > :02:12.News at One from London's Olympic Park.
:02:12. > :02:18.The Bank of England has cut back its forecast for the UK economy
:02:18. > :02:23.this year, saying the economy will come to a virtual standstill with
:02:23. > :02:26.broadly zero growth. In May, the bank predicted growth of 0.8%. The
:02:26. > :02:30.Governor, Sir Mervyn King, said the future was unpredictable while
:02:30. > :02:35.storm clouds from the eurozone continue to roll in. Our business
:02:36. > :02:39.correspondent, John Moylan, reports. Britain's athletes may have
:02:39. > :02:44.exceeded expectations, sadly the economy has not.
:02:44. > :02:47.In 2012, it should have bounced back. Instead, it's juttering to a
:02:47. > :02:51.halt. The underlying picture is that
:02:51. > :02:56.output has been at best broadly flat over the past two years and
:02:56. > :03:00.has continually disappointed expectations of a recovery.
:03:00. > :03:04.It's not a huge surprise. Last month, official figures confirmed
:03:04. > :03:07.that the double dip recession was deeper than had been thought, hit
:03:07. > :03:11.by a major slump in the construction sector. The bank has
:03:11. > :03:16.cut interest rates and launched programmes to stimulate the economy
:03:16. > :03:20.but today it warned that there would be no quick fix. The recovery
:03:20. > :03:25.and rebalancing of our economy will be a long, slow process.
:03:25. > :03:29.So it is to our Olympic team that we should look for inspiration.
:03:29. > :03:33.They have shown us the importance of total commitment when trying to
:03:33. > :03:37.achieve a goal that may lie some years ahead.
:03:37. > :03:40.There was some good news today from the bank for consumers. It now
:03:40. > :03:45.believes that inflation, the rate at which prices hear on the high
:03:45. > :03:49.street are rising, will ease in the coming months back towards its 2%
:03:49. > :03:53.target. Now that will be welcome relief for household budgets which
:03:53. > :03:56.have really been hit in recent years by soaring energy and food
:03:56. > :04:00.prices. Unemployment has been falling too.
:04:00. > :04:04.Some believe the economy may not be performing as badly as the figures
:04:04. > :04:09.suggest. But in the City, there are concerns that there's little more
:04:09. > :04:13.that the bank can do. The bank feels its options are fairly
:04:13. > :04:17.limited now. Mervyn almost ruled out an interest rate cut next year
:04:17. > :04:21.because he said a quarter of a point is neither here nor there and
:04:21. > :04:23.might have an counterproductive effect. It's stuck in the middle
:04:24. > :04:27.really. No gold medal force the economy...
:04:27. > :04:30.There was a wry smile from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury
:04:30. > :04:36.today, but he and the Chancellor know that pressure is mounting on
:04:36. > :04:40.the Government to do more to get the economy back on track. Our
:04:40. > :04:43.Economics Editor, Stephanie Flanders is in the City. Look to
:04:43. > :04:47.our Olympic team, says Sir Mervyn King for inspiration, but it's got
:04:47. > :04:50.a very long way to go before it reaches full fitness, the economy?
:04:50. > :04:54.Yes, and I think you are talking more in terms of Olympics four to
:04:54. > :04:58.eight year cycles, rather than four to eight months or weeks. I think
:04:58. > :05:03.what was most striking about the press conference from the Governor
:05:03. > :05:06.of the Bank of England was just the tone of almost defeatism in the
:05:06. > :05:11.face of the economic climate and the crisis in the eurozone. I think
:05:11. > :05:14.most people in the City had been expecting that big fall in growth
:05:14. > :05:17.forecast for this year. It would have been surprising given what we
:05:17. > :05:20.have seen recently, the economic data coming out, if the Bank of
:05:20. > :05:24.England hadn't had to slash its forecast for growth this year. But
:05:24. > :05:27.there was no real indication in this report that the Bank of
:05:27. > :05:31.England was expecting to make great efforts to turn the economy around
:05:31. > :05:35.in the next couple of years, and there was a big message from the
:05:35. > :05:38.Governor that they didn't know what was going to happen. Nobody could
:05:38. > :05:41.predict what was happening in the eurozone and nobody could predict
:05:41. > :05:45.what would happen in the economy over the next couple of years. We
:05:45. > :05:48.have had a statement from the Treasury today saying that the
:05:48. > :05:51.Governor had pointed the finger at the eurozone, that this is in many
:05:51. > :05:55.ways the result of the eurozone crisis, that's what the Chancellor
:05:55. > :06:01.likes to say, rather than what Labour says, which is that of
:06:01. > :06:07.course some of this slow growth is policies. But clearly, it's a very
:06:07. > :06:10.difficult time for the Government from the Governor that really his
:06:10. > :06:13.hands are almost tied, there's not a lot he can do about it at least
:06:13. > :06:17.in the next year or so. Thank you very much.
:06:17. > :06:21.One of two men accused of being hired by a British man to kill his
:06:21. > :06:26.bride on honeymoon in South Africa has been jailed for 25 years after
:06:26. > :06:30.admitting to her murder. Anni Dewani's body was found in an
:06:30. > :06:33.abandoned taxi in a township in Cape Town two years ago.
:06:33. > :06:36.Prosecutors claim her husband Shrien Dewani paid two men to kill
:06:36. > :06:40.her, accusations he denies. Daniela Relph reports.
:06:40. > :06:45.It's now more than a year-and-a- half since Anni Dewani was murdered,
:06:45. > :06:49.just days after her wedding to Shrien Dewani. Mystery still
:06:49. > :06:55.surrounds her death - who killed her and what did her husband know?
:06:55. > :06:58.Today, in a court in Johannesburg, Mziwamadoda Qwabe admitted
:06:58. > :07:01.murdering Anni Dewani. He's also pleaded guilty to charges of
:07:01. > :07:05.kidnapping, robbery and the illegal possession of a firearm. He's one
:07:05. > :07:11.of two men who the prosecution believe were hired by Shrien Dewani
:07:11. > :07:16.to kill his wife. Her body was found in an abandoned
:07:16. > :07:20.taxi in Cape Town's township. She'd been shot dead. Prosecutors in
:07:20. > :07:25.South Africa claim CCTV footage from hotel cameras show Shrien
:07:25. > :07:29.Dewani meeting and paying off a taxi driver to murder his wife.
:07:29. > :07:33.His defence team say he's innocent and had actually been arranging a
:07:33. > :07:35.sight-seeing tour. The legal attempts to get Shrien
:07:35. > :07:39.Dewani extradited to South Africa to answer questions about his
:07:40. > :07:48.wife's death are currently on hold. A judge has ruled his current
:07:48. > :07:51.mental health problems prevent his extradition.
:07:51. > :07:55.An Anni Dewani's family say although happy with the sentence,
:07:55. > :07:57.they'll not know the truth of what happened to her until her husband
:07:57. > :08:03.travels to South Africa to face trial.
:08:03. > :08:07.To the Olympics now, and Team GB hope to add to their Olympic tally
:08:08. > :08:12.today. They currently have a total of 48 medals, including 2 golds
:08:12. > :08:15.placing them third in the table, only eight behind the USA. This
:08:15. > :08:19.morning, the Olympic champion, Mo Farah was back on the track as he
:08:19. > :08:21.qualified for Saturday's 5,000 metre final and Team GB's show
:08:21. > :08:26.jumpers are trying to win Great Britain's first individual medals
:08:26. > :08:31.for 40 years. James Pearce is in the Olympic Park for us now.
:08:31. > :08:36.Sophie, summer's returned to the Olympic Park today but such is a
:08:36. > :08:40.buoyant mood amongst many British supporters that if you told them it
:08:40. > :08:44.would rain for the next days, they really wouldn't care. It's been a
:08:44. > :08:54.gold rush over the past week and in a day one of the gold medal winners
:08:54. > :08:56.
:08:56. > :09:06.began his quest for a second. PROBLEM WITH SOUND
:09:06. > :09:11.Not for MoFarah, back on the track and ready for business. This time
:09:11. > :09:14.it was a 5,000 metres, a qualifying round for Saturday's final. Such is
:09:14. > :09:20.his talent, but realistically, he needed to stay out of trouble and
:09:20. > :09:22.keep on his feet. He did just that, finishing in third place, alknow
:09:22. > :09:26.not surprisingly, he was a little weary.
:09:26. > :09:31.It was pretty difficult, a bit tired today. Obviously that took
:09:31. > :09:34.more out of me than I realised, but it's all good, great support from
:09:34. > :09:38.the crowd and I'm happy where I am now, a couple of days to recover
:09:38. > :09:43.and I'll come back for the final. NHS to get through to the final.
:09:43. > :09:53.-- nice to get through to the final. They say a bad workman blames his
:09:53. > :09:53.
:09:54. > :09:58.tools. COMMENTATOR: Oh, my God... This one was quite right to moan
:09:58. > :10:01.this morning. - ouch. South Africa's Semenya made her Olympic
:10:01. > :10:05.debut. She was banned from competitions for almost a year and
:10:05. > :10:12.underwent gender tests following her victory in the 2009
:10:12. > :10:16.Championships. She's safely through to the 80 metres semi-finals.
:10:16. > :10:19.Others can relax already, job done. Yesterday law wra Trott won her
:10:19. > :10:25.second gold of the Games in the Khomeini yum. Today she was out and
:10:25. > :10:28.about in the Olympic Park -- Laura Trott. You are surrounded by people
:10:28. > :10:33.now, you are a celebrity. Is that something you can live with, you
:10:33. > :10:37.are going to enjoy? Yes, I'll enjoy it for the time being!
:10:37. > :10:43.You are going to get used to signing autographs? And standing
:10:43. > :10:47.there like this, yes! Famously for this effort... Sarah Attar's Games
:10:47. > :10:50.are also over, she's not leaving with a medal but has her place in
:10:50. > :10:55.history, becoming the first woman from Saudi Arabia to complete in
:10:55. > :10:58.athletics at an Olympics. Her time was actually 45 seconds
:10:58. > :11:04.slower than the person who won that heat but that wasn't really the
:11:04. > :11:06.point at all was it of her taking part in the Games today. As far as
:11:06. > :11:12.the British Olympic Association are concerned, they've given more
:11:12. > :11:15.details about victory parade. There will be a joint Olympic and
:11:16. > :11:19.Paralympic victory parade on September 109, ending up in
:11:19. > :11:22.Buckingham Palace. The BOA say they hope at least a million people will
:11:22. > :11:28.line the streets to applaud the athletes. Thank you very much. I'm
:11:28. > :11:31.joined by one man who I am sure will be on that victory parade,
:11:31. > :11:35.Peter Wilson, Olympic medallist in the shooting trap. Congratulations.
:11:35. > :11:40.Has it sunk in yet? Thank you very much. It's been just under a week
:11:40. > :11:43.now and it's still still a complete surreal moment. I just can't really
:11:43. > :11:47.remember what happened. The whole thing is a blur but it's beginning
:11:47. > :11:51.to slowly, slowly sink in. There was that extraordinary moment just
:11:51. > :11:54.before your victory with you actually missed two targets.
:11:54. > :11:57.Everyone's been talking about the crowd and the support, but at that
:11:58. > :12:01.point, did the pressure start getting to you? Yes, I suppose it's
:12:01. > :12:04.natural when you start missing,, you begin to think about what could
:12:04. > :12:09.be. I tried to focus my absolute best on the technique and something
:12:09. > :12:14.I've been working on for the last six years. With my woch Ahmed for
:12:14. > :12:18.the last four. I knew I could keep it together, I was very composed --
:12:18. > :12:22.coach. That was a blip, not wanting to do it again if I could help it.
:12:23. > :12:28.There you were with your medal around your neck. But this was a
:12:28. > :12:32.sport that you fell into? Yes, I dislocated my shoulder snowboarding,
:12:32. > :12:37.meaning I couldn't carry on with normal school sports so took up
:12:37. > :12:42.shooting one handed after I worked out I was totally useless at didly
:12:42. > :12:45.winks and chess. Sitting was no option, I took it up, six months
:12:45. > :12:49.one handed then six months rehabilitation with my left arm
:12:49. > :12:54.holding the gun. The physios were really keen I carry on and when
:12:54. > :12:58.back to full fitness and cricket and squash, I was more useless than
:12:58. > :13:02.when I start sod it was natural to stick to shooting .. Thank goodness
:13:02. > :13:04.you did. A lot has been made about the amount of money, the lottery
:13:04. > :13:07.funding in particular that's been poured into British athletes and
:13:07. > :13:11.helped towards this great success. Funding's not been that easy for
:13:11. > :13:14.you has it? No, but I need the thank everyone for getting me where
:13:14. > :13:20.I am today and without the lottery funding I wouldn't be here, so
:13:20. > :13:24.thank you to everyone who plays National Lottery and the Government.
:13:24. > :13:29.The road has been rocky and not easy. I would say to everyone if it
:13:29. > :13:33.wasn't easy I wouldn't do it. Came off funding in 200 and that allow
:13:33. > :13:39.med to spend some time with my new coach Ahmed and he built me up to
:13:39. > :13:42.get back on funding a year later and I've been there ever since.
:13:42. > :13:48.Here you are with the result. Thank you very much for coming in. Thanks
:13:48. > :13:51.a lot. Hopes are high for more Team GB success in the equestrian events.
:13:51. > :13:57.Three of Great Britain's show jumping medallists are back in
:13:57. > :14:01.action for the individual show jumping finals, Joe Wilson is there.
:14:01. > :14:05.Stop me if you have heard this one before, here we are in Greenwich
:14:05. > :14:09.with real equestrian medal hopes. The individual show jumping final
:14:09. > :14:13.under way already. We don't want to disturb the horses, that's why we
:14:13. > :14:16.are here. Scott Brash is already clear, medals decided by 4 o'clock,
:14:16. > :14:20.Nick Skelton goes for Great Britain also. 54 years of age, been
:14:20. > :14:23.competing at top level since the late 07s, but in Big Star he has
:14:23. > :14:28.perhaps the most outstanding horse of the whole competition. Earlier,
:14:28. > :14:32.I was speaking to Will Connell, the GB equestrian team leader and,
:14:32. > :14:36.after all the success the team have already had here, he has the air of
:14:36. > :14:41.a man who can't quite believe his luck. A team gold in dressage and
:14:41. > :14:46.jumping and a team silver in eventing is for sure, I've laid in
:14:46. > :14:49.bed at night after a large whisky and thought, oh, maybe, but to get
:14:49. > :14:54.two golds and a silver in team events which in equestrian are the
:14:54. > :14:58.blue rib ands of the team events is very special and I think the
:14:58. > :15:02.support from lottery and our owners and the quality of our riders are
:15:02. > :15:06.the three factors that have brought that together. One quick question
:15:06. > :15:10.looking ahead to today. As you say, the team is very much the dynamic
:15:10. > :15:13.here. Yes. Nick Skelton is an extraordinary story isn't he?
:15:13. > :15:18.If you take into account the physical challenges he's had over
:15:18. > :15:23.the years, breaking his neck and he's had most of his body replaced,
:15:23. > :15:28.you know, takes him an hour to go through mag and bag every morning.
:15:28. > :15:33.Has to set the alarm, does he? I think what equestrian athletes
:15:33. > :15:37.have to do is adapt to if they are carrying a slight injury they can
:15:37. > :15:40.adapt slightly how they ride but yes it's a fantastic thing about
:15:40. > :15:50.sport that you can enjoy equestrian when you are five-year-olds or when
:15:50. > :15:51.
:15:51. > :15:54.One issue on Will Connell's smind that of legacy. There is a hope the
:15:54. > :15:59.success here will lead of something of an explosion in interest in
:15:59. > :16:05.equine sport. But if you are going to succeed in equestrian you need
:16:05. > :16:09.wealthy, certainly generous owners and no coincidence to seat Saudi
:16:09. > :16:15.Arabian Prince himself with the realistic chance of a medal. The
:16:15. > :16:20.final round is just about 3.00pm. We hope the medal is decided before
:16:20. > :16:25.4.00pm. Team GB boxer Nicola Adams continues her history-making
:16:25. > :16:30.progress that afternoon much she's almost guaranteed Britain's first
:16:30. > :16:38.women's Olympic boxing medal. She takes on Mary Kom from India. Andy
:16:38. > :16:42.Swiss is at the ExCel Centre. What after afternoon ahead. Yes, the at
:16:42. > :16:47.mgs fear here is already building. As you say potentially -- the
:16:47. > :16:50.atmosphere is building. Potentially a historic moment for Nicola Adams.
:16:50. > :16:54.If she win this is afternoon, she would be through to the first ever
:16:54. > :16:58.women's boxing final in Olympic history. Nicola Adams is one of
:16:58. > :17:04.Britain's most experienced fighters. She is 29 years' old. She's already
:17:04. > :17:07.a European champion. She took up boxing when she was just 12,
:17:07. > :17:13.inspired by watching Mohammad Ali on television. European champion
:17:13. > :17:18.last year. The bad news for her is she is up against one of the true
:17:18. > :17:24.legends of women's boxing, Mary Kom of India, a five times World
:17:24. > :17:28.Champion. So it is a tough ask, although she did beat Mary Kom in
:17:28. > :17:34.the World Championships. If she does it today she will be
:17:34. > :17:38.guaranteed gold or silver. This is the first time women's boxing is
:17:38. > :17:42.allowed in the Olympics. Up until now boxing was the only sport that
:17:42. > :17:45.didn't allow women to compete. It has been accepted by the fans, we
:17:45. > :17:50.have had sell-out fans. We will expect Nicola Adams' fight to get
:17:50. > :17:54.under way in the next half hour or Our top story this lunch time:
:17:54. > :18:04.almost grinding to a halt in 2012 - the Bank of England slashes its
:18:04. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:10.growth forecast for the UK economy. I'm in the Olympic Park where
:18:10. > :18:13.Britain's Shanaze Reade today tries to continue GB's domination on two
:18:13. > :18:18.wheels. On BBC London, we hear from the
:18:18. > :18:22.woman who's job it is to make the canals and waterways in east London
:18:22. > :18:32.safe. And with another busy afternoon of sport ahead across
:18:32. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :18:36.Olympic venues a full travel and Around 60% of Manila, the capital
:18:36. > :18:44.of the Philippines, is under water after days of relentless monsoon
:18:44. > :18:46.been forced from their homes by the flood waters, which in places are
:18:46. > :18:49.neck-deep. Manila has been brought to a near standstill with schools,
:18:49. > :18:55.government offices and financial markets all forced to close. Kate
:18:55. > :18:59.McGeowan reports from Manila. A water world, that's how the head of
:18:59. > :19:03.the Phillipine Disaster Agency described man I will la. It's been
:19:03. > :19:06.raining almost constantly here since the weekend. -- described
:19:06. > :19:11.Manila. Many people find they have no choice but to leave their homes
:19:11. > :19:16.and everything they own, for higher and drier ground. More than 800,000
:19:16. > :19:20.people have now been displaced by the floods and more are still
:19:20. > :19:24.stranded. Police and volunteers are combing the roads that have become
:19:24. > :19:31.rivers to find them and take them to the evacuation centres, where
:19:31. > :19:34.aid workers are waiting to help. There is a relief operation with
:19:34. > :19:39.the government but it is an extensive population affected. The
:19:39. > :19:44.latest figures we have is that it is 1.2 million people affected. We
:19:44. > :19:48.estimate 60% are children. Officials have turned schools,
:19:48. > :19:52.churches and even basketball courts into temporary evacuation centres,
:19:52. > :19:58.where people can get food, clothing and shelter. But it's only a
:19:58. > :20:02.temporary solution. These people look lost and frightened.
:20:02. > :20:06.We were hoping to go home because it is difficult here. The sleeping
:20:06. > :20:10.conditions are not comfortable and it is not easy to get food.
:20:10. > :20:13.people in these evacuation centres are desperate to go home. Many of
:20:13. > :20:16.them are worried that their possessions are being looted in
:20:16. > :20:20.their absence and others are concerned there will be nothing
:20:20. > :20:26.salvagable by the time they get back. But the rain is still pouring
:20:26. > :20:28.down here so, it could be a while before they do go home.
:20:28. > :20:31.Egypt has carried out military strikes on suspected Islamic
:20:31. > :20:33.militants in Sinai, killing more than 20 people. The operation
:20:33. > :20:37.followed continued attacks on Egypt's security checkpoints in the
:20:37. > :20:47.peninsula. On Sunday, 16 border guards were shot dead by suspected
:20:47. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:51.militants trying to force their way into Israel. Peter Biles reports.
:20:51. > :20:57.Egypt's military response to the killing of border guards on Sunday
:20:57. > :21:03.has been decisive. It's included the use of heavy
:21:03. > :21:09.armour and helicopter gunships. The first type Egypt has fired missiles
:21:10. > :21:13.in the Sinai peninsula since the 19373 war with Israel.
:21:14. > :21:19.-- 1973. Sinai has been an increasingly lawless place since
:21:19. > :21:24.the revolution in Egypt last year. And there's been anger in the main
:21:24. > :21:27.city of al-Arish after the initial attack, that Egypt has blamed on
:21:27. > :21:31.Islamist militants. Local people gathered outside the hospital where
:21:31. > :21:36.some of the wound ready being treated.
:21:36. > :21:42.In Cairo, they have been absorbing the news that the security forces
:21:42. > :21:47.have taken retal triaction. Egyptian security, along with the
:21:47. > :21:51.lives of Egyptians, are a red line, said this man, there should be a
:21:51. > :21:55.harsh reaction to those who consider assaulting our soldiers or
:21:55. > :22:00.our land, he said. The funerals of the Egyptian
:22:00. > :22:05.soldiers who were buried on Tuesday were also marked by calls for
:22:05. > :22:10.vengence. Egypt's leaders have promised to reimpose full control
:22:10. > :22:15.of Sinai. It'll be an important test of credibility for the
:22:15. > :22:19.government. Our correspondent Yolande Knell is
:22:19. > :22:23.until al-Arish in the Sinai peninsula with the latest.
:22:23. > :22:28.Well it's relatively calm here right now in the coastal town of
:22:28. > :22:32.al-Arish but overnight there was heavy gunfire as armed men attacked
:22:32. > :22:35.several checkpoints close to the city. We understand then that the
:22:35. > :22:40.action moved closer to Egypt's bored we are Israel and in a
:22:40. > :22:45.village where these militants are said to be holed up, the Army moved
:22:45. > :22:49.in, these air strikes were carried out and ground troops went in and
:22:49. > :22:52.that's where we understand 20 militants were killed, three armed
:22:52. > :22:58.vehicles destroyed. The Egyptian military said it is going to
:22:58. > :23:01.continue its operation in the Sinai. It's determined to confront thesis
:23:01. > :23:06.lambic militants who gained a foothold here in the security
:23:06. > :23:10.vacuum that opened up in the past year since Egypt's are up-rising.
:23:10. > :23:14.Here police dogs have joined in the search for a 12-year-old girl who
:23:14. > :23:19.went mising in south London last week. Tia Sharp was last seen
:23:19. > :23:24.living her grandmother's home a New Addington at lunch time on Friday
:23:25. > :23:29.to go shopping. Daniel Boettcher is fl. This morning we saw teams
:23:29. > :23:32.searching in the woodlands across the valley about a quarter of a
:23:33. > :23:37.mile away. Dauling handlers and their dogs going through that area
:23:37. > :23:41.block by block. More recently we saw one of the teams moving up the
:23:41. > :23:44.alley behind me to the property, towards the end of that row, the
:23:44. > :23:48.home of Tia's grandmother. It is from that house that she went
:23:48. > :23:52.missing from, last Friday afternoon. That dog team was in there for
:23:52. > :23:58.about 25 minutes, half an hour, they then left. We also saw during
:23:58. > :24:04.the course of the morning, the man in charge of the inquiry, DCI Nick
:24:04. > :24:08.skoler going into that house with another detective. -- Scholer. As
:24:08. > :24:12.he left he spoke briefly to reporters saying he had been up
:24:12. > :24:16.dating the family on developments but he said he didn't want to go
:24:16. > :24:19.into any details. He said there would be press updates later today.
:24:19. > :24:22.We would expect to find out then whether the inquiry has moved on.
:24:22. > :24:26.More on the Olympics and the cycling may be over in the
:24:26. > :24:31.velodrome but Britain's success on two wheels could continue. Today is
:24:31. > :24:38.the first day of the BMX competition. Team GB's Shanaze
:24:38. > :24:42.Reade is going for gold. Dan Roan is at the BMX track. Shanaze Reade
:24:42. > :24:45.is GB's big hope in this competition. Her time trial, which
:24:45. > :24:50.will determine which order the finalists go in when they race
:24:50. > :24:55.together later this week, takes place just after 3.00pm. Let's show
:24:55. > :25:02.you quickly this spectacular course, the BMX track here at the Olympic
:25:02. > :25:05.Park. That is the terrifying ramp that the riders have to hurtle down
:25:05. > :25:11.at speeds of around 40 miles per hour to start their circuit. They
:25:11. > :25:15.then go over the lumps and bumps down to that stand and towards the
:25:15. > :25:19.first bend. You can see how steep that. Beyond that is the velodrome
:25:19. > :25:23.where GB have dominated in, in the last few days. They then come back
:25:23. > :25:27.this way. There is the tunnel through which the women cyclists
:25:27. > :25:31.pass threw this bend, towards the final bend in the disit is a and
:25:31. > :25:36.then back towards the finishing land in front of the main stand.
:25:36. > :25:41.Shanaze Reade, let's show you some of the action for four years ago in
:25:41. > :25:46.Beijing. She was a favourite. She was just 19. She had a guaranteed
:25:46. > :25:51.silver, she went for broke, went to gold and it ended disastrously with
:25:51. > :25:54.this unpleasant crash which resulted in a pretty nasty wrist
:25:54. > :25:56.injury and as a result she could only manage eighth. She desperately
:25:56. > :26:01.wants it make up that disappointment but as you can see,
:26:02. > :26:05.by that footage, this is one of the most dangerous, high-octane,
:26:05. > :26:10.adrenaline-filled of the many sports here at the Olympics. The
:26:10. > :26:17.riders require huge bravery to get around this Sir UK it makes some of
:26:17. > :26:24.the keirins on the strak -- track look tame by comparison -- around
:26:24. > :26:29.this circuit. It makes some of the keirins took tame.
:26:29. > :26:33.London's 2012 chairman, Lord Coe has this morning called the armed
:26:33. > :26:37.forces and their involvement in London 2012 one of the defining
:26:37. > :26:41.features of the Olympics. There are more than 14,000 soldiers, sailors
:26:41. > :26:45.and RAF personnel providing security at the venues in and
:26:46. > :26:51.outside London and as we have been finding out, the troops have also
:26:51. > :26:53.been receiving warm support from members of the public. What are you
:26:53. > :26:58.here to see? They have become a feature of the London Olympics.
:26:58. > :27:03.Their uniform standing out among the t-shirts and flip flops of the
:27:03. > :27:06.public moving around them. For many their presence has been reassuring,
:27:06. > :27:14.providing backbone to the biggest security operation since World War
:27:14. > :27:18.Two. Corporal Amy Lee Dawson has man--checked points before in
:27:18. > :27:22.Afghanistan. The chance to work at the Olympics was an gond send, she
:27:22. > :27:26.said. It has been brilliant. A once in a livetime opportunity. Meeting
:27:26. > :27:32.the public a warm welcome for them. Getting to watch the Games. I got
:27:32. > :27:37.to watch the athletics, which was amazing. Captain Harry McCloud has
:27:37. > :27:41.been on Olympic Park duty for the last month. We have had nearly
:27:41. > :27:44.300,000 people coming through a day. Being able it talk to them, help
:27:44. > :27:49.them and assist them throughout their day has been a great
:27:49. > :27:52.experience. The head of London organising
:27:52. > :27:56.committee, Lord Coe today visited the temporary home in Essex at
:27:56. > :28:01.troops working at the Olympics. It was a chance for him to acknowledge
:28:01. > :28:04.the contribution of the military to the success of the Games so far.
:28:04. > :28:07.They've brought, of course, supreme organisational skills. They've
:28:07. > :28:13.brought their professionalism. They have brought their humour and they
:28:13. > :28:17.have done it with grace and they charmed a large proportion of the
:28:17. > :28:20.Olympic family. I think it's been quite humbling for me as head of
:28:21. > :28:24.the armed forces to see the way they have responded but it is a
:28:25. > :28:30.two-way thing. Most of them have thoroughly enjoyed it and they have
:28:30. > :28:32.loved the interaction with the public. For years, troops rarely
:28:32. > :28:36.wore their uniforms in public because of the conflict in Northern
:28:36. > :28:39.Ireland. Times have changed and the public are getting to see a
:28:39. > :28:44.different side of the armed forces. The work the military have had to
:28:44. > :28:48.do at the Olympics is has provided a unique opportunity. The
:28:49. > :28:53.servicemen and women have been able to reacquaint themselves with the
:28:53. > :28:56.public they serve and the people have had their chance to show their
:28:56. > :29:01.appreciation. It is a fantastic. They are doing a great job. They
:29:01. > :29:04.are really happy and helpful. Already I have said, "Thank you
:29:04. > :29:07.mate" to a couple passing by, it is great to see them. These troops
:29:07. > :29:11.were called up in an hour of need but their presence not only solved
:29:11. > :29:17.the crisis for the Olympics but has seemingly improved the military's
:29:17. > :29:20.image with us all. Let's look at the latest weather
:29:20. > :29:23.now. Darren is here and has brought now. Darren is here and has brought
:29:23. > :29:26.the sunshine. It is lovely out here. The weather is continuing to
:29:26. > :29:30.improve. For many parts of the country today it is going to be a
:29:30. > :29:34.pretty good day. Bright, some sunshine and probably a bit warmer
:29:34. > :29:37.than it was yesterday. We still have an area of cloud, left over
:29:37. > :29:41.from yesterday really. It's affected parts of southern England
:29:41. > :29:44.and south Wales but it is thinning and breaking. We are getting
:29:44. > :29:47.sunshine as we head through the rest of the afternoon. A little
:29:47. > :29:51.sunshine for the south-west of England and south Wales but maybe
:29:51. > :29:54.one or two showers. Northwards towards Wales more sunshine it.
:29:54. > :29:59.Should be lovely through the afternoon and for Northern Ireland
:29:59. > :30:02.as. With look at that, blue skies for the most part with bags of
:30:02. > :30:07.sunshine. Patchy cloud, hardly a breath of wind. North-eastern parts
:30:07. > :30:11.of Scotland could be cloudy with a few showers. The rest of Scotland
:30:11. > :30:15.enjoying sunshine and warmth. Sunshine for northern England,
:30:15. > :30:18.maybe a few showers but no thunderstorms. Midlands should be
:30:18. > :30:22.fine and East Anglia enjoying sung Shine. The showers in southern
:30:22. > :30:25.England probably to the south of London so, it'll probably stay dry
:30:25. > :30:29.here. We have sunshine for the evening events. GB's women in the
:30:29. > :30:32.hockey semi-finals it, should be fine this evening and a lovely
:30:32. > :30:36.evening for the athletics and the beach volleyball.
:30:36. > :30:39.Let's look overnight. As you can see any showers we do have will
:30:39. > :30:43.soon fade away. It should be dry overnight with clear spells. Patchy
:30:43. > :30:49.mist and fog maybe and quite a warm night, particularly in the south.
:30:49. > :30:53.It will be quite humid. So a warm day to comfort swimming tomorrow in
:30:53. > :30:57.the Serpentine. Water will not be very warm. We haven't had a lot of
:30:57. > :31:01.sun to warm it up but for the spectators a super day, warmer than
:31:01. > :31:04.today. The mist and fog will soon clear. We will see cloud for a
:31:04. > :31:07.while across Northern Ireland. Sunny spells else where. Really
:31:07. > :31:11.warming up in the sunshine except the north-east of Scotland where
:31:11. > :31:14.there will still be a lot of cloud. Temperatures will struggle.
:31:14. > :31:18.Elsewhere as you can see that warmth building and 26 for the
:31:18. > :31:26.athletics tomorrow afternoon. That's the warmest it has been. The
:31:26. > :31:30.heat is building. The high pressure, as we head towards the weekend
:31:30. > :31:33.slips away. The winds pick up on Saturday and into Sunday we may see
:31:33. > :31:37.showers from the south-west as well but for most of us, Friday and
:31:37. > :31:40.Saturday will be dry and warm when the sunshine comes out. More cloud