:00:11. > :00:16.Rebels advance on Colonel Gaddafi's stronghold. As they take control of
:00:16. > :00:20.more territory, NATO pledges to continue its support.
:00:20. > :00:24.The Lockerbie bomber has been found living in a villa in the Libyan
:00:24. > :00:29.capital. Hurricane Irene leaves 21 people
:00:29. > :00:33.dead amid warnings of more flooding on American's east coast.
:00:33. > :00:39.After Usain Bolt's be a disappointment, could athletics
:00:39. > :00:44.revise its strict false start role for the Olympics?
:00:44. > :00:54.And the Notting Hill Carnival continues, more than 6,000 police
:00:54. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.Hello, good evening. Rebel fighters in Libya have been advancing
:01:09. > :01:12.towards the last stronghold of Colonel Gaddafi's regime. Rebel
:01:13. > :01:18.leaders say they want to negotiate with Gaddafi loyalists to avoid
:01:18. > :01:21.further bloodshed. NATO has pledged to maintain its support. Our
:01:21. > :01:31.correspondent Paul Wood is with the advancing rebel forces and sent
:01:31. > :01:38.After many days of deadlock on the road to Sirte, the rebels are now
:01:38. > :01:43.surging ahead. Behind them, towns and people getting their first
:01:43. > :01:49.taste of freedom in a generation. Mahmoud Matar spent the past 21
:01:49. > :01:58.years in jail. He remembers the bad food, the beatings, the murders of
:01:58. > :02:06.other prisoners. You know, I didn't see my kids, my wife for 12 years.
:02:06. > :02:15.You can imagine it? You can? son died fighting for the
:02:15. > :02:19.revolution a few days ago. A high price, but necessary, he told me.
:02:19. > :02:27.An officer's medal and uniform discarded by Gaddafi loyalists in
:02:27. > :02:34.The revolution has certainly won, although it is not complete.
:02:34. > :02:40.Colonel Gaddafi is still at large, places like Sirte are still loyal
:02:40. > :02:43.to him. The rebels say they will wait to avoid further bloodshed.
:02:43. > :02:49.There have been talks with tribal elders and Sirte. The advance was
:02:49. > :02:55.halted for a time because civilians were in a village ahead. We speak
:02:55. > :03:01.to the Gaddafi people to take this family out. Then we can fight.
:03:01. > :03:04.rebels continued to have almost euphoric levels of confidence.
:03:04. > :03:08.Negotiations have again failed to reach an agreement with tribal
:03:08. > :03:11.leaders and the peaceful handover of Sirte, but as you can see,
:03:11. > :03:15.reinforcements are being pushed up, the rebels are leapfrogging ahead,
:03:15. > :03:22.and they think over the next few days they will be fighting the last
:03:22. > :03:27.big battle of this war, their Next week would have marked 42
:03:27. > :03:32.years of Colonel Gaddafi's rule. No Muslim leader had been in power
:03:32. > :03:42.longer. Once this would have been a death sentence. Whatever happens in
:03:42. > :03:42.
:03:42. > :03:46.Sirte, the Libyans know that here Well, our correspondent Clive Myrie
:03:46. > :03:53.is with the rebels east of Sirte, and what is the situation with them
:03:53. > :03:56.on the ground where you are? Well, today rebel forces have been
:03:56. > :04:00.consolidating the ground they have taken over the last few days and
:04:00. > :04:04.making preparations as they continued to push forward westwards
:04:04. > :04:07.towards Sirte. It seems as if pro- Gaddafi fighters, faced with a much
:04:07. > :04:12.more disciplined rebel force of late, and of course suffering
:04:12. > :04:16.heavily because of NATO air strikes, are simply falling back and leaving
:04:16. > :04:20.pockets of fighters to fire off Russian-made rockets towards the
:04:20. > :04:26.rebel front lines. They are not causing that much damage. Today
:04:26. > :04:29.NATO has been on operation again, in the skies here, attacking
:04:29. > :04:32.positions in an area which is frankly the last there are any
:04:32. > :04:37.strategic importance westwards on the way towards Sirte. Rebel
:04:37. > :04:42.commanders are telling us that if it falls in the next couple of days,
:04:42. > :04:46.they could well be at the gates of Sirte by the end of the week.
:04:46. > :04:49.Thank you, Clive Myrie. Meanwhile, the Lockerbie bomber,
:04:49. > :04:53.Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, has been found living in a villa in Tripoli,
:04:53. > :04:57.suffering from terminal cancer. He is drifting in and out of
:04:57. > :04:59.consciousness. He was released by the Scottish government two years
:04:59. > :05:04.ago on compassionate grounds. Downing Street said again today
:05:04. > :05:09.that his case is a matter for the Scottish government. First Minister
:05:09. > :05:14.Alex Salmond has said he has no intention of seeking Megrahi's
:05:14. > :05:18.return to Scotland. Daniel Sandford said this report from Tripoli.
:05:18. > :05:24.This is the luxury three-storey mansion in a wealthy Tripoli suburb
:05:24. > :05:27.where the man convicted of killing 270 people lives. Last week, the
:05:27. > :05:31.Lockerbie bomb a's family said he had left the city, but it is now
:05:31. > :05:36.clear that he has not. This picture, taken at the House last night,
:05:36. > :05:41.appears to show how the basset al- Megrahi close to death, an oxygen
:05:41. > :05:44.mask on his face. -- Abdel Basset al-Megrahi. I'm pretty sure that he
:05:44. > :05:54.is in the House this morning, so let's see if anyone answers the
:05:54. > :05:56.
:05:56. > :06:00.A few minutes later, Abdul Nasser emerged. He told me his brother is
:06:00. > :06:08.in a coma, only regaining consciousness for a few minutes at
:06:08. > :06:11.a time, and he asked for compassion. The man is struggling between life
:06:11. > :06:15.and death, he told me. What is the point in sending him back to
:06:15. > :06:18.prison? Out of mercy, he should be allowed to die next to his mother
:06:18. > :06:22.and father, instead of dying overseas.
:06:22. > :06:27.Megrahi was found guilty of blowing up Pan Am flight one of three over
:06:27. > :06:31.Lockerbie in 1988. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison but was
:06:31. > :06:36.released after eight because he had cancer and it was thought he had
:06:36. > :06:40.three months to live. He returned to Libya to a hero's welcome, and
:06:40. > :06:43.that was two years ago. Scottish ministers have always dismissed the
:06:44. > :06:47.vehement criticism of their decision. I think we can finally
:06:47. > :06:51.laid to rest the ridiculous conspiracy theory that has been
:06:51. > :06:55.ventilated by too many people too often that somehow Mr Megrahi was
:06:55. > :06:59.not dying of terminal prostate cancer. He would not have to be a
:06:59. > :07:04.medical expert to realise that this man is dying, he is terminally ill,
:07:04. > :07:08.as we always said. The Scottish government is now hoping to release
:07:09. > :07:13.800 pages of documents relating to the abandoned Appeal which have
:07:13. > :07:16.never been made public. If he is indeed on the edge of death, his
:07:16. > :07:26.knowledge of who ordered the Lockerbie bombing is about to die
:07:26. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:31.In other news, Hurricane Irene has claimed at least 21 lives along
:07:31. > :07:33.America's East Coast, and although it has been downgraded to storm-
:07:33. > :07:38.force, President Obama has said there is still a significant risk
:07:38. > :07:48.of flooding and high winds. Millions of people are being
:07:48. > :07:51.affected by power cuts and travel Irene's alarming aftermath, floods
:07:51. > :07:57.and fires in suburban New Jersey, firemen battle with the rising
:07:57. > :08:00.water level, trying to hose down a blaze. Elsewhere in the state,
:08:00. > :08:04.stranded teenagers climb on to their overturned boat, waiting to
:08:04. > :08:10.be rescued. We did not realise the current was as strong as it was. As
:08:10. > :08:14.we were coming up, we realised it was getting strong. As Irene moved
:08:14. > :08:20.north to Vermont, the flooding in the landlocked state was the worst
:08:20. > :08:25.in 80 years. This bridge is barely standing. This one was swept away.
:08:25. > :08:31.Oh, my God! In upstate New York, rescuers tried
:08:31. > :08:35.to reach those cut of A by the floods. The town is basically
:08:35. > :08:40.destroyed, maximum damage. We have people staying with us because
:08:40. > :08:45.their house is gone. Massachusetts, a floating container
:08:45. > :08:49.rips through the trees. The authorities everywhere have
:08:49. > :08:53.prepared for coastal flooding, but the worst was inland. Cables have
:08:53. > :08:57.been knocked down, leaving millions without power, and it is not over
:08:57. > :09:01.yet. Rivers are still swelling, which could cause more flooding.
:09:01. > :09:04.The President is watching closely. We are going to make sure folks
:09:04. > :09:09.have all the support they need as they begin to assess and repair the
:09:09. > :09:14.damage left by the storm. That is going to continue in the days ahead.
:09:14. > :09:18.It is going to take time to recover from the storm of this magnitude.
:09:18. > :09:23.The effects are still being felt across much of the country. But not
:09:23. > :09:27.in Manhattan, where the city went back to work. Here in New York, the
:09:27. > :09:33.water levels in the harbour did not rise nearly as much as had been
:09:33. > :09:36.feared. The main legacy of Irene is a difficult commute to work. Having
:09:36. > :09:45.seen the destruction Irene was capable of, New Yorkers are
:09:45. > :09:49.relieved that their city was Here, police are hunting a serial
:09:49. > :09:54.sex offender in connection with the murder of a 77-year-old woman in
:09:54. > :09:57.Hexham in Northumberland. Graeme Jarman, 47, went missing from his
:09:57. > :10:02.home in Consett in County Durham shortly before Judith Richardson
:10:02. > :10:05.was found dead. The head of Britain's prison
:10:05. > :10:09.governors has accused magistrates of indulging in a sentencing
:10:09. > :10:13.feeding frenzy following the recent riots. With the prison population
:10:13. > :10:16.at record levels, Eoin McLennan- Murray says that part of the
:10:16. > :10:21.problem is that too many people involved in the writing have been
:10:21. > :10:25.remanded in custody to await trial on relatively minor offences. --
:10:25. > :10:28.writing. Magistrates say they are following guidelines.
:10:28. > :10:32.Police about the new report. When this furniture store went up
:10:32. > :10:36.in flames, it epitomised for many watching the sheer senselessness of
:10:36. > :10:41.the criminality involved in the riots. A man is now in custody
:10:41. > :10:45.charged with arson. That is a serious charge, but many more minor
:10:45. > :10:48.offences have resulted in people being remanded in custody. The
:10:48. > :10:52.Prison Governors Association says the judiciary has been influenced
:10:52. > :10:55.by the media and a populist mentality. The use of reminding
:10:55. > :11:01.people in custody has been excessive, and I think it reflects
:11:01. > :11:06.the general sort of concerns that exist, and I think there has been
:11:06. > :11:09.an over-reaction. The most recent statistics estimate that 70% of
:11:09. > :11:16.people arrested during the riots were remanded in custody. That
:11:16. > :11:19.compares to just 10% for the same period last year. The Magistrates'
:11:20. > :11:24.Association, angered by the accusations of a feeding frenzy,
:11:24. > :11:28.say the high number of romance are not surprising. There have been a
:11:28. > :11:34.significant increase in offences, significant, 2000 arrests and more
:11:34. > :11:42.to follow, in a very short beard of time. We would therefore expect to
:11:42. > :11:46.see more offenders remanded into custody. Today, this company is
:11:46. > :11:51.trading as normal opposite where the fire happened. The owner
:11:51. > :11:54.believes the judiciary is rightly making their false felt. You should
:11:54. > :11:59.not steal trainers, you should not throw bricks, you should not do
:11:59. > :12:03.things like that, and if you do, you need to be hit very hard. If it
:12:03. > :12:06.had happened 10 years ago, we would not be having this conversation now.
:12:06. > :12:10.When it comes to sentencing, judges and magistrates have guidelines to
:12:11. > :12:15.work with, but they are often described as guidelines and not
:12:15. > :12:20.tramlines. That means they can depart from them in the interests
:12:20. > :12:30.of justice. The perception by Sun is that since the riots there have
:12:30. > :12:30.
:12:30. > :12:33.Well, today is the main day of parting at the Notting Hill
:12:33. > :12:41.Carnival. Let's end there and joined the Nicola Pearson. How has
:12:41. > :12:44.VE Day been? Well, it has been a very lively day, lots of loud music,
:12:45. > :12:49.lots of bright costumes, dancing. Hundreds of thousands of people
:12:50. > :12:55.have been here today to enjoy the ambience and the atmosphere, and
:12:55. > :12:59.most people, it has got to be said, had a really very good time.
:12:59. > :13:03.London's mayor, Boris Johnson, was here, and he said that in the light
:13:03. > :13:09.of London's riots, these were the images that he wanted the world to
:13:09. > :13:13.say of this city. This is a great event. London is a wonderful,
:13:13. > :13:17.wonderful city. We want to show the world what we can do. We are coming
:13:17. > :13:20.up to the Olympics, running the biggest ever carnival in 2012, and
:13:20. > :13:26.I'm very pleased with the spirits so far that people are celebrating
:13:26. > :13:30.today. There has been a big police presence here today, but very
:13:30. > :13:34.little trouble so far. The carnival will be closing early tonight, as
:13:34. > :13:43.it did last night, and the police are hoping that people will simply
:13:43. > :13:47.Now it is time to catch up with all the latest sports news with Francis
:13:47. > :13:50.Collins. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has
:13:51. > :13:54.said he is extremely disappointed at losing his 100 metres world
:13:54. > :13:59.title in South Korea after he was disqualified under a new rule
:13:59. > :14:03.governing false starts. Athletics world governing body IAAF has told
:14:03. > :14:08.the BBC it is likely to review the rule but would not be rushed into
:14:08. > :14:14.changes. From Daegu, David Bond reports.
:14:14. > :14:20.He normally craves the attention of the world, but today Usain Bolt was
:14:20. > :14:24.uncharacteristically camera-shy. And this is why. The false start
:14:24. > :14:29.which not only denied Bolt the chance to retain his world 100
:14:29. > :14:32.metres crown but sparked a global controversy about the rules. One of
:14:32. > :14:38.his biggest rivals says they should be looked at again before London
:14:38. > :14:43.2012. It is just a travesty, you know, I mean if the guy worked so
:14:43. > :14:47.hard to get to this moment and then false starts. At the end of the day,
:14:47. > :14:53.he was supposed to wait for the gun, but anything can happen, the click
:14:53. > :14:58.of a flash, someone flinches, so it should be changed. And it is not
:14:58. > :15:02.just Bolt. Even before his disqualification, two British medal
:15:02. > :15:07.hopes, will 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu and another 100
:15:07. > :15:11.metres runner, Dwain Chambers, were red-carded for jumping the gun. The
:15:11. > :15:16.men who run the sport only introduced the regulation last year,
:15:16. > :15:21.so is it time to think again? would be a mistake to quickly
:15:21. > :15:26.reverse ourselves just because of one very high profile issue. And
:15:26. > :15:29.not saying we should not consider it, but I would caution against a
:15:29. > :15:34.hasty reaction. Despite growing pressure to change its rules, the
:15:34. > :15:38.IAAF says it will not rush any decision. But the governing body
:15:38. > :15:48.knows it cannot afford a repeat of what happened here last night at
:15:48. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :15:59.There was more controversy tonight. AQ the Natalie was stripped of gold
:15:59. > :16:02.off there holding a competitor back in the final of the 110 metres
:16:02. > :16:05.hurdles, bringing unexpected bronze for Andy Turner. These
:16:05. > :16:14.championships are in danger of being remembered not for medals won,
:16:14. > :16:16.Jessica Ennis is the overnight leader in the heptathlon at the
:16:16. > :16:19.World Athletics. Following a disappointing start, the defending
:16:19. > :16:22.champion finished her session with a win in her 200 metre heat. She
:16:22. > :16:27.also recorded a personal best in the shot putt giving her a 151
:16:27. > :16:30.point lead with three events left. The Oscar Pistorius dream is over.
:16:30. > :16:32.The double amputee from South Africa failed to qualify for the
:16:32. > :16:35.400 metres final. The 24-year-old, whose carbon fibre blades have
:16:35. > :16:45.provoked great debate over whether they give him an unfair advantage,
:16:45. > :16:48.
:16:48. > :16:50.finished last in his semi-final Now before we go, if you're an
:16:50. > :16:53.Arsenal fan who witnessed the clubs's 8-2 humiliation against
:16:53. > :16:56.Manchester United yesterday - their biggest defeat since 1896 - there's
:16:56. > :17:00.some good news for you... The Gunners are offering a free ticket
:17:00. > :17:10.to a future Premier League away game to any fan who had to sit
:17:10. > :17:16.
:17:16. > :17:18.through the abject performance at More now about the situation in
:17:18. > :17:23.Libya, and as forces loyal to Colonel Gadaffi retreat they're
:17:23. > :17:25.leaving a trail of evidence about how his regime operated. Our
:17:25. > :17:35.correspondent Orla Guerin has gained access to Gadaffi's internal
:17:35. > :17:35.
:17:35. > :17:40.security HQ and has just sent this report. The regime kept many of its
:17:41. > :17:45.secrets here, but today we were able to walk right into the
:17:45. > :17:51.homeland security headquarters. Testaments remain to the dark arts
:17:51. > :17:58.practised here. We found operational charts about tracking
:17:59. > :18:02.anyone with a cellphone anywhere in the country. And guidance on
:18:02. > :18:08.identifying new potential suspects. This is where Colonel Gaddafi
:18:08. > :18:13.Spider on his own people and, it seems, on others. We just found
:18:13. > :18:23.these documents lying in the corner. They appear to be a record of
:18:23. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:29.What is interesting is a lot of these are foreign names and many of
:18:29. > :18:35.the numbers are in the UK. We pushed in deeper, but there are
:18:35. > :18:39.still hidden depths here. There are iron gates on the elevators. We
:18:39. > :18:45.cannot be sure what they lead to but we have been told there are
:18:45. > :18:52.detention cells down below. In another office scattered remnants
:18:52. > :18:58.of intelligence files, listing targets and here they call. And a
:18:58. > :19:03.photograph of a wanted man. We do not know if he wound up here. This
:19:03. > :19:07.is an intercept from April this year. It seems to be between two
:19:07. > :19:11.rebels, one asks the other can you attack that a niqab and he is
:19:11. > :19:15.suggesting a good time to do it. It shows how much the regime was able