:00:11. > :00:15.London 2012 organisers act over empty seats - they tell Olympic
:00:15. > :00:20.officials to use their seats or let them go.
:00:20. > :00:24.Thousands more collect their tickets sold online for today's
:00:24. > :00:28.events - organisers say they'll be more over the coming days. We can
:00:28. > :00:33.do better on this. I think you'll see fewer empty seats and more
:00:33. > :00:39.people getting to see these fantastic sporting events.
:00:39. > :00:45.Oh, I don't know what to say. It was going so well, but one poor
:00:45. > :00:48.dive leaves Tom Daly and Pete Waterfield out of the medals.
:00:48. > :00:53.Sometimes the sport goes in your favour. Sometimes it goes against
:00:53. > :00:57.you. It is annoying, but what can you do? After disappointment in the
:00:57. > :01:00.diving all eyes turn to the pool tonight where three British
:01:00. > :01:06.swimmers will battle it out for medals.
:01:06. > :01:11.We'll have the latest from the Olympic Park. Our other main news -
:01:11. > :01:15.tens of thousands of refugees flee sear qua's second city. Those left
:01:15. > :01:19.behind are running short of food and water.
:01:19. > :01:23.Mounting pressure on the eurozone - America's Treasury Secretary flies
:01:23. > :01:27.in for talks. On the first weekday of London 2012,
:01:27. > :01:30.we're live with the spectators and communers to ask is the transport
:01:30. > :01:36.system coping? Cross-country for the country -
:01:36. > :01:38.Zara Phillips takes the eventing team another step towards a medal.
:01:38. > :01:41.On BBC London: How the capital coped - commuters
:01:41. > :01:44.give us their verdict on the Olympic travel experience.
:01:44. > :01:54.And out of medal contention - but why 18-year-old Zoe Smith still has
:01:54. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:16.something to celebrate. Hello, and welcome to the BBC News
:02:16. > :02:19.at Six from the Olympic Park. An extra 3,000 tickets have been on
:02:19. > :02:21.sale for today's events after the organisers took action in the row
:02:21. > :02:24.over empty seats. Olympic officials from other countries and sporting
:02:24. > :02:27.bodies have been told to use their reserved tickets or release them.
:02:27. > :02:30.The sight of hundreds of empty seats for some high profile events
:02:30. > :02:35.has left would-be spectators angry. Clive Myrie has our first report
:02:35. > :02:39.tonight. Hundreds of thousands of people
:02:39. > :02:43.crammed into the Olympic Park today. I got cash in my pocket. I'll put
:02:43. > :02:47.it in yours for some swimming tickets. But not everyone has a
:02:47. > :02:52.ticket for what they want to see, and the sight of empty seats
:02:52. > :02:56.compounds the frustration. Really upsetting, really upsetting. We
:02:56. > :03:01.applied for about four or five different sports, and, of course,
:03:01. > :03:05.you know, we only got one. But be careful. Empty seats don't
:03:05. > :03:09.necessarily mean spare tickets have gone begging. We found these at the
:03:09. > :03:12.hockey stadium for a match between South Korea and New Zealand - not
:03:12. > :03:19.necessarily sell-out teams, especially at 8.30am.
:03:19. > :03:26.APPLAUSE At the riding events in Greenwich,
:03:26. > :03:30.the stands have plenty of spare capacity.
:03:30. > :03:33.Pictures like these do, however, make people angry. Perception is
:03:33. > :03:38.all, and there is no doubt some tickets allocated to certain
:03:38. > :03:42.organisations have gone unused, so today Olympics organisers try to
:03:42. > :03:46.head off the rising tide of public anger. We're doing this session by
:03:46. > :03:50.session talking to the accredited groups, including, obviously,
:03:50. > :03:53.broadcast media and everybody else and asking whether we can release
:03:53. > :03:57.for the different sessions tickets back into the public pot. Where we
:03:57. > :04:01.can, we're going to release those the night before. For David Cameron,
:04:01. > :04:06.he had taken the tube to the Olympic Park today getting the best
:04:06. > :04:11.perception of these Games is vital. I totally share that frustration,
:04:11. > :04:15.and at the COBRA I chaired this morning, LOCOG decided to make
:04:15. > :04:18.available 3,000 more tickets for sale, also to get the volunteers
:04:18. > :04:23.and the armed service personnel that are doing a fantastic job -
:04:23. > :04:27.and to allow them to use more of those seats. So of the 3,000 new
:04:27. > :04:30.tickets made available today how do you get your hands on one? Go to
:04:31. > :04:35.the LOCOG website. You can only get them online. There is no point
:04:35. > :04:38.turning up here to a ticket office in Stratford because these are for
:04:38. > :04:42.collection only. And this is the scene late if the afternoon for
:04:42. > :04:46.gymnastics at the North Greenwich arena, troops filling up some of
:04:46. > :04:50.the empty seats. Where there's spare capacity at the Olympics is
:04:50. > :04:59.no longer really the point. It's all about getting bums on those
:04:59. > :05:03.At the Aquatics Centre behind me British hopefuls Tom Daley and Pete
:05:03. > :05:07.Waterfield lost out in the medals in the synchronised ten metre
:05:07. > :05:12.platform diving. The competition was won by the Chinese. Sophie
:05:12. > :05:15.Rayworth is there for us now. It was all down to just one poor dive,
:05:15. > :05:20.wasn't it? Yes, absolutely heartbreaking for the British pair.
:05:20. > :05:24.It was packed in here. The noise of the crowd was deafening, and to
:05:24. > :05:29.begin with, it was all going so well for Pete Waterfield and Tom
:05:29. > :05:34.Daley. After the first three dives, they were in the lead, but in a
:05:34. > :05:38.space of just 1.5 seconds, the time it took them to do their next dive,
:05:38. > :05:41.they slipped into fourth place. In the end, it was the Chinese pair
:05:41. > :05:46.who won gold, as James Pearce reports.
:05:46. > :05:50.Day three official programmes! Front-page billing for one of the
:05:50. > :05:54.poster boys at the Olympics - in terms of popularity, few members of
:05:54. > :05:57.Team GB come close to matching Tom Daley.
:05:57. > :06:01.APPLAUSE This event, though is all about the
:06:01. > :06:06.partnership, not the individual. Pete Waterfield, aged 31, a
:06:06. > :06:16.relative old man and also a relative unknown compared to his
:06:16. > :06:17.
:06:17. > :06:25.The first dive of their six was good. It left them joint leaders
:06:25. > :06:29.and the red-hot favourites. The representative of China - the
:06:29. > :06:39.Chinese dominate this sport. If Daly and Waterfield were to beat
:06:39. > :06:41.
:06:41. > :06:46.them, they were going to have to Cheered on by the Prime Minister,
:06:46. > :06:48.it was all going so well. Halfway through the competition, and they
:06:48. > :06:53.were in first place. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:06:53. > :06:57.We'd all been told that the Chinese pair were unbeatable, but with
:06:57. > :07:01.every dive, the expectation is rising. Here we go, Daly and
:07:01. > :07:11.Waterfield's fourth dive, and they're still leading. But it was
:07:11. > :07:12.
:07:12. > :07:16.Oh, I don't know what to say. bad dive, and they'd fallen down
:07:16. > :07:20.the leader board. He could have been forgiven for wanting to bang
:07:20. > :07:24.his head against wall. Realistically, his medal hopes were
:07:24. > :07:27.over. Despite all the support, they finished fourth. The crowd have
:07:27. > :07:32.been absolutely amazing. I am getting emotional thinking about it
:07:32. > :07:35.now because it's all of what we have dreamed of and to come fourth
:07:35. > :07:39.is just so agonising after all the hard work and training. One dive
:07:39. > :07:46.that the pair will have to reflect on ass the one that's cost them the
:07:46. > :07:50.After the disappointment in the diving, all eyes now turn to the
:07:50. > :07:54.pool. You can probably see the swimmers warming up behind me
:07:54. > :08:00.because this less than two hours' time, three British swimmers will
:08:00. > :08:05.be going for medals. They'll be hoping to improve on Team GB's
:08:05. > :08:08.medal haul tonight, and one man who will be watching on very nervously
:08:08. > :08:12.is Gemma's father and also his partner, Vaughan. What is it like
:08:12. > :08:16.for you to sit and watch your daughter on a platform like this?
:08:16. > :08:21.I'd like to think I would be sitting there with a stone-like
:08:21. > :08:28.stomach, but actually I know I'm going to be leaping up and down
:08:28. > :08:32.like a dervish. You can tell I lost my voice last night. I'll have none
:08:32. > :08:36.after tonight. The atmosphere in here was incredible. Absolutely
:08:36. > :08:42.phenomenal, never heard anything like it. Your job is to keep him
:08:42. > :08:48.calm. I am trying to. She's up against stiff competition, the
:08:48. > :08:55.American competitor, who people are dubbing the Michael feps of the
:08:55. > :08:59.pool. Do you reckon she can do it? Any of the eight can do it. Gemma
:08:59. > :09:03.lost the bronze medal by less than a blink of an eye. Once you get to
:09:03. > :09:08.this stage it's all open. She's done quite well. She's done the
:09:08. > :09:13.heats and the semis faster. I am hoping she can do something for us
:09:13. > :09:17.tonight. You have been shouting, but does the crowd support help
:09:17. > :09:21.her? Yes. A lot of people think that the swimmers can't hear, but
:09:21. > :09:26.they can. You have heard it. The place comes alive. It's amazing.
:09:26. > :09:30.Two - fourth twice in Beijing. Let's hope she can bring in a medal
:09:30. > :09:31.tonight. Thank you both very much. And of course, you can see it all
:09:31. > :09:37.unfold live on BBC One tonight. George?
:09:37. > :09:40.Thank you very much. Let's talk to our sports editor,
:09:40. > :09:45.David Bond, who is in the Olympic Park. David, on this question of
:09:45. > :09:50.tickets, the organisers can't exactly order these other sporting
:09:50. > :09:53.federations to just hand back their tickets, can they? That's right.
:09:53. > :09:57.They can't order to give them back. This organisation is part of the
:09:57. > :10:01.host city contract which London signed back in 2005, but what they
:10:01. > :10:04.can do and what Seb Coe says he is doing is negotiate with the
:10:05. > :10:09.federations to say to them, look, what tickets do you need the night
:10:09. > :10:13.before for the following day's events? And if you don't need them,
:10:13. > :10:16.then maybe we can reconfigure the various sporting venues and put
:10:16. > :10:19.those tickets on sale to the public. That's what they did last night.
:10:19. > :10:24.That's why 3,000 tickets were snapped up. It's a policy which so
:10:24. > :10:27.far seems to be working. The situation today here on the Olympic
:10:27. > :10:31.Park and at all the venues across London seems to be that the venues
:10:31. > :10:35.are fuller, but it is still happening, and that's despite the
:10:35. > :10:40.fact that LOCOG say they reduced the allocation for the Olympic
:10:40. > :10:44.family by 15% since Beijing, and the question is, for a public which
:10:44. > :10:48.has got such enormous appetite to come and see these games is why
:10:48. > :10:51.having had seven years to organise this they seem to be scrambling to
:10:51. > :10:55.find a solution now. All right, David, thank you very much. Thank
:10:55. > :10:58.you. Other news now - Syria's most
:10:58. > :11:00.senior diplomat in Britain has resigned - telling the foreign
:11:00. > :11:03.office he could no longer support the violent and oppressive actions
:11:03. > :11:05.of President Bashar al Assad's regime. His decision comes as
:11:05. > :11:07.Syrian government forces pounded rebel areas of Aleppo, the
:11:07. > :11:17.country's biggest city and commercial heart. The battle for
:11:17. > :11:24.
:11:24. > :11:31.control of the city - now in its His report does contain some
:11:31. > :11:40.distressing images. The battle for Aleppo is raging,
:11:40. > :11:44.and parts of this vast, ancient city are now at war.
:11:44. > :11:49.Which means the ranks of the dead and the wounded are growing. Eight-
:11:49. > :11:56.year-old Muhammad is peppered with shrapnel wounds from a government
:11:56. > :12:00.shell. Those who can get out of the city are, desperate to escape the
:12:00. > :12:05.shelling that doesn't discriminate between soldier and civilian. But
:12:05. > :12:15.notice how many of them are women and children. The men have stayed
:12:15. > :12:17.
:12:17. > :12:21.to fight. For those left behind, daily life is a tale of survival.
:12:21. > :12:28.The bakerry has just opened for the first time in days. It's now the
:12:28. > :12:32.only place to get food here. The fighters try to control the
:12:32. > :12:37.crowd that's hungry and desperate. Shortages make life hard. Bombs and
:12:37. > :12:44.bullets make it unbearable. In Aleppo, it's the weakest that
:12:44. > :12:48.suffer the most. And yet this battle has only just
:12:48. > :12:51.begun. The rebels get ready. They have had news government soldiers
:12:51. > :13:01.are heading this way, and the fighters move along empty streets
:13:01. > :13:02.
:13:02. > :13:08.to defend the area. SOUND OF GUNFIRE
:13:09. > :13:18.This war pitchs the government against an armed rebellion. Syrian
:13:19. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:29.against Syrian. And neither side can afford to lose this vital city.
:13:29. > :13:35.Armed with just light weapons, the rebels face daunting odds as they
:13:35. > :13:44.race to support a unit that's trapped. The Army's trying to take
:13:44. > :13:47.back these districts, but the resistance is stiff. Well, the
:13:47. > :13:57.rebels are now advancing. They believe that government forces are
:13:57. > :14:05.
:14:05. > :14:15.Ducking behind a wall for cover, a fighter shouts to move, pointing to
:14:15. > :14:23.
:14:23. > :14:28.snipers behind us. Well, the rebels have now moved up
:14:28. > :14:33.because the government's been trying to push into this area. It's
:14:33. > :14:39.a very confused situation. We know there are snipers all around here
:14:39. > :14:44.because it's an urban area. The sounds ring out, and what you can't
:14:44. > :14:45.tell is which direction they're actually coming from. As you can
:14:45. > :14:49.see, the rebels are incredibly tense.
:14:49. > :14:59.One of the commanders has been shot. He's laying in the gutter bleeding
:14:59. > :15:04.to death. A truck shot sniper fire to try to get him out, but the
:15:04. > :15:07.group is attacked, and they have to pull back. Guns blazing, they lay
:15:07. > :15:11.down covering fire. But by the time the man was hauled up, it was too
:15:11. > :15:17.late. SOUND OF GUNFIRE
:15:17. > :15:24.Three commanders from the same base died that day. We pulled back as
:15:24. > :15:28.more fighters came to help. For awhile, they were pinned down. Then
:15:28. > :15:33.en masse they shot their way out. It's impossible to predict who will
:15:33. > :15:43.win this war, but it will shape the destiny of Syria and this region,
:15:43. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:52.and it will leave countless more bleeding and dying. And the time is
:15:52. > :15:56.just about 6.15pm. Our top story: London 2012 organisers act over
:15:56. > :16:00.empty seats. Thousands of extra tickets are being released.
:16:00. > :16:03.Coming up: GB's male gymnasts doing battle for their first ever team
:16:03. > :16:07.medal. Later on BBC London news:
:16:07. > :16:11.Making a splash - we meet the man who has helped to deliver one of
:16:11. > :16:21.2012's most adrenaline-fuelled venues, and how the capital is
:16:21. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:28.coming together to celebrate the Today is the first full working day
:16:28. > :16:33.of the Olympic games with both commuters and spectators trying to
:16:33. > :16:36.get across the city. The morning rush hour passed off without any
:16:36. > :16:39.great incident but the pressure is on right now and one of the main
:16:39. > :16:47.pinch points is likely to be London Bridge station. Our correspondent
:16:47. > :16:51.Jon Kay is there. People are streaming through here. They say it
:16:51. > :16:56.could be did busiest night this old station has seen. Passenger numbers
:16:56. > :17:00.are up today but because people have been staggering their journeys,
:17:00. > :17:06.changing routes as advised, actually it has not been quite the
:17:06. > :17:16.meltdown the pessimists and the Games organisers predicted. Monday
:17:16. > :17:16.
:17:16. > :17:23.morning. In the middle of London. The first Olympic rush hour.
:17:23. > :17:29.Brilliant. I am early today. I left at the same time. Even in the City
:17:29. > :17:35.things are moving freely. How was your journey? Easy. Great. The cost
:17:35. > :17:39.quite quiet to be honest. It was Berry peaceful. Great. Peaceful?!
:17:39. > :17:44.It seems many Londoners have followed advice and made
:17:44. > :17:50.alternative plans. We are pleased with how it is going, everybody at
:17:50. > :18:00.London Bridge worked well, the Tube. Well. It is not just in the Olympic
:18:00. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:09.park at Deraa and deceit. -- There are empty seats. These people are
:18:09. > :18:13.working from home during the Games. It is the masses of people, the
:18:13. > :18:19.commuters squeezing him that the tourists, it helps not to have to
:18:19. > :18:23.do it. It makes the day more relaxed. I used to working hard?
:18:23. > :18:30.So on places are busy. At Greenwich they are arriving from all over the
:18:30. > :18:34.country for the equestrian events. I expected it to take us at least
:18:34. > :18:44.three hours to get here but it has been really good. It is early days
:18:44. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:52.And thanks to the new wi-fi system installed on the Underground,
:18:52. > :18:59.Robert Hall joins us live from the platform at Oxford Circus. Robert,
:18:59. > :19:03.how is it with you? Here we are, one of the busiest transport hubs
:19:03. > :19:09.in London, but this has been more like a Sunday. A steady flow of
:19:10. > :19:14.people but nothing like the crush expected. Why? Many people opted to
:19:14. > :19:17.stay at home, many companies in consultation with TfL asked staff
:19:17. > :19:22.to stagger working hours, many civil servants in Whitehall doing
:19:22. > :19:25.the same. Another factor, the events are staggered so you do not
:19:25. > :19:31.get lots of people coming out of different stadia at the same time.
:19:31. > :19:35.That helps. There is a problem with pickpocketing amongst the crowds.
:19:35. > :19:41.Police are concerned and there are extra police are not got the
:19:41. > :19:48.message is take extra care if you're travelling. -- extra police
:19:48. > :19:51.about. Now to the Eurozone crisis and the US treasury secretary has
:19:51. > :19:57.unexpectedly travelled to a small North Sea island for an emergency
:19:57. > :20:00.meeting with his German counterpart who is there on holiday. There's
:20:00. > :20:02.growing pressure on the European Central Bank to intervene to help
:20:03. > :20:05.Spain but that needs the approval of Germany, the eurozone's most
:20:05. > :20:12.powerful member. Our Europe editor Gavin Hewitt joins us from Brussels.
:20:12. > :20:16.Why this heightened activity? Holidays are being interrupted, the
:20:16. > :20:20.US Treasury Secretary at flying to a remote island in the North Sea,
:20:20. > :20:23.meetings between leaders, phone calls, statements, all of this is
:20:23. > :20:27.aimed towards trying to reduce the borrowing costs of Spain. That
:20:27. > :20:31.would avoid the need of that country having a bail-out. The
:20:31. > :20:35.focus is very much on the European Central Bank. Last week the head of
:20:35. > :20:40.the bank said he would do whatever it takes to preserve the single
:20:40. > :20:45.currency. The expectation is that the bank. Buying government bonds
:20:45. > :20:48.from countries like Spain hoping to bring down those costs. Certainly
:20:48. > :20:54.the markets like what they here and there is a feeling there will be
:20:54. > :20:58.some big step taken in the next few days. The focus is very much on a
:20:58. > :21:03.meeting at the ECB on Thursday. People will look to see what it
:21:03. > :21:07.will do and what it can do according to its own strict rules.
:21:07. > :21:12.But one word of caution in this, not just reservations in Germany,
:21:12. > :21:22.but the ECB have bought bombs before in the past, the impact,
:21:22. > :21:25.
:21:25. > :21:28.limited. -- bonds. HSBC is setting aside a further �950 million to
:21:28. > :21:31.cover the cost of compensation for mis-selling products, and fines for
:21:31. > :21:36.money laundering in the United States. Its chief executive, Stuart
:21:36. > :21:39.Gulliver said the bank was "very sorry for past mistakes". At the
:21:39. > :21:43.same time, HSBC reported profits of almost �7 billion for the first
:21:43. > :21:46.half of the year. More now on the Olympics... Great Britain's men's
:21:46. > :21:49.gymnasts are currently competing in the team final. The five gymnasts
:21:49. > :21:52.qualified in 3rd place for the final behind the US and Russia.
:21:52. > :21:58.Let's cross to the North Greenwich Arena and our correspondent Dan
:21:58. > :22:03.Roan. It must be getting exciting because I can tell you that Princes
:22:03. > :22:06.William and Harry have just arrived. It is on for Team GB, they are in
:22:06. > :22:16.the bronze-medal position in third place. They have gone through five
:22:16. > :22:16.
:22:17. > :22:21.of their six disciplines in this You can see the Chinese gymnast on
:22:21. > :22:27.the mat, his final routine on the floor and it will come down to this.
:22:27. > :22:32.That is how close it is. Back to some of the highlight so far...
:22:32. > :22:37.Louis Smith, the golden boy in this country, was first up on the pommel
:22:37. > :22:41.horse. This is the discipline he excels at. A fantastic start. He
:22:41. > :22:46.was left crying tears of joy on Saturday after a similar
:22:46. > :22:51.performance. The attention then turned to the Rings, which is
:22:51. > :22:56.traditionally G B's weakest event. Sam Aldham, the 19-year-old with
:22:56. > :23:05.something of a shaky dismount from the Rings, which left GB down in
:23:05. > :23:10.fifth place. Finally Kristian Thomas produced a stunning volte to
:23:10. > :23:14.bring Team GB back into contention into third place, that is where
:23:14. > :23:19.they remain now with just one discipline left to go. Very
:23:19. > :23:24.exciting. If they managed to get a medal it will be the first time
:23:24. > :23:28.since 1912, 100 years ago, when gymnastics was very different from
:23:28. > :23:32.now, so in effect they will make history. If they do it it will go
:23:32. > :23:39.down as one of the greatest team performances of this Olympics and
:23:39. > :23:46.any previous. So on the third full day of competition let's just see
:23:46. > :23:49.what's happening with the medals tally. China tops the table with 14
:23:49. > :23:53.medals, including that gold medal for synchronised diving today. The
:23:53. > :23:59.USA is in 2nd place. Great Britain is currently 17th. Andy Swiss
:23:59. > :24:04.reports on the other highlights. They are the strongest of gold
:24:04. > :24:09.medal favourites for Britain, cat Ranger and Diana Watkins. The pair
:24:09. > :24:13.have never been beaten in more than two years together and it was not
:24:13. > :24:17.hard to see why. They seemed to be growing in a race of the Rhone,
:24:17. > :24:22.smashing the Olympic record as they powered to the final. After three
:24:22. > :24:27.consecutive silver medals, Grainger on course for that elusive gold.
:24:27. > :24:32.Inspired, it seems, by the fans. You feel it in your body, it pulses
:24:32. > :24:35.through you. The crowds are sensational. We both feel lucky, we
:24:35. > :24:39.have this incredible support from the country behind us and we are
:24:39. > :24:45.conscious of that. When you physically habit behind you, it
:24:45. > :24:48.doesn't have to like nothing else. Plenty more action on the water. In
:24:48. > :24:51.the sailing Ben Ainslie continued his quest for gold at Weymouth
:24:51. > :24:58.while David Florence and Richard Hounslow were among the British
:24:58. > :25:02.qualifiers for the semi-finals of the canoe slalom. More home success
:25:02. > :25:09.at Wimbledon as Laura Robson and Heather Watson won their first
:25:09. > :25:19.round singles matches. And in the way to lifting the so Lee Smith
:25:19. > :25:21.
:25:21. > :25:26.lifted twice her own body weight on our way to a British record. -- Zoe.
:25:26. > :25:34.Beyond my wildest dreams. I competed as an Olympian in my home
:25:34. > :25:38.town. I am overwhelmed by that. Another impressive display from Ye
:25:38. > :25:48.Shewen. She was quickest in the 200 metres heats. It already seems the
:25:48. > :25:49.
:25:49. > :25:56.Games may have unearthed a remarkable talent. Yesterday she
:25:56. > :26:00.performed in front of her mother and grandfather. Today Zara
:26:00. > :26:03.Phillips and her Team GB eventing team-mates were in fine form with
:26:03. > :26:06.their eyes on a medal during the sport's cross-country stage in
:26:06. > :26:09.Greenwich Park. Joe Wilson was there. The huge crowd of 50,000 for
:26:09. > :26:13.the second day or were venting. Not all locals were pleased. But it
:26:13. > :26:17.became a kind of equine festival and a key part of Britain's journey
:26:17. > :26:21.towards a medal. Normally the equestrian cross country stays
:26:21. > :26:25.miles out of town but not this time. For the horses here they will
:26:25. > :26:29.almost feel like they're jumping straight into the City of London.
:26:29. > :26:33.Cross-country is a test of stamina and courage for horse and rider. At
:26:33. > :26:39.51, Mary King has conquered most are obstacles and excelled here.
:26:39. > :26:42.She went to the top of the leaderboard after a round. Others
:26:42. > :26:47.fell and there were frequent delays, frustrating for those who came to
:26:47. > :26:51.watch a family member. So many eyes in Greenwich were turned towards
:26:51. > :26:57.Zara Phillips. Twice she missed the Olympics because of injury to her
:26:57. > :27:02.horse, now she made up for lost time, flying. 24th after the
:27:02. > :27:06.weekend dressage, she rapidly gained ground here. But in eventing
:27:06. > :27:13.riders do not just compete for themselves, their team are medals
:27:13. > :27:17.at stake so -- at stake. This drove her towards perfection. The object,
:27:17. > :27:27.clear all fences, precious do manage it, Zara Phillips cracked it,
:27:27. > :27:27.
:27:27. > :27:31.even if she had lost track of the The crowd there unbelievable. You
:27:31. > :27:36.can't hear you watch beeping are you to tell you. You have to check.
:27:36. > :27:46.It is unbelievable. Hopefully didn't take any heads off on the
:27:46. > :27:49.
:27:49. > :27:59.way! They will be back tomorrow You can see the news and coverage
:27:59. > :28:10.
:28:10. > :28:18.Now the weather... What we have seen today is more fair weather
:28:18. > :28:24.cloud across the UK, no sign of any It is quite lucky because there has
:28:24. > :28:27.been a lot of show was a round the rest of the UK. From space we can
:28:27. > :28:31.see from the satellite picture there is a lot of cloud coming in
:28:31. > :28:36.from the Atlantic and that will bring a very different feel to the
:28:36. > :28:40.weather for tonight and tomorrow. Ahead of that cloud the showers
:28:40. > :28:44.that have been heavy are decaying and fading away but the thickening
:28:44. > :28:50.cloud coming in from the West will spill into England and Wales, the
:28:50. > :28:58.rain is mostly light and patchy. Clear skies in Scotland and it will
:28:58. > :29:02.be called for the time of year. -- cold. It could be wet at Eton door
:29:02. > :29:09.late tomorrow. The wind direction could change and that could be
:29:09. > :29:17.crucial. For other events, we will find a lot of cloud and rain around
:29:17. > :29:22.in the morning. The tennis could be delayed because of rain. It will
:29:22. > :29:27.clear to the north. A wet start with Whetton and whether it moving
:29:27. > :29:31.towards northern England. As we head into the afternoon across
:29:31. > :29:34.Wales it will be called underneath the cloud and rain and the weather
:29:34. > :29:38.goes downhill across Northern Ireland. We will have sunshine
:29:38. > :29:41.across Scotland and heavy showers in the north. Wet weather arriving
:29:41. > :29:44.eventually across northern England, a poor day through the Midlands.
:29:44. > :29:50.Across southern England we should see an improvement in the weather
:29:50. > :29:53.as it brightens up and we get some sunshine. All change as we head