:00:10. > :00:18.Tonight, a special programme. The Olympic countdown begins in earnest.
:00:18. > :00:24.We are live in Loughborough, home of Team GB, and live in London. I'm
:00:24. > :00:31.here at the Olympic Park. The Olympic Stadium, and now, open
:00:31. > :00:35.today, the aquatic centre. We will be listing the ones to watch from
:00:35. > :00:41.the East Midlands, and we will have exclusive access to our top
:00:41. > :00:47.Olympians. More sightings of a young mother hours before she was
:00:47. > :00:57.murdered. Police hunting her killer Billy she tried to flag down cars
:00:57. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:12.for help. She was after just a lift Welcome to Loughborough. One year
:01:12. > :01:20.from now, the world's greatest sporting event will be under way.
:01:20. > :01:25.We are in Loughborough, which will be home to Team GB in 2012. The
:01:25. > :01:30.impact on the East Midlands will be massive. More on that later, but
:01:30. > :01:39.let's go down to the Olympic Park in London, to join our sports
:01:39. > :01:45.editor. It is breathtaking. This is the main Olympic stadium that will
:01:45. > :01:49.become so familiar in 366 days' time. The whole park is staggering.
:01:49. > :01:52.Local businesses have helped build it. Volunteers from the East
:01:52. > :01:57.Midlands will help staff it. You may have a ticket for the event
:01:57. > :02:01.here. You may watch it on the TV, but one of the things that has
:02:01. > :02:07.become clear to me is that this will be an event like no other.
:02:07. > :02:14.This is what the Olympics meant to Mansfield in 2008. Unprecedented
:02:14. > :02:19.crowds. What about 2012? Some of our Olympic greats have been in awe.
:02:19. > :02:23.A venue can help bring the best out of an athlete. They will have a
:02:24. > :02:33.test event next year, and then the Olympic Games themselves. You well
:02:34. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:49.enough this. It will be the biggest How is Loughborough in the build up
:02:49. > :02:53.to the in Olympic Games? It has the best university in the country. We
:02:53. > :03:00.have is in preparation camp there. Every member of the team will go
:03:00. > :03:05.through Loughborough in one form or the other. I was delighted that we
:03:05. > :03:13.chose Loughborough, for obvious reasons. I try not get too biased
:03:13. > :03:18.about it. Here's another man from Loughborough. Steve Backley. It is
:03:18. > :03:22.very special. It makes it feel very real. It has been a long time
:03:22. > :03:27.waiting. The sixties has gone quickly, but a lot of work has been
:03:28. > :03:31.done in the meantime, and East -- keep getting update. I have been
:03:31. > :03:37.here for the first time, and it is very special. Most of the action
:03:37. > :03:42.will be in the capital, but readers like the East Midlands should feel
:03:42. > :03:50.very much part of the Games. This is a games for the entire country,
:03:50. > :03:55.and people across the UK are more than welcome in London. That is
:03:55. > :04:02.Boris, and I will be down at Paul sideways-on -- late in the
:04:02. > :04:06.programme. But it has been quite a It certainly sounds like it. The
:04:06. > :04:12.Olympic Park is in an area where people might not know that well.
:04:12. > :04:16.How easy will it be for people to find their way there? It is an
:04:16. > :04:21.unfamiliar part. It is the East side of London. But they are fast
:04:21. > :04:25.trains running from St Pancras to the heart of the park. There's a
:04:25. > :04:30.new shopping centre being built in Stratford, and it takes 10 minutes
:04:30. > :04:35.to reach here from St Pancras station. It is very much in the
:04:36. > :04:38.breach of the East Midlands. Thank you very much. The Olympics have
:04:38. > :04:43.resulted in many lucrative contracts for the East Midlands
:04:43. > :04:50.businesses. They reckon the total amount available could be �300
:04:50. > :04:54.million. Firms in our region are being encouraged to make the most
:04:54. > :05:00.of this opportunity to grab this advantage of a decade that is being
:05:01. > :05:06.called by some as a golden decade for British sport.
:05:06. > :05:11.London has been calling for 2012. But now it is time to consider
:05:11. > :05:19.Flying Down to Rio. It was a call made in Loughborough today.
:05:19. > :05:25.Businesses burst to compete for contracts at Russia's Olympics in
:05:25. > :05:32.three years' time. For the World Cup. And the Olympics in 2016.
:05:32. > :05:37.Brazil is no different. With the right team behind Duke, we can
:05:37. > :05:42.export ourselves to those markets. There are opportunities in
:05:42. > :05:46.infrastructure. I had am sure that our products but we sell but can be
:05:46. > :05:50.used. The government says that there is big business in big
:05:50. > :05:54.there is big business in big sporting events like London 2012.
:05:54. > :05:59.Around 220 businesses in our region Around 220 businesses in our region
:05:59. > :06:03.will be involved. They won 315 contracts. A total value of �300
:06:03. > :06:06.contracts. A total value of �300 million. It is claimed that just
:06:06. > :06:12.getting your product out there during the Olympics can make a
:06:12. > :06:19.difference. This lot profound is supplying hydrogen engines for
:06:19. > :06:28.London taxis. It isn't ideal first deployments of these zero-emission
:06:28. > :06:33.vehicles. -- it is an ideal deployment. Opportunities abroad
:06:33. > :06:37.over the next decade cannot be ignored. Who is supplying the
:06:37. > :06:42.curtain rails? Who is supplying the tickets to getting? They are many
:06:42. > :06:47.small things that they really do need. They can be quite specialist.
:06:47. > :06:55.Is the export recovery is to happen, businesses may have to be winners
:06:55. > :07:02.in the world of sport, both home and away. East Midlands businesses
:07:02. > :07:06.are being encouraged to have a shot at winning some new contracts. More
:07:06. > :07:12.from us later in the programme, but now back to the studio. In other
:07:12. > :07:18.news, police hunting the killer of a young mother in Nottingham say
:07:18. > :07:28.there was a number of sightings of her flagging down traffic before
:07:28. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :07:40.she was found. Caroline coin's body was found later. A picture of a
:07:40. > :07:43.
:07:43. > :07:48.Her body was found by a -- with a head injuries. B28-year-old had
:07:48. > :07:56.earlier left a party by foot, and a number of sightings like this one
:07:56. > :08:01.at 1am saw her flagging down traffic. She was trying to flag
:08:01. > :08:05.down buses. Somewhere on that route, she may have become de toric --
:08:05. > :08:12.disorientated. Maybe she was after a lift home or just a bit of
:08:12. > :08:17.comfort. Maybe someone did give her a brief lift. Again, it is it
:08:17. > :08:24.important and vital that people come forward so we know what was
:08:24. > :08:29.going through Caroline's minds. Police also want to know where this
:08:29. > :08:34.size 3 trainer went. It was missing from her right but. If the person
:08:34. > :08:40.responsible for killing Caroline has discarded that Sue, it may be
:08:40. > :08:46.vital evidence. Eight photo of the T-shirt Caroline was wearing has
:08:46. > :08:52.been released. Police are doing the rounds reassuring the public. It is
:08:52. > :08:59.the public that will most likely hold the key for them. The nothing
:09:00. > :09:04.she met -- the Nottinghamshire police authority... Nottinghamshire
:09:04. > :09:10.police say that some stations are not accused by the public and many
:09:10. > :09:15.NICE to be saved. Police can be contacted via community centres
:09:15. > :09:19.instead. The details of closures will be confirmed later this year.
:09:19. > :09:24.We are having to make decisions about a Weatherby make these kind
:09:24. > :09:28.of savings or whether we reduce the amount of police officers doing
:09:28. > :09:32.frontline activities, and we clearly said that our priority is
:09:32. > :09:37.to keep officers involved in neighbourhood policing and the
:09:37. > :09:42.front line. We believe that is the priority that the public want.
:09:42. > :09:46.than 300 jobs will be created if a supermarket is built on a former
:09:46. > :09:50.after -- hospital site. Morrison's wants to build on the old
:09:50. > :09:54.Derbyshire Royal Infirmary site. The company says it is aiming to
:09:54. > :09:57.open at the end of next year if planning permission go through
:09:57. > :10:04.smoothly. There will be opportunities for construct and
:10:04. > :10:10.workers. One of our biggest manufacturers has switched on the
:10:10. > :10:16.biggest Solar Panel rate at any factory. They have been installed
:10:16. > :10:21.in record time. The power from the solar panels will provide enough
:10:21. > :10:29.energy to build 7,000 cars per year. That is all from us. Time to go
:10:29. > :10:33.back to Loughborough. Thank you. They keep tell -- they keep telling
:10:33. > :10:39.us that the Olympics is not just about winning medals, but also
:10:39. > :10:49.about the taking part. And also inspiring young people. Charnwood
:10:49. > :10:51.
:10:51. > :10:54.Athletics Club inspiring -- I am in Derby Market Place, where
:10:54. > :11:02.they have been marking the final countdown to London 2012 today.
:11:02. > :11:06.Let's be to one -- I will be speaking to one of our Olympic
:11:06. > :11:16.locals. And the weather tomorrow is likely to be a knockout. I will
:11:16. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:26.have the weather at the end of the As you can see it is all beginning
:11:26. > :11:35.to happen here. There is a proud sporting tradition at Loughborough
:11:35. > :11:40.University. When the 2000 Olympics happened, what effect all that have
:11:40. > :11:45.on the town? It might be over 100 miles to the
:11:45. > :11:50.Olympic village, but five-under million pounds of improvements are
:11:50. > :11:55.under way at the train station. is great news. There are platform
:11:55. > :12:03.extensions. We have wanted them for many years, we have increased
:12:03. > :12:08.parking, if we also have new lifts. Many of the athletes, they will see
:12:08. > :12:11.this town for the first time. staff are looking for to read. They
:12:11. > :12:16.are having the Japanese team, they have been burning a few words are
:12:16. > :12:21.Japanese. It is not just that the train station where the work is
:12:21. > :12:27.taking place. Hearing the centre of the town, there is building under
:12:27. > :12:33.way on a new hotel. They are excited about what the Olympics can
:12:33. > :12:38.be the last breath. A it will be very good for the town. Go Team GB.
:12:38. > :12:46.We will bring money to the town. I'll be there! A I think it ought
:12:46. > :12:52.to have a lot for the town. Olympics will be massive the
:12:52. > :12:58.Loughborough. The tower has suffered over the last 18 months.
:12:58. > :13:04.With the Olympics being here, we have Japan, the Olympic team, that
:13:04. > :13:11.will be a great boost, for the years to come as well. Hopes are
:13:11. > :13:15.high that it will not just be the athletes getting the gold.
:13:15. > :13:20.They are doing their warm-up exercises, looking at them I am
:13:20. > :13:24.feeling tired just watching. It is not just about the athletes, there
:13:24. > :13:32.are thousands of volunteers who will be helping the smooth running
:13:32. > :13:38.of the Olympic Games. They are called Games Makers, we joined a
:13:38. > :13:43.tour of the candidates during the selection process.
:13:43. > :13:50.Over 240,000 people have applied to volunteer, that only 70,000 will be
:13:50. > :14:00.Games Makers. Clement is having his it burst into view. I'm a bit
:14:00. > :14:03.
:14:03. > :14:07.nervous. I'm not used to interviews. The difference between the games is
:14:07. > :14:13.the volunteers. I used to be a football referee. I've always
:14:13. > :14:21.enjoyed the Olympics. I want to try and make it a success for the
:14:21. > :14:24.British people. They should not be nervous. It is a one that to one a
:14:24. > :14:31.discussion of what they can tell us about their skills and experience.
:14:31. > :14:37.It is not like a job interview. Mean there is a volunteer, she is
:14:37. > :14:43.helping to do the interviews. was excited when I heard London was
:14:43. > :14:53.going to get the Olympics. I was pleased with how it went. When she
:14:53. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:02.asked me about anything challenging, I was surprised. I delivered a baby
:15:02. > :15:08.last week. If I can do that, I can do the Olympics.
:15:08. > :15:15.I am sure he can. Clement proving there that he can deliver. He will
:15:15. > :15:22.hear the has got the job in October. Let's go back to Derby and enjoy
:15:22. > :15:26.another Olympic celebration. They have been staging a party here
:15:27. > :15:32.all day. It is the only one of its kind outside London. People are
:15:32. > :15:39.looking at some of the Olympic torches close-up. This man was part
:15:39. > :15:42.of the Olympic torch relay team back in 1948. The main reason today
:15:42. > :15:47.was to give youngsters the chance to have a go at different Olympic
:15:47. > :15:57.sports. Boxing will there be a sport for women for the first time
:15:57. > :15:57.
:15:57. > :16:05.next year. I am joined by Naomi Reid. My dad was a professional
:16:05. > :16:15.boxer. You are triple jumping, if 20 Todd has come to Cynthia? Yes it
:16:15. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:21.has. I'll be 18 when the Olympic comes. How confident will be be
:16:21. > :16:30.ball-winning something at the next Olympics? And I'll try my hardest.
:16:30. > :16:34.You have seen kids having a chance, it is great to see. Yeah, I have
:16:34. > :16:42.seen some of the kids doing triple- jumper. If they are at a very high
:16:42. > :16:52.standard. The bigger the Olympics will have a big legacy in
:16:52. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :17:03.Derbyshire for? I hope so. The torch coming to Dhabi is massive.
:17:03. > :17:10.Derby is planning on building a new track. Back to you.
:17:10. > :17:19.Thank you very much. Coming up later in the programme. We are
:17:19. > :17:24.going back to the aquatic centre. Find out how crocheted lie-ins and
:17:24. > :17:32.ceramic flyer -- flowers are playing their part in the Olympics
:17:32. > :17:39.There is no doubt that facilities here at Loughborough University are
:17:39. > :17:46.superb. Let's talk to the Director of Sport, Chris Earle. It feels
:17:46. > :17:56.more real now, we one year to go? The children are inspired by the
:17:56. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:02.fact it is coming up soon. Deep think it all come down to medals?
:18:02. > :18:12.It matters that we get at least 4th in the medal table, that is where
:18:12. > :18:12.
:18:12. > :18:17.we were in Beijing, that is our aspiration this time. You must be
:18:17. > :18:22.excited on a personal level, this has been five years in the making?
:18:22. > :18:30.We are very excited. It is a fantastic opportunity for a bus.
:18:30. > :18:37.How do you think that you're at Leeds will do in London next here?
:18:37. > :18:43.I think we will do well. We have this a 19 based here, we have the
:18:43. > :18:48.athletics team as well. They will make a good account of themselves.
:18:48. > :18:57.I have no predictions. Thank you very much for talking to us.
:18:57. > :19:06.There is a lot more sport going on. Welcome back to London. This is the
:19:06. > :19:16.aquatics venue. It is a spectacular setting. 17,500 supporters will be
:19:16. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:22.in here. The most notable feature is the wave like a roof. Tom Daly
:19:23. > :19:31.will be performing the first dive in a BBC One Special shortly after
:19:31. > :19:39.our programme. We are hoping their medals in one year's time. Heres
:19:39. > :19:43.might take on the East Midlands as to watch.
:19:43. > :19:51.Rebecca Addington was the first one to win gold last year, it would be
:19:51. > :19:59.remarkable to repeat its, she will be disappointed not to get one.
:19:59. > :20:04.This man has been set back by illness. On the track we are
:20:04. > :20:13.expecting medals, this girl has showed signs of returning to her
:20:13. > :20:22.best. Andy Turner has a medal in his sights. As long as we do not
:20:22. > :20:29.drop the baton, we have a very good record in relays. Our hockey sides
:20:29. > :20:39.are remarks the world's elite. Piggy French should be in the medal
:20:39. > :20:41.
:20:41. > :20:48.hunt in the eventing. This man may be our surprise package.
:20:48. > :20:53.They will be medals in people, we all know about Rebecca Badminton --
:20:53. > :21:03.Rebekah Addington. The swimming team have given the exclusive
:21:03. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:17.These are some of Britain have's the best swimmers. Ballet was part
:21:17. > :21:22.of their preparation for the World Championships. We are all ready to
:21:22. > :21:26.go to performance. It is about thinking how you use your body.
:21:26. > :21:33.Over the next 12 months you'll be getting to know this team if Batty
:21:33. > :21:39.follow their Olympic process. Fran Halsall, I swim freestyle and
:21:39. > :21:44.sometimes but applied. Saw me maybe an individual support -- sport, but
:21:44. > :21:52.this is death and the team. We have so much banter, he it is a lot of
:21:52. > :21:58.fun. It is like a team sport. not let the joking full-year, they
:21:58. > :22:06.are as dedicated as they come. the head coach of the intensive
:22:06. > :22:13.training centre. Early-morning starts, strict diets, and miles and
:22:13. > :22:18.miles of practice. You cannot say died in and give me a gold medal,
:22:18. > :22:27.you have to look at your strike rate, when you are breathing, if
:22:27. > :22:32.how many kicks you do off the turn. It is all about the Olympics. Some
:22:32. > :22:39.of the group will be hoping for a medal, others know they are just
:22:39. > :22:45.trying to make the team. It is a dreamy have had since a child. I
:22:45. > :22:48.want to be the surprise winner on the team. We will have the inside
:22:48. > :22:58.track on the swimmers are aiming to be Britain proud.
:22:58. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:04.This is where their journey will end. The Olympic Paul. The world's
:23:04. > :23:08.media attention will be focused here. We may be the only original
:23:08. > :23:17.crew allowed here, but they are 1000 representatives from all
:23:17. > :23:24.points of the world. Looking good. Meet the athletes of
:23:24. > :23:28.the future. They are doing toning up exercises. Crocheted a lions and
:23:28. > :23:33.ceramic flowers, not the first thing you would associate with the
:23:33. > :23:41.Olympic Games. But they are works that had been a commission to tie
:23:41. > :23:48.in with the Games. Two artists we are very different
:23:49. > :23:54.works of art. They are part of the Cultural Olympiad. This manner is
:23:54. > :24:02.producing ceramic flowers, they are moulded from play with painstaking
:24:02. > :24:09.detail. I am producing 2000 ceramic flowers to go around the country. I
:24:10. > :24:14.am producing things like this. This is going to Blenheim Palace. The
:24:14. > :24:21.roses are going to the Houses of Parliament. Marrying the arts with
:24:21. > :24:29.the Olympics is not a new idea. Up until the 19 up 50s artists created
:24:29. > :24:36.works are that was up -- inspired by sport. It is clear to see the
:24:36. > :24:41.scale of challenge is still there. This artist has spent 18 months
:24:41. > :24:51.working on a three joined crocheted lions. They are inspired by the
:24:51. > :24:52.
:24:53. > :25:01.Olympics. She has got prove 36 miles a Derbyshire were all. --
:25:01. > :25:09.wall. The Lions are going to tour the region. The art work which has
:25:09. > :25:13.been produced will last for decades. There is all relate what we do to
:25:13. > :25:18.raise specific time when this time hosted an Olympic Games. With one
:25:18. > :25:25.year to go, there is clearly a lot left to do. Both artists are hoping
:25:25. > :25:31.that they will leave a legacy supporting sport and culture.
:25:31. > :25:35.We liked our art. Merle art, this is my Romeo and Juliet moment. Are
:25:35. > :25:40.you there? I am hoping you are going to come up and rescue me. It
:25:40. > :25:43.is far too early to think about the weather for the next 12 months.
:25:43. > :25:50.Something like today would be Something like today would be
:25:50. > :25:55.perfect. We have had a cloudy all week so far. We expect it to stay
:25:56. > :26:05.that way. It will be a little bit he made. Let's look at tonight.
:26:06. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:16.This was sent in by Graham. He was out harvesting using a 1940s binder.
:26:16. > :26:21.It has been a cloudy day. You can see the cloud of bubbling up. There
:26:21. > :26:29.are only one or two breaks in the cloud. That is how it will stay
:26:29. > :26:39.going into the evening. As we go overnight, the cloud will be
:26:39. > :26:45.increasing. We expect some low cloud are too old in. -- to come in.
:26:45. > :26:51.A minimum temperature of 13 Celsius. Tomorrow is a cloudy start. It will
:26:52. > :26:57.lead than clear, we are hopeful it will become a brighter day, maybe a
:26:57. > :27:05.little bit of sunshine. With that sunshine, temperatures will warm up,
:27:05. > :27:11.23 Celsius. Friday will see high pressure, are a few showers first
:27:11. > :27:20.thing, dry and brighter as we go into the afternoon. The outlook on
:27:20. > :27:24.Saturday will be Brier -- dry and sunny. A good weekend.
:27:24. > :27:33.What do you think of this? And the original Olympic torch from 1948.
:27:33. > :27:40.That is yours to borrow, to borrow. What will the weather be like for