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[00:01.000 --> 00:05.040]  And the breeze gets stronger through Monday night and to choose their significant strength
[00:05.040 --> 00:09.160]  in other wind, linked into this deepening area of low pressure, another stormy law, we've
[00:09.160 --> 00:12.840]  seen some of the past few weeks, another one to come through Monday night and to choose.
[00:12.840 --> 00:17.400]  They prompting the Met Office to issue an early warning of strong winds across the UK.
[00:17.400 --> 00:22.440]  50-70 mana gusts, possibly quite widely across the country, even more than that around the
[00:22.440 --> 00:23.440]  coast and the hills.
[00:23.440 --> 00:27.280]  We will see you heavy rain as well to begin the day, easing to the south east for the
[00:27.280 --> 00:30.880]  afternoon, snow then packing into north west Scotland, but there will be the risk of some
[00:30.880 --> 00:34.320]  minor flooding from that rain, temperatures lifting a little bit.
[00:34.320 --> 00:37.320]  Temperatures will live further on Wednesday after a chilly start.
[00:37.320 --> 00:41.080]  Bright dry is bright as for longest to the south and the east but more cloud and rain
[00:41.080 --> 00:44.680]  and hills north of Scotland, starting to push in from the north west later, temperatures
[00:44.680 --> 00:46.480]  are around 7 to 10 south.
[00:46.480 --> 00:50.440]  So a topsy-turvy week of weather, your 5-day forecast are online and there's more later
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[00:58.440 --> 01:05.440]  As far as we might conceive, you've got destruction and devastation.
[01:05.440 --> 01:12.440]  It's been a truly memorable occasion, we're suppressing what would you have had to do to be captured?
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[01:18.440 --> 01:26.440]  Our nation's world food program says 10 million others in this corner of Africa are going to need their help in the next few months.
[01:26.440 --> 01:29.440]  This is the image of London and this flashed around the world.
[01:29.440 --> 01:32.440]  It was a day which changed America and the world.
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[03:19.440 --> 03:26.440]  The final countdown begins for London 2012 but there's a new warning about betting syndicates.
[03:26.440 --> 03:34.440]  Celebrations as the Olympic year gets underway but the government says it's concerned about those who want to spoil the party.
[03:34.440 --> 03:43.440]  I'm very worried about it and it's not just me, the president of the International Olympic Committee thinks that this is the biggest threat facing sport this year.
[03:43.440 --> 03:53.440]  Also tonight, grim tidings, Europe's leaders warn 2012 will be even more difficult than last year but insist the Eurozone will emerge from the economic crisis.
[03:53.440 --> 04:00.440]  Fans to make subletting councilhouses a criminal offense, tenants who rent out their homes could face jail.
[04:00.440 --> 04:06.440]  The Duke of Edinburgh walks to church to join the other royals for a new year's day service.
[04:06.440 --> 04:14.440]  The King is round the Go Keep in the end!
[04:14.440 --> 04:19.440]  And Sundalance snatch it with the last dark gold against lead leaders, Majesty City.
[04:28.440 --> 04:33.440]  Good evening! Events have taken place today to mark the start of the Olympic year.
[04:33.440 --> 04:39.440]  The chairman of London 2012 Lord Co said the games would show that Britain was open for business.
[04:39.440 --> 04:43.440]  But the dangers ahead were highlighted by the Olympics Minister.
[04:43.440 --> 04:47.440]  He warned that betting syndicates are aiming to fix the outcome of competitions.
[04:47.440 --> 04:51.440]  Our sports correspondent James Pierce is in London's Trafalgar Square now.
[04:51.440 --> 04:53.440]  James?
[04:53.440 --> 04:55.440]  Good evening, there's Countdown clock.
[04:55.440 --> 05:03.440]  Seems the whole special significance is evening. Two hundred and eight days to go, but one weight is over here. We are now in 2012.
[05:03.440 --> 05:06.440]  Today there have been special celebrations on this part of London.
[05:06.440 --> 05:10.440]  A Olympic thing with the Lord Mayor's New Year parade.
[05:10.440 --> 05:15.440]  I should warn you that this report contains some flash photography.
[05:15.440 --> 05:19.440]  The dawn of a new year over London's Olympic Stadium.
[05:19.440 --> 05:23.440]  2012, the year for which all of this has been built.
[05:23.440 --> 05:32.440]  In the centre of the city, the annual New Year's parade with an Olympic theme as a build-up to the games intensifies.
[05:32.440 --> 05:35.440]  Economically, the coming months carry uncertainty.
[05:35.440 --> 05:41.440]  But the message from London 2012 is that the party's spirit mustn't be dampened.
[05:41.440 --> 05:52.440]  This is a country that is open for business and we need to use every opportunity we can of the back of the games to showcase the fantastic creativity.
[05:52.440 --> 06:01.440]  Our fantastic businesses, our artistic endeavour, our sporting endeavour, and most crucially what we are as a nation.
[06:01.440 --> 06:04.440]  But many challenges still remain.
[06:04.440 --> 06:10.440]  In November, three Pakistani cricketers were jailed for their involvement in a betting plot.
[06:10.440 --> 06:15.440]  Today the sports minister warned about the risk of a similar scandal at the Olympics.
[06:15.440 --> 06:23.440]  It absolutely is a possibility and the danger, the real danger lies in spot fixing.
[06:23.440 --> 06:29.440]  Just consider how easy it is to bet on something like the first short corner in a hockey game, any team sport you can bet on an individual action or a caron.
[06:29.440 --> 06:37.440]  So you look at the number of team sports that there are in the Olympics and the threat the real threat becomes very obvious.
[06:37.440 --> 06:42.440]  This being London, one of the other great unpredictable, is the weather.
[06:42.440 --> 06:46.440]  Those taking part in today's parade got soaked.
[06:46.440 --> 06:54.440]  Not that that deterred one Olympic champion who's hoping that by August still have another medal to hold alongside his gold from Beijing.
[06:54.440 --> 07:04.440]  I think what's most exciting about 2012 is not the fact that we can necessarily go and win medals, but the amount of enthusiasm that the country has for Olympics.
[07:04.440 --> 07:11.440]  We've been competing for this Olympics for years, but it's really exciting to see the country sort of almost wake up and have that moment of revelation.
[07:11.440 --> 07:18.440]  In fact that 2012 is the Olympic year and we as a country are going to celebrate it and come away with some fantastic gold medals to do.
[07:18.440 --> 07:20.440]  The venues are almost ready.
[07:20.440 --> 07:26.440]  The year is here, the London Olympics suddenly feel very close.
[07:26.440 --> 07:34.440]  The organisers will hope that when that countdown clock gets to zero, the weather is going to be very different than it has been today.
[07:34.440 --> 07:39.440]  We've had to rent your rain through out the afternoon, but the organisers have done a good job so far.
[07:39.440 --> 07:41.440]  Getting us to where we are, the started 2012.
[07:41.440 --> 07:50.440]  We've all those venues pretty much ready for action, but as a sports minister has highlighted, there are still some very big issues to be faced before the games can begin.
[07:50.440 --> 07:53.440]  James, thank you very much.
[07:53.440 --> 08:01.440]  Eurozone leaders have given a gloomy assessment of the year ahead, exactly 10 years after Eurocoins and banknotes first went into circulation.
[08:01.440 --> 08:10.440]  The French President Nicholas Sockozy warned that the worst economic crisis since the Second World War would continue to hurt households in 2012.
[08:10.440 --> 08:15.440]  While Angela Merkel said that for millions of Germans this year would be more difficult than last.
[08:15.440 --> 08:18.440]  Stephen Evans reports from Berlin.
[08:18.440 --> 08:21.440]  Nobody's crying for 2011.
[08:21.440 --> 08:25.440]  The year of riots in Greece has built Scott tighter and tighter.
[08:25.440 --> 08:29.440]  And friends fell out as Euro tensions got tougher and tougher.
[08:29.440 --> 08:34.440]  And leaders got shunted out as voters got less and less patient.
[08:37.440 --> 08:43.440]  So welcome 2012 with fireworks over the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
[08:43.440 --> 08:48.440]  And the annual message to her people from Chancellor Merkel.
[08:48.440 --> 08:51.440]  She did not promise a happy new year.
[08:51.440 --> 08:59.440]  A hopper vexed in Decreaser to Zaman.
[08:59.440 --> 09:01.440]  Europe is growing together in the crisis.
[09:01.440 --> 09:05.440]  The path to overcoming this remains long and won't be free from setbacks.
[09:05.440 --> 09:10.440]  But at the end of it, Europe will emerge stronger from the crisis than it went into it.
[09:10.440 --> 09:17.440]  And in Paris, the fireworks were subdued, but a new year's glow shone over the Eiffel Tower.
[09:17.440 --> 09:20.440]  A glow in the gloom of the message from the President.
[09:20.440 --> 09:27.440]  We have to be courageous and we have to be lucid.
[09:27.440 --> 09:32.440]  What's happening in the world announces that 2012 will be a year full of risks,
[09:32.440 --> 09:34.440]  but also full of possibilities.
[09:34.440 --> 09:40.440]  The total is full of hope if we know how to face the challenges, full of dangers, if we stand still.
[09:40.440 --> 09:44.440]  There is a new year ritual in Germany.
[09:44.440 --> 09:49.440]  Everybody watches a remake of an old British comedy about a Duchess and her backler.
[09:49.440 --> 09:55.440]  This year, there was a twist, a spoof with Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy.
[09:55.440 --> 10:00.440]  Conflict and triple-air rating, at Hüzen's Law for Ouring the Punch in Champagne.
[10:00.440 --> 10:08.440]  In real life, they are now linked together to save the Euro.
[10:08.440 --> 10:15.440]  They meet again in a few days' time to try to agree on greater integration of Eurozone policies.
[10:15.440 --> 10:23.440]  Even here in Germany, Europe's strongest economy, the forecasts are for growth not much more than zero.
[10:23.440 --> 10:27.440]  Throughout the rest of Europe, it may well be recession.
[10:27.440 --> 10:32.440]  2012 does not promise to be better than 2011.
[10:32.440 --> 10:37.440]  Germans take to the icy water in another new year ritual.
[10:37.440 --> 10:42.440]  Their government is not promising any warm-up of the economy quite the contrary.
[10:42.440 --> 10:46.440]  And that's bad news for every economy in Europe.
[10:46.440 --> 10:50.440]  Steven Evans, BBC News Berlin.
[10:50.440 --> 10:56.440]  A soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan was named today as private John King from
[10:56.440 --> 10:58.440]  First Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment.
[10:58.440 --> 11:07.440]  Private King was 19 and from Darlington was killed in a blast in the Na a surage district of Helman Province on Friday.
[11:07.440 --> 11:15.440]  Council tenants who sublet their homes for money will face prosecution and could be jailed under new government plans for England and Wales.
[11:15.440 --> 11:22.440]  High earners may also be forced to pay the market rate for living in their council property in proposals outlined today.
[11:22.440 --> 11:26.440]  Political correspondent Vicki Young reports.
[11:26.440 --> 11:29.440]  Their pocketing money at the taxpayers expense.
[11:29.440 --> 11:33.440]  That's what ministers think of council tenants who sublet their property.
[11:33.440 --> 11:39.440]  Around 160,000 tenants move out and take up to 1,000 pounds a week in rent from someone else.
[11:39.440 --> 11:49.440]  The government says it's a form of fraud to profit from a accommodation that's no longer needed and they're promising to change the law to make it a criminal offense.
[11:49.440 --> 11:56.440]  It's not fair it's not right hardworking taxpayers pay billions of pounds to a build on social housing.
[11:56.440 --> 12:00.440]  It should go to the people who really need it, not people who are committing that kind of fraud and abuse.
[12:00.440 --> 12:08.440]  Many local authorities already tell their tenants not to sublet, but often the worst penalty they face is losing the property.
[12:08.440 --> 12:11.440]  In future they could go to jail.
[12:11.440 --> 12:17.440]  Around 8 million people in England and Wales live in a home owned either by the council or a housing association.
[12:17.440 --> 12:23.440]  But there's a lengthy waiting list too, with almost 2 million families hoping to be housed.
[12:23.440 --> 12:31.440]  Ministers believe that making subletting illegal is one way to try and provide council homes for those who really need them.
[12:31.440 --> 12:36.440]  The government is also considering allowing councils to raise rents for high earning tenants.
[12:36.440 --> 12:45.440]  Those of the income over 100,000 pounds may have to pay more, although only 6,000 people are likely to be affected.
[12:45.440 --> 12:50.440]  But Labour say these measures won't do anything to tackle a far deeper problem.
[12:50.440 --> 13:05.440]  The reality is, the housing crisis is only going to be solved by building new affordable houses and grant shops as housing minister should stop reenouncing things aren't going to make an immediate big difference and get on with building new houses.
[13:05.440 --> 13:17.440]  The government will consult on its proposals soon, but the housing charity shelter has called for bigger and bolder solutions, not more tweaks to social housing policy, the Kiang BBC News.
[13:17.440 --> 13:23.440]  The Archbishop of Canterbury has said in his new year message that society is letting down young people.
[13:23.440 --> 13:31.440]  Dr. Rome Williams says the suspicion and negativity shown towards young people is driving them into unhappiness and anxiety.
[13:31.440 --> 13:37.440]  He said last August's riots in England were part of a much bigger and more serious problem.
[13:37.440 --> 13:47.440]  Iran has testified a new medium-range missile during naval exercises close to the straight-of-home mousse, one of the world's busiest shipping routes for transporting oil.
[13:47.440 --> 13:58.440]  The announcement of the test firing was followed shortly afterwards by Tehran saying it has successfully tested a nuclear fuel rod made from uranium enriched from within Iran for the first time.
[13:58.440 --> 14:01.440]  Nick Childs reports.
[14:01.440 --> 14:13.440]  Iran's naval forces show off their firepower maneuvers at sea that look like a repost to Western diplomatic maneuvers to tighten sanctions on Iran over its suspected nuclear ambitions.
[14:13.440 --> 14:22.440]  This naval commander says Iran is able to defend all its coastline and hit any target at any time it chooses.
[14:22.440 --> 14:30.440]  In the midst of ten days of exercises, it warned last week that it would shut the straight-of-home mousse if its own oil exports were squeezed.
[14:30.440 --> 14:38.440]  It may have backed off those comments later, but it's all a reminder of the fears for the oil market, fragile Western economies and stability in the Gulf.
[14:38.440 --> 14:48.440]  Iran straddles the narrow straight-of-home mousse, the mouth of the Gulf, the waterways, strategic significant stems from the fact that it carries more than a third of all oil shipped by sea.
[14:48.440 --> 14:53.440]  That's one reason the U.S. Navy has the headquarters for its fifth fleet in the Gulf in Varane.
[14:53.440 --> 14:56.440]  Britain stations are small, force of naval mine hunters there too.
[14:56.440 --> 15:06.440]  The decision to test a missile is simply to engage in some sort of brinksmanship to show that in the event of any attack they would have retaliatory capabilities,
[15:06.440 --> 15:12.440]  but it's also a gesture away of upping the pressure to make audiences in the west feel they should stay back.
[15:12.440 --> 15:19.440]  Iranian television also today proclaimed a new milestone in its nuclear developments.
[15:19.440 --> 15:23.440]  The production of its first fuel rod with domestically produced uranium.
[15:23.440 --> 15:28.440]  The images were meant to reinforce its position that its nuclear plans are purely peaceful.
[15:28.440 --> 15:33.440]  It's also hinted it might be ready to resume negotiations on its nuclear program,
[15:33.440 --> 15:38.440]  but President Obama has just signed a bill that could tighten U.S. sanctions on Iran.
[15:38.440 --> 15:45.440]  Even as the west ponders this mixture of new messages from Tehran, Nick Child's BBC News.
[15:45.440 --> 15:50.440]  The Duke of Edinburgh has joined the rest of the royal family for the New Year's day service at Sandringen.
[15:50.440 --> 15:59.440]  Prince Philip was greeted by hundreds of well-wishers as he walked to church just a few days after he was released from hospital, following surgery for a blocked artery.
[15:59.440 --> 16:01.440]  Mark Wehrthington reports.
[16:01.440 --> 16:08.440]  After more than a week's rest, the Duke of Edinburgh's New Year message was that he's now firmly back on his feet.
[16:08.440 --> 16:13.440]  Striding as usual at the head of the royal party, he made the short walk to the morning,
[16:13.440 --> 16:19.440]  sounding him church service to the sound of spontaneous applause.
[16:19.440 --> 16:23.440]  The hundreds of well-wishers who lined the route far more than normal,
[16:23.440 --> 16:30.440]  and all visibly pleased that just a few days after leaving the Patworth hospital, Prince Philip appeared to be in good health.
[16:30.440 --> 16:35.440]  As he came up, people were clapping, and genuinely pleased and all excited to say he's here is here.
[16:35.440 --> 16:37.440]  So I think everyone's really pleased to see him.
[16:37.440 --> 16:40.440]  I'd like to think I looked as good when I'm 90.
[16:40.440 --> 16:42.440]  But he looked good, yeah.
[16:42.440 --> 16:44.440]  A very well-looking Prince Philip.
[16:44.440 --> 16:49.440]  Yes, he looked really well, and it was nice to see him out walking.
[16:49.440 --> 16:56.440]  After the service, the Duke of Edinburgh emerged from the church to be greeted once more by applause.
[16:56.440 --> 17:01.440]  It was a show of support he clearly appreciated.
[17:04.440 --> 17:08.440]  The Queen may have made the journey to and from church by car,
[17:08.440 --> 17:13.440]  but by arriving and leaving under his own steam, Prince Philip was sending a clear message
[17:13.440 --> 17:17.440]  that his Christmas health scare is behind him.
[17:17.440 --> 17:24.440]  And the whole royal family can now look ahead to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year.
[17:24.440 --> 17:27.440]  Mark Werthington, BBC News, Sandra.
[17:27.440 --> 17:31.440]  On to football, Manchester City still lead the Premier League,
[17:31.440 --> 17:35.440]  but only on gold difference after suffering a shock defeat against Sunderland.
[17:35.440 --> 17:38.440]  Joe Wilson watched the action.
[17:38.440 --> 17:42.440]  For Manchini's Man City, 2012 promises the Premier League title.
[17:42.440 --> 17:44.440]  It's simple enough to say.
[17:44.440 --> 17:49.440]  Manchini's United's defeat to Fulcburn was a reminder of the dangers that lurked throughout the league.
[17:49.440 --> 17:53.440]  And here we've rejuvenated Sunderland should have opened the scoring after two minutes.
[17:53.440 --> 17:56.440]  Nicholas Begner, the squanderer.
[17:56.440 --> 17:59.440]  City rested their star forwards, well, some of them.
[17:59.440 --> 18:04.440]  It was still Edin Jekko, thwarted by Sunderland's keeper, the masked minulee.
[18:04.440 --> 18:07.440]  It was recently fractured nose and eyesight.
[18:07.440 --> 18:10.440]  Stale made Manchini added sparkle from the substitutes,
[18:10.440 --> 18:13.440]  aguero and silver both on no change.
[18:13.440 --> 18:18.440]  City dominated possession, but time and time again, Sunderland kept them out with
[18:18.440 --> 18:21.440]  organisation, bravery and a bit of good luck.
[18:21.440 --> 18:26.440]  A gold-estourcing well earned, until the third minute of injury time,
[18:26.440 --> 18:29.440]  at a young South Korean called G. Don Rogers.
[18:29.440 --> 18:33.440]  Possibly offside, no one cared in Sunderland.
[18:33.440 --> 18:39.440]  Teams managed by Martin O'Neill never give up as Man City, have just discovered.
[18:39.440 --> 18:41.440]  Joe Wilson BBC News.
[18:41.440 --> 18:46.440]  Everton climbed into the top half of the Premier League table after a one-nil win at West
[18:46.440 --> 18:49.440]  Brom. With just three minutes of the game left,
[18:49.440 --> 18:52.440]  substitute Victor and Chibi playing his first games.
[18:52.440 --> 18:54.440]  It's August because of injury,
[18:54.440 --> 18:59.440]  Pounce on some poor defensive work to score from close range.
[18:59.440 --> 19:02.440]  In rugby's Aviva Premiership, struggling Bath,
[19:02.440 --> 19:05.440]  Beat London, Irish by 33 points to three.
[19:05.440 --> 19:09.440]  The pick of the tries for the home side came in the 58th minute,
[19:09.440 --> 19:12.440]  when they ran the ball from inside their own 22.
[19:12.440 --> 19:16.440]  The South Africa scram half Michael Classes, we've finished off the move
[19:16.440 --> 19:19.440]  by going over in the corner.
[19:19.440 --> 19:23.440]  As we've heard today marks the start of a big year for Britain,
[19:23.440 --> 19:27.440]  and it began with a spectacular fireworks display in London,
[19:27.440 --> 19:30.440]  the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games.
[19:30.440 --> 19:35.440]  The display featured 12,000 fireworks producing some 50,000 projectiles
[19:35.440 --> 19:37.440]  and lasted nearly quarter of an hour.
[19:37.440 --> 19:40.440]  Louise Abaldini takes another look.
[19:40.440 --> 19:45.440]  Big Ben chimed in the new year in London,
[19:45.440 --> 19:49.440]  leading a magnificent fireworks display for which thousands
[19:49.440 --> 19:53.440]  have gathered along the banks of the 10s.
[19:53.440 --> 20:01.440]  The fireworks at Edinburgh Castle saw the longest ever midnight display
[20:01.440 --> 20:04.440]  put on for the Hogman A celebrations.
[20:04.440 --> 20:09.440]  Across the Ponder New York,
[20:09.440 --> 20:13.440]  Lady Gaga was at the centre of proceedings in Times Square
[20:13.440 --> 20:16.440]  with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
[20:22.440 --> 20:25.440]  The celebration in Moscow was more muted,
[20:25.440 --> 20:30.440]  but red square lit up by fireworks was a breathtaking spectacle as ever.
[20:30.440 --> 20:33.440]  It was cold there, but in Brazil it was wet,
[20:33.440 --> 20:37.440]  though the heavy rain didn't put off 2 million people from seeing in the new year
[20:37.440 --> 20:40.440]  on Copacabana Beach in Rio.
[20:43.440 --> 20:45.440]  Back in London, it was wet too,
[20:45.440 --> 20:47.440]  but that didn't dampen the celebrations,
[20:47.440 --> 20:50.440]  which were welcoming in not just another new year,
[20:50.440 --> 20:53.440]  but the Olympic year with a bang.
[20:53.440 --> 20:56.440]  Louise Abaldini's BBC News.
[20:58.440 --> 20:59.440]  Happy new year to you.
[20:59.440 --> 21:02.440]  I'll be back with more from the newsroom at 10 past 10.
[21:02.440 --> 21:07.440]  Now on BBC One, it's time to join our news teams, where you are.
[21:13.440 --> 21:14.440]  Hello, good evening.
[21:14.440 --> 21:16.440]  You're watching BBC News with me, Anita McVay,
[21:16.440 --> 21:19.440]  and let's get a little more now on the Olympic Games.
[21:19.440 --> 21:23.440]  We're just at 208 days away now from the opening ceremony
[21:23.440 --> 21:27.440]  and our sports news correspondent James Pierce has been in Trafalgar Square
[21:27.440 --> 21:30.440]  where the New Year's day parade has been taking place
[21:30.440 --> 21:32.440]  with an Olympic scene.
[21:32.440 --> 21:34.440]  Behind me, you can see the countdown clock,
[21:34.440 --> 21:37.440]  just 28 days to go.
[21:37.440 --> 21:39.440]  Here in Trafalgar Square in 2005,
[21:39.440 --> 21:41.440]  many people gathered to watch the announcement
[21:41.440 --> 21:44.440]  that London was going to be the host city for those 2012 games.
[21:44.440 --> 21:47.440]  It seemed so far away at a time, but here it is.
[21:47.440 --> 21:49.440]  I'm delighted to say a long side of us.
[21:49.440 --> 21:52.440]  We have an Olympic gold medalist, hopefully a two times gold medalist
[21:52.440 --> 21:53.440]  by the end of this year.
[21:53.440 --> 21:54.440]  And it's feels so flis.
[21:54.440 --> 21:55.440]  It's like a purchase.
[21:55.440 --> 21:56.440]  Thank you very much for joining us.
[21:56.440 --> 21:58.440]  And it's say medals were awarded today.
[21:58.440 --> 22:00.440]  You should get one. You've come all the way from Oxford.
[22:00.440 --> 22:01.440]  Just for this.
[22:01.440 --> 22:03.440]  But here's the medal that really matters.
[22:03.440 --> 22:05.440]  You're Beijing medal.
[22:05.440 --> 22:08.440]  Try and put into words what it feels like as a British athlete
[22:08.440 --> 22:12.440]  to wake up and look at the calendar and see that it really is 2012.
[22:12.440 --> 22:13.440]  Well, you know what?
[22:13.440 --> 22:16.440]  It didn't really hit me until you saw the saws fireworks going off last night.
[22:16.440 --> 22:18.440]  We sat at home, watched the TV,
[22:18.440 --> 22:20.440]  and we saw those fireworks going off the eye
[22:20.440 --> 22:22.440]  and they're sort of the Olympic theme to them.
[22:22.440 --> 22:24.440]  And just realise that there's only, as you say,
[22:24.440 --> 22:27.440]  28 days to go and time to really get cracking some training.
[22:27.440 --> 22:29.440]  Does it actually feel different this morning?
[22:29.440 --> 22:30.440]  Being in Olympic here?
[22:30.440 --> 22:32.440]  I'm really hoping it's not raining like this in August.
[22:32.440 --> 22:33.440]  I'll tell you how.
[22:33.440 --> 22:35.440]  But no, it feels really special.
[22:35.440 --> 22:36.440]  It's a big and a rowing boat anyway.
[22:36.440 --> 22:37.440]  Yeah, yeah.
[22:37.440 --> 22:40.440]  We used to water, but hopefully when we came down from the sky.
[22:40.440 --> 22:43.440]  What do you now have to do?
[22:43.440 --> 22:44.440]  Obviously the day is getting closer,
[22:44.440 --> 22:45.440]  our own closer.
[22:45.440 --> 22:47.440]  Is it just a matter of training and training?
[22:47.440 --> 22:49.440]  Or is there a lot of mental work to be done?
[22:49.440 --> 22:51.440]  Whilst we're so secret to the success now?
[22:51.440 --> 22:54.440]  The secret for us is going to be really consistent.
[22:54.440 --> 22:58.440]  We know we can be good with one of the last of our championships,
[22:58.440 --> 22:59.440]  the one for that.
[22:59.440 --> 23:02.440]  And for us is about putting in the right work at the right time
[23:02.440 --> 23:04.440]  and making sure whatever we do is really effective.
[23:04.440 --> 23:07.440]  And it's not going to go too much to the long way.
[23:07.440 --> 23:08.440]  That's still more in a moment.
[23:08.440 --> 23:09.440]  But let's introduce this as well.
[23:09.440 --> 23:10.440]  Are you getting married?
[23:10.440 --> 23:11.440]  Are you all business here?
[23:11.440 --> 23:12.440]  That's right.
[23:12.440 --> 23:14.440]  Two weeks after the Olympics finished.
[23:14.440 --> 23:15.440]  She's great planning.
[23:15.440 --> 23:18.440]  What's it like being engaged as someone who's focused probably
[23:18.440 --> 23:19.440]  isn't on the wedding right now?
[23:19.440 --> 23:21.440]  It will maybe it is, but maybe it shouldn't.
[23:21.440 --> 23:25.440]  It's not a lot of fun anymore.
[23:25.440 --> 23:27.440]  He's been a lot of work to do.
[23:27.440 --> 23:29.440]  And I'm happy to be doing most of the planning
[23:29.440 --> 23:31.440]  whilst he's away and on training counts.
[23:31.440 --> 23:32.440]  It's fine by me.
[23:32.440 --> 23:34.440]  Do you find yourself a bit of a sport in where do you want to go?
[23:34.440 --> 23:37.440]  Yeah, I think I think was that going away in the four days
[23:37.440 --> 23:38.440]  time on a three week training camp.
[23:38.440 --> 23:40.440]  That would be hard as always.
[23:40.440 --> 23:42.440]  But you should get used to it.
[23:42.440 --> 23:43.440]  We've kind of got used to it by now.
[23:43.440 --> 23:46.440]  I haven't been spending six years at the same routine now.
[23:46.440 --> 23:49.440]  So yeah, I'm really excited.
[23:49.440 --> 23:52.440]  But I can't come to comfort in.
[23:52.440 --> 23:53.440]  You can do it again this year.
[23:53.440 --> 23:56.440]  I think the form we've shown us last year is
[23:56.440 --> 23:58.440]  if things go right, then there shouldn't be any reason
[23:58.440 --> 24:00.440]  why the option doesn't present itself in a good way.
[24:00.440 --> 24:02.440]  Obviously, there's a lot of stuff to do between that
[24:02.440 --> 24:05.440]  and then injury and illness committing which we should
[24:05.440 --> 24:06.440]  come out on top.
[24:06.440 --> 24:07.440]  I'm rowing really bad.
[24:07.440 --> 24:09.440]  It should be the strongest sport for Team GB.
[24:09.440 --> 24:11.440]  We have a fantastic tradition in sport.
[24:11.440 --> 24:13.440]  You know, throughout the year, we are the only
[24:13.440 --> 24:16.440]  sport that's come out with a god medal at every single Olympics
[24:16.440 --> 24:17.440]  last two times.
[24:17.440 --> 24:19.440]  So it's really exciting to be part of that.
[24:19.440 --> 24:21.440]  And that history really spurs us on.
[24:21.440 --> 24:24.440]  We can be sitting down and start like knowing that we are part of
[24:24.440 --> 24:26.440]  not only a race successful team within Team GB,
[24:26.440 --> 24:29.440]  but a race successful running team as part of that.
[24:29.440 --> 24:31.440]  And it's really inspiring to be part of that team.
[24:31.440 --> 24:33.440]  I don't expect too much time looking at the clock behind you.
[24:33.440 --> 24:36.440]  Because I think what is going down all the time is getting close.
[24:36.440 --> 24:37.440]  But thanks so much for joining us.
[24:37.440 --> 24:40.440]  We've done a much better job than me of keeping your head dry as well.
[24:40.440 --> 24:42.440]  So from one Olympic gold medalist,
[24:42.440 --> 24:43.440]  thanks to you, Mr. Deau.
[24:43.440 --> 24:45.440]  James Pierce, though, in a very wet,
[24:45.440 --> 24:48.440]  Trafalgar Square, let's check out the rest of the weather forecast now.
[24:48.440 --> 24:50.440]  That's with Matt Taylor.
[24:50.440 --> 24:51.440]  Hello there.
[24:51.440 --> 24:52.440]  The assistant rain we've seen across.
[24:52.440 --> 24:54.440]  Eastern areas this afternoon will clear through.
[24:54.440 --> 24:58.440]  And as it goes, we introduce much colder air across the whole of the UK.
[24:58.440 --> 25:01.440]  Now, that colder air comes with its some showers.
[25:01.440 --> 25:05.440]  That cold air chasing away the assistant rain we've seen in the east quite quickly.
[25:05.440 --> 25:08.440]  But Eastern areas do become dry and clear for a time.
[25:08.440 --> 25:09.440]  But it's in the west.
[25:09.440 --> 25:10.440]  The showers will continue.
[25:10.440 --> 25:12.440]  I've been authorizing the Northern Ireland and Scotland.
[25:12.440 --> 25:14.440]  They'll become increasingly winchry.
[25:14.440 --> 25:16.440]  For all temperatures, very close to freezing.
[25:16.440 --> 25:18.440]  Much colder than recent nights.
[25:18.440 --> 25:20.440]  For us than where the ground is damp.
[25:20.440 --> 25:21.440]  A risk of ice.
[25:21.440 --> 25:23.440]  That is more of a significant risk for North West England.
[25:23.440 --> 25:24.440]  Scotland and Northern Ireland.
[25:24.440 --> 25:26.440]  Whether it be winchry showers throughout the day tomorrow.
[25:26.440 --> 25:28.440]  North West England, Northern Ireland,
[25:28.440 --> 25:29.440]  Drain and Sleat.
[25:29.440 --> 25:31.440]  Scotland, Sleat and Snow, even to lower levels.
[25:31.440 --> 25:34.440]  Mainly rain across southern counties of England during the morning.
[25:34.440 --> 25:36.440]  But they will gradually clear through a think for the most part.
[25:36.440 --> 25:39.440]  Eastern areas generally dry and brighter than the west.
[25:39.440 --> 25:41.440]  Where the showers will continue through the day.
[25:41.440 --> 25:43.440]  But for all, it will be much colder day.
[25:43.440 --> 25:44.440]  Particularly the breeze.
[25:44.440 --> 25:46.440]  Four to seven Celsius at best.
[25:46.440 --> 25:47.440]  Turn story on Tuesday.
[25:47.440 --> 25:49.440]  More details on that online.
[25:49.440 --> 25:51.440]  And then half an hour.
[25:51.440 --> 25:54.440]  Great things happen when people come together.
[25:54.440 --> 25:57.440]  So in the run-up to London 2012.
[25:57.440 --> 26:01.440]  World Class are inviting schools across the world to heart and run.
[26:01.440 --> 26:03.440]  Inspired by the Olympic spirit.
[26:03.440 --> 26:06.440]  People can reach out to each other across the globe.
[26:06.440 --> 26:08.440]  To learn about life in another country.
[26:08.440 --> 26:09.440]  Share ideas.
[26:09.440 --> 26:13.440]  And join in the excitement counting down to the games.
[26:13.440 --> 26:16.440]  So to win your school for 2012.
[26:16.440 --> 26:20.440]  Go to BBC.co.uk World Class to find out how.
[26:26.440 --> 26:27.440]  Hello and very good evening to you.
[26:27.440 --> 26:29.440]  This is BBC News with me, Anisha McVey.
[26:29.440 --> 26:32.440]  The summary of our main stories now at almost half past five.
[26:32.440 --> 26:37.440]  Events have taken place across London today to mark the start of the Olympic year.
[26:37.440 --> 26:43.440]  The chairman of London 2012 Lord Co. said the games would show that Britain was open for business.
[26:43.440 --> 26:47.440]  However, there was a warning from Olympic's minister Hugh Robertson, who is described
[26:47.440 --> 26:54.440]  event fixing by betting syndicates as the biggest threat to the 2012 games.
[26:54.440 --> 26:59.440]  European leaders have given a somber assessment of the financial prospects for the year ahead.
[26:59.440 --> 27:08.440]  President Zarkozy said the Eurozone debt crisis was not yet finished.
[27:08.440 --> 27:12.440]  While the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe was experiencing its most severe test in decades.
[27:12.440 --> 27:18.440]  He or Council tenants who subled their homes could face prosecution under proposals to be set out by the government.
[27:18.440 --> 27:23.440]  Tenants on high wages may also have to pay market rates for their homes or face eviction.
[27:23.440 --> 27:31.440]  It's estimated that up to 6,000 people living in social housing have incomes of more than £100,000.
[27:31.440 --> 27:39.440]  A British soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Friday has been named by the Ministry of Defence as 19-year-old
[27:39.440 --> 27:40.440]  Private John King.
[27:40.440 --> 27:46.440]  The servicemen from first battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in an explosion in a narrow
[27:46.440 --> 27:49.440]  serrage district of helmet province.
[27:49.440 --> 27:56.440]  Hundreds of well-wishers gathered at Sandringham earlier to see Prince Philip make his first public appearance
[27:56.440 --> 27:59.440]  since having surgery on a blocked artery just before Christmas.
[27:59.440 --> 28:05.440]  The Duke of Edinburgh joined the rest of the world family for a new year's day church service.
[28:05.440 --> 28:10.440]  More from it's 6 o'clock, but right now it's world Olympic dreams.
[28:10.440 --> 28:20.440]  Matthew Pinsant meets young athletes from around the world aiming to make it to London 2012.
[28:40.440 --> 28:53.440]  Welcome to World Olympic Dreams, the series that follows 26 athletes from all across the globe
[28:53.440 --> 28:56.440]  in their preparations for the London Olympics.
[28:56.440 --> 29:06.440]  This is lords and the long run, the home of cricket, and it's through these doors that players walk on their way to bat.
[29:06.440 --> 29:19.440]  Cricket has been played here since 1814, but this week, old father time is looking down on the world's best archers as they compete in a London archery classic.
[29:19.440 --> 29:27.440]  It's an official test event for London 2012 giving around 100 of the world's top archers the perfect chance to
[29:27.440 --> 29:36.440]  traumatise to conditions here in central London, and hopefully I'll be able to have a go myself.
[29:36.440 --> 29:40.440]  Also coming up in this edition of World Olympic Dreams.
[29:40.440 --> 29:50.440]  My Linda Kalmendi, a judo fighter who's a Olympic aspirations are threatened by political ranglings in the former Yugoslavia.
[29:50.440 --> 30:00.440]  From the war-rabaged banks of Baghdad River Tigress, to the idyllic calm of Lake Blade in Slovenia, the rocky rower hydra Rashid tells me about it.