so then brasher leads off...uppose i've had a rest for several days from running, and so i shout, "faster, faster," and he takes no notice whatsoever. he said, "well, a, ithought i was probably doing it at the right speed," he said, "and, b, i couldn't go any faster anyway." so he does a good first lap, 58, ‘cause you run the first 15 yards faster, you sprint until you get a good position. and the times were being called out, weren‘t they, on the public address as well? everybody could hear the time. so there we are, that was fine. and then you settled down to what is a 4—minute mile pace, as closely as you can, 60 seconds, and they did the next lap in 60 seconds, so it was a 1:58 half mile. you knew you were on course at that point. we were absolutely on course. and then he felt he were slowing and i think, i said, you know, whatever i did say to him, "chris, come up," you know, chris chataway, and he then took over. and it‘s inevitable that the third lap slows, you know, itjust happens in pretty well all races.

you brasher, son of chris brasher who took part that day.is story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. the first review is a little bit later because we have a special programme about the italian elections. our guests joining me tonight are tony grew and caroline frost. i would put money on there being some rather remarkable photographs of sir roger bannister on the front pages. hundreds of people have been fleeing eastern ghouta, just outside the syrian capital damascus, as government forces continue their assault. they are now said to hold a quarter of the province, which has been in the hands of rebel groups. our middle east editorjeremy bowen reports from damascus. these people said their village was moving because the syrian army had arrived. one man cursed the russians and iranians, key allies of the regime. air strikes he said including band cluster bombs had not stopped. translation: it has been four days, no fuel, no bread, no food, no water. where is the world?

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after two and a half laps, brasher gives way to chataway.superb tactician, has suffered criticism in the past for adopting his own rather unorthodox training methods, but they are paying dividends now. at this point it becomes quite painful. i overtake chris chataway and begin the finish. and here he comes. bannister goes streaking forward with about 250 yards to the tapes. every stride counted. the tape broke at 3 minutes 59.1; seconds. and bannister has done it! though he's out on his feet, his coach and team manager tell him he has achieved his ambition. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event, something of a landmark for the country. it might have felt like the world stopped when that clock stopped. "four—minute mile" was a sporting catchphrase everyone recognised. all i can say is i am absolutely overwhelmed and delighted. it was a great surprise to me to be able to do it today and i think i was very lucky. sir roger bannister was knighted in 1975. athletics was only a small part of his life. he regarded his work as a

hugh brasher, son of chris brasher, is now race director of the london marathon.y is a lifetime thing. sip timeless, to be the first man to run under four minutes for the mile. timeless, to be the first man to run underfour minutes for the mile. i think it is almost difficult for us 6 years to maybe understand at the time how important it was. this was britain coming out of a war, with rationing. he lifted a nation. he did what was seen to be physiologically impossible. people had tried for years to break this magical barrier. could someone run under four minutes for a mile? and he did it. but what he also did in his life outside running, in medicine, who he was, his humility. he was head of the sports council which then became sport england. this is the end of an era. he with my father and chris chat away, the three chataaway, the three of them, what they achieved in sport was amazing. what they then went and achieved outside sport i don't think will ever be seen again, because sport now is a full—time profession. and just tell us who your father was, and what hi

after two and a half laps, brasher gives way to chataway.er, a superb tactician, has suffered criticism in the past for adopting his unorthodox training methods but they are paying dividends now. brasher and chataway were the pacemakers. those names became famous themselves. those young men gave everything on 6th may, 1954, on oxford's iffley road track. at this point it becomes quite painful. i overtake chris chataway and begin the finish. and here he comes. bannister goes streaking forward with about 250 yards to the tape. before their friend bannister took over. every stride counted. the tape broke at 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. and bannister has done it! he's out on his feet. his coach and team manager tell him he has achieved his ambition. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event, something of a landmark for the country. it might have felt like the world stopped when that clock stopped. "four—minute mile" was a sporting catchphrase everybody recognised. all i can say is i am absolutely overwhelmed and delighted. it was a g

after two—and—a—half laps, brasher gives way to chataway. own rather unorthodox training methods. but they are paying dividends now. at this point it becomes quite painful. i overtake chris chataway and begin the finish. and here he comes. bannister goes streaking forward with about 250 yards to the tapes. every stride counted. the tape broke at three minutes 59.a seconds. and bannister has done it. though he is out on his feet, his coach and team manager tell him he has achieved his ambition. it might have felt like the world stopped when that clock stopped. four minute mile was a sporting catch phrase everyone recognised. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event and something ofa being a national event and something of a landmark for the country. lam i am overwhelmed and delighted at being able to do it today. i was very lucky. sir roger bannister was knighted in 1995. he regarded his work as a neurologist as more consistent. he described the gentle irony when he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease. his training would

after two—and—a—half laps, brasher gives way to chataway.ing methods. but they're paying dividends now. at this point, it becomes quite painful. i overtake chris chataway and begin the finish. and here he comes. bannister goes streaking forward with about 250 yards to the tapes. every stride counted. the tape broke at 3:59.4 seconds. and bannister has done it. though he's out on his feet, his coach and team manager tell him he's achieved his ambition. it might have felt like the world stopped when that clock stopped. four—minute mile was a sporting catch phrase everyone recognised. well, all i can say is that i'm absolutely overwhelmed and delighted. it was a great surprise to me to be able to do it today, and i think i was very lucky. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event, and something of a landmark for the country. sir roger bannister was a hugely influential figure in sport, especially for those whose athletics careers came after. roger was a great athlete. he would tease seb and i in later years about had he been ar

let's speak to the hugh brasher, the event director. good morning.ue skies with the temperature rising. so it is fantastic for the event to be going ahead today. good for the hamstrings and the cars are all of those runners, i suppose. and the cars are all of those runners, isuppose. they and the cars are all of those runners, i suppose. they will still have to warm up. tell us a bit about the route? it still takes in tower ridge and some of those sites we see in the london marathon as well? —— tower bridge. yes, this is basically the london marathon on in reverse, starting with the backdrop of tower bridge and ending at cutty sark. in between times, going through carey wore. it really is taking in the boroughs of tower hamlets, lewisham, southwark and greenwich. this is so much about the community. this is about making sure that sport is for everybody. there are so many community groups out running today, raising funds for their schools or their sports clubs or whatever they are raising funds for. it is encouraging people to get healthy, get it, rea

i mean, uber got there first, was bigger, brasher, getting into all these places, but they have sufferedrelations front. how have you benefitted from that >> a couple things, we started with the peer-to-peer ride service. uber started as a littleo company basically. we were trying to create an alternative to car ownership it was a much becker vision. we're going after a 2 billion yearly spends. >> uber was like handing me a kleenex. they were there for the mind set in an area and an urban city like this, that's where you would be doing it. however, uber stumbled badly, how have you benefitted from that there is the enter remove uber instead. >> i think we benefitted by focusing on ourselves, our vaur values, our mention. our employees, our passengers, our drivers. in the end, yes, there is technology, a hospitality and service business >> that matters. people are realizing that. can i get a ride in three minutes with lyft? yes. can i get it at the same cost or a better cost? yes. can i get it with a friendlier driver happier driving with lyft yes. >> there are areas they stumbled you imm