03/08/2014 BBC Points West


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of Australia. That's all from Hampden Park.

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In less than an hour, it will be the 4th of August `

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100 years to the day since the beginning of World War One.

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This weekend the West has been making it's own tributd.

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Special projects have been set up, and communities are making sure

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the story of the Great War hs passed on to the next generation.

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This is the culmination of decades of work.

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Researchers have catalogued every man from Cheltenham lost

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People who had been married a few weeks and had children they never

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saw. We had families where lany brothers were killed. It had a deep

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effect. Judy Marsh came here today to find

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out about Private Gilbert C`rter, who lived in her house a century

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ago and killed in action in 191 . He walked through our rooms and

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could see the views. He was reported missing. His parents presum`bly

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lived in the house and must have been waiting for the telegr`m,

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author something to come through the letterbox. A poignant service of

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commemoration at Gloucester Cathedral.

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People from every parish prdsented the names of their war dead

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Tomorrow, they'll be read ott in the Lady Chapel `

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a time to reflect but also to consider the impact of war today.

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War has changed in its nature and if we do not learn the lessons from war

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and seek peace, these things will keep happening. Commemoration is

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about thinking why humanity causes such wars. Tomorrow night the

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cathedral will be plunged into darkness as part of the British

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Legion campaign, a national moment to reflect the words of the Foreign

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Secretary, who on the eve of the First World War said that the lamps

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were going out all over Europe and we would not see them lit again in

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our life time. In Bishopsworth tomorrow night,

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they'll extinguish dozens of candles one by one

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until a single flame is left. And hoping to pass on the story

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of the war to those for whol it I do not know a lot about the First

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World War, but younger people will know less and it is important to

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spread the word. We are all going on in age. All part of the

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commemorations of the war that caused the change of historx, in the

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west. So the Commonwealth Games c`me to

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a spectacular close tonight. Sportsmen and women from thd West

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will be bringing an impresshve haul There were two last medals won

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during the closing weekend, including Danny Talbot

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from Hilperton near Trowbridge. He was the lucky athlete who got to

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race head to head with the lighty Their pre`race preparation

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techniques were rather diffdrent. England held their own

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against Jamaica from gun to tape. But, in the end, another stdllar

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Bolt performance left a credible There was a split second whdre I

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thought I could run past hil. But he ran away from me and there was

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another split`2nd when I thought I was watching the best athlete of all

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time, but I had to quickly remember I have three guys I could not let

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down and I managed to get over the line in second place.

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And, on the final day of thd games, England's men's hockey team,

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which includes Simon Mantell from Spaxton near Bridgwater,

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beat New Zealand to claim hockey bronze, to their obvious delight.

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Now the weather. Holly Green has the late forecast.

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Good evening, the bright and breezy conditions of today are givhng way

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to a fairly quiet night. Thd breeze will drop and we might see one or

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two showers, but generally, clear spells. For most of us, a bright

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start tomorrow. We have the risk of a scattering of showers. Sunny

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spells coming through away from the showers and temperatures into the

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late 20s. Less breezy than today, as well. Then we have an unsettled

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theme. Some bright conditions in the middle of the week, but the risk of

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heavy and thundery showers. Finally, we've seen how

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the West is already marking the start of World War One.

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All this week Points West rdmembers, with a special series in our 6: 0

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programme. We're looking into the lives

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of people from the West who went to war, and those

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who came to the West to esc`pe it. Lots more fascinating storids

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along the way too, we hope xou'll find it all as moving as we have.

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Good evening. Many of us had a decent second part of the weekend,

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particularly so for England and Wales, rather different from

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Scotland and Northern Ireland. We saw our whole rash of showers across

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Scotland and Northern Ireland, some thunder and lightning swirling

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around. There was a huge curl of cloud, indicative of an area of low

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pressure. That will work its way northwards, taking its the wind and

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rain with it. For England and Wales, may be a shower around the coast but

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rural spots make it a bit on the chilly side. Through the day

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tomorrow, fine in dry weather on offer, some good spells of

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