04/08/2014 BBC Points West

They fell in name of duty and sacrifice `

the West commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Great War.

Oh be reporting live from one of the many churches preparing to hold a

special service this evening in honour of those who died.

Questions about how a 34`year`old man's body

The security operation of a lifetime `

how the police are preparing to protect 60 world leaders.

And draped in gold ` the West's athletes celebrating success

The West will fall dark this evening to commemorate 100 years

since Britain joined the First World War.

Across the region, services are being held to mark the centdnary of

By 11pm tonight ` the exact time Britain declared war on Gerlany `

over a million candles will be lit across the country,

remembering every serviceman and woman who died.

lamps were going out across Europe. Those have been the is raci`l `` the

inspirational remark is for this evening.

belonging to the men of Glotcester who lost their lives

it took seven hours and 25 mins to read the entire list.

it took seven hours and 25 minutes to read the entire list

Meanwhile, just a few miles away in Cheltenham,

the Gloucesters Cross was paraded through the streets.

Made 98 year ago by Gloucester soldiers at the Somme.

While, over in Somerset, ond MP visited every single war gr`ve

He was a man who died in tr`ining. He was training on Salisburx Plain.

He was struck by lightning. The two people either side of him wdre

injured but survived and he was killed.

And over in Shepton Mallet, these air cadets

are keeping an eight`hour silent vigil by the cenotaph.

Despite the pouring rain, the vigil was still kept.

This evening, candlelit services are being held across the rdgion.

solemn vigil will be able to keep solemn vigil will be able to keep

watch with the light gradually dying down until 11pm, when we will

extinguish the final candle. The reason for that is that Sir Edward

Grey, the Foreign Secretary, was to have looked out over the mall the

day before and say that the lamps are going out all over Europe and we

shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

one young man from Bath will extinguish the final light,

I am very proud to be doing this. I am honoured.

never forget the sacrifice of so many.

At the end of the concert, the final candle will be extinguished by an

unnamed cadet, picking up the idea of the un`named warrior in

the nave and like `` light ` candle the nave and like `` light ` candle

in remembrance. How was it possible for us to preserve these melories,

the significance of what happened for future generations? There is no

one alive now who remembers the First World War. It is interesting

that they did not know back then that this was just around the

corner. The assassination of France Ferdinand in Sarajevo was something

that happened to a foreign leader on foreign soil. What this does is

encourage us to keep our eyds open and hour is to the ground about what

is just around the corner now. `` and our years to the is to the

ground. Well, as soldiers were making

their way to the front line, trying to escape the chaos `nd

destruction of the First World War. In 1914, as the German army

invaded Belgium, thousands

of people were left seeking refuge, and some came to villages lhke

Banwell near Weston Super M`re. I've been taking a look at this

little`known part of our history. A picture of intellect Somerset It

was a far cry of the battlefields where young people from the village

went to fight. Too many herd, the Wall must have seemed like 0 million

miles away. 100 years on, there is a different story to tell. In the

centre of it, this house, a wartime shelter for Belgian refugees.

Everything was very short for the locals, so it must have been worse

for the Belgians. They were living in a strange place. I

the children even went to the local school. This is the budget for the

school. We have bits of papdr written about the refugees when they

came. They joined the school in 1914. They lived in West Street We

don't know how long they were here but we presume they left in 191 .

For several years, this corner of the West gave the family of 17 a

self `` a safe shelter. It hs not known what happened to them after

1919. It is presumed they rdturned home to pick up the fragments of

their life. And there is a special

World War One at Home BBC Tour coming to the Bristol Balloon Fiesta

at the end of the week. There

34`year`old Matthew Symonds had lead a troubled life.

Well`known in Swindon, he'd spent time in the town's homeless hostels.

the Salvation Army hostel called Booth House.

The Salvation Army said it was deeply saddened by his death. He had

been known to staff here for some time. They said their thoughts and

prayers are with his family and friends.

Matthew's body was found on Friday morning

at a waste transfer station in Avonmouth run by the companx Biffa.

Police were called and an investigation began.

It then emerged that the waste had been brought

to Avonmouth from Swindon and the connection was made.

Those working with the homeless say sleeping in bins is a problem.

They can be seen as safe shdlter ` they're anything but.

There are many risks from sleeping inside bins. It is dangerous with

the public not being aware of you in there.

The incident has echoes of the death

of Candian student Garrett Dlsey in Bristol in september 2012.

His body was found at a waste station after

he fell asleep in a bin following a night of heavy drinking.

Police in Wiltshire say thex're keeping an open mind about

The results of a postmortem examination

But so far they say there's no indication he was assaulted.

A murder investigation is underway in the Forest of Dean

after a local man died after being attacked in Berry Hill.

Police say the 44`year`old victim, who hasn't yet been named, was

found injured in Hillcrest Road last night but died later in hospital.

Police search teams and forensic officers

have been working in an are` around Aston Close nearby this aftdrnoon.

A 36`year`old local man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

We will try to piece togethdr what happened. If you were in thd area

between about 6pm yesterday evening and 10pm, if they were in the area,

if they saw anything untoward, we have asked them to come forward to

help us. An 18`year`old man has been

sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a man

in Weston Super Mare last October. 35`year`old Mark Roberts

died in hospital after being attacked

on his way home from a soci`l club. Ryan Sheppard admitted killhng

Mr Roberts and was today told he'll serve a minimum

of 12 years and three months Two tank regiments based

in Wiltshire have been mergdd as part of cost cutting moves outlined

in the Government's Defence Review. Thousands of people gathered

on Salisbury Plain at the weekend to witness

the amalgamation of the First and Second

Royal Tank Regiments. It's part of a major restructuring

of the British Army. We have always been very ad`ptable.

We have always managed to overcome anything we have had. Like H say, we

have been very forward`thinking Police officers from across

the region are preparing to take part in one of the biggest security

operations ever staged in the UK. NATO's holding its annual stmmit

in Newport in South Wales next month ` with 60

world leaders on the guest list It's a high`profile securitx

conference at a time of widespread

trouble around the world. But many more nations

will send leaders to Newport It is a huge undertaking. One of the

largest gatherings of world leaders that has been seen in the British

Isles for many years. It's a time of heightened

security worries worldwide, with NATO having to rethink

its relationship with Russi` and wider public concerns

in the Middle East. It is less than 30 miles from

Bristol to Newport, so the NATO conference is on Bristol's doorstep.

There will be benefits ` 6,000 delegates are attending

the summit, staying in hotels from Bristol to Swindon.

There may be discussions to block book hotels and restaurant

facilities may be dealt with differently. I don't know and I

don't think I need to know. Special arrangements will be made.

Anti`war campaigners ` including those from Bristol `

And there'll be a week`long peace camp

near the Celtic Manor venue in Newport.

The police say they'll have 9,000 officers available,

It's thought the total security cost could exceed ?50 million.

The police will hope for a lore peaceful summit than the ond in

2009. The police say they'll have

9,000 officers available, It's thought the total security

cost could exceed ?50 million. The Commonwealth Games

have finished, and over 40 medals are

on their way back to the West. And if you still need

your sporting fix, the football season is just under

a week away. So, Ali, Bristol Rovers havd some

trepidation about starting life outside the league, and also

what's happening with the stadium? Rovers have always insisted

relegation hasn't affected their plans to build

the UWE stadium in Frenchay. That's had planning permisson

for two years now. The problem has been concluding

the deal to sell their Memorial Stadium

home to Sainsburys. There were further newspaper reports

at the weekend suggesting the supermarket chain were trying

to back out of the purchase. saying lawyers from both

parties are in daily dialogte and that they're hoping to love

things forward in the near future. With that as a backdrop,

the new season begins on Saturday, Rovers will be playing outshde

of the football league. and what are their chances

of bouncing straight back? Darrell Clarke is the man ldading

Rovers into a brave new world. His coaching

and playing staff have been streamlined as the club prepares

for life in non`league football I always knew it was a huge job You

cannot paper over the cracks. We are out of the league, so it is about

bouncing back. An idea of the challenge ahdad

comes from Luton Town ` a former top`flight club

who dropped out of the leagte, back. Supporters will go through the

denial phase. One long`standing Rovers supporter

believes the fan base will be loyal. with a look at Swindon Town's

talented Thompson brothers. If the West was a country, where

would we be? We would be seventh. We would be

above Wales. We have bragging rights.

At least four of those medals will be flying home into Bristol tonight.

Claudia Fragapane became thd first English competitor 84 years

to win four golds in any sport at a games.

She was undoubtedly one of the stars of the event.

Now I know you want the final medal total.

Here we go ` it's 14 gold mddals, 14 silver and 13 bronze.

Andy Howard has been looking back at some of the highlights

and the big stories from the last 11 days.

It was a games with future stars were born. A wonderful swim for

Siobhan O'Connor. It makes everything worth it. All of

the sacrifices. It is easilx within her grasp. Acrobatics that were out

of this world! I had nothing to lose. It was my last time competing

so I thought I would enjoy ht. Some react to winning gold with a

splash. Others didn't reallx know what to do. My family have

travelled. The support has been overwhelming. Most gold med`llists

have to make do with the top spot on a podium. For others, it was

different. Just got to hold for 20 seconds It

is all over. For others, thd smile said it all. Finally, it was a games

that showed that silver can make you feel on top of the world. Over the

moon. Or rock bottom. Hopeftlly he will realise that a silver ledal is

not that bad. Overall, therd will be best remembered for two young

smiles. Congratulations to them They were next to get to colpete in

Australia. Where the weather will be shmilar,

hopefully! Brilliant(!) We will be seehng

temperatures warmer than avdrage, which will underpin things. The rain

will be in the forecast, either in the form of showers, which we will

have tomorrow for some steady rain which will be the story as we head

through into darkness tomorrow. We have a night with largelx clear

skies. The first set of showers moves through erratically. Hf you

sunny spells and showers. This feature from the south`west later

into tomorrow will bring more widespread heavy rain. This evening,

showers around with parts of Somerset. The rest of the nhght dry

conditions, continuing until daybreak. By then, apart from a few

showers in the West, it will be a dry start.

Most areas into low double figures overnight.

A bit more cloud towards thd West in rush. One or two showers across us

in the middle part of the d`y. Through the afternoon, many places

favouring sunny spells. Latdr into the evening, the first signs of that

more extensive area of rain starts to push up from the south wdst.

Temperatures in the sunny spots in the low 20s. Light winds, pleasantly

warm. The pollen count will be low. The rain will be with us in various

guises during the week. Particular after a decent day on Thursday. Into

Friday, we'll be watching for the threat of this next area of low

pressure which may bring in some quite heavy rain or heavy showers.

Into Saturday, there will bd a ridge of high pressure in the morning

Then we have this to content with, the remains of hurricane Bertha

Good luck with that! Don't forget ` we'll be back

in our late bulletin as the West commemorates

the start of World War one. We will be marking how people are

taking part in that Lights Out event. Goodbye.