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The West is falling dark thhs hour to mark one hundred years shnce

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Across the region, services are being held to recreate the centenary

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By 11pm tonight, the exact time Britain decl`red war

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on Germany, over a million candles will be lht across

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the country, commemorating dvery serviceman and woman who didd.

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Laura Jones is at St Mary Rddcliffe church in Bristol, where ond of the

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Yes, here at St Mary Redcliffe in the heart of Bristol, as yot can see

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and probably here behind me, a prop at `` a special construct is taking

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place. And at homes and in various landmarks across the West the lights

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are being turned out to remdmber what happened on the 4th of August

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1914. Of course, everything that happened since. Back then it was the

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Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, who said that the lamps werd going

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out across Europe, and it is those remarks which have been the

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inspiration for this evening's events.

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Remembering one of the darkest times in our history.

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Tonight, right across the wdst, lights are going out and candles

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Here at St Mary Redcliffe church in the heart of Bristol

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a special concert, broadcast on big screens to the crowds outside.

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I think this significance for us now is to keep our senses honed to what

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is going on in the world around And there are some things going on

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around us that we want to kdep our eyes and ears on so we can dnsure

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history does not repeat itsdlf. In Gloucester cathedral earlier

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today, it took nearly seven and a half hours to read out

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the names belonging to the len of Gloucester who lost

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their lives in the first world war. of Gloucester who lost

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their lives in the First World War. Meanwhile,

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just a few miles away in Chdltenham, the Gloucesters Cross was

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paraded through the streets. Made 98 years ago by Gloucester

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soldiers at the Somme. In Shepton Mallet

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an eight hour silent vigil by the This evening candle lit services

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are being held across the rdgion. Those who are with us for this very

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solemn vigil will be able to keep watch with the light gradually dying

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down until 11 o'clock at night, when we will extinguish the final candle.

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The reason for that, of course, is that Sir Edward Grey, then the

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Foreign Secretary, was said to have looked out over the mile thd day

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before and said, the lamps `re going out all over Europe and we shall not

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see them lit again in our lhfetime. There are no deople alive today who

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can clearly remember the st`rt But the hope is that we

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and generations to come will never Back here at St Mary Redcliffe, the

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sombre process of extinguishing the candles lit here in the church has

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already begun. In about half an hour's timd at

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11pm, one final candle will be carried through to the St John's

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Chapel, that is the candle that has been carved specially for the

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occasion, to mark the exact hour, 11pm, when war was officially

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declared. And life for so m`ny people began to change forever.

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As soldiers were making their way to the front line,

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here in the West we welcomed people trying to escape the chaos `nd

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In 1914, as the German army invaded Belgium, thousands

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

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I've been taking a look at this little known part of our history.

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Banwell at the turn`of`the`century was a far

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cry from the battlefields where young men from the village went to

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To many year the war must h`ve seemed 1 million miles away.

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But for some here that is a different story to tell. And in the

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centre, this house. A wartile centre for refugees.

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That time, just at the beginning of the war, everything was very

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Of course, they had come out their country living in a strange place,

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I don't know what the langu`ge was like but I don't suspect many

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It was not a very good time, but at least they were relidved to

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get out of their own countrx, because that was even worse.

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In 1914, Belgium was in chaos, the invading German army devast`ted the

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And many turned to England for support.

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In Banwell, the Ogden household took in a family of 1 .

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A lot of life was lived in this place.

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Maybe they lived in this room, which is what we call the b`rn

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Again, it is very large, perhaps they stayed in therd.

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And the fact it has actuallx helped refugees during the First World War

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What better use can there bd for a big house?

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The Belgians were given jobs in Banwell, making a living within

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the community, and the children even went to the local school.

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This is the Banwell admissions register

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We have little to bits written about the Belgian refugees when they came.

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That looks like Augusta Murray and Ferdinand Murray.

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They are down as living in West Street.

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Their date of birth is 1902 for one and 1908 for the boy.

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As we say, we don't know how long they were there or when thex left.

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For several years, this little corner of the Wdst gave

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the family of 17 a shelter, but what eventually happens to

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All records of their time in Banwell stop in 1919.

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Many believe they may have returned home in the hope of picking up the

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And there is a special World War I that home BBC talk coming to Bristol

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at the end of the week. On to some other news,

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and more details have emergdd of how a man was found dead

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in a recycling plant in Bristol It's believed Matthew Symonds was

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carried from Swindon to Avonmouth Homeless charities say

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the 34`year`old had spent thme in a hostel in the town and tonight

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they're warning of the dangdrs Our Wiltshire correspondent,

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Will Glennon, reports. 34`year`old Matthew Symonds

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had lead a troubled life. Well known in Swindon, he'd spent

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time in the town's homeless hostels. Most recently he'd been staxing

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at the Salvation Army hostel called The Salvation Army said tod`y it is

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deeply saddened by the death of Matthew. He had been known to staff

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here for some time. They sahd their thoughts and prayers are with his

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family and friends. Matthew's body was found on Friday

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morning at a waste transfer station in

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Avonmouth run by the companx Biffa. Police were called

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and an investigation began. It then emerged that the waste had

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been brought to Avonmouth from It's thought the total security

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cost could exceed ?50 million. After winning four gold med`ls

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at the Commonwealth Games, teenage gymnast Claudia Fragapane

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flew into Bristol Airport this The 16`year`old from Longwell Green

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near Bristol dazzled crowds with her But today the girl nicknamed

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"the pocket rocket" says shd's ready We'll have more coverage

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of tonight's Lights Out services Now I'll leave you with Ian

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and a look at the weather. Thank you very much. Rather mixed

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fortunes tomorrow, there will be some bright sunny spells from time

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to time, some showers, as wdll. As we get into the hours of darkness

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through the course of the fhrst half of the night there will be some

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heavy rain on the way in a lore widespread fashion. If you lissed

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the earlier showers you will eventually get rain overnight.

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Through this evening, the l`st of any showers dying away, temperatures

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will drop to around 12 Celshus, some parts of the countryside getting as

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low as eight or nine Celsius. Tomorrow, the north and East will

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have some right conditions, some showers to the said West. Through

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morning towards midday they will move up through Central districts

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and in two parts of Gloucester shire. One of those `` some of those

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will be heavy, the afternoon characterised by showers but equally

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races will be dry. Later into the evening the next area of rahn

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marches up from the south`wdst. Temperatures tomorrow, in the bright

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spells getting up to the low 20s. When the rain clears on

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Quite a fresh evening out there this evening. It's going to turn chilly

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in a few spots by the early hours of Tuesday. Underneath the clear,

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calm, tranquil conditions... Not completely clear because there are a

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few showers. You may have been caught out in some across the South

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today. After midnight, you can see the vast majority of the UK has dry

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weather, whereas Cornwall, Devon, just about nudging into Wales,

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possibly Northern Ireland and the south-west of Scotland, a few

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showers. But clear skies is the story tonight. Colder in rural

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spots. The Glens of Scotland, really nippy first thing on Tuesday. It

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starts off sunny for many of us Tuesday is going to be a bit of an

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East-West split. In the afternoon, across the south-west we will see a

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few showers, a bit of sunshine too, not such a bad day. There might be

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the odd heavy burst of rain here and there, but effectively it is OK

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with

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