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Hello, I'm Amanda Goodman. Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
Parades and church services have been held | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
to commemorate the centenarx of the outbreak of World War One. | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
In towns and villages across the East, | :00:19. | :00:19. | |
thousands gathered to pay tribute to those who gave their lives. | :00:20. | :00:26. | |
Pipers led the march into Fosterhill Road ceremony in Bedford | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
142 men who died in World War I are buried hdre. | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
17,000 Scottish solders werd based around Bedford at the outbrdak | :00:36. | :00:42. | |
Each First World War grave was given a union flag and a poppy cross. | :00:43. | :00:53. | |
It commemorates those from the Scottish regiments that died. | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
They were on basic training at Bedford Park down the hill | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
and didn't get to the First World War they died of common | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
diseases that people in Bedford were immune from, but because thdy were | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
They were buried here to be next to their mates who signed up | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
In Ipswich today, troops from the present`day exercised their freedom | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
of the borough, reservists from the Royal Logistic Corps marched into | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
Christchurch Park to receivd their campaign medals from the maxor. | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
They are just back from the final six`month tour of Afghanist`n. | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
That recognition of the commitment that our guys have | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
shown by volunteering to serve overseas, particularly in a | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
dangerous operation, it is testament to them that people have cole out to | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
It is poignant to mark todax on the anniversary of the start | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
We think back, could really do what they did 100 years ago? | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
In fact, we are still doing what thex did. | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
100 years on from 1914, ceremonies like this one servce | :01:56. | :02:03. | |
as a timely reminder that British soldiers continue to put | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
A man was seriously injured when a coach collided with | :02:08. | :02:16. | |
The crash happened on the A47 at Trous, near Norwich, | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
The M11 northbound has reopdned after it was closed for fivd hours | :02:22. | :02:30. | |
following a serious crash ndar to the junction for Stansted Ahrport. | :02:31. | :02:32. | |
Two cars collided, one then hit a tree. | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
The air ambulance was called and at its worst there was five miles | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
Sport now, and athletes from the region have | :02:39. | :02:46. | |
been winning more medals on the last day of the Commonwealth Gamds. | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
Among those on the podium, a married couple from Milton Keynes, | :02:50. | :02:51. | |
Great day for Milton Keynes badminton. Husband and wife team | :02:52. | :03:04. | |
Chris and Gabby Adcock took on their training partners. They won silver | :03:05. | :03:14. | |
and the Adcock took gold. It is so nice when we win that we can do it | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
together. The feeling we have for the next few weeks at home `nd with | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
our dog, we are so happy. Vdry emotional now, it was a supdrb | :03:25. | :03:32. | |
effort. A second medal for ` second medal for Emma Pooley, two xears | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
because this was her swansong, she is retiring from cycling to focus on | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
triathlon. Having won a gold in the time trials, this afternoon Alex | :03:46. | :03:51. | |
crashed out of the road racd in terrible conditions. Over at the | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
hockey, three Suffolk players were in the England team battling for the | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
bronze. The scores were tied at full`time so it went to a shoot out | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
which England won. Essex's Peter Barker, already bronze medallist in | :04:10. | :04:18. | |
the singles, won silver in the squash doubles. | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
A gruelling sporting challenge took place in Essex this wedkend. | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
Long`distance walkers attempted to walk 100 miles in just 24 hours | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
They set off yesterday at the Garon Park Athletic track in Southend | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
They had to complete 400 laps of the track. | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
Most of all, for race walkers who take p`rt | :04:34. | :04:45. | |
in regular events, shorter distance events, this is a big step tp once | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
a year, or just occasionallx to try and attempt to become a Centurion. | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
So, what's the weather going to be likd? | :04:57. | :04:58. | |
Here's Sara Thornton with the forecast. | :04:59. | :04:59. | |
Not everyone wants dry weather, the gardeners are desperate for some | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
rain. Later on in the week we'll be talking about rain, in the leantime, | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
a lot of dry weather, you c`n get out and enjoy the countryside. | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
But increasingly, we'll start to run the risk of showers coming through. | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
Not the case tonight, it'll be dry, temperatures are in double figures. | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
A fresher feel to the weather than it has been. | :05:19. | :05:22. | |
Tomorrow will be dry, good spell of sunshine and light winds once more. | :05:23. | :05:27. | |
As we go through, the cloud thickens to give us a risk of showers. | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
Not everyone will see them, and they will be largely later on | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
in the afternoon, after we see highs of 21 or 23 Celsius. | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
A risk of showers on Tuesdax, Wednesday looks pretty showdry | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
as well, more of that waiting in the wings, | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
low pressure means we will get more unsettled weather by Thursd`y. | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
We're back at 11.15pm tonight after the closing ceremony | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
Good evening. Some of us have had a sunny weekend but for others it has | :06:00. | :06:14. | |
not stopped raining for the last couple of days, you can see where on | :06:15. | :06:17. | |
the satellite picture, big swell of cloud, dominating things. Torrential | :06:18. | :06:25. | |
storms, if you see the coverage you can see how much | :06:26. | :06:26. |