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Hello, I'm Amanda Goodman. Commonwealth Games closing ceremony,

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Parades and church services have been held

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to commemorate the centenarx of the outbreak of World War One.

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In towns and villages across the East,

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thousands gathered to pay tribute to those who gave their lives.

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Pipers led the march into Fosterhill Road ceremony in Bedford

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142 men who died in World War I are buried hdre.

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17,000 Scottish solders werd based around Bedford at the outbrdak

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Each First World War grave was given a union flag and a poppy cross.

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It commemorates those from the Scottish regiments that died.

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They were on basic training at Bedford Park down the hill

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and didn't get to the First World War they died of common

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diseases that people in Bedford were immune from, but because thdy were

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They were buried here to be next to their mates who signed up

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In Ipswich today, troops from the present`day exercised their freedom

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of the borough, reservists from the Royal Logistic Corps marched into

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Christchurch Park to receivd their campaign medals from the maxor.

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They are just back from the final six`month tour of Afghanist`n.

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That recognition of the commitment that our guys have

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shown by volunteering to serve overseas, particularly in a

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dangerous operation, it is testament to them that people have cole out to

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It is poignant to mark todax on the anniversary of the start

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We think back, could really do what they did 100 years ago?

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In fact, we are still doing what thex did.

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100 years on from 1914, ceremonies like this one servce

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as a timely reminder that British soldiers continue to put

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A man was seriously injured when a coach collided with

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The crash happened on the A47 at Trous, near Norwich,

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The M11 northbound has reopdned after it was closed for fivd hours

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following a serious crash ndar to the junction for Stansted Ahrport.

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Two cars collided, one then hit a tree.

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The air ambulance was called and at its worst there was five miles

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Sport now, and athletes from the region have

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been winning more medals on the last day of the Commonwealth Gamds.

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Among those on the podium, a married couple from Milton Keynes,

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Great day for Milton Keynes badminton. Husband and wife team

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Chris and Gabby Adcock took on their training partners. They won silver

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and the Adcock took gold. It is so nice when we win that we can do it

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together. The feeling we have for the next few weeks at home `nd with

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our dog, we are so happy. Vdry emotional now, it was a supdrb

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effort. A second medal for ` second medal for Emma Pooley, two xears

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because this was her swansong, she is retiring from cycling to focus on

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triathlon. Having won a gold in the time trials, this afternoon Alex

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crashed out of the road racd in terrible conditions. Over at the

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hockey, three Suffolk players were in the England team battling for the

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bronze. The scores were tied at full`time so it went to a shoot out

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which England won. Essex's Peter Barker, already bronze medallist in

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the singles, won silver in the squash doubles.

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A gruelling sporting challenge took place in Essex this wedkend.

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Long`distance walkers attempted to walk 100 miles in just 24 hours

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They set off yesterday at the Garon Park Athletic track in Southend

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They had to complete 400 laps of the track.

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Most of all, for race walkers who take p`rt

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in regular events, shorter distance events, this is a big step tp once

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a year, or just occasionallx to try and attempt to become a Centurion.

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So, what's the weather going to be likd?

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Here's Sara Thornton with the forecast.

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Not everyone wants dry weather, the gardeners are desperate for some

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rain. Later on in the week we'll be talking about rain, in the leantime,

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a lot of dry weather, you c`n get out and enjoy the countryside.

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But increasingly, we'll start to run the risk of showers coming through.

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Not the case tonight, it'll be dry, temperatures are in double figures.

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A fresher feel to the weather than it has been.

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Tomorrow will be dry, good spell of sunshine and light winds once more.

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As we go through, the cloud thickens to give us a risk of showers.

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Not everyone will see them, and they will be largely later on

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in the afternoon, after we see highs of 21 or 23 Celsius.

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A risk of showers on Tuesdax, Wednesday looks pretty showdry

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as well, more of that waiting in the wings,

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low pressure means we will get more unsettled weather by Thursd`y.

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We're back at 11.15pm tonight after the closing ceremony

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Good evening. Some of us have had a sunny weekend but for others it has

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not stopped raining for the last couple of days, you can see where on

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the satellite picture, big swell of cloud, dominating things. Torrential

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storms, if you see the coverage you can see how much

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