:00:00. > :00:09.the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest
:00:10. > :00:23.A crowd of 10,000 including heads of state and government and members
:00:24. > :00:25.of the Royal Family joined descendants of those who fought 100
:00:26. > :00:31.They heard the words of those who went 'over the top'
:00:32. > :00:34.on the 1st of July 1916, a day of huge losses for British
:00:35. > :00:38.and French forces trying to break through German defences.
:00:39. > :00:43.There's a job to be done, and you just got on and did it.
:00:44. > :00:47.I was more frightened going up to the trenches, sitting,
:00:48. > :01:05.The day was also marked across the UK with guns fired
:01:06. > :01:07.to signal the time when the troops were
:01:08. > :01:14.The Chancellor's hopes of achieving a budget surplus
:01:15. > :01:22.He says post Brexit, the nation can't afford it.
:01:23. > :01:24.Michael Gove pledges to leave the EU single market,
:01:25. > :01:30.as he sets out why he should be the next Prime Minister.
:01:31. > :01:32.I was so very reluctant because I know my limitations.
:01:33. > :01:33.Whatever charisma is, I don't have it.
:01:34. > :01:36.Whatever glamour may be, I don't think anyone can
:01:37. > :01:44.A gun attack has left two policemen dead, and at least 20 people
:01:45. > :01:46.have been taken hostage, at a restaurant in the
:01:47. > :01:47.Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
:01:48. > :01:59.So called Islamic State claim responsibility.
:02:00. > :02:06.Ramsey's corner, Williams! What a goal! In towards Volkswagen!
:02:07. > :02:10.And the wonder goal that put Wales into the semi finals
:02:11. > :02:27.-- Vokes. The fans go mad as they celebrate
:02:28. > :02:32.the success. And coming up on BBC News, more
:02:33. > :02:33.reaction to the final and also highlights of today's play at
:02:34. > :02:48.Wimbledon. Good evening from Thiepval
:02:49. > :02:52.in Northern France where earlier today a crowd
:02:53. > :02:55.of 10,000 came together, including heads of state and government
:02:56. > :02:57.and members of the Royal Family to mark the centenary
:02:58. > :03:00.of the Battle of the Somme It was the bloodiest
:03:01. > :03:04.battle in the history of the British Armed Forces
:03:05. > :03:07.and the battle that came to define the brutality and horror
:03:08. > :03:09.of the First World War. The ceremony was held
:03:10. > :03:14.in the shadow of the famous memorial here at Thiepval
:03:15. > :03:19.which bears the names of 72,000 British and South African troops
:03:20. > :03:22.whose bodies were never found. The Prince of Wales,
:03:23. > :03:25.David Cameron and President Hollande were among those who took part
:03:26. > :03:29.in the presence of hundreds of descendants of those who fought
:03:30. > :03:31.as our Special Correspondent It is the largest First World War
:03:32. > :03:39.memorial anywhere, its scale commensurate with the loss of life
:03:40. > :03:42.in these fields. It is a memorial to
:03:43. > :03:44.the missing of the Somme. The names of 72,000 men with no
:03:45. > :03:48.known graves are carved here. Its plea to posterity,
:03:49. > :03:55.to us, is plain - never forget. Heads of state and government,
:03:56. > :04:00.present and future, listened to Clive Adlam as he read
:04:01. > :04:03.the words of his father, Lieutenant Tom Adlam,
:04:04. > :04:11.who fought and survived. You did a job out there
:04:12. > :04:13.and I never realised that there was anything
:04:14. > :04:15.unusual about it. There was a job to be done
:04:16. > :04:19.and you just got on and did it. I was more frightened going up
:04:20. > :04:21.to the trenches, sitting, I was very frightened then,
:04:22. > :04:28.very frightened indeed. We were taught we had to be
:04:29. > :04:32.an example to our men and that, if we went forward,
:04:33. > :04:36.they would go with you, you see. And you'd sort of lose your sense
:04:37. > :04:38.of fear, thinking The nurse, Olive Dent,
:04:39. > :05:03.treated the wounded. Here, her words described that
:05:04. > :05:08.first week on the Somme. I am too tired to sleep,
:05:09. > :05:12.too tired to shut out of sight and mind the passionate appeal
:05:13. > :05:22.of two dying eyes and the low faint whisper of, "Sister,
:05:23. > :05:28.am I going to die?" A week after Britain voted to leave
:05:29. > :05:32.the European Union, David Cameron took his place beneath the memorial
:05:33. > :05:37.to the enduring alliance between the UK and France,
:05:38. > :05:40.and described a moment of mutual respect between enemies as a British
:05:41. > :05:42.major risked his life to rescue a wounded soldier
:05:43. > :05:45.from no man's land. He walked as though
:05:46. > :05:49.he was on parade. The Germans never fired a shot
:05:50. > :05:52.at him as he went. They never fired a shot
:05:53. > :05:54.as he went back. And they cheered him as he lifted
:05:55. > :06:12.the man onto his shoulders. The poppy and, in France,
:06:13. > :06:15.the blue cornflower are the emblems of the sorrow of war marked
:06:16. > :06:17.in two minutes of silence. In these moments of remembrance,
:06:18. > :06:33.the dead cry out their warning In the words of the poet
:06:34. > :06:41.Siegfried Sassoon, recited here today, "Do you ever stop
:06:42. > :06:45.and ask, 'Will it all happen again?' Look down and swear
:06:46. > :06:48.by the slain of the war that There have been many
:06:49. > :07:02.events organised today to mark the centenary of the first
:07:03. > :07:05.day of the Battle of the Somme, some in France but many
:07:06. > :07:07.in different parts The national commemoration in the UK
:07:08. > :07:11.was held in Manchester reflecting the fact that
:07:12. > :07:14.so many of the so-called Pals' Battalions,
:07:15. > :07:15.the volunteers who joined up with friends and colleagues,
:07:16. > :07:19.came from the north of England as our correspondent Judith Moritz
:07:20. > :07:27.reports. The signal that sent the men over
:07:28. > :08:05.the top sounded today in The Somme is sewn into
:08:06. > :08:16.the history of Manchester. A service to honour the pals,
:08:17. > :08:18.groups of friends The boys in khaki were
:08:19. > :08:24.friendly, cheery and full There was a sense of hope
:08:25. > :08:33.and exhilaration in the air. On this day we remember
:08:34. > :08:43.before you all who experienced the Battle
:08:44. > :08:45.on Those who faced the terrible
:08:46. > :08:56.waste and devastation. The ghosts of the battle came alive
:08:57. > :09:01.through theatre on the streets. Connecting the past to the present
:09:02. > :09:04.here in Manchester and across the UK today, the soldiers of the Somme
:09:05. > :09:07.have been rubbing shoulders with commuters and shoppers, bringing
:09:08. > :09:10.a flavour of 1916 into the 21st Volunteers and veterans marched
:09:11. > :09:26.in memory, parading among them was Louis Roskell, whose father
:09:27. > :09:30.Alfred served at the Somme. I'm quite proud to be
:09:31. > :09:32.here and to see My dad was a very retiring sort
:09:33. > :09:36.of chap, not the sort of guy to put himself forward
:09:37. > :09:39.so I feel I'm doing it for him. I want to demonstrate
:09:40. > :09:42.that he was there are I want to demonstrate
:09:43. > :09:52.that he was there and Alfred Roskell trained for battle
:09:53. > :09:56.in camp at Manchester's Heaton Park. Tonight, the Park hosted a concert,
:09:57. > :09:58.telling the story of the Somme
:09:59. > :10:01.to a new generation. Judith Moritz, BBC News,
:10:02. > :10:15.Manchester. The site here at Thiepval
:10:16. > :10:17.is visited by around 300,000 people a year and it wouldn't
:10:18. > :10:20.be at all surprising if those numbers didn't rise
:10:21. > :10:22.after today's event it really is an impressive
:10:23. > :10:24.site on the Somme, looked after by the Commonwealth War
:10:25. > :10:26.Graves Commission. We'll be back at Thiepval
:10:27. > :10:28.later in the programme but for now it's back to Clive
:10:29. > :10:30.in the studio. The Chancellor George Osborne,
:10:31. > :10:33.has abandoned his aim of achieving a budget surplus by the end
:10:34. > :10:35.of the decade. It's been a lynchpin
:10:36. > :10:37.of economic strategy, driving austerity measures
:10:38. > :10:39.in several budgets. But in response to the EU
:10:40. > :10:43.referendum result, he said the public had to be realistic
:10:44. > :10:46.about what could be achieved. Here's our Economics
:10:47. > :10:50.Editor, Kamal Ahmed. We will fix the roof
:10:51. > :10:53.when the sun is shining. And we are going to fix the roof
:10:54. > :11:02.when the sun shines. Fixing the roof when
:11:03. > :11:05.the sun is shining. Repairing the public
:11:06. > :11:07.finances while the economy Many predict the post Brexit will be
:11:08. > :11:13.weaker sunshine will be weaker for the UK economy,
:11:14. > :11:15.try to rethink that 2020 pledge. It's incredibly important
:11:16. > :11:17.we maintain fiscal credibility, that we are tough on the deficit,
:11:18. > :11:20.whilst being realistic about achieving the surplus
:11:21. > :11:25.by the end of the decade. That is exactly what our fiscal
:11:26. > :11:27.rules provided for, they explicitly acknowledge the impact
:11:28. > :11:39.of a significant negative shock. The Chancellor insisted he was not
:11:40. > :11:41.breaking his own budget rules - the austerity target
:11:42. > :11:44.on cutting public spending So how has Brexit changed
:11:45. > :11:48.the long-term economic plan? Since 2010, the Government has cut
:11:49. > :11:51.public spending by 10%. The amount the Government borrows
:11:52. > :11:55.has fallen from ?137 billion That has meant a lot
:11:56. > :12:02.of cuts and tax rises. Now the Chancellor ditched
:12:03. > :12:05.the Government's target of balancing the books by 2020,
:12:06. > :12:09.a worst economic outlook post Three weeks ago, the Chancellor
:12:10. > :12:15.claiming an emergency budget would have to find ?30 billion
:12:16. > :12:19.of tax rises and spending cuts immediately, that doesn't look
:12:20. > :12:21.like happening any time soon, In some ways I am pleased,
:12:22. > :12:32.He's acknowledged the reality In some ways I am pleased,
:12:33. > :12:35.he's acknowledged the reality What we need now is a clear
:12:36. > :12:38.investment programme, so we can counter the recessionary
:12:39. > :12:40.trend on our economy, and also to start investing in some
:12:41. > :12:44.of the areas that felt left behind But pain deferred for the country
:12:45. > :12:47.is not pain cancelled. Chancellors have choices
:12:48. > :12:50.about what they do into the future but it looks like we will be
:12:51. > :12:53.borrowing a lot more in 2020 That will have to be
:12:54. > :13:02.paid down at some point, so it may be that we could get more
:13:03. > :13:06.austerity in the 2020s, it may not just be one decade but
:13:07. > :13:08.a decade-and-a-half of austerity. I think reality bit today
:13:09. > :13:11.for the Chancellor and his officials An economic reality
:13:12. > :13:14.and a political reality. Few economists would want to be
:13:15. > :13:17.raising taxes and cutting spending in the teeth of a possible
:13:18. > :13:19.contraction in the economy, and politically, Theresa May,
:13:20. > :13:23.the favourite to be the next Prime Minister, has said
:13:24. > :13:25.she wants to consign George Osborne's pledges on spending
:13:26. > :13:28.to the waste paper basket. Frankly, George Osborne
:13:29. > :13:33.had nowhere else to go. He's been the hard hat,
:13:34. > :13:34.high-vis Chancellor, warning that we are facing
:13:35. > :13:41.an economic shock but we have not had post referendum economic data
:13:42. > :13:46.yet and the markets have Whatever happens, Mr Osborne
:13:47. > :13:53.wants to be prepared Michael Gove has laid
:13:54. > :13:58.out his vision for the country, if he becomes the next Conservative
:13:59. > :14:01.leader and Prime Minister. He described himself today
:14:02. > :14:03.as a candidate for change, and that he would stand
:14:04. > :14:06.by the promises the Vote Leave campaign made during the EU
:14:07. > :14:09.referendum, including ending free movement and increasing
:14:10. > :14:14.spending on the NHS. Mr Gove also defended
:14:15. > :14:18.withdrawing his support for Boris Johnson in
:14:19. > :14:21.the leadership race. Our Deputy Political Editor
:14:22. > :14:27.John Pienaar has more. He doesn't look like a political
:14:28. > :14:31.assassin but he is to a lot of Tory The man who stabbed his friend
:14:32. > :14:36.Boris Johnson in the back. I'll be giving a speech at 11
:14:37. > :14:38.o'clock this morning at Policy Exchange and I look
:14:39. > :14:41.forward to seeing you there. Charming as ever but launching his
:14:42. > :14:43.own leadership campaign he painted his main rival
:14:44. > :14:47.for the premiership Theresa May as the safe,
:14:48. > :14:49.maybe even dull, option. He was out to win Tory
:14:50. > :14:52.heads and hearts. What this country needs
:14:53. > :14:55.is a Prime Minister not just with a cool head in office,
:14:56. > :14:58.but a heart burning with a desire for change, not just a plan to make
:14:59. > :15:01.do and mend, but a vision to transform our country
:15:02. > :15:07.for the better. His cheerleading section of MPs is
:15:08. > :15:09.smaller than Theresa May's though. Some can't forgive him
:15:10. > :15:12.for what they see as treachery, backing Boris Johnson then deserting
:15:13. > :15:14.and running himself. I stand here and I'm standing
:15:15. > :15:21.for the leadership not as a result of calculation, certainly not
:15:22. > :15:31.as a result of calculation. I'm standing because I have
:15:32. > :15:33.a burning desire to transform There was plenty of policy -
:15:34. > :15:41.a points system to pick and choose No need for Scottish independence,
:15:42. > :15:49.more devolution of power instead. To build that new union,
:15:50. > :15:52.the United Kingdom matters so much And another ?100 million
:15:53. > :15:57.a week for the NHS. I'll put my heart and soul
:15:58. > :16:01.into making sure that the care that your son or daughter or mum
:16:02. > :16:04.or dad receives is the same that You were very clear that
:16:05. > :16:09.Boris Johnson does not have what it Does Theresa May have what it takes
:16:10. > :16:13.to be Prime Minister? Theresa did not argue
:16:14. > :16:15.for and did not put the case for Britain leaving
:16:16. > :16:17.the European Union and that is a fundamental division of principle
:16:18. > :16:23.between the two of us. Your assassination of Boris Johnson
:16:24. > :16:26.- if I could put it that way - has cost you quite a lot of kindness
:16:27. > :16:29.and respect among your colleagues. If you're the sort of person
:16:30. > :16:35.who worries about personal criticism, if you're the sort
:16:36. > :16:39.of person who allows the attacks from others to get under your skin,
:16:40. > :16:44.you shouldn't be leader. Theresa May has strong support
:16:45. > :16:47.in a contest where Tory members will pick their leader
:16:48. > :16:49.and Britain's Prime I think he's proved himself to be
:16:50. > :16:56.a very divisive figure and I don't think he's conducted himself very
:16:57. > :16:59.well, so I would hope that he might now take the right decision over
:17:00. > :17:03.the weekend and stand down. Among MPs Theresa May
:17:04. > :17:05.is the favourite. She's the safe pair of hands
:17:06. > :17:07.candidate and that may appeal to Conservatives with so many doubts
:17:08. > :17:11.hanging over the economy. The perception of treachery
:17:12. > :17:14.will hurt Michael Gove. It will make it harder for him
:17:15. > :17:18.to touch Tory hearts and minds after his successful operation
:17:19. > :17:20.to destroy one of Britain's Today, Boris Johnson
:17:21. > :17:25.was pondering his future and the past 48 hours,
:17:26. > :17:27.which for him had I cannot unfortunately get
:17:28. > :17:35.on with doing what I wanted to do, so it'll be up to somebody else now
:17:36. > :17:38.and I wish him every The Shadow Chancellor John
:17:39. > :17:50.McDonnell, says Jeremy Corbyn is likely to face a challenge
:17:51. > :17:52.for the Labour leadership But he maintains Mr Corbyn
:17:53. > :17:56.is "staying as leader" and would win any contest,
:17:57. > :17:59.despite the resignations of dozens of front bench MPs, and a no
:18:00. > :18:03.confidence vote against him. He says it's up to the wider
:18:04. > :18:05.membership to decide It's been a crucial night for Wales,
:18:06. > :18:13.with their most important football match in more than 50 years,
:18:14. > :18:17.playing Belgium in the quarter Our Wales Correspondent
:18:18. > :18:20.Hywel Griffith joins us from the stadium in Lille,
:18:21. > :18:35.and what a night it's been Hywel. Yes, Clive. Wales arrived at this
:18:36. > :18:38.tournament without the weight of expectation and pressure that seems
:18:39. > :18:45.to be so heavy on other teams. They've taken to it with a smile and
:18:46. > :18:48.a song and tonight have proven that team spirit can be enough to sell
:18:49. > :18:57.one of the finest teams in the world. -- fell.
:18:58. > :19:04.Loud, proud and desperate to stay in Europe. Few Welsh fans dared believe
:19:05. > :19:12.their team could make it this far. But diaries were cleared, life
:19:13. > :19:17.savings spent, anything to be here. It's been 58 years since the last
:19:18. > :19:20.time. You've got to make the effort, it's a once-in-a-lifetime. The
:19:21. > :19:27.atmosphere is amazing, absolutely amazing. And Wales will win? Of
:19:28. > :19:32.course! With the stadium only eight miles from the border, Belgium
:19:33. > :19:35.almost had home advantage while Wales had familiar weather. There
:19:36. > :19:38.was no time to soak in the atmosphere as Belgium unleashed a
:19:39. > :19:46.torrent of attacks once, twice, three times Wales held on. But it
:19:47. > :19:51.couldn't last. As Nainggolan Centre Thunderball through the Welsh
:19:52. > :19:56.defence. COMMENTATOR:
:19:57. > :20:00.His gourds magnificently! Just as it seemed Welsh hopes had been grounded
:20:01. > :20:04.they found their feet and took flight, cached -- Captain Ashley
:20:05. > :20:13.Williams with only his second ever international goal. Every Welsh fan
:20:14. > :20:19.suddenly saw him. And then time to reach cloud nine. Aaron Ramsey's
:20:20. > :20:21.pass found Hal Robson-Kanu, a Championship striker with a
:20:22. > :20:25.world-class finish. COMMENTATOR:
:20:26. > :20:31.What a goal! If Wales could barely believe it, neither could their
:20:32. > :20:35.opponents. Marouane Fellaini heading wide and Belgium heading home. Sam
:20:36. > :20:44.Vokes made sure they left with Welsh voices ringing in their ears. And a
:20:45. > :20:47.song of pure joy. COMMENTATOR:
:20:48. > :20:52.That's the whistle that counts. This has never happened to me, I've
:20:53. > :20:58.enjoyed it. We're not here to enjoy it, we are here to compete. We have
:20:59. > :21:02.something to offer. Already the most successful Welsh football team ever,
:21:03. > :21:03.the story isn't over. Wales now stand just a game away from the
:21:04. > :21:12.final. What a journey the Wales team has
:21:13. > :21:16.been on. The form book suggested they should have been home by now. I
:21:17. > :21:21.don't think anyone dared to dream that Wales would still be here now,
:21:22. > :21:24.one game away from the final! They have beaten Belgium before the
:21:25. > :21:28.qualifying rounds for this tournament, yes, they have shown
:21:29. > :21:32.that they can really pull out some surprising results, but all that has
:21:33. > :21:37.been ripped up. Wales are writing new chapters in their history now,
:21:38. > :21:44.surpassing the heroics of the team in 1958. This is the best ever Welsh
:21:45. > :21:49.football team. So what next? A semifinal in Lyon against Portugal.
:21:50. > :21:53.That's where we will feed two the lack to cope As collide, Cristiano
:21:54. > :21:56.Ronaldo carrying his team to the semifinal, Gareth Bale a key part of
:21:57. > :21:59.the night but what was really interesting is that Gareth Bale
:22:00. > :22:04.wasn't amongst the goals. Gareth Bale didn't create everything. Wales
:22:05. > :22:08.have shown that they are a team that works together and gets the results
:22:09. > :22:12.on the pitch, surpassing all the other home nations, surpassing all
:22:13. > :22:15.the favourites in the tournaments. There are very, very many people who
:22:16. > :22:19.have been dancing around their living rooms to night, dancing on
:22:20. > :22:24.the streets of Lille. This is one for them and for all those people
:22:25. > :22:28.who are starting to lose their voice. Wales are absolutely in
:22:29. > :22:31.dreamland. Many thanks for that, Hywel Griffith in Lille.
:22:32. > :22:34.Let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories.
:22:35. > :22:37.A convicted paedophile has been sentenced to 24 years in prison
:22:38. > :22:40.Douglas Slade was found guilty on Monday of 13 counts
:22:41. > :22:43.of historical child sex abuse, involving boys as young as 10.
:22:44. > :22:48.He was expelled from the Philippines last year to face the charges.
:22:49. > :22:51.Austria's highest court has annulled the result of May's
:22:52. > :22:54.presidential election, saying there has to be a re-run.The
:22:55. > :22:57.Green Party had won by less than one percentage point,
:22:58. > :23:01.with the right wing Freedom Party contesting the result.
:23:02. > :23:04.Researchers say they have the first clear evidence that the hole
:23:05. > :23:07.in the ozone layer over the Antarctic has begun to shrink.
:23:08. > :23:12.A study found that it was 1.5 million square miles smaller
:23:13. > :23:16.than at the beginning of the century - an area roughly the size of India.
:23:17. > :23:18.The chemicals which cause the problem - CFCs - were banned
:23:19. > :23:26.Police in Bangladesh say suspected Islamist extremists
:23:27. > :23:29.have attacked a cafe, in the diplomatic quarter
:23:30. > :23:33.Two policemen have been killed and it's understood up to 20 people
:23:34. > :23:38.A number of foreigners are among those being held.
:23:39. > :23:41.The cafe is in the upmarket district of Gulshan, and is popular
:23:42. > :23:52.So-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Here's our
:23:53. > :23:55.correspondent, Sanjoy Majumder. The attack has taken place
:23:56. > :23:57.in Dhaka's main diplomatic area, in a cafe popular with expats
:23:58. > :23:59.and wealthy Bangladeshis. Several foreigners were inside
:24:00. > :24:04.the cafe when the gunmen stormed in. This man was working
:24:05. > :24:06.in the restaurant and TRANSLATION: I was working
:24:07. > :24:13.in the pizza kitchen and saw two I managed to make it
:24:14. > :24:20.onto the roof of the building. They were throwing bombs
:24:21. > :24:25.and the windows were shaking. And then explosions,
:24:26. > :24:30.apparently set off by the attackers. Several people have been injured
:24:31. > :24:34.and have been rushed to hospital. Elite Bangladeshi police units have
:24:35. > :24:37.now been deployed and are attempting In Washington a State Department
:24:38. > :24:43.official said they were keeping They're obviously in constant touch
:24:44. > :24:52.with Bangladeshi authorities as they continue to work
:24:53. > :24:54.through this very fluid, It's not yet clear who
:24:55. > :25:01.is behind this attack, although the so-called Islamic State
:25:02. > :25:05.has claimed responsibility. Bangladesh has seen a wave
:25:06. > :25:08.of killings over the past year, targeting religious minorities,
:25:09. > :25:13.bloggers and foreigners. They have been blamed on local
:25:14. > :25:16.militants but there's a suggestion there are links with global
:25:17. > :25:21.Islamist groups such as IS. Sanjoy Majumder, BBC News,
:25:22. > :25:27.Delhi. Let's return now to the 100th
:25:28. > :25:29.anniversary commemorations, of the start of the
:25:30. > :25:36.Battle of the Somme. Huw is in Thiepval
:25:37. > :25:38.in Northern France. There were many nations
:25:39. > :25:40.represented here today a reminder that soldiers
:25:41. > :25:41.from different parts of the world fought
:25:42. > :25:44.for the British on the Somme and in some cases that involved both
:25:45. > :25:47.supporters and enemies of the British Empire fighting
:25:48. > :25:52.shoulder to shoulder. The loyalist Ulster Division
:25:53. > :25:55.and the nationalist Irish volunteers were on the verge of
:25:56. > :25:57.civil war in Ireland when the First World War started
:25:58. > :26:00.but at the Somme they Our special correspondent
:26:01. > :26:05.Fergal Keane tells the story. "I couldn't tell you
:26:06. > :26:20.what it was like," wrote A century on and the slaughter
:26:21. > :26:38.still challenges the imagination. But today, that bloody history
:26:39. > :26:40.is being marshalled to shape The Orangemen of Ulster
:26:41. > :26:49.and ministers from South and North We do them no service if we do not
:26:50. > :26:57.relate them to today and to our hopes and our prayers
:26:58. > :27:04.and our aspirations for the future. # When we charged this morning
:27:05. > :27:10.with a great and mighty yell #. The Somme is central
:27:11. > :27:13.to Ulster Protestant identity. 2200 Ulstermen were
:27:14. > :27:22.killed on the first day. It was loyalty with an emphatic
:27:23. > :27:25.political purpose, for after this how could Britain abandon
:27:26. > :27:31.Ulster to Irish home rule? In east Belfast, Darren Wray
:27:32. > :27:33.feels a direct connection with the cause his great grandfather
:27:34. > :27:36.Thomas died for on the first I firmly believe that my future
:27:37. > :27:41.and the future of this country is better off
:27:42. > :27:44.within the United Kingdom. I understand that's what those
:27:45. > :27:47.guys felt back then. I personally don't think attitudes
:27:48. > :27:57.have changed that much. But the Somme is also part
:27:58. > :28:04.of southern Irish history. Tens of thousands of Irish Catholics
:28:05. > :28:06.fought, believing loyalty would persuade Britain to grant
:28:07. > :28:13.Irish home rule. But revolution at home brought
:28:14. > :28:16.an end to empire and a new national story in which there was no space
:28:17. > :28:20.for men like William Dodd, In Dublin, his descendant recalled
:28:21. > :28:28.those narrower times. People didn't want to see to be
:28:29. > :28:32.basically lining up with Britain. If you were a person
:28:33. > :28:36.who was involved in commemorating a memory of these people, you
:28:37. > :28:43.weren't, it wasn't the thing to do. Ireland has travelled far,
:28:44. > :28:46.from a time when gunmen claiming the mantle of the Somme murdered
:28:47. > :28:50.Catholics and the IRA bombed To this, a Queen and President
:28:51. > :28:56.paying homage to the dead At the Somme today, Darren Wray
:28:57. > :29:07.and William Dodd both remembered It's great to see now the
:29:08. > :29:14.Orange government. It's been more accepted
:29:15. > :29:18.now North and South. And so it should be,
:29:19. > :29:21.coming from the background that I come from and seeing what has
:29:22. > :29:23.happened, I can't help On an old battlefield it is peace
:29:24. > :29:52.that now casts the longer shadow. Fergal Keane there on the complex
:29:53. > :29:57.Towie Irish dimension in the history of the of the Somme. -- complexity.
:29:58. > :29:59.That's all from us here at Thiepval tonight
:30:00. > :30:01.in a moment on BBC ONE we'll join our news
:30:02. > :30:05.But we'll leave you with some of the sights and sounds and words
:30:06. > :30:07.from today's commemorations on this 100th anniversary
:30:08. > :30:09.of the start of the Battle of the Somme.
:30:10. > :31:08.Look up and swear by the green of the spring that