:00:00. > :00:15.It's time for the news where you are.
:00:16. > :00:21.More than 20,000 people have raced their bikes through the capital
:00:22. > :00:24.and Surrey as part of the 100-mile Ride London event.
:00:25. > :00:28.But fears over heavy rain along parts of the route led organisers to
:00:29. > :00:33.Although that didn't stop an exciting finish
:00:34. > :00:36.for the professional riders and a couple from tying the knot.
:00:37. > :00:43.If the elite riders thought they had it tough dodging a few puddles,
:00:44. > :00:46.spare a thought for those up at the crack of dawn.
:00:47. > :00:51.Much of London and Surrey under water.
:00:52. > :00:54.Thousands of cyclists of all abilities tackled the testing
:00:55. > :00:58.Really wet. Really, really wet.
:00:59. > :01:01.At one stage it was like somebody was getting a bucket of water
:01:02. > :01:07.The rain has been just unbelievable. Very heavy.
:01:08. > :01:11.Ride 100, as it was dubbed, soon became Ride 86 after 14 miles
:01:12. > :01:16.were cut from the course at the last minute after safety fears.
:01:17. > :01:19.The Boxhill and Leaf Hill section of this route is by far the most
:01:20. > :01:22.challenging, with some really steep climbs, and it was felt the wet
:01:23. > :01:26.and windy conditions we've had today made it just too dangerous.
:01:27. > :01:28.The weather didn't seem to put off spectators.
:01:29. > :01:31.I've reached the age when I just cheer now
:01:32. > :01:35.but I'm very proud of these people and the effort they're putting in.
:01:36. > :01:38.Before it was a river and so many people unfortunately crashed
:01:39. > :01:44.Ian lives in Cobham and says 30 smaller events have taken place
:01:45. > :01:50.His petition has attracted 3,000 names already, as residents worry
:01:51. > :01:56.We just happen to have got to saturation point now where there are
:01:57. > :01:59.literally thousands of cyclists every single week without fail
:02:00. > :02:02.on the narrow roads of Surrey, and it's becoming quite dangerous.
:02:03. > :02:06.Until there's a major accident I don't think anyone is going to take
:02:07. > :02:10.You can do almost anything you want today if you plan ahead,
:02:11. > :02:14.cos if you plan ahead, you'll know the road closures, you'll know the
:02:15. > :02:16.times, you'll know what journeys are possible and not possible.
:02:17. > :02:23.Lycra love in the air as this pair got married during the race.
:02:24. > :02:28.Brit Adam Blythe took the victory on The Mall but thousands were just
:02:29. > :02:36.relieved to finish safely as the weather continued to have its say.
:02:37. > :02:39.Four police officers from SO14, the Royal Protection Unit of Scotland
:02:40. > :02:42.Yard, are being investigated over allegations that they mishandled
:02:43. > :02:46.potential weapons from a bin located in Buckingham Palace.
:02:47. > :02:49.It's believed to relate to property left behind by visitors
:02:50. > :02:54.which includes items like umbrellas and scissors.
:02:55. > :02:59.100 years ago today, the first British soldiers of
:03:00. > :03:02.World War I met at London's railway stations to be shipped
:03:03. > :03:05.Today, their departure was re-enacted and Charlotte Franks went
:03:06. > :03:15.With their best foot forward, they're marching to Waterloo
:03:16. > :03:21.Station, re-enacting the journey of their heroes from 100 years ago.
:03:22. > :03:25.As the lights went out around Europe in 1914, the railways put into
:03:26. > :03:30.practice their plans for war, which they had been preparing since 1 12.
:03:31. > :03:33.They were training, all the reservists who'd been out
:03:34. > :03:36.of the army were called back, they were brought up to speed.
:03:37. > :03:38.There really wasn't a moment to stop and think
:03:39. > :03:43.Today at Waterloo Station, Great War enthusiasts and historians played
:03:44. > :03:48.out the role of departing soldiers known as the Old Contemptables.
:03:49. > :03:50.The atmosphere here would have been a real buzz.
:03:51. > :03:56.Every single infantry was loaded onto trains within 40 minutes.
:03:57. > :04:02.That's 1,000 men, it's horses, wagons, ammunition, food.
:04:03. > :04:05.They marched in unison to the platform, their train a far cry
:04:06. > :04:12.100 years ago, a sad farewells were bid to loved ones.
:04:13. > :04:16.Today, a brief kiss and the fluttering
:04:17. > :04:25.Without them we would be a different country.
:04:26. > :04:29.The railways took the strain of a country preparing for war,
:04:30. > :04:31.an unprecedented conflict that no-one knew would last
:04:32. > :04:43.There will be passing showers mainly in the morning, although we
:04:44. > :04:49.A top temperature in the afternoon of 21.
:04:50. > :04:52.Join me again from 6.30am tomorrow morning for the
:04:53. > :05:13.Good evening. A different feel to our weather this week thanks to the
:05:14. > :05:18.passing of the remnants of Hurricane Bertha. She is not quite done with
:05:19. > :05:23.us yet, though. Still affecting northern parts as this pushes off
:05:24. > :05:25.into the North Sea. A few heavy and possibly thundery showers with
:05:26. > :05:27.persistent rain wrapped around this low pressure.
:05:28. > :05:33.persistent rain wrapped around this low And more rain than Scotland has
:05:34. > :05:34.been used to in the day. Not desperately