:00:07. > :00:09.The moment - one hundred years ago today - that Britain entered the
:00:10. > :00:16.First World War, is being marked, in events on both sides of the Channel.
:00:17. > :00:18.with dignitaries from across the Commonwealth - as those that
:00:19. > :00:31.In Belgium the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join world leaders
:00:32. > :00:43.the fact that the presidents of Germany and Austria are here today
:00:44. > :00:45.and other nations, then enemies, are here, too, bears testament to the
:00:46. > :00:49.power of reconciliation. Thousands of balloons have also been
:00:50. > :00:52.released in the colours of the flags of the countries,
:00:53. > :01:04.which fought in World War One. I am at Glasgow Cathedral where the
:01:05. > :01:05.first national service of commemoration has been held
:01:06. > :01:12.particularly remembering the contribution of Commonwealth
:01:13. > :01:15.countries. I am at the military cemetery where the families of
:01:16. > :01:17.British and German soldiers killed in the battles around mons will
:01:18. > :01:20.attend a moment of reconciliation. Lights Out - homes and businesses,
:01:21. > :01:26.across the UK will turn off their lights,
:01:27. > :01:28.leaving a single candle, to mark We'll be live in Liege and Glasgow
:01:29. > :01:32.in a moment. A desperate search
:01:33. > :01:45.for survivors after an earthquake Good afternoon
:01:46. > :02:22.and welcome to the BBC News at One. One hundred years to the day
:02:23. > :02:28.after Britain and Belgium entered the First World War, events to mark
:02:29. > :02:32.the anniversary have been taking The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge -
:02:33. > :02:35.along with representatives, from around 50 countries - have been
:02:36. > :02:38.in the Belgian city of Liege, for a ceremony to honour those,
:02:39. > :02:48.who resisted the German advance. In a speech Prince William said we
:02:49. > :02:49.salute those who died to give us our freedom.
:02:50. > :02:52.Services of remembrance are also being held, at Glasgow Cathedral,
:02:53. > :03:07.Good afternoon? Good afternoon. 1400 people came to this service at the
:03:08. > :03:11.Cathedral this morning led by Prince Charles, attended by senior
:03:12. > :03:18.politicians as you would expect and crucially representatives of many
:03:19. > :03:22.Commonwealth nations. Our correspondent reports on the service
:03:23. > :03:33.in Glasgow and also the commemorative events in Belgium.
:03:34. > :03:37.RELIGIOUS MUSIC. A day for reflection about a terrible war
:03:38. > :03:40.which although it lies beyond the scope of human memory now, had
:03:41. > :03:45.consequences which are still felt a century later. It was a war which
:03:46. > :03:49.touched every continent, and from every continent in Glasgow Cathedral
:03:50. > :03:53.the leaders of the many nations which stood alongside Britain in
:03:54. > :03:59.1914 and which are now part of the Commonwealth, came to remember. We
:04:00. > :04:08.meet because on a summers day like this one, 100 years ago the world
:04:09. > :04:14.changed. Our nations and peoples found themselves in a war the like
:04:15. > :04:24.of which had never before been seen. RELIGIOUS MUSIC. A century later the
:04:25. > :04:29.sheer scale of the losses suffered during the First World War is hard
:04:30. > :04:33.fully to comprehend. Approximately 1 million people from Britain and the
:04:34. > :04:36.Empire lost their lives. Most of the fighting, most of the casualties
:04:37. > :04:46.occurred on the battlefields of Europe. MILITARY MUSIC. Belgium was
:04:47. > :04:51.the first point of impact, invaded by German forces on this Day 100
:04:52. > :04:55.years ago. To the city of Liege, stoutly defended by the Belgian
:04:56. > :04:57.forces, came many of Europe's present-day leaders. Among them is
:04:58. > :05:11.the German head of state. He was thankful for the invitation
:05:12. > :05:14.he said, and there was contrition for Germany's completely
:05:15. > :05:21.unjustifiable invasion of Belgium as he put it and for the conduct of
:05:22. > :05:27.German troops. Prince William spoke about reconciliation. The fact that
:05:28. > :05:30.the President of Germany and Austria are here today and that other
:05:31. > :05:40.nations, which were enemies, are here, bears testimony to the power
:05:41. > :05:44.of reconciliation. In Liege they released balloons. In Glasgow a
:05:45. > :05:50.candle was passed to young people, symbolising hope for the future. And
:05:51. > :05:53.in the south coast port of Folkestone, where hundreds of
:05:54. > :05:57.thousands of young soldiers had their last sight of Britain before
:05:58. > :06:01.embarking for the Western front, Prince Harry opened a memorial arch
:06:02. > :06:06.in memory of those that did not come home. Tonight the day 's solemn
:06:07. > :06:10.commemoration will move to Westminster Abbey, and a moment
:06:11. > :06:15.which will be shared across the country as lights are dimmed, an
:06:16. > :06:18.echo of the remark made this night a century ago by the then Foreign
:06:19. > :06:22.Secretary Sir Edward Grey that the lights are going out across Europe.
:06:23. > :06:26.The final lamp will be extinguished here by the grave of the unknown
:06:27. > :06:30.soldier at 11 o'clock, midnight in Birmingham, the moment 100 years ago
:06:31. > :06:45.when the United Kingdom entered the war. Four years of warfare, and
:06:46. > :06:48.untold tragedy were to follow. Hundreds of thousands of young men
:06:49. > :06:53.lost their lives during the great War. Their deaths still touch their
:06:54. > :07:04.families today. As Robert Hall now reports. In the shade of spreading
:07:05. > :07:09.pines David Wooding and his daughter have reached the end of the journey,
:07:10. > :07:15.around them, the men of the Middlesex Regiment lost in the
:07:16. > :07:21.fighting around mons. The last resting place of his great uncle.
:07:22. > :07:26.This is a special day when the whole nations remembers the carnage of the
:07:27. > :07:30.First World War. It adds to the emotion of the moment. You feel
:07:31. > :07:34.pride and respect, not just for him but for so many hundreds of
:07:35. > :07:41.thousands of other people who gave their lives for us. It is humbling.
:07:42. > :07:45.Thereon more than 500 graves in this cemetery, where former enemies live
:07:46. > :07:50.side-by-side -- there are more than 500. Great crosses for the German
:07:51. > :07:55.graves contrasting with the white stone from their British and
:07:56. > :08:00.Commonwealth counterparts, among the early burials that of 17-year-old
:08:01. > :08:04.John Parr. John Parr had volunteered for military service at 14, when war
:08:05. > :08:09.was declared his regiment was one of the first to set off for France. In
:08:10. > :08:16.late August, 1914, as German forces grew closer, he was one of two men
:08:17. > :08:19.sent out to find a missing unit. He was the first British combat
:08:20. > :08:25.casualty in Western Europe since Waterloo. Historians are still
:08:26. > :08:31.arguing about how he died. An officer 's report dated August 22
:08:32. > :08:37.notes that cyclists were sent out. British and German records mention
:08:38. > :08:43.no casualties during the period. When he went out they were 11 miles
:08:44. > :08:45.further south than the point where everybody thinks he was killed, and
:08:46. > :08:50.the Germans were miles further north. He could not have been in
:08:51. > :09:03.contact with the German cavalry patrol. I have heard from Berlin,
:09:04. > :09:07.one of my sons chums... Whatever the truth, the army appears to have lost
:09:08. > :09:11.him for several months, this lady has one of the desperate letters his
:09:12. > :09:16.mother wrote to the War office. Later today she will come here to
:09:17. > :09:21.the quiet glades, she says she is honoured to represent the family of
:09:22. > :09:31.John Parr. I have a photograph of me, holding hands with his granny, I
:09:32. > :09:35.feel like I am now taking her, by the hand, to her son 's grave. We
:09:36. > :09:42.will probably never know what happened to John Parr, enemy action,
:09:43. > :09:51.panicking villager, but today, one young man swallowed by a cataclysmic
:09:52. > :09:54.war be remembered. A number of events taking place in Belgium
:09:55. > :10:01.today, in a moment we will speak to Robert, but first let's go to
:10:02. > :10:06.Matthew Price who has been following the commemorations in Liege. The
:10:07. > :10:09.sort of service which really reflects how extremely important
:10:10. > :10:17.Liege is in the history of the First World War. A very sombre ceremony
:10:18. > :10:24.which took about one hour, and a wreath was laid. There was silence
:10:25. > :10:32.and gun salute, one young girl from the city walked into the Plaza
:10:33. > :10:34.behind me in front of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the king
:10:35. > :10:39.and queen of Belgium and the German and French presidents and assembled
:10:40. > :10:45.others, releasing a white balloon. Which signified they said, peace and
:10:46. > :10:48.reconciliation. Asking a young person from Liege to do it, a symbol
:10:49. > :10:54.of the passing of the collective memory of what happened. This was a
:10:55. > :10:57.city really which stood in the German military 's way, they thought
:10:58. > :11:02.they would push through Belgium very quickly indeed. They met fierce
:11:03. > :11:07.resistance here. 100 years ago tomorrow morning, the Battle of
:11:08. > :11:11.Liege began. The Germans thought it could" quickly, it did not, it
:11:12. > :11:17.lasted the best part of two weeks -- end quickly. The Belgian military
:11:18. > :11:23.put up a much bigger fight than expected, the Duke of Cambridge,
:11:24. > :11:29.reflected on that, talking about the immense suffering and the sacrifice
:11:30. > :11:32.he called it that Belgium had made. From the German president also words
:11:33. > :11:37.really in condemnation of his own country, those 100 years ago, their
:11:38. > :11:44.flagrant disregard for international law and norms. Quite political here
:11:45. > :11:47.at times as well but the focus on the commemoration and the memory.
:11:48. > :11:57.STUDIO: Thank you for joining us. Robert, a sense of what we can
:11:58. > :12:04.expect from where you are later? The service will reflect St Symphorien
:12:05. > :12:11.itself, it was given to the German forces, with the condition that they
:12:12. > :12:15.bury enemy soldiers as well as their own with honour. And they did.
:12:16. > :12:20.Former enemies lying here side-by-side, that will be reflected
:12:21. > :12:23.in the service this evening. Attended by the Duke and Duchess of
:12:24. > :12:26.Cambridge and Prince Harry, and those of the family members that
:12:27. > :12:31.life here. You saw a couple of those in my report. The service will be a
:12:32. > :12:33.mixture of music from Britain and Germany, readings including
:12:34. > :12:41.eyewitness accounts from the men that fought and died. And a formal
:12:42. > :12:45.moment of remembrance at the end. Let me read you something from
:12:46. > :12:49.Prince William is forward, he writes the bravery and the selflessness
:12:50. > :12:53.shown by service men is at the heart of the commemoration. We mark
:12:54. > :12:57.sacrifice and the eternal thread of dedication and valour which connects
:12:58. > :13:03.our predecessors with their counterparts today, we will remember
:13:04. > :13:12.them. Robert, many thanks, and Matthew. Back in Britain, attention
:13:13. > :13:15.turns to night to a request from the Royal British Legion for people up
:13:16. > :13:21.and down the country to turn off their lights in a massive act of
:13:22. > :13:26.remembrance between 10-11 PM. A lot of public buildings will be taking
:13:27. > :13:35.part as well including for example Blackpool Tower, and the Eden
:13:36. > :13:39.Project in Cornwall. The dedication of a war memorial in
:13:40. > :13:42.Project in Cornwall. The dedication this morning. This is for
:13:43. > :13:46.celebration and remembrance. Hundreds came to the service, and to
:13:47. > :13:53.night many of them will light a candle in their homes in further
:13:54. > :13:56.tribute. It will give so much comfort to the people around that
:13:57. > :14:01.lost members of their family in various conflicts, maybe from the
:14:02. > :14:06.First World War, even other conflicts which have followed. At
:14:07. > :14:09.the start of the First World War the Foreign Secretary was heard to
:14:10. > :14:13.remark the lamps were going out across Europe, so tonight everybody
:14:14. > :14:17.is being encouraged to switch out their lights in a home and light a
:14:18. > :14:27.candle and leave it late for one hour, to mark the exact time of the
:14:28. > :14:33.start of World War I. My father was in that... He didn't die, he came
:14:34. > :14:39.home which was rare. We will put a candle in the window in his memory.
:14:40. > :14:46.It's wonderful. Beautiful. Moved to tears. Interesting to show the
:14:47. > :14:51.pupils those pictures, giving them the names makes it very real on an
:14:52. > :14:57.individual basis, rather than talking about a huge event of people
:14:58. > :15:01.that they do not know about. At the North Wales memorial arch, a special
:15:02. > :15:05.sound and light show will be on display, and that beacon of light,
:15:06. > :15:11.Blackpool Tower will also plunge into darkness as the busy resort
:15:12. > :15:14.pauses to reflect. At Westminster Abbey there will be a light on the
:15:15. > :15:20.tomb of the unknown soldier which will be extinguished at 11pm, time
:15:21. > :15:24.war was declared. The Royal British Legion hope millions of people will
:15:25. > :15:27.pause in their homes tonight for one hour of near darkness, to remember
:15:28. > :15:42.one of the darkest times in our history. All of us, where ever we
:15:43. > :15:46.live, has an opportunity today to remember the war that cost so many
:15:47. > :15:50.lives. From Glasgow Cathedral, back to you. Thank you for joining us.
:15:51. > :15:54.There will be more coverage throughout the afternoon on the BBC
:15:55. > :15:59.News Channel and on BBC Two from 6:30pm. Mums in Belgium was the
:16:00. > :16:03.scene of the first major engagement between Reddish and German forces
:16:04. > :16:09.and there will be a service there later this evening. At Westminster
:16:10. > :16:15.Abbey a candlelit vigil will be held to mark the exact time Britain
:16:16. > :16:21.declared war. It is 1:16pm. Our top story at lunch time: The moment 100
:16:22. > :16:24.years ago today that Britain entered the First World War is being marked
:16:25. > :16:30.in events on both sides of the Channel. And still to come: I will
:16:31. > :16:32.be to quit the police. A businessman set up his own toll road to get
:16:33. > :16:36.round traffic delays. Looking back at the London athletes
:16:37. > :16:40.who added to Team England's medal on the final day
:16:41. > :16:42.of the Commonwealth Games tally. And commemorating the anniversary
:16:43. > :16:46.100th of the start of First World War the - Londoners are to
:16:47. > :16:48.encouraged rediscover the thousands Medical staff in Gaza say,
:16:49. > :16:58.a child has been killed and 30 people wounded, in an Israeli
:16:59. > :17:02.air strike on a refugee camp. The shelling is reported to have
:17:03. > :17:10.happened, just minutes into a seven-hour
:17:11. > :17:11.truce, announced by Israel. The Prime Minister, David Cameron
:17:12. > :17:14.has spoken this morning, of an Just minutes after the ceasefire
:17:15. > :17:23.began, carnage in Gaza. They desperately search through
:17:24. > :17:27.the rubble for any survivors. At least one child died and more
:17:28. > :17:32.than 30 other people were injured. Palestinians say the house was
:17:33. > :17:35.hit by an Israeli air strike. This
:17:36. > :17:39.in a neighbourhood that was supposed The Israeli military
:17:40. > :17:45.is yet to comment. It is continuing military operations
:17:46. > :17:47.in the southern town of Rafah. Yesterday,
:17:48. > :17:52.ten people died here after an Israeli missile landed close to
:17:53. > :17:56.the entrance of a UN school. International condemnation followed,
:17:57. > :17:58.the UN describing it But Israel accuses Palestinian
:17:59. > :18:03.militants of turning civilian areas Israel says it is now safe
:18:04. > :18:10.for Palestinians to return to some A quarter
:18:11. > :18:14.of the population here have fled But most Palestinians don't want
:18:15. > :18:20.to go back, saying that they fear Israel now says it is close to
:18:21. > :18:25.destroying a network They have been used by Hamas
:18:26. > :18:31.militants to stage attacks There are also signs that Israeli
:18:32. > :18:38.soldiers are leaving Gaza, but that Martin Patience, BBC News,
:18:39. > :18:46.Gaza city. Our middle east correspondent,
:18:47. > :18:59.Bethany Bell is in Jerusalem. How real a cease-fire is this, do
:19:00. > :19:03.you think? It is quite limited. It is only taking part in certain
:19:04. > :19:09.places in Gaza. As we know the Israeli army is continuing its
:19:10. > :19:15.offensive in the area of Rafah in the South. Now, that is close to the
:19:16. > :19:18.Egyptian border and that is an area that has traditionally been used to
:19:19. > :19:22.try and smuggle weapons in in the past, and it may be that the Israeli
:19:23. > :19:27.army is trying to prevent that happening in the future to prevent
:19:28. > :19:31.Hamas from rearming. Also there is some speculation here that Israel
:19:32. > :19:37.may be considering some type of unilateral withdrawal from Gaza
:19:38. > :19:41.without a negotiated cease-fire agreement. But few here are
:19:42. > :19:45.expecting that the fighting will end soon. In fact there is enormous
:19:46. > :19:52.pressure on Israel to try and come up with some sort of negotiated deal
:19:53. > :19:55.with Hamas. There are delegations and a diplomatic track still
:19:56. > :19:59.ongoing. Israel has not ruled that out. But there is enormous tension
:20:00. > :20:07.here. In fact, this morning injuries we also had an incident that police
:20:08. > :20:12.are calling an attack on a bus, a digger overturned a bus in an
:20:13. > :20:15.ultraorthodox neighbourhood of the city and police shot the driver,
:20:16. > :20:21.they say, in order to stop the incident from going on. But there
:20:22. > :20:26.have been casualties and the Israeli media is reporting that at least one
:20:27. > :20:31.person has been killed. Francois Hollande talking about the slaughter
:20:32. > :20:35.of civilians in Gaza. How is Israel responding to the continued
:20:36. > :20:41.criticism of the shelling near a UN school yesterday? The Israeli army
:20:42. > :20:45.said that they were targeting three Palestinian militants near that
:20:46. > :20:50.school. They say they are looking into this incident. Israel is
:20:51. > :20:56.clearly aware of the enormous international pressure on it, in
:20:57. > :20:59.terms of the incidents at schools. There is also an enormous
:21:00. > :21:04.international pressure to try and stop this fighting diplomatically
:21:05. > :21:09.speaking. At the moment Israel says it is not going to take part in
:21:10. > :21:13.talks in Cairo but it has not closed the doors to that either. But at the
:21:14. > :21:17.moment few people here are expecting this fighting to end any time soon.
:21:18. > :21:19.They believe that the Army will continue with what it is doing. If
:21:20. > :21:22.any bell, thank you very much. A rescue operation is underway in
:21:23. > :21:26.China, after a strong earthquake, struck a remote area of Yunnan
:21:27. > :21:33.province, in the south west of the country, killing around 400
:21:34. > :21:35.people. The country's president, has called for "all-out efforts" to
:21:36. > :21:38.find survivors, as he dispatched thousands of troops, to the disaster
:21:39. > :21:40.region. Our correspondent John This morning help finally arrived
:21:41. > :21:46.at the epicentre of the earthquake. Poor visibility and bad weather had
:21:47. > :21:49.for almost 20 hours stopped the Once airborne the extent
:21:50. > :21:53.of the quake's lethal destruction was clearly visible
:21:54. > :21:58.in this remote mountainous region. Surveillance camera footage showed
:21:59. > :22:02.the moment it struck at 4:30pm in the afternoon on Sunday,
:22:03. > :22:05.a time when many people would have On the first tremor everything shook
:22:06. > :22:19.seven or eight times, this man said. Our house collapsed almost
:22:20. > :22:21.as soon as we got out. Thousands of rescue workers,
:22:22. > :22:23.soldiers and medical staff have been drafted
:22:24. > :22:33.in, but progress on the ground has been badly hampered by disrupted
:22:34. > :22:36.communications and blocked roads. Offers of help, if needed,
:22:37. > :22:46.have come from Washington and the United Nations, although it
:22:47. > :22:49.is access that's the problem and at this stage China appears to have
:22:50. > :22:52.all the manpower it needs. The authorities are also sending
:22:53. > :22:54.large quantities of tents, Compared to the 2008 earthquake
:22:55. > :22:58.in neighbouring Sichuan province which claimed almost 70,000 lives
:22:59. > :23:01.this disaster is smaller in scale, although relative comparisons are
:23:02. > :23:09.meaningless for the hundreds of and the many thousands made
:23:10. > :23:14.homeless. From the air,
:23:15. > :23:21.China's real vulnerability is clear, with older buildings lying collapsed
:23:22. > :23:23.between the new multistorey China's Southwest is one
:23:24. > :23:33.of its most earthquake-prone regions but also one of its poorest
:23:34. > :23:36.and it is that combination that A plane is due to leave Kharkiv
:23:37. > :23:44.in Ukraine later today, with more remains,
:23:45. > :23:47.from the crash site of Flight MH17. Over the weekend,
:23:48. > :23:48.forensic investigators visited a new area of the site, despite
:23:49. > :23:51.heavy fighting in the region. The recovery effort is being slowed,
:23:52. > :23:54.by military action, between pro-Russia separatists
:23:55. > :24:00.and Ukrainian government forces. Fighting around the insurgent
:24:01. > :24:02.stronghold of Donetsk, left at least More than 100 British
:24:03. > :24:08.and other European nationals, have arrived in Malta today,
:24:09. > :24:19.after being evacuated from Libya. HMS Enterprise following increasing
:24:20. > :24:23.violence in the Libyan capital. More than 200 people have
:24:24. > :24:25.been killed in fighting, between rival militias
:24:26. > :24:29.in the last two weeks. A businessman from Bath,
:24:30. > :24:33.has found a novel way to get round the delays caused by work to repair
:24:34. > :24:36.a road near his home. He's built his own toll road,
:24:37. > :24:39.though fields to avoid the route. Mike Watts is hoping to recoup
:24:40. > :24:55.the cost of building the road, by Good morning! Drivers heading into
:24:56. > :24:59.Bath today paying a fee for a short cut through a farmer's field. But
:25:00. > :25:04.when the official diversion stretches the 14 miles, for many it
:25:05. > :25:08.seems like a small price to pay. It saves me 40 minutes in a day on a
:25:09. > :25:12.journey I have to do so it is worth every penny for me to be able to say
:25:13. > :25:16.that amount of time in my day, basically. But they will need a lot
:25:17. > :25:21.more cars to come through here. A local businessman came up with the
:25:22. > :25:26.idea down the local pub and spend ?150,000 of his own money building
:25:27. > :25:32.it. We have got to get 150,000 cars over this road in five months. How
:25:33. > :25:37.many people per day? 30,000 a month, 1000 cars a day. Today there
:25:38. > :25:41.was a slow but steady stream. A landslip closed the road past here
:25:42. > :25:46.in February, turning a ten minute trip into a one-hour long ordeal.
:25:47. > :25:51.I've just paid my ?2 and rather than go on a 14 mile diversion I can go
:25:52. > :25:55.on this little toll road, the only problem is you have to do it in
:25:56. > :26:03.first gear because it is really steep and the surface is just
:26:04. > :26:06.gravel. This local pub had its local trade choked off when the landslip
:26:07. > :26:13.fell and they now say they are so pleased they are offering toll road
:26:14. > :26:18.users a discount. He's looking to get retrospective planning
:26:19. > :26:21.permission. But the local people and businesses this enterprising new
:26:22. > :26:23.road has brought relief from months of motoring misery.
:26:24. > :26:29.Marine scientists have for the first time explored
:26:30. > :26:31.an underwater mountain, known as the Hebrides Terrace Seamount,
:26:32. > :26:34.Researchers sent a remotely-operated vehicle to the
:26:35. > :26:37.site, and found it to be "densely colonised, and species-rich".
:26:38. > :26:44.Our science reporter Victoria Gill reports.
:26:45. > :26:47.To reach the Hebrides Terrace Seamount researchers used a
:26:48. > :26:53.submarine tethered to their research vehicle. This enabled them to film
:26:54. > :26:58.life at depths of more than half a mile, exploring this extinct
:26:59. > :27:02.undersea volcano. What you can't tell from this footage is that the
:27:03. > :27:07.vehicle is actually tracking up the steep slopes of a mountain that is
:27:08. > :27:11.higher than Ben Nevis, but is completely submerged. When the deep
:27:12. > :27:14.ocean currents hit the slopes they stir up and release nutrients, and
:27:15. > :27:20.that's what makes this such a rich and valuable marine habitat. So the
:27:21. > :27:25.scientists expected to find life, but didn't expect quite so much. We
:27:26. > :27:30.were surprised about how much diversity of life was there. We
:27:31. > :27:33.found over 100 species, even at a course level using cameras back and
:27:34. > :27:37.see over 100 types of different species. If we had taken samples we
:27:38. > :27:43.probably would have found several thousands. At these depths we find
:27:44. > :27:45.new species all the time. But the researchers say this environment is
:27:46. > :27:50.already changing. Our oceans are becoming more acidic primarily
:27:51. > :27:54.because of carbon emissions. Such a change in ocean chemistry could
:27:55. > :27:58.dissolve coral skeletons, and that could mean this was a first and last
:27:59. > :28:00.snapshot of an ancient and unique marine environment.
:28:01. > :28:08.Time for a look at the weather. Here's Nick Miller.
:28:09. > :28:13.Fine weather for the centenary services and so far so good for the
:28:14. > :28:16.start of another week of summer but if you think the summer weather is
:28:17. > :28:20.getting back on track and you have got some sunshine today think again
:28:21. > :28:23.because we will see some rain at some stage this week and some of
:28:24. > :28:27.that will turn out to be very heavy. We will see that in a moment.
:28:28. > :28:31.But first to today and the satellite picture and cloud image, that of
:28:32. > :28:34.cloud in Northwest got them still delivering some rain. The cloud has
:28:35. > :28:38.developed in South Wales and southern parts of England, squeezing
:28:39. > :28:42.out a few showers, hit and miss but if you catch one it could be heavy
:28:43. > :28:46.and maybe a rumble of thunder. But most of us will not and maybe just
:28:47. > :28:50.see a dark cloud in the distance and the sun will reappear. If you catch
:28:51. > :28:53.a shower it should not last too long. They are well scattered across
:28:54. > :28:57.the southern half of England and Wales. A few will pop up further
:28:58. > :29:01.east later this afternoon. This is the picture at 4pm. Between the
:29:02. > :29:04.showers warm sunshine and temperatures in the warmest spots in
:29:05. > :29:07.the East of England approaching the mid-20s again. But as you can see
:29:08. > :29:11.there is a lot of fine and fairly warm weather around this afternoon
:29:12. > :29:15.but the cloud in north-west Scotland still delivering some rain. The
:29:16. > :29:18.breeze will deliver some warmer days in eastern Scotland, around 20
:29:19. > :29:22.Celsius. Into this evening the showers that had developed slowly
:29:23. > :29:26.fade but as the night goes on more come back into south-west England,
:29:27. > :29:30.South West Wales, Northern Ireland and south-west Scotland and a few
:29:31. > :29:33.heavy ones here. Elsewhere under clear skies it will turn out to be
:29:34. > :29:36.quite cool, particularly in the countryside and across the northern
:29:37. > :29:42.half of the UK so the Scottish blends will be close to freezing as
:29:43. > :29:45.Tuesday begins. So, a bright and fresh start for many of us in the
:29:46. > :29:48.morning but as you can see there are some heavy showers from the word go
:29:49. > :29:52.in the West and some of these will move across Wales, north-west
:29:53. > :29:56.England and Scotland. The Met office is warning of some particularly
:29:57. > :29:59.heavy slow-moving and thundery downpours developing in Northern
:30:00. > :30:04.Ireland tomorrow. Driest in the east and warmest here too but a bit more
:30:05. > :30:07.cloud compared with today. I started with the forecast saying rain on the
:30:08. > :30:11.way. This is what I meant, on Tuesday night and into Wednesday
:30:12. > :30:15.this developing area of low pressure turns wet on Tuesday night across
:30:16. > :30:19.southern parts of the UK, and during Wednesday it will lift northwards.
:30:20. > :30:23.But some of us could have a very soggy start to Wednesday so we will
:30:24. > :30:27.keep you updated. Brighter skies from the south as the day goes on.
:30:28. > :30:29.And a brake on Thursday but stores and showers around. More rain
:30:30. > :30:34.affecting some of us on Friday in the south-east, and possibly on
:30:35. > :30:40.Friday turning more humid. So it is a changeable week of weather. More
:30:41. > :30:43.rain coming. Keep up-to-date with the forecast where you are with BBC
:30:44. > :30:48.weather online. Thank you for joining us. A reminder of the top
:30:49. > :30:54.story this lunch time: The moment 100 years ago today that Britain
:30:55. > :31:01.entered the First World War being marked on both sides of the Channel.
:31:02. > :31:05.In Belgium the juke and Duchess of Cambridge joint world leaders for a
:31:06. > :31:10.service of remembrance. -- the Duke and Duchess. The fact that the
:31:11. > :31:16.presidents of Germany and Austria are here today and other nations
:31:17. > :31:17.then enemies are here too is testimony to the power of
:31:18. > :31:19.reconciliation. That's all from us