01/07/2016

:00:00. > :00:07.We're in northern France marking the centenary

:00:08. > :00:10.of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest

:00:11. > :00:19.A crowd of 10,000 - including heads of state

:00:20. > :00:22.and government - and members of the royal family -

:00:23. > :00:26.joined descendants of those who fought 100 years ago.

:00:27. > :00:30.They heard the words of those who went over the top on July 1,

:00:31. > :00:34.1916, a day of huge losses for British and French forces,

:00:35. > :00:38.trying to break through German defences.

:00:39. > :00:42.I was frightened, I don't mind telling you.

:00:43. > :00:46.You did a job out there and I never realised that there was

:00:47. > :00:56.The day was also marked across the UK with guns fired

:00:57. > :01:01.to signal the time when the troops were ordered into battle.

:01:02. > :01:05.Also on the programme this evening: The Government pledge

:01:06. > :01:08.to cut the budget surplus by 2020 is scrapped.

:01:09. > :01:11.The Chancellor says post Brexit we can't afford it.

:01:12. > :01:14.Michael Gove pledges to leave the EU single market, as he sets out why

:01:15. > :01:19.he believes he should be the next Prime Minister.

:01:20. > :01:21.And they were last in a major tournament in the 1950s,

:01:22. > :01:33.but tonight, could Wales make it through to the semis of the Euros?

:01:34. > :01:43.At 6. 30pm on BBC News, it's euro 2016 Sportsday with much more build

:01:44. > :01:45.up to that Wales game and also a update from Wimbledon on the fiveth

:01:46. > :02:05.day at the All England Club. Good evening from Thiepval

:02:06. > :02:08.in northern France, where earlier today a crowd of 10,000 came

:02:09. > :02:11.together, including heads of state and government and members

:02:12. > :02:14.of the royal family, to mark the centenary

:02:15. > :02:17.of the Battle of the Somme, It was the bloodiest battle

:02:18. > :02:23.in the history of the British armed forces and the battle that came

:02:24. > :02:26.to define the brutality and horror The ceremony was held in the shadow

:02:27. > :02:31.of the famous memorial here at Thiepval, which bears

:02:32. > :02:34.the names of 72,000 British and South African troops,

:02:35. > :02:38.whose bodies were never found. The Prince of Wales,

:02:39. > :02:41.David Cameron and President Hollande were among those who took part

:02:42. > :02:44.in the presence of hundreds of descendants of those who fought,

:02:45. > :02:47.as our special correspondent, It is the largest First World War

:02:48. > :02:55.memorial anywhere, its scale commensurate with the loss of life

:02:56. > :02:58.in these fields. It is a memorial to

:02:59. > :03:02.the missing of the Somme. The names of 72,000 men with no

:03:03. > :03:05.known graves are carved here. Its plea to posterity,

:03:06. > :03:17.to us, is plain - never forget. Heads of state and government,

:03:18. > :03:20.present and future, listened to Clive Adlam as he read

:03:21. > :03:24.the words of his father, Lieutenant Tom Adlam,

:03:25. > :03:28.who fought and survived. You did a job out there

:03:29. > :03:31.and I never realised that there was anything

:03:32. > :03:34.unusual about it. There was a job to be done

:03:35. > :03:38.and you just got on and did it. I was more frightened going up

:03:39. > :03:42.to the trenches, sitting, I was very frightened then,

:03:43. > :03:52.very frightened indeed. We were taught we had to be

:03:53. > :03:56.an example to our men and that, if we went forward,

:03:57. > :04:00.they would go with you, you see. And you'd sort of lose your sense

:04:01. > :04:03.of fear, thinking The nurse Olive Dent

:04:04. > :04:19.treated the wounded. Here, her words described that

:04:20. > :04:25.first week on the Somme. I am too tired to sleep,

:04:26. > :04:30.too tired to shut out of sight and mind the passionate appeal

:04:31. > :04:38.of two dying eyes and the low faint whisper of, "Sister,

:04:39. > :04:47.am I going to die?" A week after Britain voted to leave

:04:48. > :04:50.the European Union, David Cameron took his place beneath the memorial

:04:51. > :04:53.to the enduring alliance between the UK and France,

:04:54. > :04:57.and described a moment of mutual respect between enemies as a British

:04:58. > :05:01.major risked his life to rescue a wounded soldier

:05:02. > :05:05.from no man's land. He walked as though

:05:06. > :05:10.he was on parade. The Germans never fired a shot

:05:11. > :05:14.at him as he went. They never fired a shot

:05:15. > :05:18.as he went back. And they cheered him as he lifted

:05:19. > :05:29.the man onto his shoulders. The poppy and, in France,

:05:30. > :05:33.the blue cornflower are the emblems of the sorrow of war marked

:05:34. > :05:50.in two minutes of silence. In these moments of remembrance,

:05:51. > :05:54.the dead cry out their warning In the words of the poet

:05:55. > :06:00.Siegfried Sassoon, recited here today, "Do you ever stop

:06:01. > :06:03.and ask, 'Will it all happen again?' Look down and swear

:06:04. > :06:06.by the slain of the war that There have been many events

:06:07. > :06:16.organised today to mark the centenary of the first day

:06:17. > :06:19.of the Battle of the Somme - some in France, but many

:06:20. > :06:22.in different parts of The national commemoration in the UK

:06:23. > :06:27.was held in Manchester, reflecting the fact that

:06:28. > :06:30.so many of the so-called Pals' Battalions, the volunteers

:06:31. > :06:32.who joined up with friends and colleagues, came

:06:33. > :06:34.from the north of England. So let's join our correspondent,

:06:35. > :06:50.Judith Moritz, who's Yes and those men, known as the Pals

:06:51. > :06:53.came from towns and cities like Preston, Grimsby and here in

:06:54. > :06:59.Manchester. This city took time out today to stop, to remember that

:07:00. > :07:00.moment 100 years ago. The events of the day began very early this

:07:01. > :07:18.morning in London. 100 seconds of gunfire. To mark 100

:07:19. > :07:21.years of history. The noise of battle reverberating and then fading

:07:22. > :07:49.to the silence of remembrance. At 7. 30am exactly whistles blown to

:07:50. > :07:59.significant fall the very moment the order was given to send the men over

:08:00. > :08:04.the top. For Manchester, the Somme has special significance. A

:08:05. > :08:08.cathedral service honoured the Pals' Battalions of northern Britain,

:08:09. > :08:15.groups of work mates, friends and neighbours, who signed up to serve

:08:16. > :08:20.together. The boys in khaki were friendly, cheery and full of pluck.

:08:21. > :08:24.The goodbyes were manly and warm. There was a sense of hope and

:08:25. > :08:37.exhilaration in the air. Parting is such sweet sorrow. On this day, we

:08:38. > :08:42.remember before you all who experienced the battle on the Somme,

:08:43. > :08:52.those who faced the terrible waste and devastation. Outside, a thousand

:08:53. > :08:59.people marched in memory, veterans paraded with volunteers and amongst

:09:00. > :09:01.them walked Louis Roscol, whose father Alf fought at the front after

:09:02. > :09:05.joining up in Manchester. I'm proud to be here and to see them all

:09:06. > :09:08.around. My dad was a retiring sort of chap. He wasn't the sort of guy

:09:09. > :09:12.to push himself forward. So I feel in a way I'm doing it for him. I

:09:13. > :09:19.want to demonstrate that he was there and that he was very much part

:09:20. > :09:24.of it. Connecting the past to the present here in Manchester and

:09:25. > :09:29.across the UK today, the soldiers of the Somme have been rubbing

:09:30. > :09:39.shoulders with commuters and shoppers, bringing a flavour of 1916

:09:40. > :09:45.into the 21st century. The Somme is sown into the identity of this city

:09:46. > :09:46.and into the family histories of many thousands of people who turned

:09:47. > :09:49.out to remember it. The site here at Thiepval is visited

:09:50. > :09:54.by around 300,000 people a year. It wouldn't be at all surprising

:09:55. > :09:57.if those numbers didn't rise, It really is an impressive site

:09:58. > :10:03.on the Somme, looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves

:10:04. > :10:05.Commission. We'll be back at Thiepval later

:10:06. > :10:08.in the programme, but, for now, The Chancellor, George Osborne,

:10:09. > :10:14.has abandoned one of his principal economic targets, that of restoring

:10:15. > :10:16.Government finances It's been one of the Chancellor's

:10:17. > :10:21.key austerity pledges, but Mr Osborne said the UK must now

:10:22. > :10:24.be realistic in the light Our economics editor,

:10:25. > :10:36.Kamal Ahmed, reports. He said it again. We will fix the

:10:37. > :10:40.roof when the sun is shining. And again... We are going to fix the

:10:41. > :10:46.roof when the sun shines. And again... Fixing the roof when the

:10:47. > :10:50.sun is shining. Repairing the public finances while the economy was in

:10:51. > :10:54.better shape. Today, a very different tone, many predict the

:10:55. > :11:00.post Brexit sunshine will be weaker for the UK economy. Time to rethink

:11:01. > :11:03.that 2020 pledge. It's incredibly important we maintain fiscal

:11:04. > :11:09.credibility, that we are tough on the deficit while being realistic

:11:10. > :11:15.about achieving the surplus by the end of the decade. That is exactly

:11:16. > :11:17.what our fiscal rules provided for. They explicitly acknowledged the

:11:18. > :11:21.impact of a significant negative shock. The Chancellor insisted he

:11:22. > :11:25.wasn't breaking his own budget rules. The austerity target on

:11:26. > :11:31.cutting public spending and raising taxes was flexible. It does mean

:11:32. > :11:35.there is now likely to be an easing of the Government's long-term

:11:36. > :11:39.austerity plan. Since 2010, the Government has cut public spending

:11:40. > :11:45.by 10%. The amount the Government boar rows has fallen from ?137

:11:46. > :11:50.billion a year to 75 billion, that's a lot of cuts and tax rises. Now the

:11:51. > :11:54.Chancellor has suggested ending the Government's central target of

:11:55. > :11:58.balancing the books by 2020, which could mean fewer cuts over the next

:11:59. > :12:01.few years. In some ways I'm pleased, he's acknowledged the reality that

:12:02. > :12:05.it's not working. What we need now is a clear investment programme so

:12:06. > :12:10.we can counter the recessionary trend we have in the economy, but

:12:11. > :12:13.also, we can start investing in the areas that felt left behind and

:12:14. > :12:18.therefore voted to leave. Pain deferred for the country is not pain

:12:19. > :12:22.cancelled. Chancellors have choices about what they do into the future,

:12:23. > :12:26.but it looks like we'll be borrowing quite a lot more in 2020 than we

:12:27. > :12:30.thought we would be. That will have to be paid down at some point. It

:12:31. > :12:35.may well be that we get more austerity through the 2020s. It may

:12:36. > :12:38.not be just one decade, but a decade-and-a-half of austerity.

:12:39. > :12:43.I think reality bit today for the Chancellor and his officials here at

:12:44. > :12:46.the Treasury. An economic reality and political reality. Few

:12:47. > :12:50.economists would want to be raising taxes and cutting spending in the

:12:51. > :12:54.teeth of a possible contraction in the economy. And politically,

:12:55. > :12:58.Theresa May, the favourite to be the next Prime Minister, has already

:12:59. > :13:02.said she wants to consign George Osborne's pledges on spending to the

:13:03. > :13:10.waste paper basket. Frankly, George Osborne had nowhere else to go. He's

:13:11. > :13:15.been the hard hat, high vis Chancellor, warning of economic

:13:16. > :13:20.shock, but we haven't had any post referendum economic data yet and the

:13:21. > :13:24.markets have recovered their pre-referendum mojo. Whatever

:13:25. > :13:25.happens Mr Osborne wants to be prepared for fixing that tricky

:13:26. > :13:26.roof. Michael Gove has spoken

:13:27. > :13:28.of his "burning desire" to transform Britain at the launch of his bid

:13:29. > :13:32.to be the next Tory leader. A key figure in the Leave campaign,

:13:33. > :13:35.he vowed to leave the EU single market and to cut EU immigration

:13:36. > :13:37.if he wins. But already there've

:13:38. > :13:39.been calls for Mr Gove to stand down as a candidate

:13:40. > :13:42.from within the Conservative Party. Our deputy political editor,

:13:43. > :13:47.John Pienaar, has the latest. Doesn't look like a political

:13:48. > :13:51.assassin, but he is to a lot of Tory The man who stabbed his friend

:13:52. > :13:57.Boris Johnson in the back. I'll be giving a speech at 11am this

:13:58. > :14:01.morning at Policy Exchange and I look forward

:14:02. > :14:03.to seeing you there. Charming as ever, but launching his

:14:04. > :14:06.own leadership campaign, he painted his main rival

:14:07. > :14:09.for the Premiership, Theresa May, as the safe,

:14:10. > :14:11.maybe even dull option. He was out to win Tory

:14:12. > :14:13.heads and hearts. What this country needs

:14:14. > :14:16.is a Prime Minister, not just with a cool head in office,

:14:17. > :14:20.but a heart burning with a desire for change, not just a plan to make

:14:21. > :14:23.do and mend, but a vision to transform our country

:14:24. > :14:28.for the better. His cheerleading section of MPs is

:14:29. > :14:31.smaller than Theresa May's though. Some can't forgive him

:14:32. > :14:34.for what they see as treachery, backing Boris Johnson,

:14:35. > :14:38.then deserting and running himself. I stand here and I'm

:14:39. > :14:43.standing for the leadership, not as a result of

:14:44. > :14:49.calculation, certainly not I'm standing because I

:14:50. > :14:56.have a burning desire There was plenty of policy,

:14:57. > :15:04.a points system to pick and choose No need for Scottish independence,

:15:05. > :15:10.more devolution of power instead. To build that new union,

:15:11. > :15:13.the United Kingdom matters so much And another ?100 million

:15:14. > :15:17.a week for the NHS. I'll put my heart and soul

:15:18. > :15:20.into making sure that the care your son, daughter or mum or dad receives

:15:21. > :15:23.is the same I would want You were very clear that

:15:24. > :15:30.Boris Johnson does not have what it Does Theresa May have what it takes

:15:31. > :15:35.to be Prime Minister? Theresa did not argue

:15:36. > :15:37.for and did not put the case for Britain

:15:38. > :15:40.leaving the European Union. That is a fundamental division

:15:41. > :15:44.of principle between the two of us. Your assassination of Boris Johnson,

:15:45. > :15:46.if I can put it that way, has cost you a lot in kindness

:15:47. > :15:50.and respect among your colleagues. You'll know that.

:15:51. > :15:53.Can you possibly recover from that? If you're the sort of person

:15:54. > :15:56.who worries about personal criticism, if you're the sort

:15:57. > :15:59.of person who allows the attacks from others to get under your skin,

:16:00. > :16:05.you shouldn't be leader. Theresa May has strong support

:16:06. > :16:08.in a contest where Tory leaders will pick their leader

:16:09. > :16:11.and Britain's Prime Minister in He has proved himself to be

:16:12. > :16:18.a very devicive figure. I don't think he's conducted

:16:19. > :16:20.himself very well. I would hope that he might now take

:16:21. > :16:23.the right decision over Among MPs, Theresa May

:16:24. > :16:26.is the favourite. She's the safe pair

:16:27. > :16:29.of hands candidate. That may appeal to Conservatives,

:16:30. > :16:31.with so many doubts The perception of treachery

:16:32. > :16:36.will hurt Michael Gove. It will make it harder for him

:16:37. > :16:39.to touch Tory hearts and minds, after his successful operation

:16:40. > :16:41.to destroy one of Britain's most Today Boris Johnson

:16:42. > :16:46.was pondering his future, thousands have gathered

:16:47. > :17:06.in Northern France for a memorial service marking 100 years

:17:07. > :17:08.since the start of the And, still to come,

:17:09. > :17:24.the farmers asking - Away from the Euros, it's been a

:17:25. > :17:27.rainy day at Wimbledon but two British players have set out to see

:17:28. > :17:35.if they can pull off a couple of major upsets.

:17:36. > :17:38.In under two hours' time, Wales faces its biggest football

:17:39. > :17:44.That was the last time they were in a major tournament.

:17:45. > :17:47.Tonight they face Belgium, and the prize is a place

:17:48. > :17:48.in the semi-finals of the European Championships.

:17:49. > :17:59.There must be some very excited fans there.

:18:00. > :18:06.Excited, elated, I don't think the rain here in Lille is going to

:18:07. > :18:10.banish any of those emotions. Wales have achieved something pretty rare

:18:11. > :18:15.in tournament for the old. They have looked as if they are enjoying

:18:16. > :18:20.themselves on and off the pitch. Can they go one step further and surpass

:18:21. > :18:22.the achievements of the team of 1958 and find themselves one game away

:18:23. > :18:24.from a final? Loud, proud and ecstatic

:18:25. > :18:27.still to be in Europe. Few Welsh fans dared

:18:28. > :18:31.believe their team could make it this far but diaries have been

:18:32. > :18:34.cleared, life savings spent. It's been 58 years

:18:35. > :18:40.since the last time. You've got to make

:18:41. > :18:42.the effort, really. The atmosphere is amazing,

:18:43. > :18:45.absolutely amazing. Cancellations at the Eurotunnel left

:18:46. > :18:55.fans the wrong side of the Channel, There were very few Welsh fans

:18:56. > :19:04.there to see the last and only time In the 1958 World Cup,

:19:05. > :19:09.they also made it to the quarterfinals, only for a rising

:19:10. > :19:12.star to send them home. Wales' own Galactico knows this

:19:13. > :19:20.is the biggest game since, but if there is pressure,

:19:21. > :19:23.he seems to take in his stride. It's amazing to be in

:19:24. > :19:27.the quarterfinals of the European Championships,

:19:28. > :19:29.first and foremost. But to be the only home nation

:19:30. > :19:32.left in the competition For Gareth Bale's team-mates,

:19:33. > :19:38.Lille's Stade Pierre-Mauroy is the biggest stage they have

:19:39. > :19:41.ever played on. But they may feel their opponents

:19:42. > :19:44.have something of a home advantage. The Belgian border is just

:19:45. > :19:48.eight miles away. Ranked second in the world,

:19:49. > :19:54.their team has an array of stars. Some of their performances suggest

:19:55. > :19:57.they are sometimes better on paper Even if they are not

:19:58. > :20:03.the sum of their parts, Eden Hazard was ravenous

:20:04. > :20:10.against Hungary. But, like many of the favourites

:20:11. > :20:14.in this tournament, the weight of expectation is heavy

:20:15. > :20:17.on their shoulders. It's a game now, or you go on,

:20:18. > :20:21.or you stay in the tournament, and you feel the pressure

:20:22. > :20:23.and attention. Novices at tournament football,

:20:24. > :20:30.Wales have shown it's OK to simply Where England failed

:20:31. > :20:37.and Northern Ireland faltered, Wales have shown team spirit can

:20:38. > :20:40.take you a long way. Hywel Griffiths, BBC News,

:20:41. > :20:44.Lille. And Wales versus Belgium

:20:45. > :20:50.is here on BBC One - A man who raped and murdered

:20:51. > :20:57.a 15-year-old schoolgirl after holding her prisoner has been

:20:58. > :21:00.jailed for life - and will spend Kayleigh Haywood was battered

:21:01. > :21:04.to death on farmland in Leicestershire after being

:21:05. > :21:06.groomed on Facebook and other Stephen Beadman lured her

:21:07. > :21:11.to the home of his neighbour Luke Harlow, who was

:21:12. > :21:15.also jailed for life. The National Farmers Union

:21:16. > :21:20.is calling on the government to match the support farms receive

:21:21. > :21:22.from the European Union - Many farmers are heavily dependent

:21:23. > :21:36.on subsidies from Brussels and there's huge uncertainty

:21:37. > :21:45.about what Brexit could mean for the whole agriculture sector

:21:46. > :21:47.as Sian Lloyd reports: Jacob Anthony, one of a new

:21:48. > :21:49.generation of farmers This 23-year-old says he is looking

:21:50. > :21:53.forward to a future for British Let's look at the whole world

:21:54. > :21:57.is a bigger picture. Let's try and infiltrate

:21:58. > :21:59.some markets in Asia, Let's get in there and get

:22:00. > :22:02.new contracts sorted where we can get paid a better price

:22:03. > :22:04.for our fantastic produce The face of farming has been

:22:05. > :22:10.revolutionised in a lifetime. It said the result of this

:22:11. > :22:13.referendum will see the biggest shake-up in the industry

:22:14. > :22:15.in a generation. For the past 40 years,

:22:16. > :22:17.Europe has been woven Through regulation,

:22:18. > :22:20.its subsidies and access We've got all this instability,

:22:21. > :22:27.what is happening politically and economically,

:22:28. > :22:29.it's going to affect Livestock farmer

:22:30. > :22:34.Caroline Jenkins feels uncertain European subsidies have been

:22:35. > :22:38.a lifeline for this hill farm about where the industry goes

:22:39. > :22:43.from here. If we're not sure about what loans

:22:44. > :22:48.are going to be available to us, what EU money is going

:22:49. > :22:51.to be available to us, how can we try to put

:22:52. > :22:53.this in some kind of investment? What is going to happen when we have

:22:54. > :22:59.trade tariffs put on our stock? Are Europe going to

:23:00. > :23:02.want to buy our stock? But change is on its way

:23:03. > :23:07.and at a meeting of farmers leaders today, the talk was of shaping

:23:08. > :23:10.a new approach for British farming. It's going to be so

:23:11. > :23:12.important that we can deliver and agricultural, domestic

:23:13. > :23:15.policy that is there, fit for purpose that can deliver

:23:16. > :23:20.competitiveness, innovation, profitable farming so farmers

:23:21. > :23:23.can go ahead and produce the food But a recognition too that

:23:24. > :23:32.Europe is likely to remain their biggest trading partner

:23:33. > :23:34.for some time to come. Sian Lloyd, BBC News,

:23:35. > :23:38.Bridgend. More now on the 100th

:23:39. > :23:40.anniversary of the start Huw is in Thiepval

:23:41. > :23:46.in northern France. It's true that this memorial

:23:47. > :23:49.at Thiepval dominates the landscape for miles around -

:23:50. > :23:52.but there are plenty of other British and Irish cemeteries

:23:53. > :23:53.and memorials dotted Nearly one in ten of the soldiers

:23:54. > :23:59.who died on the first day of the battle were from

:24:00. > :24:02.the 36th Ulster Division - and this afternoon members

:24:03. > :24:04.of their families were among those who gathered at the

:24:05. > :24:07.Ulster Memorial Tower, around half a mile away,

:24:08. > :24:15.built close to the front line Our Ireland correspondent

:24:16. > :24:20.Chris Buckler watched the ceremony. The Ulster Tower stands close

:24:21. > :24:22.to what was, a century ago, Here, a generation only learning

:24:23. > :24:32.of war came together with relatives

:24:33. > :24:37.who knew the true horror of it. Instead of the dreadful noise

:24:38. > :24:39.of battle, today there were the sombre signs of remembrance

:24:40. > :24:46.for Irish soldiers. Many of the body still lie

:24:47. > :24:50.in this once-contested land. The loss never forgotten

:24:51. > :24:55.in the towns and villages they left. 1,600 yards was the front

:24:56. > :24:58.of the Ulster division and The casualties included

:24:59. > :25:08.men injured but those who followed them out of

:25:09. > :25:11.the trenches soon discovered I think from the second attack,

:25:12. > :25:15.the men looking out across no man's land

:25:16. > :25:19.and seeing their mates lying dead and wounded

:25:20. > :25:21.it must have been a horrendous Some of the trenches

:25:22. > :25:27.are still here in these woods and it was from here

:25:28. > :25:30.that battle was fought. Line after line of German troops

:25:31. > :25:33.were waiting, not that you could see them,

:25:34. > :25:35.unless you put your head They came over the top of

:25:36. > :25:42.the trenches, somewhere around here. Quite near where the

:25:43. > :25:48.cemetery is right now. James Quigley left Ireland

:25:49. > :25:52.before the island had a border. He would never return to Donegal

:25:53. > :25:56.to see his country changed. The whole village would have lost

:25:57. > :26:03.their sons of a certain age. You know, of those 200

:26:04. > :26:05.who were with Jimmy, all from the same part

:26:06. > :26:09.of East Donegal, so a whole, almost

:26:10. > :26:13.a generation of boys is lost. It scares me, obviously,

:26:14. > :26:16.that if I was living back in that time

:26:17. > :26:20.I could have headed off to war soon. It's easier for me just not to think

:26:21. > :26:24.about the whole war but I think it's What happened on the edge

:26:25. > :26:28.of Thiepval wood In Belfast, there's a pride

:26:29. > :26:32.in keeping a connection It is where deals to division went

:26:33. > :27:01.to serve and for so many that Evening here in France, it's very

:27:02. > :27:07.calm. The crowds have gone. It's lovely. There were 600 children,

:27:08. > :27:15.young people lined up at these gravestones, 300 from the UK, 300

:27:16. > :27:20.from France. They placed flowers at these gravestones. Crucially, the

:27:21. > :27:24.weather was good because we have had to wrench will reign over the last

:27:25. > :27:27.few days, including today, we were very pleased that we had good

:27:28. > :27:45.You were not alone. We've had some torrential rain across the poppy

:27:46. > :27:49.fields of Lincolnshire. Last year on the 1st of July we had

:27:50. > :27:57.record-breaking heat with 37 Fahrenheit. Showers Silver

:27:58. > :28:05.threatening. Most will die back towards the coast. Temperatures down

:28:06. > :28:10.into low double digits, maybe single figures. Starting with sunshine

:28:11. > :28:14.across central and eastern areas. But like the last couple of days,

:28:15. > :28:22.showers blown in by an easterly breeze will continue to penetrate

:28:23. > :28:28.inland. Some of them heavy with top temperatures around 14 or 15 in

:28:29. > :28:32.Northern Ireland and Scotland. In England and Wales, down into the

:28:33. > :28:36.South West, into the afternoon, showers becoming fewer and lighter

:28:37. > :28:46.in nature. We might see temperatures squeezed between 19-20d. Hopefully,

:28:47. > :28:53.the showers will be few and far between at Wimbledon. Into Sunday, a

:28:54. > :29:01.frontal system could bring cloud and drizzly rain into the south coast

:29:02. > :29:06.first thing. Generally speaking you should have fewer showers across

:29:07. > :29:15.England and Wales. A smattering in Northern Ireland and Scotland. We

:29:16. > :29:16.can't rule out a fuchsia as. Into the weekend, cool and breezy with

:29:17. > :29:21.sunny spells and scattered showers. That's all from BBC News at Six

:29:22. > :29:23.in northern France on the day

:29:24. > :29:25.we remembered the one million men killed or injured

:29:26. > :29:28.during the Battle of the Somme.