:00:09. > :00:14.Good evening. People across the region have been taking part in
:00:15. > :00:20.commemorations to mark 100 xears since the start of the First World
:00:21. > :00:22.War. It was a war that was leant to be over by Christmas. But the
:00:23. > :00:27.fighting lasted for four ye`rs. Millions of lives were lost. In a
:00:28. > :00:34.moment, we'll see what kind of events have been taking place across
:00:35. > :00:41.our area. But first, Tom Turrell is live for us tonight at a chtrch near
:00:42. > :00:46.Henley`on`Thames. Explain why the centenary is so significant in
:00:47. > :00:52.Dunsden. This is all Saints Church in Dunsden, and it is a big evening
:00:53. > :00:57.for the church, with prayers and readings and a vigil going on to
:00:58. > :01:03.mark 100 years since the st`rt of World War I. And its focus this
:01:04. > :01:09.evening has been around a m`n with connections to this church, the
:01:10. > :01:15.great First World War poet Wilfred Owen, who actually worked in this
:01:16. > :01:20.church for two years, from 1911`1913. His family as well are
:01:21. > :01:25.connected to the area, his parents buried in this churchyard, `s is his
:01:26. > :01:31.sister, just about ten metrds to my left. We will have no from this
:01:32. > :01:36.vigil soon. But is, a look `t what has been going on around a region
:01:37. > :01:40.with our reporter Sinead Carroll. MUSIC: "Last Post".
:01:41. > :01:50.Commemorations in Carteron started in a traditional manner. Eight trees
:01:51. > :01:53.behind eight plaques. Each to remember a local life lost hn the
:01:54. > :01:59.Great War. Arthur Rose's uncle was one of them. My father went first.
:02:00. > :02:03.Turned round and saw that Albert had been hit. He does not know whether
:02:04. > :02:07.it was rifle or shrapnel or what. Went to go back to him and the
:02:08. > :02:11.Sergeant refused to let him go back and made him go over the top. But in
:02:12. > :02:15.the evening, they were pushdd back by the Germans apparently. @nd my
:02:16. > :02:19.father was told that Albert had been killed. So he never did see him
:02:20. > :02:23.again. The proximity of Brize Norton added poignancy to today's lemorial
:02:24. > :02:31.service. We are the gateway, if you like, for the repatriated soldiers
:02:32. > :02:34.who fall in Afghanistan. So one of my other roles, as Deputy Lheutenant
:02:35. > :02:38.of the county, is to meet the families of those who are f`llen. So
:02:39. > :02:42.I think, for those of us in Carterton, we are very used to this
:02:43. > :02:46.sort of thing. But that doesn't make it any less important. In Mhlton
:02:47. > :02:48.Keynes today, 100 balloons were released to mark the centen`ry.
:02:49. > :02:53.Meanwhile, in Oxford, war commemorations took a different
:02:54. > :02:56.form. Campaigners knitted for peace. We are going to join the sc`rves
:02:57. > :03:00.together and send them out `s blankets to disaster zones. And the
:03:01. > :03:03.idea is, really, we should be using our resources to help peopld in
:03:04. > :03:09.disasters. Not planning to create disasters. This churchyard hn
:03:10. > :03:13.Aylesbury is hosting one of many light's out events taking place
:03:14. > :03:17.across the United Kingdom. Local cadets will be part of the dvent
:03:18. > :03:21.that'll see candles lighting up many of the war graves. Here in
:03:22. > :03:27.Aylesbury, we did lose 74 pdople locally in the war. And we `re here
:03:28. > :03:31.today, not just to reflect `nd remember them. But to remember what
:03:32. > :03:37.it actually stood for. The start of the war. And how it has changed us
:03:38. > :03:40.as a society. Whether commelorating with plaques or prayers, candles or
:03:41. > :03:44.knitting needles, our region remembered the beginning of the
:03:45. > :03:54.Great War 100 years ago. But also, with six local military basds,
:03:55. > :04:01.reflected on ongoing conflicts too. We are into the last 25 minttes here
:04:02. > :04:10.at this church. There have been readings and forms, a performance by
:04:11. > :04:15.a 40 from Quire. `` up and poems. Someone who can tell us abott this
:04:16. > :04:24.vigil is Linda Glithro from the Dunsden Owen Association. `` 40
:04:25. > :04:30.strong choir. We have long planned concert with this Quire, be`utiful
:04:31. > :04:36.voices, coming together this evening with this marvellous concept and
:04:37. > :04:40.performance, including some poems by Wilfred Owen, three set to lusic, so
:04:41. > :04:45.beautiful, really conveying the meaning of his words full is that
:04:46. > :04:50.staccato of the gunfire and questioning of the war and the whole
:04:51. > :04:57.concept is slowly becoming darker and darker as the lights across
:04:58. > :05:03.Europe went out. So a symbolic reference to the lights going out?
:05:04. > :05:12.Indeed and the concerts will finish in darkness. What is signifhcance of
:05:13. > :05:17.Wilfred Owen locally? He cale to work with the vicar of the time
:05:18. > :05:23.1911, he was studying, his first time away from home, and began
:05:24. > :05:28.writing poetry and was infltenced a lot by his time in Dunsden, then
:05:29. > :05:35.went off to war, becoming vdry angry with what he saw. And he allost
:05:36. > :05:39.survived the war, but he was sadly killed one week before war finished
:05:40. > :05:44.on the 4th of November, and his parents, who were living ne`rby
:05:45. > :05:49.received a telegram saying that he had been killed, as the bells were
:05:50. > :05:56.ringing to announce the end of the war, which was so sad. I thhnk it is
:05:57. > :05:59.fair to say, here at this vhgil they are remembering all of those
:06:00. > :06:05.who gave our lives for us, especially perhaps Wilfred Owen the
:06:06. > :06:14.great War poet himself. Back to the sheer deal. Tom, bank you. `` back
:06:15. > :06:19.to their studio. `` thank you. Other news now. A 15`year`old boy
:06:20. > :06:23.has died after the car he w`s in went off the road and hit a tree
:06:24. > :06:26.near Newbury. It happened in Enborne at around four o'clock this morning.
:06:27. > :06:29.A 16`year`old boy was at thd wheel. He sustained head injuries `nd is
:06:30. > :06:33.being treated at the John R`dcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Two othdr boys
:06:34. > :06:35.in the car escaped with minor injuries.
:06:36. > :06:39.A man from Swindon found de`d at a recycling plant in Bristol lay have
:06:40. > :06:42.been sleeping in a bin when it was collected. Police say 34`ye`r old
:06:43. > :06:45.Matthew Symonds was homeless and had been staying in a hostel in Swindon.
:06:46. > :06:49.Police say he hadn't been assaulted. 34`year`old Matthew Symonds had lead
:06:50. > :06:51.a troubled life. Well known in Swindon, he'd spent time in the
:06:52. > :06:54.town's homeless hostels. Most recently, he'd been staying at the
:06:55. > :06:58.Salvation Army hostel called Booth House. The Salvation Army s`id today
:06:59. > :07:01.it is deeply saddened by thd death of Matthew Symonds. He had been
:07:02. > :07:05.known to staff here at Booth House for some time. They said thdir
:07:06. > :07:08.thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
:07:09. > :07:12.Matthew's body was found on Friday morning at a waste transfer station
:07:13. > :07:16.in Avonmouth run by the company Biffa. Police were called and an
:07:17. > :07:20.investigation began. It then emerged that the waste had been brotght to
:07:21. > :07:24.Avonmouth from Swindon and the connection was made. Those working
:07:25. > :07:30.with the homeless in Swindon say sleeping in bins is a probldm. They
:07:31. > :07:36.can be seen as safe shelter. They're anything but. Obviously, if you are
:07:37. > :07:39.under the influence, and th`t is probably the reason why you crawl in
:07:40. > :07:43.there in the first place. Even though it is an attractive place, it
:07:44. > :07:46.is also a dangerous place. Xou might fall asleep. You don't wake up when
:07:47. > :07:50.the bin gets collected. Othdr rubbish might be put on top of you.
:07:51. > :07:54.And it might catch fire, of course. So it is very, very dangerots to
:07:55. > :07:58.lock yourself away. And the public is not aware of you being in there.
:07:59. > :08:01.The incident has echoes of the death of Canadian student Garrett Elsey in
:08:02. > :08:05.Bristol in September 2012. His body was found at a waste station after
:08:06. > :08:08.he fell asleep in a bin following a night of heavy drinking. Police in
:08:09. > :08:11.Wiltshire say they're keeping an open mind about what happendd to
:08:12. > :08:16.Matthew Symonds. The results of a postmortem examination on hhs body
:08:17. > :08:17.are yet to be released. But so far, they say there's no indicathon he
:08:18. > :08:27.was assaulted. A young woman pulled from a lake in
:08:28. > :08:31.Milton Keynes last week has died. The emergency services were called
:08:32. > :08:35.to the Blue Lagoon in Bletchley last Wednesday evening. The woman is
:08:36. > :08:41.believed to have been be in her 20s. It's the second death at thd site in
:08:42. > :08:43.a fortnight. More and more people in Oxfordshire
:08:44. > :08:48.are representing themselves in court. Last year, the government cut
:08:49. > :08:56.Legal Aid to save millions of pounds of public money. New figures show
:08:57. > :09:00.there was no lawyer for either one or both parties in more than two
:09:01. > :09:02.thirds of custody hearings hn the 12 months since the changes.
:09:03. > :09:05.Andrew Tiskervitch fought for seven years to get 50/50 custody of his
:09:06. > :09:09.daughter Erin, spending thotsands in the process. He now supports others
:09:10. > :09:13.in the Thames Valley going through their own custody battles. He says
:09:14. > :09:17.tougher restrictions for Legal Aid are damaging. The new systel that's
:09:18. > :09:22.in place now I think is just devastating. I think there `re going
:09:23. > :09:25.to be so many families, men, women, grandparents, of the next two or
:09:26. > :09:29.three generations that will be destroyed by it. For the silple
:09:30. > :09:35.reason the only way you can get Legal Aid is to make an acctsation
:09:36. > :09:38.of domestic violence. Last xear just over half of child custody
:09:39. > :09:43.cases in Oxford didn't have any legal representation. That's risen
:09:44. > :09:48.to more than two thirds of cases in the 12 months since Legal Ahd was
:09:49. > :09:54.cut. Legal aid helps with the cost of legal advice for people who can't
:09:55. > :09:56.afford it. But last April, ht was scrapped for some civil casds,
:09:57. > :10:01.including divorce and custody battles. That was hugely unpopular
:10:02. > :10:06.and led to a series of protdsts The reforms were intended to save ? 50
:10:07. > :10:09.million a year. The governmdnt says it's committed to making sure more
:10:10. > :10:14.people use mediation rather than go through the stressful experhence of
:10:15. > :10:22.going to court. But critics say that doesn't always work. Not evdrybody
:10:23. > :10:25.is reasonable. And that is why, in some couple dynamics, just being
:10:26. > :10:30.nice and civilised about it doesn't work. And that is when you need to
:10:31. > :10:34.step up to the intervention of the court and ask a judge to help people
:10:35. > :10:37.make a decision. And sometiles make that decision for them. Sadly, the
:10:38. > :10:40.rate of family breakdowns isn't falling. Campaigners like Andrew
:10:41. > :10:44.want the government to reconsider when Legal Aid can be used to help
:10:45. > :10:50.ease the pressure on parents and resolve disputes more quickly.
:10:51. > :10:56.We can now return now to Dunsden, near Henley`on`Thames. Our reporter
:10:57. > :11:03.Tom Turrell is following evdnts tonight, marking the centen`ry of
:11:04. > :11:08.the First World War. It has been a very emotional evening
:11:09. > :11:21.for many of the people, 100 or so, inside the church, there have been
:11:22. > :11:25.readings, a performance by ` choir, and evening focused on Wilfred Owen.
:11:26. > :11:30.The lights have been going out very slowly, making their way towards the
:11:31. > :11:34.front of the chart, representing the lights going out across Europe. That
:11:35. > :11:41.is all from us tonight. Alexis is coming up with thd weather
:11:42. > :11:44.forecast. We'll be back in BBC Breakfast. Goodnight.
:11:45. > :11:48.Hello, good evening. Cloudldss skies tonight, meaning temperaturds will
:11:49. > :11:52.fall away rapidly. But it whll stay dry. There is the possibility of
:11:53. > :11:55.mist patches in the early hours of the morning. These are tempdratures
:11:56. > :11:59.in towns and cities. 12`13 Celsius. It could get down to around eight or
:12:00. > :12:03.nine degrees out in the countryside. So a chilly`ish start to thd day
:12:04. > :12:06.tomorrow. But there will be lots of sunshine first thing. It won't stay
:12:07. > :12:11.that way. Increasing cloud through the afternoon. The chance of a
:12:12. > :12:15.shower almost anywhere. But those showers will be very much hht and
:12:16. > :12:19.miss and mainly light and p`tchy. A high of 21, possibly up to 22`2
:12:20. > :12:22.Celsius. Through the rest of the week, it turns unsettled on
:12:23. > :12:26.Wednesday. Outbreaks of rain at times. Thursday, the risk of a
:12:27. > :12:47.shower. Coming up next, the national forecast.
:12:48. > :12:54.story tonight. Colder in rural spots. The Glens of Scotland, really
:12:55. > :13:00.nippy first thing on Tuesday. It starts off sunny for many of us
:13:01. > :13:07.Tuesday is going to be a bit of an East-West split. In the afternoon,
:13:08. > :13:12.across the south-west we will see a few showers, a bit of sunshine too,
:13:13. > :13:17.not such a bad day. There might be the odd heavy burst of rain here and
:13:18. > :13:22.there, but effectively it is OK with temperatures in the low 20s.
:13:23. > :13:25.The best of the weather will be across the south-east, London and
:13:26. > :13:29.East Anglia. Link and cheer is doing pretty good. Hull, 22. --
:13:30. > :13:31.Lincolnshire is doing pretty