:00:11. > :00:11.Good evening. evening on the BBC News Channel
:00:12. > :00:12.Marines from Somerset`based 40 Comm`ndo
:00:13. > :00:16.paraded through Weston`super`Mare today, as they were awarded
:00:17. > :00:22.It's the first time Weston has bestowed the honour in nearly
:00:23. > :00:32.To an uplifting beat, 40 Colmando marched into town to receivd
:00:33. > :00:39.It is quite a spine`tingling moment to walk around that corner `nd see
:00:40. > :00:42.such a great number of people cheering and waving their flags
:00:43. > :00:48.We are Somerset's Royal Marhnes and Weston`super`Mare is ond
:00:49. > :00:51.of the biggest towns in Somdrset. So it's an enormous honour.
:00:52. > :00:55.That I officially present the scroll to 40 Commando...
:00:56. > :00:59.Taunton`based 40 Commando h`s strong links with Weston.
:01:00. > :01:04.And ties with Somerset were strengthened further when m`rines
:01:05. > :01:10.I think for Weston`super`Mare it's wonderful.
:01:11. > :01:14.We haven't done a Freedom since 1967, RAF Locking, so we can
:01:15. > :01:22.It is just so special, what they do for this country and everything
:01:23. > :01:26.freedoms that we all take for granted.
:01:27. > :01:30.There is not a lot you can say, only thank you.
:01:31. > :01:33.40 Commando exercised their new Freedom with a parade
:01:34. > :01:39.The event tied in with Armed Forces Day and the Weston Air Festhval
:01:40. > :01:45.Shows of military strength on the ground ` and in the sky.
:01:46. > :01:51.Madeleine Ware, BBC Points West Weston`super`Mare.
:01:52. > :01:53.Firefighters in Trowbridge `bandoned plans for strike action tod`y to
:01:54. > :01:57.tackle a serious fire at Sh`nley's scrap yard in the town.
:01:58. > :02:01.40 crew members have spent `ll day bringing 750 tonnes of burning
:02:02. > :02:07.Smoke from the blaze could be seen for many miles.
:02:08. > :02:10.The longest day of the year has been seen in
:02:11. > :02:14.They gathered around the famous Wiltshire stones
:02:15. > :02:24.The ancient stones, the perfect backdrop to this all`night
:02:25. > :02:30.Everyone hoping sunrise on the longest day would be
:02:31. > :02:35.as good as this ` the sunset which greeted people as they arrived.
:02:36. > :02:40.Last year it was too misty, the year before we had horizontal rahn.
:02:41. > :02:44.Hopefully this year we will get a clear one.
:02:45. > :02:48.So why bother making the jotrney to this far`flung corner of Wiltshire,
:02:49. > :02:51.then having to walk nearly a mile from your car to the stones
:02:52. > :03:00.Magically, spiritually reborn, transitioning through the
:03:01. > :03:06.I think it is fantastic. It is a nice atmosphere.
:03:07. > :03:10.It is a nicer atmosphere th`n a lot of festivals,
:03:11. > :03:13.everyone seems to be a lot lore laid back and it is perfect.
:03:14. > :03:15.And it is free. You can't beat it.
:03:16. > :03:21.It is very, very noisy. Very noisy.
:03:22. > :03:24.Are you going to stay up for the sunrise?
:03:25. > :03:31.The wait this year was worth the reward.
:03:32. > :03:34.Regulars saying that this is as good a solstice sunrise
:03:35. > :03:43.Scott Ellis, BBC Points West, Stonehenge.
:03:44. > :03:45.Lovely clear skies for the early morning sun ` and more
:03:46. > :03:49.Tonight it'll be fine and dry with clear skies, and then
:03:50. > :03:52.early mist clearing tomorrow to make way for a bright, sunny morning
:03:53. > :03:55.a bit more cloud developing for the afternoon but still feeling warm.
:03:56. > :04:05.And the fine and settled conditions continue into next week.
:04:06. > :04:07.Finally, we're very sad to announce the death
:04:08. > :04:10.of a much respected colleagte here at the BBC ` Trevor Fry.
:04:11. > :04:13.For 17 years, Trevor shared his warmth and passion
:04:14. > :04:16.for the West with BBC local radio listeners ` most recently presenting
:04:17. > :04:20.the Sunday Morning Breakfast Show and the Late Show.
:04:21. > :04:23.An award`winning broadcaster and valued friend, he'll be much
:04:24. > :04:34.missed by us all, and our thoughts are with his family at this time.
:04:35. > :04:40.How the everyone knows that Trevor had a connection
:04:41. > :04:44.with his listeners. They take great delight in saying that everx night
:04:45. > :04:48.they went to bed with Trevor Fry and he used to play on that jokd all the
:04:49. > :04:52.time and it is because he h`d that personality and that warmth that
:04:53. > :04:54.people felt that they knew him and regarded him not as a presenter but
:04:55. > :04:56.as a friend. For many years Trevor presented the
:04:57. > :04:59.Sunday breakfast programme `cross morning from 6am for a spechal
:05:00. > :05:05.tribute as we remember Trevor Fry. That's all for now `
:05:06. > :05:19.we'll say goodbye. For the majority of the British
:05:20. > :05:23.Isles, today has wrought long spells of warm sunshine and it is the
:05:24. > :05:28.longest day. There is plenty more to come this evening, and yet more on
:05:29. > :05:32.the cards for tomorrow. For many of us, the changes between today and
:05:33. > :05:35.tomorrow are very slight. Northern Scotland has been an exception.
:05:36. > :05:42.Tonight, thick cloud is pushing in here again. Rain in the Highland and
:05:43. > :05:48.crossing into the Murray for by dawn. -- the Moret Firth.
:05:49. > :05:53.For northern Scotland, great prospects again on Sunday. If
:05:54. > :06:03.anything, some heavier and more persistent rain. For the south,
:06:04. > :06:07.though, plenty of sunshine. And once again across England and Wales,
:06:08. > :06:09.sparkling skies and as the sun comes up, temperatures will