03/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:09.of Australia. That's all from Hampden Park.

:00:10. > :00:16.In less than an hour, it will be the 4th of August `

:00:17. > :00:19.100 years to the day since the beginning of World War One.

:00:20. > :00:22.This weekend the West has been making it's own tributd.

:00:23. > :00:25.Special projects have been set up, and communities are making sure

:00:26. > :00:28.the story of the Great War hs passed on to the next generation.

:00:29. > :00:35.This is the culmination of decades of work.

:00:36. > :00:37.Researchers have catalogued every man from Cheltenham lost

:00:38. > :00:55.People who had been married a few weeks and had children they never

:00:56. > :00:56.saw. We had families where lany brothers were killed. It had a deep

:00:57. > :01:00.effect. Judy Marsh came here today to find

:01:01. > :01:03.out about Private Gilbert C`rter, who lived in her house a century

:01:04. > :01:17.ago and killed in action in 191 . He walked through our rooms and

:01:18. > :01:20.could see the views. He was reported missing. His parents presum`bly

:01:21. > :01:23.lived in the house and must have been waiting for the telegr`m,

:01:24. > :01:34.author something to come through the letterbox. A poignant service of

:01:35. > :01:36.commemoration at Gloucester Cathedral.

:01:37. > :01:39.People from every parish prdsented the names of their war dead

:01:40. > :01:42.Tomorrow, they'll be read ott in the Lady Chapel `

:01:43. > :01:48.a time to reflect but also to consider the impact of war today.

:01:49. > :01:53.War has changed in its nature and if we do not learn the lessons from war

:01:54. > :01:59.and seek peace, these things will keep happening. Commemoration is

:02:00. > :02:07.about thinking why humanity causes such wars. Tomorrow night the

:02:08. > :02:10.cathedral will be plunged into darkness as part of the British

:02:11. > :02:15.Legion campaign, a national moment to reflect the words of the Foreign

:02:16. > :02:18.Secretary, who on the eve of the First World War said that the lamps

:02:19. > :02:20.were going out all over Europe and we would not see them lit again in

:02:21. > :02:24.our life time. In Bishopsworth tomorrow night,

:02:25. > :02:25.they'll extinguish dozens of candles one by one

:02:26. > :02:28.until a single flame is left. And hoping to pass on the story

:02:29. > :02:38.of the war to those for whol it I do not know a lot about the First

:02:39. > :02:43.World War, but younger people will know less and it is important to

:02:44. > :02:49.spread the word. We are all going on in age. All part of the

:02:50. > :02:51.commemorations of the war that caused the change of historx, in the

:02:52. > :02:56.west. So the Commonwealth Games c`me to

:02:57. > :02:58.a spectacular close tonight. Sportsmen and women from thd West

:02:59. > :03:01.will be bringing an impresshve haul There were two last medals won

:03:02. > :03:04.during the closing weekend, including Danny Talbot

:03:05. > :03:06.from Hilperton near Trowbridge. He was the lucky athlete who got to

:03:07. > :03:10.race head to head with the lighty Their pre`race preparation

:03:11. > :03:13.techniques were rather diffdrent. England held their own

:03:14. > :03:16.against Jamaica from gun to tape. But, in the end, another stdllar

:03:17. > :03:32.Bolt performance left a credible There was a split second whdre I

:03:33. > :03:36.thought I could run past hil. But he ran away from me and there was

:03:37. > :03:40.another split`2nd when I thought I was watching the best athlete of all

:03:41. > :03:44.time, but I had to quickly remember I have three guys I could not let

:03:45. > :03:48.down and I managed to get over the line in second place.

:03:49. > :03:50.And, on the final day of thd games, England's men's hockey team,

:03:51. > :03:52.which includes Simon Mantell from Spaxton near Bridgwater,

:03:53. > :03:55.beat New Zealand to claim hockey bronze, to their obvious delight.

:03:56. > :03:58.Now the weather. Holly Green has the late forecast.

:03:59. > :04:06.Good evening, the bright and breezy conditions of today are givhng way

:04:07. > :04:09.to a fairly quiet night. Thd breeze will drop and we might see one or

:04:10. > :04:19.two showers, but generally, clear spells. For most of us, a bright

:04:20. > :04:24.start tomorrow. We have the risk of a scattering of showers. Sunny

:04:25. > :04:28.spells coming through away from the showers and temperatures into the

:04:29. > :04:34.late 20s. Less breezy than today, as well. Then we have an unsettled

:04:35. > :04:36.theme. Some bright conditions in the middle of the week, but the risk of

:04:37. > :04:41.heavy and thundery showers. Finally, we've seen how

:04:42. > :04:44.the West is already marking the start of World War One.

:04:45. > :04:46.All this week Points West rdmembers, with a special series in our 6: 0

:04:47. > :04:48.programme. We're looking into the lives

:04:49. > :04:51.of people from the West who went to war, and those

:04:52. > :04:54.who came to the West to esc`pe it. Lots more fascinating storids

:04:55. > :04:57.along the way too, we hope xou'll find it all as moving as we have.

:04:58. > :05:15.Good evening. Many of us had a decent second part of the weekend,

:05:16. > :05:19.particularly so for England and Wales, rather different from

:05:20. > :05:24.Scotland and Northern Ireland. We saw our whole rash of showers across

:05:25. > :05:30.Scotland and Northern Ireland, some thunder and lightning swirling

:05:31. > :05:36.around. There was a huge curl of cloud, indicative of an area of low

:05:37. > :05:45.pressure. That will work its way northwards, taking its the wind and

:05:46. > :05:51.rain with it. For England and Wales, may be a shower around the coast but

:05:52. > :05:58.rural spots make it a bit on the chilly side. Through the day

:05:59. > :05:59.tomorrow, fine in dry weather on offer, some good spells of