:00:11. > :00:14.The West is falling dark thhs hour to mark one hundred years shnce
:00:15. > :00:19.Across the region, services are being held to recreate the centenary
:00:20. > :00:25.By 11pm tonight, the exact time Britain decl`red war
:00:26. > :00:28.on Germany, over a million candles will be lht across
:00:29. > :00:32.the country, commemorating dvery serviceman and woman who didd.
:00:33. > :00:36.Laura Jones is at St Mary Rddcliffe church in Bristol, where ond of the
:00:37. > :00:52.Yes, here at St Mary Redcliffe in the heart of Bristol, as yot can see
:00:53. > :00:56.and probably here behind me, a prop at `` a special construct is taking
:00:57. > :01:00.place. And at homes and in various landmarks across the West the lights
:01:01. > :01:06.are being turned out to remdmber what happened on the 4th of August
:01:07. > :01:10.1914. Of course, everything that happened since. Back then it was the
:01:11. > :01:15.Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, who said that the lamps werd going
:01:16. > :01:18.out across Europe, and it is those remarks which have been the
:01:19. > :01:21.inspiration for this evening's events.
:01:22. > :01:23.Remembering one of the darkest times in our history.
:01:24. > :01:26.Tonight, right across the wdst, lights are going out and candles
:01:27. > :01:37.Here at St Mary Redcliffe church in the heart of Bristol
:01:38. > :01:42.a special concert, broadcast on big screens to the crowds outside.
:01:43. > :01:57.I think this significance for us now is to keep our senses honed to what
:01:58. > :02:00.is going on in the world around And there are some things going on
:02:01. > :02:02.around us that we want to kdep our eyes and ears on so we can dnsure
:02:03. > :02:06.history does not repeat itsdlf. In Gloucester cathedral earlier
:02:07. > :02:08.today, it took nearly seven and a half hours to read out
:02:09. > :02:11.the names belonging to the len of Gloucester who lost
:02:12. > :02:15.their lives in the first world war. of Gloucester who lost
:02:16. > :02:19.their lives in the First World War. Meanwhile,
:02:20. > :02:29.just a few miles away in Chdltenham, the Gloucesters Cross was
:02:30. > :02:30.paraded through the streets. Made 98 years ago by Gloucester
:02:31. > :02:33.soldiers at the Somme. In Shepton Mallet
:02:34. > :02:35.an eight hour silent vigil by the This evening candle lit services
:02:36. > :02:50.are being held across the rdgion. Those who are with us for this very
:02:51. > :02:56.solemn vigil will be able to keep watch with the light gradually dying
:02:57. > :03:01.down until 11 o'clock at night, when we will extinguish the final candle.
:03:02. > :03:05.The reason for that, of course, is that Sir Edward Grey, then the
:03:06. > :03:08.Foreign Secretary, was said to have looked out over the mile thd day
:03:09. > :03:11.before and said, the lamps `re going out all over Europe and we shall not
:03:12. > :03:15.see them lit again in our lhfetime. There are no deople alive today who
:03:16. > :03:18.can clearly remember the st`rt But the hope is that we
:03:19. > :03:33.and generations to come will never Back here at St Mary Redcliffe, the
:03:34. > :03:38.sombre process of extinguishing the candles lit here in the church has
:03:39. > :03:43.already begun. In about half an hour's timd at
:03:44. > :03:48.11pm, one final candle will be carried through to the St John's
:03:49. > :03:51.Chapel, that is the candle that has been carved specially for the
:03:52. > :03:56.occasion, to mark the exact hour, 11pm, when war was officially
:03:57. > :04:02.declared. And life for so m`ny people began to change forever.
:04:03. > :04:05.As soldiers were making their way to the front line,
:04:06. > :04:08.here in the West we welcomed people trying to escape the chaos `nd
:04:09. > :04:12.In 1914, as the German army invaded Belgium, thousands
:04:13. > :04:15.of people were left seeking refuge, and some came to villages lhke
:04:16. > :04:25.I've been taking a look at this little known part of our history.
:04:26. > :04:38.Banwell at the turn`of`the`century was a far
:04:39. > :04:41.cry from the battlefields where young men from the village went to
:04:42. > :04:54.To many year the war must h`ve seemed 1 million miles away.
:04:55. > :04:58.But for some here that is a different story to tell. And in the
:04:59. > :05:01.centre, this house. A wartile centre for refugees.
:05:02. > :05:04.That time, just at the beginning of the war, everything was very
:05:05. > :05:14.Of course, they had come out their country living in a strange place,
:05:15. > :05:18.I don't know what the langu`ge was like but I don't suspect many
:05:19. > :05:22.It was not a very good time, but at least they were relidved to
:05:23. > :05:25.get out of their own countrx, because that was even worse.
:05:26. > :05:28.In 1914, Belgium was in chaos, the invading German army devast`ted the
:05:29. > :05:46.And many turned to England for support.
:05:47. > :05:49.In Banwell, the Ogden household took in a family of 1 .
:05:50. > :05:54.A lot of life was lived in this place.
:05:55. > :05:57.Maybe they lived in this room, which is what we call the b`rn
:05:58. > :06:02.Again, it is very large, perhaps they stayed in therd.
:06:03. > :06:05.And the fact it has actuallx helped refugees during the First World War
:06:06. > :06:12.What better use can there bd for a big house?
:06:13. > :06:18.The Belgians were given jobs in Banwell, making a living within
:06:19. > :06:20.the community, and the children even went to the local school.
:06:21. > :06:25.This is the Banwell admissions register
:06:26. > :06:35.We have little to bits written about the Belgian refugees when they came.
:06:36. > :06:38.That looks like Augusta Murray and Ferdinand Murray.
:06:39. > :06:52.They are down as living in West Street.
:06:53. > :06:55.Their date of birth is 1902 for one and 1908 for the boy.
:06:56. > :06:59.As we say, we don't know how long they were there or when thex left.
:07:00. > :07:13.For several years, this little corner of the Wdst gave
:07:14. > :07:16.the family of 17 a shelter, but what eventually happens to
:07:17. > :07:19.All records of their time in Banwell stop in 1919.
:07:20. > :07:23.Many believe they may have returned home in the hope of picking up the
:07:24. > :07:33.And there is a special World War I that home BBC talk coming to Bristol
:07:34. > :07:36.at the end of the week. On to some other news,
:07:37. > :07:39.and more details have emergdd of how a man was found dead
:07:40. > :07:42.in a recycling plant in Bristol It's believed Matthew Symonds was
:07:43. > :07:44.carried from Swindon to Avonmouth Homeless charities say
:07:45. > :07:47.the 34`year`old had spent thme in a hostel in the town and tonight
:07:48. > :07:50.they're warning of the dangdrs Our Wiltshire correspondent,
:07:51. > :07:55.Will Glennon, reports. 34`year`old Matthew Symonds
:07:56. > :07:58.had lead a troubled life. Well known in Swindon, he'd spent
:07:59. > :08:02.time in the town's homeless hostels. Most recently he'd been staxing
:08:03. > :08:17.at the Salvation Army hostel called The Salvation Army said tod`y it is
:08:18. > :08:23.deeply saddened by the death of Matthew. He had been known to staff
:08:24. > :08:24.here for some time. They sahd their thoughts and prayers are with his
:08:25. > :08:27.family and friends. Matthew's body was found on Friday
:08:28. > :08:28.morning at a waste transfer station in
:08:29. > :08:31.Avonmouth run by the companx Biffa. Police were called
:08:32. > :08:33.and an investigation began. It then emerged that the waste had
:08:34. > :08:36.been brought to Avonmouth from It's thought the total security
:08:37. > :10:22.cost could exceed ?50 million. After winning four gold med`ls
:10:23. > :10:25.at the Commonwealth Games, teenage gymnast Claudia Fragapane
:10:26. > :10:27.flew into Bristol Airport this The 16`year`old from Longwell Green
:10:28. > :10:33.near Bristol dazzled crowds with her But today the girl nicknamed
:10:34. > :10:40."the pocket rocket" says shd's ready We'll have more coverage
:10:41. > :10:52.of tonight's Lights Out services Now I'll leave you with Ian
:10:53. > :11:01.and a look at the weather. Thank you very much. Rather mixed
:11:02. > :11:05.fortunes tomorrow, there will be some bright sunny spells from time
:11:06. > :11:08.to time, some showers, as wdll. As we get into the hours of darkness
:11:09. > :11:11.through the course of the fhrst half of the night there will be some
:11:12. > :11:15.heavy rain on the way in a lore widespread fashion. If you lissed
:11:16. > :11:20.the earlier showers you will eventually get rain overnight.
:11:21. > :11:24.Through this evening, the l`st of any showers dying away, temperatures
:11:25. > :11:28.will drop to around 12 Celshus, some parts of the countryside getting as
:11:29. > :11:34.low as eight or nine Celsius. Tomorrow, the north and East will
:11:35. > :11:38.have some right conditions, some showers to the said West. Through
:11:39. > :11:41.morning towards midday they will move up through Central districts
:11:42. > :11:46.and in two parts of Gloucester shire. One of those `` some of those
:11:47. > :11:51.will be heavy, the afternoon characterised by showers but equally
:11:52. > :11:55.races will be dry. Later into the evening the next area of rahn
:11:56. > :11:59.marches up from the south`wdst. Temperatures tomorrow, in the bright
:12:00. > :12:01.spells getting up to the low 20s. When the rain clears on
:12:02. > :12:16.Quite a fresh evening out there this evening. It's going to turn chilly
:12:17. > :12:22.in a few spots by the early hours of Tuesday. Underneath the clear,
:12:23. > :12:26.calm, tranquil conditions... Not completely clear because there are a
:12:27. > :12:30.few showers. You may have been caught out in some across the South
:12:31. > :12:36.today. After midnight, you can see the vast majority of the UK has dry
:12:37. > :12:40.weather, whereas Cornwall, Devon, just about nudging into Wales,
:12:41. > :12:43.possibly Northern Ireland and the south-west of Scotland, a few
:12:44. > :12:50.showers. But clear skies is the story tonight. Colder in rural
:12:51. > :12:56.spots. The Glens of Scotland, really nippy first thing on Tuesday. It
:12:57. > :13:04.starts off sunny for many of us Tuesday is going to be a bit of an
:13:05. > :13:08.East-West split. In the afternoon, across the south-west we will see a
:13:09. > :13:13.few showers, a bit of sunshine too, not such a bad day. There might be
:13:14. > :13:16.the odd heavy burst of rain here and there, but effectively it is OK
:13:17. > :13:17.with