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Good evening. see | :00:11. | :00:12. | |
A flight of remembrance took place today, | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
one that began at Ypres in Belgium, and ended at Pilton in Somerset. | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
It was a huge flock of pigeons that made the journey. | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
Today was a chance to remember the massive contribution | :00:23. | :00:24. | |
the birds made to communications during World War One | :00:25. | :00:26. | |
Coming home to roost after a journey of more than 25 | :00:27. | :00:36. | |
A flight loaded with significance, 100 years on from the start | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
Pigeons were a major part of the First World War and the Second World | :00:42. | :00:55. | |
War and they are real athletes of the sky. | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
And Terry Williams has been a man on a mission. | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
He set off for Ypres in Belgium yesterday, where many pigeons were | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
despatched and raced back to Pilton himself this morning to try to beat | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
They saved thousands and thousands of lives. There were no radios, | :01:10. | :01:26. | |
of lives. There were no radhos, proper radios, and then, they had | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
horses and dogs to do the inside bid, but getting communications | :01:33. | :01:33. | |
bid, but getting communicathons back, it was the humble pigeon that | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
saved hundreds of lives. 380 pigeons carried an unwrhtten | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
message back to Pilton today, one of thanksgiving and remdmbrance | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
as we look back at one of Missing Bath man Desmond O'Sullivan | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
has been found. The 56`year`old suffers | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
from dementia and had been lissing This lunchtime officers helped him | :01:53. | :01:54. | |
from the River Avon where hd was Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
has closed his Wiltshire gastropub amid claims the locals were | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
boycotting it because it was The Pear Tree Inn at Whitlex has now | :02:07. | :02:08. | |
been sold and residents say they a traditional country pub | :02:09. | :02:27. | |
in its place. Marco Pierre White is known | :02:28. | :02:29. | |
around the world. One of the youngest chefs ever | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
to get three Michelin stars. He bought the Pear Tree Inn | :02:35. | :02:36. | |
in Whitley three years ago, turned It's been gutted, cleared out, | :02:37. | :02:39. | |
even the roadside sign has been sawn People living in Whitley said they | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
felt alienated when their f`vourite drinks were taken away | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
and the food became too expdnsive. The prices seemed to go up | :02:49. | :02:59. | |
astronomically and there was not the same variety of food. It was | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
expensive and not really a family pub to go through `` to go to. An | :03:04. | :03:12. | |
awful lot of trade has been lost from this pub since it was taken | :03:13. | :03:14. | |
over three years ago. The pub is from this pub since it was taken | :03:15. | :03:16. | |
over three years ago. The pub is the meeting place. That is wherd | :03:17. | :03:18. | |
over three years ago. The ptb is the meeting place. That is where we all | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
go for a chat and a pint, even if it is only once a month. It brhngs the | :03:23. | :03:24. | |
is only once a month. It brings the whole village together. | :03:25. | :03:27. | |
Marco Pierre White hoped this business venture would bear | :03:28. | :03:29. | |
fruit but it seems the whole thing has turned rotten for him | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
Maybe the Pear Tree Inn's new owners will make it a success instdad. | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
Finally, a well known face in the West, Carol Vorderman, | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
has done the ice bucket challenge this weekend ` with a twist. | :03:42. | :03:48. | |
You'll know, it involves a cold drenching for charitx. | :03:49. | :03:50. | |
Well, Carol was nominated bx a Red Arrows pilot, and not content with | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
an icy bucket, she then stood in front of Gloucestershire airport's | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
Looks like we'll all be getting soggy tomorrow mind you. | :03:57. | :04:07. | |
Here's Holly Green and the late forecast. | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
Tonight and tomorrow are brhnging some pretty wet conditions, and the | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
worst coming through the dax worst coming through the day | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
tomorrow. It might brighten later with the risk of some heavy showers. | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
We have this area of rain working its way across us accompanidd | :04:26. | :04:26. | |
We have this area of rain working its way across us accompanied by | :04:27. | :04:26. | |
its way across us accompanidd by some fairly blustery winds. A much | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
milder night and we have bedn milder night and we have been | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
seeing. The first part of tomorrow, drier conditions for a time, but | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
then this area of heavy rain seeks in from the West. We have a Met | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
Office yellow warning in force and we could see a lot of surface water | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
spray and disruption to Bank Holiday travel. The risk of some heavy | :04:51. | :04:52. | |
travel. The risk of some he`vy showers. Into next week, we lose | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
these chilly nights that we have been seeing, but things will be | :04:59. | :05:00. | |
pretty unsettled. That is a! We Hello, the best of the weather | :05:01. | :05:12. | |
conditions tomorrow will be where it is not a bank holiday, that is | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
because we continue to see cloud and rain coming in from the Atlantic. | :05:17. | :05:19. | |
Not much rain from Northern Ireland, the Wales and south-west, | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
northern England and Scotland should be dry with clear skies, quite cold. | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
Sufficient rain, keeping those temperatures much higher than last | :05:33. | :05:34. |