30/07/2017 London News

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The batter became infamous not only for the scale of casualties but also

for the mod that filled the trenches antics are many lives. Ben Brown

will be joining us over the next few hours as we follow this

commemorations. We are just outside Menin Gate. Those commemorative

events will get underway very shortly with the Last Post which is

played every evening for those who gave their lives in Passchendaele

and other battles around Ypres. We are waiting for the arrival of the

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who will be here for the events this

evening. We can show you some live pictures

now of Menin Gate. The offensive began on July the 31st

1917. With the loss of more than half a million casualties on both

sides. As the emergency operation was

scaled back today people might have It could be 12 o'clock,

it could be three o'clock, it could be eight

o'clock, I don't know. Residents of around 60 flats have

been forced out of their There were some parents with

children and so one, so we needed to get them off the streets,

which we did. Luckily the Greyfriars Church over

the road had opened their doors and helped us to receive

the evacuees in the very, very short term, and then we moved

them up on words from the Greyfriars Church

to a local evacuation

centre at a hotel. The police helicopter reveal

the full scale of what has happened. The 60 metre long crane jib resting

across the top of Primark's BW, the firm refurbishing

the site, were today referring all enquiries

to Thames Valley Police. Who are being assisted

by the Health and Safety Executive as the investigation

into why things went The crane was putting

heavy items on the top. But unfortunately the item was very

heavy and it is applied. Damage to the building

was today plainly visible to The crane has now been righted,

as you can see, but the question is just what damage,

if any, it suffered when it fell After an inspection

by its Dutch owners, they found it could not be retracted

under its own power. This afternoon experts began

the lengthy process of And finally 25,000 people

have cycled through The 100 mile cycle started

from the Olympic Park, through Surrey and finally finished

on the Mall. Roads have been closed throughout

the day as a result - you can get the latest updates

on that on the TfL website. It turned out to be a great day

to cycle around London Let's see how the rest

of the weather is looking. A fairly pleasant

end to the weekend. Any showers you might have seen

today gradually from Maybe just one or two

left overnight, but I think many of us will have a largely

dry night with clear spells. Still pretty breezy,

though, and that goes But a good deal of sunshine

on offer tomorrow, Come the afternoon

we are seeing a bit more cloud and shouts coming

through, but for the most part they Temperature wise, getting up

to about 22, possibly 23 And really, a shower is never really

too far away as we had Later in the day on Wednesday

we are seeing rather heavy and persistent

rain coming through. But otherwise a good deal of dry

weather on offer with We'll be back with the latest

from BBC London news Until then, have

a very good evening. We have seen many big showers today.

Northern Ireland has had a lot of a pasting. A reminder that it's still

summer! The South West -- south-east corner of England has seen a lovely

day today. A line of showers from the south-west, a cluster of

downpours across northern England heading into the North Sea. I very

wet end to the day across Northern Ireland. Overnight the showers

become fewer and lighter, retreating back to the Western areas. Further

east it should become dry with skies clearing. It means there will be

early sunshine and some good sunshine for England and the

tomorrow. A