:00:08. > :00:18.Hello. A Lincoln hospital chaplain who's gay is demanding the Church
:00:19. > :00:20.Churches and cathedrals across this area are holding services to
:00:21. > :00:23.mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the first World War
:00:24. > :00:25.Anne`Marie Tasker is in Sle`ford tonight.
:00:26. > :00:42.200 people shared a poignant moment at 10pm when the lights herd were
:00:43. > :00:48.turned out. At the moment, we can hear a reading. It is part of a
:00:49. > :00:50.special service being held here at St Denys' Church tonight to mark 100
:00:51. > :00:57.years to the our since Brit`in went years to the our since Brit`in went
:00:58. > :01:02.to war with Germany. As the lights were turned out,
:01:03. > :01:06.candles burnt in St Denys' Church in Sleaford, a gesture repeated across
:01:07. > :01:11.the country to mark the outbreak of war 100 years ago. As news spread
:01:12. > :01:13.that Britain was at war with Germany, the Foreign Secret`ry
:01:14. > :01:13.that Britain was at war with Germany, the Foreign Secretary said,
:01:14. > :01:18.Germany, the Foreign Secret`ry said, the lamps are going out over Europe,
:01:19. > :01:22.we shall not see them at a game in our lifetime. Those words,
:01:23. > :01:27.inspiration for tonight's commemoration.
:01:28. > :01:31.Young men joined up with their friends, they were excited, it was
:01:32. > :01:34.an adventure. They are expected to be home by Christmas. In the
:01:35. > :01:35.an adventure. They are expected to be home by Christmas. In thd midst
:01:36. > :01:36.of that excitement, there were be home by Christmas. In the midst
:01:37. > :01:41.of that excitement, there were those left behind wondering if thdir
:01:42. > :01:46.children would come home. We will play music that was popular
:01:47. > :01:49.at the time, for people back home. I hope that people in the audience
:01:50. > :02:11.join in and commemorate that. Tonight's service includes music,
:02:12. > :02:15.poetry and this marker of an unknown soldier, one of 132 men frol
:02:16. > :02:21.soldier, one of 132 men from Sleaford killed in the war. The
:02:22. > :02:27.lights have also been turned out on Skegness seafront. There is just a
:02:28. > :02:31.single light on the clock face with a hand struck at ten p.m., to
:02:32. > :02:36.encourage people to stop and remember. In Lincoln, a single light
:02:37. > :02:46.has been left on in the cathedral. In Beverley, a special ceremony has
:02:47. > :02:48.been held. In Sleaford, this service continues until 11 p.m., whdn
:02:49. > :02:49.been held. In Sleaford, this service continues until 11 p.m., when the
:02:50. > :02:55.last of these candles will be extinguished. A moment to rdflect
:02:56. > :02:56.extinguished. A moment to reflect one of the darkest period in
:02:57. > :03:06.Europe's history. A Lincoln hospital chaplain
:03:07. > :03:09.who's gay is demanding the Church of England urgently examines why he
:03:10. > :03:11.was blocked from a job In April, Canon Jeremy Pembdrton
:03:12. > :03:15.was the first Church of England He was then banned from holding
:03:16. > :03:20.services by his Bishop. Now a hospital trust says the same
:03:21. > :03:23.Bishop has refused to Licence England's greatest controversies.
:03:24. > :03:35.Gay marriage became legal in England and Wales earlier this year.
:03:36. > :03:37.And Canon Jeremy Pemberton, seen first
:03:38. > :03:47.Church of England clergyman to marry a man, his long`term partner
:03:48. > :03:49.Laurence Cunningham. But now
:03:50. > :03:51.the marriage has cost him a job. He was offered the role of chaplain
:03:52. > :03:54.and bereavement manager at the Trust in Nottinham, but the offer
:03:55. > :03:58.was withdrawn after the Bishop refused to grant him a licence in
:03:59. > :04:01.the area. Speaking from abroad, Canon Pemberton gave me his
:04:02. > :04:02.reaction. I think the Church of England is
:04:03. > :04:06.clearly behind the curve in relation to where society is, becausd I think
:04:07. > :04:14.for most people ` not everybody, some people don't like the hdea of
:04:15. > :04:17.same`sex marriage ` but most people regard it as a completely
:04:18. > :04:19.uncontroversial thing now, I think. In a statement, the Right Rdverend
:04:20. > :04:22.Richard Inwood, the acting Bishop The Trust also declined an interview
:04:23. > :04:53.but said: Pemberton currently works as a
:04:54. > :04:58.hospital chaplain, we asked if people minded having a gay man in
:04:59. > :05:00.the clergy. It doesn't bother me one bit. Each
:05:01. > :05:06.to their own. Just personally, I don't
:05:07. > :05:08.particularly like it. No. Why should
:05:09. > :05:12.it bother anyone? It's 2014. And some within the church are
:05:13. > :05:16.calling for a change in atthtude. gay couples, priests within the
:05:17. > :05:29.church should marry, should commit themselves to each other, should
:05:30. > :05:31.legalise their relationship, and of course in Christian terms, it's far
:05:32. > :05:34.better to be married than to be cohabiting with someone or to be
:05:35. > :05:42.living, as the church would put it, living in sin, which is what the
:05:43. > :05:44.church is continue with his role in
:05:45. > :05:49.Lincolnshire, but wants church leaders to look again
:05:50. > :05:56.at their attitude to gay marriage. Tonight I spoke to Andrew Marsh from
:05:57. > :05:59.a group which campaigns to see Britain return to the Christian
:06:00. > :06:02.faith. I asked him whether Jeremy Pemberton was right to say the
:06:03. > :06:13.church was "behind the curvd." On the
:06:14. > :06:15.contrary. I think on this, society in this country in recent ddcades is
:06:16. > :06:19.the steady but deliberate dismantling of different aspects of
:06:20. > :06:22.marriage, and this has been a regressive rather than a progressive
:06:23. > :06:24.step. are very different. Even the bishops
:06:25. > :06:31.can't agree on this one, can they? The critical thing to recognise is
:06:32. > :06:35.it is not the role of the church to follow
:06:36. > :06:41.up every trend in society. The church belongs to God and its first
:06:42. > :06:44.responsibility is to listen to him and to hold out the good
:06:45. > :06:51.pattern he has, for society, and the
:06:52. > :06:54.good news of rescue from de`th and judgement and broken
:06:55. > :06:57.relationships to society. As I say, one bishop said that
:06:58. > :07:09.and then the Bishop of Lincoln hasn't revoked Canon Pemberton's
:07:10. > :07:12.licence, so it's very hard to know The Bishop of Southwell and
:07:13. > :07:15.Nottingham is to be commenddd on taking this decision, sad as it is.
:07:16. > :07:19.It does raise the question of what will happen and whether the Bishop
:07:20. > :07:20.of Lincoln will take the action that is
:07:21. > :07:23.necessary to ensure clarity and A million`pound scheme to protect
:07:24. > :07:48.homes in Louth Anglian Water says it's installing
:07:49. > :07:51.larger sewers in parts of the town to give more protection
:07:52. > :07:54.to homes and businesses. The work should be
:07:55. > :08:02.completed next year. It's understood that talks have
:08:03. > :08:04.begun with Lincolnshire County Council over the
:08:05. > :08:07.future of local libraries. There's been a long campaign to save
:08:08. > :08:08.the service. Last month,
:08:09. > :08:11.a High Court Judge ruled th`t the council unlawfully decided to hand
:08:12. > :08:13.the libraries over to volunteers. Greenwich Leisure,
:08:14. > :08:14.a not`for`profit company, is believed to have met with
:08:15. > :08:17.representatives from the authority A Ukrainian woman who married
:08:18. > :08:20.a man from Lincolnshire a year ago has been told by the
:08:21. > :08:23.British Government that she must Haleena Ward is only in the UK on
:08:24. > :08:28.a tourist visa and the Home Office says she'll eventually be removed
:08:29. > :08:30.if she doesn't leave volunt`rily. But Mrs Ward told
:08:31. > :08:32.our reporter Phillip Norton, that Halyna and Michael met three years
:08:33. > :08:42.ago. In 2012, she was grantdd a tourist visa to stay with hhm. They
:08:43. > :08:45.married in May last year. Now, her visa has expired and
:08:46. > :08:48.appeals to stay been rejected. Halyna's home is in Luhansk, the
:08:49. > :08:52.war`torn separatist`held arda of She can apply for a spousal visa,
:08:53. > :09:01.but it has to be applied for from her homw country. The coupld say to
:09:02. > :09:05.send her home would put Halyna in My house, ten miles,
:09:06. > :09:10.there is shooting everywhere. Go out from that area with
:09:11. > :09:30.children and families. The separatists view people
:09:31. > :09:38.from outside, even from the Kiev My wife's lived
:09:39. > :09:46.in that town all her life. Everyone knows her,
:09:47. > :09:48.they know about me. They know that I am her husband
:09:49. > :09:51.so it will be extremely dangerous Much of this is about the thming of
:09:52. > :10:02.the unrest in Ukraine. The Home Office told them she could return to
:10:03. > :10:05.a part of the country away from the been what it is now, they would
:10:06. > :10:22.have considered going back and making a further application. What
:10:23. > :10:25.they were saying in this case was the situation is such that we need
:10:26. > :10:28.you to consider this case here, because we can't go back to our home
:10:29. > :10:31.town, my home is under siege. the MP and a 200 signature
:10:32. > :10:35.petition. In a statement, The Home Office said these applications are
:10:36. > :10:38.considered on their individtal merits, including compelling and
:10:39. > :10:40.compassionate circumstances and in No date has been given for Halyna to
:10:41. > :10:49.leave the country. The couple are hoping for a further
:10:50. > :11:10.review by the government. Now the weather. It is a finite out
:11:11. > :11:18.there. Dry with clear spells. `` it is a fine night out there. Quite
:11:19. > :11:19.cool in places. Single figures in the countryside. Tomorrow, a
:11:20. > :11:20.cool in places. Single figures in the countryside. Tomorrow, ` fine
:11:21. > :11:31.the countryside. Tomorrow, a fine start to the day. Broken cloud,
:11:32. > :11:33.sunny spells and a bit more cloud in the afternoon. It should stay
:11:34. > :11:40.largely dry and will feel w`rm again. Tomorrow doesn't look too bad
:11:41. > :11:42.but it is unsettled with sole again. Tomorrow doesn't look too bad
:11:43. > :11:52.but it is unsettled with some heavy rain on Wednesday.
:11:53. > :11:54.That is it from others. Thank you for watching. We are back in the
:11:55. > :12:12.morning as usual. Goodbye. Quite a fresh evening out there this
:12:13. > :12:15.evening.