03/08/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

Good evening. Commonwealth Games closing ceremony,

A memorial has been unveiled for hundreds of people

from three South Yorkshire villages who were killed during the First

People in Bolton upon Dearne, Goldthorpe and Highgate have spent

two years raising money to pay for the tribute.

The unveiling came as the country prepares to mark 100 years

Remembering the Dearne Valley's fallen heroes.

In bright sunshine, hundreds of people gathered this morning

for the unveiling of a new memorial at Bolton upon Dearne Cemetery.

297 men and one woman from this area were known to have been

More than 200 of those men were miners.

Everything we have enjoyed as a country and as a society since 1918,

is thanks mainly to this generation that we are here to remember.

Today's unveiling was the culmination of two years of

fundraising and more than a decade of research by local volunteers.

All the names on that, all the families are in the cemetery.

So, what we have done, we have brought them all together

in one place so people can come and pay their respects

and to commemorate the sacrifice they gave for our country.

With a lasting memorial in place and the anniversary of the start

of World War I just around the corner, it's now hoped

people from this area and beyond will come here to remember those who

And this week on Look North we'll be showcasing another series

of films to mark the centenary of the start of World War I.

Our BBC local radio stations in York, Leeds and Sheffield will also

And you can find out more about the World War I At Home

Project and see all our stories in detail by going to the website.

Tributes have been paid to a Barnsley soldier who was one of two

men killed in a collision with a tractor in County Antrim, in

Northern Ireland on Friday evening. 24`year`old Rifleman Dale Harris

from 2nd Battalion The Rifles, was travelling in a car with his

colleague when they collided with the tractor in Cullybackey. Rifleman

Harris's commanding officer described him as a hugely competent

and professional soldier and said that the whole battalion was deeply

It's been the final day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and a

number of Yorkshire's athletes have been in action adding to an already

impressive haul of medals. With the round`up of some of the action

I can call myself a champion and not the runner`up. I am always the

runner`up. Here goes Scott Thwaites. Just putting a bit of pressure on

this climb. Testing the legs of everybody else.

It has been a bright but breezy day and we will see strong winds

overnight, gradually decreasing as we had through the night. Some

showers but also clearer skies and temperatures dipping to around 11 or

12 Celsius. Tomorrow there will be sunshine to start, cloud around and

the risk of a few scattered showers, but most likely over higher

ground. And feeling warmer, temperatures high teens and low 20s

at best. On Wednesday, sunshine around. The risk of showers,

especially later on in the week. On Thursday, heavy rain.

That is about it today. We should be back with the late Latin at around

11:20pm, depending on the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.

Hopefully you can join as then. Good evening. Some of us have had a

sunny weekend but for others it has not stopped raining for the last

couple of days, you can see where on the satellite picture, big swell of

cloud, dominating things. Torrential storms, if you see the coverage, you

can see how much rain there has been, that has caused issues.

Thunder and lightning thrown in as well. This area of storms moves

north out of Glasgow but this clutch of heavy downpours pushing into the

south-west of Scotland, we will have to keep an eye on that for the

closing ceremony. One thing is for sure, which showers and blustery

wind, it will not be anything like as fine and warm as it was the

opening ceremony. Further south across the UK, no such problems, the

odd shower, they will to fade away, most places will settle into a dry

night, further blustery showers. Temperatures will ease away and as

we had last night, in Wirral spot -- in rural spots, single figures. It

is in the way to the far north-west, and we will have a reasonable day,

some