good morning, this is breakfast with naga munchetty at the cenotaph in central london exactly 100 years since the end of world war i as a very special remembrance sunday begins. the battle's over plays. in the past hour in cities and towns across the world, pipers have sounded the battle's over to mark the end of a conflict that claimed almost 20 million lives. bells toll. on the 11th hour of the 11th day, the fighting came to an end and exhausted relief turned tojubilation. last post plays. last night, the queen led the royal family in a festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall. this morning, we'll be live at armistice events across the uk. this is folkestone beach, where a portrait of the poet wilfred owen is about to be etched into the sand

before later being washed away by the sea. after four years of war, this was the day a century ago when the guns fell silent and today, the nation will remember. also this morning: the death toll climbs in the california wildfires as m bodies are found in the decimated town of paradise. in sport, over and out for tony bellew. he loses his world title fight and retires from boxing. good morning. well, the weather today is going to be a mixture again of sunny spells and showers. the showers will become quite widespread later on, some of which will be heavy and thundery. i'll give you a heads up a little bit later about where the heaviest of those showers are likely to be. hello and welcome to a special edition of breakfast. we're live here at the cenotaph for remembrance sunday. this year marks 100 years to the day since the end of the first world war. it was a truly devastating conflict

which claimed the lives of an estimated 20 million people. at 5 o'clock in the morning on the 11th november, 1918, the armistice was signed, bringing about the conclusion of a conflict that had raged not only in the trenches of the western front, but in africa, the middle east and asia. events have been already taking place to mark 100 years to the day since the end of the first world war. the battle's over plays. at 6 o'clock, pipers at locations across the uk and around the world, including lichfield and ayr, performed battle's over, a traditional song played at the end of conflicts. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has been looking back at that historic day. bells toll.

london at 11 o'clock on monday november 11, 1918. as the news spread of the armistice, the crowds came out to celebrate. at buckingham palace, the king, george v, appeared on the balcony with queen mary and other members of the royal family. the prime minister, lloyd george, went to the house of commons to make a statement. "at 11 o'clock this morning," he said, "came to an end to the cruellest and most terrible war that has scourged mankind." in many homes and in the trenches on the western front, many said they felt numb. the happiness that the war was over was accompanied the anguish of bereavement. it's thought that something like 800,000 british lives had been lost. the nation returned to peace and mourned its dead. the following year, a temporary structure was built on whitehall. it was known as the cenotaph.

it was the focal point for a parade attended by many thousands of people. they'd come from across the united kingdom. some were former soldiers, many others were wives and parents who had lost members of theirfamilies. they came to place their wreaths and remember. so striking was the impact that a decision was taken to rebuild the cenotaph in permanent form as britain's national memorial to its war dead. it was unveiled by the king on the second anniversary of the armistice in november 1920. and in every peacetime year since then, in almost unchanging form, the ceremony of remembrance has taken place at the cenotaph. this was 1952, the first year of the queen's reign. by then, of course, the dead of two world wars were being remembered. last year, for the first time, the queen watched from a balcony overlooking whitehall. the same thing will happen today.

that original armistice which ended the first world war will be recalled. at 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month, the prince of wales will lead the nation's tribute. nicholas witchell, bbc news. overnight, crowds have fallen silent across the commonwealth to commemorate the centenary of the armistice. thousands gathered for a national service of remembrance at the australian war memorial in canberra, whilst large crowds also attended new zealand's national war memorial park in wellington. more than 200,000 commonwealth troops were killed in the conflict. the main remembrance events started in the last hour. there was a dawn chorus a few moments ago of pipers playing the lament that signalled the end of battle. and danny boyle's moving tribute

to the fallen began. huge portraits of some of those who lost their lives will be etched onto 32 beaches before being washed away by the tide. 11 o'clock is when the guns stopped firing 100 years ago. this morning, the queen will attend the national service of remembrance here at the cenotaph and two minutes of silence will be observed. then at 12:30, big ben will lead bells of remembrance across the world. and later this evening, the royal family will attend a special service at westminster abbey before more than 1,000 beacons are lit around the uk to symbolise an end to the darkness of war. let's find out a bit more about today. brea kfast‘s graham satchell is at horse guards parade. good morning, graham. this is horse guards parade, the cenotaph is behind us on whitehall, stjames parkis behind us on whitehall, stjames park is over there, if you know

london, this is where horse guards parade, the service men and women will be gathering in a couple of hours, probably from about half past eight or nine o'clock. why that time, ten o'clock, this entire area will be full, 9000 people we are expecting this morning, who will eventually gather at the top of whitehall at 11 o'clock for the two—minute silence and then will process past the cenotaph and that normally takes around about an hour but it will not be finished until about half past 12. service men and women will have come from all over the country, all over the world, for today, the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i, 97—year—old jeff wilkins who was a former raf man is coming from san diego, california and the oldest person taking part todayis and the oldest person taking part today is private donald smith who is 98 who will be marching with the queen own highlanders. for civilians like me, armistice day is a day to

remember, to commemorate, but the service men and women, it is a day to remember their lost colleagues and friends. naga. graham, thank you. around 70 world leaders, including president trump and russian president vladimir putin, will gather for commemorations in paris later. our correspondent mark lowen is there for us. good morning, mark. good morning naga. hope it is warmer where you are, it is a plus morning in paris in the french capital, and we are very close to the tree of which will be the centre of the commemorations today when some 70 world leaders, heads of government and state join the french president beside the tomb of the unknown soldier —— arc de triomphe. it is a homage to the sum 10 million soldiers who lost their lives during the four years of fighting in the first world war. there will be one minute's violence and the last post, national and some

and the last post, national and some and quite commemoration. it isn't a celebration of military triumph at a commemoration of mass slaughter, as the president put it. this afternoon after lunch at the a palace will be opening the paris peace forum, a new three—day that has been started by the french government to commemorate multilateralism —— palace elyees. notably absent from the event will be donald trump. he will be the one world leader to miss the annual peace conference this afternoon. mark, thank you. looks cold over there but at least the rain has stopped here and head of the processions today and of course the commemoration events. last night, on the eve of armistice day, the queen led members of the royal family in a special festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall. here's sarah campbell. plays hallelujah. on the eve of the hundredth anniversary of the 1918 armistice,

the audience stood to give thanks to all those who fought and died in the great war. the sounds and stories from conflicts past were played out. 100 years of the royal air force celebrated. watching, as she does every year, the queen, surrounded by members of herfamily. they came because country called. because they knew it had to be done. that unless they went to fight, there could be no peace. last post plays. thousands of poppy petals, a silent tribute to all those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice.

sarah campbell, bbc news. we are here outside the cenotaph this morning in central london and i wa nt to this morning in central london and i want to show you, you may be able to catch and lives of the balcony behind me. what is happening is that is being prepared, this is where the queen will later be seen and you can see the silhouette there of a fallen soldier and the ropes and cladding, the ribbon being laid out there, thatis the ribbon being laid out there, that is where the queen and other members of the royal family will be later today, around 11 o'clock. prince charles will be laying the first poppy wreath at the cenotaph today and other members of the royal family will be gathering at the balcony so preparations are beginning and happening, i have been happening for weeks ahead of today's emigration. we should tell you how we will be covering this at the bbc. —— today's commemoration. at 10 o'clock this morning, here on bbc one, david dimbleby, dan snow and tina daheley will bring you coverage

of the nation's remembrance sunday commemorations. much more from here in central london. time now for the rest of the morning's news with chris. good morning, chris. naga, good morning to you. more bodies have been found in california as the state continues to battle the latest wildfires. the death toll now stands at 25 with the town of paradise almost completely destroyed. officials say the blaze is the state's most destructive in history, although some evacuation orders have been lifted, allowing people to return to their homes. peter bowes has the latest from los angeles. the scale of the devastation is overwhelming. this is all that remains of paradise, a quiet retirement community to the north of sacramento. thousands and thousands of homes reduced to rubble. the roads are strewn with burned—out vehicles where some people were overcome by the flames trying to escape. others made it, but onlyjust. woman: oh! oh, my god!

i am so scared right now! baby cries. so terrified. in southern california, many more homes have been destroyed or damaged in two majorfires close to thousand oaks, the city where a gunman went on a rampage earlier in the week, killing 12 people in a bar. the authorities are still trying to assess how many homes have been destroyed here. some people have been allowed to return to their neighbourhoods, often not prepared for what they are going to find. there is a house that they took all the motorcycles out but the house made it, so i was just coming up the street to see my neighbours and i didn't realise my house is gone too! there's been a lull in the strong winds which have been fanning the flames but they're forecast to pick up speed again and may last until tuesday. this statewide emergency is far from over. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles.

labour's brexit spokesman sir kier starmer has said the the government has no mandate for leaving the eu without a deal. writing in the sunday times, he says it would be "politically unsustainable". let's get more detail now from our political correspondent, jessica parker, who is in our london newsroom. good morning to you. the brexit noise that are quietened, does it? bring us up to date. no let up for theresa may. the threat of leaving isa theresa may. the threat of leaving is a political hope —— folks as claimed by keir starmer. there is no duty on mps to surrender to a bad deal, he says. the labour party doesn't look likely to support the government's brexit strategy. that is what is more worrying for theresa may is a piece that is being

cowritten by the dup‘s a spokesman and steve baker, saying the current plan is ensuring no hardboard would bea plan is ensuring no hardboard would be a humiliation and could not be supported. theresa may relies on a tory backbenchers but the dup‘s for votes in parliament so it's looking increasingly challenging. thank you, jessica. three men have been arrested following a fatal crash in sheffield which involved a car that was being pursued by police. a 1—year—old boy is among four people who were killed in the incident on friday night. a 3—year—old girl was also taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. the independent office for police conduct has opened an investigation. the former chief executive of the housebuilding company persimmon is facing further criticism, despite giving up part of his £75 million bonus following a public outcry. analysis by the bbc has found that althoutheff fairburn handed back some shares, he held onto the most beneficial stocks. he was forced out of the company last week. it's 7:16 a.m.. lettuce runout ——

but has now returned to naga the cenotaph. this evening, the queen will attend a special service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey. i'm nowjoined by army cadet lance corporal rebecca pinkerton, who will be reading a prayer at the service. the reason i'm talking to you, rebecca, is because of a creative writing competition. you are going to be saying a prayer this evening, at the ceremony. i know you know your palm off by heart. ijust want your palm off by heart. ijust want you to give the first two verses of your poem. the poppy. under the ground of the battlefield i grow, i

symbolise the memory of fallen heroes from long ago. and an emblem for all to show their respect to so many they did not know. i am a common field poppy, an elegant wildflower distinctive and red, the only one to grow in barron battlefields. very emotive. what inspired you? through the cadet force at my school, i've been doing local heroes projects. we have done very well in those competitions. that's where i decided it would be good to have a poem about it. we've been talking a lot about how important it is to remember. when you talk to people your age, your peers, how much do they know about the war and its significance?‘ peers, how much do they know about the war and its significance? a few people, they had family members but a lot of people wouldn't think that

much about it and it's important they need to know. you read your poem, didn't you, last saturday. how is that, in belfast? it was definitely an experience. you are reading something today. what are you reading? i am reading something today. what are you reading? iam reading short prayer. i'm excited and pretty nervous. there is going to come to support you this evening? my teacher and another staff member. who are you hoping to meet? i would like to see the queen but anyone would be pretty good. what does being in the combined cadet force mean to you?m means a lot because there are a lot of things it can give you, a lot of achievements and stuff. it means a lot because after school, i might possibly join lot because after school, i might possiblyjoin the armed forces. lot because after school, i might possibly join the armed forces. it's

been wonderful talking to you. good luck today when you read the player as well. we will be bringing coverage to you throughout the day. there is a special edition breakfast outside the cenotaph. it has cleared up outside the cenotaph. it has cleared up this morning. it was coming down heavy earlier. this can tell you what is happening around the country. —— chris. yes, and improving picture. however, it is going to be another day of sunshine and heavy showers. we saw plenty of these rainbows. looking at the satellite picture, lots of clouds showing up at the moment. there has been heavy rain to the london area. this is beginning to split into two bits, really, with one area of heavy rain heading across wales and into

northwest england. heavy rain pushing into east anglia. there will be showers dotted around. that area of cloud and rain. there will be some sunshine. southern coastal counties, it may well be that parts of sussex and kent become aligned with the wind so we could see a number of heavy showers across south—east england. further, rain clearing with sunshine following and wet weather across scotland, the central belt, cloud and rain moving northwards across southern and central scotland. some sunshine here, it's going to be a mild day. ba rely blustery here, it's going to be a mild day. barely blustery winds at times. overnight tonight, south—westerly winds blowing. further showers expected across western and southern areas. a mild night in the south.

the countryside, temperatures could get down into the low single figures. low pressure is going to be with us. continuing the risk of further heavy showers. as the wins for lighter, we may see some fog taking centre stage. monday's weather picture, it's another day of sunshine and showers. across western and southern areas. a greater risk of seeing showers and thunderstorms across northern ireland. another mild one, temperatures 12— 1a celsius. they will tend to be come —— to become confined and is wins for lighter, we will see fog forming. it will stay mild for the

time being. temperatures up to six degrees in london. it should be 11, so degrees in london. it should be 11, so it pretty mild. that is how the weather is shaping up. around 9,000 veterans will attend a special parade to honour those who served, and fell, in battle. brea kfast‘s graham satchell is at the horse guards parade for us this morning. yes, this is where the former service personnel will be gathering this morning before they gather at whitehall for the two minutes silence and they will progress past the cenotaph as they do every year. good morning to you, retired lieutenant—colonel peter good morning to you, retired lieutena nt—colonel peter barron. good morning to you, retired lieutenant—colonel peter barronm a nutshell, ijoined straight from school at the age of 16 and retired 38 years later as a lieutenant colonel. it was your whole life? absolutely. what have you been

doing? we've been walking on the gate to the cenotaph. the gate at ypres. it was organised by the hague housing trust to organise housing the veterans in need and we walked 25 miles a day for four days arriving in the deluge last night. ypres, resonant with memories of the first world war and you have personalfamily first world war and you have personal family connections? i've been carrying my grandfather's first world war medals. he was awarded the distinguished conduct medal. i've also been carrying my great uncle's death clerk, or death penny. he was in the royal navy and is on hms pembroke. this is the distinguished conduct medal. that's it. these are pipsqueak and wilfred. let's have a

quick look. it looks a bit dirty but it's been so well polished, we have to not polish it any more. this was given to every family has lost someone. given to every family has lost someone. that's correct, they got this, i have got the scroll is well and its equivalent to these days. todayis and its equivalent to these days. today is the first time that you will be taking part in this procession even though you have been a serviceman am procession even though you have been a serviceman am a man procession even though you have been a serviceman am a man and boy. what is that going to be like? i expected to be quite moving. it's the hundredth anniversary. remembering those who gone in the past, honouring their service but that's all we can to their —— those people. we've been trying to help the vetera ns we've been trying to help the veterans of today and probably the vetera ns veterans of today and probably the veterans of today and probably the veterans of the future as well. the walk is being important, today's important. it's been a wonderful occasion. 100 veterans and serving

personnel. it's been a remarkable year, hasn't it? there have been all sorts of commemorations and programmes. i don't know about you but i feel more educated about what happened in the first world war. does this remembrance sunday if at the end of something?” does this remembrance sunday if at the end of something? i wonder that myself and i'm kind of concerned if it is. i would hate remembrance sunday to be devalued in any way. those people who served in were killed in the first world war should never be forgotten. a lot of deaths since then right up to present conflicts and we hope it is something that grows rather than diminishes. have a greater day today. peter there who will be taking part in today's procession for the first time having just walked from ypres in belgium to hear

at the cenotaph. it's back to you. a year after the war ended, this is where thousands of people came to remember those who lost their lives. generations have continued to pay their respects. let's speak now to the historian kate williams. kate, how significant is it that we still mark armistice? it's incredibly significant. there we re it's incredibly significant. there were huge celebrations. the armistice commemorations from 1919 and continued throughout british history. what happened? rates of operations in buckingham palace. victory marches throughout the earlier part of the year. most of

the empire soldiers came and had victory marches. you really saw huge commemorations. it commemorates what a huge world war this was. it involves people across the globe. how significant is that the people of all generations see pictures like this are veterans marching? the queen laying the read. today we will see prince charles. we saw theresa may. the commemorations last night as well. it's so important and it's important to the royal family because the queen of course a vetera n. because the queen of course a veteran. the duke of edinburgh served himself. it's very important to the royal family and everyone served himself. it's very important to the royalfamily and everyone in britain, talking about the sacrifice, the bravery, and this must not happen again. it's notjust

here that we remember. we talk about the forces on the western front. fighters from all over the world helping the allied forces. all of the world and that british troops, the world and that british troops, the empire troops, a huge number who fought bravely. for example, we have 1.5 million soldiers from india and 1.5 million soldiers from india and 1 million soldiers from across the rest of the empire, the west indies, different parts of the empire, and many of them suffered greatly. many of them fought and died bravely and it really was a world war and certainly for the empire, 1.1 million british and empire soldiers we re million british and empire soldiers were killed and it was a great sacrifice across the empire and many of those troops at four great equality after the war but they didn't necessarily get it. pete williams, thank you very much. commemorations of 100 years since the end of the first world war. headlines coming up with chris. hello, this is breakfast

with chris mason in the studio and naga munchetty at the cenotaph. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. events have been taking place this morning to mark 100 years to the day since the end of the first world war. at 6 o'clock, pipers at locations across the uk and around the world, including lichfield and ayr, performed battle's over, a traditional song played at the end of conflicts. our royal correspondent

nicholas witchell has been looking back at that historic day a century ago, that the armistice was declared. bells toll. london at 11 o'clock on monday november 11, 1918. as the news spread of the armistice, the crowds came out to celebrate. at buckingham palace, the king, george v, appeared on the balcony with queen mary and other members of the royal family. the prime minister, lloyd george, went to the house of commons to make a statement. "at 11 o'clock this morning," he said, "came to an end to the cruellest and most terrible war that has scourged mankind." in many homes and in the trenches on the western front, many said they felt numb.

the happiness that the war was over was accompanied the anguish of bereavement. it's thought that something like 800,000 british lives had been lost. the nation returned to peace and mourned its dead. the following year, a temporary structure was built on whitehall. it was known as the cenotaph. it was the focal point for a parade attended by many thousands of people. they'd come from across the united kingdom. some were former soldiers, many others were wives and parents who had lost members of theirfamilies. they came to place their wreaths and remember. so striking was the impact that a decision was taken to rebuild the cenotaph in permanent form as britain's national memorial to its war dead. it was unveiled by the king on the second anniversary of the armistice in november 1920. and in every peacetime year since then, in almost unchanging

form, the ceremony of remembrance has taken place at the cenotaph. this was 1952, the first year of the queen's reign. by then, of course, the dead of two world wars were being remembered. last year, for the first time, the queen watched from a balcony overlooking whitehall. the same thing will happen today. that original armistice which ended the first world war will be recalled. at 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month, the prince of wales will lead the nation's tribute. nicholas witchell, bbc news. overnight, crowds have fallen silent across the commonwealth to commemorate the centenary of the armistice. thousands gathered for a national service of remembrance at the australian war memorial in canberra, whilst large crowds also attended new zealand's national war memorial park in wellington. more than 200,000 commonwealth troops were killed in the conflict. last night, on the eve

of armistice day, the queen led members of the royal family in a special festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall. the dukes and duchesses of cambridge and sussex, along with the prime minister, joined the audience. poppies fell from the ceiling as the last post was played to commemorate those killed in the war. here, the main remembrance events started earlier this morning. danny boyle's moving tribute to the fallen began. huge portraits of some of those who lost their lives will be etched onto 32 beaches before being washed away by the tide. 11 o'clock is when the guns stopped firing 100 years ago. this morning, the queen will attend the national service of remembrance here at the cenotaph and two minutes of silence will be observed. then at 12:30, big ben will lead bells of remembrance across the world. and later this evening, the royal family will attend a special service at westminster abbey before more than 1,000 beacons are lit around the uk,

to symbolise an end to the darkness of war. here are the other stories making the news this morning. more bodies have been found in california as the state continues to battle the latest wildfires. the death toll now stands at 25 with the town of paradise almost completely destroyed. officials say the blaze is the state's most destructive in history, although some evacuation orders have been lifted, allowing people to return to their homes. labour's sir keir starmer says the government has no mandate for leaving the eu without a deal. writing in the sunday times, the party's brexit spokesman said it would be "politically unsustainable" for the prime minister to deliver a no—deal brexit without the consent of parliament. meanwhile, conservative brexiteers and the dup are warning they couldn't vote for the government's vision of brexit as it currently appears. a downing street source said the government aimed to conclude an agreement as soon as possible, but it would not be at any cost. three men have been arrested

following a fatal crash in sheffield which involved a car that was being pursued by police. a 1—year—old boy is among four people who were killed in the incident on friday night. a 3—year—old girl was also taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. the independent office for police conduct has opened an investigation. we are here on the bbc news channel and till one o'clock. —— we're here on the bbc news channel until 9:00 this morning. coming up in the next half hour, we'll be live in folkestone, one of the 32 beaches across the uk where huge portraits of some of the people killed in the first world war will be etched into the sand, before being washed away. it's called the pages of the sea project, and it's the brainchild of the director danny boyle. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. kat is here with the sport.

we are starting with boxing. it is the sixth time in the history of men's boxing it's ever happened. the ukrainian turned up and said, tony bellew, what have you got? it didn't end the way tony bellew would've wanted. according to those in the know, it was a brilliant performance. it was a way to go out. holding his head high at liverpool. knocked out in the eighth round. tony bellew knocked out in the eighth round of his world title fight last night at the manchester arena. oleksandr usyk, the 2012 olympic gold medallist, had brought all four of his belts with him. it would have been the perfect end to bellew‘s career if he'd upset

the odds to claim them, but he confirmed immediately after the fight that he's now retired from boxing. after being on the right side of a narrow match last week, england were just beaten by new zealand in a captivating autumn international at twickenham. our sports editor dan roan was there. new zealand represents the ultimate test in rugby, perhaps in all of sport, but it was clear twickenham was in no mood to be intimidated. the haka, symbol of all black potency, defiantly drowned out amid the downpour. not for six years had england's tasted victory against the all blacks, but within two minutes, they were ahead — winger chris ashton celebrating his recall to the team in perfect fashion.

england, however, were not satisfied. an unstoppable maul ending with dylan hartley crashing over. 15—0 down, the world's number one team was rattled but a response was inevitable, beauden barrett's sleight of hand putting damian mckenzie through. game on. momentum had shifted, new zealand claiming the lead after the restart through the boot of barrett. but in a tight match and with time running out, it was england who appeared to have made the decisive breakthrough. a charge down by courtney lawes picked up by the superb sam underhill. but as twickenham celebrated, the referee looked again, the try eventually disallowed for offside. england cruelly denied what would have been a historic victory. at new zealand win again, albeit byjust a point. not much was expected of england coming into these autumn internationals amid poor form and plenty of injuries. the pressure was mounting on coach eddie jones. but after beating south africa and a performance against new zealand to build on, the mood among the team and their fans has lifted. dan roan, bbc news, twickenham. so many positives for england to take from that. it was a great day for wales, who kicked their way to a first win

over australia in a decade. the wallabies had won all of the last 13 tests between the sides, but dan biggar‘s late penalty wasjust enough to edge what was a nerve—shredding match. scotland were far too strong for fiji. the visitors made a positive start but eventually faded away and were well beaten 54—17, tommy seymour scoring a hat—trick of tries for the home side. leicester city played their first home match since the death of the club's owner and four others in a helicopter crash two weeks ago. many supporters marched to king power stadium to pay their respects to vichai srivaddhanaprabha. after the premier league game against burnley, which ended in a 0—0 draw, the players walked around the pitch applauding the fans. elsewhere, southampton continue to struggle — although they felt hard done by following a 1—1 draw with watford. this charlie austin goal would have put them 2—0 up but it was ruled out,

much to his dismay. it's ridiculous. that should have been the game. they get a point. we scored a perfectly good goal. make it 2—0. game was done and dusted. we win the game. officials cost us two points today. it's standard. explain — can you explain why the goal was disallowed? yeah, they hit twice! they said it's offside. hit my i did, and it twice hit me, bobbed up, that's why i done foster. it's a joke! going on about var this, var this. help the officials out. clearly, they need help! clearly! we play in the premier league — the best league in the world, the most watched league in the world. give them all the help they need because clearly, it cost us two points today. it's a joke! not supposed to that outspoken. it is good to see. well done, c austin. newcastle united are on a good run and are pulling clear of the relegation places. salomon rondon scored twice as they beat bournmouth 2—1 — his first goals for the club. it's the brazilian grand prix this evening and lewis hamilton,

as he has for half the races this season, will start from pole position. the newly crowned 5—time world champion just pipped sebastian vettel in sao paolo, although vettel driver is expected to have the better pace in the race. i think you will enjoy this, chris. great britain's elliott browne took the silver medal at the tumbling world championships in russia. wouldn't you just? i dream of being able to do this. he won a world bronze last year. do you ever look at a hotel corridor and looked down the length of a... it is my dream to do consecutive backflips all the way down a hotel corridor. you watch michael phelps, and say he can swim, i can swim. i can't do that. there is something superhuman about that. what is the maximum would be able to manage? a half-baked a roly-poly. not that sometimes. there is also some bmx live, the urban cycling

world championships. if you're up for a bit of that, switch over to the red button. a real focus for us. commemorations are taking place across uk beaches today. we are going to take a look at a really intriguing part of the commemorations today. commemorations are taking place across uk beaches today. the faces of more than 30 soldiers who died will be etched into the sand. duncan kennedy is in folkestone at sunny sands for us this morning. good morning, duncan. good morning, chris. cloke stone, a place where something like, and this is incredible, 10 million soldiers and nurses passed through during the course of world war i. ——

folkestone. one of them was the poet wilfred owen who wrote poems about the horrors of fighting in the western front. eventually died just a week before armistice day and it was here that this base is being etched into the sand here. as you can see, the face is taking shape in a60 can see, the face is taking shape in a 60 metre by 60 metre part of this pitch. the beach itself is almost a picture frame. the number of artists taking scrapings across the sand here, eventually over the course of the next couple of hours, the face of wilfred owen will be on the beach. one of those organising will beach. one of those organising will be alistair upton. why was he chosen for his face on the beach today? he's chosen to represent the 10 million people who came in and out of folkestone, going to the war on coming back from it. is the

pre—eminent poet of the first world war. he reported and bought back images for the life of what it was like over there and he was chosen because the last thing he did in britain before going to the war the la st britain before going to the war the last time is to swim on the beach before getting on the boat and travelling to france. how difficult to create a face out of the beach? the artists have been doing an amazing job, working in the dark when the tide went out and as we got to low tide, will have the full image of wilfred owen and in danny boyle's image, it will wash away wilfred owen for us. thank you very much indeed. wilfred owen is one of 32 faces carved in the ground, representing an example of the millions have died. jenny is from

1418 now, one of the overall organisers. danny boyle, the film director, chose them as a representative sample of the millions who went to war and lost their lives. we have 14,000 more images of those people and they are spread all around our beaches. it's not just poets, its spread all around our beaches. it's notjust poets, its munition workers and nurses, airmen, soldiers, a real variety. and from everywhere. some of them have local connections to some about 32 beaches and some of them are representing the anzac soldiers or the gurkhas. if you see those images, it is really moving. incredibly poignant, the face of wilfred owen taking shape behind others but also these others. it's a very poignant way what is taking place on the hundredth anniversary of the end of the war. this is the culmination of the first world war

centenary, and it really has a way of touching us and giving us different opportunities to participate in ways of marking this moment and it's a special one, the 100th anniversary of armistice. the artists he will be continuing to carve a cross artists he will be continuing to carve across the sand hours or so and is about ten o'clock here in folkestone, the tide will turn and the waves will come back in, losing the waves will come back in, losing the face of wilfred owen but neither he nor the other 32) the face of wilfred owen but neither he nor the other 32 ) the country will be lost to our memory. duncan kennedy reporting. let's take you from the english south coast to ayr in scotland for another etching is being made into the sand. walter told, the first black man to serve as an officer in the british army.

and he was a professional footballer before the outbreak of the war. —— walter tull. his face being etched into the sand in ayr. chris has the details of the weather. the weather looks both —— blustery and unsettled, a day of sunshine and heavy showers. we are seeing some rain, justa heavy showers. we are seeing some rain, just a few moments ago taken in twickenham, this picture. this area of cloud on the satellite picture, pushing its way northwards. it has been bringing heavy rain, not just across south—east england but stretching into wales. notice how these two areas are starting to break apart with one's own and heavy rain across wales in north—west england and another patch towards lincolnshire and east anglia. the rain is also moving across northern ireland. what were the here for a time this morning. a band of rain

which could be heavy and thundery. some sunshine following but further showers for wales and southern coastal counties, quite a wet day in sussex and parts of kent. showers aligning with the wind. some areas could see a number of heavy showers. wet weather than working across northern ireland over the next few hours, moving across the north of england and it is southern and central scotland through the course of this afternoon. the rain still heavy and boundary in places, and u nsettled heavy and boundary in places, and unsettled kind of day, blustery winds but mild. the pictures 12— the many, further north, perhaps a bit cooler than that. as we go to deceiving an overnight from those wins will continue to drive showers in across western and southern areas of the uk, not too cold in the south, temperatures 8— 10 degrees but the winds will fall a bit lighter, a bit on the cool side, temperatures down to single figures in the countryside. on into monday's

weather forecast, low pressure to the north—west. that will maintain the north—west. that will maintain the south—westerly winds, bringing further showers, probably becoming mainly confined to north—western areas. it will stay mild, leave fog towards the end of the week. monday's weather chart, similar to today's weather picture. again, those showers heavy and thundery. the greatest chance of seeing showers work. temperatures 12— 14 celsius. it stays on the mild side that of years. further showers are expected. we could see fog towards the end of the week. it gets a bit milder, temperatures in london could reach 16 degrees by thursday. this time of year, it should be 11 celsius. five degrees above normal at this time of year. that's how the weather is looking. chris, thank you very much. you can

see the sun beginning to peek through. but added a bit of rain this morning that the sun is beginning to peek through as preparations begin at the cenotaph in central london were the first p°ppy in central london were the first poppy wreath will be laid here by prince charles in view of the queen this morning at 11 o'clock. the first time, members of the public will have the opportunity to walk by the cenotaph and pay their respects to those who served in the first world war. around 10,000 people will be able to join the possession later. members of the public with some connection to those who served for this country and we can talk to our royal correspondent at the people's procession price this morning. good morning. iamon morning. good morning. i am on the mall were part of the people's procession will walk and it's a unique part of the day. we are used to the traditions of the routine and the rhythm of

remembrance sunday but the people's recession is something quite different which is unique and special to this particular year. as you say, 10,000 people, securing their tickets, they will walk later today. they will walk the veterans march past. joining me now is jane harman who is going to be walking as pa rt harman who is going to be walking as part of the procession. why did you wa nt to ta ke part of the procession. why did you want to take part? ijust part of the procession. why did you want to take part? i just feel that it's really important that we have a chance to acknowledge and commemorate and remember all of the people and what they did and what they sacrificed for as to be able to even be standing here right now. it's a chance for ordinary people, people who don't always necessarily have a link to veterans or the military or descendants to actually ta ke military or descendants to actually take part today. i wasjust really

keen to be here. i was thrilled and delighted that my application had been successful. i just feel delighted that my application had been successful. ijust feel it's really important to be wherever you need to be, someone local, somewhere here, it's really important. and you've got a little family connection with someone laying the reef. my cousin is a firefighter in cambridgeshire. that is going to be quite amazing to watch that on the big screen later on. does a bit about the research you been doing. you've been investigating john parr, the first british soldier killed in world war i. he is from finchley. in about 2010 i was working on a school in finchley central and a member of the public got in touch to see if he had been a pupil at our school, because he lived really close. i was fortu nate because he lived really close. i was fortunate enough to be able to access our school logbooks and i

went through all of the records and wasn't able to find him as of our school however his older sister, was. i was just thinking, school however his older sister, was. i wasjust thinking, maybe fingers crossed, he came to our school but she left six months later, meaning that he would only have been for years old so would never have come to our school and i was working in conjunction with the people from the barnett formula oil association and they were able to see the records of the school they went to afterwards in east finchley. a school called holy trinity. inside, his records. it said schools previously attended and said st mary ‘s church and when i received that email to come through with a photographic proof proof that he came to our school, i can't tell you the joy of perceiving that email. any sense of what happened to him or his family in anyway? it's

u nfortu nate, his family in anyway? it's unfortunate, he was only 17 when he died. hejoined the army in 1912 unfortunate, he was only 17 when he died. he joined the army in 1912 at the age of 14. lying about his age as many of them did. it's all still really unsure exactly what happened. some people feel he might have been a bicycle reconnaissance on a missionjust before a bicycle reconnaissance on a mission just before the battle actually started. as it stands at the moment, the information is that he died on the 21st of august which is two days before the battle started. jane harman, thanks very much and enjoy the procession. that procession starts around 12:30pm here from the mall down to the cenotaph where many of those marching will get a chance to lay a wreath themselves. thanks very much, such a poignant day and the one woman in particular, this is poignant. gracejones is the oldest person in britain. she's 112, and was just a schoolgirl when world war one broke out. she vividly remembers

the euphoria of the war ending, and the pain of losing her brother. david garmston went to meet her. lovely to meet you. this is gracejones, the oldest lady in the united kingdom at 112 years. i went to see her at her home in the cotswolds. that's my father and that is me. she is one of the very few with personal memories of 1914, when war was declared. i can remember people saying the war had started and people crying and then, of course, it was the husbands or boyfriends, they had to go to war. the conflict touched every family, including grace's. her brother tom signed up and served in gallipoli. there are no surviving pictures of the dashing young man who went to war. he was a lovely brother. he was in australia

when the war started. i can always remember, my father had a letter saying that he should join up. hejoined up and he was killed. that was a very sad time. 100 years ago this weekend, on november 11, the nation erupted in relief as the guns fell silent and grace was there on that first armistice day. people with union jacks, screaming and laughing, singing. my eldest sister took me down to where the cars were, and to see the people dancing all in the road, and on the tramcars, the open ones, singing away. it was lovely. i remember that. me, toby foster and sarah bligh,

good morning to you both. lieutenant commander, tell me about your great—grandfather. you got some wonderful stories. like so many families across the country, incredible stories. my great—grandfather was one of four brothers who all signed up to the war voluntarily enlisted, all four of them survive the war. all four of them received medals the gallantry. you have brought some of the medals? idid. this you have brought some of the medals? i did. this is my great—grandfather's gs so. three of the four brothers served in the tank regiment. two of the brothers were interned in the same prisoner of war camp? it is my great-grandfather here, william arnold. after and

clem, who are both interned in the same prisoner of war camp. amazing stories. it is notjust the first world war. remembering veterans who served throughout the years as well. captain toby foster. you are commissioned as an army officer in 2012 but also your mother served with the raf. tell me about your family's links. my grandfather and great—grandfather both served in the raf and were navigators. my mum has raf and were navigators. my mum has raf connections, she was an officer and my father worked for forces radio saw strong family connection. training people in afghanistan? my first two saw me working alongside the afghan national army and also setting up an academy in kabul.l lot of work overseas. what is meant to be serving now in a day like today? to be here on the centenary,

it's incredible poignant. this photo was taken after the war ended. it's very special. inspirational generation. it's the day when we'll pause to remember what has gone before us and why potentially we are here today and worth remembering we still have people on operations overseas at the moment, making sure we are thinking about them and staying safe. i would like to sound the heart muscle and the viewers watching, thank you very much. it's a very emotive day to day. marking 100 years since the end of the first world war with special commemorations throughout the day. we will keep you up—to—date.