unfortunate as his division had actually been due to he stood down that very night. i became involved in the centenary events here in angmering, this is bbc news. the headlines: the nation falls silent to mark the centenary the nation falls silent to mark the ce nte nary of the nation falls silent to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. prince charles laid a wreath at the foot of the cenotaph followed by politicians and members of the armed forces. and i am on the mall with 10,000 other members of the public who have just started walking as part of the people's procession. a series of sand portraits have been created across the uk featuring images of people

who lost their lives in the first world war, including the poet wilfred owen who was killed shortly before peace was declared. in paris, world leaders, including president putin and president trump attended a service at the tomb of the unknown soldier, at the arc de triomphe. translation: long live peace among peoples and states, long live the free nations of the world. long live friendship among peoples. long with france. music: last post and in ypres, cemmemorations at the menin gate, which bears the names of over 50,000 soldiers who died in the first world war and have no known grave. we'll be reflecting the centenary throughout the day, the other stories on bbc news.

25 people are now known to have died in wildfires in northern california, firefighters are still trying to bring them under control. three men have been arrested following a fatal crash in sheffield, which involved a car that was being pursued by police. the nation has fallen silent to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. commemorations have taken place in the uk and across the world. more than 60 world leaders met in paris at the grave of the unknown soldier below the arc de triomphe, while here in london wreaths have been laid at the national remembrance service at the cenotaph. big ben chimes the hour

gunfire at 11 o'clock, for the first time in nearly a year, the chimes of big ben rang out across central london, marking the start of the two minutes silence — 100 years to the day since the guns fell silent on the battlefields of northern france. the guns of the king's troop announced the end of the silence, followed by the buglers of the royal air force with the last post. gunfire music: last post the first wreath was laid by the prince of wales, on behalf of the queen, as a tribute to all those who have lost their lives in conflict. her majesty the queen watched

proceedings from the balcony on whitehall, as other senior royals placed wreaths of poppies at the base of the cenotaph. political leaders from the main parties were led the prime minister, theresa may as they placed their tributes at the whitehall memorial. our royal correspondent daniela relph is on the mall in central london. there was a delay in starting, it probably started around ten minutes ago but we can show you some of the pictures here, you can see some of the 10,000 members of the public who have been lined up here on the mall and are now walking down through apple the arch onto whitehall, where they will then walk down past the cenotaph of many of them laying

there own wreath there as well. these are people who applied for tickets to do this through a ballot so, yes, some of them are wearing the military medals of their descendants, many of them foreign first world war, but others have no military connection, theyjust wa nted military connection, theyjust wanted to come and be part of the official remembrance. it has been quite a sight, they're moving people down in sections, tried to stagger the walk to make sure that things get too crowded here on the mall, so people are going in various sections through the course of the next hour oi’ so. through the course of the next hour or so. it is quite a sight to see so many people lined up, many holding handmade reed ‘s photos of people they have lost through various conflicts. this is a unique experience for them, a one off that happened before, and has been organised because of the centenary of the armistice of the war. this is something quite different, it is about giving the people a chance to remember. people who would not

normally be involved in an official capacity on the day like today. and i suppose as you say, normally, we associate remembrance day with members of the royal family, associate remembrance day with members of the royalfamily, paying their respects, with politicians and officials in a sense, but this is ordinarily people that we see right 110w ordinarily people that we see right now walking in the afternoon sunshine, and just paying their respects and having their thoughts of remembrance and very much just ordinary people remembering those ordinary people remembering those ordinary people remembering those ordinary people who lost their lives and suffered so much in that conflict. that's right, we have the noise, the music from the military band to a pa rt music from the military band to a part of this procession, but what has struck me as just how quiet, how thoughtful the procession has been. it is as you say, for ordinary people for want of a better phrase, it was designed by the government by

the royal british legion, to give members of the public chance to pay their respects, to be able to do something out of the ordinary that they would not be able to do because this year is such a special remembrance. it has been created specifically for people who would not necessarily have a chance to be involved today, people have come from northumberland and scotland, across all sorts of areas to come here today, it is a very special pa rt here today, it is a very special part of their own personal remembrance and it is interesting looking what they are working with, you see people wearing cards around their necks with the names of people they have lost on them. some holding photographs, others have made these handmade reed of paper, and flowers of having cut from their garden with names of people they have lost on them so there is something incredibly personal about this particular match. we are used to so much pomp and circumstance when it comes to remembrance sunday, and this is something very different. it

is about people is an experienced and their very personal memories. thank you very much indeed. daniella in the mall as the procession continues. the biggest ceremonial gathering was in paris, where president macron greeted dozens of world leaders including president trump and german chancellor angela merkel. the leaders gathered under a glass canopy at the foot of the arc de triomphe, built by emperor napoleon in 1806. president macron re—lit the flame over the tomb of the unknown soldier. president macron stressed the importance of global unity in his address. translation: this brotherhood, this fraternity, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, fraternity, ladies and gentlemen, dearfriends, is fraternity, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, is an fraternity, ladies and gentlemen, dearfriends, is an invitation fraternity, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, is an invitation to enter into the only battle that is

right, the battle, the struggle for peace, the struggle for a better world. long live peace among peoples and amongst states, long live the free nations of the world, long live friendship among peoples, along with france. commemorations also took place at menin gate, near the city of ypres in belgium, close to the battlefields where millions of people died. a rain of poppies was dropped from the ceiling, the red flower has come to symbolise those who lost their lives, as it was one of the few colourful flowers which could be seen around the trenches. our correspondent robert hall is at the menin gate in ypres. robert, just the names, i was there this time last year and what really

strikes you is so many names on those walls, names of the fallen. that's right, about 55,000 names, officers and men from britain and the commonwealth on the walls of the arch, remember it was built across the cobbled road here, at which so many soldiers marched and never returned. the trenches were just north of ypres and was fighting here throughout the first world war and the fact that these men were not identified is an indication of the violence, the ferocity of the war in the way the ground was torn up, very often men were buried but subsequent shelling destroyed those graves and whatever efforts are made subsequently by the grave registration unit, the burial units, it was very difficult to identify people and that has been hard for families over the years, but they have never really known where to go, we re have never really known where to go, were to pay their respects, and this is many families, you can see a lot

them behind me, is such an important spot. just to talk you through it and show you a little bit of picture before you came to me, i would like to show you more of the ceremony here. what struck me today was the numbers. i have been before long quiet days but there were thousands of people here, community groups, families, individuals, different faith groups, military groups, all standing in listening to that, last post as it sounded. all of them with memories and thoughts and faces of individuals, their relatives, and then those poppies which followed then those poppies which followed the last post, fluttering down from the last post, fluttering down from the ceiling of the arch. and that a lwa ys the ceiling of the arch. and that always is a key moment here, there we re always is a key moment here, there were so many always is a key moment here, there were so many wreaths leaves today following the ceremonial, again representing —— emergency services, a lot of people from fire brigade,

"you can hear her sounded by neighbours of the ypres fire brigade, that's all it has been sounded since the 1920s. it began very soon after the first world war and has continued virtually throughout the years with just a break during the second world war, it is ypres‘s way of saying thank you to the british forces, to british people who came to the support of their city all those yea rs support of their city all those years ago. i does want to talk to one years ago. i does want to talk to u years ago. i does want to talk to one group that have gathered here to talk to me, and they have come from switzerland but they are part of a much larger group. we have a big seek contingent here today, i did not count them but i reckon around a hundred people. you have been before, haven't you? why is this such a special place for your community? today is the first world warfor community? today is the first world war for over a community? today is the first world warfor over a hundred community? today is the first world war for over a hundred years, community? today is the first world warfor over a hundred years, and so many other communities were sacrificed in the water. so this time we wanted to bring their

children and show them what was contributed to the first world war. today, sikh came from worldwide, germany, france, spain, the us, from india, everywhere, all over. just to see what was happening hundreds yea rs see what was happening hundreds years ago to remember then, to give them this. it is an honourfor us years ago to remember then, to give them this. it is an honour for us to come and see what elvis did in the first world war. you have been three times, do you still feel moved by the place and the scale of how many people were killed here?|j the place and the scale of how many people were killed here? i am unable to count, there are so many names here, so many things and kinds, and, kennedy ‘s names. but we know from the history books that the ken mark

tami wearing 85,000 killed. —— that the sikh army, there were about 85,000 killed. iwant the sikh army, there were about 85,000 killed. i want to ask your nephew, here we are here is on. you have come today to see this. do you think the generations, your children, their children do you think they will continue to remember is the first world war is further and further away? i hope so that they will remember this, because this is a very special place to remember, i feel proud that there are the names of sikhs up there who sacrificed themselves in the first world war and i really hope that they remember this place for sure. do you think it should continue? yes i think it is up to us, also, we have to carry on to keep the history for children and generation to generation. even if you go from the

mongols in india from three or 400 yea rs, mongols in india from three or 400 years, the main thing of history is to never forget. it years, the main thing of history is to neverforget. it is years, the main thing of history is to never forget. it is good to remember. and for people to know. and say thank you to all of you are talking to me and being here with us. talking to me and being here with us. thank you very much. before i had you back a message is very interesting because we are hearing from a lot of people there is a real desire that the battle of remembrance to be passed on and i think social media, the interest of personal history has a lot to do with that and i suspect we will hear that a lot more as we go through the supplement. but now, from ypres, back to you. this is the scene in london that the people's procession continues past the cenotaph, 10,000 are so continues past the cenotaph, 10,000 are so people who are successful in are so people who are successful in a ballot early on this year. just

order remembers of the public can pay respects and remember those who lost their lives in the first world war. 100 years ago today it ended, the guns finally fell silent, the conflict that has claimed the lives of some 20 million people, and of course the exact figure will never be known. british forces have held a remembrance ceremony in afghanistan. they were joined by service personnel from several other countries who've been deployed to the capital, kabul. jeremy ball is there. today's commemoration is here today felt very real, very personal for over a thousand british servicemen and women who are still here in afghanistan, many of them who have lost close friends in helmand province in just lost close friends in helmand province injust a day lost close friends in helmand province in just a day ten lost close friends in helmand province injust a day ten british protection teams have been out in

armoured vehicles in kabul, a city still being targeted by both the taliban and the so—called islamic state. for those here it has been a time to reflect, the commander of british forces said it was a time to remember that conflict has not ceased, especially here in afghanistan. he laid a wreath side by side with his german counterpart, as players were set in both english and german you could hear military helicopter land. then the airport fell silent for the last post. today's ceremony ended with an active commitment to striving for peace, to healing the wounds of war, but this is a country where just outside the war here local afghan forces are still fighting and dying. faces of victims of the first world war have been sketched into beaches across the uk. here at folkestone in kent an image of war poet lieutenant wilfred owen has been etched into the sand.

he was killed shortly before peace was declared. the sand sculptures across the uk were curated by the film director danny boyle. as the tide swept in at folkestone beach he spoke to david dimbleby about this project. when they first asked me to do it i thought we associate the beaches with the second world war, obviously because of dunkirk you think of nolan film recently, but actually of course in the first world war everybody left from the beaches and harbours, because there was no plane transport of any significance then so transport of any significance then so this would have been their last title of home. and for many of them of course it was the last sight of home. i thought what a wonderful way to reconnect with them. we make a temporary portrait which is a reminder of your own and their mortality, but it is also the way a community can gather in a public space that does not have the

associations that the cenotaph as of solemnity, and we can come here and celebrate in a way, or as we did this morning, observed in, there was a wonderful silence with just the noise of the tide beginning to pull in and cover the portrait. that is being repeated in other beaches. we can see them all but who were the people you chose, the 30 so people you chose to represent? they weren't also orders, were they? they went, there is a munitions worker and a nurse but mostly soldiers, yes, including two footballers, which has a football fanatic myself, walter played for tottenham hotspur and there was another guy who played for cla pton there was another guy who played for clapton orient or is it became later nodding, so it was full of... you try to save connections with people and say he was a footballer and then

and say he was a footballer and then a hundred years disappears in the bank ofan a hundred years disappears in the bank of an eye, it is is gone, and when you think about this beach would have changed very much in a hundred years. it allows you to reconnect with these people. danny boyle talking about the products of just some of those who died in the first world war on the beaches of the united kingdom. at colwyn bay in wales, the welsh war poet ellis humphrey evans, who was killed during the battle of passchendaele injuly 1917 was remembered. and over in merseyside hundreds of people gathered as the sand sculpture there was created. our correspondent, mark edwardson was there and spoke to those involved. this is for me beach between southport in liverpool on merseyside, and behind me the irish sea is gently rolling in. wesley is just in from the national trust and has been part of this commemoration project. thousands of people here on the beach today, you must be quite proud of this timeout. net has been

fantastic, i was not expecting some people to come down especially given the weather we had this morning, it has done it beautiful to have some any people here. tellers about the mural. it detect? this is captain armitage, he died for as in 1917 the 17th of may, he was a man from cheshire, so fairly local man, and he fought in part of pushing the germans back to the hindenburg line. games you're one of the volunteers who has been here today to help reduce this mural, one of quite a few dozen. there are quite a few others helping out, yes. it has been quite a long day free already, hasn't it? 40 m i am told. and happy to be here and it is wonderful tribute. how important was it for somebody like you to come down a volunteer watermark because it is a local chapter doing but i have a grandfather who passed away, so like eve ryo ne we grandfather who passed away, so like everyone we all have a story and it

isa everyone we all have a story and it is a nice tribute to pay today, and nice to see summary people turn out, it isa nice to see summary people turn out, it is a great venue and has been a great day. i'd back it has been a great day. i'd back it has been a great day. i'd back it has been a great day and so many people, we know there is the danny boyle connection which will have attracted attention but there will be many here for their own personal reasons. it has been a personal thing, something about the local community and people have a connection history with people who give their lives in the first world war. everyone is here to say thanks. it is not about one person in particular. captain armitage's murals about the wash away because the tide was coming in but having said that it has only just gone 11 o'clock so i guess it is an appropriate time. absolutely, we have been very lucky with the tide since coming on about 12 o'clock each should be washed away. mark edwardson reporting there. we will show you the scene once again from the cenotaph as people

continue with their peoples procession the cenotaph and as danielle was telling us, a rather different remembrance day today because it is notjust the royals and politicians who are paying their respects at the cenotaph, it is this procession of some 10,000 people who we re procession of some 10,000 people who were successful in a ballot to come and remember the dead of the first world war. in the horrific slaughter of that conflict. it ended 100 years ago today, the armistice that was greeted with such relief around the country, around europe, around the world, after a war that has killed some 20 million people. much more coverage of these commemoratives events coverage of these commemoratives eve nts o n coverage of these commemoratives events on the centenary of the armistice throughout the day here on bbc news. let's take you through

some of the day ‘s other news stories now. recovery teams in northern california have found more bodies under debris in a town that was all—but destroyed by intense wildfires. it brings the number of people known to have died there to 23. two more people were killed in a separate blaze in southern california, near the coastal town of malibu. dangerous winds are expected to return later today, which could put more homes in danger. 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. 0h!

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 the rampage earlier in the week, killing 12 people in a bar. it has been a brutal, hellish three days for the city of thousand oaks. we are still not where we need to be. i know firefighters from various agencies including our fire department, ventura county, have slept in the streets overnight to keep an eye on fires, embers, making sure that there are no additional homes burning or any other property. the authorities are still trying to assess how many homes have been destroyed. some have been allowed to return to their neighbourhoods, often not prepared

for what they will 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. the city of malibu, popular with celebrities, has also been badly hit. it is completely evacuated now and the authorities say they are having to deal with looters who have attempted to steal valuables from abandoned homes. 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 state—wide emergency is far from over. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. labour's emily thornberry says "all options remain on the table", including another referendum, if mps vote down a brexit deal. on the andrew marr show, the shadow foreign secretary was asked aboutjeremy corbyn's comment to a german newspaper that brexit cannot be stopped.

she said labour would prefer a general election but could campaign for "a people's vote" if it were not possible. let's start with the fact that we had a referendum and the results of the referendum to be abided by, we do need to have an injection of democracy in between the results of the referendum and as going any further, we have always said that. we wa nt further, we have always said that. we want a meaningful vote in theresa may is simply giving us a devil and the deep blue sea, she said you can either follow off a cliff or get on the bridge to nowhere and you have to vote on that and that is not a meaningful vote or injection of democracy, we see you better covers that, and we refuse to play that sort of game and frankly if you can come up with a decent suggestion then we should have general election, and if we don't have a general election which we think we should have, then, yes, of course, all options remain on the table and we would campaign for there to be a

people's vote, but there are several stages before we get there. that was emily thornbury speaking to and remarked earlier on, miguel the defence minister has said that britain's armed forces are making contingency plans on how they can support the country in no deal scenario, tobias ellwood told skies sunday programme that there are discussions being held by the scenes as to what support the military could provide. he was asked about the defence staff general carter who said the army was thinking hard about what the scenario might involve. it is the job of the chief of the defence staff indeed the mod and the defence secretary to consider all scenarios, whether how big or ready might be, or whether they might be something expected. we have to plan for every single scenario. so yes there are contingency plans being made, discussions being held behind the scene is as to what support our armed forces will do. we stepped forward to support the nation in

various guises, whether they be from the flooding prospective or where the flooding prospective or where the police ‘s require support for supporting the olympic effort as we saw when we went to the games in 2012. and likewise, with the transition from brexit, if there is a requirement to provide assistance we are looking right across the full spectrum of requirements to make sure that we are prepared to stand up sure that we are prepared to stand up if asked to do so. bird, sunday's weather they continue their saturday's left off, more sunshine and showers with those showers falling bunbury in some points of an organised band of rain pushing across northern england of moving into scotland through the afternoon. temperatures 10—14dc for most with a gusty, south—westerly wind whipped us. overnight, those costs will continue. we will see that through western and southern pa rt that through western and southern part of the country mainly.

temperatures with onshore wind is not too low, 8—10dc in the south, cooler in the north with five celsius for example in newcastle, cooler in the countryside. another day of sunshine and showers tomorrow with the line's share of those showers being across western and southern parts of the uk. that said, we will all see some sunshine at some point and the temperatures staying on the mild side. temperatures between 12—14dc. that usually weather. good afternoon. ceremonies have taken place in britain and europe to mark the centenary of the end of world war one in 1918. wreaths were laid at the cenotaph in london by prince charles and, for the first time, the german president. in paris, world leaders including president trump and the russian leader, vladimir putin, paid their respects. we'll report from paris in a moment. but first, nicholas witchell is at the cenotaph for us. nick.

by by chance this year the anniversary of armistice day, the 11th of november, has fallen on the second sunday of november, our remembrance sunday, and that has added to the poignancy this morning as we have collectively passed —— castan minds back to november 1918. big ben chimes. on this day 100 yea rs big ben chimes. on this day 100 years ago, big ben chimed at the moment a world war ended. it hundred thousand british lives had been lost. it was in there remains the the cenotaph was originally constructed. —— remembrance. in largely unchanging form the ceremony of remembrance has taken place on whitehall in every peacetime year since. on this more than usually

significant day of remembrance, with the 100th anniversary of armistice day coincidently falling on remembrance sunday, the nation's leaders took their places around the town that have led by the prince of wales. —— iran the cenotaph. the queen watched from a balcony above as big ben signalled the start of the national the metoo minutes' silence in memory of all those from britain and the commonwealth who lost their lives in war. big ben chimes. music: the last post. in whitehall,

after the last post sounded by royal marine pugilist, the prince of wales placed a wreath against the north face of the cenotaph. for the first time, a german wreath was later the cenotaph by the german head of state. 100 years after the end of the first world war in which an estimated 2 million germans lost their lives, and historic gesture of reconciliation. after the vips it

was the turn of the veteran to to march past and lay their wreaths in memory of lost colleagues. they were followed this year by the people's march, members of the public wanted to their tribute to the —— to those ofa to their tribute to the —— to those of a lost generation who died in a world war that ended 100 years ago today. nicholas witchell, bbc news. in paris, world leaders gathered at the arc de triomphe. french president emmanuel macron urged them to build hope rather than playing on fear. he said the first world war — which claimed 20 million lives — had been a massacre, the scars of which were still visible on the face of the world. from paris, mark lowen reports. the bells marked the end of the horror a century ago, chimes

replacing guns as police began. in quiet procession, leaders of states that tory other apart back then, now coming together, led by emmanuel macron towards the arc de triomphe. making an entrance, donald trump, not the centre of attention today but fashionably late, the man who has shaken traditional alliances. and then the last, vladimir putin. a century since russia and america fought with the allies, their relations with western europe are now under strain. but two populist leader is rather cosy together. president macron hails from france's battle scarred terrain. he has worn the post—war liberal democracy he champions is under threat from echoes of the past. translation: patriotism is the opposite of nationalism. nationalism

is treason. if we think our interests may only come across first and we don't care for others, it is and we don't care for others, it is a treason of our values, a betrayal of all moral values, we must remember this. a poignant interlude bya remember this. a poignant interlude by a musician born in paris, playing at the tomb of the unknown soldier. this country at the centre of the world war was today the heart of world war was today the heart of world diplomacy. from president macron memories of the brutality but also a call to protect the multilateral order that came from it. he is increasingly now though a minority against nationalist authoritarian leaders. belgium too was consumed by war, and their today tributes. el hom irish to those killed in the trenches and a nod to the troops from the colonies that backed allied forces, dying in a war

that was not theirs. in paris, damp skies and a reflective mood as the eternal flame was lit. the bloodshed may be a distant memory for this country, but its president is fighting new battles today. a once war—torn continent is now a fractured one. mark lowen, bbc news, paris. in a unique memorial to those who lost their lives, portraits of servicemen and women have been etched into the sand on beaches around the uk. duncan kennedy reports from folkestone in kent, which has paid tribute to one of the first world war‘s most enduring figures. the piercing eyes of a celebrated war poet, today etched onto the very beach he had once left to meet war and death. for wilfred owen, what had been a shoreline of embarkation, this morning became a canvas of commemoration. the project had been organised by the film director danny boyle,

who says that the face is a metaphor for tragedy. look, it is wonderful that there are permanent structures that will outlive and outlast us, but i thought it was a good way to reflect on our own, um, time here. you know, which is temporary, really. as the tide ebbed away, 30 artists crafted the contours of the face. hundreds of people lined the shore to take in the imagery and the symbolism. it feels very much like he is here and he is alive and he is, as you say, representing so many people, really special. really special. 32 faces have been created on beaches around britain. in blackpool, lance corporal arkwright, who fell in 1914. at murlough in county down, john mccance, who died at passchendaele. just like private ellis evans, here at colwyn bay. by mid—morning, the impatient tides returned to roll in over the faces

like tears of a lost generation. the images, fletting in nature, but enduring in our memories. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in folkestone. let's take a brief look at the day's other news. recovery teams in northern california have found more bodies under debris in the town of paradise, which has been all but destroyed by intense wildfires. it brings the number of people known to have died there to 23. two more people were killed in a separate blaze in southern california, near the coastal town of malibu. high winds are expected to return later today, which could put more homes in danger. the us state of florida has ordered a recount of votes for state governor and senator, following tuesday's closely fought mid—term elections. the florida secretary of state said that unofficial results in both races fell within a margin of half a percentage point and a recount

was required by law. donald trump responded to the news by accusing democrats of trying to "steal" the elections. three men are still being questioned following their arrest, after a fatal crash in sheffield which involved a car that was being followed by police. a one—year—old boy was among four people who died in the incident on friday night. a three—year—old girl was also taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. that's it. you can seen continuing coverage of today's armistice commerations on bbc one and the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at a quarter to five. bye for now. good afternoon.

starting with football... four games in the premier league today including the manchester derby — more on that in a minute — but they're in the closing stages at anfield in the day's early kick off. and liverpool are heading to the top of the league, for couple of hours at least. they're 2—0 up on bottom side fulham. mo salah and xherdan shaqiri with the goals. in scotland, celtic will go top if they beat livingston. just a few minutes left in that one and the score is 0—0. the big match in the premier league today comes from the etihad stadium as manchester city host manchester united. both sides come into the game on a high after wins in the champions league this week. the derby is always a huge match for the fans but both pep guardiola and jose mourinho are playing down its importance at this stage of the season. of course, the games against the contenders are special because if you win, they don't win.

but we are in november so maybe the game in old trafford will be, will decide, more, more important than this one, but, of course, we are in a good run. if you want to put that much into the context of where we are, where we can be, then it becomes even more difficult so ijust want to play the match as an isolated event. difficult match against a very difficult team, but i don't think they think it is an easy match for them. tottenham say they've reached an agreement to continue playing their home matches at wembley until their new stadium is finished. spurs were supposed to be playing at their new white hart lane stadium already, but the project has been dogged by delays. they'll now be allowed to play their home matches there indefinately, but with a reduced capacity of 51,000. it wasn't the fairytale end to his career that tony bellew hoped for — he was knocked out in the eight 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. rugby union and england head coach eddiejones was in philosophical mood after his side lost to new zealand by a single point they made the perfect start against the all blacks, racing into a 15—0 lead in the first half — that was before the all blacks responded with 16 unanswered points of their own. england thought they'd won it when sam underhill crossed in the last five minutes — only for the officials to spot an offside earlier in the play. i thought we played well. you consider we had 400 caps compared to their 800 caps. we played a really

good, tough game of rugby, to get to new zealand. we did not handle some pivotal moments well but we will learn from that and be much stronger in the future. 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 five—time world champion just pipped sebastian vettel in sao paolo — although vettel is expected to have the better pace in the race. that was a tough qualifying session and obviously, the weather was going up and down and we didn't really know what to expect but obviously ferrari are incredibly quick this weekend and just a lot of work gone on in the background with my engineers to make sure we got the car to the best place we could. england's lee westwood made 5 birdies on the back nine to storm to victory at the nedbank golf challenge in sun city, south africa. the former world number one was two shots behind sergio garcia overnight, but a magnificent final round of 64 took him 3 clear on 15 under. it's westwood's first european tour win for four years.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and the build—up to the manchester derby continues. there will be more from the afternoon. see you later. back to the first world war, armistice day to liberation. —— commemorations. robert graves was one of britain's best—known first world war poets — his works contain some of the most poignant descriptions of the reality of war and life in the trenches. we spoke to his son about graves' experiences as a front—line soldier, and about the legacy of his poetry. he never really recovered. i do not think anyone recovered from that wall. gray haunted eyes.

absentmindedly glaring from wide, uneven orbits. he sat me on his knee when i was 4—5 years old and one of the things he said was feel here, and he has a long above his brow which was actually a piece of granite. one brow drooping somewhat over the eyes because of a missile, still sitting skin deep. the foolish re cord still sitting skin deep. the foolish record of old world fighting. still sitting skin deep. the foolish record of old world fightingm july 1916, which is the date of the battle of the storm, he takes a walk into the wound looking for overcoats for winter. —— the battle of the somme. he comes across a german, pretty gory side. a poem came along shortly after in which he describes this. to you who read my songs of

warand this. to you who read my songs of war and only hear blood and frame, i will say you've heard it said before, will's hell. if you doubt the saying, today i found a certain cu re the saying, today i found a certain cure all for love of blogs. —— war‘s hell propped against a shattered trunk in mess of things and greens that a dead body. he stars with close and face of solomon green. spectacle, cropped hair, dripping black blob from nose and beard. he suffered from shellshock. he had certainly nightmares until at least ten yea rs certainly nightmares until at least ten years after. one of the things he found very hard to accept was this idea of joyfulness he found very hard to accept was this idea ofjoyfulness at the end of the wall. many days of rejoicing

over and the flanks stowed safely away, they will do have another wild warand in other away, they will do have another wild war and in other armistice day. the boys killed in the trenches who fought with no rage and now around, we left them stretched out on the palate and mild, no doubt they were at the end. here, in majorca, very much yielded his own life. in those terms, i think it was good for him and he could focus on what he likes doing which is writing. we used to go down to the beach and of course they also carried within his army knapsack and his water bottle. he certainly did not have to talk with anyone else. you have a review group who could

relate to hear. he was always working. towards the end of his life, the war started coming back to him. i had a very strong mental picture of it. i can see whole thing as clearly as they can anything in this room. he was in a wheelchair and we would wheel him and there was and we would wheel him and there was a big bang something and he always jumped. you would almost point a gun at you. it was a very strange and july. at the very end coming was sitting in a chair and just society, and that was it. he died very peacefully. —— and just sighed. remembering robert graves, one of britain was my greatest poets. in a unique tribute to those who lost their lives, the faces of victims of the first world war have been sketched into beaches across the uk.

it's a project which was commissioned by film director danny boyle. speaking from the beach folkestone in kent, he's been talking to david dimbleby about how the etchings were created. they just deal with theyjust deal with garden rakes. it is important that the mac incredible. they call a fan in your eye, they scrub... take these patterns, scrub the sand into shade and flat, so they create a shape with the sun and you get the digital images. there is one art at ayr in scotla nd images. there is one art at ayr in scotland that will absolutely read full. one of the first black officers deserve any army. we tried to go to 30 beaches around britain and some are still going on because of the tide. we finished here because the tide came in but we painted the portrait of people and it is trying to personalise the numbers that are so numbing, so extraordinary. the connection to individual stories, through the immediate war museum, you get back

in touch with the individuals involved and sometimes they are very significant. yet a significant person in our history and knowing of the wall and in terms of this beach where he left from his serve in france. what gave you the idea? you like it is so original. there is the half face. what gave you the idea? i have seen sand sculptures never this kind of drawing on the sand. etherington is because when a first that made you do it, i thought we associated the beaches of the second world war because of dunkirk, you think of the gristmill until recently, but actually in the first world war, everyone left on the beaches and heartless because there is no plain transport of any significance to this would have been the last sight of home and from any of bennett was the last psycho home. i thought, what a wonderful way to reconnect with them. we make a

temporary portrait which is a reminder of their own mortality or our own mortality but it is a way the community can gather any public space that does not have the association of the cenotaph has solemnity and we can celebrate or observe, like we did this morning, a wonderful silence with the noise of the tide beginning to pour in and cover the portrait, it was very moving. we cannot see them all but what were... who were the people you chose? the 30 so people. they were not all soldiers, where they? know, there was a worker, a nurse but mostly soldiers. two footballers as well. as a football fanatic myself, there was a tottenham hotspur player and another guy, jonas, who played

for cla pton and another guy, jonas, who played for clapton orient which became the laden orient. you create connections with people and it was like to coming here is a footballer, then it disappears enabling kevin na a 100 yea rs later disappears enabling kevin na a 100 years later and when you think about it, this speech will not have changed very much in 100 years and it allows you to reconnect with these people. it is also... when i started project, i thought i was going to do... recommend through it a line any fan and a way of finishing commemoration because 100 years... we no longer commemorate the ball war, but we do the first world war and should be stopped at the centenary? but because of my research into it and my experience, i think it has become more important ina way i think it has become more important in a way and in this loud, extraordinarily dangerous world of polarisation that is going on at the moment, the consequences of this kind of behaviour on more posted

than ever in a way so it is really reinforcing the value of these people and how necessary it was for us people and how necessary it was for us to remember them. you've had 30 of them. when the first one washed away and wembley last one be washed away and wembley last one be washed away today? it has to end at dark because we cannot recommend people to get out after dark obviously but there will be... we finished year now, weymouth is still going which is further along the coastline. the other thing you get to know if the time times of britain which is great, there are some extraordinary sight in scotland at the moment and in the republic of ireland. they will be going on until nightfall in different places, and if you look up pages of pc. order, you can follow the pattern of the day there. and also leave reflections on what your watching —— pagesofthesea.org.

in a moment the weather, but first let's take a look at some of the images from the centenary of the end of the first world war. bell tolls. music: last post. hello again. letting one of those weekends where the weather has changed alibi however most of us have seen several downpours from the weekend interested— dry, sunny weather full of overnight, with those south—westerly winds continuing to blow, we will feed in the shallows across western and southern parts of the uk which i was becoming more likely in northern ireland. debra jo wise, with the

onshore winds in the south, never getting that cold here with temperatures and 8—10dc but chilly in newcastle, five celsius, as well as edinburgh. although in the countryside with low, single figures. that takes us into monday. no pressure out of the west of the uk means they maintain those south—westerly winds of further shallow across western and southern areas that some of heavy and sundry times but interspersed by some spells of sunshine. any sunshine, most on the mild side but at about 12-14dc. that is most on the mild side but at about 12—14dc. that is your latest weather. good afternoon. i'm simon mccoy on the cenotaph. the headlines at 2pm: the nation falls silent

to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. prince charles laid a wreath at the foot of the cenotaph on behalf of her majesty the queen — followed by senior politicans and members of the armed forces. a series of sand portraits have been created across the uk featuring images of people who lost their lives in the first world war, including the poet wilfred owen who was killed shortly before peace was declared.