this is bbc news i'm martine croxall. the headlines at ten. prince charles leads the tributes on the armistice centenary, laying a wreath at the cenotaph on behalf of the queen followed by senior politicans and members of the armed forces. tonight, the queen was joined by the german president, and members of the royalfamily, for a special service of remembrance at westminster abbey. in paris world leaders put aside their differences, to unite in remembrance. a unique tribute to victims of the war: the face of wilfred owen and others etched sand, along britain's coastline. and the daily last post ceremony takes place at the menin gate, the monument built on the allied troops‘ pathway

to the front line. good evening. a national service of remembrance has taken place at westminster abbey to mark the centenary of the end of the first world war. members of the royal family including the duke and duchess of sussex, and duke and duchess of cambridge, were among those who attended. the queen and the german president laid wreaths during the ceremony and prince charles read a lesson during the service from the gospel of saintjohn. as the father have loved me so have i love you. continue ye in my love. if ye keep my commandments you shall abide in my love. even as i have kept my father's commandments and abide in his love,

these things have i spoken unto you that myjoy, might remain in you and that yourjoy might be full. this is my commandment, that ye love one another as i have loved you. greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ye are my friends if you do so whatsoever i command you. henceforth, i call you not servants for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth. but i have called you friends for all things i have heard of my father i have made known onto you. across the country, flaming beacons

were lit to symbolise an end to the darkness of war and a return to the light of peace. one of those was outside westminster abbey from where sarah campbell gave us this update. iam i am surrounded by people taking photographs of it as they will be at some of the other moo beacon sites. this has been a huge project, four yea rs this has been a huge project, four years in the making to try and get simultaneous lighting of deacons across the uk, —— beacons. moo in total, you might hear bells ringing outside of london as bells will be peeling to commemorate the great war. town crier is, almost 200, will

be giving their message in towns and cities across the united kingdom that this is really a project to try and involve as many people and as many towns as possible. the finale of the commemoration weekend, certainly here in london, was the service here in westminster abbey attended by the queen, the prince of wales, the duke and duchess of cambridge, the duke and duchess of sussex. it was a very moving ceremony. the queen, along with the president of germany, gave a handshake at the end in symbol of reconciliation. we also lay hours at the grave of the unknown warrior as did children from across the united kingdom. were bible readings by the

prince of wales and there was a reading by the actorjohn sim and it was the memoir of a tommy and the final sentence struck me and a lot of people we have been speaking to today said that in 19 18 there were celebrations because it was four yea rs celebrations because it was four years at the end of a terrible war but there was huge uncertainty about what came next and the final sentence of that was, to ask after yea rs of sentence of that was, to ask after years of war, it can and quietness on that called them per day was the world in. surely it was the strangest day of the whole campaign. there has been so many remembrance services across the uk, here of course the main one involving the queen and members of the royal family. in commemorations this

season, the last post miroslave duna, was standard. —— the last post was sounded. ina in a special tribute to date there was a departure from the usual armistice commemorations. 10,000 armistice commemorations.10,000 members of the public filed past the cenotaph to show they have thanks to

what was thought at the time to be the poorest to end all wars. —— wars. 10,000 people, some with military connections but many with none at all. united in desire to take part in this public show of remembrance. it was an event that lacked formality but was filled with personal touches. for home made wreaths to be laid at the cenotaph. descendants wearing the medals of those long gone and the family photos of a generation who had fought and often not come home. in a hundred years‘ time none of us are going to be here to do this again so it feels very special to be here. if we don't remember then there will be no one else to remember, especially the next—generation. having members of the family that have served in both world wars and lost them and served myself, it is a real honour to be here today. there is a rhythm to remembrance sunday that is so familiar. but this is something quite different, a procession for the people, all of whom are

walking to remember. the last time there was a people's procession was 1919, then thousands walked past the centaph to pay their respects and just like today as this people's procession neared the end, the wreath of those taking part were laid in whitehall. it was a bit of a sombre atmosphere but it was also an atmosphere of everyone coming together for a single purpose, to commemorate those from the first world war. i've enjoyed being with everybody, talking to everybody hearing about the stories. and the people's procession has left its mark. in the thousands of wreaths left behind, each holding a personal memory of somebody lost. for one woman today in particular is poignant. 112—year—old rhys

for one woman today in particular is poignant. 112—year—old rhstones was the oldest person in britain —— gracejones is the oldest person in britain and was just a schoolgirl when the war broke out. 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 their husbands or boyfriends, they had to go to the 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 11th, 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, to see the people dancing

all in the road, and on the tramcars, the open ones, singing away. it was lovely. i remember that. will have a will look at the day ‘s armistice commemorations when we joined on bbc one at 1030 pm. you are watching bbc news. prince charles leads the tributes on the armistice centenary laying a wreath on behalf of the queen, followed by senior politicians and armed forces.

the queen wasjoined senior politicians and armed forces. the queen was joined by the german president and members of the royal family for a special service at westminster abbey. in paris, world leaders put aside their differences in remembrance at the ark to tree of —— arc de triomphe. two of four people who have died in a car crash have been named by theirfamily, adnan ashraf jarral and his have been named by theirfamily, adnan ashrafjarral and his son nico heugh simone died —— usman died. police were called to an address in cupar angus in the early hours of this morning when they found a children and an injured man nearby.

two children were found dead. cabinet ministers insist they remain optimistic that theresa may will get a brexit deal. andrea leadsom said she did not expect any more than hysteria or —— resignations. jo johnson stepped down on friday. all options are said to remain on the table, the shadow foreign secretary was asked about jeremy table, the shadow foreign secretary was asked aboutjeremy corbyn's comments to a german newspaper that brexit cannot be stopped. she said that labour would prefer a general election but could campaign for a able—bodied vote if it was not possible. let's start that we had in a referendum and that resulted needs to be abided by but we need to have a look at democracy. what we wanted was even meaningful boat and theresa may is simply giving us the saying

that you can either fall off a cliff and follow this bridge to nowhere, thatis and follow this bridge to nowhere, that is not a meaningful boat or democracy. if you're going to give us democracy. if you're going to give us that, we refuse to play that sort of game and frankly, if you can come up of game and frankly, if you can come up with that decent suggestion which i think we should have, then of course all options remain on the table and we will campaign for there to bea table and we will campaign for there to be a people's vote. their stubble wages until we get. the government of california is to urging president trump to declare two major wildfires asa trump to declare two major wildfires as a disaster to clear up funding. firefighters have also criticised the president's response. 25 people are known to have died and hundreds are known to have died and hundreds are missing in the worst wildfire known in the states. the minister of florida have asked for a recount of

votes. he said that unofficial results in both races are within a margin of half a percentage point and a recount was required by gloucester mac donald trump responded to the news by accusing democrats of trying to steal elections. in eastern youth ukraine, elections. in eastern youth ukraine, elections are being held that the us and uk are calling illegal. in the four years since the war note country has officially recognised them. they have been called a farce, a fake them. they have been called a farce, afake and them. they have been called a farce, a fake and a mockery but with the backing of russia they have gone ahead with their elections. television pictures show a steady if unspectacular turn out. what can we

change? we can only come and make oui’ change? we can only come and make our choice. why should we listen to europe when we can listen to our own leaders and ourselves? we always said it is people who have power, in elections we give power to people we elect. we should have legitimate authorities. the results are not in question is, the process is being carefully managed. it is likely to be simplya carefully managed. it is likely to be simply a matter of how much they win bya be simply a matter of how much they win by a whether the result reflects voting or as the government in kiev claims, is already entirely predetermined. no country has officially recognise the self—declared republic ‘s, officially recognise the self—decla red republic ‘s, they continue to survive by military and economic support from russia. police in poland estimate more than

200,000 people taken part in a march to celebrate the centenary of the country regaining its independence. this was overshadowed by the government allowing far right national scripts to take place. they began by laying wreaths and across the country people join together to sing the national anthem. but the official ceremonies ignored the fact that poland is a deeply divided society. former leaders boycotted the event. the author stayed away from the huge march led by the president because the government agreed to allow far right nationalist groups to take part. many ordinary be jotted people took

pa rt many ordinary be jotted people took part marching alongside the football fa ns part marching alongside the football fans and ashlar. the president urged people to avoid national statements and many people did. there was no repeat of last year's resist chance —— chance. in a unique tribute to those who lost their lives, the faces of the people who lost their lives have been sketched into the beach across the uk. wilfred 0wen has been etched in a beach on the south. bestand portraits were curated by the film director danny boyle. as the tide swept in on folkestone beach he spoke about the project and the significance of the beaches. we just do it with garden

ra kes. beaches. we just do it with garden rakes. it is incredible, they take all these patterns and scrub the sound. you get these beautiful images, there is one in scotland which is absolutely beautiful, one of the first black officers to serve in the army so we have tried to do 30 beaches in britain and it is going on still with some beaches where the tide has not come in. it is trying to personalise through reconnection through individual stories and through the imperial war museum so that you get back in touch with the individuals involved and sometimes they are very significant. wilfred 0wen is a very significant presence in our history and certainly in terms of the speech where he left from to serve in

france. what if you be ideal? such an original idea. what gave you the idea? i have seen sand sculptures but i've never seen this kind of trying on bestand? i think we associate the beaches with the second world war cause of dunkirk but actually in the first world war everybody left from the beaches and the harbours, because there was no plain transport of any significance then so this would be their last eight of home and from any of them it would be the last sight of home. and i thought what a wonderful way to reconnect with them, make a debris portrait in reminder of their and your own mortality and allow the community to gather in a public space and celebrate in a weight or

as we did this morning, absorbed in as we did this morning, absorbed in a wonderful silence with the noise of the tide coming in and covering the portraits. we can't of course see them all but who did you choose? they were not all soldiers, were they? no, there was an ammunitions worker, a nurse at moseley soldiers, yes —— mostly. there were some football players as well. it was full of... we tried to create connections with people and a hundred years disappears enabling

open eye and when you think about it, this beach will not have changed ina hundred it, this beach will not have changed in a hundred years and it allows you to reconnect with these people and when i started the project i thought i was going to recommend through it a lying in the sand, a way of finishing commemoration. should we stop after the centenary? but because of my research into it and my experience of it, i think it has become more important in a way stop work in this loud, extraordinary dangerous world of polarisation the connection with the consequences of this kind of behaviour is more important than ever so for me, it reinforced the value of these people and how necessary it is for us to remember them. and you had 30 of them, when was the first one washed

away and when will be class will be washed away today? it has to end at dark. we can't recommend people to go out after dark but we finished here now. the tides in britain are so extraordinary all over the place, there are some extraordinary sites in scotland at the moment and in the republic of ireland. they will be going on until nightfall in different places. if you go online, you can follow the pattern of the day and read your own reflections on what you are watching. in a moment, we will have the weather. at 1030, we will have the weather. at 1030, we will have the weather. at 1030, we will bejoining bbc we will have the weather. at 1030, we will be joining bbc one. we will have the weather. at 1030, we will bejoining bbc one. but first, let's look at some of the images of the centenary of the end

of the first world war. last post plays many central and eastern areas will be dry but in the west wind will push parts to southern scotland.

temperatures will drop down to single figures under clear skies, maybe a touch of frost but overall, a fairly maybe a touch of frost but overall, afairly mild maybe a touch of frost but overall, a fairly mild week ahead and it is a week which begins as we finished the weekend on the breezy site with a mixture of sunshine and showers. low pressure hind making showers pop up, also got this weather front across northern france which begins with a deal of cloud or can be a bit of a cloudy start here. heavier showers along the western fringes of england and wales and west of scotland. it will push their ways northern and eastwards during the days. some parts of the country could get through the day predominantly dry the sunshine is on your back, it will not feel too bad but this time of year. the showers keep going as we go through monday evenings mist oui’ we go through monday evenings mist ourand we go through monday evenings mist our and low pressure starts to become less of a future and pushes

to the north of us. there is an indication of a ridge of high pressure which means you are showers around bridges day, just one or two mainly in the west. south—westerly winds, feeling increasingly milder through the day with temperatures around 12 or 15 once against. outbreaks of rain developing here to bring us a wet, middle part of the week, especially in the west. quickly south—westerly breeze, he's the sunshine and dry, the further south you are. but that south—westerly wind will bring us a milder conditions. you could see highs of around 16 or 17, well above where they should be for this time of year. on thursday we will have high pressure across continental europe and low pressure to the north of us so we will get a milder flow of us so we will get a milder flow of here but as winds get lighter,

that means a greater risk of mist and fog developing, particularly across england and wales. remembering the fallen. commemorations across britain and europe mark 100 years since the end of the first world war. bells chime last post prince charles leads tributes to the nation's war dead on behalf the queen. and, for the first time since 1919, a people's procession files the senator. i feel like it is really important because if we don't remember, there will be no one else

to remember —— the cenotaph. especially the next generation. to remember —— the cenotaph. especially the next generationm paris, world leaders put aside their differences to unite in remembrance. while some britain's beaches borba portraits of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, etched in sand —— the portraits. and tonight, hundreds of beacons across the country were late to recognise those who served and died. —— were late. good evening. it has been a day of remembrance across britain and in europe, marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the first world war. prince charles led the tributes to the

nation's war dead, laying a wreath at the cenotaph in london on behalf of the queen with the prime minister, political leaders and, for the first time, the presidents of germany in attendance. this evening a national service of remembrance was held in westminster abbey. in paris, around 70 world leaders including president trump and vladimir putin gathered to pay their respects that the dead, in all, 20 million people lost their lives in the war. we will be reporting from paris ina the war. we will be reporting from paris in a moment, but first, we look at how written remembered the end of world war i. in the field of remembrance by westminster abbey sit the crosses left by families with their messages of thanks stretching back across the generations. tonight, within the abbey, at its place of honour by the great west door, the queen and the president of germany stood side by side while their flowers were laid at the grave of an unknown british soldier who died on the battlefields of the great war. it was a conflict in which many millions from many nations

died, nearly1 million of them were british. it ended on this day, 100 years ago, with the armistice, described in the memoir of private john jackson. we fought on till the last minute, till on the stroke of the 11th hour, the sounds of war ceased abruptly, succeeded by the great silence. to us, after years of noise, the calm and quietness of that cold, november day was bewildering. the archbishop of canterbury recalled that for all the sacrifice of the great war, the hopes that a better world would emerge from it turned to dust. destroyed by dictatorships, isolationism, turning inwards by the strong, by the manipulations of the ruthless, by depression, by tyranny and ancient hatreds which had not been reconciled.

this morning, at the cenotaph, the nation had prepared to mark the moment from a century ago when big ben had signalled the end of the fighting. bells chime for many, particularly those still serving in the trenches, the happiness that the war was over was tempered by the loss of so many. it was in their remembrance that the cenotaph was originally constructed, and, in timeless fashion, and in a largely unchanging form, the ceremony of remembrance has taken place in every peacetime year since. as was the case last year, the queen watched from a balcony as the national two—minute silence was observed in whitehall and at ceremonies around the country. bells chime

last post in whitehall, after the last post sounded, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath of red poppies against the cenotaph's northern face. and then president steinmeier of germany placed his wreath, 100 years after the end of the first world war, in which an estimated two million german troops died — an historic act of reconciliation. after the formal wreath—laying, it was the turn of the veterans to march past and lay their wreaths. each with his or her own memories of more recent conflict. but on this centenary of the armistice, something different. the people's march.

10,000 people each with a particular reason to be there. many with photographs of a family member who died in the great war, and with a determination that their memory should not be forgotten. in 100 years' time, none of us will be here to do this again, so it feels very special to be here. if we don't remember, then there will be no one else to remember. as the people's march passed the cenotaph, their wreaths were added to the others. it was a recreation of a march injuly 1919. the marchers then were ex—servicemen, many of them wounded, and the wives and parents of those never came home. for them, tonight, beacons were lit, as britain and many other nations remembered a terrible war from a century ago. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at the cenotaph. in paris, around 70 world leaders

including donald trump and vladimir putin attended the service at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the arc de triomphe. there, president macron urged a rejection of nationalism, warning that old demons we re nationalism, warning that old demons were coming back to the servers around the world. our european editor reports on how europe remembers it sacrifice. grief flows unchecked across borders. regret knows no frontiers. presidents and heads of government of most of the 80 countries involved in the first world war came here to paris today to remember the slaughtered millions of the first truly global conflict. president macron's message above all others at this commemoration — we are in this together, in our past, our present and ourfuture.

testimony of a british soldier. no opportunity was wasted for the french president to drive his internationalist message home. he urged action at a time when he said old demons were resurfacing in europe and beyond. patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism. nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. by saying our interests first, who cares about the other? we raise what a nation holds dearest and what gives it live and what makes it great and, what most —— what is most important books of all, its moral values. but not everyone here is on the same page as emmanuel macron. united in their pledge of never again today, the world leaders gathered here have starkly competing visions when it comes to how

to avoid future conflict. let's stick together and work together insists emmanuel macron and vladimir putin and donald trump applauded him politely today, but for them, a strong and sovereign nation state certainly comes first. winston churchill once said, those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. in an attempt to boost international cooperation, president macron today launched an annual peace forum, mirroring the paris peace conference that followed the first world war. i think it is important that we all remember that we can never take peace for granted and that we have to learn lessons from the past. some of those institutions built after the first and second world wars, the european union, nato, some of those institutions are under pressure. the sounds, symbols and searing memories of the great war echoed

across europe today. this was ypres in belgium, site of some of the most blood—soa ked battlefields. then this evening, just as dusk was falling, british and commonwealth veterans, survivors of more recent conflicts gathered together in the paris cathedral of notre dame. remembering a world war with sadness, praying for world peace in hope. emmanuel macron will have been pleased at how commemoration services went here in paris, with angela merkel‘s political star waning, he likes to see himself as

the new bastian of liberal values. he worries about nationalism and the strength of the far right in paris. political tensions in europe and also brexit and he is concerned about security, that europe can no longer rely for defence of the united states with donald trump in the white house. here, emmanuelle micron is a divisive figure, some look at his calls for more federal government as a beacon of hope but for others it is a sign that he is out of step with the modern world. thank you. today's commemoration saw a unique memorial to those who lost their lives with portraits of service men and women edged into the sand along the british coastline. among the town paying tribute was folkestone in kent duncan kennedy reports. the piercing eyes of a celebrated war poet, today etched onto the very beach he had once left on his way to battle and death. for wilfred owen, a shoreline

for embarkation, this morning became a canvas of commemoration. the project has been organised by the film director danny boyle, who says the face is a metaphorfor tragedy. look, it's wonderful that there are permanent structures that will outlive us 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, artists crafted the contours of the face. hundreds of people took in the imagery, the symbolism, and reflected on loss and sacrifice. it feels very much like he's here and he's alive and he is, as you say, representing so many people, really special. really special. the stares of the fallen gazed out from 31 other beaches too. at moray in scotland, captain charles sorley, dead at 20.

in northumberland, private william jonas, who perished at the somme. archiejewell, here in cornwall, survived the titanic, only to be killed by a german u—boat. in lincolnshire, lieutenant basil hicks died on the first day of the battle of loos. in fife, doctor elsie inglis who helped wounded french soldiers. whilst in thornby, volunteers spoke of their admiration for captain john armitage, who fell fighting at arras. to see the turnout and the particularly the last post and so many people quiet and paying their respects tojohn armitage and first world war casualties, it's truly quite remarkable. eventually, the waters of impatient tides rolled in across each face, like the tears of a lost generation, masked by the waves but enduring in memory.

duncan kennedy, bbc news. and we will have more on the commemoration is a little later. in other news, the governor of california is urging president trump to declare a huge wildfires as a major disaster to free up funding for the emergency response. 25 people are now known to have died and more than 100 are missing. here is james cook. paradise is no more. ravaged by the most destructive wildfires in california's history and one of the deadliest. in the ashes, they toil. their task, distressing and delicate, is to find answers for the living. i have two sons and two

grandchildren up there and i cannot find out anything about them. i do not know if they are all right and got out. i have been to the shelters in chico and they are not there. i don't know where else to look. i'm hoping they're coming down the hill andi hoping they're coming down the hill and i will catch them here. what a mess. and the crisis is far from over. a quarter of a million people have fled and 80,000 firefighters are struggling to save everything, from celebrity mansion to shack. well, the owners of this home were really unlucky, but firefighters have been working really hard in this community. they have been battling, they have had aircraft in the sky as well and their work has been paying off. so far, they have saved many, many more homes than they have lost. in the us this year, wildfires have burned an area larger than belgium and luxembourg combined. well above average. california is warmer and drier than it used to be. fires are more volatile. things are not the way they were ten

years ago. you look at the fires in napa, the fire in butte county this fire. the rate of spread is exponentially more than it used to be. i am surrounded by fire. faced with catastrophe, president trump's first comment was a threat to cut california's funding, if it did not improve forest management. the president of the firefighters union called it shameless, ill informed and demeaning. after a brief lull, the dusty desert winds which dry these fires are roaring again and with more homes and lives at risk, the governor of california is urging the white house to declare a major disaster. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. the family of a man who was killed with his one—year—old son in a car crash in sheffield on friday night have described him as a loving

father. he was 35 and his son died when their people carrier was in collision with another vehicle which had been pursued by police. a man and woman were also killed, 22—year—old woman and a three—year—old girl are still in hospital with serious injuries. the independent office for police conduct has begun an enquiry. police in poland say more than 200,000 people took part in a march the capital warsaw to mark the centenary of the country's independence but opposition parties boycotted the eventin opposition parties boycotted the event in protest at a decision to allow far right nationalist groups tojoin the march. back now allow far right nationalist groups to join the march. back now to the armistice day commemorations and today ceremonies were watched by people in cities and towns across the uk. in accrington in lancashire, the uk. in accrington in lancashire, the act but in piles were one of the first volunteer battalions formed when the fighting began. they suffered serious casualties on the first day of the battle of the

somme. adina campbell reports now on the sacrifice of a town. this with the rain beating down on one of lancashire's most imposing war memorials, hundreds of people, young and old, circled accrington cenotaph to remember lives lost. and 100 years on from that first armistice day in 1918. taking shelter under a sea of umbrellas, side by side, this community paid its respects. last post plays. i'm just surprised, on such a miserable, wet day, what a great turnout there is, it's absolutely fantastic, i'm glad i came. ijust feel really bad for the soldiers that died for us and i'm grateful. it's representing them and thanking them for what they did. we come from an army background, and my brother was killed in ireland when he was 21 years of age. and for former serviceman steve o'leary, today was even more poignant. i became aware of the significance

of the losses in this town and the accrington pals, and that interest grew throughout my military career, and it's only now, when i've got time, as a retired serviceman, that i can adequately honour them. the war dead have also been commemorated in church, overlooked by these tommy silhouettes, a symbol of remembrance. this is a community which suffered devastating losses. of the more than 1,000 men who enlisted and took part in a farewell service here in this church, more than 850 never returned. they made the ultimate sacrifice, a sacrifice this town says will it will never forget. and tonight, accrington's story has been projected onto the market hall, a reminder of the town's past, honouring those who fought in the great war. adina campbell, bbc news, in accrington. thatis

that is it. in a moment, the news where you are but we will leave you with some of the images of the day of remembrance. goodbye. more now on how the end of the first world war has been remembered around the country. at 12:30pm, bells across the uk and around the world round to mark the armistice at centenary. the bells have been ringing out from the tower of st mary's church in the dorset town of bridport for centuries but, just over 100 years ago, during the great war, the bell—ringers lost one of their own. "we was up here two days after we landed and i can assure you, it is a rack and ruinous place,

everything smashed to smithereens." debbie follett is reading a letter from a foreign field, one of many written home by her uncle, william hardiman. debbie follett is reading a letter from a foreign field, one of many written home by her uncle, william hardiman. he fought in france and greece but was killed in palestine. 1,400 bell—ringers died during the first world war and a campaign has been under way to replace them with the same number of new ringers, people like debbie who now stands in the same place where her great uncle used to ring. it's very emotional, it really is. it is making the link with the past, and i think it's very important to keep those links and to keep the traditions going. i am only a beginner. i will do my bit and, hopefully, i'll do it well and if they are looking down, i hope they'd be proud of me. this is a summary at the end of the quarter... the tower captain, as he's known, shows me the church's records which date back to the 19th century, and they include details of debbie's

great uncle and also a record of how his bell—ringing friends commemorated his death. "a half muffled peal was rung for our late brother, corporal hardiman, who lost his life at the front in palestine." we put a muffler on one side of the clapper so we get this clear ring and then a muffled ring and i find it very moving. to me, it the dead talking to the living. it's a gentle ring and then a clear ring, it's lovely, and we ring itfor remembrance services especially. a momentous occasion that will bring together friends, communities and families, both from the present and from the past. and that's all there is to it. john maguire, bbc news, dorset. you will have done extremely well if

you managed to dodge all of this we can's downpours, they have been widespread. with those south—westerly winds continuing overnight, for the showers, particularly across western and southern areas. low pressure drifts eastwards and the risk of showers increases overnight in northern ireland. to the south, temperatures 8-10dc ireland. to the south, temperatures 8—10dc and further north, five for newcastle, 64 edinburgh. on monday, a similar date weather—wise. it will be at the sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery, and you are most likely to encounter downpours across western and southern areas although no one is immune from seeing the odd sharp shower. temperature wise, we are on the mild side for this time of year, temperatures 14 in london to 11 in aberdeen. this is bbc news. the headlines:

prince charles leads the tributes on the armistice centenary, laying wreath on the senate half on behalf of the queen followed by senior politicians and members of the armed forces. tonight the queen was joined by the german president and members of the royalfamily for a german president and members of the royal family for a special service of remembrance at westminster abbey. in paris, world leaders put aside their differences to unite in remembrance. a unique tribute to victims of the wa rt a unique tribute to victims of the wart — the face of wilfred owen and others etched in the sand on britain's coastline.