in accrington in lancashire, the accrington pals were one of the first volunteer battalions formed, wheny suffered serious casualties on the first day of the battle of the somme. adina campbell reports now on a town's sacrifice. 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 sounds. 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, forformer 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 ser

adina campbell, bbc news, accrington.unique memorial to those who lost their lives, with portraits of servicemen and women etched into the sand along britain's coastline. among the areas paying beach tributes to the fallen, was folkestone in kent, from where duncan kennedy reports. 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 0wen, a shoreline of 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. it's 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 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 is here and he is alive and he is, as you say, representing so

adina campbell, bbc news, accrington. in tomorrow's front pages at half past 11. we have the cheap sport reporter of the sun. now it is a time for the weather. tonight will be a cooler nights over all. , we start the week the way we finished the weekend off with sunshine and showers and quite a breeze. out there tonight the showers are mainly across western areas with the possible rumble of thunder. some showers and southern counties of england but coldest in the north of scotland were be maybe a touch of frost into tomorrow morning. temperatures for many in single figures as we start the day. will be a grey start as we start the day here, some spots of rain expected. heavy with hail and thunder. in the midlands you may get through much of the date dry, tempted at best 1a or 15 degrees. we will see a few showers altogether but mostly dry through tuesday and we re a cross but mostly dry through tuesday and were across the board on wednesday. the headlines: silence at the cenotaph is the uk marks 100 years since the world w

in accrington in lancashire, the uk.egan. 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 int

adina campbell, bbc news, in accrington.njust a moment, with our reviewers. that is coming up after the headlines at 11:30 p.m.. time now for a look at the weather forecast. hello there. many central and eastern areas go into the night dry, but in the west, showers, some of those heavy and thundery and they will push to wind parts of southern scotla nd will push to wind parts of southern scotland and a few returning to southern counties of england. away from those, temperatures will drop down into single figures on the clearer skies, maybe a touch of frost across parts of sheltered northern scotland. but overall a fairly mild week ahead, and it is a week which begins as we finish the weekend on the breezy side, with a mixture of sunshine and showers. low pressure close by, a feeding ground for showers, making the showers p°p‘up- for showers, making the showers pop—up. these weather fronts across northern france, throwing of a look out across east anglia and the south—east. cloudy start here, one or two lighter showers, heavy

among them accrington in lancashire where the accrington pals were one of the first volunteer battalionsenataph 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. ijust feel really bad for the soldiers that died for us and i‘m grateful. it's representing 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 1000 men who enlisted and took part in a farewell service here in this church, mor