Lights out in one hour

In one hour, at 10pm BST, we will put out the lights to mark the centenary of Britain's entry into the First World War and remember all those who died in that terrible conflict.

A hundred years ago yesterday as I noted here in yesterday's "Quote of the day," the then foreign secretary remarked that "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time."

Like people all over the UK, we will douse the lamps, light a candle instead, and say a prayer in memory of those who died.

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