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Fireworks from the Eiffel tower marks Bastille Day

A spectacular firework display was held at the Eiffel tower in Paris, as France celebrated Bastille day.

This 2014 theme was "War and Peace", commemorating the centenary of the World War I.

Thousands of people gathered at Trocadero square to enjoy the 35-minute-long show, which was accompanied by classical music.



Fallen WW1 soldiers laid to rest after nearly a century

English hymns echoed around a French First World War cemetery today as two soldiers, killed almost a century ago, were laid to rest on St George's Day.

Lieutenant John Pritchard and Private Christopher Elphick died on the battlefield in 1917 and remained undiscovered for more than 90 years.

ITV News' Europe Editor James Mates witnessed the ceremony in northern France:

Families remember World War One soldiers

The families of two British soldiers killed during World War One have finally been able to lay them to rest.

It's almost 100 years since Lieutenant John Harold Pritchard and Private Christopher Elphick were killed in action.

Their bodies were found decades after the war, and its taken years to trace their families, but today their funerals were held with full military honours.

Seven unknown soldiers laid to rest

The unknown soldiers were laid to rest alongside the bodies of Lieutenant John Pritchard & Private Christopher Elphick

The remains of seven unknown soldiers have been laid to rest in a military cemetery in France.

The Ministry of Defence identified that two of the soldiers served with the Honorary Artillery Company, one served with the South Staffordshire Regiment and one with the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment.

Despite forensic testing it was not possible to identify the remains of three soldiers.

Funerals for World War One soldiers begin

Members of the Honourable Artillery Company carry the coffin into the cemetery

Relatives of two soldiers who died in northern France in 1917 are paying their final respects at their funerals.

The bodies of Lieutenant John Harold Pritchard and Private Christopher Douglas Elphick were discovered in 2009, but they were not identified till later.

They are now being reburied in the Honourable Artillery Company Military Cemetery.

Both men died during an enemy attack in 1917
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