By the man, salute hello, ken, how are you . 75 years ago, these men set sail for the normandy beaches. I was wounded on sword beach, the first wave in. Everything all right, yeah . Now, helped by the Royal British legion, 300 of them are returning to normandy. The veterans were part of one of the most ambitious military operations ever attempted, d day. Newsreel boarding ship for the battle of normandy, the army group carrying out the assault is made up of british, canadian and american forces. Some of them have been back before, but never on a journey quite like this. This will be my third visit. Itll be totally different to the other two. Cos the other two, we were just a small group of normandy veterans. But nothing as big as this one. Theyre aged between 90 and 101. For some, this will be the last time theyre able to make the trip. Did you ever go to caen . 0h, did i go to caen well, we shelled the hell out of it. We took caen on the 8th ofjuly. Itll be an amazing adventure. I kep
Watched Christmas Day programme of the decade. And in half an hour well look at some of the best of the travel show from 2019. Good evening. Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children, who drowned in a Hotel Swimming Pool on the Costa Del Sol on Christmas Eve. On the Costa Del Sol gabriel diya who was 52 and from london died with his 16 year old son praise emmanuel, and his nine year old duaghter comfort, at the Club La Costa world resort, near fuengirola. An investigation into what happened is underway. The owners of the hotel have described it as a tragic accident. Helena wilkinson reports. This is gabriel diya, the 52 year old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. Here he is with nine year old comfort, on a family holiday when on Christmas Eve she got into difficulty in this Hotel Swimming Pool. Despite her fathers efforts, she also died, as did her 16 year old brother, praise emmanuel, who also tried to help. Postmortem examinations confirmed tha
Watched Christmas Day programme of the decade. And later on i will be looking at the stories that weve covered from britain by the coastal towns this year, thats an half an hour with me simon mccoy. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Spanish police have named a british holiday maker and his two children, who drowned in a Hotel Swimming Pool on the Costa Del Sol on Christmas Eve. Gabriel diya, who was 52 and from london, died with his 16 year old son, praise emmanuel and his nine year old daughter, comfort. The family had been staying at the Club La Costa world resort, near fuengirola. An investigation into what happened is under way. The owners of the hotel have described it as a tragic accident. Helena wilkinson reports. This is gabriel diya, the 52 year old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. Here he is with nine year old comfort, on a family holiday when, on Christmas Eve, she got into difficulty in this Hotel Swimming Pool. Despite her fathers efforts, she also died,
Will have been given medical checks, like the maggots that have been treated in france, likely they have migrants. Been suffering from hypothermia. They will then be interviewed by immigration officials in dover. Their cases assessed, they will be put in government accommodation whilst there asylum claims, assuming they put those in the, are processed. If the minor involved in this was unaccompanied, they will be taken to a Reception Centre in kent. There are concerns from some migrant charities that human traffickers in france are using the forthcoming january deadline for brexit as an incentive to try to get more migrants to make this crossing at the moment. So it is possible we will see more of these cases in the coming weeks. More on the news that thousands of people have lost their homes after a typhoon ripped through the phillipines. At least sixteen people have been killed. The chairman of the Philippine Red Cross richard gordon, spoke to the bbc, about how people are trying to
Look at the papers, with our reviewers, nigel nelson, the Political Editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. Stay with us for that. Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children, who drowned in a Hotel Swimming Pool on the Costa Del Sol on christmas eve. Gabriel diya, who was 52 and from london, died with his 16 year old son, praise emmanuel, and his nine year old daughter, comfort. The family had been staying at the Club La Costa world resort, near fuengirola. An investigation into what happened is underway. The owners of the hotel have described it as a tragic accident. Helena wilkinson reports. This is gabriel diya, the 52 year old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. And here he is with nine year old comfort. They were on a family holiday when on christmas eve, she got into difficulty in this Hotel Swimming Pool. Despite her fathers efforts, she also died, as did her 16 year old brother, praise emma