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
But the idea is to be entertaining. Youve been personally committed, havrnt you, to trying to reverse the decline of the english cartoonist. Yes. Why have you and private eye kept up with your investment in cartoons . Um, because, um, people like them and the mag sells. No, obviously, its a much more elevated reason than that. No, i love cartoons and that i think that one of the things that print can do is reproduce sort of beautiful drawings that are funny. And english cartooning tradition is very old and i think absolutely remarkable. So i am basically i doubled the number of cartoons and people said well, you know, there arent any young cartoonists. You wont get anyone. It is funny if you offer money, people become cartoonists its amazing. We have got a brilliant raft of young cartoonists. I mean, this is a genuine skill and there are lots of people who do it really well. I mentioned politics, which is what most of your covers are about. Now, we seem to be in an age of polarisation,
The woman whose husband and two children drowned at a hotel in spain on Christmas Eve says all three could swim and blames a fault with the pool. Manchester city throw away a two goal lead to lose at wolves, in the premier league. That leaves them 1a points behind leaders liverpool. Good morning. A very mild weekend ahead with temperatures up into the mid teens for some of us and how mild will it stay as we approach new year . More details coming up. Its saturday the 28th of december. Our top story d day veteran Harry Billinge has received an mbe in the annual new year honours list. The 94 year old was recognised for his Fund Raising Efforts around this summers d day commemorations. Hes one of nearly 1100 people to have received an award, including singer and actor Olivia Newton john. This report from our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba contains flashing images. Youre the one that i want, you are the one i want. Olivia Newton john says shes honoured and grateful to be made a d
Has been ruled out for the remainder of the series with a fractured finger. There was late drama as wasps snatched a win over bristol in rugby unions premiership. Nizaam carrs try in the 80th minute earned the visitors a surprise victory. Bristol could have gone top with a win, but were denied right at the end at ashton gate. In the pro 1a, ulster signed off the year in style. They crossed the line five times as they thrashed connacht by 35 points to 3 in belfast to earn a bonus point victory at a sold out kingspan. Tyson fury and Deontay Wilder have finally confirmed the date of their much anticipated rematch. The fight will take place in las vegas on the 22nd of february next year with wilders wbc world heavyweight title on the line. The last meeting between the pair in los angeles 12 months ago ended in a controversial draw. Anthonyjoshua holds the other three major heavyweight titles. The yacht comanche, skippered byjim cooney has won the 75th edition of the annual sydney to hobart
And Northern England. Our next frontal system bringing rain into western scotland and northern ireland. Elsewhere a lot of dry weather, cloud, some glimmers of sunshine breaking through. Western parts will feel milder, 12 celsius for belfast, plymouth, further east, Single Digits for the time being. Frontal system still running across the north west on saturday, brisk winds as well. Further south and east, we are looking at a lot of dry weather. Largely dry on saturday. Cloud around but sunny breaks, largely fine for northern ireland, rain clipping into the north west. Eastern scotland dry, the western side seen outbreaks of rain. All of us just about by this stage in double figures. It stays very mild as we get into sunday, we should see more sunshine developing across england, wales, the south and east of scotland. Still some outbreaks of rain at times, temperatures of 11 14 degrees in one or two places. As we head into the last couple of days of 2019, most will see dry weather, some