years have gone by when i vel not thought about it. not one day when i don t think of those boys. - i knew every one of them. on the morning of the second of april, 1982, argentine troops invaded the falkland islands. the country s ruling dictatorship had long laid claim to the remote archipelago. en nombre de la. margaret thatcher, against a backdrop of unrest in britain, was determined to take it back. a task force was quickly assembled and steamed 8,000 miles to the south atlantic. no one was sure how the conflict would play out. but then, controversy a british submarine sank the argentine ship the general belgrano, killing more than 300 sailors. britain was at war. troops landed at san carlos water on may 21st, 1982. days later, one of the bloodiest battles, goose green. but victory for the parachute regiment. cheering having made hard fought gains, british forces prepared to advance on the capital, stanley, but tragedy was around the corner and it could alter the cours
mr trump has called the investigation a sham. now on bbc news it has been a0 years since the falklands war. today, veterans and their families are still living with the consequences. yeah, yeah, yeah. right, i m ready to go. are you keen to answer it as well? oh, yes, yes. you can stop to think about an answer, you don t have to do it all in one go it sjust a conversation with me and i ll take you i ll take you through the experiences. absolutely, yeah. um, yeah, 0k. clapper bangs you re literally lying face down, pressed yourface into this frozen earth, thinking, i don t want to die here. why? yeah. you know, that, i think well, it was, for all of us, it was hugely traumatic. there s corpses of your enemy, corpses of your friends, you know, just lying there. it had a massive effect on me and i know it had a massive effect on a lot of my friends, too. that scene of horror will never, never leave my mind. not a single day in the last 40 years have gone by when i v
you through the experiences. absolutely, yeah. um, yeah, 0k. clapper bangs. you re literally lying face down, pressed your face into this frozen earth, thinking, i don t want to die here. why? yeah. you know, that, i think well, it was, for all of us, it was hugely traumatic. there s corpses of your enemy, corpses of your friends, you know, just lying there. it had a massive effect on me and i know it had a massive effect on a lot of my friends, too. that scene of horror will never, never leave my mind. not a single day in the last 40 years have gone by when i vel not thought about it. not one day when i don t think of those boys. - i knew every one of them. on the morning of the 2nd of april, 1982, argentine troops invaded the falkland islands. the country s ruling dictatorship had long laid claim to the remote archipelago. en nombre de la. margaret thatcher, against a backdrop of unrest in britain, was determined to take it back. a task force was quickly assembled and
and singerjustin bieber reveals the reason he cancelled his performances this week he s experiencing facial paralysis. ben brown will be here at two o clock to keep the company this afternoon. now on bbc news, the story of how veterans and their families are still living with the consequences of victory in falklands. a warning this programme contains details some viewers may find upsetting. yeah, yeah, yeah. right, i m ready to go. are you keen to answer it as well? oh, yes, yes. you can stop to think about an answer, you don t have to do it all in one go it s just a conversation with me and i ll take you i ll take you through the experiences. absolutely, yeah. um, yeah, 0k. clapper bangs. you re literally lying face down, pressed your face into this frozen earth, thinking, i don t want to die here. yeah. you know, that, i think well, it was, for all of us, it was hugely traumatic. there s corpses of your enemy, corpses of your friends, you know, just lying there. it
at the weather with louise lear. sunday is looking relatively in terms of the weather and the bust of the sunshine will be in england and wales but there will be a few isolated showers the more importantly lighter winds over the next two hours we still have the strong winds and driving in some showers over western scotland and the far north west of northern ireland, clear skies elsewhere and a relatively mild start to sunday morning and that is where the best of the sunshine is likely to be first thing and generally through the day but even so with lighter winds and not everywhere in scotland and northern ireland will see rain and northern ireland will see rain and with the sunnier moments coming through it will be a bit warmer than saturday. highs of 17 in the far north and 22 in the south east corner. we do it again as we move into monday, dry, saddled and sunday despite a few showers continuing into the far north west settled. temperatures in the low 20s. enjoy. now