the centre of the memorial signifying the invasion by land, sea and air here at gold beach on the north coast of france. and i m naga munchetty in the studio. also in the news this morning. the first minister of wales, vaughan gething, faces an uncertain future after losing a vote of no confidence he insists he ll carry on. premier league clubs will vote on whether to scrap the use of the video assistant referee, after a season of notable errors and mounting scrutiny. good morning from hms belfast, one of the first warships to arrive at the normandy beaches. it is a cold start to the day, across the board, sunshine and blustery showers, most of which will be in the north. all the details later. it s thursday the 6th ofjune welcome to normandy where 80 years ago today, more than 156,000 allied troops launched an attack on german forces which would change the course of the second world war. it would forever be known as d day. it was just before 6.30 in the morning onjune 6t
the comparisons between then and now, the comparisons between then and now. and the comparisons between then and now. and if the comparisons between then and now, and if we take a look at the weather now, and if we take a look at the weather chart from d day 80 years a-o, weather chart from d day 80 years ago. we weather chart from d day 80 years ago. we are weather chart from d day 80 years ago, we are looking at the time being ago, we are looking at the time being seven o clock in the morning, eight being seven o clock in the morning, eight o clock bst and captainjames stagg eight o clock bst and captainjames stagg noticed there was a ridge of hi-h stagg noticed there was a ridge of high pressure likely to be building in from high pressure likely to be building in from the atlantic which is why he recommended that the day was changed to the 6th recommended that the day was changed to the 6th ofjune for the d day landings to the 6th ofjune for the d day landings.