in 2023. our correspondent been following proceedings in delaware. the first opening statement was from federal prosecutor derek heinz. he set out to penetrate hunter biden as a self confessed habitual crack cocaine addict who lied in order to purchase a handgun in delaware in 2018. the prosecution alleges that hunter biden knowingly misled when he declared he wasn t a drug abuser, and the prosecution says that he clearly knew at the time that he was. mr hynes stirred the court, the jury, and started his statement, making a clear reference to the fact that the person they had to hear these allegations about was the son of the us president. he said that nobody was above the law, it doesn t matter who you are or what your name is. now, behind hunter biden for the second day, key members of the biden family in the public benches. among them, his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden, who is very close to hunter, sitting just a metre behind him. the family were talking to each o
helen and wilkinson has this report. operations have had to be cancelled. blood transfusions and test results have been particularly affected. as have other radio ten tests. guy s and st thomas hospital in the heart of the capital is one of the nhs trusts affected by the major it incident. king s college hospital, the royal brompton, and the evelina london children s hospital as well as other services have been affected. about 6.50 last night, i received an e mail and a text that both had exactly the same information on, confirming that due to circumstances beyond their control, blood tests had been cancelled for the foreseeable future. nhs england describe the impact as significant, adding that emergency care continued on the available. it is is thought the incident happened yesterday, some departments were unable to connect to the main server. the it service partner has said sorry to patients impacted by the disruption, recognising the upset it has caused. it is not clear
i made that promise to myself that every opportunity i would go back and pay my respects and honours those guys. as they left portsmouth, their modern day counterparts flew overhead in a royal air force transport plane and stood to attention, saluting on the deck of the aircraft carrier hms prince of wales, respect between the generations. john dennis has been back to normandy before but never to the british memorial. it was very emotional and i am afraid that will probably be a bit emotional when we get there, to see the actual thing. we will rememberthem. as the ferry approached the french coastline, the engine slowed and the veterans paid tribute. so, a short, poignant, but highly symbolic ceremony as the wreath was thrown over the side of the ferry. the idea is to pay tribute to those who died before even reaching the french shores and beaches they had come here to liberate. and so to france and two full days of ceremonies and commemorations for those who can tell the sto
veterans who fought in the second world war are in normandy to commemorate 80 years since d day. it was a turning point in the war, as allied troops landed on the coast of northern france and began the liberation from nazi occupation. our correspondentjohn maguire travelled with some of the veterans as they crossed the channel again. for many of these veterans, their departure from the shores 80 years ago, all as very young man, was theirfirst venture ago, all as very young man, was their first venture overseas. cheering. excitementt and a sense of celebration will, in coming days, turned to commemoration. stan ford survived as his ship was sunk by a mini submarine, but many other members of the group were killed. figs members of the group were killed. 223 you members of the group were killed. is you know, john, i have 32 reasons for going back, 32 guys who never came home. i made that promise to myself that every opportunity i
for many of these veterans, their departure from the shores 80 80 years ago, all as very young man, was their first venture overseas. turne to commemoration. stan ford survived as his ship was sunk by a mini submarine, but many other members of the group were killed. as you know, john, i have 32 reasons for going back, 32 guys who never came home. i made that promise to myself that every opportunity i would go back and pay my respects and honours those guys. back and pay my respects and honours those guys. as they left portsmouth, their modern day counterparts flew overhead in a royal air force transport plane and stood to attention, saluting on the deck of the aircraft carrier hms prince ofwales, respect between the generations. john dennis has been back to normandy before but never to the british memorial.