We are so delighted to have professor Margaret Mcmillan with us. Thank you so much for traveling to be with us. Who else but to help us with that is better equipped than Margaret Mcmillan, emmert as professor of history at the university of toronto. She serves in many and varied roles. Trustee at the Central University and more recently at the Imperial War Museum. Might i offer that we are second only here at the National World war i museum to the Imperial War Museum in terms of history. They began collecting in 1917. We began collecting in 1920. We are further delighted they are having their world war ii galleries reinstalled by the gallery designers of the National World war i museum and memorial. They are very wise i might say. Margarets research specializes in British Imperial history and the International History of the 19th and 20th centuries. She has written many publications and books. I do not want to list those. One of which is particularly pertinent to the topic tonight, par
The red arrows flew over central london, and there were flypasts in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast. Music a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square by vera lynn i may be right i may be wrong but im perfectly willing to swear. And, ahead of a special evening of celebration, well speak to the welsh soprano, katherinejenkins, who has performed a medley of wartime favourites to an empty Royal Albert Hall. In other news, theres to be limited easing of lockdown restrictions in wales. At 5 00, well bring todays Coronavirus Briefing from downing street, led today by the environment secretary, George Eustice. Good afternoon and welcome to this bbc news special. Well be bringing you all the latest on coronavirus with the downing street News Conference at 5pm. But first, a two minute silence has been held across the United Kingdom to commemorate the 75th anniversary of ve day. Events are taking place all day, but public gatherings have been cancelled as the country remains in lockdown because of coro
Buttons. This is one half hour. Im excited to invite Jackie Morris and Irene Winchester to tell about passion innovation. Becky is one of the Community Service superstars. We are stoked that she brought another teacher from her school. This is a model. Tell your friends to come. Please join me in welcoming up for the presentation. That is why i brought irene this year. This is my third year. I just want you guys to go back to your school and encourage all of your teacher friends to come because this is such a valuable conference. Thank you friends of the world war ii memorial for inviting me back again. For your number three. Irene and i are going to talk about, and we will say this in a video later on, but fashion on the ration. In the United States, we did not ration clothing as much as the british did, but we had some severe restrictions on rationing. One of the things you can see from the powerpoint is that 50 of japans exports are fabric and silk, 32 of that comes to the United St
Then why are our £350 worse off which i have to find from somewhere. Ididnt which i have to find from somewhere. Ididnt plan which i have to find from somewhere. I didnt plan to go back to work until my youngest was in school but in preparation i have had to go back to work and find childcare where it isnt readily available and pay for more childcare isjust isnt readily available and pay for more childcare is just so isnt readily available and pay for more childcare isjust so i have a little bit of cash behind me so we can get through summer. And the hit Series Chernobyl depicting the Nuclear Disaster that took place there in 1986 has seen a big increase in customers want to take tours there. This is what you get to see if you go. Would you be tempted . Hello and welcome to the programme. We are alive until 11 i am. We would like to hear from you today and tomorrow if a member of your family took part and the d day landings we re took part and the d day landings were of the roles. Do
Remarkable experience for everyone on board. Dan will be there, and i will be some sherry and a real atmosphere. That is the amazing thing about when you get veterans together, particularly for something which is a commemoration and there isa which is a commemoration and there is a lot of sadness, but actually, when you get like minded individuals who have lived through extraordinary things, there is laughter and tears in equal measure. A lot of laughter in this meeting here. There always is with the Queen Douglas thorne, one of the first people the queen met, he served on the Landing Craft going in and out, he has never been back to normandy, but he now finally wa nts to back to normandy, but he now finally wants to go. I wonder what changes my 75 years later you make that decision, im ready to go back. Before this year, he apparently hasnt even spoken about his experiences in it d day that much, because those Landing Craft helmsman would have seen the worst of it, they would have pus