Head into thursday, another bright start, plenty of sunshine around tomorrow, temperatures similar, but all change for friday, feeling that little bit cooler, the wind will strengthen and we will see heavy rain arriving and that continues overnight friday and into saturday morning. We are back with the lunchtime news just after 1 30pm. We are bringing to you a special programme to mark the 75th anniversary of the d day invasion. We will be back in portsmouth looking at the events taking place to commemorate the beginning. Let me bring you up to date with a summary of what is happening today and the queen will bejoined of what is happening today and the queen will be joined by the Prime Minister and President Trump, queen will be joined by the Prime Ministerand President Trump, in portsmouth this morning, to commemorate the d day anniversary, the invasion which involved thousands of allied boats and planes, the Largest Military operation ever attempted. Senior figures from every country
That i would shirk nothing. I wouldnt surrender. If i had to have my little fight with the germans on my own, i would do it and die. That i would be true to the traditions that had grown up around our kind of unit, and i would pay the price if necessary. D day was a low leveljump from a dakota plane. Today, harry will exit the same aircraft type, but will freefall attached to one of the red devils display team. He has done one before, last autumn, but was 94 then. Now he is 95, but still young at heart. Its going to be cool to see his reactions, jumping out of a plane, out of the same area that he jumped. All these stories that we hear about about guysjumping in in world war ii, its going to be amazing to see his reaction. Its amazing with all that time, as long ago as it was, the amount of detail that he still remembered. And that was that was quite amazing. Airborne troops talk of a brotherhood, a unique bond the same for these young men today as it was for the tens of thousands of y
Should be part of a trade deal between the us and uk after brexit. I dont see it being on the table. Somebody asked me a question today, and i say everythings up for negotiation, because everything is, but i dont see that being, thats something that i would not consider part of trade. Thats not trade. Conservative leadership candidate, borisjohnson, says the party faces extinction if it fails to deliver brexit by the end of october. Police raid the headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting corporation over concerns about an investigation into alleged misconduct by Australian Special forces in afghanistan. Sir philip greens retail group, arcadia, faces a crucial meeting as it tries to avoid administration. Good morning from southsea common in portsmouth where in the next half an hour, commemorations will take place to mark the 75th anniversary of d day. The queen will be attending, accompanied by the prince of wales, alongside more than 300 d day veterans, heads of state and the presi
The 11th to perish on the mountain this season, after reports of overcrowding the hit series gavin and stacey will return to our screens for a Christmas Special later this year, almost a decade after it last aired. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im shaun ley. One of the conservative leadership contenders has warned that a no deal brexit would cause what he called political suicide for his party. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said any such move would trigger a general election, risking the extinction of the tories. One of his rivals, the environment secretary michael gove, has pledged to allow eu nationals who were in the uk at the time of the referendum to apply for citizenship free of charge. The housing minister, Kit Malthouse, has become the tenth mp to join the race to succeed theresa may. He says the Leadership Campaign cannot be about the same old faces. Lets get more on this from norman smith, our assistant political editor. Hello. This one is shaping up nicel
Play to Nigel Farages a group of School Children after failing to complete his party, they campaigned. Match at the french open injapan have been attacked by a man carrying knives in four hours last night sport now on afternoon in the fading light, a child and an adult kyle edmund took only seven minutes live with hugh ferris. Have been killed. To wrap up a win this morning. Coming up on afternoon we have got to the Europa League all the details later. Finaljust around live all the sport. We have got to the Europa League final just around the not the only one, that is the we have got to the Europa League finaljust around the corner in baku, azerbaijan, a long way to go problem for the labour party. Its and we have the latest weather not just Alistair Campbell that to the fans, but some of them good afternoon. Arriving already. Yes, doing their after failing to complete his forecast. Plenty of showers to keep turned his back on the party. The match at the french open in four hours last