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
just two were women. mollie evershed and dorothy field who were working as nurses aboard a hospital ship when it struck a mine off the french coast. now, a new project has seen the two women immortalised as silhouettes, high above the beaches of normandy. 0ur reporter shaun peel has been to hear more about their remarkable lives. of the 22,410 who died in the normandy campaign, they re the only two women. now they ve been turned into eight foot high figures standing in the wild meadows behind the war memorial overlooking gold beach. they were created by dan barton, who founded the project, standing with giants. it seems to be a bit of a phenomenon, really. people come up to one of the installations and they appear to start to grieve and they seem to release a lot of emotion. it s incredible to witness,