of symi last wednesday, his body was later recovered on a remote hillside following a four day search. from symi, our correspondent joe inwood reports. it was here on a rocky hillside that michael mosley was found. he was just metres from safety when he was seemingly overcome by the heat and collapsed. the people of this island and the greek authorities had done everything they could. despite that, he was not found for nearly four days. it was on that beach of agia marina that the body, which has now been identified as michael mosley, was found. he was found lying just to the right side of that fence you can see over there so really close to where people would have been relaxing and playing on this popular and busy beach. we spoke to a police source who said that the body of michael mosley had been there for a number of days. that the body of michael mosley had it was a tragic end to a story that had begun on wednesday when michael mosley left the beach where he d been with h
and herzegovina at stjames park, with the tournament just 11 days away. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from salford. the conservative party is promising to tackle what it calls the confusion over the legal definition of a person s sex, if it wins the general election. equalities minister kemi badenoch said her party wants to crack down on what she described as predatory men who claim to identify as female to gain access to women only spaces. with more details, here s our political correspondent ione wells. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise
among them was percy chaferfrom london. he s been sharing his memories with our reporterjayne mccubbin. are you ready? yes. i am percival frank edward chafer, age 104, and still going strong. that all right? that was good. percy chafer was there, one of 156,000 allied troops who landed on the beaches of normandy 80 years ago and decided the fate of the world. soldiers, sailors and airmen of the allied expeditionary force, you are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. eisenhower gave the word go, and we went. it was the most amazing sight. all these boats heading for normandy, you know. what could we expect? the worst, i suppose, really. you know?
percy has been reflecting on his memories of the operation, at his home in london, with our reporterjayne mccubbin. are you ready? yes. i am percival frank edward chafer, age 104. and still going strong. was that all right? that was good. percy chafer was there one of 156,000 allied troops who landed who landed on the beaches of normandy 80 years ago and decided the fate of the world. soldiers, sailors and airmen of the allied expeditionary force. you are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. eisenhower gave the word go, and we went. it was the most amazing sight, all these boats heading for normandy, you know. what could we expect? the worst, i suppose, really, you know. you told me, percy, you prayed.
it s not. i m happy with it, anyway! that was percy chafer talking to our reporterjayne mccubbin. so many stories and inspiring individuals, we will hear those stories over the next couple of days as the commemorations continue. absolutely, what a chat. let s take a look at today s papers. many pay tribute to the late rugby league player rob burrow, who has died at the age of 41. the mirror describes him as a true hero in its headline. the telegraph is previewing a speech by rishi sunak in which he is expected to announce that the conservatives would change the equality act to define the protected characteristic of sex as biological sex if they are re elected. the guardian leads with an interview