26 man squad for germany. good evening from normandy where world leaders havejoined some of the last remaining veterans to mark the 80th anniversary of the d day landings. at the british normandy memorial this morning, a service of commemoration attended by more than a0 british veterans overlooking one of the beaches where allied troops first came ashore on 6thjune 191m british, american, canadian and french troops landed along this coastline on beaches that were named sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah more than 150,000 men fought in the d day landings. it was the largest ever seaborne invasion. there ve been events right along this coastline and this afternoon at omaha beach an international event attended by the us president and ukraine s president zelensky. our first report comes from our correspondent daniela relph. bagpipes. memories fade. the living testimonies dwindle. but at dawn today, on the beaches of normandy, they remembered. making their own 80th anniversary n
many people say that england have never had more options for the national men s team. as southgate has acknowledged, in many ways, it just makes his job has acknowledged, in many ways, it just makes hisjob more difficult. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening. some of the surviving veterans of the d day landings gathering normandy to mark the 80th anniversary. and over 100 cases of illness across the uk due to the bacteria e. coli. coming up on sportsday on bbc news at 6:30pm, another step towards three in a row. iga swiatek makes the final of the french open, beating coco gauff to extend her winning run at roland garros to 20 matches. in the run up to the election, we re getting the latest from our reporters across the uk, finding out about the key issues concerning local people. in a moment, we ll hear from lucy ashton who s in rotherham, but first let s join susana mendonsa, who in chipping barnet, in north london.
around a dozen or so conservative seats at risk. if the tories can t hold onto them, they could be down to single digits here in london. but the labour on tory tussle is not the only one we are seeing in london. also the liberal democrats are hoping to pick off some conservative seats in south west london. and here is the list of candidates we know about so far standing in the chipping barnet constituency. the bbc news website will have a complete list, once they re all confirmed, tomorrow. thanks, susana, now let s go to south yorkshire, and our political reporter lucy ashton is in rotherham for us, lucy. i m standing on the border of rotherham and sheffield, at the university of sheffield s advanced manufacturing research centre. south yorkshire used to be full of steelworks and coal mines. but now it is home to companies such as mclaren, boeing and rolls royce. the government wanted to capitalise on this site and named it the uk s