manchester city chairman khaldoon al mubarak says the club want to be judged by the facts and not by claims and counter claims, after allegations of breaching financial regulations. hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the king and queen, and the prince of wales havejoined second world war veterans at an event in portsmouth to mark the 80th anniversary of d day. the normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with the 191m battle laying the foundation for an allied victory. the special ceremony was narrated by dame helen mirren and included a flypast by the red arrows. jon kay is at the commemorations on southsea common. good afternoon from portsmouth where in brilliant sunshine a crowd of thousands has just been treated to a spectacular, noisy and deeply poignant event to honour those who served on d day. part commemoration part celebration. yes, there was a vip box where members of the royalfamily sat alongside political leaders and mil
cash may no longer be king, but the king is now on the cash. from today, banknotes featuring charles iii go into circulation, making him only the second monarch ever to appear on them. good morning from portsmouth, i good morning from portsmouth, lam atone good morning from portsmouth, lam atone of good morning from portsmouth, lam atone of the good morning from portsmouth, lam at one of the locations that troops used at one of the locations that troops used to at one of the locations that troops used to board landing craft that would used to board landing craft that would take them to modern normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in the normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in the west. all the details laten it s wednesday, the 5th ofjune. our main story. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have clashed on taxes, the nhs, immigration and the cost of living in theirfirst
Troops relied on it and it could determine the outcome of the war. months and years of waiting were over. in 1944, three forecast units two british and one american fed information back to southwick house, near portsmouth. and it was this man, group captainjames stagg, responsible for advising the military. it was really difficult to go into that room and see poor general eisenhower with his head on one side and he s just staring, waiting to hear what the forecast would be. because, normally, we had got accustomed to him being such a bright and a spritely man, going about with a broad grin as if he were almost a gymnastic instructor. 80 years ago, unlike today, there was very little technology available to help. our supercomputer today does 14,000 trillion calculations every second, and we feed millions upon millions of bits of data
80 years ago, unlike today, there was very little technology available to help. our supercomputer today does 14,000 trillion calculations every second, and we feed millions upon millions of bits of data into that supercomputer every day, as well. back in stagg“s day, a handful of observations across the atlantic. the pressure of forecasting even one day ahead, whereas now, these current circumstances, with the advances of technology, we can forecast several days ahead. so, catherine, what are these? so these are the original weather maps from the d day period. and these take us through the 4th ofjune, where they were making the decision on whether they could invade on the 5th, and then the 5th ofjune, when they were finding the weather window to invade on the 6th. now we know the american forecasters and eisenhower wanted to go in the 5th. this is from the british met office, isn t it? yes. what did they spot that made them decide that, no, we shouldn t go on the 5th? so if we have a
Staring, waiting to to hear what the forecast would be. staring, waiting to hear what the forecast would be. because, normally, we had got accustomed to him being such a bright and a spritely man, going about with a broad grin as if he were almost a gymnastic instructor. 80 years ago, unlike today, there was very little technology available to help. our supercomputer today does 14,000 trillion calculations every second, and we feed millions upon millions of bits of data into that supercomputer every day, as well. back in stagg s day, a handful of observations across the atlantic. the pressure of forecasting even one day ahead, whereas now, these current circumstances, with the advances of technology, we can forecast several days ahead. so, catherine, what are these? so these are the original weather maps from the d day period. and these take us through the 4th ofjune, where they were making the decision on whether they could