History is thankfully and finally beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the windrush generation. You look beautiful. How are you . It is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the Empire Windrush at tilbury injune 19a8, only a few months before i was born, and those who followed over the decades, to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. Many served with distinction in the British Armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. Once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime, and seeking opportunities to forge a Better Future for themselves and their families. When they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and those tha
history is thankfully and finally beginning to accord a rightful place to those men and women of the windrush generation. you look beautiful. how are you? it is, i believe, crucially important that we should truly see and hear these pioneers who stepped off the empire windrush at tilbury injune 19a8, only a few months before i was born, and those who followed over the decades, to recognise and celebrate the immeasurable difference that they, their children and their grandchildren have made to this country. many served with distinction in the british armed forces during the second world war, just as their fathers and grandfathers had in the first world war. once in britain, they worked hard, offering their skills to rebuild a country during peacetime, and seeking opportunities to forge a better future for themselves and their families. when they arrived on our shores with little more than what they were able to carry with them, few could hardly have imagined then how they and
with a two huge matches to get things under way an inspiring story of friendship and hope kevin sinfield has raised millions of pounds for mnd. people living with the disease tell us they can t thank him enough. good morning to you. it s a clear cut tale of two halves this weekend with today largely cloudy and mild and tomorrow chillier but dry with plenty of sunshine. it looks like it was a chilli into next week as well but i will have more of that and the weekend s weather details right later on. it s saturday the fourth of february. our main story us defence chiefs say they have identified a second suspected chinese surveillance balloon, this time above south america. the first balloon was seen yesterday above the state of montana, in the north of the united states. it prompted washington to cancel a high level visit to beijing and accuse the chinese authorities of being irresponsible. china has apologised but insisted it s simply a weather monitoring device which has
downpours in the south east, we see the influence about front pushing into scotland and northern ireland. a few more chilly spot under clear skies but otherwise in the teens for most. thursday will be quite cloudy and wet in northern and western areas, a bit drier on friday and increasing sunshine. that s it, back to. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on tuesday the 16th of august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. time to see if dina asher smith s hamstring is holding up. the team gb star prepares to defend her european 100 metres title. a lot of money has been spent at nottingham forest, will it help them stay in the premier league? we ll discuss their new signings. and england captain ben stokes is ready to shine a light
jersey on day one of the tour de france. also coming up on sportsday, india on top of the world. max verstappen will be on pole once again as red bull look for victory in their home austrian grand prix. italy have been beaten 2 0 by switzerland. we have the report. after the calculations of the group stage, the rays moved along. it is now lose and go home and, fatally, they won the world cup in berlin in 2006 but title defences have not been as easy. switzer meant a dad to take on the holders. this was a first half where they hit their stride. they had not beaten italy in more than 30 years. now they had swiss hope overflowing. italy had not yet been convincing now there are signs of decline were being exposed. switzerland 2 0 and it was also straightforward. they shot off the post was italy s only opening. the team won the last euros were fading out. the team won the last euros were fading out- the team won the last euros were fadin: out. ,, . ., ., fading out. switzerland