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
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
memorial, where the king and queen will lead the united kingdom s commemorative event. at a vigil at the bayeaux war cemetery here last night, more than 4,000 gravestones were individually lit up in a tribute to those who never returned. they re the men who changed the course of history, more than a0 british veterans have made the trip to normandy i ve been speaking to one of them. i was up on the bridge and i could see it all but i couldn t do anything, i couldn t get in the water to help them or save them. the sculpture of three trips storming across the sand stands at
was off to try and liberate europe. today, many of the remaining few will come here to the british normandy memorial. at gold beach, in their minds and in their hearts, will be comrades who died during the battle for normandy. the 22,442 under british command, whose names are carved here in stone. they will also see the standing with giants installation and once again will be among friends. just so wonderful to spend quality time with those people, the greatest generation, we call them, and quite rightly. ijust wanted to show generation, we call them, and quite rightly. i just wanted to show you some of the other features of the memorial, quote along the top. to us is given the honour of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days that lie ahead, men will speak with pride of our doings. that was a message sent to the allied land forces by bernard montgomery, field marshal montgomery, monty, the message he sent to his troops inscribed on the
much. poignancy today. thank you very much- we poignancy today. thank you very much. we are poignancy today. thank you very much. we are spending - poignancy today. thank you very much. we are spending time - poignancy today. thank you very l much. we are spending time here looking at this place and feeling the emotions of the moment. the veterans themselves will be arriving in the next hour or so. breakfast sjohn maguire is here with us at the british memorial this morning. you had the opportunity to speak to those veterans and it s hard to imagine what their emotions will be when they arrive here and see the place and get a sense of the occasion, on top of all of the memories that they have from that day. has memories that they have from that da . ~ , , ., memories that they have from that da. 4 ., memories that they have from that da. ~ ., ., .«r memories that they have from that day. as you know from talking to roy in the film we day. as you know from talking to roy in the