making signs and making a difference. good morning from britain s bravest manufacturing company in kent, where i will find out the work they do and the support they give to military veterans and their families. one of the oldest surviving d day veterans shares his memories ahead of the 80th anniversary of the normandy landings. after a bit of sunshine and warmth for many at the weekend, the week ahead turns cooler, cloudier and a bit wet of awesome of you. a bit wetterfor bit wet of awesome of you. a bit wetter for somebody. it s monday 3rd june. a beacon of hope and inspiration . kevin sinfield has paid tribute to his friend and former team mate rob burrow who s died at the age 41, describing him as the bravest man he s ever met. after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease nearly five years ago, rob became a prominent campaigner for research into the condition and was awarded a cbe for his work. his former club leeds rhinos has described him as a true inspirat
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
You told me, percy, you prayed. we all prayed. you say you don t believe in god, but when the time comes, you say, god, don t worry. and i was very, very lucky. so very lucky. some 4,400 allied troops died on d day. around 9,000 were wounded or missing. gunner chafer, who landed on sword beach with the 7th armoured division, remembers it all well. armoured division, remembers it all. well, the noise was terrible, wasn t it? a terrible noise. banging and flashing and god knows what, and bullets lying around. just a mess of soldiers running everywhere, really. some calling for their mates, you some of them go down, and you just have to ignore it. it s part of the war, you know, you see your mates die. they used to let these bombs go
Gunner chafer s life. we could have been the targets. i don t know. they may have seen us and decided we were the four blokes they may have seen us and decided we were the poor blokes who were going to cop it. but we didn t. hello, my friend. how are you? percy has a lot to be thankful for. later this year, he ll turn 105. it is thought he is the uk s oldest living d day veteran. that might be the end. who knows? 0h, get out of it. you ll be 150 before you know it. he is an absolute legend. he is definitely a legend here. everybody knows percy. he still does his own shopping. he still does his own laundry. he still lives independently in the town where everyone knows his name. whatever needs doing, i do. play bingo. and he still thanks god for every day he has lived
Anti personnel mines and you could hear them whirring down. and you hope one didn t land near you. but there were some guys who would call for their mum. they were really scared. his memories are still razor sharp. he remembers orders almost impossible to follow, to run into, not away from, the bombs. saw these four little pills leave the plane and my thought is, that s bombs. so i said run. and i suddenly realised that the sergeant major said once, don t run with bombs. run into them. and that s what we did. and the time they came down, you could hear them whistling as they went over our heads. these were orders which saved gunner chafer s life. we could have been the target, i don t know.