as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. honoring
germany, and those people that crossed the channel didn t know what to expect but their actions had such an amazing effect. an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back with an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back with you an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back with you a an amazing effect. thank you, we will be back with you a little - will be back with you a little later. those events taking place on both sides of the channel, today in portsmouth and went much of this moves to normandy across the channel in the coming days. we will have full coverage for you here on bbc news. the conservatives have defended a key accusation about labour s tax plans which rishi sunak used repeatedly against sir keir starmer in last night s first it comes after a letter from the most senior treasury civil servant said the claim that labour policies would amount to a £2,000 tax rise on households should not be presented as havi
justin trudeau, as well as others, will attend a ceremony to remember the heroism of the allied troops. thank you, i know you will keep us updated on events there in normandy. grateful for that update. we updated on events there in normandy. gratefulfor that update. we now have continuing coverage of events on both sides of the channel. let s bring you up to date with all the election news. the conservatives have defended a key accusation about labour s tax plans which rishi sunak used repeatedly against sir keir starmer in last night s first televised election debate. it comes after a letter from the most senior treasury civil servant said the claim that labour policies would amount to a £2,000 tax rise on households should not be presented as having been costed by the independent civil service. labour said the figure was a lie , but this afternoon the tories insisted they stood by their claim. this report from our political