and coming up on bbc news. another shock at the french open as fourth seed elena rybakina is knocked out byjasmine paolini. the italian s through to her first grand slam semifinal. of the d day landings. i m at the bayeux war cemetery, where more than 4,000 commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the normandy campaign are buried. june 6, 191m was the day that british, american, canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches just miles away from here, taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course of world war two. throughout the day, commemorative events have been taking place both here in france and in the uk. 0n the south coast in portsmouth, the king, the queen and prince william paid tribute to the last remaining d day veterans. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy, the youngest 98 years old. it comes ahead of the main event tomorrow at the british norm
helen worth is leaving coming up on bbc news. ireland slump to 96 all out in their first match of the t20 world cup. they were playing india in new york. in the run up to the election, we re getting the latest from our reporters across the uk, finding out about the key issues concerning local people. this evening, we ll hear from gemma dillon who is in batley in west yorkshire. first, let sjoin ben schofield in st neots in cambridgeshire. welcome to st neot s marina. 0ne corner of this new constituency. st
it would allegedly cost. but not all of it has been costed by the treasury. these ones here come from other documents. for this one, labour s green prosperity fund, the conservatives rely on a labour policy document, but that document says the funding would come through a windfall tax on energy companies and borrowing. let s look at this one in sourcing, to use the jargon. that s bringing contracts back into the public sector from the private sector. the claim in the dossier is that labour s plan would always be a lot more expensive, costing £6 billion. the sums are based on a figure from the think tank the institute for government, but they told the bbc that using their research to partially justify this figure was highly misleading. so the £2,000 tax claim risks misleading voters. labour say they won t increase income tax, national insurance or vat. they will publish their manifesto soon, and at that point, we ll be able to fully
couple of lovely singsongs. this was an upbeat embrace of these veterans and the glory of their hard won victory, because their bravery on those beaches change the course of the war. they reshape the future of our world. danjohnson, bbc news, portsmouth. dan is right, they really do have celebrity status. they were clapped and cheered wherever they go here in normandy at the moment. i have been speaking to one, and we will hear from have been speaking to one, and we will hearfrom him later in the programme. but right now, back to jane. thank you, sophie. the labour leader sir keir starmer has accused rishi sunak of lying after the prime minister made misleading claims in last night s tv debate about labour s tax plans. rishi sunak told the audience that according to independent treasury officials , labour s policies would result in a £2,000 tax rise for every working family. in a moment, nick eardley from our bbc verify team
but as i say, first, let s hearfrom bbc verify and nick to explain those figures. let s have a look at how the conservatives reached their figures. it was this, 38 5p black hole, and they have basically claimed divided that by the number of working families in the country. a £38.5 billion gap. the conservatives have divided that by the number of working households and come up with their £2,000 figure. note: this is over a four year period, so about £500 a year. the prime minister said last night this was the work of independent treasury officials. it is true that treasury did most of the the sums, but political advisors who work for the chancellor were the ones who set the terms of the calculations by making assumptions about labour s policies. this is the policy list the conservative party produced and how much