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
Lets get the latest weather. Mixed bag of weather across the uk for the second part of the weekend. Scotland and Northern Ireland farewell with good spells of sunshine. A lot of cloud across england and wales with persistent rain in the southern part of Northern England and showers to the south of that. Gusty winds and some of the showers contain hail and snow as well. But it is drifting ever eastwards over the next few hours. A touch of frost but typically it is around three degrees. Wet across the South East Of England and some of the Rain Fringing into the south east of wales. Most of wales, the midlands and towards the south east, a reasonable start to the day. More cloud of the eastern counties of england but rain number less. Brighter in Northern Ireland. More cloud for large parts of scotland. Rain to be had in the north and the west and towards the Northern Ireland as well, where it will be breezy. Things will improve in the south west of england. The Rain Fragments into the la
Lets get the latest weather. Mixed bag of weather across the uk for the second part of the weekend. Scotland and Northern Ireland farewell with good spells of sunshine. A lot of cloud across england and wales with persistent rain in the southern part of Northern England and showers to the south of that. Gusty winds and some of the showers contain hail and snow as well. But it is drifting ever eastwards over the next few hours. A touch of frost but typically it is around three degrees. Wet across the South East Of England and some of the Rain Fringing into the south east of wales. Most of wales, the midlands and towards the south east, a reasonable start to the day. More cloud of the eastern counties of england but rain number less. Brighter in Northern Ireland. More cloud for large parts of scotland. Rain to be had in the north and the west and towards the Northern Ireland as well, where it will be breezy. Things will improve in the south west of england. The Rain Fragments into the la
walls, all sorts of poignant things like that around here at the memorial that really take you back 80 years and make you think about exactly what happened on these beaches way back then. we can talk to the man responsible for the stone and the wonderful sculpture behind us, alan mcconnell and david william ellis. good morning to you. allen, when you are given a brief to take on something like this, i assume it is quite daunting. i know you have great experience, but how do you approach it? irate great experience, but how do you approach it? great experience, but how do you approach it? we get to design and for this design approach it? we get to design and for this design it approach it? we get to design and for this design it was approach it? we get to design and for this design it was liam - approach it? we get to design and l for this design it was liam o connor who put for this design it was liam o connor who put the for this design it was liam o connor who put the design