cash may no longer be king, but the king is now on the cash. from today, banknotes featuring charles iii go into circulation, making him only the second monarch ever to appear on them. good morning from portsmouth, i good morning from portsmouth, lam atone good morning from portsmouth, lam atone of good morning from portsmouth, lam atone of the good morning from portsmouth, lam at one of the locations that troops used at one of the locations that troops used to at one of the locations that troops used to board landing craft that would used to board landing craft that would take them to modern normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in the normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in the west. all the details laten it s wednesday, the 5th ofjune. our main story. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have clashed on taxes, the nhs, immigration and the cost of living in theirfirst
good morning. iam good morning. i am on the south parade pier in portsmouth and what view we have. i want to show you a still photo taken on this very day 80 years ago showing the troops getting ready to board the ships and the landing craft to head out across the landing craft to head out across the solent to the normandy beaches. if i get out of the way we can see what i m talking about. this picture is from this very spot and there were many ships along the shore and it seemed as though it would be possible to walk from portsmouth to the isle of wight across their decks. 160,000 troops landed in normandy, 27,000 of them left from portsmouth and also gosport. the sun is beating down here today. a cold start to the day but it is warming up quite nicely now. the forecast for us all today is a real mixture of sunshine and showers,
normandy, 27,000 of them are left from portsmouth and gosport and they were so many ships along the shore that eyewitnesses said it seemed as though it would be possible to walk from portsmouth to the isle of wight across their decks and portsmouth was the headquarters and main departure point for military naval units destined for the normandy coast. quite a poignant moment there, and interesting to see that shot, as well. as i was saying a moment ago, the forecast for today for us all is one of sunshine and showers, a lot of them in the north of the country. there will be brisk winds and the driest conditions will be further south, where we will see some sunny spells. we have our weather front that has moved across over the course of the night, bringing rain across the country. low pressure is still firmly in charge of our weather and the isobars telling us we have brisk