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
independent treasury officials have costed labour s policies and they amount to a £2000 tax rights for working family. it looks like now the chief treasury civil servant actually wrote to labour at two days ago saying the conservative assessment of their tax plan should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. the debate sought the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged over hospital waiting lists among other things. with a rant out of the highlights from that debate, this is our political correspondent ian watson. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 14 years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you know
At the british normandy memorial in ver sur mer. poignant and powerful, a chance for all of us to remember and say thank you. joining me now are charlotte gallagher, who is in portsmouth, this is a hugely important day for so many people. talk me through what is going to happen throughout the day today. this is going to happen throughout the da toda . , , ., , day today. this is the main events here in the day today. this is the main events here in the uk day today. this is the main events here in the uk to day today. this is the main events here in the uk to mark day today. this is the main events here in the uk to mark the - day today. this is the main events here in the uk to mark the start . day today. this is the main events | here in the uk to mark the start of those commemorations of the 80th anniversary of d day. finds me, you can see the big stage erected here on southsea common and later on, that ll be filled with military bands, drummers, dame helen mirren is going t
Tonight at 9.00, the commonwealth war graves commission will host a vigil at the bayeux war cemetery in normandy. you can watch the event live on bbc one. tomorrow morning at 6.25, a british army piper will play a lament on the beaches of arromanches in normandy to mark 80 years to the minute that d day began. we ll bring that to you live on breakfast tomorrow. and from 8.30 tomorrow, the king and the prime minister willjoin veterans for the first ever national commemoration at the british normandy memorial in ver sur mer. it was a campaign to have it built, we have covered it on breakfast over the last few years and it is now
It made me realise we were in a war. it wasn t an exercise or rehearsal or training we were there and anything can happen and i was scared. many veterans have now crossed the channel to attend tomorrow s commemorative events at the british normandy memorial in ver sur mer. poignant and powerful, a chance for all of us to remember and say thank you. tim muffett, bbc news. it is really going to be a special couple of days here on the south coast of england and over in normandy, especially tomorrow. all of it will be covered on breakfast and across the bbc and i will tell you shortly about where you can catch the events, including this commemoration on southsea common. it looks like the weather will be all right today. it is a lovely start to