A two minute silence has been held at the british normandy memorial to honour more than 22,000 members of the armed forces, who died after the d day landings. May god bless our veterans, the families and all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice as a result of the operations around d day and during the battle of normandy. Around 100 veterans, who were unable to travel to france because of the pandemic, laid wreaths at the national memorial arboretum. And the vast system of camps scattered across the united states holding more than 20,000 migrant children. That s detained in america in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The health secretary, matt hancock, has said that the new delta variant of coronavirus, first recorded in india, is about 40% more infectious than the version detected in kent. Mr hancock said increased transmissability was making the decision on whether to lift all remaining restrictions in england on the 21st ofjune more difficult, and that the governm
will be that i will have to make, if any, i will be advised upon. as the prime minister faces continuing pressure over whether he was initially loaned the money and by whom, we ll bring you the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime. an acute covid emergency in india. more than 200,000 are now dead and it s feared the actual number is much higher. as people die waiting for beds, and oxygen supplies remain critically low, the much criticised government considers lockdowns in the worst hit areas. 0ne dose of the 0xford/astrazeneca or pfizer vaccine vaccine halves the likelihood of a person who gets coronavirus passing it on. i wonder if you both remember when you first met? it i wonder if you both remember when you first met? you first met? it was a few years auo. it was a few years ago. and after a year spent on our sofas watching tv in lockdown, who s been nominated for this year s baftas? and coming up on the bbc news channel. wales star george north is ruled out of
especially in the south, with patchy, light rain around. some sunshine over scotland and northern ireland, but here there are some servers. this weather front over the south of the countries producing thicker cloud and longer spells of rain. it will slowly sip its way southwards and eastwards through the rest of the afternoon and evening. you can see with the thickest of the cloud has been on the radar satellite picture. some patchy, mainly light rain. some sunshine for eastern england and parts of southern scotland and northern ireland. there will be showers for northern and eastern scotland. some turning wintry over the higher grounds. furthersouth, turning wintry over the higher grounds. further south, we could stay dry over the rest of the afternoon. temperatures struggling for the time of year, ten or ii for the time of year, ten or 11 degrees for most. you could see 12 or 13 and some of the brightest spots. this evening and overnight, we are still to see clouds or rain