northern half of the country, where once again they will be accompanied by brisk winds in the north west, gusting as much as 40 mph, for example. still wintry about 700 or 800 metres in the highlands, and temperatures tomorrow up to about 17 or 18 degrees. as we head into friday, a weather front across the north of scotland will push southwards across the rest of scotland and northern ireland, eventually getting into northern england. here, aftera bright eventually getting into northern england. here, after a bright start it will cloud over and asked the weather front pushes south, again, a bit more cloud developing through the day was behind the weather front we are back into that regime that we are getting used to, which is sunshine and showers, a brisk wind in the north west, with a top temperature in the sunshine that could well reach 19 degrees. it is business as usual with the weather. thank you. gosh, isn t it looking absolutely lovely in portsmouth for the d day commemorations?
shine down on those veterans today as we gather here on southsea common for this very special service along with military top brass of 2024, the royal family will all be here to see this ceremony, hosted by dame helen mirren live later this morning. just down the coast from here in portsmouth, carol can tell us how it is looking for portsmouth and the whole country. good morning, indeed, it will be a dry day here in portsmouth. we have sunshine, a chilly start, not a lot of breeze, i must say. it is quite pleasant. i want to take you back to this day 80 years ago and show you a still photo taken as the troops were preparing to leave. we can see exactly what i m talking about. of the 160,000 troops who landed in
the boats 80 years ago. yesterday morning, if you are watching, you might have seen surviving veterans, some of them over 100, took that journey again, leaving on a ferry heading to normandy for a special service of commemoration. that will take place mainly tomorrow but on board the ferry was john take place mainly tomorrow but on board the ferry wasjohn maguire. for the veterans making the crossing from portsmouth yesterday, there was a full programme of activities. oh, i enjoyed it. the food was brilliant. yes! breakfast, lunch, coffee, more coffee. not enough calvados yet. plays last post.
on southsea common in portsmouth, the ministry of defence will host the uk s first major national commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary. the king, the queen and the prince of wales are all due to attend. to the north of portsmouth is southwick house, where d day was planned and overseen by allied commanders. veterans have been gathering there this week to reflect on the role they played. marie scott was a 17 year old radio operator relaying crucial information to those landing in normandy. i could hear machine gunfire. cannon. bombs. and shouting. and screaming. you realise, my goodness, these young men are placing their lives on the line. i can see france, the outline of france and hear these shells.
practising amphibious landings. tomorrow morning, they ll be landing on beaches in normandy to mark the moment when, 80 years before, the first of the more than 150,000 allied troops went ashore on d day. this morning, at 11am, on southsea common in portsmouth, the ministry of defence will host the uk s first major national commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary. the king, the queen and the prince of wales are all due to attend. to the north of portsmouth is southwick house, where d day was planned and overseen by allied commanders. veterans have been gathering there this week to reflect on the role they played. marie scott was a 17 year old radio operator relaying crucial information to those landing in normandy. i could hear machine gunfire. cannon. bombs. and shouting.