Has been unveiled. What are your thoughts . I think it is absolutely wonderful and Ver Sur Mer is a wonderful location, on the eastern half of Gold Beach and then you have gino and saud. Every single name carved is wonderful. Juno and then sword. This is the first time it is a single memorialfor sword. This is the first time it is a single memorial for everyone sword. This is the first time it is a single Memorialfor Everyone but there are Commonwealth War graves throughout normandy and they are very beautiful and they have been maintained absolutely meticulously ever since The End of the war. It is ever since The End of the war. It is obviously important to remember there has not not been a memorial but they have been scattered. There are 18 british cemeteries. I spoke earlier to one person who does to others around at normandy saying obviously for the veterans when they have gone back to it as been very, very personalfor them to have gone back to it as been very, very personal for th
They play fanfare. When you go, tell them, tell them about us, and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. And In there, the brItIsh ambassador, lord lewIn, and the Defence MInIster, step forward, If we can see them, as reeds are presented to them, so that they can be placed at the duzel wall, on behalf of the unIted kIngdom and france. There, the ambassador and the MInIster SteppIng forward to, to place a brItIsh race, of red poppIes, and a french race of blue cornflowers, the french flower of remembrance. The reeds are placed at the foot of the D Day wall, whIch are InscrIbed the names of the M75 BrItIsh ServIcemen who dIed on the three D Day beaches where brItIsh forces land, together wIth those members of the Royal And Merchant navIes, who were lost at sea. And members of the royal aIr force, lost In the aIr. And It Is to the sea, that we look now, because aIrcraft are Inbound. AIrcraft from the royal aIr force. LadIes and gentlemen, to mark the openIng of the brItIsh memorIal,
In the drive to offer covid jabs to all adults in england. 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. Roger federer withdraws from the French Open, saying he doesnt want to push himself too quickly after knee surgery. Good Afternoon And Welcome to bbc news. The Duke And Duchess of sussex have had a baby girl, the news was just released by the couple with this Statement 0ur Correspondent Sanchia Berg is with me. What does the statement say . It what does the statement say . It says the have what does the statement say . It says they have had what does the statement say . It says they
At the going down of The Sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Music the last post. A permanent memorial to the british Fallen At D Day after 77 years. And the bafta goes to Michaela Coel. And Writer And Actor Michaela Coel is the big winner at Tonights Bafta Tv awards, for her drama i may destroy you good evening. The Health Secretary Matt hancock says the new Delta Variant of coronavirus, first recorded in india, is about 40 more infectious than the version detected in kent. He said this increased transmissibility is making more difficult the decision on whether to lift all remaining restrictions in england On Thejune the 21st. He stated that the government is open to a delay if needed. But Mr Hancock told the bbc that the number of people needing Hospital Treatment was broadly flat, which means the vaccines are working. Heres our medical editor fergus walsh. Everyjab in every arm is another brick in a wall of immunity against coronavirus. But will that barrier be robust e
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