manchester city chairman khaldoon al mubarak says the club want to be judged by the facts and not by claims and counter claims, after allegations of breaching financial regulations. hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the king and queen, and the prince of wales havejoined second world war veterans at an event in portsmouth to mark the 80th anniversary of d day. the normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with the 191m battle laying the foundation for an allied victory. the special ceremony was narrated by dame helen mirren and included a flypast by the red arrows. jon kay is at the commemorations on southsea common. good afternoon from portsmouth where in brilliant sunshine a crowd of thousands has just been treated to a spectacular, noisy and deeply poignant event to honour those who served on d day. part commemoration part celebration. yes, there was a vip box where members of the royalfamily sat alongside political leaders and mil
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
But at the next window for invasion, two weeks later, the english channel experienced its worst storms in 20 years, which could have cost even more lives and more time. matt taylor, bbc news. now with today s weather, here s ben rich. thank you for the blue skies across much of the english channel this was the scene in the channel islands. but not quite like that everywhere with some showers around and cold enough across scotland that some of those showers have fallen as snow across the tops of the mountains. this was the scene at ben nevis. and you can see this chilly north westerly winds and unusually chilly conditions for the time of year with lots of showers across scotland. some of those above 800 metres continuing to be a little wintry
Surprise and a tactical success. absolutely, yes. now, the germans had their own weather team. did they not spot that, as well? they hadn t broken the allied codes. so they ve got literally half the amount of data that the allied forecasters had. so they didn t have the same information. they didn t think we were going to do it, did they? they didn t think we were going to invade, no, because they didn t have that extra information. the element of surprise crucial. so, in the end, it was the right decision. i would say so, yes. as it turned out, weather conditions on the 6th were worse than expected. winds were stronger, tides higher. but at the next window for invasion, two weeks later, the english channel experienced its worst storms in 20 years, which could have cost even more lives and more time. matt taylor, bbc news. absolutely fascinating look back there. what we need to know this morning is whether the sun will
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