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. Thats 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 government
In half an hours time, we take a look back on events earlier in the year, marking the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children who drowned in a Swimming Pool on Christmas Eve. Gabriel diya had been staying with his family at a resort on the costa del sol. Police say the pool appears to have been working normally at the time. The hotel says its continuing to co operate with the investigation. Emily unia reports. According to Spanish Police, gabriel diya, who was 52, died trying to rescue his nine year old daughter comfort after she got into difficulties in this hotel Swimming Pool. His 16 year old son praise emmanuel tried to help and also died. Postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. A 14 year old girl, the childrens sister, raised the alarm. A british tourist whos staying at the resort told the bbc she spoke to the childrens mother. I noticed a woman was walki
Watched Christmas Day programme of the decade. And in half an hour well look at some of the best of the travel show from 2019. Good evening. Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children, who drowned in a Hotel Swimming Pool on the Costa Del Sol on Christmas Eve. On the Costa Del Sol gabriel diya who was 52 and from london died with his 16 year old son praise emmanuel, and his nine year old duaghter comfort, at the Club La Costa world resort, near fuengirola. An investigation into what happened is underway. The owners of the hotel have described it as a tragic accident. Helena wilkinson reports. This is gabriel diya, the 52 year old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. Here he is with nine year old comfort, on a family holiday when on Christmas Eve she got into difficulty in this Hotel Swimming Pool. Despite her fathers efforts, she also died, as did her 16 year old brother, praise emmanuel, who also tried to help. Postmortem examinations confirmed tha
in a school and met 0lena zelensky the wife of the ukrainian president. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer s lockdown meal with colleagues saying he didn t break covid rules. actor ncuti gatwa has been announced as the new doctor in doctor who . he ll take over from jodie whittaker next year. it feels truly amazing, the role is an institution and it means so much to people including myself. and coming up, we ll take you through all the winners from tonight s bafta awards ceremony. hello. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis says he ll be at stormont tomorrow to meet party leaders to urge them to get a power sharing government back up and running. results from the northern ireland assembly elections made sinn fein the largest party the first time that has been the case for a nationalist party. but the second largest party the democratic unionists say they are not prepared to go into government with sinn fein unless new post brexit trading ru
shirley ballas has been named as the new head judge on strictly come dancing, replacing len goodman. good morning, it s tuesday the 9th of may. i m rachel schofield, welcome to bbc newsroom live. the conservatives have vowed to cap energy prices if they win the general election. under the plans theresa may would give powers to the industry regulator, ofgem, to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. under the new plans, new powers would be given to ofgem to set a limit for people on standard variable rates. elsewhere labour leader jeremy corbyn is due to formally launch his party s general election campaign, where he s expected to say that the issue of whether brexit happens has been settled . the uk s highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, and the green party is on the isle of wight the uk s highest electorate campaigning on the nhs, promising to end what it calls the privatisation experiment . we ll be live in manchester ahead of labour s campaign