as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. honoring
Vaughan Gething, the first minister of Wales, has lost a no-confidence vote in the Welsh parliament; the first Black leader of Wales insisted he would not resign.
didn t see it. then. she said simply i am human, i didn t see it wales first minister, vaughan gething, could lose a vote of no confidence this evening because two of his party s members are off sick. he s facing questions about a donation he received from a millionaire who had been convicted of illegally dumping waste. vikki howells, who chairs the welsh labour group, told the bbc that mr gething would not resign if he lost this evening s vote. our correspondent, tomos morgan, reports from the senedd. back in march, it was all smiles when vaughan gething became welsh labour leader and the first minister of wales. but during the campaign and ever since, the pressure has continued on him around the £200,000 donation given towards his leadership fight from a company run by this man, david neal, who has twice been convicted of environmental offences. on monday it emerged that another of mr neal s companies, resources management ltd, was linked to a criminal investigation at the
The leader of Wales' semi-autonomous government faced a no-confidence vote in the Welsh parliament on Wednesday, but said he does not plan to resign if he loses.