:00:19. > :00:27.The world remembers those who fought and fell on D-Day seventy years ago
:00:28. > :00:31.Heads of State and World leaders stand alongside those who served,
:00:32. > :00:43.It was the moment that changed the course of the Second World War,
:00:44. > :00:50.when Allied forces landed on the beaches of German-occupied France.
:00:51. > :00:57.These men waged war so that we would know peace. They sacrificed so we
:00:58. > :00:58.could be free. They fought in hope of a day when we would no longer
:00:59. > :01:01.need to fight. I'm here in Normandy where events
:01:02. > :01:03.are taking place throughout As veterans honour their fallen
:01:04. > :01:13.comrades, more acts of remembrance Back to Normandy shortly. The
:01:14. > :01:25.other headlines, this lunchtime. The Conservatives hold off UKIP -
:01:26. > :01:32.and win the Newark by-election. The parents of the baby who died
:01:33. > :01:34.after being poisoned by a contaminated drip will meet
:01:35. > :01:37.hospital officials later today. The IMF admits, it got it wrong,
:01:38. > :01:51.on the UK economy but says the Later on BBC London, seven people
:01:52. > :01:54.are injured, three seriously after a crash involving a police car in east
:01:55. > :01:56.London. And we report on the growth of Southend airport and its
:01:57. > :02:18.expansion plans for the future. Hello and welcome to Arromanches,
:02:19. > :02:21.on the day that thousands of people are gathered to remember
:02:22. > :02:23.the bravery and courage of those who took part in the D-Day
:02:24. > :02:27.landings - the event that helped Seventy years ago, Allied troops
:02:28. > :02:34.poured on to Normandy's beaches. Almost 160,000 arrived and an
:02:35. > :02:44.estimated 4,000 lost their lives. Today, world leaders,
:02:45. > :02:46.Heads of State and hundreds of veterans are attending commemoration
:02:47. > :02:49.events, in what is likely to be the last time a major D-Day anniversary
:02:50. > :02:52.is marked by large numbers of men Services have been held, among
:02:53. > :03:08.others, in Bayeux this morning. Events have been taking place in
:03:09. > :03:13.several parts of Normandy, to commemorate the heroes of the
:03:14. > :03:16.longest day. Earlier, President Hollande visited the American
:03:17. > :03:20.Cemetery above Omaha beach where more than 9000 American servicemen
:03:21. > :03:23.are buried. President Obama paid tribute to the courage and sacrifice
:03:24. > :03:31.of those who waged war so that we might know peace. Our correspondent
:03:32. > :03:35.has more. For the very last time on such an occasion, Britain's D-Day
:03:36. > :03:39.veterans raise the standard at Arromanches were so many of the
:03:40. > :03:46.British forces came ashore on that momentous day 70 years ago. They
:03:47. > :03:51.will still come, of course, as long as they can, but with the numbers
:03:52. > :03:56.dwindling, they are disbanding their association. It adds to the potency
:03:57. > :04:05.of this particular, oration. --, more Asian. By ear and by sea they
:04:06. > :04:09.came, more than 150,000 of them come up mainly British, Americans and
:04:10. > :04:12.Canadians. There was an unprecedented armada of more than
:04:13. > :04:20.5000 landing ships assaulting the beaches. Codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold
:04:21. > :04:23.and Sought. It was an organisation the likes of which had never been
:04:24. > :04:28.seen before and it was the pivotal point of the war in Europe. Today,
:04:29. > :04:33.the presidents of the United States and France made the pilgrimage to
:04:34. > :04:36.gaze down on Omaha Beach. The Americans called it held speech as
:04:37. > :04:43.they endured some of the most withering German resistance. If
:04:44. > :04:47.prayer was made of sound and the skies -- the skies over England that
:04:48. > :04:51.night would have deafened the world. I am honoured to return here today
:04:52. > :04:58.to pay tribute to a man and woman of a generation who defied tyranny.
:04:59. > :05:05.Among them are the veterans of the day. We are humbled by your presence
:05:06. > :05:09.here today. Back on the beach at Arromanches, it might not have been
:05:10. > :05:14.quite like this but today's amphibious forces with a flavour of
:05:15. > :05:21.the events of 70 years ago, a reminder of the magnitude of what
:05:22. > :05:24.they accomplished. And overhead, two Spitfires in the
:05:25. > :05:29.distinctive black and white markings of D-Day. And evocative sight and
:05:30. > :05:34.sound that echoes down the decades, even for those for whom the courage
:05:35. > :05:44.and sacrifices of that day now seem almost unimaginable.
:05:45. > :05:46.Commemorated services held in many churches and cathedrals along the
:05:47. > :05:52.coastline. Most poignantly, but groups of people gathered around
:05:53. > :05:56.hedges where there is a small cross marking an event where just a few
:05:57. > :05:59.men may have been killed on D-Day and in the following days but for
:06:00. > :06:09.whom the families have made a pilgrimage to share their quiet
:06:10. > :06:14.moments. At bio Cathedral, -- Bayeux Cathedral, a service attended by the
:06:15. > :06:16.Prince of Wales, the ringing the bell specially struck to mark the
:06:17. > :06:47.anniversary. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke
:06:48. > :06:55.of Edinburgh, attended a service at the Commonwealth graves cemetery,
:06:56. > :07:06.laying a wreath in honour of the British and Commonwealth soldiers
:07:07. > :07:14.who fought at the beaches of Sought, Juno and Gold on June six, 1944. We
:07:15. > :07:32.can now go to my colleague, Robert Hall, who is in a year for us. --
:07:33. > :07:38.Bayeaux. And what an appropriate setting. The stones here illustrate
:07:39. > :07:46.the ferocity of the combat during those days in the summer of 1944.
:07:47. > :07:51.The data here, June, July, August. The ages on the stones, 18, 19,
:07:52. > :07:56.early 20s. This has been a morning of remembrance, not just of the war
:07:57. > :08:01.dead but of the millions killed across Normandy because of the
:08:02. > :08:05.ferocity of that battle. And it has been a day of appreciation. The
:08:06. > :08:11.veterans and families gathered around the central cross there, they
:08:12. > :08:14.walked here from bio Cathedral, through lines of achieving and
:08:15. > :08:20.applauding townspeople. -- Bayeux. There was a real sense of a bond
:08:21. > :08:27.which has existed ever since the first liberators came up short. --
:08:28. > :08:29.came ashore. Several of the veterans world whelmed. Some were
:08:30. > :08:34.experiencing this for the first time. One man said to me, apart from
:08:35. > :08:42.my marriage, this is the best day of my life. Robert Hall, thank you. And
:08:43. > :08:45.here in Arromanches later today, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will
:08:46. > :08:50.be meeting some veterans over a cup of tea. They are holding 80 parties
:08:51. > :08:54.here in the square. And afterwards, a parade. The last ever parade, it
:08:55. > :08:58.is believed, involving veterans who were actually hear 70 years ago. And
:08:59. > :09:11.the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will take the salute from those very
:09:12. > :09:15.men. No two today's other main stories. David Cameron has hailed
:09:16. > :09:22.the conservative success and retaining the constituency of Newark
:09:23. > :09:27.in Notts as a very good result. But the majority was reduced to 7403
:09:28. > :09:31.votes by UKIP, who came second. Labour were third and in literal
:09:32. > :09:38.Democrats recorded one of their worst results in six. Norman Smith
:09:39. > :09:43.is in Newark. Over to you. If you listen very carefully, you can
:09:44. > :09:48.almost hear the sigh of relief from Downing Street. The Newark
:09:49. > :09:50.by-election was meant to be a fire break moments to halt the forward
:09:51. > :09:56.march of the self-styled People's Army. My senses that they may not
:09:57. > :10:03.have stopped the search to UKIP but they have perhaps blown a couple of
:10:04. > :10:07.tyres out of Nigel Farage's bandwagon. Business as usual in
:10:08. > :10:11.Newark. Certainly, no sign of any political earthquake. But then maybe
:10:12. > :10:20.Newark was never earthquake country. The Tories' 44th safest
:10:21. > :10:26.seat. Robert Jenrick is duly elected for the Newark constituency. This
:10:27. > :10:31.was a must win for David Cameron and prompted a huge Tory effort. He
:10:32. > :10:35.visited the constituency for times and his MPs were ordered to campaign
:10:36. > :10:38.here at least three times. This is a very good result for the
:10:39. > :10:41.Conservative Party and for the government. By-elections are
:10:42. > :10:50.notoriously tricky. The last time we won one in government was over 20
:10:51. > :10:53.years ago. And it is a good result because we worked hard and we had a
:10:54. > :10:56.clear message about our economic plan, how it is working and we need
:10:57. > :11:04.to stick at it to deliver for everyone in Britain. As for UKIP?
:11:05. > :11:09.Are the English? I am afraid not. Not the response they wanted. Second
:11:10. > :11:15.yet again. We increased our share of the vote six fold. We cut the
:11:16. > :11:19.Conservative majority by more than half. We think that is quite an
:11:20. > :11:23.achievement here. Labour were pushed into third place, not a great result
:11:24. > :11:26.for an opposition one year away from a general election but they insist
:11:27. > :11:34.that the vote was squeezed hard by UKIP. For the Lib Dems, more gloom
:11:35. > :11:40.and another dire result. The worst in an anguished by-election since
:11:41. > :11:44.the war. -- English by-election. What we have learned above all from
:11:45. > :11:49.this is just how hard it is for UKIP or any small party to win under the
:11:50. > :11:53.first past the post system. Yes, they can pile up the votes in the
:11:54. > :11:57.European elections but under first past the post, they struggle. And
:11:58. > :12:00.that must raise serious question marks about their prospects at the
:12:01. > :12:04.next general election. The parents of a nine day old baby,
:12:05. > :12:07.who died after contracting an infection from a suspected
:12:08. > :12:11.contaminated drip, will meet The baby boy died on Sunday
:12:12. > :12:18.at St Thomas' Hospital in London. The meeting will take place
:12:19. > :12:20.at Southwark Coroner's court, and our Medical correspondent
:12:21. > :12:26.Fergus Walsh is there. Fergus, tell us more about this
:12:27. > :12:31.meeting. The meeting was called by the
:12:32. > :12:35.Southwark coroner, Doctor Andrew Harris, and he has asked for
:12:36. > :12:41.interested parties to attend. That will include the parents of Yousef
:12:42. > :12:50.Al-Kharboush, nine days old, born prematurely. He died after being fed
:12:51. > :12:53.a contaminated intravenous feed. His parents will be here, as will the
:12:54. > :13:03.hospital authorities from Saint Thomas as hospital and the
:13:04. > :13:07.manufacturers of the feed. -- Saint Thomas's Hospital. In due course,
:13:08. > :13:13.there will be an inquest. 18 babies have been affected. Could
:13:14. > :13:19.there be more cases? The could, but it is unlikely. There were three
:13:20. > :13:23.cases reported yesterday but no baby has fallen ill since Tuesday. 22
:13:24. > :13:28.hospitals were sent this contaminated batch did has a very
:13:29. > :13:35.short shelf life. It has either been used recalled. Having it is unlikely
:13:36. > :13:40.that we will see more cases. -- I think it is unlikely. All 17 that
:13:41. > :13:44.survived the infection are responding well to antibiotics.
:13:45. > :13:47.New measures have been announced, to tackle the falling conviction
:13:48. > :13:52.The proposals have been put forward by the Director of
:13:53. > :13:56.Public Prosecutions - Alison Saunders - who'se calling
:13:57. > :13:59.for renewed efforts to dispel what she calls, 'myths and stereotypes',
:14:00. > :14:06.We have seen great improvement in the way that police and prosecutors
:14:07. > :14:13.work together to improve the way that we handle rape. We have already
:14:14. > :14:16.seen an increase in the number of referrals and the successful
:14:17. > :14:20.conviction rates from six or seven years ago. But we know there is more
:14:21. > :14:24.we can do and this is about making sure that we reaffirm and reinforce
:14:25. > :14:29.with police and prosecutors, how they look at cases, making sure they
:14:30. > :14:34.do not take into account the stereotypes. And to make sure that
:14:35. > :14:39.they focus on the fence rather than the vulnerabilities of the victim.
:14:40. > :14:44.Jim Kelly is here with me. What exactly is being proposed. -- June
:14:45. > :14:47.Kelly. When Alison Saunders talks about
:14:48. > :14:52.myths and stereotypes, she means that police and prosecutors have
:14:53. > :14:55.sometimes got attitudes that it is basically too focused on the victim.
:14:56. > :14:58.She says the rates to be more of a shift, looking at the behaviour of
:14:59. > :15:03.the suspects. She says that this idea about preconceptions, these
:15:04. > :15:05.preconceptions can be helped by juries who were hearing these cases.
:15:06. > :15:12.She says that many people still think that rapes occur when a rapist
:15:13. > :15:17.attacks a stranger in a dark alley and the victim put up the fight. In
:15:18. > :15:21.reality, most rapists know their victims. The victim may not put up a
:15:22. > :15:25.fight. When that case gets to court, it is all about consent and one
:15:26. > :15:28.person's word against the other. Basically, she is trying to change
:15:29. > :15:33.the mindset of the lease and prosecutors. What concerns her is
:15:34. > :15:36.that the prosecution rate has dropped to 60%. It should be said
:15:37. > :15:40.that some people are sceptical about all of this. They think they have
:15:41. > :15:41.heard it all before. The success will only be judged if the
:15:42. > :15:50.conviction rate goes up. Police in Canada have arrested
:15:51. > :15:53.a man suspected of killing three police officers,
:15:54. > :15:56.and wounding two others, in the city of Moncton, in New Brunswick.
:15:57. > :15:59.It follows a massive manhunt for the suspect who was heavily armed,
:16:00. > :16:02.and dressed in camouflage gear. Large parts of Moncton had been
:16:03. > :16:04.in virtual lock-down for more than 24 hours.
:16:05. > :16:08.Residents have now been told it is safe to leave their homes.
:16:09. > :16:11.A student, who overpowered a man who opened fire
:16:12. > :16:14.in a university building in Seattle, has been praised for his bravery.
:16:15. > :16:21.One person died, and three others were injured
:16:22. > :16:23.when a gunman walked into the university and started shooting.
:16:24. > :16:25.The suspect is now in police custody.
:16:26. > :16:29.The student tackled the man when he stopped to re-load his gun.
:16:30. > :16:33.The head of the International Monetary Fund,
:16:34. > :16:36.Christine Lagarde, has admitted that it was wrong, about its evaluation
:16:37. > :16:38.of the UK economy in 2013. Just over a year ago,
:16:39. > :16:40.the IMF's chief economist warned the Chancellor, George Osborne,
:16:41. > :16:43.that he was "playing with fire" if he did not
:16:44. > :16:44.ease off on his austerity policy. Here's our business correspondent,
:16:45. > :16:49.Simon Jack. Every year, the IMF pops in for a
:16:50. > :17:05.check to see everything is OK. In many countries affected by the
:17:06. > :17:11.crisis, we are beginning to see some good news. The news coming out of
:17:12. > :17:14.the UK recently has been pretty much all good.
:17:15. > :17:20.But there were warnings the housing market presented a potential threat.
:17:21. > :17:25.Keeping interest rates low could further fuel house prices, and
:17:26. > :17:28.increase risk to financial stability.
:17:29. > :17:31.The IMF said the Bank of England should consider capping the amount
:17:32. > :17:37.people can borrow, but that is not enough according to the Shadow count
:17:38. > :17:43.-- Shadow Chancellor. They are saying there is a real risk
:17:44. > :17:46.to recovery, unless the Chancellor acts on housing supply.
:17:47. > :17:50.That is something George Osborne acknowledged.
:17:51. > :17:53.The only long-term answer is to build many more houses in this
:17:54. > :18:01.country. That is why we have reformed planning laws, with house
:18:02. > :18:05.building up a quarter. The IMF seems satisfied the risks
:18:06. > :18:10.for now seem under control. The housing market is strengthening
:18:11. > :18:15.but even then they said there was no bubble, the bag of England had the
:18:16. > :18:19.equipment to deal with it and this is a positive report. So much better
:18:20. > :18:24.than last year. Christine Blower guard left, saying
:18:25. > :18:28.she got it wrong a year ago. Don't get complacent while I am away.
:18:29. > :18:32.Our top story this lunchtime. Thousands of veterans, world leaders
:18:33. > :18:36.and royalty attend ceremonies and church services across Normandy,
:18:37. > :18:38.to mark the D-Day landings. And, still to come:
:18:39. > :18:39.Could this year's Tour De France be missing Britain's
:18:40. > :18:53.most successful road cyclist? On BBC London, it has covered 63
:18:54. > :18:57.countries in seven months, today, the Queen's baton arrives in London.
:18:58. > :19:00.The singer who has performed with them all, she remembers 40 years in
:19:01. > :19:10.the business. Police have expanded their search of
:19:11. > :19:12.an area of scrubland in Portugal, near to where Madeleine McCann was
:19:13. > :19:15.last seen seven years ago. They were due to finish searching
:19:16. > :19:18.today, but have been granted a further week when two more sites
:19:19. > :19:20.will be looked at. Madeleine's parents,
:19:21. > :19:23.Kate and Gerry McCann, say they are "encouraged" by the progress.
:19:24. > :19:31.Tom Burridge reports from Praia da Luz.
:19:32. > :19:39.For a fifth day, mainly British police searched this large piece of
:19:40. > :19:44.scrubland in the Algarve. As they look for clues into the
:19:45. > :19:48.disappearance of Madeleine McCann. This morning, two sniffer dogs from
:19:49. > :19:54.South Wales Police back on site. Here, one officer lowers himself
:19:55. > :20:01.into a drink to look into a network of old sewers that one underneath.
:20:02. > :20:04.Yesterday, officers dug in an area where they had used special radar
:20:05. > :20:09.equipment. The machine allows them to look for anything buried in the
:20:10. > :20:13.ground underneath. All this, seven years since
:20:14. > :20:17.Madeleine disappeared. Most of the police activity this
:20:18. > :20:22.week has been focused on the far side in the distance. This morning,
:20:23. > :20:26.they moved towards this end, with officers working in different areas
:20:27. > :20:30.on this fairly large piece of land. What we still don't know is by
:20:31. > :20:35.British police believe this site could be important.
:20:36. > :20:41.Could it be just the geography? The apartment where the family stake is
:20:42. > :20:46.here. Next door, the swimming pool where the family had dinner. The
:20:47. > :20:51.site by the police are working is a short walk away. This area of land
:20:52. > :20:55.is even nearer to wear a man was spotted carrying a child on the
:20:56. > :21:01.night Madeleine disappeared. This morning, this British detective who
:21:02. > :21:05.asked the Portuguese to allow the search, was back on site.
:21:06. > :21:10.Despite the forensic suits and tents, we still do not know whether
:21:11. > :21:12.they have found any evidence which could explain why Madeleine McCann
:21:13. > :21:21.disappeared. Sir Bradley Wiggins says he is
:21:22. > :21:24.?gutted? that he will miss, this year's Tour De France, as his team,
:21:25. > :21:27.concentrates their efforts on the defending champion, Chris Froome.
:21:28. > :21:28.Wiggins was the first Briton to win the race, in 2012, but missed it
:21:29. > :21:47.last year, when Froome triumphed. Now, let's return to Normandy -
:21:48. > :21:51.and the D-Day celebrations. Let's go back to Simon McCoy.
:21:52. > :21:55.The Allied mission to storm the northern coast
:21:56. > :21:59.of France started in the early hours of the 6th of June 1944, with tens
:22:00. > :22:01.of thousands of troops taking part in the biggest amphibious assault
:22:02. > :22:02.in military history. The operation proved to be the
:22:03. > :22:18.beginning of the end for Hitler. 70 years ago, the windows of Bayeux
:22:19. > :22:21.battled to gunfire. This morning, eyewitnesses to history made their
:22:22. > :22:29.way up the cobbled streets to do their duty once more.
:22:30. > :22:31.Under the vaulted roof of the cathedral which survived the
:22:32. > :22:40.battle, they paraded their standards.
:22:41. > :22:44.Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall joined more than 600
:22:45. > :22:52.veterans in honouring the young men who still lie here in Normandy.
:22:53. > :22:59.They shall grow not old as we that are left to grow old. Age shall not
:23:00. > :23:05.weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in
:23:06. > :23:13.the morning, we will remember them. We will remember them.
:23:14. > :23:20.At the close, a new bell rang out for peace.
:23:21. > :23:25.Sounded by section James Aitken and his grandson Stephen. The cathedral
:23:26. > :23:27.is almost a mile from Bayeux Cemetery.
:23:28. > :23:32.The veterans, carers and families stepped out into the warm sunshine.
:23:33. > :23:36.The people of Normandy lost thousands of their own in the weeks
:23:37. > :23:41.after D-Day, but they have never forgotten their liberators.
:23:42. > :23:45.For a few brief minutes, the clock turned back to the hours when
:23:46. > :23:49.soldiers and civilians met for the first time on the roads from the
:23:50. > :23:55.beaches. How are you? I am very well, thank
:23:56. > :24:00.you. Well done. I have the utmost respect
:24:01. > :24:05.to every veteran who landed on D-Day. I am very proud of them. And
:24:06. > :24:16.to be amongst them. I feel very lucky that I am here.
:24:17. > :24:24.My company commander, they are all dead, they didn't make it.
:24:25. > :24:31.I have been to Normandy before, several times. But, this day has
:24:32. > :24:35.been out of the ordinary. It is absolutely amazing. In fact,
:24:36. > :24:41.except for my wedding, the second-best thing in my life. At the
:24:42. > :24:45.gate to the cemetery, a convocation of 2000 awaited the Queen and of
:24:46. > :24:50.Edinburgh. NEWSREEL: Peacefully they like, our
:24:51. > :24:54.dead. The first men were buried here in
:24:55. > :25:01.the weeks following the landings. There are now more than 4000
:25:02. > :25:06.graves, their last resting place. The men who sat among the ranks of
:25:07. > :25:09.white headstones listened to the veterans bear, knowing full well
:25:10. > :25:28.that many around them would not hear it again.
:25:29. > :25:36.Sunrise over Normandy. The Royal Navy flagship sailed
:25:37. > :25:38.as close as she could to shore, carrying today's young sailors
:25:39. > :25:41.and Royal Marines. Most have seen the face of war
:25:42. > :25:45.in this generation's conflicts. And, for the veterans on board,
:25:46. > :25:51.it was a calmer night than they remembered
:25:52. > :25:55.when they last sailed these seas. It was, though,
:25:56. > :25:58.the very same hour 70 years ago that former Royal Marine Bill Bryant was
:25:59. > :26:00.preparing to preparing to drive his landing craft to the beaches.
:26:01. > :26:07.A task he carried out the three days without best.
:26:08. > :26:11.-- rest. You just didn't know what to expect.
:26:12. > :26:15.I was only 18 at the time. Everything was being let loose.
:26:16. > :26:18.You never had time to get scared. You concentrate on the job you were
:26:19. > :26:22.doing, looking after your crew, making everything all OK.
:26:23. > :26:43.It is a little bit emotional to see it back again now.
:26:44. > :26:45.But I'm looking forward to the day's trip on the landing craft
:26:46. > :26:48.again. I won't get a chance to cox it, I'm
:26:49. > :26:52.sure, because it is more complicated now than what it was in my day.
:26:53. > :26:54.HMS Bulwark is part of an international task group
:26:55. > :26:56.which has come here to commemorate the D-Day Landings.
:26:57. > :26:59.Looking over the Normandy shores, it is unimaginable what they went
:27:00. > :27:06.through that night when there were 6,000 vessels in the seas waiting to
:27:07. > :27:12.disembark over 100,000 men. Joining Bill Bryant on the landing
:27:13. > :27:15.craft, another veteran, 97-year-old Admiral Sir William O'Brien.
:27:16. > :27:24.How rough were the seas? It wasn't rough.
:27:25. > :27:32.He was never in any doubt that the landings would turn the tide of war.
:27:33. > :27:34.Two of a doughty but dwindling Band Of Brothers, aware they may not
:27:35. > :27:40.be meeting on these shores again. The D-Day commemorations will
:27:41. > :27:43.continue throughout the afternoon. And we'll have coverage here on
:27:44. > :27:46.BBC One. Every Allied Head
:27:47. > :27:49.of State has been invited to an international ceremony on Sword
:27:50. > :27:53.Beach at Ouistreham, hosted by the French President Francois Hollande.
:27:54. > :27:56.The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will be joined by the Prince of Wales
:27:57. > :27:59.and the Duchess of Cornwall. Later, the Duke and Duchess
:28:00. > :28:03.of Cambridge will have tea with veterans in Arromanches.
:28:04. > :28:05.Aand Prince William will attend a parade of British veterans
:28:06. > :28:07.in the town centre, when a minute's silence will be held
:28:08. > :28:12.for those who lost their lives. That's all from us here
:28:13. > :28:15.in Arromanches. One final thought from Normandy.
:28:16. > :28:20.The timing of the D-Day landing was one of the
:28:21. > :28:23.most crucial decisions of the Second World War, and it wasn't down, in
:28:24. > :28:26.the end, to senior Allied soldiers, but to the weather forecasters.
:28:27. > :28:29.So it's fitting that my colleague, Helen Willetts, can bring us
:28:30. > :28:35.the weather from HMS Belfast. Helen.
:28:36. > :28:45.Thank you. The weather, almost perfect today, but far from it in
:28:46. > :28:49.those days. Lovely and sunny here on HMS Belfast. Let me show you the
:28:50. > :28:56.chart from 70 years ago. A difficult decision to make. The weather
:28:57. > :29:03.forecast equally difficult without computer models. Following on from a
:29:04. > :29:07.storm, that made it very rough indeed.
:29:08. > :29:13.We have some thunderstorms, some very active weather. It is beautiful
:29:14. > :29:18.ahead of the storm. A little cloud in the south-west and northern
:29:19. > :29:22.Scotland. It is warm and humid for many parts of the country. Humidity
:29:23. > :29:29.rising through the day, temperatures into the mid-20s. Cooler across
:29:30. > :29:33.Scotland. The risk of a few showers approaching the West of Northern
:29:34. > :29:38.Ireland later. Those temperatures, certainly up on
:29:39. > :29:44.yesterday, and on the middle part of the week.
:29:45. > :29:49.But we are going to get some lively showers setting off this evening and
:29:50. > :29:54.overnight, initially in southwestern areas. The Met Office has issued a
:29:55. > :29:59.warning because they look like they could be torrential tomorrow. A very
:30:00. > :30:04.warm and humid night, temperatures not dropping below 15 degrees in
:30:05. > :30:10.some areas. A better day in the North tomorrow.
:30:11. > :30:14.Let us look at the potential for these thunderstorms which could be
:30:15. > :30:21.torrential, severe, with hail, strong and gusty winds. Enough to
:30:22. > :30:23.cause some disruption in a few localities.
:30:24. > :30:31.The worst will hit England and Wales, moving northwards. The far
:30:32. > :30:36.north of Scotland will fare better today -- ban today. Even with the
:30:37. > :30:40.cloud and thundery rain, with a lot of lightning tomorrow, it will still
:30:41. > :30:45.be warm because of that humidity. By the end of tomorrow, the worst
:30:46. > :30:53.will be over. A lot of thundery activity potentially tomorrow.
:30:54. > :30:59.That tends to clear out of the way on Sunday. But there will be showers
:31:00. > :31:04.following on behind it. Those showers will be with us for Sunday
:31:05. > :31:10.but not as hot and sticky as during the course of tonight and tomorrow.
:31:11. > :31:14.There will still be showers around. If you do have plans, please stay
:31:15. > :31:28.tuned to the forecast. It is still warm even with the showers.
:31:29. > :31:33.Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime.
:31:34. > :31:39.Commemorations have been held in Normandy to celebrate the 70th
:31:40. > :31:41.anniversary of the D-Day Landings.