:00:00. > :00:12.D-Day veterans gather in France to mark tomorrow's 70th anniversary
:00:13. > :00:16.of the Normandy landings. Prince Charles leads
:00:17. > :00:19.the commemorations honouring the British paratroopers who were
:00:20. > :00:21.the first to land in Normandy just after midnight.
:00:22. > :00:24.We trained for months and months and months, and we landed with one
:00:25. > :00:33.purpose in mind, and that was to liberate Ronville,
:00:34. > :00:36.which we did before first light. On the other side of the channel in
:00:37. > :00:41.Portsmouth, more veterans gather for a special service to remember the
:00:42. > :00:45.fallen, and honour the survivors. And I'm Jane Hill in London.
:00:46. > :00:52.The other news tonight. Sticking together - President Obama
:00:53. > :00:54.suggests he'd prefer the UK to remain united in the run-up to
:00:55. > :00:58.Scotland's independence referendum. Three more babies are thought to
:00:59. > :01:01.have blood poisoning as a result of contaminated drips.
:01:02. > :01:04.One of the Birmingham schools at the centre
:01:05. > :01:10.of an alleged extremism plot is put into special measures by Ofsted.
:01:11. > :01:14.And Qatar says it doesn't rule out possible legal action against FIFA
:01:15. > :01:22.if the vote for the 2022 World Cup is re-run.
:01:23. > :01:27.On BBC London, 900 people are evacuated from the Shard following
:01:28. > :01:31.reports of smoke. And the missing Londoner in Malaysia
:01:32. > :01:33.- a forensic team is examining a body believed to be that of Gareth
:01:34. > :01:51.Huntley. Good evening and welcome to the
:01:52. > :01:58.BBC News at Six from Normandy, where 70 years ago tomorrow, around
:01:59. > :02:03.155,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches here during the most daring
:02:04. > :02:09.amphibious assault in history. Hundreds of
:02:10. > :02:12.the last surviving British veterans have come back, many of them to
:02:13. > :02:15.Arromanches, to remember fallen friends and comrades during two days
:02:16. > :02:18.of events along the Normandy coast. And the Queen has arrived in Paris
:02:19. > :02:21.with the Duke of Edinburgh at the start of a three-day state visit.
:02:22. > :02:23.She will join veterans and world leaders here tomorrow.
:02:24. > :02:31.Robert Hall reports on the day's events so far.
:02:32. > :02:36.At the bridge which has become an icon for the airborne divisions,
:02:37. > :02:39.Prince Charles, the Colonel in Chief of the Parachute Regiment, marked
:02:40. > :02:44.the loss of life during the surprise attack that was vital to the D-Day
:02:45. > :02:47.plans. Today, the prince crossed the bridge, named Pegasus in honour of
:02:48. > :02:55.the men who took and help their objective. His wreath commemorated
:02:56. > :03:02.one small action on that summer night. In the hours before the
:03:03. > :03:05.seaborne assault, 181 men carried in gliders targeted bridges over which
:03:06. > :03:15.German reinforcements could threaten Allied forces. Then to the cafe. It
:03:16. > :03:18.is still owned by the family who helped to treat the wounded and who
:03:19. > :03:25.still welcome veterans and their families as their own. Hugh McGuire
:03:26. > :03:31.attacked a machine-gun nest whilst badly wounded. He had returned for
:03:32. > :03:34.the first time. The commanding officer came to see how I was, and
:03:35. > :03:41.he asked the figure down to the first aid post. I said, no, sir, I
:03:42. > :03:47.never refused an order in my life, but I would like your permission to
:03:48. > :03:56.go to that machine-gun post. Which I did. 13,000 feet above the wartime
:03:57. > :04:00.objectives, 89-year-old jock Hutton braced himself for one last jump. He
:04:01. > :04:05.had helped his unit, the 30th Lancashire parachute battalion, sees
:04:06. > :04:10.the nearby town of Ronville. Below him, and admiring audience watched
:04:11. > :04:16.him and his partner from today's Parachute Regiment Sorin for the
:04:17. > :04:20.perfect landing. Was I stuck my head out of the door and got a view from
:04:21. > :04:24.the back, I was away. We trained for months, and we landed in one purpose
:04:25. > :04:32.in mind, and that was deliberate Ronville, which we did before first
:04:33. > :04:36.light. Around us, 300 parachutes loss and. Men from Britain, France,
:04:37. > :04:40.Canada and the United States representing the thousands who had
:04:41. > :04:43.plunged on the darkness to protect the landing beaches. Some who took
:04:44. > :04:49.part today had direct connections to those events. Major Ben Salt jumped
:04:50. > :04:55.in memory of his grandfather. My grandfather fought literally just up
:04:56. > :05:00.there as part of the 12th Devon airborne. He was one of the
:05:01. > :05:05.survivors of those who started that battle. There are fewer to tell
:05:06. > :05:08.their stories now, but today's sights and sounds reminded veterans
:05:09. > :05:19.of the brotherhood who wear the red beret. It is a great honour. I am 91
:05:20. > :05:25.now. I feel as though I want to cry. Tomorrow, in Arromanches, veterans
:05:26. > :05:29.will hold their last formal parade. Some have already promised that as
:05:30. > :05:44.long as they are able, they will return here, and they will remember.
:05:45. > :05:47.But Hall, BBC News, Normandy. But commemorations are not just to
:05:48. > :05:50.keep it here in northern France. In Portsmouth, veterans have gathered
:05:51. > :05:57.to remember those who lost their lives and to honour the survivors.
:05:58. > :06:00.In the shadow of the naval war memorial on Southsea Common, the
:06:01. > :06:08.drum head parade, with a ceremonial guard of honour. In a centuries-old
:06:09. > :06:12.tradition, drummers piled their drums to create a makeshift altar
:06:13. > :06:16.for a service to commemorate those killed in the D-Day landings and to
:06:17. > :06:21.honour those who survived. The sacrifice that was made to free
:06:22. > :06:25.Europe from tyranny 70 years ago is a vital lesson for all of us, not
:06:26. > :06:28.just the military lessons we can learn from the amp to be as assault,
:06:29. > :06:32.but from the courage and professionalism of the soldiers and
:06:33. > :06:41.airmen that took part. Among those veterans, a royal Marine commando
:06:42. > :06:48.who is now 93, taxed on the -- task on D-Day. A matter-of-fact hero.
:06:49. > :06:53.who is now 93, taxed on the -- task charged up the beach. Got to the
:06:54. > :06:55.fences, headed up to the radar station with
:06:56. > :07:00.fences, headed up to the radar scuffle there, and then we took over
:07:01. > :07:05.the radar station. You make it sound very easy. It was!
:07:06. > :07:09.the radar station. You make it sound closest major port of the invasion
:07:10. > :07:12.beaches that played an important role in the landings. What Smith was
:07:13. > :07:17.just one of dozens of departure points all along the south coast --
:07:18. > :07:21.Portsmouth. Here, men embarked on to their landing craft from temporary
:07:22. > :07:27.jetties built alongside South Parade Pier on Southsea beat. For a time on
:07:28. > :07:31.that morning 70 years ago, the supreme commander himself, General
:07:32. > :07:35.Eisenhower, watched them go aboard. This morning, a Dutch assault
:07:36. > :07:38.Eisenhower, watched them go aboard. and the Royal Navy's HMS Bulwark
:07:39. > :07:41.sailed close inshore to demonstrate what a modern amphibious landing
:07:42. > :07:51.looks like. In some respects, not so very different from D-Day. Micky
:07:52. > :07:55.Higham, BBC News, Portsmouth. -- Nick Higham. I will be back later in
:07:56. > :07:58.the programme with the latest on the Queen's state visit to France and
:07:59. > :08:04.look ahead to her visit here to Normandy tomorrow.
:08:05. > :08:07.on the day's events so far. The US President, Barack Obama,
:08:08. > :08:09.has signalled his unease at the prospect of Scottish independence.
:08:10. > :08:11.Asked about the referendum, which is only three months away,
:08:12. > :08:15.the President said the issue is one for the Scottish
:08:16. > :08:18.people - but he felt that the UK ?works pretty well? as it is.
:08:19. > :08:23.Our correspondent Lorna Gordon is in Glasgow.
:08:24. > :08:29.Yes, American diplomats have previously said their country would
:08:30. > :08:34.remain neutral in the debate over Scotland's future. Today, that
:08:35. > :08:38.position appears to have shifted. Those campaigning in favour of the
:08:39. > :08:41.union or the printing up leaflets which are citing President Obama's
:08:42. > :08:48.intervention. Alex Salmond conmen meanwhile, appears unruffled. His
:08:49. > :08:51.welcoming the comments, in particular President Obama say that
:08:52. > :08:52.the decision of Scotland's future rests with the people of Scotland
:08:53. > :08:56.alone. rests with the people of Scotland
:08:57. > :09:02.It has been dubbed the special relationship. A deck old soul
:09:03. > :09:06.political, diplomatic -- a decades-old relationship between the
:09:07. > :09:09.United States and the UK. So of the many contributions about Scotland's
:09:10. > :09:15.future, none have been as significant as this. I would say
:09:16. > :09:20.that the United Kingdom has been an extraordinary partner to us, from
:09:21. > :09:30.the outside at least, it looks like things have worked pretty well. We
:09:31. > :09:37.obviously have a deep interest in making sure that one of the closest
:09:38. > :09:44.allies that we will ever have remained strong, robust, a United
:09:45. > :09:45.and effective partner. The US will be watching closely what happens in
:09:46. > :09:54.Scotland. Fast lane on the be watching closely what happens in
:09:55. > :09:57.weapons system, and the US maintains the missiles. The SNP has led out of
:09:58. > :10:01.the country were to become independent, there would be no
:10:02. > :10:05.nuclear weapons on Scottish soil. The party's leader, Scotland's First
:10:06. > :10:11.Minister, has welcomed President Obama's intervention. I think the
:10:12. > :10:17.president's remarks are well judged. This is a matter for the folks in
:10:18. > :10:20.Scotland. It is our democratic choice. We are very aware that we
:10:21. > :10:24.are in a position where we can make that democratic choice as a nation,
:10:25. > :10:28.and we intend to do so. But also welcoming his comments, those
:10:29. > :10:33.campaigning to keep the union in place. I was not surprised by these
:10:34. > :10:35.comments, but I think they will be seen as a significant intervention
:10:36. > :10:41.in the referendum debate, because they reflect what so many of us in
:10:42. > :10:47.Scotland believe. The impact of President Obama's comments is as yet
:10:48. > :10:50.unclear. It is by no means clear how this intervention will be viewed by
:10:51. > :10:55.those deciding how they will vote in a little over 100 days' time.
:10:56. > :10:57.in Glasgow. Three more babies are believed to
:10:58. > :10:59.have blood poisoning as a result of being treated via suspected
:11:00. > :11:01.contaminated drips. Public Health England says this
:11:02. > :11:04.brings the total number of cases to 18.
:11:05. > :11:07.The babies are in a number of hospitals across England, after
:11:08. > :11:11.being infected by bacteria linked to batches of contaminated liquid feed.
:11:12. > :11:16.The Government has promised a swift investigation into how
:11:17. > :11:16.a newborn baby died on Sunday. Our health correspondent
:11:17. > :11:28.Branwen Jeffreys has the latest. Born before their time, highly
:11:29. > :11:31.vulnerable to infection. In intensive care, lives can hang in
:11:32. > :11:37.the balance. So babies are monitored hour by hour for any change. That is
:11:38. > :11:43.how nurses and doctors in Luton were alerted to the infection when two of
:11:44. > :11:46.their babies became rapidly unwell. Within a matter of hours, we could
:11:47. > :11:54.see that the babies were beginning to develop temperatures. They were
:11:55. > :11:58.getting faster heart rates. We were always going to screen our babies
:11:59. > :12:02.for signs of infection. We realised that something was going on. Now it
:12:03. > :12:08.is known that up to 18 babies in nine different hospitals may have
:12:09. > :12:11.been infected. One has died. The others are being treated with
:12:12. > :12:16.antibiotics. The parents of rabies here and at the other hospitals,
:12:17. > :12:19.their first priority is recovering -- for parents of babies. It is no
:12:20. > :12:23.consolation to them that this kind of contamination is extremely rare.
:12:24. > :12:27.They will want to know how it was allowed to happen. And a glass
:12:28. > :12:32.screen, this is where the liquid food is made. Manufacturing is
:12:33. > :12:36.continuing. Officials are satisfied that there is no further risk of
:12:37. > :12:42.contamination, and the company said a possible source had been isolated.
:12:43. > :12:48.From the investigations carried out so far, it would appear that the
:12:49. > :12:52.potential contamination is link to a single raw material ingredient.
:12:53. > :12:55.Duncan's daughter mayor relied on liquid food when she was born three
:12:56. > :13:01.months early. He understands how anxious parents may feel. If parents
:13:02. > :13:06.are worried, they should talk to the doctors and nurses in the hospital.
:13:07. > :13:11.They are best able to advise them on the health of their baby. While
:13:12. > :13:15.investigations continue, officials say there is no reason why any other
:13:16. > :13:18.parent should be concerned. Ramone Jefferies, BBC News.
:13:19. > :13:22.Branwen Jeffreys has the latest. One of the schools at the centre of
:13:23. > :13:24.an alleged plot by Muslim hardliners to seize control of several
:13:25. > :13:28.Birmingham schools has been accused of doing little to keep its students
:13:29. > :13:30.safe from the risks associated with extremist views. The BBC has
:13:31. > :13:35.obtained a copy of Ofsted's report for Golden Hillock School. Ofsted
:13:36. > :13:39.gave the school the lowest rating of ?inadequate? in all categories, and
:13:40. > :13:44.has placed it in special measures. Our Political Correspondent Vicki
:13:45. > :13:47.Young reports. It's a startling allegation that
:13:48. > :13:51.behind these gates, a hardline Islamic plot could be underway to
:13:52. > :13:55.seize control of the education system in parts of Birmingham.
:13:56. > :13:59.When concerns were raised, ministers sent in the inspectors.
:14:00. > :14:03.Their findings are causing a storm of protest.
:14:04. > :14:07.This is the Ofsted report into Golden Hillock School,
:14:08. > :14:11.due to be published next week. It is being judged inadequate
:14:12. > :14:14.in all areas, which means the school will go into special measures.
:14:15. > :14:17.The governors and the head teacher could well be replaced.
:14:18. > :14:20.In here are damning comments about the standard of teaching,
:14:21. > :14:25.but also alarming conclusions about the risks of extremism.
:14:26. > :14:29.Ofsted inspectors concluded that too little is done to keep
:14:30. > :14:34.students safe from the risks associated with extremist views.
:14:35. > :14:38.That could leave students vulnerable to the risk of marginalisation
:14:39. > :14:45.from wider British society, which could include radicalisation.
:14:46. > :14:47.The school says it wholeheartedly disputes those findings,
:14:48. > :14:49.and points out that inspectors found no evidence that teachers were
:14:50. > :14:59.imposing strict Islamic practices, a view shared by parents
:15:00. > :15:01.at the school gate today. I used to go to this school.
:15:02. > :15:05.My brothers and sisters have been to this school.
:15:06. > :15:08.My son comes to this school, and I think it is a brilliant school.
:15:09. > :15:12.It has all got out of proportion. I have been to this school myself.
:15:13. > :15:16.The attitudes have changed, and it has got much better now.
:15:17. > :15:21.Back in Westminster, the problems in Birmingham have lifted the lid
:15:22. > :15:23.on a bitter ministerial row. Theresa May openly questioned
:15:24. > :15:26.whether the Department for Education ignored warnings
:15:27. > :15:30.about what was going on. But today, the Education Secretary
:15:31. > :15:32.glossed over all that. I think Theresa is doing
:15:33. > :15:35.a fantastic job. He has long believed the Home Office
:15:36. > :15:42.only confronts extremism once it develops into terrorism.
:15:43. > :15:47.Are we too soft on fundamentalism? Absolutely not.
:15:48. > :15:49.develops into terrorism. We take a very firm line.
:15:50. > :15:51.David Cameron is away on international business,
:15:52. > :15:57.but warring Conservative ministers back home are a headache for him,
:15:58. > :16:02.and a gift to Labour. As for these issues for the last day
:16:03. > :16:06.or so, I will get to the bottom of who said what and what has happened,
:16:07. > :16:08.and I will sort it all out once I have finished these important
:16:09. > :16:10.meetings I am having here. I think it is
:16:11. > :16:13.a deep concern that children in our schools are being exposed to
:16:14. > :16:16.extremism, as the report suggests. We need David Cameron to show
:16:17. > :16:19.leadership and sort this out. More schools here are braced
:16:20. > :16:21.for bad Ofsted reports next week, but several school governors have
:16:22. > :16:23.branded the whole exercise a witchhunt, based on false
:16:24. > :16:33.and anonymous allegations. Vicky Young, BBC News, Birmingham.
:16:34. > :16:50.Our top story this evening: And the Queen is in Paris
:16:51. > :17:23.at the beginning of a three-day tour to mark the D-Day landings.
:17:24. > :17:26.Qatar says it will do everything in its power to keep
:17:27. > :17:28.the 2022 Football World Cup. Organisers
:17:29. > :17:30.of the bid are believed to be considering all options available to
:17:31. > :17:32.them, including potential legal action, if the vote which won them
:17:33. > :17:35.the tournament has to action, if the vote which won them
:17:36. > :17:36.It follows allegations of corruption in the bidding process,
:17:37. > :17:38.allegations in the bidding process,
:17:39. > :18:24.From there, our Sports Correspondent Richard Conway sent this report.
:18:25. > :18:26.considering all options available to them, including potential legal
:18:27. > :19:23.action, if the vote which won them the tournament has to be re-run.
:19:24. > :19:27.Those responsible for building Qatar's new infrastructure said the
:19:28. > :19:31.investment would be under threat if people were to strip the country of
:19:32. > :19:39.its right to host the event. It would be very sad for us as a
:19:40. > :19:43.people. In 2010, we were really happy as a nation to host this
:19:44. > :19:51.event, especially within this region. At the same time, I'm
:19:52. > :19:57.telling you that I feel really confident that we have won it in the
:19:58. > :20:00.right way. The first World Cup in an Islamic state now lies largely in
:20:01. > :20:04.the hands of FIFA's ethics investigator, Michael Garcia. He is
:20:05. > :20:10.due to deliver a report into the entire bidding process next month.
:20:11. > :20:14.The Sunday Times intends to print further allegations over Qatar's
:20:15. > :20:17.alleged conduct this weekend. Qatar is understood to be considering all
:20:18. > :20:22.options available to it in its fight to keep hold of its prize.
:20:23. > :20:23.Meanwhile, both on and off the pitch, the preparations for
:20:24. > :20:33.football's British okays continue. The European central bank has cut
:20:34. > :20:38.interest rates to a record low in an attempt to boost growth and prevent
:20:39. > :20:44.deflation in the Eurozone. The ECB cut its main interest rate from 0.25
:20:45. > :20:49.descent to .15% and took the president instead imposing negative
:20:50. > :20:53.interest rates on banks. Our business correspondent is with me. I
:20:54. > :20:57.hope you can explain what negative interest rates are? It sounds weird,
:20:58. > :21:02.but it means the banks in the Eurozone will be charged for parking
:21:03. > :21:07.cash at the European central bank. Just a little bit, in the hope that
:21:08. > :21:10.they stop stashing and start lending. Unprecedented, but as yet
:21:11. > :21:15.unproven. In another announcement, they have announced cheap loans to
:21:16. > :21:19.banks on the proviso that they lend those two certain targeted sectors,
:21:20. > :21:23.very like the system we have in the UK. Finally, a message from the head
:21:24. > :21:27.of the central bank saying that if that does not work, we will open the
:21:28. > :21:31.door to quantitative easing, a creation of new money to shove into
:21:32. > :21:35.the economy to get things going. They resisted this at first, but
:21:36. > :21:39.they are spooked by deflation, which is lethal to the economy. Why would
:21:40. > :21:43.I buy something today which I know one year from now will be cheaper?
:21:44. > :21:49.That is what they are kind to stave off. Why do we care? Because it is
:21:50. > :21:52.our biggest trading partner, so we have to hope it works.
:21:53. > :21:58.The Prime Minister is delivering a final warning to President
:21:59. > :22:01.Vladimir Putin tonight that he has one month to end Russia's
:22:02. > :22:03.destabilisation of Ukraine or face crippling economic sanctions.
:22:04. > :22:05.The two are meeting in Paris on their way to
:22:06. > :22:08.the D-Day commemorations. David Cameron has been attending the
:22:09. > :22:09.summit of G7 nations in Brussels. From there, our Diplomatic
:22:10. > :22:22.Correspondent James Robbins reports. The club of the world elite is
:22:23. > :22:30.shrinking. Today, just seven national leaders, and the family
:22:31. > :22:34.photo tells the story of Russia's suspension on isolation, punishment
:22:35. > :22:38.for its actions in Ukraine will stop this was the G8 summit a year ago
:22:39. > :22:42.when Vladimir Putin was welcomed as a host, but he has been scrubbed out
:22:43. > :22:48.for now at least. The rest say it is the price of abandoning democratic
:22:49. > :22:51.values. After today's slimmed down session, President Obama and the
:22:52. > :22:54.Prime Minister emerged with a clear alternation, stop Ross and support
:22:55. > :22:59.for separatists in Ukraine within a month, or face harsher sanctions
:23:00. > :23:07.aimed at the heart of the country -- stop Russian. I urge President Putin
:23:08. > :23:13.to take the steps when I meeting later today. Mr President, do you
:23:14. > :23:19.see your real possibilities of opening up a pathway for the crisis?
:23:20. > :23:26.There is a path where Russia has the capacity to engage directly with the
:23:27. > :23:30.Ukrainian president, and he such a kid. If he does not, and he
:23:31. > :23:37.continues a strategy of undermining the sovereignty of Ukraine, then we
:23:38. > :23:43.have no choice but to respond -- and he should take it. For now, there is
:23:44. > :23:46.no end to the violence in Ukraine separatists and government forces
:23:47. > :23:51.fight for political control. One rebel leader told the BBC that there
:23:52. > :23:57.was no going back now. But President Putin, asked on French television if
:23:58. > :24:01.he would talk to the new Ukrainian president at the D-Day ceremonies
:24:02. > :24:06.was careful not to rule this out. That direct dialogue is one thing
:24:07. > :24:11.David Cameron will urge to Russia this evening, carrying the G7
:24:12. > :24:16.message to Vladimir Putin. More on our main story, and events
:24:17. > :24:18.in France remembering D-Day. Let's return to Sophie Raworth
:24:19. > :24:25.in Arromanches. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh
:24:26. > :24:30.arrived in Paris this afternoon the start of the three-day state visit,
:24:31. > :24:33.her first in ten years. Tomorrow she arrives in Normandy and will join
:24:34. > :24:35.world leaders and veterans at an international ceremony on what was
:24:36. > :24:47.known on D-Day as Sword Beach. This is a state visit of very
:24:48. > :24:53.special significance. Elizabeth II of the UK, a member of the wartime
:24:54. > :24:58.generation, visiting France with what the French are describing as
:24:59. > :25:02.the highest and rarest honours. It is a personal tribute to her, yes,
:25:03. > :25:05.but it's more than that. For tomorrow is the anniversary of
:25:06. > :25:09.D-Day, and this is France at its highest level, expressing its
:25:10. > :25:12.gratitude to Britain for coming to its rescue with its allies on the
:25:13. > :25:25.beaches of Normandy 70 years ago. At the Arc de Triomphe, President
:25:26. > :25:29.Francoise Hollande of France, born nine years after the war ended,
:25:30. > :25:32.stood alongside a queen who at the time of D-Day was an 18-year-old
:25:33. > :25:40.princess serving in the military in the auxiliary or service. They relit
:25:41. > :25:44.the flame of remembrance. Then together they made the ceremonial
:25:45. > :25:53.ride down the sweep of the shone Scillies a, accompanied by the
:25:54. > :25:58.Republican guard -- Champs Elysees. Second World War has not been the
:25:59. > :26:02.easiest subject for France. Are sensitivities and sensitivities in
:26:03. > :26:05.the relationship with Britain -- there are sensitivities. But the
:26:06. > :26:09.passage of years has made it easier to say things, and the underlying
:26:10. > :26:13.message of this visit is to say thank you. In Normandy tomorrow,
:26:14. > :26:18.Queen Elizabeth will be the most honoured of all of the heads of
:26:19. > :26:23.states -- state there. As they remember the events of 70 years ago.
:26:24. > :26:32.Also heading this way to Normandy, a flotilla of ships which has just set
:26:33. > :26:39.sail from Portsmouth. Leading the way, the Royal Navy's flagship, HMS
:26:40. > :26:43.bulwark which is leading the flotilla heading to the Normandy
:26:44. > :26:51.coast. They will retrace the route taken by thousands of warships and
:26:52. > :27:01.landing craft. On board, some veterans will be taking part. They
:27:02. > :27:07.are going to pay tribute to honour those who survived. Here, the crowds
:27:08. > :27:22.are growing ahead of the commemorations. We will have full
:27:23. > :27:24.coverage of events in Normandy throughout the day starting with
:27:25. > :27:27.breakfast tomorrow morning. That is it from us.
:27:28. > :27:39.Good evening. The weather story for the next few days is one of rising
:27:40. > :27:41.temperatures for all of you, but warming up does not necessarily
:27:42. > :27:44.correspond with completely blue skies, as I will show you. But at
:27:45. > :27:50.the moment crosser many parts of England and Wales it is sunny. One
:27:51. > :27:53.or two heavy showers in Northern Ireland and it will stay fairly
:27:54. > :28:03.cloudy and misty with hill fog across parts of Scotland overnight.
:28:04. > :28:05.A few spots of rain or drizzle, and one or two isolated showers in the
:28:06. > :28:08.far south-west, not the most, dry night. A bit fresher first thing in
:28:09. > :28:11.the morning, but most of you start the day the sunshine overhead, even
:28:12. > :28:13.if it is a little hazy side. A chance of showers drifting from
:28:14. > :28:18.south-west England. Even here, a lot of dry weather and brightening up in
:28:19. > :28:22.Scotland with isolated showers in the afternoon. Most of you having a
:28:23. > :28:25.dry day and temperatures already creeping up and turning increasingly
:28:26. > :28:29.humid across southern areas later, and that sets the scene at the start
:28:30. > :28:33.of the weekend. Warm and humid air pushing up from the continent, but
:28:34. > :28:36.trying to push it out the way, cooler air from the Atlantic, and
:28:37. > :28:40.where they meet, that is the recipe for some big thunderstorms. The
:28:41. > :28:43.story at the moment looks like central and western areas likely to
:28:44. > :28:47.see the storms during the first half of the day and as temperatures rise
:28:48. > :28:52.some very heavy thunderstorms further east. The storms could be
:28:53. > :28:57.torrential, but look at the chart, some big gaps there and some of you
:28:58. > :29:00.will stay dry through the day, so keep checking back with the forecast
:29:01. > :29:05.and do not write your day off by any means. It will be a humid day across
:29:06. > :29:11.the country, turning pressure, and the process involves the risk of a
:29:12. > :29:14.thunderstorm but they do clear out the way. Pleasant enough in the
:29:15. > :29:17.sunshine on Sunday, one or two isolated showers, but the most
:29:18. > :29:19.decent end to the weekend after a potentially stormy Saturday --
:29:20. > :29:25.foremost a decent end. That's all from the BBC News at Six.
:29:26. > :29:26.So it's goodbye from me,