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roy harrison, thank you. very lovely to meet you here.morning, you can watch it all live at bbc at 8:30 a:m.. back to reeta in london. wales's first minister vaughan gething has vowed to carry on after losing a confidence vote in the welsh parliament, the senedd, just 77 days after he took office. the welsh conservatives forced the vote after months of scrutiny about donations to mr gething's recent leadership campaign. the vote isn't binding, but it leaves him under significant pressure. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffith has the latest. consolation in a crisis. vaughan gething's friends were quick to comfort him after losing the vote on his leadership as first minister. ajob he insists he can still do. i am going to carry on doing my duty, i'm fiercely proud to be the first minister of wales and to have the opportunity to serve and lead my country. he's only been in the post since march, after winning the welsh labour leadership. vaughan gething. but the celebrations then didn't stop questions within labour over a £200,000 donation
roy harrison, thank you. very lovely to meet you here.morning, you can watch it all live at bbc at 8:30 a:m.. back to reeta in london. wales's first minister vaughan gething has vowed to carry on after losing a confidence vote in the welsh parliament, the senedd, just 77 days after he took office. the welsh conservatives forced the vote after months of scrutiny about donations to mr gething's recent leadership campaign. the vote isn't binding, but it leaves him under significant pressure. 0ur...
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roy harrison, thank you. very lovely to meet you here. thank you.ing at 8.30pm. time for a look at the weather now, and here's sarah keith—lucas. thank you. we have had some sunshine around out there today and we have had some showers as well. so the cloud has been building. in the sunshine it hasn't felt too bad. temperatures up in the high teens. but we have a bit of a chilly breeze. this is where the showers have been falling over recent hours and some very heavy and thundery, particularly in scotland, even some wintriness over higher ground. things will change, with high pressure building in and low pressure building in and low pressure to the north and that is driving in showers. we will continue to see more rain tonight. fading back to the north—west coasts. but also down across the midlands and wales and into cheshire, the cloud will thicken, bringing rain. mild for most of us. where we see the clear spells in northern england and eastern scotland, the temperatures may be a few degrees above freezing. tomorrow, the cloud in the south breaking
roy harrison, thank you. very lovely to meet you here. thank you.ing at 8.30pm. time for a look at the weather now, and here's sarah keith—lucas. thank you. we have had some sunshine around out there today and we have had some showers as well. so the cloud has been building. in the sunshine it hasn't felt too bad. temperatures up in the high teens. but we have a bit of a chilly breeze. this is where the showers have been falling over recent hours and some very heavy and thundery, particularly...
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roy harrison, who served with the royal navy, is one of them.a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. this morning, we started off with a lot of clout and outbreaks of rain in northern areas of the country. this was argyll and bute. a cold front moved through, taking the rain away and cheering the skies up. that cold front brought a significant drop in temperatures. look at edinburgh, 21 yesterday, today 14 degrees, well below average. you better get used to the chill because it will be with us for some time. overnight rain clears away, followed by showery conditions in northern and western areas. the lowest temperatures in the countryside in scotland could get down to one celsius. we have got this cold air mass to blame and that will be with us for the next few days. that will bring a mixture of sunshine and showers. the majority of showers will be in northern areas of the country with hail and thunderstorms, in scotland in particular, but temperatures are well below average for the time of year. further south, not so many showers, temperatu
roy harrison, who served with the royal navy, is one of them.a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. this morning, we started off with a lot of clout and outbreaks of rain in northern areas of the country. this was argyll and bute. a cold front moved through, taking the rain away and cheering the skies up. that cold front brought a significant drop in temperatures. look at edinburgh, 21 yesterday, today 14 degrees, well below average. you better get used to the chill because it will be with...
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roy harrison was among them, aged 18, on board a royal navy ship.e is. hello, roy. how are you doing? what a pleasure to meet you. slowly. nice cushion. so, roy, here comes the tea. thank you, phoeb. cheers. love you. immediately before d—day, you were in portsmouth — is that right? and what were you told? what were you told just before? nothing. we weren't told where we were going. we knew something was happening because we came down off the convoy and we ended up in portsmouth. and yourjob was to clear a path for the troops that were landing? yes, that's what the... yes. clearing a path almost for the troops, yeah, going ashore. and what was yourjob on the ship? what were you doing? ourjob was, well, they called it a nice name, an ado, an air defence officer. i was on the bridge and i was passing messages from gun positions and other positions on board the boat. what could you see from that position? what do you remember of what you could see? we could see everything. too much to describe. spitfires and hurricanes chasing the messerschmitts. and s
roy harrison was among them, aged 18, on board a royal navy ship.e is. hello, roy. how are you doing? what a pleasure to meet you. slowly. nice cushion. so, roy, here comes the tea. thank you, phoeb. cheers. love you. immediately before d—day, you were in portsmouth — is that right? and what were you told? what were you told just before? nothing. we weren't told where we were going. we knew something was happening because we came down off the convoy and we ended up in portsmouth. and...
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i've been speaking to 98—year—old roy harrison, who served as an air defence officer on hms diadem.t position? what do you remember of what you could see? we could see everything. too much to describe. spitfires and hurricanes chasing the messerschmitts. and seeing the men going ashore, wading through the water with their packs on their backs. some getting killed and... yeah, just floating there as well. those poor men in the water. i was up on the bridge and i could see it all, but i couldn't do anything. ijust carried out myjob, what i was doing, but i couldn't get in the water to help them or save them. they will always be in my memory. everyone, roy, watching this right now, will know that you did everything that you could and you were asked to do. and i appreciate this is upsetting for you, and i hope you understand that anyone listening to you tell your story, which is so important, will only make them understand more the significance of what you did in those days. do you want a sip of your tea? good idea, perhaps. feel like it's getting cold. cheers, phoebe. i've got one... t
i've been speaking to 98—year—old roy harrison, who served as an air defence officer on hms diadem.t position? what do you remember of what you could see? we could see everything. too much to describe. spitfires and hurricanes chasing the messerschmitts. and seeing the men going ashore, wading through the water with their packs on their backs. some getting killed and... yeah, just floating there as well. those poor men in the water. i was up on the bridge and i could see it all, but i...