to at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire.— in staffordshire.in staffordshire. to remember this pivotal part of world _ in staffordshire. to remember this pivotal part of world war - in staffordshire. to remember this pivotal part of world war ii - in staffordshire. to remember this pivotal part of world war ii and - pivotal part of world war ii and paid tribute to all those involved. the 6th ofjune 1944 paid tribute to all those involved. the 6th ofjune1944 was not only a military operation but provided that beacon of hope the allies needed. today we cherish the freedoms that so many that day fought and died to defend. and now, let us stand if you are able for the national anthem. thank you. # god save our gracious king. band plays this so we are keeping an eye on events they�* re this so we are keeping an eye on events they're both in staffordshire and in normandy with that international commemoratives service about to begin with president macron hosting, of course, the french president and joe biden is expected there very shortly as well. in

as well as a service of remembrance at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire, communitiesedy has been following the uk events — 80 years on. a lament at the end of a day of reflection. a prelude of sound before the vision of fiery symbolism. the cricket pitch in the village of hound in hampshire, lit up byjust one of the 800 beacons across the country set ablaze tonight. this final act of d—day commemoration laying down flickering light on the faces of those who came to remember. how moving have you found the lighting of the beacon tonight? it really makes you stop and think about what happened all the years ago. people sacrificed their lives and the war was very hard for a lot of people. the day had begun at the place set aside for britain's collective acts of wartime contemplation — the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire. veterans and families came to honour the fallen and pay homage to sacrifice. at the going down in the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. the long arc of time could not diminish for some the emotional grip of d—day. tonight, the act

set aside for britain's collective acts of wartime contemplation — the national memorial arboretum in staffordshireng, we will remember them. the long arc of time could not diminish for some the emotional grip of d—day. tonight, the acts of remembrance moved to britain's villages and towns, beacons of hope and peace. d—day 80 years on, an enduring power to conjure memories of loss and images of sacrifice in the pursuit of victory. duncan kennedy, bbc news. gareth southgate has the england manager gareth southgate announced his 26—man squad for the euros, which start in germany next week. jack greelish, harry maguire and james maddison are among those who haven't made the squad. england face iceland tomorrow at wembley in their final pre—tournament warm up game. it's hard to imagine a time previously in english football when they found that there disposable technically gifted players and left them out of the squad for a major tournament that is what has happened. tournament that is what has happened-— tournament that is what has happened. tournament that is what has ha ened. ., .,, happened. gareth

honounng cornwall to staffordshire.those whose actions changed the course of the second world war. lord snape , the king world war. lord snape, the king back in france at omaha beach , back in france at omaha beach, prince william and labour leader sir keir starmer joined more than 25 heads of state and veterans from around the world. his royal highness taking the opportunity to personally thank d—day heroes . d—day heroes. >> oh mia, mia, we're all here for you guys. >> the day's end came with the lighting of beacons nationwide, symbolising the unity and indelible bond forged on that fateful day . the lights shining fateful day. the lights shining bright in the gloom, a reminder that those we loved and lost will never, ever be forgotten . will never, ever be forgotten. ray addison gb news. >> and those beacons last night we're going to be talking, to the guy who organised the beacons and used to do it for her majesty. >> obe. yes, yes, we are fantastic. yes, look forward to that. >> bruno is a fantastic guy. he's reall

, i'm afraid in in staffordshire, i'm afraid do you not have those details?ng part. >> yeah, and appropriate because so many planes were involved in the d—day landings. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> i remember speaking just a couple of weeks ago to one of the d—day boys who who flew in by parachute and saying to him, you were you scared? and he said, he was 19. he said, i was too young and too stupid to be scared. yeah. >> there were 18,000 paratroopers and 11,000 aircraft. they took part on d—day itself . extraordinary. d—day itself. extraordinary. >> absolutely. i mean, parachuting into i mean , gun, parachuting into i mean, gun, machine gun fire, unexploded bombs , mines on the beach. it bombs, mines on the beach. it fraught for the parachutists , as fraught for the parachutists, as with everybody else. >> yeah, absolutely. and there were unfortunately more than 4400 allied deaths on d—day itself. amazing, 73,000 killed in the battle of the subsequent battle of normandy as well. that's allied deaths and 153,000 wounded. >> we've got kevin maguire here w

regiment , royal staffordshire regiment, but i don't know too much about him.nk that's something that he. >> he didn't really say a lot. i think he kept a lot of it inside. it'sjust it's think he kept a lot of it inside. it's just it's just the way they were doing it, and it was the way that it was. >> so many veterans that have spoken to this week have said that they've only started talking about their experience in the past few years because they know that they are some of they know that they are some of the very last. but it is a generation of great pride, isn't it? >> very. i'm very proud, very proud of every man that come to these beaches very proud. >> how important is it for you personally to be here in normandy? >> very important. i've come with 16 of us here today and that's paying our respects to our fallen . i'm so proud. our fallen. i'm so proud. >> yeah, i can see that. you're really . you're really moved by really. you're really moved by what you've seen here. >> yeah , i am moved. it's very >> yeah, i am moved. it's very sad. it is. >> it's so sa

staffordshire police retailers.taffordshire police has said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths of a woman and a man in hednesford. police opened a murder investigation after the bodies of 24 year old daniel duffield and 22 year old lauren evans were discovered in a property on tuesday afternoon. police say post—mortems have been carried out and the causes of death will be determined at an inquest , a of death will be determined at an inquest, a security guard accused of hatching a plan to kidnap, rape and murder the tv presenter, holly willoughby, has been giving evidence in court. placed under arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to kidnap you do not have to say anything, i ask you. >> listen. talk about doing something like gavin plumb told chelmsford crown court he's heartbroken, disgusted and shocked that his online chats about the alleged plot have come out. >> he says his dark discussions were massively regrettable , but were massively regrettable, but insisted the alleged plans we

taken place in the uk as well including a service of remembrance at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshirefor national reflection, where the country gathers to remember. today, it was where veterans and families came to honour the fallen, recognise service and pay homage to sacrifice. at the going down in the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. no tally of passing decades can erase the traumas of d—day, some of the veterans comforted instead by senior members of the royal family. the service ended with a fly—past, soaring above the gathering of those reflecting below. # we'll meet again... # tonight, the final acts of remembrance are moving to britain's villages and towns, places like hound in hampshire, symbolising the day by lighting beacons. in fact, more than 800 of these beacons will be lit tonight at 9:15pm — one final nationwide expression of hope and peace. the embers of fires drawing down on a day recalling loss, bravery and accomplishment. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire. later, i'll be talking to a 103—year—old veteran — a woman who mapped this coast line for a

taken place in the uk as well, including a service of remembrance at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire the country gathers to remember. today, it was where veterans and families came to honour the fallen, recognise service and pay homage to sacrifice. at the going down in the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. no tally of passing decades can erase the traumas of d—day, some of the veterans comforted instead by senior members of the royal family. the service ended with a fly—past, soaring above the gathering of those reflecting below. # we'll meet again...# tonight, the final acts of remembrance are moving to britain's villages and towns, places like hound in hampshire, symbolising the day by lighting beacons. in fact, more than 800 of these beacons will be lit tonight at 9:15pm — one final nationwide expression of hope and peace. the embers of fires drawing down on a day recalling loss, bravery and accomplishment. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire. let's get the weather now. hello, thanks forjoining me. it's been a day of sunshine and showers, with the most frequent sh

jack carson gb news, staffordshire .ffordshire. >> it's a disgrace what happened breaks your heart , doesn't it? breaks your heart, doesn't it? absolute disgrace when you look at those i know with harry farr, age unknown, but a lot of them. 19, 20. >> there's kids. >> there's kids. >> kids being shot because they, you know, didn't want to be there or had already shell shocked or whatever. >> whatever it was, i must say, inever >> whatever it was, i must say, i never really knew the derivation of the phrase, you know, so, so, so should be shot at dawn. but that is it. >> and it's a hideous , >> and it's a hideous, absolutely hideous, isn't it? >> so quite right. and thank you to all of you who donated. >> i think that's a lovely memorial as well. >> i think we should all i think everyone should. >> they were buried without a marked grave. >> why isn't that terrible? >> why isn't that terrible? >> whole thing's dreadful. yeah, right. okay, let's see if we can cheer ourselves up a little bit this morning. because it should

were other services of remembrance here in the uk, one of them at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshirelace set aside for national reflection, where the country gathers to remember. today, it was where veterans and families came to honour the fallen, recognise service and pay homage to sacrifice. at the going down in the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. no tally of passing decades can erase the traumas of d—day, some of the veterans comforted instead by senior members of the royal family. the service ended with a fly—past, soaring above the gathering of those reflecting below. # we'll meet again... tonight, the final acts of remembrance are moving to britain's villages and towns, places like hound in hampshire, symbolising the day by lighting beacons. in fact, more than 800 of these beacons will be lit tonight at 9:15pm — one final nationwide expression of hope and peace. the embers of fires drawing down on a day recalling loss, bravery and accomplishment. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire. there were 14,000 canadians who landed atjuno beach on june 6th, 1944. of thos

metro leads with a story about a paramedic and his girlfriend who have been found dead at their home in staffordshireestigation has been opened. workers at tata say they've been told the company will take steps to cease operations at the port talbot steel plant in south wales earlier than expected — next month — because of a planned strike by unite. around is—hundred workers are due to begin indefinite action over the firm's plans to cut thousands ofjobs. prince harry has been ordered to help explain to a court why messages between him and the ghostwriter of his book — "spare" — were deleted from the app, signal. the prince and dozens of other claimants are currently suing news group newspapers over claims of unlawful information—gathering tactics, including phone hacking. a lawyer for ngn accused him of having "deliberately destroyed" evidence potentially relevant to the case. the full trial for the hacking claims will begin injanuary. nasa has selected elon musk�*s spacex company to return the international space station to earth, at the end of its useful life. the california—based company will bui

the duke and duchess of edinburgh will join veterans at a royal british legion remembrance service in staffordshirehe duke and duchess of gloucester will meet veterans at a show at the royal albert hall in london. the prime minister has pledged to boost veterans benefits in an election offering. rishi sunak says he wants to make the uk the best place in the world to have served in the armed forces. place in the world to have served in the armed forces . the served in the armed forces. the policy pledge on the 80th anniversary of d—day includes reducing the price of the veterans railcard from £30 per year to £21 and extending the existing national insurance relief for employers who hire ex—military members . labour ex—military members. labour claims the tory record on veterans is shameful, and their election plans mean no change. but secretary of state for work and pensions mel stride says it's an important step forward . it's an important step forward. >> we are to be re—elected and there will be looking at further plans and strategic plans that there will be a duty on ministers to come forward wit

jack carson gb news, staffordshire . gb news, staffordshire. >> thank you so much, jack. you? i mean, just happened, can you? i mean, just like, you know, kids who are shell shocked, basically being shot by their own comrades . just shot by their own comrades. just awful. now lots of you have been getting your messages coming in. please do keep them coming in really, really good gbnews.com/yoursay i'm learning this all the time . i keep this all the time. i keep forgetting it. lots of you talking about football and i've lost your name now. i think it might have been alan, but, suggest gary lineker to replace, southgate as england manager. not sure how you feel about that one. do let us know. meanwhile, mel says. england players fatigued after playing up to 60 games of football. poor darlings , 60 minutes of 90 minutes over six months or so. these are supposed to be elite athletes who are pampered, trained by specialist coaches. the diets are second to none. don't you feel sorry for them? i'm getting the impression, mel, you probably don't, could a reason for poor performa

as you said, the england players left st george's park in staffordshire this morning.e prince of wales also the president of football association. and the players are now expected to arrive here in germany later this afternoon. they are staying in a five—star resort on the outskirts of the town. it has the sort of luxes that you would expect —— luxuries that you would expect with a swimming pool and golf courses. the owner of the resort said the german national team were jealous that england got this as their training base. they have some work to do after that disappointing defeat against iceland. but then be hopeful they're ready to go for their opening match on sunday. thank ou. a four—day inquest into the death of teenage motorcyclist, harry dunn, has started this morning. the 19—year—old was killed in a collision outside a us airbase in northampton in 2019. an american woman anne sacoolas, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving in 2022, but declined an invitation to attend the inquest in person. harry's mother charlotte charles said she remained deter

staffordshire police have said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths ofd lauren evans were discovered in a property in hednesford area on tuesday afternoon. police say post—mortems have been carried out and causes and the causes of the deaths will be determined at the deaths will be determined at the inquest . the inquest. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> well, here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pounds will buy you $1.2638 and ,1.1794. the price of gold is £1,844.09 per ounce, and the ftse 100 closed the day at 8164 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you very much, cameron. now, if you want to get in touch, simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay lie—in. i'll read out the best of your messages a little later in the show. i'm daubney on gb news, >> this election night, we're putting on a party, and you are invited. >> we'll be here with you, following all the twists and turns , as well as all the live turns, a

last summer, a similar lectern was stolen from a church in shenston in staffordshire, but later recovered the big winners of the night was british actor daniel radcliffe who took home best actor in a musical for his role in a revival of stephen sondheim�*s merrily we roll along. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. this week�*s looking a little bit drier and also a little bit warmer than it was last week. also worth mentioning today�*s pollen levels. they�*re very high across southern england, but generally moderate or high for much of the uk. and we�*re talking especially grass pollen. low pressure is still driving our weather. it has been all weekend. this weather front continuing to sink slowly southwards and weaken. but we�*re keeping an eye on the weather front on the near continent. it could affect us in the next couple of days. so for the northern half of the country as we go into the afternoon, it�*s a mixture of bright spells, sunshine and showers. a bit more cloud with some drizzle in western scotland and northern ireland. we could see some

well, matthew, we have just been out a pottery in _ just been out a pottery in staffordshire, we are opportunities for those who are at the end of school, in college, leaving, so keir starmer was addressing questions, he took questions all about housing, about university funding, about student loans and cost of living, all that sort of stuff. so he is wanting to focus on that, of course questions about last night's debate, he said he thought it went very well, and he was pretty pleased with it. and he is keen, as he was in his events that he was out, this idea that he frames as the conservative fighting a negative campaign, he says he is all about being the change candidate, the one who is talking about forming, you know, bringing reform to the nhs, the economy. so thatis reform to the nhs, the economy. so that is the turf you want to pitch this on as we go into the final stretch of the campaign. the event we are heading to now is a third of the day. tony hill is with ed davey, i am trying to work out what they are concentrating on today! —— jenny hill. it concentrating on today! --

a dog, which has been confirmed as a pitbull and staffordshire terrier.been sedated and removed from the scene by police . in other the scene by police. in other news, a man has been sentenced to a minimum of 22 years in jail for the murder of a former fettes college biology teacher in 2022. paul mcnaughton admitted to luring 75 year old peter coshan to a flat in leith, using a fake profile on a gay dating app before killing him. mcnaughton, along with his 65 year old flatmate paul black, then concealed the body for days before dumping it in a layby in northumberland and sir rod stewart appeared to be booed dunng stewart appeared to be booed during a performance in germany after he showed support for ukraine. the singer wore a blue sparkly jacket with an image of the ukrainian flag projected behind him as he performed his 1991 hit rhythm of my heart, which he describes as a war song. but sir rod's show of support provoked loud booing from many in the city of leipzig. it comes after germany reportedly vetoed an eu plan to apply fresh sanctions on russia's

i mean, a fantastic park here in burton on trent, which is in staffordshire.we're saying it's such a fantastic, beautiful day that we thought we'd better get out. with the river trent in the background, as well as doing a bit of the pubuc as well as doing a bit of the public service and getting that message out there that the pubuc message out there that the public health authorities think that it's now hot enough. we now have enough warm weather that we should be warning people, particularly those vulnerable ones, about those risks . ones, about those risks. >> good enough will stay careful and at the same time enjoy the day. well, thank you very much indeed.thank day. well, thank you very much indeed. thank you, we've got beverley and we've got andrew. britain's newsroom at half past nine. what's tickling your fancy today? well, this new set is rather tickling my fancy. >> my first day back. marvellous day. snake. i tell you what. >> sticking my fancy. her ex—husband. have you pardon the expression, because he said what? a lot of tories are saying that the t

that because obviously they've just reopened the shot at dawn memorial at the national arboretum in staffordshirestand our, our mistakes. >> and we featured we featured the story of a lady who asked her parents or her mum or something, what what did granddad serve in the war? >> and she wouldn't say. the family had hushed it up because actually, yes, he'd been conscripted, but he'd ended up being shot at dawn, and it was something of which to be terribly ashamed at the time. and not given a proper grave ehheni and not given a proper grave either. i mean, you can't believe it now, can you? >> if you get a moment, just have a look. watch at the film. yeah, it really is gripping. i went to the arboretum. i went to that shot at dawn memorial. it is eerie. it is at the far east and somewhere the sunrise is. it's right where it's placed . it's right where it's placed. those 306 stakes, it breaks your heart, doesn't it? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and what i did, i pulled out a few names from that, and we. and we looked into who they were as human beings, as people. and, and we tried to give them a voice as we

also, in staffordshire, it is a fine start. a fair bit of sunshine.of the drizzle in the north and later, a weatherfront across the north west will introduce cloud, stronger winds and rain. before that, these are the temperatures we expect. i! in the north, 22 in the south, feeling pleasant if you are going to queen's club all royal ascot. as we head over night, clearing skies across england and wales. the weather front makes progress in scotland and northern ireland. introducing cloud, light rain, which will weaken. the overnight lows, 8—ii. cold if you are in the countryside. tomorrow we start with the weather front across scotland and northern ireland, producing cloud, light rain. in the south, more cloud. you could catch a shower. that will be the exception rather than the rule. temperature is 13-23 rather than the rule. temperature is 13—23 so up on today. beyond that we have a weather front very close to the south—east that could produce showers. and then we have another weather front on friday across the north west. if you get the showers they

last summer, a similar lectern was stolen from a church in shenston in staffordshire, but later recovered and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'mjim wheble. around one firearm every day is being seized from london's streets — with gangs fuelling what's being described as a "vicious cycle of violence". the met says serious gun violence is at a 15—year low but recognises more needs to be done. over the past few weeks, they've been carrying out raids as part of a two—year operation to tackle violent crime. these offenders are exploiting young people and vulnerable children and causing misery to the communities of westminster and surrounding boroughs. and this is all part of our new met for london strategy to make their life difficult and to remove the weapons from circulation. and each one of those firearms for me is a murder saved and a life saved. so that's really, really important. young people who live in hillingdon in west london are being invited to apply for a bursary to help them achieve their dreams. it was set up in memory of tashan daniel, who died afte

last summer, a similar lectern was stolen from a church in shenston in staffordshire, but later recoveredill start to build and quieten things down. there are some weather fronts threatening into the far north—west but on the whole it will not be too bad a start to wednesday. temperatures widely into double digits, the exception being the far north and east of scotland. a relatively mild start and a quiet one with some sunny spells. winds will remain light and it'll feel quite pleasant with some shelter. clouding over with sharia bricks of rain gradually pushing into north—west scotland and may be the northern isles. here, still the temperatures struggling a little at 1a. we could see highs of 18 in eastern scotland, 21 or 22 once again. as we move towards the end of the week, we still continue to see weather fronts toppling across the ridge of high pressure, squeezing it out of the way. but it's not all doom and gloom. we are likely to see more on the way of drier weather than we have of late and it will be just a little bit warmer but there is a risk of a front bringing us light rain as

joining me from stoke is anna whitaker — staffordshire political reporter.at play where you are? it is what you would probably — play where you are? it is what you would probably call— play where you are? it is what you would probably call a _ play where you are? it is what you would probably call a rural- would probably call a rural constituency, just a% of people here work in a city and it has beautiful towns and market towns and villages like where i am, the tempered buildings. traditionally in general elections this is a safe tory seat. they had a majority of almost 25,000 here in 2019. this time around it is a very hard—fought contest. to clear issues are coming up on the doorstep at the moment. the nhs in particular the state of dentistry and the environment, rivers. 0n the nhs, in the whole of herefordshire in recent years there has been a real black and complete shortage of nhs dental places and that has left families with a dilemma, either travel out of county four hours to get nhs treatment or pay private or go without. the state of children's teet

now the national arboretum memorial, worrisome star again, the national memorial arboretum in staffordshireourse, and is where we remember the people who have given their lives for this country. a home and security editor, mark white, is there for us today. mark, welcome to the show. massively emotional event on both sides of the channel. just incredible scenes of serenity now in normandy. in vast contrast to what would have been happening 80 years ago, painted a picture of what's going on at the national memorial arboretum . national memorial arboretum. >> well, this is, of course, an event that is hosted by the royal british legion . and they royal british legion. and they always put on a very emotional and poignant event. and we were joined here by 26 of those veterans. i heard you speaking with ellie and talking about how the youngest veteran was 97. well, according to the british legion , they had a 96 year old legion, they had a 96 year old d—day veteran here. and of course, you do some quick calculations and you think he couldn't possibly have served? he would only have been 16, but