i thought, you'd think they'd get out of the water and come out and join me where i am. no. they was dead — dead. 75 years ago, more than 100,000 troops boarded almost 5,000 vessels in ports and harbours all over good morning and welcome the south coast of england. to a special edition of breakfast 5june was the original with me dan walker, as we mark the 75th anniversary date of d—day. wind and bad weather meant of the d—day landings. our headlines today: a delay for 2h hours. nonetheless, across the channel, the raf continued bombardment. the queen will be joined the softening up of german defences here in portsmouth by theresa may, along a broad stretch of coast... president trump, and other world bridges and airfields destroyed leaders, to commemorate the allied invasion of nazi—occupied france. in readiness for what would be the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning throughout the programme we'll be hearing from the heroes of d—day, of the end of the war. veterans who are now the number of d—day veterans is now over 90 years old. down to the hundreds. today's events will be one we really didn't think about the of the last opportunities to commemorate those who liberated danger, we knew we had a job to do europe from nazi rule. and if anything happened to us that was hardluck.

we'll be live all morning we'll be on board a specially from portsmouth where the queen, prince charles and president trump chartered ship to see families willjoin veterans to commemorate relive the journey of those the bravery of those who helped to liberate europe. who took part in d—day. we cannot comprehend what these but for now let's go to ben, in the breakfast studio, for the rest of the day's news. ladies and gentlemen did to us to in other news, it's the last day give us ourfreedom. of the us president donald trump's state visit to the uk. following this morning's d—day commemorations, he will travel to ireland inaudible. for a bilateral meeting with irish premier, leo varadkar. last night the president and first lady, melania trump, elsewhere this morning, in sport, hosted a dinnerfor the prince history forjohanna konta. she's through to the semi of wales and the duchess of cornwall finals of the french open, the furthest any british woman has at the american ambassador's reached at roland garros residence in london. in more than 35 years. three in five mps say their constituents are suffering because of cuts to the care system that supports older, or disabled people in england. a poll carried out for a coalition good morning from portsmouth. we are of health organisations, in the d—day map room, and this is says the local authority—run care the actual map used to plan the system needs to be fixed. here's our social affairs d—day invasion. today's forecast, for scotland and northern ireland it will be wet. england and, drier and correspondent, alison holt. brighter with a few showers. i will have more on that in 15 minutes. you're here to take

you to lavender with 0wen. good morning. it's wednesday the 5th ofjune. june chapman is 88, and her husband, 0wen, is 96. the queen will be joined we first met them as their care home by theresa may and president trump was closing because it was outdated, here in portsmouth this morning for a national event commemorating and council fees didn't cover costs. the 75th anniversary of d—day. it was on this day in 191m that the go—ahead was given to liberate nazi—occupied france. i won't forget you. for the family, the invasion, which involved it is a worrying time. thousands of allied boats we thought we'd found and planes, took place the next the care home from heaven, day, the 6th ofjune. the support here, the carers here. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been and we understand the situation — that they have to shut the care home. looking ahead to today's events. i just hope and pray that this is going to be the last in the shadow of the vast change for them. portsmouth naval memorial, southsea, and is being searched and made secure. like many, the couple are caught in a confusing system. a three—year—old spaniel they have to move care home. trying to find explosives. their flat is also being sold to pay for their care. behind the steel fence, the queen, the prime minister, they spent seven years bouncing between being state—funded president trump and other heads and funding themselves. this is your new home. of state will be here to commemorate d—day, 75 years on. it's a caring rollercoaster. 99—year—old ron cross, it's a financial rollercoaster, and bobjones, who is 94, among the veterans being honoured. and it takes it out of you. we didn't think about the danger.

families need to know what to expect we know we had a job to do, when they care for their relatives in the future. and if anything happened to us, how to access care, that was hard luck. how to access funds. i did what they said. i crept up the beach. it is a worry that won't go away. i thought, what's all when we next saw the couple, these people around me? 00:03:16,172 --> 2147483051:38:22,801 they're in the water — 2147483051:38:22,801 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 what are they doing in the water? they had settled well, but 0wen has since died. the government says it has put extra money into the care system, and published plans for reforming social care at the earliest opportunity. you can see more on this in the second of a two—part panorama programme. it's called ‘care in crisis: who pays?‘ it's on bbc one at nine o'clock tonight. campaigners will head to the high court this morning for a judicial review into how the government raised the retirement age for women from 60 to 66. (tx the "back to 60" group says that around four million women, who were born in the 1950s, were not given enough time to prepare for the changes. the government says the rise was "clearly communicated".

it makes me feel language, put upon. this woman, an ambulance driver in margate, had little more than a yea r‘s margate, had little more than a year's noticed that she wouldn't get the pension she banked on at 60, but instead she has to wait for 66. we would all love the money we are owed. iam probably would all love the money we are owed. i am probably owed something like 49,000 owed. i am probably owed something like 19,000 by the time i get to 66. i can't see that happening. i would like some sort of compensation if we don't get that. it is sex discrimination, they will tell the court. i don't mind equal pension ages, but they don't like the way they are being brought in. the group that has brought this judicial review is demanding repayment of all the pension that women born in the 19505 the pension that women born in the i950s are missing out on, arguing that the speed of the change and what they call the lack of warnings has left millions disadvantaged. the government says it decided more than

20 years ago that it was going to make the state pension age the same for men and women as a long overdue move towards gender equality, and this has been clearly communicated. but she feels too many realised too late that they would have years without a pension. arcadia, the fashion empire owned by sir philip green, faces a make—or—break vote over its future later today. (tx creditors will meet to decide whether to approve a restructuring deal — that will see the closure of 20 stores and a reduction in rent on around 50 others. the company, which owns brands like topshop and miss selfridge and employs around 18—thousand staff, could go into administration if the deal is rejected. you're up to date with this morning's main stories. sally is here with the sport.

remember yesterday we were sitting talking aboutjohanna remember yesterday we were sitting talking about johanna konta's remember yesterday we were sitting talking aboutjohanna konta's new coach? it is really working. brilliant from johanna konta, who has made history at the french open. she's the first british woman in more than 35 years to reach the semi—finals at roland garros. she did it by playing near—perfect tennis, beating american sloane stephens in straight sets. in the men's semi finals rafael nadal and roger federer will play each other for the 39th time in their careers. nadal‘s after his 12th title in paris and beat kei nishikori in the quarters, while federer beat fellow swiss stan wawrinka. anthonyjoshua will have the chance to avenge his shock loss to andy ruinunior in november or december. he's triggered a rematch clause to try to win back the three heavyweight world titles he lost. and england have arrived in france ahead of the women's world cup. the tournament kicks off on friday, and the lionesses play scotland in nice on sunday —

the scots fly out today. i can't wait for that, it will be a really exciting few days. let's take a look at today's front pages, and president trump's three—day state visit continues to dominate the news agenda. he's labelled as "meddling" by the sun, which says he ignored diplomatic protocol by publicly singling out boris johnson, jeremy hunt and michael gove in the conservative leadership race. the president's comments about labour leader jeremy corbyn made the front page of the guardian, which also shows a huge photo of the donald trump "baby blimp" outside parliament. borisjohnson's pitch to be the next prime minister is the lead in the daily telegraph, which reports on his warning that delaying brexit again would leave

the conservative party facing "extinction". and the times says that mrjohnson's campaign has been further boosted by the backing of three moderate tory mps. it says a trio of younger "rising stars" have declared their support. let's delve inside the papers. on the back page of the times this morning, many papers have similar images, joanna concho hitting new heights. 0ne commentator said she was unbeatable yesterday, and she really was playing her best tennis. she became the first british woman —— johanna konta to she became the first british woman ——johanna konta to go she became the first british woman —— johanna konta to go this far in the french open. another interesting

story, arsenal are looking to bring back freddie long burke. —— llungberg. he has been back and forward to arsenal a bit but is looking to make a return. 0n the football theme again, on the back page of the mail, raheem sterling's pr agency is claiming he will captain england in tomorrow's nations league final against holland. will that mean gareth southgate is planning to leave out harry kane? we saw him play in the champions league final for totte n ha m , champions league final for tottenham, was he 100% fit? it is debatable. he didn't have the best game. it will be very interesting if raheem sterling, who we have seen mature in the spotlight over the last year or so, if he potentially ca pta i ns last year or so, if he potentially captains england tomorrow. speaking

of stars, there is a great story here, they talk about whether you can plot whether you can work out whether a celebrity is going to be a film star. they have thrown data at it. one hit wonder, all rising star, they say. an algorithm can work out ifan they say. an algorithm can work out if an actor will find success and at what point in their lives. so, jane lynch finding success in her 40s. mccauley colgan a child star, matthew mcconaughey having quite a lot of success halfway through his career “— lot of success halfway through his career —— mccauley culkinis it about what films they have appeared in first? it is about what audiences want, what they have done. they basedit want, what they have done. they based it on a survey of people working out what they want to see in the cinema. this great story in the

mirror, this is about colin, who is 99, britain's oldest crime fighter. he works at cctv hq, he has a beady eye on people all around the country. a pretty toughjob, but loving it, at 99. we were talking about retirement age on the programme this morning. 99! good on you,:. programme this morning. 99! good on you, :. thank programme this morning. 99! good on you,:. thank you, sally. let's return to the d—day commemorations getting under way today to mark the 75th anniversary, and despite months of planning and meticulous preparation ahead of d—day, it all came down to the weather. carol is at southwick house, near portsmouth, where the decision to go ahead was taken. carol, good morning. the decision to go ahead with these was made where you are and the weather did play a pretty crucial

role, didn't it? it most certainly did, and what an honour it is to be here, too, because we are actually in the d—day map room, if i get out of the way you can see it in its glory. this is the one that was actually used, and we are in the house, as you said, where general eisenhower took the decision to launch the d—day invasion. the invasion was originally planned for the fifth of june, invasion was originally planned for the fifth ofjune, but the decision was taken here to postpone it for 2h hours after group captain predicted bad weather. it has been called the most important weather forecast of all time, and if you look at the detail on that map, where everything is positioned, it was so intricate, so specific, and as i mentioned, james stagg was responsible for advising general eisenhower, who made the call to postpone the invasion until the sixth ofjune, when the weather was better. but even then, the weather was still not

particularly good, and the weather had to be taken into account for air, fourcand had to be taken into account for air, four c and for land. so it wasn't a simple case of it is going to bea wasn't a simple case of it is going to be a moonlit night, things are going to be calm, that wasn't the case at all —— for sea. i will talk to you about that this morning and speak to our guests who know a lot more about it than i do. so the weather on five june wasn't particularly brilliant. today on the south coast it is not too bad at all, for many parts of england and wales the forecast is a dry and sunny wales the forecast is a dry and sunny one wales the forecast is a dry and sunny one with a few showers. but we do have some rain, heavy and persistent rain at that, across scotla nd persistent rain at that, across scotland and also northern ireland. the reason for this is low pressure is dominating our weather. you can on the pressure chart rain that came north still very much with us across scotla nd north still very much with us across scotland and northern ireland. breezy as well along the south coast, with a few showers across north—west wales. they will tend to ease as we go through the day. through the day the rain on the north will tend to drift towards the

north—west. but also these areas of cloud this morning, we will see the cloud this morning, we will see the cloud thin and break and some sunny skies develop, but as temperatures rise that could spark off some showers and later the cloud could thicken across the south—east as the next area of low pressure starts to arrive. temperatures tend to 20 degrees, 20 in any sunshine in the south and south—east. as we head on through the evening and overnight, the low pressure heading north, the new one coming in from southern england, like it will scoot up from the north sea, clipping east anglia and lincolnshire with a few showers but getting ensconced across northern scotland. not a particular cold night, we could see a bit of missed forming but that won't last too long into tomorrow morning. so tomorrow we will have that rain, especially across the north of scotland, where it is likely to be heavy and persistent once again. move away from the north of scotland, and for many it will be not a bad day. once again we will see some sunshine, and also some showers developing. and then, as we head on into friday, we have another

area of low pressure coming our way. again coming in from the south. moving northwards, this one looks like it is going to pack a bit more ofa like it is going to pack a bit more of a punch. it will bring some stronger winds, gusty winds, of a punch. it will bring some strongerwinds, gusty winds, up of a punch. it will bring some stronger winds, gusty winds, up to 50 mph, along the south coast, and heavy rain with the risk of localised flooding stop so it is something that we are keeping a very close eye on. and of course, if you are under that band of rain it will feel that it cooler. back to you. —— that it cooler. good morning to you for the first time, we had a few technical issues but we are in portsmouth. it will be a very busy day right across the bbc. let me explain exactly what you can see behind me here. we are by the southsea memorial, which remembers all those who were lost in the wars on the sea, 10,000 in world war i, 15,000 in world war ii. this large stage has been erected, a spitfire in front of it and you can see those

black and white stripes on the back of the spitfire, those are known as invasion stripes. every single aircraft which took part in d—day, thousands of aircraft, they were painted in black and white stripes to make you know that they were taking part in the invasion and to try and avoid the friendly fire. there will be a whole list of dignitaries here today, the queen, president trump, mr trudeau of canada, the australian prime minister, angela merkel of germany. a number of world leaders, and they will bejoined by a number of world leaders, and they will be joined by 300 veterans who are arriving here in portsmouth as well this morning. we will be speaking to a number of veterans, historians, the broadcaster dan snow will be with us as well and we will be trying to reflect on those momentous events 75 years ago. let me tell you a little bit of information about what is happening throughout the day. they will be joining the queen and president donald trump and other dignitaries at a special event here in southsea. it will culminate with a special fly—past, where some of the original

planes used during d—day willjoin the red arrows display team. later this evening, veterans will board a ship to normandy especially chartered by the royal british legion, repeating the voyage they took 75 years ago. let's hear now from our correspondent robert hall, who sent this report from on board the ship, called the boudicca. jim grant's d—day began on board a landing craft, lumbering through the surf towards normandy beaches. 75 years older, he was afloat again, guest of the royal marines on a windswept ride across the harbour. it took us about four times as long to get around that. the boudicca's arrival in poole gave the 300 veterans and their companions a taste of what was to come, on both sides of the channel. it makes you feel so proud, and yet so humble at the same time. you feel humble?

imagine how i feel. i don't deserve to be here! they are the heroes of the day, just everything that we're celebrating now. yeah, really, really excited to be a part of this, and to be with my dad, and have memories that i can keep forever. 0n the quayside, men who stumbled their way down with weapons and equipment, men who had supplied the bridgehead examined the tools of modern warfare. oh, my goodness! oh, i couldn't have run with that! laughs. the excitement among veterans was infectious. men in their 90s scrambling to get in on the action. quite a quitea gun quite a gun there. some could not quite believe they were here. i wanted to come here but i thought, i can't past it, i can't do that. he didn't think he would make another voyage, but he did.

we can't comprehend what these ladies and gentlemen did for us to give us our freedom. we have no — no comprehension. this is a really cool badge! not far away, curiosity of a different kind. how did you win all your medals? it's a humbling experience to hear what they remember so clearly, and to then remember what that did for the rest of all of our lives thereafter. so they're amazing people and it's a real privilege to meet them here today. back on the water, 95—year—old june denby, who served as a driver. she landed in normandy via the huge artificial harbour codenamed mulberry. i had a humber low—slung limousine to carry the people from london, et cetera, generals and colonels and things that came out. and i lost my exhausts on the mulberry habour. for three days, the veterans have shared their stories... twin brothers, in the same regiment.

..forgotten their health worries, and grown closer to family and companions. well, often — i can still beat him. today, the focus shifts to the port where many of these men boarded ships in 19114. but boudicca's veterans believe it is their duty to be here and to remember. this is the first of two very long and busy days for veterans on board the boudicca. after leaving the ship they will head down southsea common and that this morning. then a of them will meet president trump and them will meet president trump and the queen. many more will be able to chat to world leaders and other vips at their lunch reception. later this afternoon, back to the ship for a departure through the naval port and out to portsmouth‘s pier, where

thousands will be watching to bid them farewell, then out to the solent for a convoy of ships from the royal navy. and fittingly, at the royal navy. and fittingly, at the end of this day of remembrance, there will be a pause. a moment of silence and reflection before we up anchors again and head across the channel to the normandy beaches. it is amazing to think, isn't it, the journey that those men were on 75 yea rs journey that those men were on 75 years ago. robert hall reporting there. we will be based here, live in portsmouth at the southsea memorial and all of last week we have been asking you to send photos and m essa g es of asking you to send photos and messages of members of your family who were involved or connected to what took place 75 years ago on d—day. thank you so much to some of you who have been sending those. this is bill lake of the royal corps of signals. he landed atjuno beach alongside canadian forces. this picture sent in by his

son richard shows bill between winston churchill and field marshal montgomery. that one has come in, also we have this. jim stubbings was a paratrooper in the yorkshire regiment. as a new recruit, he did 15 training jumps, and his 16thjump was on d—day into normandy. his granddaughter louise marr sent in the photo. keep those coming in, it would be lovely to see some of your memories of d—day, 75 years on, as well. jim was one of those thousands of men who arrived in france by air, and as you read through some of the statistics and things that happened on d—day, there is an amazing resource on the bbc website. i will be telling you about that throughout the morning as well. 0nly be telling you about that throughout the morning as well. only 50% of those paratroopers who landed in france were in exactly the right

place. so there were some mistakes made that day, it didn't all go according to plan, but ultimately it was an amazing success. it is very humbling, i think, and was an amazing success. it is very humbling, ithink, and hopefully was an amazing success. it is very humbling, i think, and hopefully you will be able to take part in that as well, to think about what exactly happened, here and in many places across the uk, 75 years ago. as we look across to our left you can see the isle of wight. if you can imagine the fifth ofjune, the day before d—day, there were 2700 ships on the south side of the isle of wight, the bulk of the armada, ready to head off for france. as carol was telling us, it was meant to be today, the fifth was meant to be d—day, but the weather postponed it by 21! hours. those men stayed in those boats an entire day, and at around 5am on d—day they set sail for the french coast, they set sail for the french coast, they set sail for the french coast, they set sail for the beaches of normandy. and we will be reflecting on what they achieved in those events 75 years ago throughout the morning on brea kfast. but it's time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. schools across the capital should all go sugar—free by 2022, under new recommendations from politicians at city hall. the london assembly health committee says more than a quarter of five—year—olds in the capital suffer from tooth decay. that is higher than the national average. it also says every child should see a dentist by the age of one, and that schools should supervise teeth brushing. the number of vacancies in the health service across the capital is on the rise, according to london's labour group. it says nhs data shows there were more than 17,000 job vacancies advertised in the first three months of this year, more than 1,000 more than the previous quarter. it partly blames the government's handling of brexit, as well as public sector pay caps. the department for health says nhs staffing in london has increased by 26,000 in the last nine years. tributes will be paid today to the thousands of british

servicemen who lost their lives 75 years ago as part of commemorations of the d—day landings. among those taking part is jim radford. he is a veteran from lewisham who has released a song about his experiences in normandy to raise money for a memorial. #0n # 0n the sixth ofjune in the year of 44... # 0n the sixth ofjune in the year of 1m. .. well, # 0n the sixth ofjune in the year of 44... well, i think it's important to remember those 22,000 men who didn't come back, and i think all of us, all the normandy vetera ns, think all of us, all the normandy veterans, feel that way. and those men deserve to be remembered. let's take a look at the travel situation now. first the tube. that is all looking good. no reported problems so far this morning on any of those lines there. 0n the roads, well, this is the a13. as you can see, we've got the usual delays building up heading into central london. as you might expect, we still have security in place for president trump's visit, so in regents park, the outer circle remains closed behind london central mosque outside of the american

ambassador‘s residence. and in south london, in kenley, there are temporary traffic lights on the a22 godstone road. time for the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a lovely, bright start out there this morning. plenty of sunshine. a bit of patchy cloud around, and we will notice as we head further through the day the cloud will start to thicken. so enjoy the sunshine this morning. that cloud increasing through the afternoon. still going to feel quite warm, though, today, despite the cloud, temperatures getting up to around 19, maybe even 20 celsius. and, at least for the daytime, it should stay dry. as we head into the evening, however, that's when the risk of a shower increases, and into the first part of the night. still some clear spells around, though, as we had through to dawn tomorrow morning. minimum temperature between eight and 11 celsius, so again quite a mild night. as we head into thursday, another bright start. plenty of sunshine around tomorrow, temperature similar. 19, maybe 20

celsius, but it is all change for friday. it is going to feel that little bit cooler, the wind will start to strengthen and we will see some heavy rain arriving. and that continues overnight friday and into saturday morning. there's more from me in around half an hour. do remember you can also check out our website for more news, travel and weather. that is at the usual address, bbc.co.uk/london, or you can tune into bbc radio london. bye for now. we're bringing you a special programme to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day invasion. in a few minutes we'll be going back to dan in portsmouth, where commemorations will be taking place today. first, here's a summary of the news. the queen will be joined by the prime minister theresa may and president trump in portsmouth this morning to commemorate the 75th anniversary of d—day. the invasion, which involved thousands of allied boats and planes, was the largest military operation ever attempted. it marked the start of the campaign to liberate nazi—occupied europe. senior figures from every country

that fought alongside the uk are attending today's events. it's the last day of president trump's state visit to the uk. following this morning's d—day commemorations, he will travel to ireland for a meeting with the irish prime minister. last night the president and the first lady, melania trump, hosted a dinnerfor the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall at the american ambassador's residence in london. borisjohnson, the conservative mp and frontrunner to replace theresa may as prime minister, has said the party faces extinction if it fails to deliver brexit by the end of october. he made the comment at a hustings debate with other leadership contenders in westminster last night. housing minister kit malthouse and brexit ministerjames cleverly have pulled out of the contest, leaving 11 still in the running.

campaigners will head to the high court this morning for a judicial review into how the government raised the retirement age for women from 60 to 66. (tx the "back to 60" group says that around four million women, who were born in the 1950s, were not given enough time to prepare for the changes. the government says the rise was "clearly communicated". three in five mps say their constituents are suffering because of cuts to the care system that supports people who are older or disabled in england. that's according to a poll carried out by a coalition of health organisations who say the local authority—run care system needs to be fixed. the government says it has put extra money into the system and will publish plans for reforming social care at the earliest opportunity. a former security officer at a florida school has been charged with failing to confront a gunman who killed 17 students and members of staff. surveillance footage showed scot peterson standing outside the marjory stoneman douglas

high school as the shooting took place on valentine's day last year, but he did not go inside. arcadia, the fashion empire owned by sir philip green, faces a make—or—break vote over its future later today. creditors will meet to decide whether to approve a restructuring deal that will see the closure of 20 stores and a reduction in rent on around 50 others. the company, which owns brands like topshop and miss selfridge and employs around 18,000 staff, could go into administration if the deal is rejected. you are up—to—date with the main stories, but sally is here with the sport, and it is all aboutjohanna konta. it is! everybody said she would have to be at the top of her game to beat sloane stephens, and she was!

johanna konta is on a roll at the french open. she's made history — the first british women in more than 35 years to reach the semi—finals. and she did it by playing near perfect tennis in the quarters, asjoe wilson reports. the courts of paris are play, but they are like a motorway if you serve like this. johanna konta overpowered sloane stephens, 6—1 in the first set. another break. whatever lies on the surface of the court, it is what lurks in the players‘ that matters. when 0conto was certain every point was gettable, every point winnable. sloane stephens chased and mist. johanna konta 118 consecutive points on her own serve in the second set. her opponent, a former grand slam champion, was out of ideas. because she could make the tennis ball do anything. 6—4 the set finished, and johanna konta even spotted that sloane stephens‘ final serve was

out. the umpire checked and agreed. someone is going to wind the french 0pen — why shouldn‘t it be her? the men‘s semi—finals will have a familiar feel to them as roger federer will play rafael nadal for a 39th time in their careers. federer beat his fellow swiss stan wawrinka, whilst nadal beat kei nishikori from japan. anthonyjoshua‘s going to get the chance to win back the three world heavyweight titles he lost at the weekend. he suffered one of the biggest shocks in the history of the sport when he lost to andy ruinunior, and joshua has triggered a rematch clause in their contract. he‘s also adressed rumours about his preparation for that fight. i had no panic attack, like, i‘m not that kind of person. you know me. and what i‘m going to keep on saying is that i have to take my loss like a man. no blaming anyone or anything. i‘m the one who went in

there to perform and my performance didn‘t go to plan. my game plan didn‘t go to plan. my game plan didn‘t go to readjust, analyse, do my best to correct it, and get the job done. a lot of people speculating on what went wrong for him. he said there was no panic attack, because there was no panic attack, because there was a rumour that he panicked in the days running up to the fight. but you can see him there saying that is not the case. the iaaf says that it will seek a swift ruling to prevent caster semenya from competing without medication. they say the court‘s ruling was made without its knowledge so it didn‘t have a chance to defend its rules. scotland fly out to france later for the women‘s world cup where they‘ll play england in their first match on sunday. the lionnesses arrived at their hotel in nice yesterday. before setting off for france they were wished luck with a series of posters across the country

with messages from their family, friends and in some cases old teachers as well. that‘s a lovely idea. 0ne that‘s a lovely idea. one of the girls there, you can see a message from a brother. 0ne girls there, you can see a message from a brother. one of them had a fantastic message from her home town, but i can‘t exactly repeat the words, but basically it said, don‘t be rubbish. a lot of the time that support sends you on your way. that is happening back home. we will have more from the scotland camp coming up more from the scotland camp coming up in the next couple of days. it was 75 years ago today that the decision was taken to go ahead with the invasion of nazi—occupied france, dan‘s in southsea, in portsmouth, where commemorations will be taking place throughout the day.

loads install, you can see the stage is set, a spitfire in front of the stage. this is all about marking the 75th anniversary of d—day, which is the sixth ofjune. it was meant to be the fifth ofjune until the weather changed things. more from carol coming up as well, but here is quite a lineup of special guests. it is the largest collection of world leaders. it has been in the uk since the olympics in 2012 —— the largest collection of world leaders who have beenin collection of world leaders who have been in the uk... the australian pm, justin trudeau of canada, angler michael, donald trump — they will be joined by 300 veterans, many who

have made that trip 75 years ago. quite an emotionaljourney, i would imagine. i would like to bring you andrew whitmarsh, a historian. we are on andrew‘s lawn today, because your place of work is just at the end of the southsea here, so we have taken over your garden, as it were. tell us about the centrality of portsmouth to that d—day activity. this was an important hub, wasn‘t it? there were things happening all along the south coast, but one of the key things is that the allied command was at southwark house. the naval base, the dockyard here, they played a really important role in supplying the fleet. north of the

city there were loads of camps whether troops waited four before coming down to load up. and between portsmouth and the isle of wight the sea was portsmouth and the isle of wight the sea was full of ships. 0nce portsmouth and the isle of wight the sea was full of ships. once that loaded at southhampton and in the new forest as well as portsmouth. 0nce new forest as well as portsmouth. once the troops were loaded on they would be waiting out in the solent sometimes for several days. sometimes the troops were quite fed up sometimes the troops were quite fed up with being cooped up on the ships. as we look across, we can see a couple of ships. that is the isle of wight, but if you had been looking over their 75 years ago that would have been packed with vessels? yes, people who saw it often say it looked like you could walk from the mainland the isle of wight going from ship to ship. there were hundreds of ships out there, an amazing site. local people who lived in the area and woke up on the sixth ofjune, when they in the area and woke up on the sixth of june, when they looked in the area and woke up on the sixth ofjune, when they looked out over that, over the solent, and saw there we re that, over the solent, and saw there were no ships left, that is one of

the moments when local people said they knew it was d—day, because they had gone. that is very important, because the secrecy around the planning is key. people who lived he needed a permit to come here to get to their places of work or their homes from august the previous year, to make sure the secret didn‘t get out. secrecy and security were very important generally in wartime, so eve ryo ne important generally in wartime, so everyone had to have an id card, but this was extra security. people living in southsea had to have a pass or be working here. in the buildup to d—day, notjust a few days but months beforehand, they we re days but months beforehand, they were all sorts of things going on, like ships gathering in the solent, so like ships gathering in the solent, so there was this extra level of security to make sure they weren‘t spies who could get into the area and spying on what was going on. spies who could get into the area and spying on what was going onlj know this is a special day for you and portsmouth and a lot of people

on the south coast today, and there are luminaries and dignitaries here, but those men who have those incredible memories, some of who have found it very hard to talk about what they saw and what they did 75 years ago, they will be here today, and it is going to be a very difficult day for some of those men and their families as well. yes, it is men and women really. can the uk there were lots of people who were supporting the operation in all sorts of ways, even if they didn‘t go over. d—day was so huge that there were literally millions of people who contributed, so they might be in the armed forces in the uk supporting, or even people like civilians who made a lot of equipment that was used, and without all of that wider support the troops who went over on d—day couldn‘t have done it. thank you so much for sharing some of those stories with us sharing some of those stories with us this morning. as andrew was telling us, meteorologists were very important 75 years ago. as they are

today. d—day was actually postponed because the weather wasn‘t as glorious as it is here today. carol is at southwick house, around ten miles north of here, where meteorologists pored over the latest information. that‘s right, we are near portsmouth, where the d—day landings we re portsmouth, where the d—day landings were launched from. this is where the final decision was made to go ahead. it was made in the very early hours of the fifth ofjune. i am standing next to these synoptic charts. these are representations of the actual weather on that day. if you have a look at the dates, you can see the third ofjune, the fourth ofjune, later in the day. the fifth of june, fourth ofjune, later in the day. the fifth ofjune, that is today. you can see low pressure very much in charge. we have that in our weather today but in a slightly different position. see how it is developing on the sixth ofjune? it

is fascinating to see the actual room where the actual map is with all the plotting is of the boats and —iam all the plotting is of the boats and — i am quite overwhelmed by the whole thing! the weather today is much calmer, we have quite a breeze and it will pick up over the next few days in the south, but the forecast for most of us is in the north we have rain, and by the north i‘m in scotland and northern ireland, and for the west of the uk and england it will be drier and brighter. a few showers around in sunshine if you haven‘t already got it. you can see the low pressure i was talking about. this is the low pressure that yesterday brought all the rain. it has become ensconced across scotland and northern ireland. the weather front wrapped around that low pressure is what is producing rain. the showers we have at the moment across wales for example will ease through the day. it is breezy across the southern coastline, and the rain will drift towards the north—west. temperatures

between ten to 20 degrees. through this evening and overnight, our next area of low pressure starts to scoot up area of low pressure starts to scoot up the north sea coastline, with some rain across east anglia, lincolnshire and yorkshire. we will see some missed forming in clear skies, but not a particularly cold night, wherever you are. temperatures you see are indicative of towns and cities. tomorrow i will be across the north of scotland, with england, wales and northern ireland having a brighter day with sunshine and showers. but we have another area of low pressure coming our way, and that is on friday. you will see it is coming up from the south, a more potent area of low pressure think at this stage, and it will be travelling northwards through the course of the day. the rain will be heavy and persistent enough to cause localised flooding, we think, and it will be accompanied

by gusty wind. ridiculously along the south coast, where there will be gusts of 50 mph. unsettled wind, low pressure dominating right the way into the middle of next week. so interesting, but looking at low pressure on the fifth and sixth of june, we are back in 19114, and now we have exactly the same scenario, but just we have exactly the same scenario, butjust in a slightly different place. thank you for that, carol. so much history surrounding what we are talking about today. if you have just switched on to bbc breakfast, we are live at the southsea memorial in portsmouth. this is of course fivejune, in portsmouth. this is of course five june, d—day was in portsmouth. this is of course fivejune, d—day was sixjune, but as carol was telling us the decision was taken to delay things by 21! hours because of the weather. and it wasn‘t just an invasion hours because of the weather. and it wasn‘tjust an invasion by c. the first allied troops to land

on french soil travelled by air, and some of the original planes which carried them willjoin a special fly—past this morning. breakfast‘s john maguire is in duxford, near cambridge, from where they will take off. and john, we understand you have already seen some of those magnificent planes in action this morning. yes, we have. we have already seen some aircraft take off this morning. as you were saying, an invasion by c, by land and of course i am. 23,000 troops were parachuted into northern france, into normandy, and also taken in by gliders which were towed in behind the aircraft —— by sea. towed in behind the aircraft —— by sea. the real workhorse of the day we re sea. the real workhorse of the day were these, the dakotas, the skytrain as the americans call them, and that when you can see there, with s6 written on the side, that is set up in its d—day livery, with those distinctive black and white stripes. they were painted right up until the last minute to let the

allies know which were the allied aircraft, so every aircraft on d—day carried those. british and american paratroopers and airborne troops we re paratroopers and airborne troops were dropped into normandy on that day, and i have been spending a bit of time with a very special man. harry reid was just 20 years old, 75 yea rs harry reid was just 20 years old, 75 years ago. he was dropped into normandy and has been sharing some of his experiences with me and with some modern day contemporaries of his, if you like, counterparts of his, if you like, counterparts of his, american and british paratroopers. let‘s meet harry reid, a very special man. in 1944, a 20—year—old paratrooper was training for d—day. his army pay book shows how some of his training took place at nether haven airfield in wiltshire. 75 years on, and harry reid has returned to nether heaven, and is about to return to paratrooper. it is nice to meet you. now, as then, harry is turned out

immaculately, but these days his uniform is that of the salvation army, and his jump uniform is that of the salvation army, and hisjump today uniform is that of the salvation army, and his jump today will raise money for it. he meets his modern—day equivalent, paratroopers from the us and the uk, who will jump from the us and the uk, who will jump alongside him, and who have much in common. you had to push hard enough to have missed the back of the whole, so that your parachute didn‘t push you forward, because that bangs your nose on the other side, which they called ringing the bell, by the way. two we all go through tough training, and at the end of the day it is ourjob is to jump end of the day it is ourjob is to jump out of aeroplanes, behind enemy lines. and it is something we look back on and we always remember they we re back on and we always remember they were the trailblazers. the first men to move in on the normandy coastline... his thoughts at this time of year turn to those comrades who never returned from northern france, and despite his age, he was fully aware of what he was being ordered to do on that day.

fully aware of what he was being ordered to do on that daylj fully aware of what he was being ordered to do on that day. i came to the conclusion, very seriously, to my own satisfaction, that i was sure of nothing. i wouldn‘t surrender. if i had to fight with the germans on my own, i would do it and die, that i would be true to the tradition that had grown up around our kind of unit, and! that had grown up around our kind of unit, and i would pay the price if necessary. d-day was a low-level jump necessary. d-day was a low-level jump from necessary. d-day was a low-level jumpfrom a necessary. d-day was a low-level jump from a dakota plan. today, harry will exit the same aircraft type, but will freefall attached to one of the red devils display team. he has done one before, last autumn, but was 94 then. now he is 95, but still young at heart. it's going to be cool to see his reactions, jumping out of a plane, out of the same area that he jumped, jumping out of a plane, out of the same area that hejumped, all jumping out of a plane, out of the same area that he jumped, all these stories that we hear about about

quys stories that we hear about about guysjumping in stories that we hear about about guys jumping in world stories that we hear about about guysjumping in world war ii, and it‘s going to be amazing to see his reaction. it's amazing with all that time, as long ago as it was, the amount of detail that he still remembered. and that was — that was quite amazing. airborne troops talk ofa quite amazing. airborne troops talk of a brotherhood, a unique bond. the same for these young men today as it was for the tens of thousands of young men three quarters of a century ago. so 800 dakotas were used on d—day. 224, something like that, will again fly over northern france today, and some men will be parachuting out. we we re some men will be parachuting out. we were just talking to an american, actually, a former serviceman who will be jumping dressed actually, a former serviceman who will bejumping dressed in some of the original kit from d—day. john delaney from the imperial war museums at duxford. we talk about so many of these figures, 24,000 men taken from here, flown across to northern france. a massive, massive

operation, the air war. absolutely a massive operation, and that's why it took such a long time to plan. well over a year took such a long time to plan. well overa year in took such a long time to plan. well over a year in advance they were thinking in great detail about what they were going to do. and with over 12,000 aircraft missions flown on d—day itself, just organising those aircraft within the airspace over the beachhead was a logistical nightmare in itself, and one of the reasons why everything was painted with those black—and—white invasion stripes, so everybody could easily identify who they were. i'm fascinated by those stripes, i was saying earlier it was a real last—minute effort to get them completed. that's right, here at duxford, they were painting them as darkness fell on the aircraft on the evening of the fifth. all of the administrative staff were given paintbrushes and told to go and paintbrushes and told to go and paint and aircraft. and harry was telling us that when he flew in he remembers seeing an aircraft in front of his dakota crash, and he said it was like a fireworks display, the amount of anti—aircraft fire coming up from the germans,

that kind of thing, it was a perilous, perilous mission. that's right, and lots of aircraft were lost to heavy flak on fire. the main problem with the dakotas came up with which made some of them swerve off course was the intensity of the anti—aircraft fire, which along with the high winds that were prevalent at the time led to the scattered drop. and we are on the fifth now, so some drop. and we are on the fifth now, so some of the aircraft took off on the fifth, actually, just before midnight. thinking about the mission itself, was it successful, would you say, as a military historian looking back? absolutely successful, even though there was a wider scatter than was expected or planned for, all the units took all of the objectives on the day, even though sometimes it had to be a little bit ad hoc on the spot, because of the fa ct ad hoc on the spot, because of the fact that things hadn't gone quite as planned in terms of the drop zones, at as planned in terms of the drop zones, et cetera. but given all that, it was very successful. an incredible to think, we have carol looking at eisenhower‘s headquarters, the co—ordination

between all the allies, they spoke the same language in the main part, the same language in the main part, the americans and the brits, anyway. but such a co—ordinated campaign. yes, i think that is one of the main things about the campaign in north—west europe and the d—day campaign, that integrated command structure. it wasn'tjust campaign, that integrated command structure. it wasn't just the americans did their bit and the british did their bit. it was fully integrated, british officers commanded american troops and vice—versa, it was a full combined operation, and the real genesis of the term special relationship, in that sense. it was a real combined operation. how much with the germans have known about what was going on? presumably they would have picked up on radar, they would have seen aircraft coming in. how much of a surprise to them do you think it was? it was much more of a surprise thanit was? it was much more of a surprise than it otherwise would have been because of the weather. from the allied perspective it was a really bad thing in that it was potentially going to put the operation off, but conversely, it also told the germans they are not going to come, the weather is too bad. so many senior

office rs weather is too bad. so many senior officers went on leave. rommel himself went on leave, back to germany. in that sense it was totally unexpected. german patrol vessels didn't go out into the channel because the weather was to rough. it is amazing when you try to put yourselves in the boots of those very young men who were in those aircraft. we heard them take off this morning and they make a racket, it is not comfortable on board, i am sure. what an experience it must have been. terrifying, exhilarating, who knows? all those things at once, i think. as you said, there is no heating in those aircraft, you are sitting on bench seats, and with a paratrooper aircraft there is not even a door on, so paratrooper aircraft there is not even a door on, so you are paratrooper aircraft there is not even a door on, so you are waiting in the cold, extraordinarily noisy, sitting and waiting to drop. the tension must have been incredible. thank you very much indeed, absolutely fascinating to hear john‘s insights today and we will introduce you to harry once again later on in the programme. he is

going to be parachuting once again today, jumping out other dakota, and he has promised he will sit in seat number 12 he has promised he will sit in seat number12 —— of he has promised he will sit in seat number 12 —— of a dakota. he has promised he will sit in seat number12 —— ofa dakota. the he has promised he will sit in seat number 12 —— of a dakota. the same seat he sat in in 1944. time for the news where you are watching brea kfast news where you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m sonja jessup. schools across the capital should all go sugar—free by 2022 — that is the new recommendation from politicians at city hall. the london assembly health committee says more than a quarter of five—year—olds in the capital suffer from tooth decay. that is higher than the national average. it also says every child should see a dentist by the age of one, and that schools should supervise teeth brushing. the number of vacancies in the health service across the capital is on the rise, according to london‘s labour group. it says nhs data shows

there were more than 17,000 job vacancies advertised in the first three months of this year, almost 1,000 more than the previous quarter. it partly blames the government‘s handling of brexit, as well as public sector pay caps. the department of health says nhs staffing in london has increased by 26,000 in the last nine years. tributes will be paid today to the thousands of allied troops who lost their lives 75 years ago as part of commemorations of the d—day landings. # in the cold, grey light of the sixth ofjune in the year of ‘44... among those taking part is jim radford. he is a veteran from lewisham who has released a song about his experiences in normandy to raise money for a memorial. well, i think it‘s important to remember the 22,000 men who didn‘t come back, and i think all of us, all the normandy veterans, feel that way. and those men deserve to be remembered. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. first the tube —

that is all looking good. no reported problems so far this morning on any of those lines there. 0n the roads, as you can see, it is busy on the m4 coming into central london afterjunction 3 for hayes. it is as you approach the elevated section. as you might expect, we still have security in place for president trump‘s visit. so in regents park, the outer circle remains closed behind london central mosque, outside of the american ambassador‘s residence. and in south london, in kenley, there are temporary traffic lights on the a22 godstone road. time for the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a lovely, bright start out there this morning, plenty of sunshine. a bit of patchy cloud around, and we‘ll notice as we head further through the day the cloud will start to thicken, so enjoy the sunshine this morning. that cloud increasing through the afternoon. still going to feel quite warm, though, today. despite the cloud, temperatures getting up to around 19, maybe even 20 celsius, and at least for the daytime, it should stay dry. as we head into the evening, however, that‘s when the risk of a shower increases, and into the first part of the night.

still some clear spells around, though, as we head through to dawn tomorrow morning. minimum temperature between eight and 11 celsius, so again quite a mild night. now, as we head into thursday, another bright start. plenty of sunshine around tomorrow. temperatures similar — 19, maybe 20 celsius. but it‘s all change for friday. it‘s going to feel that little bit cooler, the wind will start to strengthen, and we‘ll see some heavy rain arriving, and that continues overnight friday and into saturday morning. there is more from me in around half an hour. do remember you can also check out our website for more news, travel and weather. that is at the usual address. bye for now.

good morning and welcome to a special edition of breakfast with me dan walker, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings. 0ur headlines today: the queen will be joined here in portsmouth by theresa may, president trump and other world leaders, to commemorate the allied invasion of nazi—occupied france. throughout the programme we‘ll be hearing from the heroes of d—day, veterans who are now over 90 years old. we really didn‘t think about the danger, we knew we had a job to do and if anything happened to us that was hard luck. historian dan snow will be

joining me to tell us about his tribute to the heroes. d—day also involve a massive invasion from the air. 8800 of these da kota invasion from the air. 8800 of these dakota aircraft were involved, and many will once again fly over northern france to drop paratroopers 75 years on. elsewhere this morning, in sport: history forjohanna konta. she‘s through to the semi—finals of the french open — the furthest any british woman has reached at roland garros in more than 35 years. good morning. we are in the actual d—day map room. you can see the detail behind me, the ships, this grey area illustrates the cleared minefield lanes to the normandy beaches. we have rain across scotla nd beaches. we have rain across scotland and northern ireland, drier and brighter across england and were. more details in 15 minutes.

good morning. it‘s wednesday the 5th ofjune. the queen will be joined by theresa may and president trump here in portsmouth this morning for a national event commemorating the 75th anniversary of d—day. it was on this day in 1944 that the go—ahead was given to liberate nazi—occupied france. this is the largest collection of world leaders we have seen in the uk since 2012. we have a spitfire hair, vetera ns as since 2012. we have a spitfire hair, veterans as well. pm justin trudeau, pm morrison of australia, and angela merkel, the chancellor of germany. and of course, the us president donald trump. the invasion, which involved thousands of allied boats and planes, took place the next day, the 6th ofjune. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been looking ahead to today‘s events.

in the shadow of the vast portsmouth naval memorial, southsea common is being searched and made secure. uri, a three—year—old spaniel, trained to find explosives. behind the steel fence, the queen, the prime minister, president trump and other heads of state will be here to commemorate d—day, 75 years on. 99—year—old ron cross, and bobjones, who is 94, among the veterans being honoured. we didn‘t think about the danger. we know we had a job to do, and if anything happened to us, that was hard luck. i did what they said. i crept up the beach. i thought, what's all these people around me? they're in the water — what are they doing in the water? i thought, you'd think they'd get out of the water and come out and join me where i am. no. they was dead — dead. 75 years ago, more than 100,000 troops boarded almost 5,000 vessels in ports and harbours all over

the south coast of england. 5june was the original date of d—day. in the end bad weather meant a delay for 24 hours. nonetheless, across the channel, the raf continued their bombardment. the softening up of german defences along a broad stretch of coast... bridges and airfields destroyed in readiness for what would be the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning of the end of the war. the number of d—day veterans is now down to the hundreds. today‘s events will be one of the last opportunities to commemorate those who liberated europe from nazi rule. we‘ll be live all morning from portsmouth where the queen, prince charles and president trump willjoin veterans to commemorate the bravery of those who took part in d—day. but for now let‘s go to ben, in the breakfast studio, for the rest of the day‘s news.

thanks dan. in other news, it‘s the last day of the us president donald trump‘s state visit to the uk. following this morning‘s d—day commemorations, he will travel to ireland for a meeting with the irish prime minister. last night the president and the first lady, melania trump, hosted a dinnerfor the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall at the american ambassador‘s residence in london. borisjohnson, the conservative mp and frontrunner to replace theresa may as prime minister, has said the party faces extinction if it fails to deliver brexit by the end of october. he made the comment at a hustings debate with other leadership contenders in westminster last night. housing minister kit malthouse and brexit ministerjames cleverly have pulled out of the contest, leaving 11 still in the running. campaigners will head to the high court this morning for a judicial review into how the government raised the state

pension age for women from 60 to 66. they say that around four million women, who were born in the 1950s, were not given enough time to prepare for the change. here‘s our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. it makes me feel angry, depressed, put upon. this woman, an ambulance driver in margate, had little more than a year‘s notice that she wouldn‘t get the pension she banked on at 60, but instead she has to wait for 66. we would all love the money we are owed. i am probably owed something like 49,000 by the time i get to 66. i can‘t see that happening. i would like some sort of compensation if we don‘t get that. it is sex discrimination, they will tell the court. they don‘t mind equal pension ages, but they don‘t like the way they are being brought in.

the group that has brought this judicial review is demanding repayment of all the pension that women born in the 1950s are missing out on, arguing that the speed of the change and what they call the lack of warnings has left millions disadvantaged. disadvantaged. the government says it decided more than 20 years ago that it was going to make the state pension age the same for men and women as a long overdue move towards gender equality, and this has been clearly communicated. but she feels too many realised too late that they would have years without a pension. three in five mps say their constituents are suffering because of cuts to the care system that supports people who are older or disabled in england. that‘s according to a poll carried out by a coalition of health organisations who say the local authority—run care system needs to be fixed. the government says it has put extra money into the system and will publish plans

for reforming social care at the earliest opportunity. a former security officer at a florida school has been charged with failing to confront a gunman who killed 17 students and members of staff. surveillance footage showed scot peterson standing outside the marjory stoneman douglas high school as the shooting took place on valentine‘s day last year, but he did not go inside. arcadia, the fashion empire owned by sir philip green, faces a make—or—break vote over its future later today. creditors will meet to decide whether to approve a restructuring deal that will see the closure of 20 stores and a reduction in rent on around 50 others. the company, which owns brands like topshop and miss selfridge and employs around 18,000 staff, could go into administration if the deal is rejected. we can go back now to dan, who‘s in portsmouth to mark

the start of events to commemorate 75—years since d—day. it is fascinating, so many details coming to light that really do change the course of the war. yes, and think it is so many of our viewers who are getting in touch and sharing memories and photos with us. we will be based here for bbc brea kfast, we will be based here for bbc breakfast, here in portsmouth. you can see behind me this stage, which isa can see behind me this stage, which is a real emotional memory. some amazing quotes from that day, "the eyes of the world are upon you." those were the words of the american general dwight d. eisenhower, who was the supreme commander of the allied expeditionary forces in europe, as he encouraged troops in advance of the invasion. if you want any more detail, please go to have a look at the bbc website, because there are some amazing timelines. 0ne website, because there are some amazing timelines. one of them talks

about field marshal rommel, at 630 on d—day, he had been enjoying celebrating the birthday of his wife the night before. he was on his way to meet hitler that day, and was told he had to go back to his own headquarters because there were paratroopers in headquarters because there were pa ratroopers in france, headquarters because there were paratroopers in france, soldiers on the beach, and an invasion was taking place. the detail is incredible, and my next guest is the broadcaster and historian dan snow. many of us wouldn‘t be talking about these things if that hadn‘t happened 75 years ago. that's right, it couldn‘t be more important. it is what liberated western europe from the nazi empire, one of the most evil regimes that has ever existed. they left no stone unturned. everything was thought of. the ships

that were jampacked in here behind us, they said you could walk from here to the isle of wight on the decks of the ships. largest fleet ever assembled in history for the largest invasion, the largest british bombing raid — every superlative you can use for this invasion. dan is talking about the level of planning, and something that gives you an idea is that even the bbc was involved. they ran a competition asking for people to sendin competition asking for people to send in pictures of holidays they had on french beaches. yes, they needed as much intelligence as they could. they hoped for something that was protected. people sent postcards. they were looking at the number of gradients, the hills, and they chose a beach based on that. might make some of the people who landed on these pages, you have been speaking to some of them. i know you wa nted speaking to some of them. i know you

wanted to mention one story in particular. i met a man called alfred hicks. he was a cameraman, he landed on d—day so he could shoot some propaganda video to show people at home what was happening. he was 19 years old, he volunteered, and he said he enjoyed himself, it was an adventure. he reunited with the footage that he shot. he was operating his equipment in the most hostile of circumstances. hello alf. hello dan. we have a lot to show you today. sergeant alfred hicks landed on gold beach on d—day when he was just 18. hicks landed on gold beach on d—day when he wasjust18. how hicks landed on gold beach on d—day when he was just 18. how come you ended up being a cameraman?” when he was just 18. how come you ended up being a cameraman? i said i would like to go into the film unit. i have never seen this before, it is incredibly powerful. it was

shocking, really, to see it. did you feel that this was you filming history as it was being made? gas. really, yes, i did. thanks to your footage, generations stretching off into eternity will be able to actually see what it looked like. thank you for risking your life on those beaches and for coming and talking to me about it. it was a pleasure to see it all, and i must say it has been a pleasure to talk to you about it. it‘s lovely. it must be incredibly humbling speaking to people like that who have seen things who, thankfully, thanks to their sacrifice, we will never see. i know many of you are thinking the same sort of things this morning. you talked about all those boats out there, on the way to normandy to arrive there tomorrow, and the men — 19 —year—olds, around

that age, unaware of what was going to be meeting them when they got there, but they also knew that thousands of them were going to lose their lives, and they did. the british published 17 million maps. you got a map, machine—gun post, a bunker, you didn‘t know but you had to learn it, and they didn‘t know what was going on beside them. a tragic number would have lost their lives. the two months after d—day was as bluntly as anything from the first world war, the battle of normandy was a horrific battle. many of our viewers getting in contact and talking about the fact that we have to make sure we teach it to our children and continued to tell the story. i know it has just gone 7am and you might be watching it with your kids, but it is important to know that when they travelled there they knew that many of them wouldn‘t come back, and a lot of crosses were taken because they knew there would be cemeteries and they would be

burying bodies that would never come back to the uk. winston churchill, and certainly the british and men in charge of the air force, they were very worried about how this would go. they were haunted by the spectre of world war i, and the spectre of the battles in 1940. they were worried casualties would be very high. about 10,000 allies were killed on the first day, and many more in the battle of normandy, but they didn‘t see something as bad as they didn‘t see something as bad as they expected. you have a real treat. we have been speaking to robert hall, who has been with these vetera ns robert hall, who has been with these vete ra ns o n robert hall, who has been with these veterans on the boat, and you will be sailing over making the trip with them later today. we are leaving here, overnight, and apparently there is a bar on the boudicca that only veterans are allowed in. it is just for those 300 men who can sit and chat, and who knows what will be

set in that room. it will be a huge privilege to be on the boat. we will be live later on on the boudicca. you will see down across the coverage today, and a special programme he has made. d—day 75: a tribute to heroes follows this programme on bbc one at a 9:15. i know that as well as a historian, you because d—day was meant to be fifth june, but they had you because d—day was meant to be fifthjune, but they had to delay things because of the weather, and forecasting it was just as important as it is today. carol, tell us more. i want to show you a picture which is inside southwick house, look at this destroyer, this was painted by an eyewitness who is actually on

that destroyer, and it is his interpretation of events. so let‘s ta ke interpretation of events. so let‘s take a look at what actually happened. months and years of waiting were over. . . months and years of waiting were over... planning and operation as important as d—day took months, but despite the greatest military precision, it was one thing they couldn‘t predict — the weather. the requirements were strict — a combination of clear skies, full moon, calm seas and the low tide all needed to make d—day a success. this put enormous pressure on meteorologists to identify a suitable weather window, at a time when predicting just 44 hours ahead was a challenge. the man responsible for advising general eisenhower on the best day to launch the invasion was the best day to launch the invasion u the best day to launch the invasion was group captain james the best day to launch the invasion was group captainjames stagg.|j the best day to launch the invasion was group captain james stagg. i had long had in the back of my mind the technical use of whether, just to be

able to pick out some little interlude which would be unknown to the enemy forces, that would allow us to make use of it and catch the people on the other side unawares. heading out to sea after a 24—hour delay because of the weather... the invasion was originally planned for the fifth of june, invasion was originally planned for the fifth ofjune, but after stagg predicted bad weather in the channel, it was postponed by 24 hours. in the end, on d—day wasn‘t ideal. strong winds and rough seas made for a difficult landing. but, if the troops had waited for the next window, the fleet would have been battered by one of the worst summer been battered by one of the worst summer storms to hit the english channel in decades. as it was, the success of stagg‘s forecast allowed the troops to land on the french features, and the tide of world war ii began to turn. well, we are inside the actual d—day map room, and i amjoined by well, we are inside the actual d—day map room, and i am joined by colonel jeremy greene, who knows all about it. good morning. thank you, it is

an honour to be here. tell us a bit about this map. it is amazing, it is the actual one used. they make absolutely, used by admiral ramsey to get the troops onto the beach for operation neptune, which was the naval operation. and the boats would assemble in this area here, called piccadilly circus because it was so busy, too clear this large german minefield which extends all the way to norway, onto the beaches. for me, the key part is the beach is shown, 0maha, jupiter and sword. the weather was good but the seas were choppy and the wave height was high as well, so it was not an easy passage but good enough to get the troops onto the ground. and the weather was important for the different troops, the navy and the ground troops as well, the air. tell us about the conditions they wanted. each of them wanted something different, as you alluded to. the weather forecast had to become almost everything to everybody and paradoxically here the weather was

worse here than it was ever there, and you are experiencing something different to the troops on the ground. the navy wanted a full moon to see their landing sites, we had to see their landing sites, we had to have low tide for the troops and things like that, so it was quite a compromise that the poor old weathermen had to come up with. and it must have been quite a daunting task for group captain stagg to have to say to general eisenhower we don‘t think we should go on the fifth, it should be delayed. absolutely, the two men under the most enormous pressure were stagg and eisenhower, and it fell to them and eisenhower, and it fell to them and their professional credibility and their professional credibility and their professional credibility and their courage to make final and irrevocable decisions that would affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and sailors. how many people would have put those forecasts together? in those days it wasn‘t as accurate as it is now. forecasts together? in those days it wasn't as accurate as it is nowm wasn't as accurate as it is nowm was more of an art than a science, and stagg was there but drawing heavily on our met office at dunstable. we will talk to you again later on, but for now, thank you so much. in the detail on this map,

look at the ships. i am quite overawed by it, it is such an honour to be here today. the weather outside near portsmouth is rather nice, it is sunny, we have blue skies, quite different in the north of the country. in the north d—day, scotla nd of the country. in the north d—day, scotland and northern ireland, we have some heavy and persistent rain. and that is due to low pressure. yesterday we saw a lot of rain move in from the south towards the north, courtesy of low pressure and its attendant front, and that is what we have today in scotland and northern ireland. has become further south, it is breezy along the south—west coast. we have a few showers dotted

around, for example, north—west wales. they will tend to ease, but through the day, as temperatures rise, we could see a few more showers develop. there could be heavy and thundery, but they are showers, so not all of us will see them. meanwhile the rain will start to drift to the north—west of scotla nd to drift to the north—west of scotland in the north—west of northern ireland. temperatures ranging from ten to 20 in any sunshine in the south and south—east. later in the day what you will find is the cloud will start to build across the south—east, that is ahead of the next area of low pressure coming our way. through the course of the evening and overnight it tends to scoot up the north sea, probably not coming too far inland. if it does, it will produce some patchy rain in east anglia, yorkshire and lincolnshire, for example, but it is northern scotland that will see most of the rain. not a particularly cold night as a result, temperatures you see are indicative of towns and cities. for tomorrow we start off with heavy and persistent rain across northern scotland. for the rest of the uk, what you will find is there will be bright spells, some sunny spells, and there will be some showers. tomorrow‘s temperatures up to about 18, maybe 19. but then it is all happening again, because on friday, another more potent area of low pressure comes up from the south and moves northwards. this is going to have some heavy rain in it, with the risk of localised flooding, and also strong winds, along the south

coast, for example, we could have gusts of 50 mph. so if you are in the rain, of course, the temperatures will be lower than you can actually see on the charts. and then the outlook, well, it remains u nsettled then the outlook, well, it remains unsettled all the way in towards the middle of next week. this is fascinating. thank you so much for that, carol. isn‘t it amazing to be given a life history lesson this morning. so much of what we‘re doing today, if have just switched on your television, is dedicated to d—day. todayis today is the day the order was given and today is the day that this huge... i suppose you could call it a concert, it is taking part here today, to remember what happened 75 yea rs today, to remember what happened 75 years ago. around 300 normandy veterans have already arrived by sea into portsmouth. they will be joining the queen and president donald trump and other dignitaries at a special event here in southsea.

it is worth reminding ourselves it was not just british it is worth reminding ourselves it was notjust british and american troops, there were canadian troops as well, many countries taking part, trying to change the course of history and that is what they managed to 75 years ago. we mention some of those dignitaries, a special eventin some of those dignitaries, a special event in southsea, where we will be based throughout this morning for bbc breakfast. it will culminate with a special fly—past, where some of the original planes used during the d—day invasion willjoin the red arrows display team. later this evening, veterans will board a ship to normandy especially chartered by the royal british legion, repeating the voyage they took 75 years ago. and so many of you have been getting in contact with us today, it has been brilliant to see your photos and messages and you have been speaking so proudly about memories of yourfamilies speaking so proudly about memories of your families who took part in d—day. albert barrow, who was in the royal engineers, survived d—day, but sadly died just a few weeks later in a motorcycle accident after returning to his base in perthshire. he was 32 years old.

he is pictured on the right—hand side of this photograph, supplied by his great—granddaughter anne, who says: "thanks to him, i am here, and we all have our liberty." i think we can all echo that this morning as well. arthur holland never talked about the war, according to his daughter kim, but the family found out after his death that he took part in the d—day landings. he was a gunner on hms amsterdam, carrying american soldiers. he was only 19, and hejoined the navy under age at 17. that has been reflected by many of you getting in contact this morning, the fact that you didn‘t really know what your grandparents did 75 years ago, because it was so hard for them to talk about. as dan snow, historian and broadcaster, was telling us, it is because of what was seen, because telling us, it is because of what was seen, because of what they went through 75 years ago, because of what they went through, that is why we are able to celebrate our own freedoms here today in 2019.

we will be live in portsmouth all morning reflecting on the momentous events which took place here in june 1944. but it‘s time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. what is weird waking up this morning is you are getting your breakfast, getting ready for school, for work, whatever that might be, i think it is worth probably having a thought about what it was like 75 years ago waking up in a boat, not knowing exactly what was going to happen, out here on the solent and in many other places as well, preparing yourself to travel to normandy, to those beaches in france, and get ready for that attack on nazi germany and the attempts to try and follow through on those plans for d—day. and by the end of the day, by the end of the sixth ofjune, 55 miles of french coastline had been landed upon, and many of those men had managed to get several miles into france. and within a year, that is the significance of d—day, hitler was dead and the war was over. and we will be reflecting on those

incredible events throughout the morning on bbc breakfast. right now it is time to get the news, travel and weather wherever you have the privilege of waking up this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i‘m sonja jessup. schools across the capital should all go sugar—free by 2022 — that is the new recommendation from politicians at city hall. the london assembly health committee says more than a quarter of five—year—olds in the capital suffer from tooth decay. that is higher than the national average. it also says every child should see a dentist by the age of one, and that schools should supervise teeth brushing. the number of vacancies in the health service across the capital is on the rise, according to london‘s labour group. it says nhs data shows there were more than 17,000 job vacancies advertised in the first three months of this year, almost 1,000 more than the previous quarter. it partly blames the government‘s handling of brexit, as well as public sector pay caps. the department of health says nhs staffing in london has increased by 26,000 in the last nine years.

tributes will be paid today to the thousands of allied troops who lost their lives 75 years ago, as part of commemorations of the d—day landings. # in the cold, grey light of the sixth ofjune # in the year of ‘44... among those taking part is jim radford. he is a veteran from lewisham who has released a song about his experiences in normandy to raise money for a memorial. well, i think it‘s important to remember the 22,000 men who didn‘t come back, and i think all of us, all the normandy veterans, feel that way. and those men deserve to be remembered. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. first the tube — that is all looking good. no reported problems so far this morning on any of those lines there. 0n the roads, as you can see, it is busy on the m4 coming into central london afterjunction 3 for hayes.

it is as you approach the elevated section. as you might expect, we still have security in place for president trump‘s visit. so in regents park, the outer circle remains closed behind london central mosque, outside of the american ambassador‘s residence. and in south london, in kenley, there are temporary traffic lights on the a22 godstone road. time for the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a lovely, bright start out there this morning, plenty of sunshine. a bit of patchy cloud around, and we‘ll notice as we head further through the day the cloud will start to thicken, so enjoy the sunshine this morning. that cloud increasing through the afternoon. still going to feel quite warm, though, today. despite the cloud, temperatures getting up to around 19, maybe even 20 celsius, and at least for the daytime, it should stay dry. as we head into the evening, however, that‘s when the risk of a shower increases, and into the first part of the night. still some clear spells around, though, as we head through to dawn tomorrow morning. minimum temperature between eight and 11 celsius, so again quite a mild night.

now, as we head into thursday, another bright start. plenty of sunshine around tomorrow. temperatures similar — 19, maybe 20 celsius. but it‘s all change for friday. it‘s going to feel that little bit cooler, the wind will start to strengthen, and we‘ll see some heavy rain arriving, and that continues overnight friday and into saturday morning. there is more from me in around half an hour. do remember you can also check out our website for more news, travel and weather. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with me, ben thompson. we‘re bringing you a special programme to mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day invasion. in a few minutes we‘ll be going back to dan in portsmouth, where commemorations will be taking place today. first, here‘s a summary of the news.

the queen will be joined by the prime minister theresa may and president trump in portsmouth this morning to commemorate the d—day anniversary. the invasion, which involved thousands of allied boats and planes, was the largest military operation ever attempted. it marked the start of the campaign to liberate nazi—occupied europe. senior figures from every country that fought alongside the uk are attending today‘s events. it‘s the last day of president trump‘s state visit to the uk. following this morning‘s d—day commemorations, he will travel to ireland for a meeting with the irish prime minister. last night the president and the first lady, melania trump, hosted a dinnerfor the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall at the american ambassador‘s residence in london. borisjohnson, the conservative mp and frontrunner to replace theresa may as prime minister, has said the party faces extinction if it fails to deliver brexit by the end of october.

he made the comment at a hustings debate with other leadership contenders in westminster last night. housing minister kit malthouse and brexit ministerjames cleverly have pulled out of the contest, leaving 11 still in the running. campaigners will head to the high court this morning for a judicial review into how the government raised the retirement age for women from 60 to 66. the "back to 60" group says that around four million women, who were born in the 1950s, were not given enough time to prepare for the changes. the government says the rise was "clearly communicated". three in five mps say their constituents are suffering because of cuts to the care system that supports people who are older or disabled in england. that‘s according to a poll carried out by a coalition of health organisations who say the local authority—run care system needs to be fixed. the government says it has put extra money into the system and will publish plans for reforming social care

at the earliest opportunity. a former security officer at a florida school has been charged with failing to confront a gunman who killed 17 students and members of staff. surveillance footage showed scot peterson standing outside the marjory stoneman douglas high school as the shooting took place on valentine‘s day last year, but he did not go inside. arcadia, the fashion empire owned by sir philip green, faces a make—or—break vote over its future later today. creditors will meet to decide whether to approve a restructuring deal that will see the closure of 20 stores and a reduction in rent on around 50 others. the company, which owns brands like topshop and miss selfridge and employs around 18,000 staff, could go into administration if the deal is rejected.

you are up—to—date with all the news stories. sally is with us for the sport. and it is all about this lady, isn‘t it? sport. and it is all about this lady, isn't it? johanna konta is officially on a roll! she has been playing tennis, the new coach doing the trick, obviously. johanna konta is on a roll at the french open. she‘s made history — the first british women in more than 35 years to reach the semi finals. and she did it by playing near perfect tennis in the quarters, asjoe wilson reports. the courts of paris are clay, but they are like a motorway if you serve like this. johanna konta overpowered sloane stephens, 6—1 in the first set. another break! whatever lies on the surface of the court, it is what lurks in the players‘ minds that matters. johanna konta was certain every point was gettable, every point winnable. sloane stephens chased and missed. johanna konta won 18 consecutive points on her own serve in the second set. her opponent, a former grand slam champion, was out of ideas.

because konta could make the tennis ball do anything. 6—4 the set finished, and johanna konta even spotted that sloane stephens‘s final serve was out. the umpire checked and agreed. the impression johanna konta the impressionjohanna konta has made in paris is indisputable. someone is going to win the french open — why shouldn‘t it be her? the men‘s semi finals will have a familiar feel to them as roger federer will play rafael nadal for a 39th time in their careers. federer beat stan wawrinka in the quarterfinals, whilst nadal beat kei nishikori. anthonyjoshua has denied he had panic attacks before his shock defeat to andy ruiz junior at the weekend. he lost his three world titles in one of the biggest shocks in the history of boxing. but he‘ll have the chance to win them back later this year, as he‘s triggerer a rematch clause. joshua‘s also adressed rumours

about his preparation for that fight. i had no panic attack, like, i‘m not that kind of person. you know me. and what i‘m going to keep on saying is that i have to take my loss likea man. no blaming anyone or anything. i‘m the one who went in there to perform and my performance didn‘t go to plan. my game plan didn‘t go to plan, i‘ll adjust, analyse, do my best to correct it, and get thejob done. athletics‘ governing body, the iaaf, says it will seek a swift reversal of a ruling which will allow caster semenya to compete without taking medication. a court in switzerland found in semenya‘s favour and temporarily suspended a new ruling from the iaaf that restricts testosterone levels in female runners. they say the court made the decision without its knowledge so it didn‘t have the chance to defend itself. scotland fly out to france later for the women‘s world cup where they‘ll play england in their first match on sunday.

the lionnesses arrived at their hotel in nice yesterday. before setting off for france they were wished luck with a series of posters across the country with messages from their family, friends and in some cases old teachers as well. they popped up everywhere yesterday, lots of the girls posted on social media how much it meant to them to see that. how incredible is it to see that. how incredible is it to see that. how incredible is it to see that. from school teachers, family and friends. i have seen a little bit of stuff coming out of paris, where there isn‘t actually that much to show that the women‘s world cup is about to start. we arrive there tomorrow so i will be looking at to see how much fuss they are making or not. there seems to be much more coverage around it, and you are going to be taking part in some of the. sally will be back later with the rest of the sport.

75 years ago today, 156,000 men were preparing to land on the beaches of normandy for the d—day invasion, to take france, and ultimately the rest of europe, back from adolf hitler‘s forces. dan is on southsea common, in portsmouth, where the commemorations will begin. it is fascinating, there are so many details we are learning today. collectively, they really did start to mark the beginning of the end of the war. exactly right. today it is all about commemorations of 75 years since d—day. we are here in portsmouth at the southsea memorial, which remembers all of those lost at sea during world war i and world war ii. there will be all sorts of

dignitaries and veterans here today and you will be able to watch throughout the course of the day. it is worth remembering one of those figures danjust is worth remembering one of those figures dan just mentioned, is worth remembering one of those figures danjust mentioned, 156,000 men. more than 6000 ships took part, thousands of planes as well. the first of the minesweepers to cross the channel, clearing the way for some of the other ships, and it was commanded by a man called charles lawrence cowell, whose granddaughter is now a surgeon commander. shejoins me now, along with author and historian giles milton. you have brought your grandfather‘s medals. tell us a bit about what he did and how proud you are. he was the commanding officer of one of the first of the minesweepers to cross in preparation, so they really laid,

paved the way for all the landing forces to get there. they went quietly, overnight, and through the night in preparation, ready to turn around to head north again and watch the invasion craft coming down the track that they had laid for them. many people are saying to me today, ididn‘t many people are saying to me today, i didn‘t know much about what my family members did, because i never spoke much about it. and you were in the same boat. indeed, he died in 1996, he was a reservist himself, andi 1996, he was a reservist himself, and i think he boxed it up and put it in the attic, so it is only recently that we found first—hand accou nts recently that we found first—hand accounts from his ship ‘s company, and his original sets of orders, in addition to other pieces of memorabilia that reflected exactly what he did. there were so many people on d—day doing these incredibly important jobs. while

your grandfather was sweeping minds, there were so many other rules going on to make sure it went well. yes, a tea m on to make sure it went well. yes, a team of frog man, many of them teenagers, went into the coastal shallows. theirjob is to clear the mines that are just off the beach, basically. if they don‘t do this, the landing craft will go in and hit them and blue sky high. essential. 0ne them and blue sky high. essential. one of them was 18—year—old wally blanchard. the details, and the collaboration between the british and canadian forces, and then you hear about a guy like the general called eric marks, who heard that there were paratroopers landing, what are we going to do? he said

it‘s what are we going to do? he said it's ok, what are we going to do? he said it‘s ok, the invasion is not happening. there was confusion from the german side. part of the reason why was that the weather was so terrible. i thought there was no way the invasion would be launched, so they weren‘t ready for it. it gave they weren‘t ready for it. it gave the allies a crucial advantage. how proud of are you of what your grandfather did? phenomenally. it is such a privilege to be reflecting on that today. particularly all of those tasks that hadn‘t necessarily seen those tasks that hadn‘t necessarily seen daylight until recently, and as we have just heard, seen daylight until recently, and as we havejust heard, phenomenal bravery is hugely important. we havejust heard, phenomenal bravery is hugely importantm we havejust heard, phenomenal bravery is hugely important. it was such a combined effort, wasn‘t it? it is worth reflecting again i think on the way the plane came together. 0riginally on the way the plane came together. originally the americans were quite keen on a fast invasion, and eventually it was settled on d—day, which was meant to be yesterday, but the weather was so bad it was postponed. what was it like in terms

of the forces working together? this was an amazing joined up operation. you have forces from across europe who had come tojoin in the you have forces from across europe who had come to join in the amazing effort. the american supreme commander, and the three deputies, land, sea and air, they were all british. they are all working together but this is only going to work if they do work together. they we re work if they do work together. they were sharing equipment, swapping men, absolutely vital that they could work as a team. it is amazing when you reflect on the sacrifice of others, in 2019 it is a really powerful lesson. to think about what was happening 75 years ago for people like your grandfather, what they went through, what they saw and never forgot throughout their lives, what they were unable to talk about, which enables us to enjoy the freedom we have today. absolutely, andi freedom we have today. absolutely, and i think reflecting on it and reading the first—hand accounts that

are described of the trepidation that went without, it is really palpable. being in portsmouth, where they were at anchor, they described their being shipped as far as you could see, so you could almost walk across the harbour on ships, it makes it incredibly tangible, being here today. thank you for sharing your memories, and giles thank you for speaking to us. so many of our bbc breakfast viewers have been sharing pictures and stories of members of their families who took pa rt members of their families who took part in d—day. this is squadron leader alan frost was a spitfire pilot on d—day. now aged 96, alan flew in a spitfire once again this week — for the first time in 74 years. his sonjonathan says it was wonderful day and sent in this fantastic picture of his dad in his plane. and leonard burritt was company sergeant major with the 7th armoured division, royal signals. his wedding to his childhood sweetheart, connie, had to be brought forward because of training for d—day. his daughter, rosemary, says he will celebrate his 101st

birthday this august. hgppy happy birthday for august, thank you so happy birthday for august, thank you so much for those pictures. we will talk about alan the spitfire pilot, and we have one behind us in portsmouth, a few pictures being taken by the side of it. if you are interested in the black and white stripes, they are called invasion stripes, they are called invasion stripes because all the aircraft taking part in d—day were painted with those black and white stripes. pa rt with those black and white stripes. part of that was to make sure that it was clear they were on the allied side, so they won‘t in any way hit by friendly fire. it was a huge operation, as ben was telling us earlier. the plan was to land them on normandy beaches and to fly in and land in france, and somehow with all those years and months of planning it was a success in the end. 0ne place crucial to all of this is not too far from where we are this morning. it is southwick

house. carol is at southwick house, which is around ten miles north of here, and played its own vital part in the d—day story. carol, tell us more. good morning, you are quite right. we have got a fabulous location here this morning in southwick house, and we are in the actual d—day map room, with the actual map which was used to launch. somebody that knows a lot about it is with me this morning. andy gibson, lead researcher into this d—day map at the university of portsmouth, good morning. tell us everything you know. well, there are two main things we are looking at with this map, as we can see on the area where operation neptune carried through, we can see there are thousands and thousands, we think 100,000, different pinholes, and they are made by these little placeholders, and commanders were watching these place markers being

moved down through the channel as they made their way through the normandy beaches. those holes are an amazing story, and we are mapping those holes to help us understand what the allied commanders actually saw on the night of d—day. but on the other hand, 75 years later they are creating their own problem in that every single one of those holes isa that every single one of those holes is a little point where moisture and bacteria can get into the map. we are now using high—resolution cameras and spectral imagery with our partners to try and understand where the map is damaged and how we can help to maintain the map for the next 100 years. we are running out of timejust now, next 100 years. we are running out of time just now, but thank you for that insight so far. you can see the battleships and cruisers, they are monitored, for example. it wasn‘t great weather on the fifth or the sixth, which is why things were postponed from the fifth to the

sixth. today we have low pressure dominating our weather, and for the north of the country we have rain in scotla nd north of the country we have rain in scotland and northern ireland. for the south, for england and wales, we are looking at a drier and brighter day with some showers. you can see the dominating our weather, moving northwards, taking its rain with it with it and it is ensconced across northern ireland and scotland. through the course of the day the rain we currently have will push towards the north and west of both scotla nd towards the north and west of both scotland and northern ireland. for england and wales we have bits and pieces of cloud around. a few showers, but some of us are starting ona showers, but some of us are starting on a sunny showers, but some of us are starting on a sunny note. the showers will ease through the morning, but as temperatures rise those temperatures could pick up, and the showers could be heavy and thundery. temperatures ranging from ten in the north to 20 in the south with the sunshine. the cloud will build from the south—east

is our next area of low pressure comes in from the continent. that will scoot the north sea, taking a swipe at east anglia and through lincolnshire and yorkshire with this rain, becoming ensconced once again across scotland. temperature—wise, it will not be a cold night, temperatures are indicative of towns and cities. tomorrow the rain in scotla nd and cities. tomorrow the rain in scotland continues to push northwards, resting on the far north. for the rest of the uk as a whole, we are looking at a largely dry and bright day with some sunny skies. there will be some showers developing, and some of them could be heavy. you know the drill with showers, not all of us would catch one. temperatures in the showers in the rain coming down a touch. as we head into friday we do it all over again asa head into friday we do it all over again as a more potent area of low pressure comes up from the near continent and moved steadily from the south towards the north. we think this is going to have some heavy rain, enough to cause some localised flooding here and there. it will also be accompanied by gusty winds, gusting about 50 mph along the south coast. and the unsettled theme, with low pressure driving our weather, continues, we think, until the middle part of next week. that‘s what it‘s looking like here, john. it's what it‘s looking like here, john. it‘s nice and sunny, what about where you are?

we are at duxford, in cambridgeshire, at the imperial war museums. this is of course a dakota, a c-47 museums. this is of course a dakota, a c—47 skytrain, we always called them dakotas, there were 800 of these used at the airborne invasion, deploying 22,000 troops, some in gliders towed behind the aircraft, some obviously jumping out gliders towed behind the aircraft, some obviouslyjumping out through the door. 0n the night, and many of them took off tonight 75 years ago, just before midnight, well, actually about 10pm some took off because so many aircraft had to come together on five june. the many aircraft had to come together on fivejune. the doors won‘t even fitted, this was where the paratroopers came fitted, this was where the pa ratroopers came out, fitted, this was where the paratroopers came out, there was a cable which runs the length of the fuselage, they would clip—on their parachutes, there were two lights, red and green, green for go, and that was the signal for the load master to initiate the point at which all of the paratroopers jumped out. one of the men who jumped which all of the paratroopers jumped out. one of the men whojumped on the day, harry reid, we will be

talking to him later on in brea kfast. talking to him later on in breakfast. he will be jumping talking to him later on in breakfast. he will bejumping out talking to him later on in breakfast. he will be jumping out of a plane again later today because 22 of these aircraft will be flying across the channel to recreate in a much smaller scale the flight over northern france. harry, 95 years old, will be jumping northern france. harry, 95 years old, will bejumping out of northern france. harry, 95 years old, will be jumping out of these once again, what, something like three quarters of a century after his first jump over three quarters of a century after his firstjump over northern france. let‘s meet him. in 1944, a 20—year—old paratrooper was training for d—day. his army pay book shows how some of his training took place at netheravon airfield, in wiltshire. 75 years on, and harry reid has returned to netheravon, and is about to return to paratrooping. it‘s nice to meet you. now, as then, harry is turned out immaculately, but these days his uniform is that of the salvation army, and his jump today will raise money for it. he meets his modern—day equivalent, paratroopers from the us and the uk, who willjump alongside him and who have much in common.

you had to push hard enough to have missed the back of the hull, so that your parachute didn‘t push you forward. because that bangs your nose on the other side — which they called ringing the bell, by the way. we all go through tough training, and at the end of the day, it's ourjob is tojump out of aeroplanes behind enemy lines. and it's something we look back on, and we always remember they were the trailblazers. the first men to move in on the normandy coastline... his thoughts at this time of year turn to those comrades who never returned from northern france, and despite his age, he was fully aware of what he was being ordered to do on that day. i came to the conclusion, very seriously, to my own satisfaction, that i was sure of nothing. i wouldn‘t surrender. if i had to fight with the germans on my own, i would do it and die. that i would be true

to the tradition that had grown up around our kind of unit, and i would pay the price if necessary. d—day was a low—leveljump from a dakota plane. today, harry will exit the same aircraft type, but will freefall attached to one of the red devils display team. he has done one before, last autumn, but was 94 then. now he is 95, but still young at heart. it's going to be cool to see his reactions, jumping out of a plane, out of the same area that he jumped. all these stories that we hear about about guys jumping in world war ii, and it's going to be amazing to see his reaction. it's amazing with all that time, as long ago as it was, the amount of detail that he still remembered. and that was —

that was quite amazing. airborne troops talk of a brotherhood, a unique bond — the same for these young men today as it was for the tens of thousands of young men three quarters of a century ago. people talk about the greatest generation, don‘t they, and you can really understand why. elizabeth joins me, and women of course made a really crucial role, that is your area of expertise. tell us how. well, particularly during the war, the intelligence secret war was becoming critical and really important. and so when the british we re important. and so when the british were locked out of france with dunkirk, they had no idea of what was going on in france. and so they had to build—up these intelligence networks, find out if they were going to invade, they knew where the germans were and how to attack. and they set up the special operations executive, which employed both men

and women as agents to be dropped into occupied territory. now, these we re into occupied territory. now, these were people who had probably grown up were people who had probably grown up in the countries and spoke the native language, and they were dropped into these occupied territories, so france i think there we re territories, so france i think there were 50 women over the course of the war who were dropped in. and so they we re war who were dropped in. and so they were either parachuted in or they went in by boat, and they had to build—up intelligence networks, find out what was going on, and report that back to london, so they could build—upa that back to london, so they could build—up a picture of what the country was like. and then as it got closer to d—day, they had to organise and galvanise those pockets resistance, the people that were prepared to stand up to the occupiers. and so they organised arms drops, they taught them how to conduct sabotage, and certainly they played a key role on the day. so what they did is they got these resista nce what they did is they got these resistance networks to effectively pa ralyse resistance networks to effectively paralyse the railway networks, so that the germans couldn‘t shift troops back up to normandy to

reinforce against the invasion. and so reinforce against the invasion. and so what they did was absolutely critical work. thank you very much indeed. i wish we had more time, we could talk to you all day fascinating stuff, thank you for your insights. there is an exhibition at the imperial war museums at duxford that shows you some of the equipment that those soe agents were carrying, radios, and there is an interesting briefcase you pick up, and it is extremely heavy. it is the same weight as one of the radios that those agents would have used in the day, and the trick is that, for the female agents to practise carrying extremely heavy bags without giving the game away, so bags without giving the game away, so that the ss didn‘t detect that they were in fact agents deployed by they were in fact agents deployed by the allies. so many more tales from across the history of the here on bbc breakfast, all after the news, travel and weather where you are watching this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m sonja jessup.

schools across the capital should all go sugar—free by 2022 — that is the new recommendation from politicians at city hall. the london assembly health committee says more than a quarter of five—year—olds in the capital suffer from tooth decay. that is higher than the national average. it also says every child should see a dentist by the age of one, and that schools should supervise teeth brushing. the number of vacancies in the health service across the capital is on the rise, according to london‘s labour group. it says nhs data shows there were more than 17,000 job vacancies advertised in the first three months of this year, almost 1,000 more than the previous quarter. it partly blames the government‘s handling of brexit, as well as public sector pay caps. the department of health says nhs staffing in london has increased by 26,000 in the last nine years. tributes will be paid today to the thousands of allied troops who lost their lives 75 years ago, as part of commemorations of the d—day landings. # in the cold, grey light of the sixth ofjune

# in the year of ‘44... among those taking part is jim radford. he is a veteran from lewisham who has released a song about his experiences in normandy... to raise money for a memorial. well, i think it‘s important to remember the 22,000 men who didn‘t come back, and i think all of us, all the normandy veterans, feel that way. and those men deserve to be remembered. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. first the tube — that is still running well. no reported problems so far this morning. 0n the roads, as you can see, it is busy on the m4 coming into central london afterjunction 3 for hayes. it is as you approach the elevated section. as you might expect, we still have security in place for president trump‘s visit. so in regents park, the outer circle remains closed behind london central mosque, outside of the american ambassador‘s residence in south london, in kenley, there are temporary traffic lights on the a22 godstone road.

and a reminder — hammersmith bridge is still closed for repairs. time for the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a lovely, bright start out there this morning, plenty of sunshine. a bit of patchy cloud around, and we‘ll notice as we head further through the day the cloud will start to thicken, so enjoy the sunshine this morning. that cloud increasing through the afternoon. still going to feel quite warm, though, today. despite the cloud, temperatures getting up to around 19, maybe even 20 celsius, and at least for the daytime, it should stay dry. as we head into the evening, however, that‘s when the risk of the shower increases, and into the first part of the night. still some clear spells around, though, as we head through to dawn tomorrow morning. minimum temperature between eight and 11 celsius, so again quite a mild night. now, as we head into thursday, another bright start. plenty of sunshine around tomorrow. temperatures similar — 19, maybe 20 celsius. but it‘s all change for friday. it is going to feel that little bit cooler, the wind will start to strengthen, and we‘ll see some heavy rain arriving, and that continues overnight friday and into saturday morning.

there is more from me in around half an hour. do remember you can also check out our website for more news, good morning and welcome to a special edition of breakfast with me, dan walker, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings. 0ur headlines today... the queen will be joined here in portsmouth by theresa may, president trump, and other world leaders, to commemorate the allied invasion of nazi—occupied france. throughout the programme we‘ll be hearing from the heroes of d—day, veterans who are now over 90 years old. we really didn‘t think about the danger. we knew we had a job to do, and if anything happened to us, that was hard luck. it was on the 5th ofjune1944 that the command was given to launch

the largest military operation ever attempted — the start of the campaign to liberate europe. pa rt part of that military operation was the airborne invasion more than 20,000 troops dropping from aircraft including 800, a special memorial flight including 800, a special memorial flight will head to northern france again. elsewhere this morning, in sport, history forjohanna konta. she‘s through to the semi—finals of the french open — the furthest any british woman has reached at roland garros in more than 35 years. good morning from southwick house, i have one of the beautiful dogs with me on the eve of the 75th anniversary of d—day. the beautiful flower bed planted by the officers to commemorate the anniversary. the weather, sunny for england. dry with showers and sunshine for scotland and northern ireland has some rain.

more from carol throughout the morning. it‘s wednesday the 5th ofjune. we are live from portsmouth. the queen will be joined by theresa may and president trump and a number of world leaders. the largest gathering of world leaders since the olympics back in 2012. there will be here to commemorate the 75th anniversary of d—day. it was on this day that if the gene backin was on this day that if the gene back in 1944 the go—ahead was given to try and liberate nazi—occupied france. to give you any idea what it was like on that day we have been getting so many of your accounts and stories you have been told by your pa rents stories you have been told by your parents and grandparents as well. we look at this way across the solent towards the isle of wight to commit so towards the isle of wight to commit so many people have been telling us

this morning there were about as far as you could say, so many people said on that morning you could virtually walk across to the isle of wight. 0ne virtually walk across to the isle of wight. one person got in contact to say his grandfather, mark fletcher, is granddad served at hq in portsmouth and told him the strongest memory was looking out of the harbour, it being packed with ships and waking up on d—day the 6th ofjune and it being completely empty. it was only then the people who lived in portsmouth knew the invasion was on. it had been a secret for such a long time but on that day 75 years ago that was the morning it all started. the actual order was given on the fifth but it was delayed for 24 hours because of, would you believe it, the weather. brea kfast‘s graham satchell would you believe it, the weather. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been looking ahead to what exactly will happen today. in the shadow of the vast portsmouth naval memorial, southsea common is being searched and made secure. uri, a three—year—old spaniel, trained to find explosives. behind the steel fence, the queen, the prime minister, president trump and other heads

of state will be here to commemorate d—day, 75 years on. 99—year—old ron cross, and bobjones, who is 94, among the veterans being honoured. we didn‘t think about the danger. we know we had a job to do, and if anything happened to us, that was hard luck. i did what they said. i crept up the beach. i thought, what's all these people around me? they're in the water — what are they doing in the water? i thought, you'd think they'd get out of the water and come out and join me where i am. no. they was dead — dead. 75 years ago, more than 100,000 troops boarded almost 5,000 vessels in ports and harbours all over the south coast of england. 5june was the original date of d—day. in the end bad weather meant a delay for 24 hours. nonetheless, across the channel, the raf continued their bombardment.

the softening up of german defences along a broad stretch of coast... bridges and airfields destroyed in readiness for what would be the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning of the end of the war. the number of d—day veterans is now down to the hundreds. today‘s events will be one of the last opportunities to commemorate those who liberated europe from nazi rule. it has been wonderful to hear so many stories from those who took pa rt many stories from those who took part in d—day 75 years ago. we will be live here in portsmouth notjust on breakfast today but because the bbc throughout the day. the queen, prince charles and president trump willjoin 300 veterans behind us later on today. they will be commemorating the bravery of those who took part in d—day but there is some other news taking part are taking place today and ben is in the

studio and can bring us the rest of it. i will be back with dan injust a few moments. some other stories... in other news, it‘s the last day of the us president donald trump‘s state visit to the uk. following this morning‘s d—day commemorations, he will travel to ireland for a meeting with the irish prime minister. last night the president and first lady, melania trump, hosted a dinnerfor the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall at the american ambassador‘s residence in london. borisjohnson, the conservative mp and frontrunner to replace theresa may as prime minister, has said the party faces extinction if it fails to deliver brexit by the end of october. he made the comment at a hustings debate with other leadership contenders in westminster last night. housing minister kit malthouse and brexit ministerjames cleverly have pulled out of the contest, leaving 11 still in the running. campaigners will head to the high court this morning for a judicial review into how

the government raised the state pension age for women from 60 to 66. they say that around four million women, who were born in the 1950s, were not given enough time to prepare for the change. here‘s our personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz. it makes me feel angry, depressed, put upon. this woman, an ambulance driver in margate, had little more than a year‘s notice that she wouldn‘t get the pension she banked on at 60, but instead she has to wait till 66. we would all love the money we are owed. i am probably owed something like 49,000 by the time i get to 66. i can‘t see that happening. i would like some sort of compensation if we don‘t get that. it is sex discrimination, they will tell the court. they don‘t mind equal pension ages, but they do mind the way they are being brought in. the "back to 60" group that has brought this judicial review

is demanding repayment of all the pension that women born in the 1950s are missing out on, arguing that the speed of the change and what they call the lack of warnings has left millions disadvantaged. the government says it decided more than 20 years ago that it was going to make the state pension age the same for men and women as a long overdue move towards gender equality, and this has been clearly communicated. but she feels too many realised too late that they would have years without a pension. three in five mps say their constituents are suffering because of cuts to the care system that supports people who are older or disabled in england. that‘s according to a poll carried out by a coalition of health organisations who say the local authority—run care system needs to be fixed. the government says it has put extra money into the system and will publish plans for reforming social care at the earliest opportunity.

a former security officer at a florida school has been charged with failing to confront a gunman who killed 17 students and members of staff. surveillance footage showed scot peterson standing outside the marjory stoneman douglas high school as the shooting took place on valentine‘s day last year, but he did not go inside. arcadia, the fashion empire owned by sir philip green, faces a make—or—break vote over its future later today. creditors will meet to decide whether to approve a restructuring deal that will see the closure of 20 stores and a reduction in rent on around 50 others. the company, which owns brands like topshop and miss selfridge and employs around 18,000 staff, could go into administration if the deal is rejected. let‘s go back now to dan, who is in portsmouth for our special programme to mark the start of the commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the d—day invasion.

allied troops launched an invasion on france to retake france and subsequently the rest of europe from german forces. it is the individual stories of bravery that emerge on days like this and dan has been speaking to some of those veterans and he is in portsmouth. good morning to you. hello to you all at home. we are live on southsea common in portsmouth today where one of the commission —— cambridge —— commemorations will take place to mark 75 years since d—day. around 300 normandy veterans have already arrived by sea into portsmouth. they‘ll be joining the queen and president donald trump and other dignitaries at a special event here in southsea. you can watch that live on the bbc later on. it will culminate with a special fly—past, where some of the original planes which took part in d—day willjoin the red arrows display team. it should look fantastic. later this evening, veterans

will board a ship to normandy especially chartered by the royal british legion — repeating the voyage they took 75 years ago. there will be more events taking place they are tomorrow. naga munchetty will be live tomorrow. robert hull, you have been on that ship boudicca talking to veterans. some of the stories must have been incredible. i think these men are amazing. when you think about it aged between 95 and the oldest we have been talking to is a next birthday. 0rdinary people, so many heroes, not all of us in the front line but they were part of this thing. they also are pretty dreadful things and some of them were wounded and taken prisoner. a lot of them never talked about it until recently. 0ne chap told me he had only told his brother about a month ago his experiences. his brother said thank you. above all there is a

spirit and we watched it come alive, these men bouncing off each other and coming alive and i want to show you a package we made which showed you a package we made which showed you the last 24 hours on and off the ship. let‘s have a look. you the last 24 hours on and off the ship. let's have a look. jim grant's d—day began on board a landing craft lumbering towards the beaches. 75 yea rs lumbering towards the beaches. 75 years older he was a float again, guest of the royal marines on a windswept ride across the harbour. the boudicca‘s arrival gave the 300 vetera ns the boudicca‘s arrival gave the 300 veterans and their companions a taste of what was to come on both sides of the channel macro. it makes you feel so proud and so humble at the same time. imagine howl

you feel so proud and so humble at the same time. imagine how i feel, i don't deserve to be here. they are the heroes of d—day. everything we are celebrating now. really excited to be part of this. and to be with my grandad. any questions... on the quayside men who had stumbled the sword weighed down with weapons and equipment, who had helped supplied the bridgehead and examined the tools of modern warfare. couldn't have run without! the excitement among veterans was infectious. men in their 90s scrambling to get in on the action. some could not quite believe they were here.|j the action. some could not quite believe they were here. i thought i have got past it, i can‘t do that. didn't think it could make another

voyage. we cannot comprehend what these ladies and gentlemen gave us, these ladies and gentlemen gave us, the freedom we... not far away curiosity of a different kind. it is a humbling experience to hear what they are so clearly and then remember what that did for the rest of all of our lives so they are amazing people and it is great to meet them today. back on the water, 95—year—old jun who served as a driver and she landed in normandy via the huge artificial harbour codenamed mulberry. low-slung limousine to carry the people from london, generals and people that came out. i lost my exhaust. for three days the veterans have shared their stories. the same regiment.

forgotten their health worries. and grown closer to family companions. it is very emotional. today the focus shifts to the port where many of these men boarded ships in 1944. the boudicca‘s veterans believe it is their duty to be here and remember. they are helping us remember. they are helping us remember today. some of those are amazing to hear. a lot of people getting in contact saying d—day does it deliver for deliverance died, it is... we are off. it is going up to d plus one. my father went to show ond+12or d plus one. my father went to show on d +12 or something like that.

eventually 2 million men are brought through. it is the logistics behind it. behind the fighting on the beach there is a huge drum of cable so they can run fuel across the channel. massive concrete blocks to build harbours so they can move and once we are established, most of the work is just supplying that army to enable it to keep moving. the germans couldn‘t do anything about it. that is the planning, the forces saying we need to plan this carefully. it is worth pointing out this morning that d—day is obviously a very significant day but the fighting in normandy and across france took place for another 10 weeks and hundreds of thousands of men lost their lives. on the beaches the losses were horrendous particularly for the americans on 0maha but the fighting as they tried to push inland was really bad. 0ne closing point from me and we talk about spirit earlier on and we saw it on that extraordinary shots of

people on the boats, it is a sense of duty from these vets. they will say we are not doing it, they will say we are not doing it, they will say they are sailing past the crowds and they are doing it for the people who are still active. 0ne general who are still active. 0ne general who we saw in the report said every time he goes back he goes to a particular cemetery and stands and salutes and says thank you to the people who didn‘t come back. salutes and says thank you to the people who didn't come backm salutes and says thank you to the people who didn't come back. it is important for all of us to say thank you to them as well. 75 years on, lots of those men you are talking to our 95 plus, there won‘t be many more opportunities to hear first—hand those accounts. more opportunities to hear first-hand those accounts. no, it is strange, it doesn‘t seem long ago people watching remember we were saying goodbye to the last of those from the first world war, as every year rose by we are getting closer and closer to that point of the second world war but one thing is clear, those men, some of them in wheelchairs, others are both active

mentally and physically, they say as long as they can they will go on doing this duty. it is ourjob to remember them after that, to share those pictures and tell our children and our children‘s children what happened 75 years ago and why it is so happened 75 years ago and why it is so important for us standing here today to remember the sacrifice of so today to remember the sacrifice of so many others. it has been brilliant to talk to you. enjoy your trip. stay safe as well. carol is embroiled in the history around this because southwick house a few miles away from where we are today in southsea was very much part of that d—day story and carol can tell us a bit more about it. yes, i will start by showing this amazing painting behind me. this is an artistic interpretation of events from an eyewitness, norman wilkinson, he was on board this destroyer. how he put it together was like this. we have all these individual pencil drawings of the

weather as he solid and each picture at the bottom on d—day. if you look at the bottom on d—day. if you look at this land craft full of troops, can you imagine what it would have been like, choppy seas battling the seasickness and then when they landed on the beaches having to battle with the enemy. it is mind—boggling. if the weather played an important role in that, of course, so an important role in that, of course, so let‘s take a look at the events around that time. archive: months and years of waiting were over... planning an operation as important as d—day took months. but, despite the greatest military precision, there was one thing they couldn‘t predict — the weather. the requirements were strict — a combination of clear skies, full moon, calm seas, and low tide all needed to make d—day a success. this put enormous pressure on meteorologists to identify a suitable weather window,

at a time when predicting just 44 hours ahead was a challenge. the man responsible for advising general eisenhower on the best day to launch the invasion was group captainjames stagg. i had long had in the back of my mind the technical use of weather, just to be able to pick out some little interlude which would be unknown to the enemy forces, that would allow us to make use of it, and catch the people on the other side unawares. archive: heading out to sea after a 24—hour delay because of the weather... the invasion was originally planned for 5june, but after stagg predicted bad weather in the channel, it was postponed by 24 hours. in the end, weather on d—day wasn‘t ideal. strong winds and rough seas made for a difficult landing. but, if the troops had waited for the next window, the fleet would have been battered by one of the worst summer storms to hit the english

channel in decades. as it was, the success of stagg‘s forecast allowed the troops to land on the french beaches, and the tide of world war ii began to turn. this is the actual the day map used to plan the launch. we are in the actual room. —— the day map. it is quite amazing when you see the detail on this map,. weather, today we have a bit of a north—south split. for scotland and northern ireland it is a wet day and for the south of england and wales we are looking at drier conditions with a few showers. also some sunshine. low pressure dominating the weather which brought all the rain yesterday and it has continued to move northwards bringing rain across scotla nd northwards bringing rain across scotland and northern ireland. this

morning you will hang on to the rain but through the day it will start to push towards the north—west of scotla nd push towards the north—west of scotland and the north—west of northern ireland allowing some brighter conditions to develop behind but still a risk of showers. for england and wales some showers this morning. many of them will tend to ease and variable amounts of cloud and some of the starting on a sunny note. as temperatures rise that could be heavy and thundery showers. temperatures from 10 in the north to 20 in the south china. —— in the sunshine further south. 0ur next area of low pressure comes from the near continent sweeping up the north sea clipping east anglia, lincolnshire and yorkshire with some patchy rain but bringing more rain across scotland. as a result not a particularly cold night. temperatures represent towns and cities. tomorrow in scotland we start off wet and that pushes into northern scotland where it will be heavy and persistent. for the rest of scotland, northern ireland and

england and wales, a drier and brighter day but still be some showers around. temperatures as high as 19. down in the showers and rain. by as 19. down in the showers and rain. by friday we do it all again as another area of low pressure comes up another area of low pressure comes up from the continent moving from the south to north. this one has more of a punch to it. it is likely to bring some heavier rain with the risk of localised flooding and it will be breezy but windy with exposure. the south coast is looking at gusts of 50 mph. low pressure dominates the weather so it remains u nsettled dominates the weather so it remains unsettled into the first half of next week. incredible to think that way back in 1944 low pressure was with us and, damn, once again this time in 2020 we still have low pressure dominating us. amazing. thank you. we are not too far away down here on southsea

memorial. the building you can see behind us remembers all those who died and the naval side of things in the great war. 10,000 in world war i. the great war. 10,000 in world war i, 50,000 in world war ii. there will be a huge commemoration taking pa rt will be a huge commemoration taking part today here with theresa may, the queen, president trump, justin trudeau from canada, prime minister morrison, angela merkel, but also 300 veterans and that is the most important part. here is commander matt stratton whose grandfather served on the day. i will show you a picture of author ernest west. i know you are very proud of what your grandfather did. talk us through what his experiences were 75 years ago. my grandfather was a lance corporal, hejoined the ago. my grandfather was a lance corporal, he joined the queens ago. my grandfather was a lance corporal, hejoined the queens royal regiment in 19 30 before the war. he

spent his formative years in italy and china and india. he fought through the africa campaign and returned to d—day and landed on gold beach. what an incredible few years he had. these are the various campaign medals. this is his africa star, italy start from the landings in italy and then his france and germany star and wider medals. how importantan germany star and wider medals. how important an event is today, you are are incredibly proud of what your grandfather did and so many viewers sending in pictures of what their own member family did. sending in pictures of what their own memberfamily did. it must be a special day for yate. yes and it is all about the veterans today and commemorating. looking back at what they did and it gives us a life we have today. linking that aren‘t remembering is really important. my grandfather died in 2007 and memories fade over that time so this

is making me go back again and look at the history and shared with my children and that is important. sharing is an important thing because we are in portsmouth today was there was secrecy behind that, probably the biggest secret that anyone has had to hold onto it, d—day was a significant day over the uk, troops and accommodation, training where the food was set, munitions, right across the country, all to make sure that what happened here and various other places was success. the whole country was an enterprise about delivering d—day and beyond the uk all our allies who we re and beyond the uk all our allies who were fighting and sending troops to the uk, it is unreal to think about the uk, it is unreal to think about the scale of the endeavour going on at that time. important to think about. thank you so much for that. behind matt we have the solent and isle of wight and on this day the 5th ofjune1944, this wasn‘t meant

to be the day, it was delayed 24 hours because of the weather but on the south side of the isle of wight there were 2700 vessels and they we re there were 2700 vessels and they were there for 24 hours a with men who didn‘t know what they were going to be doing but they knew they were away to france. 0n to be doing but they knew they were away to france. on a rant about five o‘clock on this day the 5th ofjune 75 years ago they turned towards france and those normandy beaches and some of them paid the ultimate sacrifice that we can enjoy the freedoms we have today. it is probably an important thing to dwell upon today whether you are going to school, going to work, staying home watching these commemorations across the bbc. plenty more to come until 9:15am this morning. but now we have the news travel and whether wherever you are.

the london assembly health committee says more than a quarter of five—year—olds in the capital suffer from tooth decay. it also says every child should see a dentist by the age of one in schools should supervise tooth brushing. the number of vacancies in the health service across the capital is on the rise according to london because matt labour group. according to london because matt labourgroup. nhs according to london because matt labour group. nhs data says there we re labour group. nhs data says there were more than 17,000 job vacancies advertised in the first three months of this year. it partly blames the government handling of brexit. tributes will be played today to the thousands of allied troops who lost their lives 75 years ago. commemorations for the d—day landings. the cold grey light of the 6th ofjune and the year of 44...

landings. the cold grey light of the 6th ofjune and the year of 44. .. he isa 6th ofjune and the year of 44. .. he is a veteran who has released a song about his experiences in normandy to raise money for a memorial. about his experiences in normandy to raise money for a memoriallj about his experiences in normandy to raise money for a memorial. i think it is important to remember those who did not come back and i think all of us... those men deserve to be remembered. a look at the travel now.

it isa it is a lovely bright start out this morning, plenty of sunshine, patchy cloud around, and as we head further through the day, the cloud will start to thicken. enjoy the sunshine this morning, the cloud increasing through the afternoon still going to feel quite warm today despite the cloud, and at least for the daytime, it should be dry but the risk of showers increasing in the evening, still clear spells around as we head through to tomorrow morning. as we