a. 75 years after the d—day landing, honouring those who fought and remembering those who never came back. piper plays. this morning a lone piper marked the moment british forces went ashore — the beginning of a campaign that determined the fate of generations. hundreds of veterans have made the journey to normandy, many for the last time, remembering their friends and comrades who they fought alongside. when the test came, when freedom had to be fought for or abandoned, they fought.

they were soldiers of democracy. they were the men of d—day, and to them we owe our freedom. a new memorial dedicated to the 22,000 british men and women who died in the campaign. the prime minister paid tribute to their sacrifice. if one day can be said to have determined the fate of generations to come in france, in britain, in europe and the world, that day is the 6th ofjune, 1944. it was the largest combined land, air and naval operation in history. eleven months later hitler had been defeated and europe freed. and the other main stories on tonight's programme. another major blow for car making in britain — ford is to shut its plant

in bridgend, with the loss of 1700 jobs. the wife of curran but, the ringleader of the london bridge terror attack, gives evidence that the inquest —— of current but. terror attack, gives evidence that the inquest -- of current but. for england, scores, nervously. and england, scores, nervously. and england take on the netherlands and the nation's league, in portugal. coming upon sportsday on bbc news, australia recover from a dreadful start to win against the west indies in another thriller at the cricket world cup.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, from arromanches. 0n the normandy coast, where people have gathered tonight for a concert after a day of events to mark the 75th anniversary of d—day. more than 130,000 allied troops stormed the beaches here, along a 50 mile stretch of coast, in what was one of the most momentous operations in military history. today began with a lone piper marking the exact moment at 7:25am in the morning when the british troops landed here alongside mainly american and canadian forces. prince charles, theresa may, along with the presidents of france and the united states, all attended commemorative events across northern france to honour those who fought here and to remember those who never came back. lucy williamson has the story of d—day 75 years on.

piper plays. the sounds that made europe's history are buried on these beaches. above gold beach, where gunfire rang out 75 years ago, a lone piper marked the moment british soldiers set foot in occupied france. the din of battle, echoing for some beneath the silence of the crowd. i survived. but they blew the face off my mate. who lay behind, just to the side of me. three guys, one grenade, they're down. you can't describe it. lowering that ramp, on to bodies of 615, you didn't know if they were alive or dead. it used to give me nightmares. along the coast, at ver—sur—mer, theresa may and emmanuel macron saw the foundation stone laid for a new memorial in honour of the 22,000 british—led troops

who died in the normandy campaign. the faces around them, a reminder that wars between nations, between ideologies, are fought by individuals, that this war was fought by these men. if one day can be said to have determined the fate of generations to come, in france, in britain, in europe and the world, that day was the 6th ofjune 19114. george batts, a d—day veteran who'd campaigned for the monument in honour of his fallen comrades, rose to remember them. none of them wanted to be part of another war, but when the test came, when freedom had to be fought for or abandoned, they fought. they were soldiers of democracy.

they were the men of d—day, and to them we owe our freedom. last post plays. at bayeux cathedral, those who never returned from the normandy beaches were honoured by veterans and leaders from the commonwealth in a service of remembrance. the prince of wales paying tribute alongside the men who'd fought under his grandfather. the bittersweet words of the kohima epitaph read on behalf of the fallen, here in the first french town freed by the allies. for your tomorrow, we gave our today. when my life is over and i reach the other side, i'll meet my friends from normandy and shake their hands with pride. at the us cemetery, america's modern

day president gave his thanks to the servicemen of the past. you are the pride of our nation. you are the glory of our republic. and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. applause the experience of american soldiers on 0maha beach among the most brutal of the allied campaign, etched onto the faces in front of him. we know what we owe to you veterans. 0ur freedom. on behalf of my nation, i just want to say thank you. applause at arromanches, british veterans gathered on the beaches they once took. as europe remembers those who will never grow old, there is a need to cherish those who grow older each year. those for whom remembrance is memory, for whom a nation's heroes were friends.

for whom a minute's silence holds within it the noise of war. as the sounds of remembrance drifted back across the channel, there's a sense there may not be many more moments like today. when europe pays tribute to the heroes who are here with us, as well as those who aren't. lucy williamson, bbc news, normandy. the d—day landings were the biggest combined land, airand naval operation in history. up to 7,000 ships delivered more than 150,000 allied troops to five beaches along the normandy coast, which was heavily defended by the occupying nazi forces. so how did the events of that momentous operation unfold? news archive: there comes the grinding of keels on shingle

and our troops spill ashore across that open stretch, menaced by enemy gunfire. at 6:30am, the first of more than 130,000 allied troops began to scramble onto the beaches of normandy. american, british and canadian forces had to wade through chilly waters onto shore under heavy fire. many never even made it onto the beach. to the west, more than 57,000 americans landed on two beaches, code—named utah and omaha. at 0maha they faced the stiffest resistance from german troops who had dug in on the cliffs above. that beach is where the allies suffered the highest number of casualties on d—day. further east, a force of more than 811,000, led by britain and canada, landed on gold, juno and sword beaches near the city of caen. around 75,000 german troops were waiting for them in normandy, but many of them were young and inexperienced. they knew an invasion would come but hadn't expected it

until later that summer, so on d—day they were taken completely by surprise. such delays helped the invasion force to gain a significant foothold, but at a high cost. there are no precise figures for casualties on d—day, but it's estimated around 11,000 allied troops were either killed or wounded. german casualties were high too that day, between 4000 and 9000. tens of thousands of french civilians were also killed in the bombing and intense fighting across normandy that continued for almost three months. hundreds of those who arrived on d—day or in the days and weeks afterwards have made their way to normandy for the anniversary. they are all at least 90 years old. robert hall has spent this week with the veterans on theirjourney back to northern france and joins me now from bio cemetery where so many of those who lost their lives are

buried —— from bayeux cemetery. the minds of the nearly 300 veterans on rv boudicca have been focused on this day, to the friends they lost, but today has also be about re—establishing the links between those veterans and the communities in this region, communities which suffered such grievous losses during the fighting, but today, towns and villages turned out to once again welcome their liberators. along the narrow streets of bayeux, dappled with sunlight this morning, the sound of pipes and drums, the sight of old men parading with pride. in 1944, the first allied liberators moved cautiously between the old houses. the people of bayeux have never forgotten what that meant. humbling. it makes you feel humbled that people want to come out and applaud you. not enjoy, but i've come here just to remember those

that never came back. how important is it for you to be here on this anniversary? it's nice, yes. we're all getting old, aren't we? well, iam. i'm nearly 96. ken hay came ashore with the dorset regiment. i got captured a couple of weeks later. i went out coal mining in poland. and then the long march for freedom of course, back. it's a bit overwhelming, i find. they're so welcoming. i think it's great. at the bayeux cemetery, eric strange, his head still full of last night's emotional departure from portsmouth. as a young officer, eric commanded a landing craft underfire from german defences. and then the bang. there was this royal marine lieutenant, actually,

and his chest was not very good. all one could do was try to get some first aid up to him as quick as, but... for a moment, among the lines of white stones, eric and his fellow veterans were back on the beaches. there's a lot of lads there that were unlucky. you've got to thank god that i was lucky, but it's very moving when you see that, there the people who did give their lives for it. eric rarely talks about his d—day experiences, but his voyage on the boudicca has helped him open up and today he found a willing ear. this evening, as veterans reach journey‘s end, the message they carried was simple. don't say i'm a hero. i'm no hero, iwas lucky, i'm here. all the heroes are dead. robert hall, bbc news, arromanches.

welcome of the commemorations today have focused on the efforts of the allied troops, but the french president emmanuel macron spoke too about the sacrifices that the french civilians made, the high price they paid, for liberation. thousands were killed before and after d—day, during a ferocious battle for normandy that summer. matthew price is in caen, less than 20 miles along the coast from here. it was a city that was almost completely destroyed in the battle to liberate it? that was almost completely destroyed in the battle to liberate mm really was and the sound and the light projection that you can see going on behind me on the walls of the town hall here in caen are a commemoration of those events, that destruction of the town during the allied takeover of it. it took them 43 days to get from the beaches where you are, that short distance, to hear, in caen town centre, to

overthrow the nazi regime and in the building behind me i think the projection has just finished as we came to air, the building behind me was a refuge for 10,000 civilians from this town, who sought sanctuary and therefore those 43 days of fighting. in all, sophie, when the battle for normandy was over, 20000 and more french civilians have lost their lives. today has been incredibly moving, very poignant. so many veterans who have returned. it has been striking how many world leaders have come here. what has been their message?” think there has been a consistent message throughout this week, sophie. we heard it from her majesty the queen in portsmouth, we heard today from emmanuel macron, the french president, both with his appearance alongside the prime minister, theresa may, her last appearance, most likely come on the world stage at an event like this before she resigns and gives up the

premiership. we saw it when he spoke alongside the us president donald trump. emmanuel macron spoke of the fa ct trump. emmanuel macron spoke of the fact that the institutions of world order, the united nations, he said, nato, the beginnings of what became of the european union, he said these all sprung from the rubble of world war ii. and it was very precious indeed, very important to cling onto these, to nurture the growing friendships between allies and formerfoes. friendships between allies and former foes. there was friendships between allies and formerfoes. there was perhaps no greater signal of that on the streets of caen, the city council put up bunting. it features former co—flags, the british flag, the american flag, the french flag in the german flag. —— it features four flags. that's all from normandy for 110w. flags. that's all from normandy for now. i will be back before the end of the programme. now it is back to reeta with the rest of the news. the car maker ford has confirmed plans to close its engine plant in bridgend next year. the company blamed huge

changes in the industry and insisted the decision wasn't connected to brexit. workers at bridgend, which employs 1700 people, have been sent home, after receiving a letter saying they'll lose their jobs by september 2020. it is the latest blow to car manufacturing in britain, following honda's decision to close its swindon factory. here's our wales correspondent, sian lloyd. it's been a turbulent few years for workers at this plant. many had feared this news could come, but not quite so soon. at lunchtime today they were sent home. we have been told we will have support, but what that means we don't know. the thing is quite a lot of us relocated from southampton to bridgend. when they shut the place there's not going to be anything left, is there. since it opened in the 1980s, the bridgend factory has been the biggest employer in this area. but the company says customer demand for the type of engines made here has fallen, and it hasn't been able to find additional work.

ford announced in january that 1000 jobs would be lost. today, they said the plant will close completely by the end of 2020. union leaders said the workforce felt abandoned. i think what they have done is condition a lot of the workers to feel that it's going to go one day. that's what it feels like. but when that day does happen, like today, it is a devastating blow. the impact of these job losses will be felt in the wider community too, including at this local cafe. i do quite a bit of business with ford, and to sever that, to take it away will leave a big, big black hole. and for those directly affected, like car worker graham rees, tonight is a time to reflect. there is no light at the end of the tunnel. you have just got to face the truth and the truth hurts.

for 40 years ford has been a bedrock in the economic landscape of bridgend. it offered well—paid, highly skilled jobs in a town where they are in short supply. replacing them will be a challenge. tonight the car park is deserted, marking the end of another dark day for the british car industry. sian lloyd, bbc news, bridgend. our business editor simonjackjoins me. devastating news for bridgend. what does it say about the wider uk car industry? put simply, the global car industry is making too many cars. cars that we re is making too many cars. cars that were used to buy and are not buying in the same numbers. you've got demand levelling out in china, which was growing. around europe people are saying, do i want to buy a diesel, i am getting mixed messages on that, am i ready for electra? for those reasons, car companies are having to trim their production. if you put that against the backdrop of

a plant in south wales that is underutilised, which makes it expensive to run, you can see how ford get there. the question is, what does it mean for the future? the facts for the moment is that annual investment in the car industry in the uk has fallen 80%. that means that although there is an enormous amount of investment needed for this incredible revolution to electric cars, not enough of it is happening in the uk. 0bviously devastating for bridgend. there are forces at work here that are truly global in nature. simon, thank you. at the inquest into the deaths following the london bridge terror attack, the wife of the ringleader khuram butt broke down in court, saying that two years on, she still couldn't look at photos of her husband's eight murdered victims. zahrah rehman described refusing to go on holiday to turkey with him and their children, fearing he would take them to syria. daniel sandford reports. just hours before he led

the london bridge attack, khuram butt with his family. but after lunch that day, he walked out of the family home and they never saw him again. his widow, zahrah rehman, told the inquest... "he didn't kiss my son. he didn't kiss my daughter. hejust went." that evening, while she was out for a family meal, he returned to the flat with the other two killers, making his final preparations for the murders at london bridge. zahrah rehman told the court that when she got back to the flat that night all the lights were on and the back door was open. she was furious and started texting her husband but she said, obviously by that time, he wasn't even alive. eight people had just been killed, the three attackers were themselves shot dead. the next day she was told that one of them was her husband. "i could not register it," she said, "that i was living with him, and he was in the same house as me and my kids, and how could he do that? even now, it's been like two years, and i've not been able to look at the victims' pictures."

his word was the truth to them, so they let him go. khuram butt and zahrah rehman had married in 2013. she said he was charismatic, confident, funny, but her husband was spending time with the extremist anjem choudary, and calling her an unbeliever. when khuram butt booked a family holiday to turkey, she worried he was going to take them to syria. "i said, you can book us a holiday anywhere, but i'm not going to turkey," zahrah rehman told the court. "it led to people in my family taking my passport, his passport, and my son's passport away, just to protect us." at one point, butt‘s brother—in—law even called the anti—terrorist hotline, but no one thought he would attack britain. zahrah rehman said that in the aftermath she had secretly joined other londoners laying flowers at the bridge. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. a failed nhs trust is to be the focus of an independent inquiry after concerns that 150 deaths weren't properly investigated.

liverpool community health ran services such as district nursing and dentistry on merseyside for almost eight years, before being taken over last year. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. personally, it destroyed me. i was suicidal. 0ur decision was overruled and the lady died six hours after she was admitted to our ward. last year, former staff at liverpool community health told me what it was like to work there. today we learned what some of the consequences of that culture were. 150 deaths were not properly investigated, 43,000 further incidents were not accurately recorded, including 17,000 that involved patients. they will have to give evidence... labour mp rosie cooper, whose own father was badly cared for by the trust, has campaigned for six years to uncover the scale of the failings. this time, the people of liverpool will actually understand what was done to them in their name

by a group of renegade nhs directors and managers. this board was dysfunctional from the start, and all the regulators, not one regulator spotted it and held them to account. it has been a disgrace. more than 20 of the deaths being investigated occurred at liverpool prison, where lch ran health care services for four years. some of the records were found in a cabinet in the health care unit. there is little evidence they had ever been entered into any computer system, even less so that any of the information they contained had actually been acted upon. in fact, it took investigators a while to get access to the records. nobody could find the key. medication errors led to patients not getting the drugs they needed or getting double doses. or the most severe pressure ulcers would develop virtually unchecked. harm became normalised.

the impact that had on their wellbeing absolutely needs to be established. in my 30 years in the nhs i haven't experienced something that feels so systematically not fit for purpose. bernie cuthel, who led the trust for four years, told us today she was truly sorry for the failings of the trust. this independent inquiry should now reveal the problems in full, cleansing a dark and shameful period in the history of the nhs. michael buchanan, bbc news, liverpool. the polls have just closed in the peterborough by—election, prompted by the deselection of the labour mp fiona 0nasanya, who was sent to prison for lying to police about a speeding offence. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, is there for us now. this is another big test for the parties, after the european elections two weeks ago? yes, it is. after watching labour and the conservatives take a battering in those elections, we are now watching whether nigel farage's

fledging brexit party can pull off the same trick again, only this time sent their first mp to westminster. talking to party workers here, the demeanour suggests that labour is braced for a defeat at the hands of the brexit party. the great hope that labour are trying to cling to is that muslim voters in this area will turn out strongly for labour, and ona will turn out strongly for labour, and on a low turnout, that could tilt the odds of the last moment against all of those odds. but i can also tell you that the bookies have stopped taking odds on a brexit win some time ago. everyone here expects the tory party to do badly. and the brexit party, they will be not only disappointed, but deflated if they do not have a new mp in the morning, and nigel farage's famous smile has not inched an inch or two wide. football, and the england men's team have been in action tonight they have been overwhelmed by the netherlands in the semifinal of the

nations league. it was 1—1 when it went to extra time, but they proved too strong, winning 3—1. the weather today has been distinctly english. unfortunately, so has some of the behaviour. last night in porto, a vocal minority we re night in porto, a vocal minority were throwing bottles at locals and police, resulting in two arrests. when you see the state of some of the people drunkenly singing the national anthem, it's not patriotically mate embarrassing. before the rain began, many fans felt let down again. we are not here for trouble, a small bunch spoiled it for the rest of us. lets root it out, it's an embarrassment to the country. this tournament might not be in the same league as the world cup or european championships, but it represents a chance to cap off what has been a wonderful 12 months. for the kid who lived in the shadow of wembley, the armband. raheem sterling, rewarded with the

captaincy for his 50th cap. with harry kane dropped, marcus rashford stepped up. de ligt, so usually sure—footed, was instead clumsy. rashford made no mistake with the penalty. but the dutch were building pressure, and de ligt was looking to make amends. now, that had been coming. but then, drama. england, backin coming. but then, drama. england, back in the lead, through coming. but then, drama. england, back in the lead, throuthesse lingard. but as fans went wild, var did its thing. mere centimetres denying them the winner. extra time loomed. and england were playing with fire. john stones' calamitous dilly—dallying gave the dutch a chance. kyle walker's fires gave them the winner. it will not hurt as as much russia, but it is another trophy gone for another year. —— kyle walker's thigh. let's return to our main story and the commemorations in normandy to mark 75 years since the d—day landings. sophie's in arromanches.

thank you. it has been an incredibly poignant and very moving day. we've seen so many veterans poignant and very moving day. we've seen so many veterans returning to normandy for the commemorations. it started so simply, a lone piper, out on the beach in arromanches, to mark the exact moment when the first british soldiers came ashore. it is ending this evening a very different atmosphere. there has been a concert, all of these people getting ready for a fireworks display in arromanches. 75 years ago tonight, this village would have just been liberated. what are the veterans we have spoken to today have all said to us is that they hope when they are gone, generations to come will continue to remember what they did and the sacrifice they all made for our freedom. and the sacrifice they all made for ourfreedom. from all of and the sacrifice they all made for our freedom. from all of us and the sacrifice they all made for ourfreedom. from all of us here in arromanches, good night. last post plays these young men belonged to a very special generation. the greatest generation.

a generation whose unconquerable spirit shaped our post—war world. when my life is over, and i reach the other side, i'll meet my friends from normandy, and shake their hands with pride. today, america embraces the french people and thanks you for honouring our beloved dead. applause i'm no hero. i was lucky. i'm here. all the heroes are dead. # where is death's sting? # where, grave, thy victory? # i triumph still, if

thou abide with me.#