this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. 75 years this is bbc news. the headlines at 11.75 years on this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. 75 years on from the d—day landings, a day of honour, veterans gather in normandy to remember those who helped the great europe and change the course of the second world war. this evening, the role of the red arrows fly past from the famed rest acrobatic team as thousands pay tribute here in the uk. playing with his son moments before walking out of the door never to return, more from the inquest into the london bridge attacks. the latest blow to car manufacturing in

england, ford announces the closure of its bridgend plant, putting jobs at risk. bad news, especially for the youngsters. this is good, well—paid jobs. the youngsters. this is good, well-paid jobs. commentator: ad england have completely given it away again. an embarrassing mistake sees defeat for gareth southgate's men. 3—1 loss against the netherlands. welcome to bbc news. 75 yea rs netherlands. welcome to bbc news. 75 years after more than 130,000 allied troops stormed the beaches of normandy, hundreds of veterans have returned from the anniversary of one of the most momentous operations in

military history. today began with a lone piper marking the exact moment, 725 in the morning, when the british troops first landed on the beaches onjune troops first landed on the beaches on june six, 1944. troops first landed on the beaches onjune six, 1944. alongside them, mainly american and canadian troops. prince charles, the prime minister theresa may along with president emmanuel macron of france and president trump of the united states attended wings across france to honour those who thought they pulled up honour those who thought they pulled up our correspondent 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 my face of my mate. he lay beside me. three guys, my mate. he lay beside me. three guys, one my mate. he lay beside me. three guys, one grenade. you can't describe it. bodies, gis, you didn't know that whether 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 today was the sixth of june 1944. europe and the world, that today was the sixth ofjune1944. george the sixth ofjune 1944. george batts, d—day veteran, the sixth ofjune1944. george batts, d—day veteran, rose to remember them. none of them wanted to be part of another war. when freedom had to be fought for abandoned, they thought. 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. 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 they may not be many 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 where the biggest combined land, airand naval operation in history. up to 7000 shipped livid more than 130,000 allied troops to five beaches along the normandy coast which was heavily defended by the occupying nazi forces. by sunset on the first day, 4400 men were confirmed dead. so how did the events of this momentous operation unfold 7 did the events of this momentous operation unfold? sophie ray wirth has been looking back on the operation to launch the offensive. at 630 in the morning, the first of the allied troops began to scramble onto the beach of normative list of american, british and canadian forces had to wait through chile

water, under heavy fire. many never made it onto the beach. —— chile match. they landed on codenamed beaches. they faced the stiffest resista nce beaches. they faced the stiffest resistance from german troops who had dug in from the troops on above. further east, a force of more than 84,000, 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 along the narrow streets, the sound of pipes and drums. the site 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, lam. 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 forfreedom 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. and 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.

what harry billings was saying is a profound reality. many of the heroes died on those first days in the ha rdfoug ht died on those first days in the hardfought slog to try and liberate the whole country. 0thers survived but of course many have died in the intervening years. those are still with us are in their 90s and we are very fortu nate with us are in their 90s and we are very fortunate to be able to hear first—hand their stories about the mulch was day. as the next significant anniversary approaches, the 80th, many of god ‘s will no longer be there. those who are will pass those stories onto their children and grandchildren. earlier today, another veteran accompanied with four generations of his family. iam with four generations of his family.

i am here. with four generations of his family. iam here. how with four generations of his family. i am here. how many people have we got here? i've lost count. how many kids have you got? i've lost count. four generations, one of whom is snoozing very peacefully. when did you guys get married? 1943. 44. may the sixth 1944. a month before d—day? the sixth 1944. a month before d-day? i did it apprenticeship before that. did you land on d-day itself? seven days afterwards because we were on pack transport. did you know where he was? i didn't know where he was. he wasn't receiving letters, neither was i. what was the first you heard?

receiving letters, neither was i. what was the first you heard ?m receiving letters, neither was i. what was the first you heard? it was so what was the first you heard? it was so long. it was about 16 months was the first letter i had. so long. it was about 16 months was the first letteri had. i did so long. it was about 16 months was the first letter i had. i did write you. yes, i know, but we went receiving them. i thinki you. yes, i know, but we went receiving them. i think i might have started something was up is it amazing to be surrounded by children, grandchildren, great—grandchildren.” children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren. i don't know where she got them all from. the (laughs). there is a fifth generation as well. yes, in america. i was generation as well. yes, in america. iwasa generation as well. yes, in america. i was a toyboy. i can tell you have married a younger woman. thank you very much all of you for coming. 0ne story of a family who had much to celebrate and commemorate as they joined dad, granddad, great great

grand grad in marking their conservation to d—day. —— contribution. we will have more with the papers a bit later. the polls have just closed in the papers a bit later. the polls havejust closed in peterborough. it was prompted by the deselection of the mp fiona 0nasanya — who was sent to prison for lying to police about a speeding offence. labour won the seat by a narrow margin in 2017, but could nigel farage's brexit party gain its first mp just three months after it was formed? 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at the count in peterborough. that is not the question i will put to him. it is monstrously unfair. what is the sense tonight of how this election has gone? the obvious question is how many people have bothered to turn out for it was yellow we don't know, actually. bothered to turn out for it was yellow we don't know, actuallym certainly doesn't seem to be

absolutely huge numbers. all the ballot boxes are in behind me. the process of verification is going on. that means they haven't yet formally started counting. we don't yet have a turnout figure. speaking to some of the activists, some of them are saying they did not think it would be huge numbers. the hope that labour has is that it is a relatively small turnout but a high turnout amongst their core voters. they are hoping they will be able to turn out and stay loyal to the party. the voting ethnic minority areas of the city seems to be holding up pretty well. that said, am getting mixed messages from the labour side, it has to be said. it was a two horse race. used to be labour and the conservatives, this time it is labour and nigel farage's brexit party. some in the labour campaign are saying they don't think they have perhaps done enough to stem the tide at this moment of the brexit party so soon after the european elections. perhaps some

voters were not going to turn out again. we are in almost unique circumstances. the campaign dominated the issue of brexit not being delivered. that may have prevented them from holding on in this seed, one they held narrowly in any case back in 2017. from the brexit party point of view, this is why it is difficult to call, they are spinning at the other way, saying we are a are spinning at the other way, saying we are a new are spinning at the other way, saying we are a new party, we don't have the infrastructure, we have enthusiasm, we don't have reliable numbers to calculate how many people are coming through the polling stations. we are worried, they say, that the labour call vote has held up that the labour call vote has held up enough to deny us victory. that could be managing expectations by nigel farage's exit party. labour are not conceding defeat. it will be are not conceding defeat. it will be a long night, even if there is a small turnout. there are 15 candidates. even more candidates than ina candidates. even more candidates than in a tory leadership campaign. people may be making all sorts of

challenges along the way. it will be a long night. but we don't yet have a long night. but we don't yet have a clear result. i can't give you a spoiler. i hope you had brought a pillow and a good book with you. since you mentioned the tories and the tory leadership contest, is used to bea the tory leadership contest, is used to be a seat that kind of switched regularly between labour and the conservatives, for decades, it was a classic all—weather seat. the way peterborough went when the country and so on. brahma when he was the mp therefore some time underjohn major. it sounds like you were saying that the conservatives are nowhere tonight. the's rate. we are talking as though it is almost a given that the two horses in this race are labour and the brexit party. the conservatives held the feet. in 97 helen brinton on and then stewart jackson, a former brexiteer. he held from 2005 until

2017. only by a couple of,000 and then lost by just 2017. only by a couple of,000 and then lost byjust over 620 17. you would think these two mammoth parties would be doing both relatively well. the liberal democrats in the last election got 396 democrats in the last election got 3% of the vote, 2% for the greens. this was labour versus tory. this disruptor, the brexit party set up a few weeks ago, clearly for them to win the tory vote would have to collapse. it would be a massive move from the conservatives to the brexit party in orderfor that from the conservatives to the brexit party in order for that to happen. certainly we don't think the conservatives are in the running remotely. the question is whether it goes labour of brexit. the conservatives held this as recently as 2015 and they are out of the pit to. iain watson at the peterborough account. in for a long night andrew

neil and the team will bring you the result in a special edition of this week. i'm delighted that we have by—election specials. the headlines on bbc news: remembering those who help to liberate europe and changed because of the second world war. a day of commemoration. 75 years to the day of the d—day landings at normandy. playing with his son moments before walking up the door for the last time, the inquest into the london bridge attacks from the family of the man who led that terrible incident. ford has announced the closure of its bridge and engine plant putting 1700 jobs at risk in the latest blow to car manufacturing in britain. let us stay with that

story. 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 1,700 people — were sent home, after receiving a letter saying they'll lose theirjobs 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. at the inquest into the deaths at 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 nobody 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 enquiry of the concerns that 150 deaths were not properly investigated. liveable community health and district

nursing and dentistry on merseyside for nearly eight years before being taken over last year. 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 healthcare 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. injusta injust a moment in just a moment we will look at the weather with ben rich. for now we leave you with a reminder of the commemorations taking place today in tribute to all those who took part in the d—day landings. those who went out, those who came back, and those who did not. three quarters of a century ago. d—day, the sixth of june, 1944. these young men belonged toa june, 1944. these young men belonged to a very special generation. the greatest generation. a generation whose unconquerable spirit shaped

oui’ whose unconquerable spirit shaped our postwar world. when my life is over and they reach the other side, i'll meet my friends from normandy and shake their hands with pride. today america embraces the french people and thank you for honouring oui’ people and thank you for honouring our beloved dad. applause . —— dead. applause . -- dead. iam applause . -- dead. i am here. applause . -- dead. iam here. iwas lucky. all the heroes are dead. # abide with me...

hello. if you are making our plans in the coming days it is worth staying in touch with the weather forecast because things look very u nsettled forecast because things look very unsettled and, at times, very uncertain through the week ahead. 0ne uncertain through the week ahead. one thing we do know is the jet strea m one thing we do know is the jet stream at the moment is diving its way southwards and in their step in the jet stream here we have spun up an area of low pressure. quite a deep low for the time of year. it is heading in our direction to bring some heavy rain and unseasonably strong winds. during friday we are starting off went across the south—western quarter of the british isles. this rain will slowly spread northwards across england and wales. heavy thundery downpours into the afternoon across central and

southern england, eventually