it was quite a day yesterday for d—day veteran harry billinge, as he went to the palace to collect his his fallen comrades. harry got to meet the queen, and breakfast‘s tim muffett was there. harry's big day, his first time in buckingham palace. he was also an engineer as well. how amazing. thank you. i know this, it's tim. morning, tim. how are you, harry? i am all right now. how are you feeling? how are you feeling ahead of receiving your mbe? a bit nervous. really. i'm not used to all this... overwhelming! i'll be all right. and how are you, sheila? i'm fine, yeah. it's wonderful to be here. the cavalry are coming past. it's quite something, isn't it? it is. yeah, it is. i find it very emotional. and i'm still here, eh? i'm lucky to be here. you have a brilliant day. thank you. you're a star. enjoy yourself. thank you very much. give me a kiss. you are lovely. thank you, tim. mr harry billinge. for services to charitable fundraising. must be such a feeling of pride? i try not to be proud. what did the queen say? she said i understand you were there on d—day. i said, i did. she was v

it was quite a day yesterday for d—day veteran harry billinge, as he went to the palace to collect his queen, and our correspondent tim muffett was there. harry's big day, his first time in buckingham palace. he was also an engineer as well. how amazing. thank you. i know this, it's tim. morning, tim. how are you, harry? i am all right now. how are you feeling? how are you feeling ahead of receiving your mbe? a bit nervous. really. i'm not used to all this... overwhelming! i'll be all right. and how are you, sheila? i'm fine, yeah. it's wonderful to be here. the cavalry are coming past. it's quite something, isn't it? it is. yeah, it is. i find it very emotional. and i'm still here, eh? i'm lucky to be here. you have a brilliant day. thank you. you're a star. enjoy yourself. thank you very much. give me a kiss. you are lovely. thank you, tim. mr harry billinge. for services to charitable fundraising. must be such a feeling of pride? i try not to be proud. what did the queen say? she said i understand you were there on d—day. i said, i did. she was lovely. she knew all about me. here we

d—day veteran harry billinge, mbe, has faced formidable enemies before.oronavirus at bay. hey, harry, how are you doing? i'm feeling very, very well indeed. and i don't take any chances, i've been sitting in my armchair, i got the fire on and some light reading, i got a lovely hot bed with a blanket to get into, so i'm very comfortable and very grateful to everybody that's been very kind to me. normally, you are out fundraising. how hard are you finding it having to stay indoors? it's been very difficult because i felt a bit guilty. i ought to be out and about. that's about £35 there, harry. i was very good at giving orders when i was in the army i was also very good at obeying orders. idon't mind. my mind is free, i can be anywhere. you've faced many enemies in your time. how do you rate coronavirus as an enemy? when there's evil, it's a very good thing to draw people together to realise we don't live just for ourselves, but for other people, and that's what i've tried to do all my life. kids eight years old, 12 years old, going out... if you're in isola

now, you may remember, last year we met the d—day veteran harry billinge. uild a national memorial for his fallen comrades. since then, harry has raised tens of thousands of pounds and his efforts will be officially recognised today when he receives an mbe at buckingham palace. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been speaking to harry ahead of his big day. don't say i'm a hero. i'm not a hero. i was lucky. i'm here. all the heroes are dead. and i'll neverforget them as long as i live. d—day veteran, fundraiser extraordinaire, harry billinge might not consider himself a hero — others disagree. we thank you. don't be silly. harry, you're about to receive your mbe. how are you feeling? overwhelmed, really. i never expected any medal for collecting a few pounds, or £1000 for the boys that never came back. i didn't expect any of this and i didn't want any of this. really. i wanted to do it for the fellas that never came back. and when i get this medal, its in memory of every one of them fellas, 22,432 men killed in a day on that beach where i landed. and it's never left

wise words as ever from harry billinge.er get cracking. there is afair bit late! better get cracking. there is a fair bit of cloud around today but not as windy as yesterday. we have some showers and more of us was the hours throughout the day. high pressure is in charge our weather and if anything it slipped a little bit further south. now, that has had a very subtle change in wind direction, so instead of coming from the arctic, it is coming from the atlantic, not quite as good a direction for us but don't be full. it will feel cold if you are outside. what we have is a fair bit of cloud, as i mentioned. showers across the north—west of scotland, showers and ease, if you already the west, and we will see further showers throughout the day. the wind is not as noticeable as it was yesterday except through the english channel, particularly the channel islands where we will only see highs of seven degrees today, so it will feel quite cold. these circles indicate the average wind speeds. gusts of course will be more than that.

dj veteran harry billinge, has faced formidable enemies before.y chances, i have been sitting in my armchair, with the fire on, andi my armchair, with the fire on, and i have had a lovely hotbed to get into. i am very co mforta ble, to get into. i am very comfortable, and i am very grateful to everybody, they have been very kind to me. normally you are out of fundraising, how hard are you finding it staying indoors?m has been very difficult because i felt a has been very difficult because ifelt a bit has been very difficult because i felt a bit guilty. i has been very difficult because ifelt a bit guilty. i ought has been very difficult because i felt a bit guilty. i ought to be out and about. about 35 quid there. the other day, i was very good at giving all of this while i was in the army, i was also very good at obeying orders, but my mind is free, i can be anywhere. you faced many enemies in your time. how do you rate coronavirus as an enemy? it's a very good thing to draw people together and realise that we don't live just for ourselves, but f

and the d—day veteran harry billinge, who's raised tens of thousands of pounds for a memorial honouringlen comrades, receives an mbe from the queen at buckingham palace. and coming up on bbc news, there will be a successful games, according to international olympic committee president thomas bach after fears the coronavirus could postpone tokyo 2020. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. up to a fifth of workers may be off sick at the peak of a coronavirus outbreak in the uk — and that could force the nhs to delay non—urgent care. this plan has beenjointly agreed and copies of the plans have been sent to both houses in hard copy. the plan is driven by the sites and guided by the expert recommendations of leaf for uk chief medical officers and the scientific advisory group for emergencies. our plan sets out what we know so far about the virus and disease that it causes, the long—term planning we have taken to prepare for a pandemic. what actions we have taken so far in response to the current outbreak and crucially they ruled the —— the role of the public can play in support

harry billinge, who's 94 and from cornwall, was given the honour for raising tens of thousands of poundsmory of every one of them fellas, 22,442 men killed in a day on that beach where i landed. i never thought i'd ever get... i never thought i'd ever get in with the royalty, but i'm deeply moved and i'm very thankful. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it's going to be quite cold for many of us overnight tonight. today has been a day of sunshine and showers. we have had some heavy ones here and there and some snow over the higher ground, particularly in scotland. there is in the showers of the past few hours, you can see how they have been migrating eastwards and over the next few hours we will see a lot of those showers are moving away and dying away and skies will tend to clear, allowing temperatures to drop with the light winds. head to the south, signs of change and cloud and some rain later on in the night so it would be a cold here but elsewhere with those clear skies, widespread frost and it is probably likely to be colder than it was last night. these areas are

harry billinge, who's 94 and from cornwall, was given the honour for raising tens of thousands of poundsss the uk are continuing to face challenges as the number of people infected rises to 51, the prime minister sets out the government's action plan and reveals over a fifth of the workforce could be sick at the peak of the outbreak. about 90,000 people have been affected globally since the outbreak of covid—19. cases of over 50 countries and more than 3000 deaths. it's super tuesday in the us, democrats in 14 states are voting on what they want to take on donald trump in a november's presidential election. diplomatic efforts are intensifying in turkey. eu officials have visited the border. the battle for idlib rages on, momentum changing almost by the day. around the town of kafr nabl, the russian backed syrian army once again pushing forward after several days of setbacks. turkey's intervention has been dramatic. dozens of syrian government targets hit in waves of turkish drone strikes. civilians are still on the move in huge numbers. for abu mohammed's family, the exodus began nine mo