the merchant navy suffered one of the highest casualty rates.ards tells the story of his grandfather, who served with the atlantic convoys. huw: the story begins in the tiny seaside village of llanddewi aberarth on the coastline of ceredigion. this is where i'd come to visit my grandparents and this is the little house where they lived. nothing much has changed in the main street. and you can see the house in the background to this family photo, which was taken after the war and my grandfather's return after four years away. he'd gone to sea in the first instance at the age 01:14 in 1920. it was the natural thing to do for the boys in the village. but, as he told me many years later, never could he have imagined that that first voyage as a merchant seaman would lead, eventually, to three years in a german prisoner of war camp. newsreel: this is a story of the men who brave the dangers of the sea to bring us our daily bread. the men of the merchant navy faced terrifying danger as they kept britain supplied with food and raw materials. all too oft

without the merchant navy, we could not have won world war ii. it's as simple as that. my grandfather did make it home to west wales before the end of the war, and despite fragile health, he lived to the age of 85. always modest, always hard—working, and always grateful. in a rare comment on his difficult wartime experience, he said simply this. "i was very lucky." and he always thought of the tens of thousands of merchant seamen who did not return, but who made such a vital contribution to britain's survival in the second world war. and tomorrow it is the turn of mishal husain to share the story of her relatives and their wartime experiences. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello to viewers in the uk joining those around the world. it's now time for us to take a first look at the national and international front pages in the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. i'm joined tonight by katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator, and sonia sodha, chief

without the merchant navy, we would not have won world war ii. it's as simple as that.spite fragile health, he lived to the age of 85. always modest, always ha rd—working, and always grateful. in a rare comment on his difficult wartime experience, he said simply this. "i was very lucky." and he always thought of the tens of thousands of merchant seamen who did not return, but who made such a vital contribution to britain's survival in the second world war. that report was from my colleague huw edwards. tomorrow, mishal husain revealed her family story. time for a look at the weather now, with nick miller. meteorological autumn is now underway, with a set of new storm names as compiled by the weather services of the uk, ireland and

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ships had been conscripted, so if you were a merchant marine, au were usually operating at loss, which allowed some fish stocks to recover. when those navies had taken their ships, they then retrofitted him, improved him, so when the merchant marines got back, they were much better high powered to do their fishing, so prices skyrocketed afterwards we find, so that is an interesting point is well. thank you. you mentioned, fully -- just briefly, real estate, i suppose no taxes were paid on that during the war, and after the war, they got all this land they can't do anything with. how did they restore the title to that? was there a government program? >> there were a couple of government programs to help do that. ordinance,earing tot subsidizing farmers recover product, and in part it was a host of researchers, both on the local level to investigate all property claims, some by word-of-mouth in a matter of honor these were the property lines we have had sort of thing. it became the touchy subject. there were a number of lawsuits about who's land is whose and where those property lines are, especially with some of those economists in the mix

permitting merchant vessels or non—governmental vessels like the civil fleet to disembark as soon as possible they rescued people, but to realise that a new operation of european coastguards and naviest to help the people, thousands of people that try to flee the incredible hell situation, the incredible dramatic work conditions they are suffering in libya —— war. the situations of concentration camps in libya where these people are tortured by...‘ concentration camps in libya where these people are tortured by... . i am sorry to interrupt. that is a crucial point because it is notjust the physical conditions they were held on, but of course the psychological problems that they have suffered, not only been kept on that ship for so long, but also what happened to them previously. i am afraid we are out of time so we must leave it there. thank you very much for coming on the programme and talking to us. thank you. the ukjustice secretary has defended british government plans to potentially override elements of the brexit withdrawal agreement, signed with the european union. the proposal would break international law and also give the government power to change or ignore rules relating