cannon fires bagpipes play sophie raworth: and there, on this cloudless day, over the white cliffs of, the iconic aircrafts such as symbols of the fight for survival against the nazis. and of the raf‘s superiority. and one last word from nick. tonight the queen will give her message to the nation. yes, an address to the nation at 9pm, when her father king george vi podcast to the nation. this is strangely representative of the day in that there are no great national acts of commemoration, remembrance. thank you. and so begin today's events to commemorate ve day and to thank the world war ii generation for their service and sacrifice during those wartime years. given the current crisis we are living through now, paying tribute to them seems all the more poignant. you're watching bbc news. in the past few minutes, the prince of wales has led the uk

we will see you later today, sophie raworth. words that so many of us remember, or can recall now. and we can speak to winston churchill's great—grandson, randolph churchill, now. lovely to have you with us this morning and thank you for taking the time. knowing that your great grandfather was such a great orator, how has that passed down through yourfamily? how has that passed down through your family? it can't be avoided. it's such a special bit of history. i must say, my great grandfather was so inspired by the nation, the people, and it is wonderful the nation and the people still have this great spirit today. beautifully reflected on your programme. at the height of the battle of britain, to quote, never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. that's a phrase many people are familiar with. earlier, we we re people are familiar with. earlier, we were talking to our news presenter sophie raworth who is outside buckingham palace, talking about the sense of what we owe to that generation and how we

in a moment, sophie raworth will be here with the bbc news at six — but first, let's get a check on the high were those temperatures? well, close to 29 celsius, sounds high, but not a record for may. and if you say, oh, that willjust be in the london area, temperatures that high could be recorded in parts of yorkshire, the east midlands, east anglia, as well as southeast england. high pressure to the east, low—pressure to the west, we have a flow of warm air coming our way this afternoon and we are getting plenty of sunshine. a sunnier afternoon across northern england, northern ireland and scotland that we have had recently. some cloud may be hugging the eastern coast of northern ireland, south—west scotland, and it is grey and misty across shetland holding temperatures down here. further west in northern ireland, we could get into 22, 24 in scotland, higher temperatures still in england and wales. temperature is not the only thing that is high, the uv levels are also high, so that means take care in the strong may sunshine. so a fine, very warm evening out there, it will mostly be dry