landing craft. on utah beach in normandy, but as a convoy of eight landing craft, packed with tanksamaged. many of the nearly 750 dead were never found. it's moving to stand there and look out at the english channel and think about where my uncle's body lay. was his body everfound? no. he's still in the ship. for decades, no—one knew what had happened here, partly due to the security around the d—day landings. annelle reynolds‘ father was badly injured, but he survived. she's brought his uniform — to be placed in a local museum. it was a shame that these men did not get recognition through their lives. today, families and villagers are gathering around a us tank, recovered from the site of the attack. 0n the beach nearby, 7a9 bootprints, reminding us of losses far greater than in the real attack at utah beach just over a month later. robert hall, bbc news, south devon. we will have all of the results as they come in later this evening from they come in later this evening from the spanish general election. in a few minutes' time we will be joining the was on bbc one for a summary of

slapton sands was a near perfect match for conditions on utah beach in normandy, but as a convoy of eightamaged. many of the nearly 750 dead were never found. for decades, secrecy shrouded the tragedy at slapton sands, but us families who followed a trail to devon found villages which continued to remember those they'd lost. above the beach today, soldiers from britain's royal tank regiment helped to lay boot prints representing a loss of life six times greater than in the real attack at utah beach. i want people to think about the hundreds of young men from so far away who never actually saw their own front door again. on both sides of the atlantic, there is a determination that the story of slapton sands must be shared and passed on. robert hall, bbc news, devon. time for a look at the weather. good evening. for almost all of us, today was the more clement day of the weekend. we said farewell to storm hannah. some of us even got to see some sunshine. that was how it looked for a weather watcher in east sussex. there were some showers around and more generally cloudy conditions across we

>> the fourth division went out, we went out on utah beach. 44, we made it in the army. but you are on their. we made the one wave. >> it was pretty brutal. that was a pretty brutal area at the time, wasn't it? >> yes. i was there have a month before, night and day. >> how badly wounded where you? where you badly wounded? >> they were giving me back out of the hospital, back up somewhere. >> and got it again. >> back in france like in england and sent me home. >> fantastic job. >> the greatest generation foundation, we returned combat veterans to where they served and this coming june for the 75th. >> i will be there. >> the gentleman fund -- wants to fly back with you on air force one. >> are you flying back to washington? >> in europe. >> we will work that out. is that okay? you will like it. great warriors, highly respected and you folks do a fantastic job. i want to thank you and congratulations to everybody. >> i wanted to say a couple things. please tell the president the reason why you joined the army. >> i joined the army to fight hitler. >> the reason he joined.

commanders here believe the beach here was a perfect match for utah beach, one of the landing beaches the final chance to practice but just before the big exercise on the beach, and just by chance as far as we know, a column of fast german patrol boats with torpedoes attacked these big landing craft packed with troops that were on their way to do the practice landings on the beach. two were sunk and two badly damaged and 249 men lost their lives, many of them never found. and 249 men lost their lives, many of them neverfound. that and 249 men lost their lives, many of them never found. that is why the families come here, particularly on the 75th anniversary. it is the chance to have at least a focal point, this tank was lost and recovered by a local man, now a permanent memorial. gives the american visitors a chance to look out to see and imagine where their loved i's life. it is a very important occasion for them and something which many look forward to all their lives. and tell us a little bit more about the art installation that i think will be unveiled this afternoon. that is the

in 19114, allied commanders matched this wide bay with the beach in normandy codenamed utah.o practise their assault on hitler's atlantic wall. the exercises were held in total secrecy. residents from every nearby village had been moved from their homes. i had six weeks to move out of the area... pam hill remembers the day she was filmed watching the removal men loading her family's furniture into lorries as the first americans arrived. she also remembers an april morning when rumours began to spread that something very bad had happened out at sea. they knew something had happened because the fellow remembers seeing all the ambulances going up the line here. so they knew there was quite a lot of injury. as eight tank landing craft made their way in convoy towards the beach, they'd been attacked by german e boats armed with torpedoes. two american vessels were sunk, two more badly damaged. official figures at the time rose to well over 700. many bodies washed ashore along the south coast, but dozens more were never found. it's moving to stand there and look out at the english

a powerful way to remind us of a loss of life which far exceeded the figure on the real utah beach just over a month later. that loss of life went beyond the 700 because in another stage of exercise tiger hundreds more americans were killed in a friendly fire went live and practice landings came together —— went live ammunition and practice landings came together. the ceremony will remember that and those footsteps, as we pointed out, are a poignant reminder. they've been made by a charity called remembered and the process will be repeated on the beaches at normandy in a couple of weeks‘ time. beaches at normandy in a couple of weeks' time. thank you for that. now it's time for a look at the weather, here's matt taylor. a big day for runners in london? it certainly is. a little bit cool and fresh for spectators, but the wind is not as strong as yesterday. lots of cloud in eastern areas and cloud is thicker in the west with rain and drizzle in northern ireland and in pembrokeshire, devon and cornwall. a few showers in the south east, but in between the cloud will break up and it will fee

in 1944, allied commanders matched this wide bay with the beach in normandy codenamed utah.e their assault on hitler's atlantic wall. the exercises were held in total secrecy. residents from every nearby village had been moved from their homes. i had six weeks to move out of the area... pam hill remembers the day she was filmed watching the removal men loading her family's furniture into lorries as the first americans arrived. she also remembers an april morning when rumours began to spread that something very bad had happened out at sea. they knew something had happened because the fellow remembers seeing all the ambulances going up the line here. so they knew there was quite a lot of injury. as a huge tank landing craft made their way in convoy towards the beach, they'd been attacked by german e boats armed with torpedoes. two american vessels were sunk, two more badly damaged. official figures at the time rose to well over 700. many bodies washed ashore along the south coast, but dozens more were never found. it's moving to stand there and look out at the english channel

in 19114, allied commanders matched this wide bay with the beach in normandy codenamed utah. perfect for landing craft, tanks and thousands of troops to practise their assault. the exercises were held in total secrecy. residents from all villages nearby had been moved from their home. pam hill remembers the day she was filmed watching the removal men losing her family's furniture into lorries as the first americans arrived full of she also remembers an april morning when rumours began to spread that something very bad had happened out at sea stop they knew something had happened because the number of ambulances going up the lane here. we knew there was something wrong. as huge tank landing craft made their way they had been attacked by german e boats armed with torpedoes. two vessels were sunk, to more badly damaged. official counts at the time we re damaged. official counts at the time were well over 700. many bodies washed ashore but dozens more were never found. to stand there and look at the english channel and wonder where my uncle ‘s body was. he is still with his ship.

powerful way to remind us of the loss of life that far exceeded the number of deaths on the real utah beachth later. that loss of life was actually even higher because at another stage of exercise tiger hundreds more were killed when live and your mission was used and there was a delay and a terrible thing happened on the beach itself. the loss of life remembered today was very, very high. a word about the boot prints, and an hour or $0 about the boot prints, and an hour or so when we about the boot prints, and an hour or so when we come about the boot prints, and an hour or so when we come back, we will meet the man who thought it out. they really are a very strong image, these lines of feet heading off into these lines of feet heading off into the sea. the plan is that that project will be brought back again once the d—day commemorations start at the beginning ofjune. join us a little bit later. from now —— for now, from sla pton little bit later. from now —— for now, from slapton sands, back to you in the studio. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with

in 1944, allied commanders matched this wide bay with the beach in normandy codenamed utah. remembers the day she was filmed watching the removal men loading her family's furniture into lorries as the first americans arrived. she also remembers an april morning when rumours began to spread that something very bad had happened out at sea. they knew something had happened because the number of ambulances going up the lane here. we knew there was something wrong. as 8 huge tank landing craft made their way to the beach, they had been attacked by german e boats armed with torpedoes. two american vessels were sunk, two more badly damaged. official figures at the time were well over 700. many bodies washed ashore but dozens more were never found. it's moving to stand there and look out at the english channel and think about where my uncle 's body lay. was his body everfound? it no. for decades, no—one knew what had happened here. partly due to the security around the d—day landings. but this weekend, families across the atlantic come to remember young men. lost in the grey waters