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and first of two days of commemerations in europe to mark the 80 years anniversary of the normandy landings. good evening, a day is a long time in politics. this morning the front pages brough some brief respite to the conservatives. snap polls suggesting that it was rishi sunak who had come out on top in the first leadership debate of the campaign. the prime minister had referred several times in that debate to a so called independent assessment of labour s spending plans, which the tories suggest will mean every working family paying £2000 more in taxes. the prime minister said that was a figure that had been signed off by civil servants at the treasury. the only problem is it hadn t. the bbc has obtained a letter from the most senior civil servant in the treasury, the permanent secretary, james bowler who wrote to labour making clear the civil service had not been as involved as the conservativesclaimed. as you would expect, labour is furious. here s our political e ....
as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. hon ....
shower cloud moving its way from west to east and really know where is immune to catching some of those heavy showers through the course of the afternoon. if you do catch one there is some hail and thunderstorms mixed in as well and the gusts of wind are still a feature, about 30-40 wind are still a feature, about 30 a0 miles an hour but more than 50 miles an houraround 30 a0 miles an hour but more than 50 miles an hour around exposed coasts particularly the north and west. it s windy out there, temperatures between 8 12 but feeling colder than that where you are exposed to the brisk wind and with the heavy showers, the hail and thunder mixed in too. there also sleet and snow over the highest ground of scotland so turning quite icy here during the course of the night. elsewhere the show as he is away tonight through central and eastern parts of england but further west across england, wales and northern ireland, will continue to see more showers blowing through on the b ....
the last match to be played in front of a full house. despite madrid being being at the centre of the outbreak in spain, 3,000 atletico fans travelled to the match. liverpool supporter, richard mawson died just weeks after attending the game, his family says visiting fans shouldn t have been allowed. mairead smyth reports. this day last year, 3000 spanish football fans arrived for atletico madrid s match at anfield. and is a really sensible for fans who couldn t watch their team at home to be able to travel to liverpool and watch their team play with 50 to 51,000 locals? is that really sensible? the with 50 to 51,000 locals? is that really sensible? with 50 to 51,000 locals? is that really sensible? the day covid-19 is declared a pandemic. really sensible? the day covid-19 is declared a pandemic. for really sensible? the day covid-19 is declared a pandemic. for richie s i declared a pandemic. for richie s family, they believe it was the day that led to his death fro ....
hard to watch this father/daughter saga play out on tv. i want them to go in a room and sit down and talk it out. benjamin: one of the saddest thing about this. thomas markel, 70 miles away from harry and megan, hasn t met harry, hasn t met his grandson, family breakdowns are difficult in most cases. can only imagine what it is like in the royal family, it is a sad story. jillian: good morning on tuesday morning. benjamin: the house set to vote on the revised covid-19 deal as soon as today but despite passing the last month democrats could take a position in their own party. reporter: the house has to sign off on the changes as the senate made this plan over the weekend. this is expected to pass the democrats don t have many votes to spare and are probably nervous about this vote but at the white house they are in a celebratory mood. senator manchin and senator sanders and a range of democrats in between just voted to support $1.9 trillion package that is the most p ....