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pressure is still with us on sunday and the sunny areas and the cloudy areas will move around the uk with subtle changes in the wind direction. perhaps a shade cooler, not that you will notice, around about ten or 11 degrees. the high pressure will eventually shift towards eastern parts of europe in the middle of the week and that will give way to weather fronts off the atlantic. that is the next time we are anticipating rain. until about tuesday or wednesday many areas are staying dry and certainly from wednesday evening onwards into thursday we will be getting our first dose of rai...

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 ...

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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. honoring america. the us participation in the d—day landings was key. over one and a half million americans crossed the atlantic to help save europe from nazi occupation.

Forces of the allies. perhaps the most immortal words of this historic event were introduced today by the actor dame helen mirren. this mission for freedom was breathtaking in scale and overwhelming in complexity. quite simply, the future of the world was at stake. we shall fight on the beaches. we still fight on the landing grounds. we shall fight in the fields and in the streets. we shall fight in the hills. we shall never surrender. frank gardener, bbc news. those events in portsmouth were devised in part to educate and inspire by passing on the stories of those involved to the young people...