Newspaper headlines: 'Let us never forget their sacrifice' By BBC News

Staff Published duration 6 June 2019

image copyright Getty Images image caption D-Day veteran Reg Charles took part in a memorial ceremony at the Pegasus Bridge Museum in Normandy

The solemn face of 96-year-old Reg Charles - saluting his fallen comrades at Wednesday's D-Day commemorations - fills several of the front pages.

"The resilient generation" is the headline in the Telegraph reflecting the words of the Queen, who offered the gratitude of the nation to those gathered at Southsea Common, Portsmouth.

The paper says it was "a day for everyone to reflect", as the world's heads of state gave standing ovations to 10 veterans, half of whom emerged on stage with "walking sticks to steady themselves".

For the Mirror, they embody "ideals we should do more to cherish: duty, resilience and loyalty".

The Daily Mail calls the service "momentous, lively and extremely moving" - with moments of "drama, fun, and even laughter that brought the past to life".

The Daily Express devotes a double-page spread to two former paratroopers - both in their mid-90s - who recreated their parachute jump into Normandy 75 years ago.

It describes the fading sun as "the sky above northern France lit up with the awe-inspiring sight of the brave men jumping alongside the Red Devils display team".

One of them, Harry Read, joked that he had received "a different reception to last time" - while the other, John Hutton, admitted he needed to "sit down for a bit" afterwards.

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The ceremony marked the end of President Trump's state visit to the UK - and according to the Times, it was "nowhere near the car crash many had feared".

Mr Trump, the paper suggests, departed British shores "without performing any catastrophic breaches of protocol or inspiring significant unrest on the streets".

The New York Times website says the visit was another illustration of the president's "split-screen" persona - "gently greeting frail veterans" hours after he launched an angry tirade on social media against the actress Bette Midler.

The Guardian's Patrick Wintour acknowledges there was a "blunder here" and a "gaffe there", but feels the trip was "tame and normalised". Faced by the "power vacuum that is contemporary Britain", he says, "Trump himself seemed deflated".

image copyright PA image caption Chancellor Phillip Hammond warns the prime minister over zero emissions goal

The Financial Times reports that Chancellor Philip Hammond has warned Theresa May less money will be available for schools, policing and the NHS - if she pushes ahead with plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by the year 2050.

In a letter, Mr Hammond tells the prime minister that the proposals would cost the UK more than £1tn.

The paper says Mrs May still intends to introduce the legislation in Parliament by next week, hoping it will become "one of her most important legacies" as she prepares to leave Downing Street.

And the Sun claims an academic who has spent two decades studying legends including the Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster has put his own job in jeopardy - by admitting they don't exist.

Dr Darren Naish told an audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival that in an age when most people have a good quality camera on their mobile phone, the creatures would likely have been spotted by now.