D-Day anniversary, Charity Pull, Gibraltar vs Wales, Great North Swim

It's the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. On the Rock, as well as in the UK and France, the brave personnel who risked their lives for freedom and peace are being remembered. To mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, military historians are retelling the stories of Normandy veterans with unique or little-known roles in the Normandy campaign. We spoke to Colonel Francis Brancato - the Regiment’s Honorary Colonel and Chairman of the Royal British Legion in Gibraltar.The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service is teaming up with the Breast Cancer Support Group tomorrow in what's been dubbed the "Charity Pull". A group of fire fighters will attempt to pull a fire truck from Casemates to Cathedral Square! Eric Abudarham of the GFRS and Heidi Jeffries and Mercy Posso of Breast Cancer Support...Gibraltar take on Wales this evening in another international football friendly at the Estadio Algarve. They lost 2-0 to Scotland on Monday. Our reporter Jose Mari Ruiz is in Faro ahead of kick off at 6pm tonight.Our next guests are undertaking a 5km swim in England's largest lake, Lake Windermere to raise funds for Cancer Relief Gib branch. The Great North Swim will take place this Sunday. A group of Bluefin Club members will be there, including Terence Ocaña and Darren Grech, who told us more about the swim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.