A 90-year-old war veteran found in Normandy after being reported missing from his care home in England has said he intends to return next year as he arrived back in the UK.

Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy, including some of the few survivors of the largest sea-borne invasion ever mounted.

PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy dispatched riot police yesterday to reopen fuel depots blocked by strikes against pension reform, as the pipeline to Paris airports was cut and all of France’s oil refineries shut down.