from buckingham palace, where thejubilee celebrations are continuing in to the evening here in london. the illustrator sir quentin blake, broadcaster clare balding and actor damian lewis are among more than 1,000 people recognised in the queen s birthday honours list. in other news, johnny depp s seen in a newcastle pub last night while in the us his legal team celebrated his defamation win but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. 70 aircraft have flown over buckingham palace to celebrate the queen s platinum jubilee. the fly past began with several royal navy helicopters followed by modern and historic planes including a spitfire, hurricane, lancaster and voyager. a special formation of 15 typhoons then formed the number 70 in honour of the queen s reign. but in the past hour buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew the duke of york has tested positive for covid and will no longer attend tomorrow s service of thanksgiving. let s
On the road parameter. We had 156 fires around the country of which 11 are still active and two are preoccupying. Several firefighters are among those seriously injured or missing. France and spain sent aircraft to back up portugals own effo rts aircraft to back up portugals own efforts but with temperatures expected to remain high, firefighters face another difficult day. A reminder of how serious the heatwave can be in some circumstances. We can go to The Other Side of the studio, and looking at those pictures, it must really strike you as a meteorologist. Yes, it is the dry weather they have had across iberia, temperatures in the 405, and weather they have had acro55 iberia, temperatures in the 405, and the thunderstorms which dont help, because the lightning can 5park 5torm5. We have already got up to 31. 9to 5torm5. We have already got up to 31. 9 to the south of london. Relief close to the coast, that was a lovely picture from cornwall. Sea breezes developing near the coast. Anot
maybe 70 miles an hour gusts possible around some exposed hills, and course, particularly for the channel islands. persistent rain towards the south west of england and wales, further rain at times in northern ireland. the further north and east you are maybe a fair bit of cloud but not as wet here. best of the sunshine in western scotland and all will see temperatures drop a little bit relative to what we see on thursday. then into the weekend that low pressure gets out the way. it leaves a trailing weather front which could still bring some rain or drizzle around on saturday. but that will sit in place, decayjust to an area cloud for sunday with more of you turning drier.
maybe 70 miles an hour gusts possible around some exposed hills, and course, particularly for the channel islands. persistent rain towards the south west of england and wales, further rain at times in northern ireland. the further north and east you are, maybe a fair bit of cloud but not as wet here. best of the sunshine in western scotland and all will see temperatures drop a little bit relative to what we see on thursday. then into the weekend that low pressure gets out the way. it leaves a trailing weather front which could still bring some rain or drizzle around on saturday. but that will sit in place, decayjust to an area cloud for sunday with more of you turning drier. of england and south wales.