in bangladesh, an explosion and fire at a storage depot kills at least 49 people. more travel disruption as flight cancellations affect some of those returning from half term breaks. and a round up of all the day s top sporting action at 6:30pm. a huge pageant along the mall has ended with an appearance by the queen. the event concludes four days of celebrations to mark her majesty s platinum jubilee. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted key moments from each decade of her seventy year reign. let s join my colleague martine croxall, who is at buckingham palace for us today. thank you very much. welcome to canada gate, and our perch overlooking the queen victoria memorial. a carnival procession featuring celebrities from every decade of the queen s reign has been moving down london s mall and past the palace before the queen made an appearance on the palace balcony as her platinum jubilee cel
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the theme of this float was the queen s green canopy. at 4:30pm, the royal standard was broken out above buckingham palace. and half an hour later, the platinumjubilee had its perfect ending. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. the celebrations had a very british flavour to them, but there s been a big commonwealth representation in all of the events that have been planned. new zealand of course being part of the commonwealth. dame cindy kiro is new zealand s governor general. she s the first woman from the indigenous maori people to hold the position, which represents the official head of state, queen elizabeth. we arejoined now we are joined now by her. what interactions have you had with the
how interconnected those nations are, and the queen and the royal family have been a key part of that. thank you for making the trip all the way to london. i m so glad you have enjoyed the celebrations. throughout the afternoon we have been talking about the various facets of the queen s long range, and among those discussions we ve been talking about how important charities are to the queen, and she has been a patron of over 400 charities which have enjoyed her patronage. among such charities there is a great deal of emphasis on young people and leadership.
in bangladesh, an explosion and fire at a storage depot kills at least 49 people. more travel disruption as flight cancellations affect some of those returning from half term breaks. and a round up of all the day s top sporting action at 6:30pm. a huge pageant along the mall has ended with an appearance by the queen. the event concludes four days of celebrations to mark her majesty s platinum jubilee. more than 10,000 people, including the military, performers and key workers, took part in the parade, which depicted key moments from each decade of her seventy year reign.