happening and they hopefully can come back, may next few days, but at the moment, the river is unstoppable, really, surrounding these flats, turning them into an island, essentially becoming a moat from which people now are deciding to escape. from which people now are deciding to esca e. from which people now are deciding to escae. , . ., from which people now are deciding to escae. ., ., , to escape. vivid picture of what s ha enin: to escape. vivid picture of what s happening there. to escape. vivid picture of what s happening there. thank - to escape. vivid picture of what s happening there. thank you - to escape. vivid picture of what s i happening there. thank you much. royal officials say the queen, who is 95, expects to continue light duties after testing positive for covid. buckingham palace said yesterday she was experiencing mild, cold like symptoms and was receiving medical attention. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph is in windsorfor us and gave us this update
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when people are able to do that. it is quite hard to imagine - at the moment with all this brown soil, but it will be an absolutely- vibrant and beautiful sea of flowers come the platinum jubilee. and people will enter from over there. they ll wander round there. there are going to be sounds, is that right? there is going to be sculptures throughout as well as the flowers. so here in the morth moat where we started to do - a bit of topography, - you will also get a beautiful soundscape that has been composed for us by erland cooper who is a scottish composer, - and he has put together this music which is partly based on a favourite of the royal family called - farewell to storness, a bit of a scottish lilti to it as well. so that will help with the contemplation and the beauty of the flowers as well. and when you get round to the east moat, we have got some insect- sculptures just to remind you of all the pollinatorsl that we are inviting to this royal banquet for the summer. - fant
for 20 million flowers. the secret to get it right is the preparation of the ground, the correct sowing technique and then after that we roll it and that helps it to sit on the ground. we don t break it in because that just buries the seeds, it actually we don t rake it in because that just buries the seeds, it actually just needs to sit on and then we hope for rain. fingers crossed! fingers crossed, yeah. back in 2014, the moat was filled with 800,000 ceramic poppies. the effect was spectacular. the tower will provide the backdrop once again, but this time with real flowers. early on, there will be a lot of these sort of colours, quite pale pinks and mauves and lilacs. and then as the summer goes on, as we get to the richness of ripening in towards autumn, we will be turning much more to these rich, quite late summer, autumnal colours. and this isn t just for the jubilee? this is going to be a permanent change? this year will be this incredible
that s the attitude you get from her, week in, week out. and there s also a best continuing drama nomination for the now axed holby city. but the one to beat is it s a sin. the series inspired the public to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for the terrence higgins trust. it s hoping to also be successful come awards night. lizo mzimba, bbc news. eight years ago a display of ceramic poppies at the tower of london became one of the defining images of the year which commemorated the start of the great war. this year flowers will be used to celebrate the queen s platinum jubilee and this time they will be real. by the first ofjune, the moat will have been transformed with sculptures, a soundscape and even a slide to take people down into the planted area. it is called superbloom and sarah campbell was given exclusive access. planting is underway to flood the tower of london moat with colour. over the past few months, 10,000 tonnes of soil have been brought here to make the perfect b