story of the queen and also the story of the uk through the seven decades, how it has changed. there is something like 200 national treasures, famous people from the last seven decades. there s puppets, there s dancers, there is performers and the finale will be on the stage, where ed sheeran will lead a singalong of the national anthem and everybody hoping, whether it will happen or not, we don t know, but it would be lovely to think that there could be, just as there was at the beginning of thejubilee weekend, at the end the queen may make a balcony appearance. we may not find out until she is either there or not. thank you very much, sarah. we are going to talk to the people s pageant master, the man who has been masterminding this afternoon s celebration, injust a couple of minutes. but for now, let s go back to roger in the studio for the rest of the day s news. let s bring you up to date with the other main stories around this morning. there have been several powerful explosions
at buckingham palace for us. sarah. yes, rehearsals have been continuing all morning to prepare for the finale of thejubilee weekend. ed sheeran will lead the singing of the national anthem and all eyes will be on the buckingham palace balcony to see whether celebrations might end with a wave and a smile from her majesty. at the oval cricket ground in london, prince charles and the duchess of cornwalljoined one of the thousands of big jubilee lunches taking place across the uk today. and providing their own baked goods for a street party in wales, the cambridges. meanwhile, preparations are well under way for the final event of the jubilee weekend, the pageant. it will stretch for almost two miles and include vehicles, bicycles, puppets and around 6,000 performers. famous faces from each of the seven decades, including gary lineker, sir cliff richard and dame twiggy will journey to the finale
grand finale of thejubilee weekend, the big lunch, with more that 16,000 st parties being held across the country. and then the pageant down the mall, a trip down memory lane and a look to the future, all with some eccentric touches. parties and pageants the crowdpleasing and to this platinum jubilee extravaganza. end. we re joined now by our royal correspondent sarah campbell. and you were actually at this concert, the rest of us were watching on tv. it was stunning. it watching on tv. it was stunning. it was absolutely stunning. if you asked me what were the highlights, there was highlight after highlight after highlight. first of all, the backdrop here. we have been talking about what an amazing set it was, but oh my goodness. when you saw the projections on it, the drones going up, the corgi, everything was so amazing. but as daniela said in her
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taking place over thejubilee weekend and many of us are hoping for some fine weather and, yes, there will be plenty of sunshine around, but also some heavy showers lurking on the horizon. they will be very hit and miss, though. now, the recent satellite picture showed the cloud, which we had during the course of thursday into friday, across the north west of the uk, so some wet weather through the early hours south western scotland, parts of northern england, into wales, too, but elsewhere across the country, there is actually a lot of dry weather to be had and 13 degrees at 8am in the south, 8 degrees expected in aberdeen. now, how about friday daytime, then? so, cloud and rain comes and goes, i think, in the north west of the country, and then, eventually, most of that should fizzle out and give way to some sunny spells. however, to the south, across the midlands and wales, we could see showers brewing in the afternoon again, very hit and miss and the temperatures,