with the queen now other national icons are getting in on the act. i ve got my own swarovski crystals, so i can outsparkle everybody here, although might i say howjealous i was of paddington bear having tea with the queen only last night! good afternoon. a huge pageant along the mall in london will start in about half an hour, bringing to a close four days of celebrations to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. you the queen s platinumjubilee. arejust you the queen s platinum jubilee. are just hearing that of you are just hearing that the sounds of the kids quiet, made up of 400 schoolchildren representing 22 schools from around london coming together that a very special performance today warming up the crowd performing i am the earth, conducted by richard and about to begin performing something that will begin performing something that will be very familiar to many of you. take that s greatest day. thousands have come here from all corners of the uk and indeed much further a
hundreds of people streamed down here to try to get a good spot to watch tonight because my party at the palace. a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. travel disruption continues. airlines cancel more flights today and rail passengers are being warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending celebrations across the uk. the duke and duchess of cambridge are at cardiff castle with their two older children prince george and princess charlotte. the day will end with an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. lets head there now and to the bbc s jane hill. warm welcome back to the mall. thousands and thousands, a very large number of people ha
singing along appropriately to queen and adam lambert. more from here shortly. a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. in other news, travel disruption continues. airlines cancel more flights today and rail passengers are being warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. and wickets are beginning to tumble at lords, as england s batsmen struggle to chase the target set for them by new zealand. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending events across the uk. the duke and duchess of cambridge are at cardiff castle with their two older children prince george and princess charlotte. the day will end with an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. one couple who aren t expected to at
by her daughter the princess royal. we are here live at buckingham palace or you can hear the crowd is heating up. it s seriously getting quite loud. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severo donetsk where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending events across the uk. tonight there s an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. one couple who aren t expected to attend are harry and meghan, they re spending the day quietly at windsor. let s head to the mall there now and to the bbc s katty kay. katty? we are right outside buckingham