a very warm welcome to a beautiful day here at buckingham palace. the queen has thanked all those involved in her platinum jubilee celebrations, as four days of events get under way across the country and the commonwealth to mark her 70 years on the throne. in a special message, the queen said she continued to be inspired by the goodwill shown to her and that many happy memories would be made during the festivities. there s a lot planned for the occasion from today here in the uk today and tomorrow there are two public holidays, meaning a four day weekend for the country. later today, it s trooping the colour, the queen s official birthday parade, which ends with an raf flypast watched by members of the royal family on the balcony of buckingham palace. also later beacons will be lit throughout the uk, channel islands, isle of man and uk 0verseas territories. they will be also lit in most of the 5a commonwealth countries. on friday, a service of thanksgiving will take p
hello. this is bbc news. let s get the sport. good afternoon. england s new s era under ben stokes and brendom mccullom got off to an excellent start against new zealand in the first test at lords. debutant matthew potts making test cricket look easy with three wickets in the opening session. but it was an old familiar face james anderson who got england off to the best start. two early wickets including this brilliant catch from bairstow. anderson and broad both were left out of england s tour to the west indies but both returned with take wickets. but the man of the morning is matthew potts. he got his first wicket in his first test match over dismissing new zealand captain kane williamson. he added another two and leaving new zealand going into lunch 39 for 6. not all plain sailing for england though. spinnerjack leach has been ruled out of the test with symptoms of concussion after taking this tumble trying to stop a boundary. england have brought in matt parkinson as a c
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
only played six games for england. in a statement, sale said a summer of rest and a full preseason is the best course of action . golf s us women s open is under way in north carolina. australian minjee lee, who won the first major of the year, the evian championship, has made a good start. she has just finished her round she hasjust finished her round on four under. this long range putt one of her seven birdies today. she sits one off the lead, alongside swede anna nordqvist, winner of last year s women s british open at carnoustie. this was one of her five birdies on the back nine. but it s another swede on top of the leaderboard, amateur ingrid lindblad s six birdies seeing her set the early pace in north carolina. here s the current leaderboard. england s georgia hall tees off soon, as does charley hull. scotland s gemma dryburgh finished on two over for the day. you can follow it all with the leaderboard live on the bbc sport website and the app. that is where you ll fi