:00:04. > :00:11.A thousand vessels travel along the River Thames as the Queen's Diamond
:00:11. > :00:14.Jubilee celebrations take to the water. The River pageant, in honour
:00:14. > :00:19.of the Queen's 60-year reign, is the largest to be held in London
:00:19. > :00:22.since the 17th century. The Royal Family were centre stage, joining
:00:22. > :00:29.the procession on a Royal barge decorated with flowers from the
:00:29. > :00:33.Queen's estates. Organisers say more than a million people braved
:00:33. > :00:42.the cold and rain, lining the banks of the river. We all admire the
:00:42. > :00:45.queen. 60 years in the same job, it deserves to be rewarded. It's quite
:00:45. > :00:47.exciting to see her in the driver seat in the boat, it's quite
:00:47. > :00:50.exciting, yes." Our other main story tonight: Around 150 people
:00:50. > :01:00.are feared dead after a plane crashes in a densely populated part
:01:00. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:17.Good evening. Despite the downpours organisers say more than a million
:01:17. > :01:22.people turned out to witness the Diamond Jubilee river pageant, the
:01:22. > :01:26.biggest spectacle on the Thames for over 300 years. Vessels of every
:01:26. > :01:30.shape and size completed the seven mile long voyage along the river.
:01:30. > :01:33.The Queen and her family took pride of place on the Royal Barge - The
:01:33. > :01:40.Spirit of Chartwell - cheered on by all the well-wishers lining the
:01:40. > :01:43.banks. Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. It is
:01:43. > :01:46.the river which has been at the heart of nation's life since London
:01:46. > :01:54.was created and today the Thames provided the setting for this
:01:54. > :01:57.tribute to the nation's monarch. The Queen has seen many spectacular
:01:57. > :02:03.sights in the 60 years of her reign, but never anything quite such as
:02:03. > :02:10.this on the Thames. A flotilla of 1,000 vessel, led on their seven-
:02:10. > :02:13.mile passage by man-powered boats. The flagship Gloriana being helped
:02:13. > :02:23.by the Olympic multi-gold medallist, Sir Steve Redgrave, and following
:02:23. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:28.behind, gondolas from Venice and Maori canoeists from New Zealand.
:02:28. > :02:32.The Queen was aboard a river cruiser transformed for the
:02:32. > :02:38.occasion into a Royal Barge. Watching the pageant with her,
:02:38. > :02:41.Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Other
:02:41. > :02:48.members of the Royal Family were on other vessels, Princesses Beatrice
:02:48. > :02:58.and Eugenie with their father, the Duke of York. Also on the river the
:02:58. > :02:58.
:02:58. > :03:02.Middleton family, mother and father and Kate's sister, Pippa. The
:03:02. > :03:05.flotilla swept down river. Navigating river currents which can
:03:05. > :03:13.often be difficult and dangerous, past the Houses of Parliament and
:03:13. > :03:19.the London Eye. Behind the man- powered vessels came boats of all
:03:19. > :03:22.shapse and sizes with all sorts of cargoes. Among them some of the
:03:22. > :03:32.Dunkirk little ships with their echoes of service and self-
:03:32. > :03:36.sacrifice from the Second World War. And then something you wouldn't
:03:36. > :03:39.really expect to see on the Thames - a horse. A wooden puppet horse to
:03:39. > :03:42.be precise from the award-winning play War Horse on the roof of the
:03:42. > :03:49.National Theatre. Not surprisingly this is something that caught the
:03:49. > :03:54.Queen's eye. By now the man-powered vessels were approaching Tower
:03:54. > :03:57.Bridge. The Royal Barge was making its way rather carefully under the
:03:57. > :04:03.Millennium footbridge, it seemed rather a tight squeeze, as the
:04:03. > :04:08.vessel headed on down river. It's taken nearly three years to plan
:04:08. > :04:13.this. The weather hasn't co- operated, the rain is coming down
:04:13. > :04:20.now. But in a funny kind of a way, it has made the whole event even
:04:20. > :04:23.more British. People quite simply carried on regardless. You know,
:04:23. > :04:27.we're British, we queue in the rain from 6am and stand here watching
:04:27. > :04:36.ships go by and just to support our queen and say thank you or the
:04:36. > :04:38.being aamazing monarch. Votes not boats. Offering a contrary view a
:04:38. > :04:47.group of anti-monarchists, about a hundred gathered to express their
:04:47. > :04:50.opposition to the monarchy. The weather was closing in. The
:04:50. > :04:52.hundreds of thousands who had lined the Thames and manned the boats to
:04:52. > :05:02.show their support and express their gratitude were getting
:05:02. > :05:05.
:05:05. > :05:08.drenched. But there was a pageant to conclude and it was finale time.
:05:08. > :05:11.From the river, the London Symphony Orchestra launched into a sea
:05:11. > :05:21.shanty and before long those in the Royal party - one of whom is nearly
:05:21. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:30.92 - looked a though they wanted to dance a jig! Nobody can deny that
:05:30. > :05:36.it hadn't been quite the show that it might have been at the end, the
:05:36. > :05:39.weather had put paid to that. But the warmth and sentiment that was
:05:39. > :05:49.evident along the River Thames had been really real and it was on a
:05:49. > :05:59.grand scale. The pageant kept calm and carried on and for once it
:05:59. > :06:02.wasn't just Elizabeth The Second who reigned over us. Well London's
:06:02. > :06:06.Battersea Park was just one of the venues where the crowds gathered to
:06:06. > :06:10.join in the celebrations. Hundreds of people queued in the rain to get
:06:10. > :06:18.in. Lorna Gordon spent the day with some of them as they tried to catch
:06:18. > :06:23.a glimpse of the Queen. They queued from early and when the gates open,
:06:23. > :06:30.first a trickle, then a rush of people, keen to secure the best
:06:30. > :06:35.views. Chairs and blankets marking their spots. The Jubilee! It is my
:06:35. > :06:41.third one, I have done the similar ver and gold and we will wait
:06:41. > :06:47.another ten year and do next one. We all admire the Queen. Along the
:06:47. > :06:57.Thames the banks and bridges taken over and then a sea of waving flags
:06:57. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:04.when the Queen came into sight and cheers. Hip, hip, hooray! It was
:07:04. > :07:09.good seeing all the gold and the guns and that. It made it look cool.
:07:09. > :07:16.It is the first royal occasion I have been to. It must have taken 60
:07:16. > :07:20.years to plan. Such an effort. places the crowd was ten deep.
:07:20. > :07:25.People grabbing any vantage point they could as the boats appeared.
:07:25. > :07:31.It is a three-day plan. We're going to go to Buckingham on Tuesday and
:07:31. > :07:37.see it all. When I saw the Queen, I felt so excited. It is like... I
:07:37. > :07:44.have never seen this before. It is exciting to see her in the driving
:07:44. > :07:49.seat of the boat. It is good. Telescopes and cameras capturing
:07:49. > :07:54.the river pageant. And for those not able to get close to the water,
:07:54. > :08:03.there were other ways of joining in. The Queen has now passed, but there
:08:03. > :08:10.are still hundreds of boats to go and each one gets a cheer. The
:08:10. > :08:18.crowd enthusiastic, good natured and patriotic, an outpouring of
:08:18. > :08:21.affection on the river lined with people joining to salute the queen.
:08:21. > :08:24.The celebrations were not just in London, many thousands held their
:08:24. > :08:26.own street parties across the country. More than 9,500 road
:08:26. > :08:29.closure applications were submitted for England and Wales alone. Our
:08:29. > :08:39.Correspondent Chris Buckler reports from the Big Jubilee Lunch in North
:08:39. > :08:41.
:08:41. > :08:47.Yorkshire. Across the UK, it had been planned that think days bring
:08:48. > :08:52.a nation and neighbours together. But to nark queen's Diamond Jubilee,
:08:53. > :08:57.people had to battle. Ow -- but to mark the queen's Diamond Jubilee,
:08:57. > :09:05.people had to bat it will weather. People haven't been put off by the
:09:05. > :09:14.rain. People have been baking fog - - baking for weeks. 60 years ago in
:09:14. > :09:19.York they held a street party. This couple were among the crowd then.
:09:19. > :09:24.And six decades on, they were back in the same place in Honor hour of
:09:24. > :09:29.the same monarch. Coming out and seeing what has gone on in the
:09:29. > :09:34.whole country, it tells people what we're and what we do in Britain.
:09:34. > :09:39.Here as in so many streets, there was an open invitation. This event
:09:39. > :09:45.about the community as well as the monarchy. What do you think of the
:09:45. > :09:49.part Ji? They're having a blast and they look like they're enjoying it.
:09:49. > :09:55.They're a bit wet maybe! People went out of their way to make this
:09:55. > :10:03.day feel special. In this pub in Leicestershire was relaunched as a
:10:03. > :10:08.ship. But big lunches planned for some streets were threatened by the
:10:08. > :10:11.weather. Not that it stopped them in Birmingham. They just moved it
:10:11. > :10:16.indoor. We decided yesterday that the weather was going to be awful
:10:16. > :10:24.and we needed to move in from the street to the house and
:10:24. > :10:29.unfortunately it is my house and here we are! Others made similar
:10:29. > :10:34.decisions. In angle sea what was to have been a beach party was held in
:10:34. > :10:39.the village hall. Although the sun did shine in some places, including
:10:39. > :10:43.in Scotland, where the tables were laid out for people to come
:10:44. > :10:48.together over a Jubilee lunch. In Northern Ireland, many dressed for
:10:48. > :10:55.the occasion. As they re-created the 50s, the decade when the Queen
:10:55. > :11:00.came to the throne. There have been a few strange sights, but people
:11:00. > :11:07.have gone to a huge centre to make today memorable. And the flags may
:11:07. > :11:10.have got a bit wet, but that did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm.
:11:10. > :11:17.People will continue to wo watch the forecast, because the long
:11:17. > :11:20.weekend of events has only just begun. Other news now and a
:11:20. > :11:24.passenger plane in Nigeria has crashed in a densely populated part
:11:24. > :11:27.of the country's largest city Lagos. Around 150 people were on board.
:11:27. > :11:30.Witnesses say they saw the plane strike a building and burst into
:11:30. > :11:32.flames. The Nigerian President has declared three days of national
:11:32. > :11:42.mourning. Our West Africa Correspondent Will Ross has the
:11:42. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:52.latest. All that is left of the aircraft is this charred wreckage.
:11:52. > :11:59.There were more than 150 people on board. As first feared, none
:11:59. > :12:04.survived. It crashed in a densely pop lated area of Lagos, causing
:12:04. > :12:12.more casualties on the ground. People reported hearing a deafening
:12:12. > :12:22.explosion. The aircraft was coming in to land at Lagos from the
:12:22. > :12:22.
:12:22. > :12:27.Nigerian capital Abuja. The company was owned by Danna Air. The airline
:12:27. > :12:34.had built up a good reputation, although last month a similar
:12:34. > :12:39.aircraft made an emergency landing in Lagos, due to a technical fault.
:12:40. > :12:43.Nigeria does not have a good air safety record with three similar
:12:43. > :12:48.disasters in the last decade. While the investigates here continues,
:12:48. > :12:54.the president of Nigeria has called for throw days of national mourning.
:12:54. > :12:56.-- three days of national mourning. David Cameron has defended his
:12:56. > :12:59.refusal to launch an investigation into Jeremy Hunt's handling of News
:12:59. > :13:04.Corporation's bid for BSkyB. Labour insists the Culture Secretary
:13:04. > :13:07.breached the ministerial code, and has called for an inquiry. But
:13:07. > :13:09.speaking on the Andrew Marr show today, the Prime Minister insisted
:13:09. > :13:16.the Culture Secretary had acted wisely and fairly while dealing
:13:16. > :13:20.with the bid. The advice I was given is what mattered was not what
:13:20. > :13:26.Jeremy Hunt had said publikely or privately. But how he was going to
:13:26. > :13:31.conduct himself during the bid. That is how we should judge him.
:13:31. > :13:36.Did he judge this bid wisely? And he did. He took legal adds vice,
:13:36. > :13:41.which he didn't have to and he followed that advice and did many
:13:41. > :13:44.things not in the interests of the Murdochs and that side of things. I
:13:44. > :13:49.think he gave a good account of himself to the inquiry and to
:13:49. > :13:51.Parliament and I think that is the key points. A soldier from 3rd
:13:51. > :13:54.Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment has been killed in Afghanistan. The
:13:54. > :13:57.Ministry of Defence says he was on patrol in the Nahr-e-Saraj district
:13:57. > :14:04.of Helmand Province and came under small arms fire. His family has
:14:04. > :14:07.been informed. In Syria, President Bashar al-Assad says his country is
:14:07. > :14:10.facing a war waged by external forces. Addressing parliament, he
:14:10. > :14:13.denied his Government had anything to do with the Houla massacre in
:14:13. > :14:16.which more than 100 people were killed, saying not even monsters
:14:16. > :14:26.would carry out such an ugly crime. Our Middle East Correspondent, Jim
:14:26. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:33.Muir, reports. His first public speech since January and since the
:14:33. > :14:40.howl what massacre in which nearly 50 children and more than 30 women
:14:40. > :14:44.were slaughtered. He condemned the killings. TRANSLATION: We will
:14:44. > :14:48.remain ashamed every time we remember howl what and I hope that
:14:48. > :14:51.the massacre will not remain engraved in the minds of the
:14:51. > :14:54.children. But the president insisted that his forces had
:14:54. > :14:59.nothing to do with the massacre. Like all the violence in the
:14:59. > :15:04.country, he blamed it on armed terrorist gangs, carrying out a
:15:04. > :15:10.foreign plot to destroy sir ya, because of its resistance to Israel.
:15:10. > :15:14.We're facing attempts to weaken Syria and to breach its sovereignty,
:15:14. > :15:18.killings and destruction, ignorance. There was nothing in the speech for
:15:18. > :15:21.the peace enswroi, Kofi Annan. He is urging Bashar al-Assad to
:15:21. > :15:30.withdraw his army now. The Americans are looking to Russia to
:15:30. > :15:35.help persuade him. We all have to intensify our efforts to achieve a
:15:35. > :15:42.political transition. And Russia has to be at the table helping that.
:15:42. > :15:46.The Syrian people, want and deserve change. In Tripoli in Lebanon,
:15:46. > :15:56.clashes between pro-and anti-Syrian fabg shuns highlighted Kofi Annan's
:15:56. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:01.fears that a sectarian civil war Police investigating the death of a
:16:01. > :16:06.15 year old girl in Liverpool have arrested a teenager on suspicion of
:16:06. > :16:09.supplying drugs. Tributes have been paid to Rose Farley who fell ill at
:16:09. > :16:18.a party on Friday evening and died yesterday at Alder Hey Children's
:16:18. > :16:21.Hospital. Fiona Trott reports. Tributes for a teenager whose
:16:21. > :16:27.sudden death has shocked at thousands of people who visited
:16:27. > :16:32.this internet site. Rose Farley was enjoying a night out at the Social
:16:32. > :16:36.Club on Friday. Hours later, she died in hospital. There are reports
:16:36. > :16:40.her drink may have been laced with drugs. We're not ruling anything
:16:40. > :16:44.out at the moment. There has been a post-mortem and the results are
:16:44. > :16:49.pending. It will be some days before we are fully sighted on that.
:16:49. > :16:54.But that is one line of inquiry we are looking up. A few days ago,
:16:54. > :16:58.police in Liverpool were warning people here about a dangerous
:16:58. > :17:02.Ecstasy tablet which was circulating the streets. They've
:17:02. > :17:06.spoken to police in Cambridgeshire and Bournemouth about similar
:17:06. > :17:10.sudden deaths in the past two weeks. It is not yet known if the 15-year-
:17:10. > :17:14.old Rose Farley died from a drug she did not even know she had taken.
:17:14. > :17:19.But it is something which is worrying parents here, and it may
:17:19. > :17:22.encourage people to come forward with information.
:17:22. > :17:25.There's yet more bad news for the England football team struggling
:17:25. > :17:29.with injuries before Euro 2012. This time the defender Gary Cahill
:17:29. > :17:32.has been ruled out of the squad just eight days before their first
:17:32. > :17:37.game against France. The Chelsea player suffered a double fracture
:17:37. > :17:41.of his jaw in last night's 1-0 win over Belgium. England have already
:17:41. > :17:44.lost Gareth Barry, Frank Lampard and John Ruddy through injury. But
:17:44. > :17:49.there's better news concerning John Terry who has been given the all-
:17:49. > :17:52.clear following a hamstring problem. That's all from us tonight. In a