11/06/2016 BBC Weekend News

Events to mark the Queen's official 90th birthday

More than 1400 soldiers have taken part in the annual

The occasion is being celebrated in the air,

too, with a fly past by the RAF, and on the River Thames,

with a flotilla of historic boats - as our Royal Correspondent,

Who is 95th birthday it was yesterday. Ahead of the Queen's

carriage went some of the other members of the Royal family

including the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince

Harry. Riding just behind the Queen the Princess of Wales, - Prince of

Wales, Prince William, and the Princess Royal. On Horse Guards

Parade, the Queen inspected the massed ranks of the five foot guard

regiments. The Massed Bands marched and among the military music... I am

sorry for the technical problems we are having with that report.

A display of precision and spectacle but what would you say is the

significance of today's parade? Yes, which we started to see. A very

successful parade by all accounts. The significance of today lies in

the numbers that are here, I think these are the largest crowds since

the Diamond Jubilee four years ago. The other striking thing has been

the very apparent warmth that there was just a few minutes ago, when the

Queen and other members of the Royal family appeared on the balcony of

Buckingham Palace for the fly past by the Royal Air Force. There was

Prince George and Princess Charlotte also taking part in that appearance

on the balcony. Prince George we saw last to add to bring the Curragh,

they were watching the fly past by the red arrows and other aircraft of

the Royal Air Force. Of course what people wanted to see was not so much

they fly past as the people on the balcony, the Queen in that very

bright green outfit, never mind the red arrows, let's see they Royals!

There we are. And with the entire Royal family and the young Prince

George returns on these occasions to steal the show come he was doing

some aircraft spotting, aided by his father Prince William, and with

Princess Charlotte carried by the Duchess of Cambridge. So, all in

all, the Queen will have been impressed by the precision of the

marching of her Footguards, down on Horse Guards Parade, and the

significance of the event, the warmth of the crowds, the real

affection that I think is now apparent to this 90-year-old

monarchy. And we have celebrations throughout this weekend. There is no

question of Her Majesty putting her feet up after today! Absolutely, no,

although there was an adjustment to the programme. Normally when the

Queen returns from Paul Scott 's parade to Buckingham Palace, she

would mount a deus outside Buckingham Palace to take the salute

of the troops as they march past. They did not do that this time. So

they are small adjustments being made to a programme taking account

of her age, she went straight to Buckingham Palace and then to the

balcony appearance. Tomorrow is the patron 's lunch, this huge street

party as it is being described on the Mall when people who have all

paid ?250 to attend this event, many are from charities with which the

Queen is associated, and there are street parties, nothing like on the

same scale as that, taking part in different parts around the country.

Nicolas Witchel, at Buckingham Palace, thank you very much.

England football fans have been involved in clashes

on the streets of Marseille for the second night running.

Trouble broke out between England and Russia

supporters in a popular tourist area of the southern port city.

Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds.

The two teams play their opening match of the tournament tonight.

Sir Philip Green has demanded the resignation of the chairman

of an inquiry by MPs into the collapse of BHS.

The retail billionaire and former owner of the high street chain says

Frank Field is trying to 'destroy his reputation'.

Sir Philip says he won't participate in the hearing, due to take

The Labour MP says it's in his 'interest to turn up'.

Libyan forces - who support the UN backed unity government -

say they have retaken control of the port in the city of Sirte

The city is considered to be the most significant IS stronghold

A group of Nobel Prize winning British scientists have signed

a letter backing the campaign to keep Britain in

They've warned that the UK could lose funding

Meanwhile the billionaire inventor Sir James Dyson says he's

backing the Leave campaign, arguing that the UK would create

more wealth and jobs, outside the EU.

Here's our Political Correspondent, Chris Mason.

Professor Peter Higgs has spent a lifetime attempting to understand

the most basic building blocks of the universe. He has now joined

fellow Nobel laureates in pleading for a remain vote. Leaving the EU,

they claim, would put scientific research in jeopardy. We have 13

Nobel prize-winning lorry it's coming out, some of the smartest

people around, saying that if we want science and research to be at

the cutting edge in this country we need to stay part of Europe so we

can have bad investment. Speaking to both campaigns the referendum feels

close. Polling day is imminent,

and both sides feel they can win. But the Remain camp often sound

nervous about whether they can Whereas the Leave side

sounds chipper and upbeat. The man behind these vacuum cleaners

has come out for leaving the EU today. He says the European Union

sex! Surgeons Dyson has told the Daily Telegraph the UK will create

more wealth and more jobs by being outside the EU than we were in it.

And when the Remain campaign says that nobody will trade with us if we

leave the EU, sorry, it's absolute Cobblers! You have seen with him and

a number of other manufacturers that they are beginning to move away from

the European Union, the bureaucracy, the costs of doing business there,

he talks about that, they are no huge which means that they are

looking for other markets around the world. You never know what to expect

in the sprint finish of a political campaign, this was Jeremy Corbyn on

Channel 4 last night but what we can be certain about is an increasing

focus on Labour trying to persuade its supporters to turn out for

Remain. But plenty, including their leader, not exactly super

enthusiastic. On a scale of one to ten where one is, couldn't care less

and ten is jumping on the sofa like Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey, and

easiest ago you? Seven and a half. No flash car or fur coat with Jeremy

Corbyn in Aberdeen today but plenty on his plate.

The Birthday Honours List has been announced,

as part of the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations.

and there are awards for the astronaut Tim Peake,

the former footballer Alan Shearer, and more than eleven hundred others.

# Oh, Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more...#

He's been entertaining audiences for decades,

knighthood, and becomes Sir Rod Stewart.

# Cause you didn't want to be alone #

Penelope Wilton has also been honoured, so together with Maggie

Smith, Downton now has two acting Dames.

He's still dressed as the man from the Prudential, I see!

Yes, it's nice to have someone from the real

Tim Peake, currently on the International Space

Station, says he is honoured and privileged to be made a CMG, an

award given for achievements outside the UK, in his case, in space!

Becoming an OBE, Brian Blessed, for services to the arts and

It's one up for the son of a coal miner.

people say, people do like receiving awards.

Of course, as in previous years, the vast majority of

people being honoured by Her Majesty are people who never expected to be

Youth worker Jane Senior played a crucial role in

uncovering the scale of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham.

I am pleased, I am proud that I've got it, I'm also

a little saddened for the reasons that I got it, I never did this for

I did it to try to get the voices of those who had

Just one of many being honoured for making a difference in their

The next news on BBC One is at twenty past seven.