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| Diamond Jubilee: Thousands of beacons are lit around UK | Diamond Jubilee: Thousands of beacons are lit around UK |
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| The Queen's Diamond Jubilee festivities are continuing with thousands of beacons lit across the UK following a concert at Buckingham Palace. | |
| The Queen lit the final beacon, at about 22:30 BST, from the concert stage after Sir Paul McCartney topped the bill. | |
| More than 4,000 beacons were lit across the Commonwealth. | |
| Beacons in Tonga and New Zealand were the first to be lit and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard set off the fire in Canberra. | Beacons in Tonga and New Zealand were the first to be lit and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard set off the fire in Canberra. |
| Across the UK, beacons have been lit on landmarks and hills - including the peaks of Ben Nevis in Scotland, Snowdonia in Wales, Scafell Pike in England and Slieve Donard in Northern Ireland. | |
| The Queen lit the National Beacon before a firework display at Buckingham Palace. | |
| Fireworks and music | Fireworks and music |
| The Queen triggered the lighting of the final beacon by placing a huge crystal into a specially designed pod. | |
| The Duke of Edinburgh was not able to attend the concert celebrations after he was taken to hospital with a bladder infection. | The Duke of Edinburgh was not able to attend the concert celebrations after he was taken to hospital with a bladder infection. |
| A beacon has also been lit onboard HMS Daring, one of the Royal Navy's powerful new Type 45 destroyers on operations east of Suez. | A beacon has also been lit onboard HMS Daring, one of the Royal Navy's powerful new Type 45 destroyers on operations east of Suez. |
| Commanding Officer Captain Guy Robinson, led his ship's company in sending congratulations to the Queen. | Commanding Officer Captain Guy Robinson, led his ship's company in sending congratulations to the Queen. |
| People view the Diamond Jubilee beacon at Edinburgh Castle beside Mons Meg Cannon as the sunsets after it was lit by Major General Nick Eeles Governer of Edinburgh Castle and General Officer Commanding Scotland | |
| More than 600 church tower beacons are marking the occasion. | More than 600 church tower beacons are marking the occasion. |
| Many communities around the country organised special events around their beacon lighting, with fireworks and music. | Many communities around the country organised special events around their beacon lighting, with fireworks and music. |
| At Abbey Park, in Leicester, a lantern parade with fire sculptures has been on display with a beacon. | |
| A 30ft (9.1m) wooden sculpture of Britannia was also set alight, in East Hoathly, in East Sussex. | |
| Three weeks of work and three lorry loads of wood have gone into making the female warrior, complete with trident, shield and helmet. | Three weeks of work and three lorry loads of wood have gone into making the female warrior, complete with trident, shield and helmet. |
| Humber flotilla | |
| In Nottingham, civil engineering students tested their skills by making and installing a beacon. | |
| The beacon was manufactured at New College Nottingham and put up in Sneinton where it was lit. | The beacon was manufactured at New College Nottingham and put up in Sneinton where it was lit. |
| In the Yorkshire Dales, an Army helicopter was called in to transport wood to build beacons. | In the Yorkshire Dales, an Army helicopter was called in to transport wood to build beacons. |
| Soldiers from the Army Air Corps used a Lynx helicopter to carry loads of timber to hilltops in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. | Soldiers from the Army Air Corps used a Lynx helicopter to carry loads of timber to hilltops in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. |
| Kent will see more beacons lit than any other county, with 182 applications made to the event organisers. | Kent will see more beacons lit than any other county, with 182 applications made to the event organisers. |
| The Humber Estuary was the scene of a Jubilee flotilla at 18:00, more than 115 years after the venue hosted a similar event to celebrate 60 years of Queen Victoria's reign. | |
| The parade of sail featured a vessel for each year since the Queen's accession to the throne. | |
| At 22:00 BST beacons were lit across the Humber Bridge. | At 22:00 BST beacons were lit across the Humber Bridge. |
| Hadrian's Wall, the north west frontier of the Roman Empire, were lit up simultaneously at 22:12 by 60 beacons which will be hosted by communities across the World Heritage Site, from South Shields to Ravenglass. | Hadrian's Wall, the north west frontier of the Roman Empire, were lit up simultaneously at 22:12 by 60 beacons which will be hosted by communities across the World Heritage Site, from South Shields to Ravenglass. |
| In Manchester a "green beacon" was lit in a hospital car park. | In Manchester a "green beacon" was lit in a hospital car park. |
| The University Hospital of South Manchester commissioned a sculptor to produce a beacon made of recycled hospital beds which resembles a giant stylised crown measuring 5ft wide, with towering spikes more than 12ft high. | The University Hospital of South Manchester commissioned a sculptor to produce a beacon made of recycled hospital beds which resembles a giant stylised crown measuring 5ft wide, with towering spikes more than 12ft high. |
| A green flame devised by TV special effects experts will light up the beacon. | A green flame devised by TV special effects experts will light up the beacon. |
| Religious buildings lighting beacons have included the Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Hindu Temple, in Oldbury, in the West Midlands, and St Mary's Parish Church, an Anglican church in Moseley, Birmingham. | Religious buildings lighting beacons have included the Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Hindu Temple, in Oldbury, in the West Midlands, and St Mary's Parish Church, an Anglican church in Moseley, Birmingham. |
| Representatives from charity Cancer Research UK have scaled England's tallest mountain Scafell Pike to light a beacon. | Representatives from charity Cancer Research UK have scaled England's tallest mountain Scafell Pike to light a beacon. |
| In Worcestershire, the Great Malvern Jubilee Picnic has taken place before a beacon was lit on top of the Malvern Hills by 77-year-old Tony Cotgreave who as a teenage Scout lit the bonfire built to celebrate the Queen's Coronation in 1953. | In Worcestershire, the Great Malvern Jubilee Picnic has taken place before a beacon was lit on top of the Malvern Hills by 77-year-old Tony Cotgreave who as a teenage Scout lit the bonfire built to celebrate the Queen's Coronation in 1953. |
| In Kent the South Foreland Lighthouse, which used to warn ships away from a treacherous stretch of coast, has been lit for the first time in more than 20 years. | In Kent the South Foreland Lighthouse, which used to warn ships away from a treacherous stretch of coast, has been lit for the first time in more than 20 years. |
| Bidding to have the highest beacons was Somerset where six hot air balloons provided a sound and light show from Solsbury Hill, in Batheaston. | Bidding to have the highest beacons was Somerset where six hot air balloons provided a sound and light show from Solsbury Hill, in Batheaston. |
| The southernmost beacon in the British Isles is being lit at Jersey's Elizabeth Castle. | The southernmost beacon in the British Isles is being lit at Jersey's Elizabeth Castle. |
| Beacons have been lit on the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Jethou and Lihou. | Beacons have been lit on the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Jethou and Lihou. |
| The Queen's Pageantmaster, Bruno Peek, said he had been "overwhelmed" by the response to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacons event. | The Queen's Pageantmaster, Bruno Peek, said he had been "overwhelmed" by the response to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacons event. |
| He said: "Our aim was to light 2,012 beacons because 2,012 have never been lit before, but by the end of the night we will have over 4,000 - that's truly amazing. | He said: "Our aim was to light 2,012 beacons because 2,012 have never been lit before, but by the end of the night we will have over 4,000 - that's truly amazing. |
| "The beacons will be lit from around the world from Tonga to the Falkland Islands and Malta to Kenya." | "The beacons will be lit from around the world from Tonga to the Falkland Islands and Malta to Kenya." |
| See all the latest Diamond Jubilee news and features at bbc.co.uk/diamondjubilee | See all the latest Diamond Jubilee news and features at bbc.co.uk/diamondjubilee |
| Are you celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee? Did you go to a lighting of a beacon? Send us your pictures of beacons being lit around the world. | |
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