Beacons will be lit for the Queen's Platinum Anniversary - here's how communities can get involved

An online guide has now been produced to this end and will be updated every month to fully co-ordinate the drive across the United Kingdom.

It is aimed at individuals, organisations and communities as a whole and can now be dowloaded via www.queensjubileebeacons.com Locals authorities across the UK have also been provided with the same guidelines to co-ordinate efforts on a larger scale.

Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, seventy years of service -and commemorations will take place across the Commonwealth.