What’s likely to be cancelled?

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Do I bother travelling 10 hours this weekend (5 hours each way) to take dc to a fairly niche sporting event? It’s the national championship. How likely do you think it is that it’ll be cancelled following the death of the Queen? I need to leave by midday tomorrow.

We saw a message on our local grassroots football page which has suggested cancellations.

Quite so.

I suspect that they will have to consider that many police and military personnel that are required to manage a large event like this may need to be redeployed to London / Scotland / wherever they're rehearsing for the funeral etc.

Nothing will be cancelled. It’s not Thailand.

Yeah right. It’s a nice sentiment but I doubt the Queen would be that bothered.

Mass cancellations are more likely to annoy a vast swathe of the public and cause some serious financial costs. Respect where respect is due but it would be ridiculous to do more. This is 2022, not 1952.

All our junior league football games have been cancelled this weekend (U13s)

I wouldn't be worrying overly about the effects of VIPs inbound on normal traffic at LHR/LGW TBH...

Some HoS are happy to fly commercial, there are also biz jet/exec jet slots (and parking space) at both airports and other airports are available both for biz jets (e.g. Farnborough, Northolt) and heavier stuff (e.g. Stansted, potentially Mildenhall for any US heavy hitters).

Play Mobil have a tribute tweet.

Agreed. I was never a royals fan and yes it is a shame and sad news. But this is going to now be in the news for months and cancelling things etc is ludicrous.

I think most things will carry on. It's the more practical considerations around policing (so football requires big resources) and anything on the route she will travel which will have an impact.

I think Legoland is closed because of it's location. It will have been considered long in advance whether people squealing on rollercoasters is a suitable backdrop to a focal point for mourning.

The Entertainer has Christian values and doesn't open Sundays either so different to most retail.

The funeral will be different

I believe all hockey matches in Ulster are off at least this weekend.

Hopefully medical appointments will still go ahead.

I think most big sporting events will be cancelled for ten days and for the funeral but most other events will go ahead?

I had a email form DD’s college to say they won’t be closing but may be told to close for the funeral. I don’t think schools should close today. Kids are just settling back in after the holidays and have had enough time off during covid but I fully respect closures for the funeral as it’s something a lot of children will want to watch (it will be a big part of history).

I hope ours hasn't, I'm supposed to be meeting friends for lunch later.

There's nothing on their website about closing today.

Heading to London from Edinburgh this weekend for a kids sports event with participants from all over the UK. Can't see it being cancelled because so many sports clubs will have paid money for travel and accommodation. But I wouldn't be sad if it was, I suspect getting around London will be a bit of a nightmare this weekend.

My flight is in Scotland so hopefully won’t be affected then and it’s really early in the morning so definitely wouldn’t clash with any funeral times.

Why didn’t the Queen make it clear that she wouldn’t want xyz cancelled when all the planning was happening.
Especially since everything has been planned for so long. And also having to wait for confirmed updates on funeral etc when it’s all pre planned is just adding to folks stress levels.

If want to mourn and not do your planned stuff then do that but those of us who want to continue our lives as normal should also be allowed to do so.

I don't think many businesses will want to close for the day, and as mentioned transport and hospitality will be affected if events don't go ahead - we've had very sad news, but financially businesses and people are struggling, and every day of work counts. I'm totally up for places showing their respect though.

Us too.

I'm pretty sure that as it's a BBC event immediately before the funeral, it will be cancelled. I don't think any other concert or festival would be though.

Both big money radio contests suspended today...for those who look forward to that little bit of hope every weekday!

Many people on zero hours contracts lose money if events are cancelled and could mean difference between eating or not, so no events shouldn't be cancelled.

The GNR shouldn't be cancelled people have trained got sponsorship and booked travel, hotels, and you will only have to put it on at a later date.

There has been enough cancellations and closures over past few years that we shouldn't be shutting/stopping things.

I agree. It's sad, but life needs to go on, ffs.

I was rather amused by the Royal Mail cancelling their strike.

I find all this cancelling stuff quite ridiculous. A show of respect for the queen at the start of anything would be nice but it isn't fair to cancel things people have worked for, planned for and saved for. If people individually want to take a day off that's their business alone but I can't imagine many people do.

I have a hotel on the funeral route the week the funeral will take place so I'm worried they will cancel my booking to get more money from funeral attendees, and that roads will still be closed. I'm travelling to London on Tuesday. Does anyone from London remember how soon the roads re-opened etc after Diana and the QM funerals?

Is it just me, or is there a bit of a sense of irony with people and organisations lauding HMQ’s commitment and NOT cancelling things, but at the same time cancelling things themselves?