London schoolchildren have been trying out a new way to travel - by amphibious vehicle similar to those used in the D-Day landings.

The Queen will pay a two-day visit to the West Country at the start of a 15-week tour of the UK to celebrate 50 years of her reign.

Actress Joanna Lumley presents Prince Charles with a badge at a concert to mark the 50th birthday of London's Royal Festival Hall.

The  Tate Modern at the former Bankside Power Station is set to become the world's biggest modern art gallery.

French actor Gerard Depardieu visits the Millennium Dome in London - which is now being run by an old friend of his. Plus stories in brief on Joan Baez, Jennifer Lopez, Oasis, the Spice Girls and Richard Gere.

London's Millennium Wheel is captured by a satellite taking images so detailed they would once have been classified as 'top secret'.

Award-winning actress Dame Judi Dench launches the world's largest Shakespeare exhibition at London's  Globe Theatre.

Now the Dome and the Wheel are both open to the public, how do they compare?

Millennium Wheel passengers finally take to the skies, rising 450ft to see the city of London sprawling below them.

At last the London Eye has opened. But was it worth the wait? BBC News Online's Ryan Dilley was one of the first to take a ride.

The first people to ride on London's Millennium Wheel describe their trip as 'unbelievable' and 'magnificent'.