The moves were revealed as a growing number of events are cancelled or postponed out of respect for Britain's longest-reigning monarch
Play was suspended on the first day of the PGA Championship golf at Wentworth when news of the Queen's death was announced, and the DP World Tour has confirmed there will be no play on Friday.
Friday's Tour of Britain stage was promptly cancelled and later on Thursday evening the rest of the tour, which was set to finish on the Isle of Wight on Sunday, was called off entirely.Read more:The Premier League and English Football League confirmed on Friday morning that all the weekend's fixtures would be postponed.
The ECB confirmed that cricket would resume on Saturday, with the start of the third test included in the line-up of fixtures. It cited the government guidance on sport for its decision. Although the BBC Proms was among the events to be called off, the annual celebration is best known for Last Night of the Proms, which will not take place on Saturday.
The TUC union organisation said that its annual Congress, due to begin on Sunday, would be rescheduled to a later date.
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