Toilets and first aid on five-mile queue route to view Queen’s coffin

Plans show 1,000 volunteers will help manage queue, which may be closed if numbers become too great

Officials have set out the formal plans for a queue up to five miles long for people to pay respects to the Queen lying in state, a complex logistical exercise including toilets, first aid and round-the-clock refreshments on the route.

With hundreds of thousands of people expected to queue for many hours to get the chance to view the Queen's coffin in Westminster Hall, volunteers from groups including the Scouts and Salvation Army have been drafted in to help.