Summary

  • Baton visits athletes' village

  • Queen's Baton message read out at Opening Ceremony

  • The Commonwealth Games officially opened later

Live Reporting

Findlay Stein and Craig Frew

  1. Lord of the rings

    Lynn Bowles has tweeted this picture of Radio 2's Ken Bruce interviewing Steve Frew.

    Steve won gold in the men's rings at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

    Radio presenter Ken Bruce interviews Steve Frew, who is holding Queen's batonLynn Bowles

    Lynn tweets: "@RealKenBruce talking to Steve Frew, with the Queen's baton early today. The team looks on #bbcbatonrelay."

  2. Good morning

    Good morning. The Commonwealth Games are almost upon us. Are you ready?

    Although there won't be any baton bearers before the Opening Ceremony gets under way at Celtic Park later this evening, the Queen's baton will be popping up at a few locations during the day including the athletes' village.

    Please e or tweet #bbcbatonrelay with your pictures and baton stories.