AN HISTORIC airbase in Stanmore will commemorate 70 years since the Battle of Britain with a special flypast today.

Re-enactors in genuine period costumes will take Bentley Priory back to its heyday as the home of Fighter Command during the Second World War.

The historic rooms and corridors of its Grade II listed mansion house and grounds will be open to the public on Saturday from 10am to 5pm.

There will also be a Spitfire and Hurricane flypast at 3.10pm.

The commemorative events continue tomorrow with a fundraising concert in aid of Harrow charity St Luke's Hospice, with performances by the Voice in a Million Children's Choir, Gregg McCann and the Hands of Jazz and the Harrow Apollo Male Choir.

Tickets are still available for the event, which runs from 2pm until 5pm, and cost £18.50.

Anyone who wants tickets to Sunday's concert can contact Jemini Shah on 0208 382 8018, or via email at jshah@stlukes-hospice.org