England in melbourne. And we investigate why africa is in the midst of a baby boom. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The beatles drummer ringo starr and the last surviving member of the bee gees, barry gibb, are among those who have been knighted in the new year honours. The ex deputy Prime Minister nick clegg is also knighted and the former ballerina turned strictly come dancing judge Darcy Bussell becomes a dame. This report from our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. Twist and shout more than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab fours drummer has been honoured with a knighthood. What would you do if i sang. Recognising ringo starrs half a century long contribution to music. I get by with a little help from my friends. Tragedy former bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be made sir barry. With no one to love you, youre going nowhere. War horse author and one time childrens laureate michael morpurgo, who too has been made a knight, hopes his award high
Today further warnings are in place across parts of the uk. Good morning. Ice is the main issue for parts of Northern England and scotla nd for parts of Northern England and scotland this morning but if anything it turns milder today ahead of some windy weather from storm dyla n of some windy weather from storm dylan coming tonight. All of the details in the next 15 minutes. In sport, australia captain steve smith holds england at bay. He scores yet another century. And it helped launch sir David Attenboroughs career and has given us plenty of magical tv moments. Well look back at 60 years of the bbcs Natural History unit, and what the future holds for it. Good morning. First, our main story. The former beatles drummer, ringo starr, barry gibb of the bee gees and the former deputy Prime Minister nick clegg have all been knighted in the new year honours list. Stars from the world of sport who are recognised include the wales and Lions Rugby Union captain, Sam Warburton and the world cup
Very unsettled. Hello, good afternoon. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines more than 1,100 people are recognised in the new year honours with knighthoods for the beatles drummer ringo starr, bee gees singer barry gibb, and strictly come dancing judge Darcey Bussell is made a dame. The labour peer lord adonis says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to step down as its infrastructure adviser. He quit yesterday, suggesting whitehall had been infected by brexit. Thousands of iranian government supporters are attending officially sponsored rallies across the country after two days of anti establishment protests. Millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post war generation, but not until theyre into their 60s, a report says. Now on bbc news, one of our Programme Highlights from the past 12 months. Africa is in the midst of a baby boom. The median age across the continent isjust 19. In september, Alastair Leithead investigated the potential pos
Early hours, continuing into the morning. Gusts 60 mph elsewhere. Gusty winds for a while, further south there will be some stronger winds but it will not be as windy here. After a spell of rain clears away overnight, we should get more sunshine arriving, just one or two showers. Very windy weather across the northern half of the uk in particular, as the storm moves out into the north sea, the winds will ease through the afternoon. After a speu ease through the afternoon. After a spell of sunshine we will see more of these showers packing in from the west, they could be quite heavy. Still gusty winds around, a range of temperatures like today, six in scotland, 12 across southern areas of england. Moving on a fewer hours to see in the new year, there will be some showers around, but the winds will be much lighter by this stage in scotland and it will be starting to turn chilly. For the first day of the new year, there is a chance of rain running east across southern parts of england, th
The beatles drummer ringo starr and the last surviving member of the bee gees, barry gibb, are among those who have been knighted in the new year honours. The ex deputy Prime Minister nick clegg is also knighted and the former ballerina turned strictly come dancing judge Darcy Bussell becomes a dame. This report from our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. Twist and shout more than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab fours drummer has been honoured with a knighthood. What would you do if i sang. Recognising ringo starrs half a century long contribution to music. I get by with a little help from my friends. Tragedy former bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be made sir barry. With no one to love you, youre going nowhere. War horse author and one time childrens laureate michael morpurgo, who too has been made a knight, hopes his award highlights the importance of literature for young people. Reading is a great bastion against stupidity and bigotry and ignorance