Household names from the worlds of showbiz, sport and politics have been recognised in the new year honours list. The singer Olivia Newton john, has been made a dame. Four members of englands World Cup Winning Cricket Team including ben stokes have been recognised, as has sir eltonjohn. Lizo mzimba reports. Youre the one i want Olivia Newton john says shes honoured and grateful to be made a dame for services to charity, Cancer Research and entertainment. A damehood, too, for Floella Benjamin for her life long work with childrens charities. Absolutely amazing to be recognised this way, for doing charity work. I realised that a childhood lasts a lifetime, and i had to give back to children. Because when i did play school, 43 years ago, i realised children didnt have a voice. There are knighthoods for two british film makers steve mcqueen, who directed the oscar winning 12 years a slave, and sam mendes, who directed bond films skyfall and spectre. In the world of sport, eoin morgan, who c
Hello. This is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines the star of grease Olivia Newton john is made a dame in a new year honours list which also recognises four members of englands world cup winning cricket team. Ben stokes receives an obe. More than a thousand people are recognised, including 94 year old d day veteran Harry Billinge who raised over £10,000 for a national memorial. A woman whose husband and two children drowned on Christmas Eve in a Swimming Pool at a resort in spain says all three could swim. She blames a fault with the pool. Concerns for australias wildlife as an extreme heatwave hits the country, putting increasing pressure on Fire Fighters battling the bushfires. Iamoff iam offto i am off to gargle. Now its time for the the travel show. Mike corey has been travelling across malaysias biggest state, sarawak. He s ventured deep into the bornean rainforest and explored one of the worlds most remote food festivals. This week on the travel show, i am in the jungles of
The first sign of a conservation breakthrough. These spoon billed sandpiper chicks hatched from eggs collected in the far east of russia and brought into captivity in the uk. That rescue mission was eight years ago. Now, at last, those critically endangered birds have read their own chicks, the first captive bred spoon billed sandpipers. We have to cover up our outdoor close, so everything from rubber boots that we can wash on the way in, to overalls, to this very attractive handout, because we dont want to be taking anything in there, into the aviary, where these very precious birds are that might hurt them or make them sick. This is their breeding aviary that they now live in. They are kind of still babies. Theyre just a few months . I think theyre classed as juveniles now. They would have been on their migration now, really. Theyre very small. Yeah. We still see them as babies. Your babies. Laughter. This long mission, though, has been punctuated by highs and heartbreaking lows. Chi
Were published online. Therell be more in the next hour. In tennis, former world number one andy murray says hes gutted to be missing next months the weather is pretty quiet at the Australian Open, after pulling out because of injury. Moment. Tomorrow . Not an awful lot of change for england and wales. But in scotland and Northern Ireland the clouds will be more substantial. More rain on the way. This is what is happening this evening. You can see the clouds in the Western Isles. That will become more widespread over the next 204i was put in the south and the rest of the uk it is a case of cloud here and there arent some clear spells. That will vary. Where the sky is clear it will be a little bit cold. Monday, a little bit more rain. Rain for glasgow and belfast. Temperatures right across the country will be mostly into double figures. If youre wondering about new years eve, the weather is looking settled, High Pressure expected. Watch out for mist and fog. Thats it. Hello this is the
Scotland has banned plastic stemmed cotton buds over fears that theyre harming wildlife. The new regulations will prevent their sale and manufacture. David cowan reports. Bathed in autumn sunshine, this east lothian beach looks beautiful. Is that one there . But ugly pieces of plastic are scattered in the sand. Lets have a look. Six years ago, a charity called fidra noticed thousands of plastic stemmed cotton buds washed up along the coast. They re not just unsightly, theyve been found in the stomachs of fulmars and turtles. Fidra has talked to manufacturers and retailers into switching to paper stems and today, new Scottish Government regulations come into force. Well, its going to be against the law to sell these plastic cotton buds any more. So, we should start seeing paper cotton buds replacing them in shops. This is a small but significant step in the campaign against single use plastics. Scotland is the first part of the uk to bring in such a ban. And only the second country in e