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Trigger happy trekkers. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc news. 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. Starr said it was great to be acknowledged for his music, while gibb said the knighthood was as much his brothers as it is mine. Stars from the world of sport who are recognised include the wales and Lions Rugby Union captain, Sam Warburton, and the world cup winning england cricket captain heather knight, who both receive an obe. Lizo mzimba has more details. Twist and shout 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 nowhe
The north sea and winds will gradually ease but we have some windy conditions today across the southern half of the country storm eleanor. Iwill southern half of the country storm eleanor. I will have your full forecast at 6 15am. And a special report on how the opening of the uks first dedicated Treatment Centre for people with rare genetic conditions could change the lives of people like james. Conditions could change the lives of people like james. Over the last three orfour people like james. Over the last three or four years we have noticed a huge difference from bandages to experimental treatments and research thatis experimental treatments and research that is going on. Whether we streamed it, downloaded it or bought a cd, we consumed nearly 10 more music in 2017 than the year before. Ill have the details shorlty. In sport, Manchester City are back to winning ways and are 15 points clear at the top of the table once again. They scored after just 39 seconds last night, comfortabl
Are now known to have died in thursdays earthquake. A bbc investigation has discovered that the bodies of more than 400 children could be buried in a mass grave close to an orphanage in lanarkshire. And certain mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma currently a category 4 storm has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds up to 130 miles per hour. The hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. It engulfed villages, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The eye of the storm has now reached the florida keys, bringing winds that are expected to last in the next few hours. The storm is expected to move north to mainland florida and hundreds of millions of homes are reported to be without power and hundreds of people have taken refuge in shelters. Hurricane irma is bearing down on th