so today she ll be presented with france s highest honour, the legion d honneur. i m just amazed, really. i m not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver sur mer, so she says she s brushing up on her french. i spent the morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be absolutely bilingual when i was young and i lived in france for a whole year, and now i ve forgotten it all. but as we witnessed at a school here in northern france last month, christian is being far too modest about her linguistic skills. she speaks french. i feel wonderful. thrilled by it all. yesterday she was flown from portsmouth with pat owtram, also a recipient of the medal. i like yours very much. yes. i ve always been ratherjealous of it. ..wishing her bon voyage. have a good trip. thank you very much. very exciting. with the distinctive red ribbon and white cross, the people of fra
Up, its england whove made the best start of the two teams in brisbane. And carol has the weather. With hats and snowfall across parts of scotla nd with hats and snowfall across parts of scotland overnight. We have had. And many of us, dry day with sunny spells but some ship showers around. Still quite windy. I will have more in 15 minutes. First, our main story. Conservative mps have rallied around the chancellor after his budget was overshadowed by a gloomier than expected forecast for economic growth. Philip hammond had been under pressure from some sections of his party ahead of his speech but he announced extra money for the nhs, housebuilding and brexit. Well get the latest analysis from our Political Correspondent Eleanor Garnier in westminster but first, we can hearfrom steph whos just around the corner in salford quays. Steph what were the headlines from this budget . Good morning to you. I think the first thing that came out of the speech from Philip Hammond is that its gone
Election has been marred not only by scandal, but it could have implications for President Trump. It isa implications for President Trump. It is a real tight race. It is a two horse race between these two men the democrat candidate doug jones and the republican candidate roy moore. Lets look at how roy more votes. He arrives on a horse, a p pa re ntly votes. He arrives on a horse, apparently this is a bit of a tradition of his, to arrive to cast his vote on horseback. We wouldnt normally be paying this much attention to a senate election, but this one is significant in the number of ways. First, roy moore has been making headlines worldwide after multiple claims were made against him for once preying on teenage girls. He has always denied these allegations, and he did so again at the final rally last night. The Washington Post put out this terrible, disgusting article, saying i had done something. And i want you all to understand something. They said these women had not come forward fo
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Premier league after a 2 2 draw with everton. And matt has weather forecast. Still some fog this morning across southern areas but nowhere near as bad as yesterday. I have the details on that and details of the Weather Conditions as we finish this year and head on to the next. Good morning. First, our main story. More than 100 olympic and Paralympic Stars have been recognised in the new year honours list, with knighthoods for andy murray and mo farah. Jessica ennis hill and the rower, Katherine Grainger, have received damehoods, while the gold medal winning paralympian, lee pearson, has also been knighted. 0ur correspondent, andy swiss, has the details. At the end of a glittering year for british sport, for five of its greatest stars, the greatest honours. First, a noted for the man who spent 2016 skilling dizzying new heights. Wimbledon champion again. After winning a second wimbledon, a Second 0lympics after winning a second wimbledon, a second olympics and world number one spot, it