2021 was a year full of ups and downs starting with it being under threat of closure, only to survive after a huge fundraising effort led by natalie o rourke. all all her hard work has now been acknowledged with an mbe. fiona lamdin has been to see natalie and herfamily. guy s, i have got something to tell you. i have got this letter, and i can t quite believe i m saying this, but i have got a special award from the queen. are you proud of mummy? yes. do you want to have a look at the letter? yes. there you go. it has been quite some yearfor natalie and the stables she has saved. an mbe from the queen for her outstanding service to the community. is it good?
acknowledged with an mbe. fiona lamdin has been to see natalie and herfamily. guy s, i have got something to tell you. i have got this letter, and i can t quite believe i m saying this, but i have got a special award from the queen. are you proud of mummy? yes. do you want to have a look at the letter? yes. there you go. it has been quite some yearfor natalie and the stables she has saved. an mbe from the queen for her outstanding service to the community. is it good? good, yes. she is kind and she is caring - and she doesn t get angry too much. thrilled, thrilled. she has had a hell of a year, as most people have, of course,
and we should all go to the palace. with an award from the queen, and the stables now there for ever, 2022 is certainly getting off to an incredible start. well deserved, natalie. time for a look at the weather. hello there. the warmest new year s eve on record helps been followed provisionally by the warmest new year s day on record with temperatures in the capital hitting above 16 celsius. all because we ve had a feed of southerly winds bringing some very, very warm air in our direction. those southerly winds are up and around this area of low pressure which is brought some very windy weather today across the northwest of the uk. the wind direction shifts subtly as we get into tomorrow. we lose the southerly winds and pick up the westerly winds. that will start to cool things off a little. a slightly cooler night tonight than last night was. we will see clear spells but some hefty downpours of rain also
it has been quite some yearfor natalie and the stables she has saved. an mbe from the queen for her outstanding service to the community. is it good? good, yes. she is kind and she is caring - and she doesn t get angry too much. thrilled, thrilled. she has had a hell of a year, as most people have, of course, but apart from nearly losing the stables, all the work she has done with the disadvantaged has been rewarding and i am so proud. but a year ago, things looked very, very different. but now the landlord wants to sell up, so the community has only one week left to raise £1 million. they are desperate for any help. 350 disabled people are relying on us, so i absolutely
i feel really humbled. i m a very, very ordinary girl from birmingham. i feel like there s always an invisible army of people behind me, supporting me, and really they should all have it as well, and we should all go to the palace. with an award from the queen, and the stables now theres for ever, 2022 is certainly getting off to an incredible start. well deserved, natalie. a runner who set himself the challenge to run at least 5 kilometres every day for a year to raise awareness of knife crime has completed his mission. david fitzgerald who s from liverpool was inspired to do it after a family friend was stabbed to death in 2017. samantha nanda reports. david has run almost 2500 kilometres. that is more than 1500 miles over