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with authorjilly cooper, glastonbury festival founder michael eavis, and england lionesses captain millie bright all in line for new titles. they re notjust for famous faces the majority of honours have been given to people who are not in the public eye. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. her books have sold in their millions. noinlly cooper has been made a dame for services to literature and charity. i can t quite believe it, it s so lovely. when they told me, i got the letter and i thought, gosh, this can t be me. me, blockbusterjill? but it was lovely. i m thrilled to bits. we re open! michael eavis has been welcoming festival goers to glastonbury for more than half a century. he s been knighted for his music and charity work. also receiving knighthoods, wetherspoons boss tim martin, who says he never expected to be recognised for services to hospitality and to culture. god save the king! and justin welby, the archbishop of canterbury, is knighted fo ....
across three days in may, the nation celebrated the newly crowned king and queen. at a star studded concert, a poignant tribute from prince william. as my grandmother said when she was crowned, coronations are a declaration of our hopes for the future. and i know she s up there fondly keeping an eye on us. and she ll be a very proud mother. cheering also this year, prince harry reveals family secrets in his bestselling memoir, and in evidence as he takes on the british press. and digging deep on his first official royal engagement, five year old prince louis. crowd: god save the king! god save the king! - god save the king! 6 may, 2023. god save the king plays light rain fell as king charles and camilla, queen consort, made their way to westminster abbey for the first coronation in 70 years. # i was glad. prime ministers, presidents, foreign kings and queens, as well as community and charity representatives, joined the king s own family in a ritual dating back 1,000 yea ....
is the pressure of the premier league title race taking its toll? good morning, bore da from a misty brecon beacons national park, which from this morning will have a new welsh name. it isa it is a milder start to the day than it was yesterday, but there is a lot of cloud, mist and murk around, but it could be warmer than yesterday, especially across northern scotland. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday the 17th of april. president biden has condemned a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in alabama as outrageous and unacceptable . four people have died and 28 others were injured in the attack in dadeville. police haven t released any details about who carried out the shooting or why. gun crime in america is on the rise in 2019 there were a17 mass shootings where four or more people were killed or injured. but since 2020 this has increased to more than 600 each year. that s an average of two per day. so far this year there have been at lea ....
hello there and welcome along to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. history for djokovic, but not as he d like it, at the french open. the world number one with a new benchmark for a late finish in paris. the centre of attention jude bellingham basks in the glory of champions league success. his england team mates can t wait to see him back. and success, at last, for laurie canter, as the englishman has the edge in a tight field at the european open. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. that s all to come, but we start with news that s reached us in the last half an hour or so that rugby league legend rob burrow has died. he was 41 years old. burrow was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019, just two years after he ended his playing career with rugby league side leeds rhinos. he, his family and his great friend and former team mate kevin sinfield have raised millions of pounds for mnd charities. sally nugent reports. rob burrow s life is defined by his defian ....
the prince of wales described him as a legend of rugby league who had a huge heart . sally nugent, looks back at his life. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giants game, he was world class. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, oh, he s good, is that rob, but he s never going to make it because he s not big enough. after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest. but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they ha ....