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Household names from the worlds of showbiz, sport and politics have been recognised in the new year honours list. The singer Olivia Newtonjohn, 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 ....
Poignant, at this time year. Londons city hall has decided to open its doors for a festive celebration, for some of those sleeping rough an initiative backed by the mayor and charities in the capital. A recent report found that london is the worst place in the country for homelessness. Alpa patel reports. Smoked salmon or ham . The mayor of london, serving food to just some of the 100 homeless people, invited for christmas lunch. Its the first time an event like this has been held in city hall. As well as food, people are offered haircuts and eye check ups, too. Claire became homeless when she wasjust 13. She spent the next 30 years either on the streets, or in prison. Id be a lot more careful. I mean if you know people that is fair enough but you have to be very careful where you sleep. Be careful, you cant leave your stuff any more. Its got a lot harder as well, especially with everything going on. With help, claire now has a place of her own. She is hopeful this event will forge par ....
And patchy and behind it we get more sunshine arriving, some showers across scotland but temperatures higher for all of us. Hello this is bbc news, the headlines. After her resignation from the cabinet and the conservative whip amber rudd attacks borisjohnsons handling of brexit. Theres not enough work going into actually getting a deal, which is, i think, is not what the Prime Minister signed up to try to do, and secondly, the expulsion of 21 of my colleagues who are good moderate conservatives. British Airways Pilots prepare to go on strike for the first time in the airlines history. Another day of anger in hong kong as radical pro democracy protesters attack a metro station. Peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off President Trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. Ships and aircraf ....
The parents of a severely brain damaged five Year Old Girl are going to the high court on monday to try to persuade judges to allow them to take their daughter abroad. Tafida raqeeb is on a life support machine at the royal london hospital. Doctors there will argue that further treatment is futile. Our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. Here i am, here i am. Tafida was a bright and lively girl until february, when she suffered a ruptured blood vessel due to a rare condition. Now, she is kept alive on a ventilator and fed through a tube. Barts nhs trust says she has very serious, permanent and irreversible brain damage, and there is no further treatment to help her. But tafidas mother believes video taken in intensive care shows that she is responsive, and simply needs more time to recover. She and her husband want permission to transfer tafida to an italian hospital. It is my main argument that she continues to improve. Wh ....